Category Archives: Humour

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Optimist

Are you up to your eyeballs in thick, sticky mud Or a full-monty face pack that’s doing you good? Are you beating your head on the wall till you’re blue? If you beat hard enough then you might just break … Continue reading

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Tales of Our Holiday Lets. Or … Is it Really Worth it? Or … Tales of the Unexpected! from Judith Barrow

A hilarious adventure reblogged from Judith Barrow. Well, yes it is worth it – we love it, despite the unexpected. Having a holiday apartment attached to our house has brought us many friends; visitors who return year after year in … Continue reading

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Slimming World – #WritePhoto from Ritu Bhathal

Reblogged from Ritu at But I Smile Anyway, a quirky limerick for the photo prompt… I went for humour, a 2 part limerick… a bit weird, but hey, that’s my mind for you!I have no excuse for how my brain … Continue reading

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Mousetail

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Climbing Trees – from the archives

Another from the vaults… My son, we have established, thinks I am regressing. So when a friend posted a bit of daftness on Facebook last night… a ‘what’s your mental age’ quiz, my initial response was, “About three, according to … Continue reading

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The Third Day of the Moth – BunKaryudo

Reblogged from BunKaryudo What a beauty she was, and in the prime of life! I couldn’t help but edge forward a little in the darkness, trying to sneak a closer look without alerting her to my presence. “Wow, what a … Continue reading

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Hairy story

I liked my hair orange, it suited me well, Suggestive of something ‘twixt pixie and Hell. I grew it all out, hoping it had gone grey But nope, it had left me with just the odd stray. * So now … Continue reading

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A final thought, for now, about the problems caused by patrons from Tallis Steelyard

Inevitably one tale calls to mind another. It seems that no sooner have you got one patron safely home to bed than duty demands that you take care of another. There are times when I feel that many of my … Continue reading

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The dishwashing debate

I loaded up his dishwasher… it isn’t mine, you see, But every Friday morning piles of dishes wait for me. The night before sees lads at play, and men who like to dine The dishes are all theirs, of course, … Continue reading

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