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Writing tagged: ‘conversations’

Ewe are kidding me!

In which I pull my coiffurist's leg.

Published 30-Dec-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, haircuts, sheep

Code-10 abort

In which my MI6 safe-house is blown.

Published 11-Dec-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, royalty, spies

Paralympics

The girlfriend of the son of the woman who cuts our hair, as she watched the Paralympic equestrian dressage event earlier this week: Is it the horses who are disabled, or the riders?

Published 07-Sep-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, haircuts, horses, olympics, sport

Making a mint

Why do people ‘coin a phrase’, but ‘mint a coin’?

Published 10-Jun-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, jen, words

At the Cheese Shop, part 4

In which I fail to add up to 35.

Published 04-May-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: cheese shop, conversations

Getting technical

Jen in conversation with her friend the farmer yesterday.

Published 08-Apr-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: apple, computers, conversations, iPad, jen

Tricks and licks

In which I use my childcare skills to diffuse a potentially tense situation.

Published 11-Mar-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: baldness, conversations, magic

Chatting with the Magic Band

Nite Owl gets to meet the Magic Band.

Published 08-Mar-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: captain beefheart, conversations, guest posts, murdoch, music, nite owl

How to use maths to get chatted-up

In which I prove that 2 = 1.

Published 23-Jan-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, mathematics

Pond'ring

In which a nice lady named Jennifer offers to insulate my fish pond.

Published 02-Dec-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, politics

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