Well here we are at Week 568!!!
Hello there guys!
I’ve just read something that fucking disgusts me!
In Britain, the billionaires made more money last year – They made more billions.
We have people who can’t afford to feed their families and can’t heat their houses but these fuckwits have made around ten million a day between them to increase their wealth. Overall that is – Makes it a lot better, doesn’t it????
I may be making jesus cry but unless they pass on their wealth onto where it is needed, I hope they all die of the worst ever (That’s maybe a bit strong and was something that I only said of my last so called gaffer but sod them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, the so called gaffer isn’t a billionaire – Just a fucking cunt!!!!!!!!!!!!)
I need to calm down!!!
Ahhh – Guilty pleasures calms me.
There is a British TV show that was a guilty pleasure for me. It was called, ‘First Dates’. It had the naïve, the virgins, the arrogant, the disillusioned, the cocky, the scared, and those who had loss…All of the human types and it was exactly as it said–They were put together for a first date and it was brilliant to watch as a human reaction. However, it has now become, as they all have, a fucking show off of show-offs!! (I love putting two of / off’s together)
Anyhow, I was watching an older one, and I heard the best, ‘What not to say on a first date’ ever!! The fellow asked the lady about past relationships and she stated, ‘The last long term relationship I was in, was when I was in love with a ghost.’
That is a belter. That’s honest to a point, but maybe should never be said!!!!!
…They didn’t have a second date. Weirdly, it was her who bombed the guy out?????
I didn’t know that Buckfast was banned in America. Strangely, it has nothing to do with it being fuel for Neds, it’s more to do with the amount of caffeine that’s in it. I find that very strange that the land of coffee drinkers is outlawing caffeine!
I think there’s a debate on where the word ‘Ned’ came from. The two that I keep hearing is either from the Scottish saying of a ‘Ne’er do well’ or the first name of Ned Kelly. I like them both.
Sorry – Back to the Buckie. I read this in an article that states that some of The Tartan Army (Scottish Football Supporters) will be arranging to have some bottles sent over to their hotels for the World Cup. I’m not really sure how that’ll work? Drugs are illegal, and if you send them by post, they are still illegal. Does the same not apply with the Tonic Wine?? If they do get through for delivery, there’ll be a few fucked up postmen!!
If anyone has never tried it, I would say that is the sensible option! One mouthful was enough for me.
I knew a friend of a friend who even up until the time he died, he still enjoyed a shot of Buckfast in his Guinness. (I’m not sure if that was related to his death!!)
…What the hell, everyone to their own!!
I found a word this week that’s now become my favourite word. It has overtaken ‘Crocodile’ and ‘Statistic’ that were joint first in my wonderful word list.
Not only is it a wonderful word to say, it’s meaning is brilliant as well…
…The collective noun for Flamingos is ‘Flamboyancy.’
I wonder if whoever came up with that realised that anyone who read or heard it would automatically smile??
That collective noun has also replaced my previous favourite of ‘A Murder Of Crows’
Okay folks, onto this week’s stories.
We had four new folks and a writer who was on his ninth but already has had his tenth accepted!
To all our new folks we give them a warm welcome, hope they have fun on the site and we want to see a lot more of their work.
As always, our initial comments follow.
First up on Monday was Daniel Joseph Day with his first story for us, ’Her Ghost In These Pages’
‘Very good writing.’
‘Love the MC!’
‘You knew early doors that there was something off about him!’
Another Newbie on Tuesday.
Kate O’Sullivan had her first story for us published. It was entitled, ‘The Coffin Maker Of Cortana.’
‘A well told story!’
‘It’s sweet but done well and not sugary!’
‘I loved the tone of this.’
The Newsters kept on rolling in. Renee Coloman was next up with, ‘Once Bitten.’
‘Disturbing and sad.’
‘The hopelessness that only death can fix is perceptive.’
‘This was madness well depicted.’
Geraint Jonathan was published on Thursday. We appreciate Geraint’s comments and his stories. He has his tenth scheduled and I’d just like to point out to him and anyone who is reading…It’s less than 3% of writers who reach double figures – I can’t express what an achievement that is!!
‘Apparitionist’ was his latest offering for us.
‘A strange and twisting story.’
‘There are hints throughout.’
‘Geraint always gives us a clever piece of writing and content!’
Our last story of the week was from our last new writer.
‘Death In Damp Bracken’ was written by Ian C. Smith.
‘You have to concentrate with this but it’s worth it.’
‘An interesting and hard to imagine couple!’
‘Nice rumination on loss.’
That’s us for another week guys.
If any new writers or readers are reading this, please make your self familiar with the site. I may be a bit biased but you’ll get a lot out of it.
