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Week 509 – Stunning Place, Ralphie Glick And Two ‘C’ Words – One Worse Than The Other!!

This may go on a wee bit as my head is full of stuff. I should probably separate (I can never spell that sodding word!!) it all and make a few posts out of this or that or whatever, but what the hell, I enjoy writing off the cuff. (I need to check where that saying came from) First off, I need to say what a cracking four days with my lovely wife who I judge for staying with me!! We went to Skye. What a stunning place. Beautiful people. What a diversity of folks as well. I think I counted fourteen nationalities that I spoke to over four days. But fuck me, it’s expensive—I think only Paris could compare. However, it didn’t matter. We were together for forty years so we said ‘Sod it! Let’s go somewhere we have always wanted to see.’ Skye was that very place. I drank Talisker in Skye which is the home of Talisker. I had a few Drambuies, which was made for Bonnie prince Charlie. I got dizzy as every sodding place is so high. I ate superb seafood. Met an Aussie / Kiwi couple who were travelling half of Europe on their honeymoon and a wee mad mental Liverpudlian fellow who walked a bit weird. We both wondered if he had had an injury and he told us that he had. He jumped off a one hundred and fifty foot cliff, was blown back onto the cliffs. He broke all his ribs and shattered all of his mouth. He was a young guy and I asked him how his mum felt, he stated, and I will always remember this, ‘When I was well, she hurt me more than the broken ribs and fucked up teeth.’

All in all, I know that there are folks from all countries reading this…If you ever get the chance, go there, it is something that I have never experienced before. You just think two things:

1. Is this no a bit good!!

2. I’m insignificant. Mother Nature tops us all!!!

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Week 493 – If You’re Going To Knock It Down!!!! Mean Machine!!!! And A Nod To You Joe!!!!!

I hope you all have been enjoying the Olympics. I love most of the sports and enjoy watching those that I don’t even understand. (Yachting for example – Who the fuck can see who is winning??

Sorry to all the folks who adore Surfing but unless there is a circling shark, it’s shit to watch!)

And before any sensitive tells me that their gran was eaten by a shark – I apologise. (Bet the shark got the shits!!!)

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Week 487 – Famous Five, Charlie and Young Mr Bell!!

Who is the greatest writer ever?

Is that a loaded question?

Literally snobs will come up with the usual suspects that I’ll not mention. I can’t really as there are very few of the so called classics that I have read.

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Week 483 – Also, A Chinese Meal, Get Your Babies Kissed And, Yes, I know It’s A Life-Choice.

Here we are at Saturdays Posting number 483!

Something has came up this week that we want to share.

Before I start explaining, I must say that none of our writers have done anything wrong. We are in no way criticising.

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Week 479 – A Curley Wurley Was Only 3p, Faye Wray Was A Screaming Bitch And I Dare You, No, I double Dare you!!

Leroy Jethro Gibbs stated that there was no such thing as coincidence.

By the way, Mark Harmin has never done better than when he played Bundy in ‘The Deliberate Stranger’

But we had a coincidence this week. Our lovely Diane’s Sunday Section intertwined with something I read and that gave me fuel for this posting.

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Week 475 – Are You One? An Oscar Winner And Three Times Tainted.

Here we are at Week 475…Man that’s a big number…Not as big as three squillion but what can you do?

We receive so many stories that are cliches and stereotypical. Now these all have to be considered. There is a reason that they are cliches and stereotypical and that is that they are there. We’ve mentioned this many times before.

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Week 471 – I Wonder What The Executives Called It? The Fear Should Be After And Falsetto Ain’t For Me.

Week 471 is the week that was.

And when you think on it, it’s also the week that is.

And as I start to type, then it’s also the week that will be!

Don’t you just hate it when someone hasn’t a clue about their tenses?

I read this week that Mary Poppins has been re-classified due to an obscure reference.

I don’t want to go into this again but I do wonder where this is all going to end?

Actually, I don’t think it will. I reckon all films will soon be classed as unsuitable if any of the characters light up a cigarette.

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Week 469 – Always Listen,Honour Your Mammy’s Mammy And Never Crawl In Brown Water.

Well hello there folks!

Here we are at week 469 and time for the relevant round up!

A couple of writing things have come up over the last week or so and we thought that we’d explore them further.

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Week 467 – Why Not Try Brain Surgery, News And I Love The Daily Record.

Well here we go again, another week, another round-up.

We’re very busy with those who are still trying to hang onto their New Year’s resolution but we know that come the middle of February, most will give up.

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Week 465 – Colonel Jessup Said It Best, You Don’t Want To Be Able To Hide In Budgie-Smugglers And ‘R’ Will Always Be Their Favourite Letter.

Here we are at Week 465.

I honestly think that January seems to be one of the longest months in the year. It drags on for ever. It is like the two minutes is to a cat when it’s food bowl is empty.

I know we don’t advocate talking animals but this little section emphasises my point:

‘It has been thirty seconds since I had food. The human is pretending to wash my dish whereas I know that they truly mean to starve me to death. I feel the life force draining from me. If I do survive this day, I shall make them pay. I will be as vocal as my weakened state allows until this matter is resolved or more likely, I die. These may be the last thoughts of me ‘Satan-Shoe Shitter!’

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