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Writing tagged: ‘conversations’

Overheard at a dinner party last night…

(I don’t think it’s quite the word they meant…)

Published 11-Mar-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations

Posting Stense’s Christmas present

Conversation with postmistress.

Published 07-Dec-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: christmas, conversations, stense

Carolyn texts

Fancy going to a circus teacher on Thursday?

Published 06-Oct-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: carolyn, conversations

Cosmological conversation with my dad

Re. the distance to the sun.

Published 27-Sep-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: astronomy, conversations, cosmology, dad

The Pop-star Biscuit Game

In which I invent a game about pop-stars who sound like biscuits.

Published 07-Aug-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: biscuits, conversations, games, jen

Cunning linguistics

A conversation with Jen about dwarfs.

Published 19-Jun-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, jen, language, spelling, tolkien

Wearenotamused

I woke up this morning to find one of Carolyn's random text-message queries awaiting me.

Published 05-May-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: carolyn, conversations, language

Paintstaking

Paint frivolity.

Published 14-Apr-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations

Vegetating

Ten-a-day fruit and veg?

Published 25-Feb-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, fruit, jen, smoking, vegetables

Time I duct

Atrocious pun re. vasectomies.

Published 23-Oct-2016
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, puns

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