Category Archives: Friends

It’s All About Me

I know it is very rude to just copy and paste someone else’s blog post but this one is about me. I apologise to Napoleon but I love his writing and you really do need to pop over to Big Arena Records and check out his podcasts. Or popcasts, as they should be known.
This is […]

Sharon, You’re Not a S**t

I implore you to visit the Big Arena Records website and listen to some of the amazing, nay, astounding, podcasts by one Davy ‘Jet Plane’ Lawrence, aka Napoleon Fantastic. Your ears will weep with joy and you may have yourself a little sex wee.
Davy will be posting the ‘casts on a weekly basis, leading up […]

Rive My Heart in Two

It is with a hulking heavy heart and a tender teary eye that I bid farewell to one of my closest and dearest friends. Bronte is going away. Not just a little further away but to an entirely different continent. She is moving to Canada with her husband. The chances of ever meeting again are […]

Boys Aren’t Allowed

I had to face George this morning and tell him I am not prepared to play any part in his sick Paul Young cover versions band. As he stood before me in his tinsel wig and bowler hat I saw a little white tear form at the corner of his eye. His head was lowered […]

George’s Love of the Common People

George has got it into his little head that it is an amazing idea to create a Paul Young cover version band. He is pestering me everyday, trying to turn me onto the joy of Paul Young’s musical oeuvre. He is desperate for me to play guitar, Pip on bass and Bugsy to bash his […]

Kavalier & Clay

I have just finished reading Michael Chabon’s ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay’. This was a birthday gift from Bronte. I had never read any Chabon, but I was aware of his ‘Wonder Boys’ due to the film version of the book. I have to thank Bronte for introducing me to an excellent author, […]

Footballer’s Wives

“She’s lovely Busby. Can you introduce me?”
“No Nelson, she’s taken.”
“Oh, come on. One look at me and she will be mine. Like that actress.”
“She called the police after you followed her home and put your little fireman through her letterbox.”
“Misunderstanding. Just introduce me.”
“She’s the girlfriend of a footballer, Nel, you don’t stand a chance.”
“Who?”
“Teddy Sheringham.”
“Never […]

Cat Nip Nap Attack

Vanny recently had a dream about me. Vanny is brilliant. She is a gregarious woman with a gargantuan laugh. Her chuckle can be heard across the office and she will break into a spirited belly laugh at the slightest humours comment, which always makes me feel like a comedy genius whenever I talk to her.
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The Jumping Man

As I was walking to work this morning I witnessed something rather odd at Bank bottleneck. The suited gentleman preceding me in the bustling crowd suddenly jumped in the air for no apparent reason. He looked like he had received a caustic electrical shock. He left the pavement jerking his legs spastically and twisting his […]

Pip’s Betrayal

Pip has done something to monumentally rattle me As of now I am officially declaring and end to our friendship. As you will remember, I recently had a massive work project to carry out. This caused immense stress, sleepless nights and depression.
I completed this by the impractical deadline I was given. I then gave it […]