INTERVIEW WITH A TRIFFID STRATEGIST

June 20, 2012
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Loon: So what can you tell me about the upcoming takeover? Triffid Strategist: Nothing. Loon: Ah, come on. How about a few hints at least? Triffid Strategist: No. Loon: I’ll give you a present if you just tell me one single little thing about it. Triffid Strategist: No. Loon: Pleeease. Triffid Strategist: No. Loon: Pretty […]

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FIRST SENTENCE OF A STRANGE ROMANCE

June 19, 2012

When he awoke he couldn’t help but notice that his head rested on the floor in a pool of blood not his own.

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HOW TO ENVELOP YOUR PREY

June 18, 2012

1. Work only at night. 2. After locating and approaching with 15 meters of prey, discard your accordion. 3. Become a gelatinous mass. 4. Ooze with all the stealth you can muster until you have your prey surrounded. 5. Envelop.

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A SENTENCE BY ELIZABETH GASKELL

June 17, 2012

And with a swimming curtsey Miss Betty Barker took her leave. A delightful sentence from the delightful CRANFORD.

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BLOOMSDAY TOAST – 2012

June 16, 2012

BLOOMSDAY TOAST Here’s to – Nora the barnacle goose – Skin-the-Goat – the giggle fit of bronze by gold – the blind stripling piano tuner tap tap tapping along – Stephen deep in thought strolling on Sandymount Strand – socks with skyblue clocks, jaunty – Plumtree’s Potted Meats, which can make of each home an […]

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AUDREY TOTTER KWIZ ANSWER

June 15, 2012

The movie is Lady in the Lake. Adrienne Fromsett is the name of Audrey Totter’s character. Robert Montgomery as Philip Marlowe gets the shot he wants by producing a live tarantula and thrusting it at Audrey. Audrey later gives Montgomery a hotfoot while he is napping between scenes.  

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THE AUDREY TOTTER KWIZ

June 14, 2012

Audrey has just realized: a. she forgot to wipe her fingerprints off of the cudgel. b. she locked her keys in the car. c. that the giant spider is not fake. d. she will never become the Queen of Spain.

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ABSTRACT CHESS PROBLEM

June 13, 2012
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I told you it was abstract.

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MILITARY DAGGERS

June 12, 2012

These aren’t really military daggers. I just thought, you know, military daggers. It sounds like really cool to say, “Military daggers.” Military daggers. Yeah. “Hey, Al, what you got there?” “Military daggers, my friend.”

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LITTLE JENNY FACTORYPUDDING

June 11, 2012
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Little Jenny Factorypudding never left her room. When asked why by a visiting busybody, Little Jenny turned away to face the wall and froze in place until long after the busybody had given up, gone home, and consumed three flagons of apricot brandy and two corn muffins. It was only then that Little Jenny Factorypudding […]

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