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We’ll Thank Our Parents Eventually
Here are some skills useful to that scary thing called life and adulthood, as far as I can tell. I will check off the ones I think I have achieved in the last fourteen years. Shoelace tying Going to the loo/showering/cleaning/dressing yourself, by yourself Reading Writing Halfway decent knowledge of what’s going on in the world… Continue reading
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We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals
Or, in this case, a silver wedding anniversary for my second cousins in Romford that involved no one knowing anyone while knowing everyone because we are clearly all from the same gene pool, judging by the olive skin, dark hair and interesting nose. I definitely saw a Maltese cross around my dad’s cousin Les’s… Continue reading
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The First of the Month is a Good Time to Gain Perspective, Possibly
I try really hard not to go all emoshit artistitis on here, but I’m afraid I need to take a moment to gather my thoughts. Firstly, raise your hand if you feel inferior to someone once a day, or maybe once every couple of days. Me too. It’s hard to deal with, especially… Continue reading
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I Came Home from Town to Find This:
It’s a Kleenex conspiracy to stamp out people who are different by making them feel inferior. Although, if I was Head of Tissue Box Design at the Kleenex HQ, I wouldn’t use sheep, I’d use teenagers. Much more imposing… Also less likely to induce a racism row, methinks. Continue reading
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