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…

Is that you, Dad? — I was resting in the Labour recovery ward, alone as usual. Families congregated around the other 5 beds laughing and talking over each other, animatedly, while I gazed out of the window from my bed at the end of the ward. It seems a newborn child is a happy moment. …

And I’m better than her. She told me so. — Seinfeld reminds Larry David in Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, that every new generation is better than the last. I believe that in terms of intelligence and intellect … if the child is raised in a well-balanced, normal home. It stands to reason, that if we start at the point…

It all starts with the mind. — This is what I am striving for:

Few things in life enjoy a good plucking. — I’ve asked 82, 628 chickens personally if they enjoyed a good pluck. To a beak, they said … “Why do you think we crossed the bloody road? It’s to escape a good plucking.” And Mr. Festive A la King III, of AnyCockwillDo Street said, “and even a bad plucking”. Every…

Especially in countries that do not have the death penalty — Following a recent spate of dog attacks in the UK, I am beginning to see a pattern. This year alone, 7 people have been killed by dogs. Yesterday another, which led me to write this piece. In the USA 30–50 people are killed annually, and the number is also on…

I was just 16. It was my birthday. She lay before me, quite dead … I was mesmerised. — We were flying the hull, I had never been so fast on water. We struggled to control the vessel and the sails were screaming at us to get things under control. “Release the jib,” my uncle shouted. He was struggling to be heard above the wind. I shook my head…

If ever the words, “the meaning is in the title” existed, it must be that title. There can be no mistaking the content. — Now I am not going to subject you to filth, but it is important to set the stage here. I have not watched Anal Pandemonium 5 — nor 1–4, nor 6–47, so my viewpoint may not be objective. I saw this title, and the thing that struck me was the…

I just finished polishing my ‘sword’ … it may need some landscaping too. — (Author’s Caution — Littered with sexual innuendo to highlight the importance of good firm sausage during “All Day” enjoyment) I was quietly minding my own business when Dan Farr sent this story into my stratosphere. …