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For those of us who still mourn the death of Spike Milligan.

Jessie Gugig, 15, said she could not believe the charges, especially against Mrs. Murphy, who was an accomplished gardener.

“They couldn’t have been spies,” she said. “Look what she did with the hydrangeas.”

Sign on wall of Fort Lee, N.J. Middle School :

If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

Hat tip to Dr Phillips.

There is much innocent (and intelligent) fun to be had at Dr Boli’s Celebrated Magazine. Worth working backwards, because he’s no one-trick pony.

Dr Phillips (whom God preserve, of New Jersey) liked this one.

Dr Boli’s other interests are eyebrow-raising, but for those you need to go to his site & follow the links.

Look at how relaxed a tomato is in its natural environment. A human does exactly what a tomato does but the tomato is in bliss because it does not need to make things up.

Every now and again the daily chore of deleting the stuff is enlivened.

This wins the Hook Prize for subject line:

Open it or get constipation.

And here’s a pseudonym Thurber could have used:

Elvera Fulp.

Perhaps we could strike back.

Now that I’m off life-support, I’m writing to thank you for the green pills.

OK it works, but now my cock gets caught in my shoelaces.