Would you put up with this level of service, for a good cause? — Suddenly a table of 6 people seated to my right erupted simultaneously … “We did it” … “We did it…”! And with that, every waitperson stopped, and they all started clapping. The entire order was perfectly executed. And as this seldom happened, there was cause to celebrate. I sat next…

Luck starts with hard work. — If this interests you, I suggest first reading Part 1, which can be found here. The Site: I found the site by chance. My youngest sister was in a digs in Acton, London, with some Maori boys. She was dating this 20-year-old Maori man-mountain. …

It had so much going against it, that it should not have worked. But against the odds, it did work. Spectacularly. — My wife insisted on putting a bunch of flowers in the outside toilet. My wife thinks flowers make everything better. Flowers have saved my marriage I think. I used to walk into the toilet and laugh at the flowers, each day, before service. …

All I want for Christmas is for you to list my latest invention under the “Male Gifting Experience”, I think I will make a bomb in 2024. — Dear Santa, I know you’ve heard via the grapevine that I don’t believe in you. I want you to know it’s a vicious rumour started by Kristen Stark because she’s jelli of my (cinnamon) flavoured, “buns.” And I did not say, “With all those mince pies you scoff, it’s no…

It was kill, or be killed! — Hans Etschmaier stood behind his shallow “foxhole”, roughly scraped out of the soil with his hands. He had paced off 18 paces and drawn a line in the sand with his foot. As he paced, he was being watched, closely. Eyes were darting back and forth from his foxhole to…

A wonderful time to enjoy the benefits and taste of olive oil — Olive oil greases the engine of the body. I am convinced of this. In my Italian town, it is usual to see an 80-plus-year-old Nona bicycling around to the shops or to meet friends. As a foreigner, this amazed me. Having lived here for 5 years now, I have come to realize something:- At the heart…

It could escalate to a large — For readers of a sensitive nature, or vegans, or that Scandinavian school girl weather warrior — warning. This story mentions cannibalism. Hello, fellow Medium bitches. I smell your butt holes, and you all smell fine and dandy. Healthy as a cumquat in the large fruit bowl of life. If you…

Mildred … 87 years old and desperately lonely — Mildred was always desperately lonely since Stanley died. Her husband had died a few years earlier, but his passing was a bit of light relief actually. His increasing demands had almost capsized her. When he passed, she said, There but for the love of phlegm goes a bag of fucks. …

Said my wife — I was stunned. Shocked in fact. My wife walked into my safe place, and announced casually, while I was settling down to watch the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, “We need another man in the house.” Usually, people do not bother me when I enter my sanctuary. Think of it as…