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Oct 3Liked by Terry Freedman

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

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LOL Thanks Mr Ford. Chortle.

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Oct 2Liked by Terry Freedman

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.

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Thanks, Nathan! Yes, to Geneva. Chortle

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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."

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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!

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Sep 30Liked by Terry Freedman

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!

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Thanks, Mary! Glad you liked it 😀

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Carry on spying 008. Of course yer man the mad doctor is correct. Having a very dangerous bomb is the whole point of them. And if they cancel each other out then hello we don't need them... Ah if only it was that simple...

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

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Sep 29Liked by Terry Freedman

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...?

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Thanks! LOL. Of course! Chortle.

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

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

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

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LOL. Thanks, Beth!

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

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🤣

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Hell is other ERs.....😷😷

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Very clever

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chortle!

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