Posting on FaceFuck, TwitterXBaws, Instacunt are all great to see your words about meals and your ugly kids. They may fuel your ego but there’s nothing better than writing something that has to be considered or read something that has been considered. Any Bellend can be seen on social media – But to be on sites like this, you need to earn it!!!!!
Just to finish, another nod to Tam Cowan. I choked when I read this one. I’m not sure how it will travel though as it is a bit colloquial and speech impedimenticst. (HAH! That might be another new favourite word if I could say it!!)
Seemingly, Sean Connery was banned from all Victoria Secrets stores as he had went in to one for a present for his wife and enquired if those knickers were satin!
…Think about it!!!!
I have two pieces of music for you, one I knew well and one I’m embarrassed to say I only found a week or so back.
The first piece is something I hadn’t thought about for years. I saw that this lady’s birthday was on the 21st January and that reminded me of the albums I had. No one can say they are the best group in the world but by fuck did they have some energy!!
The next piece of music is someone I never knew of. Fuck!! I found this interesting! Jeff Buckley died at thirty but I didn’t know that his dad died at twenty eight and I also didn’t know that he was a singer. I found this. It was something that I knew nothing of and I love it!!!!!
Image by Myo Min Kyaw from Pixabay – a flamboyancy of flamingos reflected in calm water.
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Schhhame on the joke Hugh!
Brilliant post. One thing I’ve noticed in music is no matter who the “front girl” is in a band, no one ever knows any of the guys, except their mothers and girlfriends. I thought Janis Joplin was fantastic looking, but she also went out of her way to be ugly, even though I do not think that she was ugly (unless you allow Jagger to be ugly). Yet no one in Big Brother and the Holding Company is a household name (although a great band). Same goes with No Doubt, Paramore, Blondie and so forth. Yet in guy groups that get big enough, all the guys are know, It is not possible to be more conspicuous than Freddie Mercury or Jim Morrison, yet the other guys were known too. Strange phenomenon. Neither wrong nor right, just is. Didn’t know about Buckley’s father!
The world has turned into Blade Runner–all the Richies living up high and the rest of us fighting it out on the street against weirdos who look like Sean Young. Nothing screams atheism more than wealth and yet they consider themselves gods.
I hate the fuckers. Not jealous, just hate their smug joyless conceited plastic Robin Lynch faces. Wanna punch one just to watch it bleed.
Leila
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Hi Leila,
It’s weird but I think everyone of us would be repelled at stomping on most faces but there are a few that it would be a joy to behold!
The amazing character that is Del Boy Trotter in ‘Only Fools And Horses’ summed up wealth better than anyone.
‘I only need a ha’penny more than I can spend.’
I never thought about that regarding female lead singers – Maybe only ‘Fleetwood Mac’ could be considered an exception???
Thanks as always for all your help and all your comments!!!
Hugh
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Great post, Hugh.
Re inequality: I bore the crap out of strangers on trains and at wedding receptions, telling ’em that when I was a kid there were no rough sleepers and everyone had a dentist. Now, no-one can get a house and the Brits are famous for their bad teeth, yet the national wealth has tripled. What happened? I’ll tell you what happened: some smooth bastards have grabbed all the money.
Re Tim Buckley: afraid, I remember him well. He had some good songs but he joined the legion who fell to The Needle of Death (a song sung by Bert Jansch, a fellow legionaire who was so junked up that he fell off the stage the last time I saw him).
Hey ho,
bw, mick
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Hi Mick,
No-one could argue with you!!! The distribution of wealth is sickening. Why so few folks should have the most wealth is inhumane when you see how some folks have to live.
I read a while back that some property developer (I think) spent over four hundred million on his daughters wedding. Anyone who was involved with that should be ashamed!
I’ll seek out some more of Tim Buckley’s music and also have a listen to Bert Jansch.
Thanks as always my fine friend, your comments are deeply appreciated.
Hugh
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Hi Hugh
I don’t think Jesus is mad at you because he also said, “I came not to bring peace but a sword,” and even though he also said never to use the sword, when he said he brought it, he meant he brought it because of those who would keep it all for themselves. He also said he wanted to spread fire across the whole earth, and by that he meant BURN DOWN SOCIETY (symbolically).
Of him, it could be said, as Walt Whitman said, “Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.”
I agree with Leila. The world is BLADE RUNNER now. That means the cycle/s of history have returned and we’re in the Middle Ages again. “Democracy” itself seems to have been a rank failure. But it does allow for (maybe) a chance for something better to rise again. It’s also worth remembering (of course) that in America for instance, the world IS (in general) better for black Americans now than it was before Martin Luther King and his good friends and allies came along.
