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Press Complaints Commission From alecweston ^Pro in Too Much To Declare (3 hours old)

PCC: Are you guilty? Journalist: No. PCC: Are you guilty? Editor: No. So there you have it. We find both parties innocent. Long live the Free Press! Long live Self-Regulation! … more

flat spin From alecweston ^Pro in Too Much To Declare (10 hours old)

Maybe if I write it down here it will go away. As soon as I put the light out to sleep, I fell into a blind, short breath, panic - fear of dying (specifically drowning), claustopobia, abandonment,… more

Trivial Announcement From alecweston ^Pro in Too Much To Declare (13 hours old)

I am not having my head shaved.… more

CHURLISH PI/part 4: The Police Raid From alecweston ^Pro in Where the Rainbow Begins (13 hours old)

A policeman treads on our hero's big toe as he rushes past towards crowd standing round the bar. Before he can say "ow" another police, with very large feet, storms pass, stamping on the whole of his… more

If there's scary entities on your TV scree. Who you gonna call? From cj592 ^Pro in Television (15 hours old)

Not the john and Edward vote line, thats for sure. It was film week and the x factor hopefuls are still trying to win our votes. And the moment of the night was, for me, the Jedward version of gho… more

That was then From alecweston ^Pro in Too Much To Declare (16 hours old)

As so often, my Sunday depression evaporates into the evening air. What was that all about? Want to rush to finish the novel I'm reading, though. I will be murdering the main character if he does… more

CHURLISH PI/part 3 From alecweston ^Pro in Where the Rainbow Begins (19 hours old)

"Cheryl-Chiswick + murder "already has 231,000 google entries, most of them mistakes. "A Halloween Prank Gone Horribly Wrong?" asks one newspaper about an entirely unrelated murder in Preston Lancs, … more

Sunday Depression From alecweston ^Pro in Too Much To Declare (19 hours old)

That full-on Reproach that beats me up from the inside. Beats too fast by the heart. Not false consciouness - but False Conscience, deep guilt for non existent crimes. Daddy's little enforcer, … more

Lounge Lizard From prydwen in Wulfweard the White (22 hours old)

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CHURLISH PI/part 2 From alecweston ^Pro in Where the Rainbow Begins (23 hours old)

He can't bear it any longer. Abruptly he starts hacking at the bits that stick out with a pair of culed nail scissors. "Good luck with the rest of your life," she shouts up the stairs. "You'll ne… more

The first acorn of common sense From prydwen in Wulfweard the White (1 day old)

UK councils please take note. FRANKFORT, Ky. A spokeswoman for Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear says he's calling the tree on the Capitol's front lawn a "Christmas" tree this holiday season. A… more

Why does snoopy sleep on top of his kennel? From cj592 ^Pro in Enter the Void.... (1 day old)

It's because... there's no room insode the doghouse now that CJ is in there :oops: So why am I in there? It is for daring to suggest that I have learnt my lesson about not straying from the 'chri… more

Groan of the night From prydwen in Grin and bear it (1 day old)

A man died today after becoming trapped under a large wicker basket containing a smoked ham, a jar of pickled onions, some cheddar, water biscuits and a bottle of champagne. Police said that their … more

Who needs therepy? From prydwen in Wulfweard the White (1 day old)

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Home is where... From alecweston ^Pro in Too Much To Declare (1 day old)

It struck me this evening, coming up the hill in the rain from a meal in my friendly French cafe, a present to myself after a long day at my mother's... it struck that, after more than 20 months livin… more

Louis Walsh From prydwen in Wulfweard the White (1 day old)

When will this man get a reality check, smell the coffee and realise that he is either tone death, or the biggest bullshitter in the world.... Louis the louse should bow out of this competition at … more

Please Please Please From prydwen in Wulfweard the White (1 day old)

Will someone out there please put John and Edward out of their misery (and mine)....… more

Guess the odd one out: From prydwen in Wulfweard the White (1 day old)

Lord Stevenson, former chairman, HBOS Bank Andy Hornby, former CEO, HBOS Bank Sir Fred Goodwin, former CEO, RBS Bank Sir Tom McKillup, former chairman, RBS Bank John McFall MP, chairman, Treasury … more

The problem with e-bay From prydwen in Grin and bear it (1 day old)

It’s really difficult to find what you want on eBay. I was searching for cigarette lighters and it found over 15,000 matches.… more

Saturday Meme From prydwen in Wulfweard the White (1 day old)

1. With Friday the 13th on the horizon, do you have any superstitions? I will not walk under ladders and hate seeing a single magpie. 2. Have you any phobias? Still have a fear of heights. 3. … more

CHURLISH From alecweston ^Pro in Where the Rainbow Begins (2 days old)

Today's word is CHURLISH. Not every day has a word. Saturday 7th November should count itself lucky. A star is born. Peter Churlish, Private Investigator. He has a brother Geoffrey. And … more

are we alone? From alecweston ^Pro in Too Much To Declare (2 days old)

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Quote of the night From prydwen in Wulfweard the White (2 days old)

If you got to swim in shit, keep your chin up.… more

Bastard banks and bosses From cj592 ^Pro in Enter the Void.... (2 days old)

Why are screwy thins happening to people around us? My OH is talking to her brother at the moment. he has been having trouble with the bank. He was a hundred pounds overdrawn on his bank account … more

Instant Viagra From prydwen in Wulfweard the White (2 days old)

'Viagra' is now available in powder form for your tea. It doesn't enhance your sexual performance but it does stop your biscuit going soft.. … more

The joy of a woman's passive smoke From alecweston ^Pro in Too Much To Declare (2 days old)

I have never smoked a straight cigarette in my life. (And I gave up smoking anything more interesting eighteen months ago.) As I've made clear on this blog, sometimes quite pompously, I hate stran… more

A Fly for Europe? From alecweston ^Pro in Too Much To Declare (3 days old)

Following the demise of Tony Blair's chances of becoming President of Europe (the job is not so glamorous or powerful that the title may sound), it looks as if they may job may go to Herman von Rompuy… more

They have started drilling again From alecweston ^Pro in Too Much To Declare (3 days old)

one of my back teeth in the basement next to my bedroom (I live on a hill)… more

A Nightmare. From alecweston ^Pro in Too Much To Declare (3 days old)

I had a nightmare. Don't want to want to tell you about it.… more

Different shades of Blues From alecweston ^Pro in Too Much To Declare (3 days old)

I have been feeling so much fear these last few nights - once in the form of financial panic, another time the fear of letting go of the familiar, another time terror of death (a nightmare of drowning… more