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Week 27: All Creatures Great And Small
“Arrrrgghhh! What the hell is that? It’s massive! ARRGGGHHH!” It’s 1.45am. BT (Boy Teenager) is making his way to bed via the shower. A...
Mr H
Sep 7, 20205 min read
Weeks 25 & 26: Results!
“You two! Get back to your table! Now!” The gentle words of the Duty Manager at a large hotel in Peterborough, determined to keep us...
Mr H
Aug 31, 20205 min read
Week 24: Sparkly & Pink
“You alright in there Mark? Nearly finished? Taking your time. Prostate playing you up?” I’m standing in a cubicle in the Cross Keyes...
Mr H
Aug 20, 20205 min read
Week 23: Nae Gaun Oan A Trip
Fate, Chaos and Pestilence are sitting on a log in one of the circles of hell. Yes, they are still there. Can’t go anywhere else as the...
Mr H
Aug 11, 20205 min read
Week 22: Pestilence
Fate, Chaos and Pestilence are sitting on a log in one of the Circles of Hell. Fate looks troubled. ”He’s been writing about us you...
Mr H
Aug 3, 20205 min read
Week 21: Chaos, Pestilence and Fate
Fate and Pestilence are sitting on a log in one of the circles of hell, chewing the fat over recent events. Fate: It’s been a good run....
Mr H
Jul 30, 20206 min read
Week 20: Ciao Italia
We are struggling through Rome airport, trying to find the car rental desks, cases for six people crashing into the unwary. Nana is...
Mr H
Jul 20, 20204 min read
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Hello Chums, Thanks to Carol (@seasquared2 on Twitter), I’ve just discovered a little button which should mean that when a post is...
Mr H
Jul 14, 20201 min read
Week 19: Direct Current
As Rasheed Ogunlaru once said, “See money as the flow of energy and giving that cycles between you, others and me”. Now I’ve come to...
Mr H
Jul 13, 20204 min read
Week 18: The State Visit
Gin (so called because she has turned our garden shed into a private distillery) is in over-drive, preparing for a State Visit from Nana...
Mr H
Jul 6, 20204 min read
Week 17: Needs Improvement
I awake to the sound of Bruce the Shark’s motor running (for the uninitiated, Bruce is the vacuum cleaner). Unlike the now Brexitted...
Mr H
Jun 29, 20204 min read
Week 16: Key Worker Crips
“On my Mum’s I will!” ”Nah mate, you’re chatting shit!” ”I will. Got me key!” I’m awoken at 1.20am by BT (Boy Teenager), standing in my...
Mr H
Jun 22, 20204 min read
Week 15: The Overweight Spiderman
The trouble with spending a week doing little more than sitting down is Thinking. Thinking is unquestionably Dangerous and leads to...
Mr H
Jun 15, 20203 min read
Week 14: The Big G
G-G-G-G-Golf. The Big G, as Max Headroom used to call it. A gentle stroll around a field with a few chums, you might imagine. What can...
Mr H
Jun 8, 20204 min read
Week 13: Stop the Pigeon!
“I bet that bloke has a Thomas-a-Becket”. Gin (so called because of her love of swigging the bloody stuff morning, noon and night) looks...
Mr H
May 31, 20204 min read
Week 12: Tea Time
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I know you've had a long trip. What? Yes, I appreciate it's been longer than Dominic "Durham" Cummings on a drive...
Mr H
May 24, 20203 min read
Week 11: Pot Thumping
"Bang the frying pan harder Cathy, you know it generates an immunity field that will keep us virus-free until next Thursday. And whilst...
Mr H
May 16, 20203 min read
Week 10: Covid Catering
“I’m telling you it’s perfectly safe. It’s been cracked for years. It’s not going anywhere in a hurry”. Ah, the confidence that a little...
Mr H
May 9, 20204 min read
Week 9: The Return of Sweeney Todd
There is something deeply disconcerting about your barber dissolving into fits of laughter on sight after he has administered his best...
Mr H
May 1, 20203 min read
Week 8: The Star Man
"Oi you, cyclist! Do you think cycling is a good idea? You should be at home. STAY INDOORS!". I'm out for a ride in the Surrey...
Mr H
Apr 24, 20204 min read
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The musings of a born-again Cook & Bottle Washer (now with added Dog)
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