Author: richardmapes

Three Men On Tour: 31

Harry fumed all the way to the Waterways museum. I stared out of the window. “Something bothering you, old man?“ asked George. “Alicia,“ I admitted. George raised an eyebrow. “You worrying about the engagement...

Three Men On Tour: 30

We had to drag George forcibly from his bed. “But my head hurts,“ he said. That’s the thing about George – always thinking of himself. There he was, wasting our day with his hangover...

Three Men On Tour: 29

The problem was the smile. Actually the problem was the eggs, but the smile made a problem of the problem of the eggs because the smile made it difficult to complain about what a...

Three Men On Tour: 28

The lights pulsed in time with the music. Harry was dominating the dance floor, I was at the bar collecting another round of drinks. Over in the corner, I could see George holding forth....

Katie and the Grue

One day, a Grue jumped out on Katie from under the bed. “Rargh!” said the Grue. “Hello,” said Katie. “Do you want to play tea parties?” “No,” said the Grue, “I want to eat...

Three Men On Tour: 27

“See, I told you it wouldn’t take you long to go and get them,“ said the bouncer, handing back our passes. “Don’t worry. You haven’t even missed the opening speech.“ He stood back and...

Big Cat

(Bbbring. Bbbring) Hello. Well yes, this is Whipsnade Zoo. How can I help you? You’ve found a cat? And you think it might be one of ours? Well, you see, we don’t tend to...

Three Men On Tour: 26

We snuck down to reception via the stairs. The lift doors were in full view of the entrance to the conference room, so we couldn’t come down that way, but the stairs exited to...

Three Men On Tour: 25

Dinner passed otherwise without incident. Harry made a show of ordering the best wine on the menu, and we made a show of appreciating it. Then, after dinner, I mentioned the free bar at...

Privacy

25th May 2012: New Cookie Law Makes Europe Safest Place to be Online | New York Times Wayne Dvorjak, June 1st 2012 Went online today. Chaos. All my favourite sites are forcing me to...