Category Archives: Silliness

Introducing Humungous Biosciences

There has been much fuss and flapdoodle about a company called Colossal Biosciences that aims to use the wonders of modern genetic technology to call extinct species back from the other side of the rainbow bridge. Their latest scheme has … Continue reading Continue reading

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My Top Reads Of 2024

This year I read 64 books, the first time since records began (2014) that the number has exceeded my age in years (I am 62). The total might be inflated, though, as some of the books have been duologues or … Continue reading Continue reading

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice

This one kindly sent in by our Correspondent of all things Chthonic, Mr C. D. of Leeds. I think it speaks for itself. What it is saying, though, is less clear.

 
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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice

I’ve long wanted to patronise this shop, but I’d have to disguise myself as a helpful Labrador.
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Family Tree

We’re blessed to have a larger-than-usual garden (for these parts). Legend has it that when they built this development at the arse-end of the 1980s, what-was-to-become our plot was down for 2 (or even 3) houses, but they didn’t get … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Very Hungry Pupperino

On Monday, the Very Hungry Pupperino ate a sofa. On Tuesday, the Very Hungry Pupperino ate a set of six mahogany dining chairs. On Wednesday, the Very Hungry Pupperino ate a small semi-detached ex-Local-Authority house in Cromer, Norfolk. On Thursday, … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Last Question

In his 1956 story The Last Question, Isaac Asimov has human beings ask computers of increasing power the Ultimate Question. You know, the one about Life, The Universe, and Everything. And the question goes something like this — HOW CAN … Continue reading Continue reading

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice

This one contributed by my correspondent Professor Trellis of North Wales and received with thanks. Presumably the injunction does not apply to Residents.
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Your Stars For August

by Harry Specks Aries: Meetings. Bloody meetings. Everyone is always on their way to one, just back from one, or, perish the thought, in one. But what are they for? Do they achieve anything? If everyone hates them so much, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Your Stars For July

By Harry Specks Aries: At the beginning of the month you will see a picture of a unicycle. Possibly, it will come up in your social media feed the algorithm of which thinks you have bought one or might want … Continue reading Continue reading

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