Thanks for letting the world of Literally readers know about Buckley’s dad. It’s strange how sometimes we do, and sometimes we don’t, repeat the fate/s of our parents. If that will be true of yours truly and my mother, I have exactly eleven years left to live. On the other hand, my dad is 84 and still goin’ strong.
Thanks for the ENERGY of your prose. It’s always a tonic!
Dale
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Hi Dale,
Regarding Society – I’ve always wondered when it was at its peak and what or who caused its decline?? I suppose if we thought on that, we would all come up with a different answer.
My mum panicked when she hit sixty as that was the age that my gran had her first stroke. It didn’t matter that my mum was looked after by her doctor, as in blood tests, MOTs, a helluva lot more than was available to my gran. It was the seventh stroke that got the old girl. My mum is now eighty five and still going strong – She even had a neck break around four years back and got over that!
I’m going to listen to more of Tim Buckley and at Mick’s recommendation, Bert Jansch.
Thanks as always for your brilliant comments and interest of the site!!!
All much appreciated!!
All the very best.
Hugh
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Hi Hugh
Billionaires are so unhappy to find their caskets don’t hold much–save the water getting inside or not. Depends on the vault.
They are an existential threat to the planet, and they elected one here–not me.
Flamboyancy cool word! As an avid bird nerd. I’ll have to share that with the flock.
A Murder Of Crows’ you sound like birder yourself.
Great to see the light of truth is shining!
Christopher
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Hi Christopher,
I read somewhere that all billionaires are Sociopaths. I don’t agree. Take all, from the worst of all the spectrums and then we’d be getting close.
I’m not sure if this is a male thing but regarding our feathered friends. When I was at school (I never noticed it then) any of us would see a bird and say what it was. But years later my pal was talking about his girlfriend and he stated that he thought it was weird that his girl thought it was weird that he knew the names of birds??
Gwen is the same, I don’t know how many times she has pointed to a sparrow and asked me what it was!
I think the most appropriate collective noun for birds is ‘A wake of vultures’ To be honest, I didn’t know about The Murder Of Crows, I found that when I was looking for a title for a story. (But it stuck!)
Thanks as always my fine friend!!
All the very best to you.
Hugh
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Hey Hugh,
I’m a big fan of collective nouns but can never find ways to stick them into conversations. So what good are they? Somebody managed to articulate “a dread of fiction writers” aloud recently, which I still can’t find a way to verbalize.
At a recent writer’s conference, “A bombast of novelists?” came to my mind, but remained unvoiced.
So, I’ll use it here. Thanks.” — Gerry
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Hi Gerry,
I think the only time we really thought on collective nouns was in ‘O’ Grade English but none of them were interesting. I think they should be open to individual interpretation –
A rug of Guinea Pigs.
A truth of politicians. (I’m sure folks will realise that I’m being ironic.)
A parasite of lords. (That could work for royalty)
A frenzy of Lawyers. (A nod to their spiritual animal)
A boredom of new parents.
A FIGJAM of reality stars. (I didn’t know this but found it when I was looking for an alternative for show-off – Fuck I’m Good Just Ask Me.)
Thanks as always my fine friend, I hope life is being kind to you.
Hugh
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Two very different videos, both good. The first started with the Louie Louie riff, I think. But it was somewhat different after that (understatement, to say the least!) Flamboyancy of flamingoes is very fitting, but crows get a bad rap. Another good week, looking forward to the next.
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Hi Dave,
Thanks as always my fine friend – I’ll always appreciate a comment from your good-Self!
You could be right about the riff, it’s close.
I think the crow gets a bad beef due to ‘The Omen’. I know that it was a Raven but I’ve heard so many people say, ‘I’ve never liked Crows since ‘The Omen’
Thanks again Dave and all my very best to you and yours.
Hugh
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Great post as always.
today a politician from the Labour party made a comment that summed up so much for me to quote as far as I remember ‘we need the best person who will be able to get labour re-elected’ Nothing about who could do the best for the country, the constutuents, the poor – just who can helps us rich bastards keep our cushy jobs and make more and more. It’s obscene.
I will come to the stomping. Just give me time to get my boots on.
My mum liked Bucky – it had tonic on the label and so obviously it was medicinal, no guilt!!
thanks Hugh – dd
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Hi Diane,
When a political party change all that happens is our pockets get lighter.
We replace one load of over-privileged bastards with another. It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that there’s no difference!!
The old tonic wine has paid for so many Monks lifestyle.
…Oh wait a minute!!!!!
Thanks as always for all your help.
Thinking of you all!
Hugh
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