Tag: humor
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Obituary for a Joker
A brief note but I have to do this. Five days ago Alan Irwin Abel passed away. Really. Now I’m guessing if you live in America most of you know, but in case it slipped past you, or if you live elsewhere in the world where his death does not seem to have received coverage,…
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The Dream of the Fat Controller
It is the sort of figure that is whispered in awed, reverential tones. This is money beyond the powers of imagination, a theatre of surreal dreams. 20 billion – no, not dollars, or even euros, but pounds sterling. And bear in mind a UK billion is 1 million times a million. Enough to overheat every…
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See the Tree, How Big it’s Grown…
Honey (Labrador; blonde, too fat) exhibits all the cool intelligence of her breed. Wide brown eyes, folds of extra flesh that cushion her head as she sleeps, a judgmental poise that speaks of wisdom as old as time. She surveys her territory from her French windows with an imperious air, where her growl of…
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