Oh, Terry, this is wonderful! You just get better and better. Those opening lines of existential pain were perfect! I loved it. And these are absolutely priceless:
"... the inchoate, incoherent and imbecilic inscriptions of those writers whose aspirations outstrip their abilities..."
"My psychic powers appear to have temporarily deserted me."
"You’d have to make a cheque out to the wife, because I’m not allowed to take money."
"Those writers whose aspirations outstrip their abilities" are everywhere. Luckily, your readers need not be bereft, as your writing is dependably consistent as is your publishing of the same. 😁
I can see what you mean by Tony Hancock's voice! The market patter was gleaned from years of listening to those people: pur entertainment! Not specifically Walthamstow market, but definitely Shepherds Bush and Petticoat Lane. 🤣🤣
Such a fun and exquisitely written piece, Terry. And this, this made me laugh aloud: “You are singular, in several senses of the word.”
😁 Thanks, Silvio :-)
Absolutely bonkers - Terry - Yerret, Fred, Teri - ALL of you!
Loved it. I can imagine this on the am-dram stage of many a community!
🤣 Thanks, Rebecca!
Looking forward to take offs of your variations on a theme.. and take-offs on take-offs..
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Every time I think to myself "I don't know how he does it." Yet, time and again, you manage to do it. Clever, witty, original! Bravo, Terry.
Hahaha! Thanks very much, Nathan. 😁
HAHAHAhahahaha!!!
"unlike most other people in this den of disease"
"I don't know that one."
"shopping list as a poem"
What a delightful experiment this one turned out to be.
🤣 Thanks, Elizabeth. Glad you enjoyed it. 😁
Oh, Terry, this is wonderful! You just get better and better. Those opening lines of existential pain were perfect! I loved it. And these are absolutely priceless:
"... the inchoate, incoherent and imbecilic inscriptions of those writers whose aspirations outstrip their abilities..."
"My psychic powers appear to have temporarily deserted me."
"You’d have to make a cheque out to the wife, because I’m not allowed to take money."
"Now push me away." "I do so with reluctance. "
🤣 Thanks very much, Sharron!
Bravo, Sir Terry!
Thanks very much, Jim! 😁
Waiting for Freedman....
😂 I am clearly Beckett's heir!
ha ha ha
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"Those writers whose aspirations outstrip their abilities" are everywhere. Luckily, your readers need not be bereft, as your writing is dependably consistent as is your publishing of the same. 😁
Oh, so kind, Mary. Thank you. Aw shucks. 😇
I can see what you mean by Tony Hancock's voice! The market patter was gleaned from years of listening to those people: pur entertainment! Not specifically Walthamstow market, but definitely Shepherds Bush and Petticoat Lane. 🤣🤣
🤣 Don't call us...
I want to play the nurse. I have always wanted to play a nurse.
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