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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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