20 Comments
User's avatar
Mr. Troy Ford's avatar

hehe "But how--? Then why--? But how--?" That evil doctor couldn't have delivered more perfectly leading questions if you'd written it... ;)

Expand full comment
Terry Freedman's avatar

LOL Thanks Mr Ford. Chortle.

Expand full comment
Nathan Slake's avatar

Haha, wow, this really goes places Terry! (Or should that be Yerret??)

Love what you did here.

"He turned his back for a moment. I threw the liquid onto a plant. It shrivelled and died instantly."

^Favourite line.

Expand full comment
Terry Freedman's avatar

Thanks, Nathan! Yes, to Geneva. Chortle

Expand full comment
Rebecca Holden's avatar

Oh 008, this is fantastic - I loved every word!

Interestingly, you've summed up in fewer than 20 words my gift for houseplant husbandry. Reckon you - or indeed Dr Baddie - have been spying on me every time I water anything:

"He turned his back for a moment. I threw the liquid onto a plant. It shrivelled and died instantly."

Expand full comment
Terry Freedman's avatar

Houseplant husbandry: 🤣

Dr Baddie: I didn't think, I should have given him a name, like Dr Doom, or Muxckraker or something.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Expand full comment
Mary B's avatar

Great read while I'm drinking my 3:45am coffee. I didn't have a mental image of anything when I woke up, but your post has filled my mind with many! 008 is a good one!

Expand full comment
Terry Freedman's avatar

Thanks, Mary! Glad you liked it 😀

Expand full comment
Sharron Bassano's avatar

Ha ha ha! Perfect. Go Manfreed! "No country would dare to start a war if they knew the Z bomb might be deployed against them." Ah, Terry, but you have not considered the USA here... Just wait until November 7... you will see what idiocy and shortsightedness we are capable of. PS. May I come move into your garden shed...?

Expand full comment
Terry Freedman's avatar

Thanks! LOL. Of course! Chortle.

Expand full comment
Jill CampbellMason's avatar

Doing his 'level best' suits the parody of 008 perfectly!

Expand full comment
Terry Freedman's avatar

LOL. Thanks, Jill. I was hoping that someone would pick up on that!

Expand full comment
Beth T (BethOfAus)'s avatar

Hahaha. Nicely done. Very melodramatic Mr Manfreed. Enjoy your flight.

Expand full comment
Terry Freedman's avatar

LOL. Thanks, Beth!

Expand full comment
Daniel Appleton's avatar

I think that you somehow tuned into my incredibly venomous opinion of medical systems, EVERYWHERE.

Expand full comment
Terry Freedman's avatar

🤣

Expand full comment
Daniel Appleton's avatar

Hell is other ERs.....😷😷

Expand full comment
Terry Freedman's avatar

Very clever

Expand full comment
Terry Freedman's avatar

chortle!

Expand full comment
User's avatar
Comment deleted
Sep 30, 2024
Comment deleted
Expand full comment
Terry Freedman's avatar

Yes. I think the doctrine of MAD was well-named.

Expand full comment