• Coming Home – Part One

    “I’m not going in there. Not if there are great, big, ferocious tigers,” Gemma cried. Eight-year-old Abigail tutted at her younger sister and shook her head. “Tigers, indeed. Of course there aren’t any tigers. It’s a garden, not a jungle,” she said, folding her arms. Sarah tried not to laugh. Despite her bravado, Abigail didn’t…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I think I’ll go for the full-fat version…

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  • Here’s your Monday smile – it’s limerick time. Send in your own or here’s a prompt for you – CASH Here are a few limericks to make you smile this Monday. The prompt last week was FIFTY. Keith Channing: For a while, I believed my friend Trevor; I thought I could go on for ever.…

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  • A Poem For Friday

    Ghostly Woes I am a ghost and my aim is to scare, Sending shivers, chilling all those who dare Enter my deepest and deadliest lair, Alas, I’m not very good. As a lad, I couldn’t wait to be dead, To walk through walls, but I always hit my head, The world’s worst ghost is what…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s Thursday and your new five-word challenge is here. This week, your prompt is EYEBROWS. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word EYEBROWS in it somewhere? Here are your DUST stories from last week: Keith Channing: Dust? I need an alethiometer! Trent’s World: I’ll stay home and dust… Ritu: Dusting…

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  • A Valentine’s Tale

    With Valentine’s Day almost upon us, it’s time for a special love story. My thanks goes to Murray Clarke for sending this in: Roses are Red By Murray Clarke Violet, ninety-six, stared thoughtfully out of the window, a tear in her eye. The other senior citizens in the room were either asleep, reading or watching…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    It always helps when you use the correct spelling…

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  • Here’s your Monday smile – it’s limerick time. Send in your own or here’s a prompt for you – FIFTY Here are a few limericks to make you smile this Monday. The prompt last week was SHOWER. Keith Channing: When it has been dry for a time, A shower of rain is sublime. I really…

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  • A Poem For Friday

    The Laugh Don’t keep it in, It’s no good there, Go on, let it out, Share it round, That joyous sound. Start it off, From deep inside Giggling, guffawing, Almost there, Laugh if you dare. ***

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  • It’s Thursday and your new five-word challenge is here. This week, your prompt is DUST. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word DUST in it somewhere? Here are your PILLS stories from last week: Keith Channing: Pills I Leave Lose Something. Darlene: Forgot to take her pills. Don´t be such…

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