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Gandalf the Grey
“I’m telling you, this bloody card doesn’t work! I’ve tried it sideways, upside-down and diagonally. I‘ve tapped it fast and I’ve tapped...
Mr H
Oct 11, 20237 min read
Jiminy Rickets
"They are calling me Granny on campus because I've got myself a walking stick" "A what? You've got a what?" "Well yeah, because my legs...
Mr H
Apr 7, 20235 min read
Granny Nails
“And on today’s episode of “You’ve Been Kwartenged“, we have one lucky contestant …. Mr H! Come on down!” ”Wait! What? But …” ”Come on...
Mr H
Jan 13, 20236 min read
Site May Have Been Hacked
Hello Reader Chums, Some very nice people have just written to me to say that they have hacked this site and its data-base. They have...
Mr H
Nov 1, 20221 min read
The Sorting Hat
"Listen to that" "Listen to what?" "Exactly!" "But there's nothing to hear?" "Quite so" "You know you are making no sense, right? Home...
Mr H
Oct 21, 20227 min read
Captain Birdseye
“Aarrggghhh! Aarrgghhhh! Aaarrggghhh!” The cries of the new chef who has just rubbed his face after chopping a fresh, birds-eye chilli....
Mr H
Apr 17, 20228 min read
I’m afraid I was very, very drunk …
“Tinkle tinkle”; you have one new message on the “Chunk is boring” WhatsApp group (our family WhatsApp chat group, named by Boy Teenager...
Mr H
Feb 4, 20226 min read
Self Improvement
“Thank you for your interest in becoming a Partner at Waitrose. We are sorry to tell you that you have been unsuccessful this time”....
Mr H
Nov 12, 20217 min read
From Riches To Bags
“You see, I went out today for the first time in ages. I don’t get out much because I need a stick. Oh my, and when I got to the bank, I...
Mr H
Oct 2, 20217 min read
The Dom, The Dick & The Wardrobe
“I swear he gets ot of bed and stands and looks at the wardrobe door for 20 minutes! Why the hell is he doing that? It’s a bleeding...
Mr H
Jul 15, 20215 min read
Three is the magic number. Or is it six?
“Dad! Milo’s operation site is swelling like a ping-pong ball. Oh my God!” A strange sense of deja-vu washes over me as GT (Girl...
Mr H
Jun 17, 20215 min read
This Way? Or That?
"Now son, are you really sure you are going to stick with this? You know what you are like; getting all enthusiastic about something,...
Mr H
Apr 30, 20215 min read
In The Dog house
"I've checked him over and he definitely has a sprained elbow. He was very good, but when I tried to rotate it, he yelped. Injuries like...
Mr H
Apr 8, 20216 min read
Weeks 54 & 55: Rage!
I hate it when you arrive home to official looking brown envelopes. Always makes you think you’ve done something wrong. Worse, there’s a...
Mr H
Mar 22, 20216 min read
Weeks 52 & 53: Stand & Deliver!
“I’ve said to BT (Boy Teenager) that now he is 15, if he wants his clothes washed, he needs to put them in the washing basket. And I’ll...
Mr H
Mar 8, 20215 min read
Weeks 50 & 51: My name is Herriot. James Herriot.
“I don‘t think he’s right, Al. He’s panting like mad and looks like he’s had a fit or something” Gin (so called because her love of the...
Mr H
Feb 23, 20215 min read
Weeks 48 & 49: The Ice Goth
An official looking and unexpected letter arrived for Gin (so called because ANY gin other than Gordon’s will do) last week. Now I don‘t...
Mr H
Feb 8, 20215 min read
Weeks 46 & 47: The Artful Dodger
“Gawd mate, I tells yer, arter we’d dried the roof wiv the leaf-blower, as we was walking araand on it, water was squeezing art through...
Mr H
Jan 25, 20215 min read
A JOURNEY WITH MR H (HOUSE HUSBAND & CARER)
The musings of a born-again Cook & Bottle Washer (now with added Dog)
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