I’ve opened a Pirate Shop. The Lanky Lubber is on a rickety old ship moored on the Thames. It stocks everything a wannabe pirate could desire, from live parrots with eye patches to ridiculous false beards (that come with a free tube of superglue).
To mark their tenth wedding anniversary Uncle Arthur presented Sally with a coffin and a shovel. What the gift lacked in romance it made up for in practicality…
Whenever I’m introduced to new people I claim to be 25 years older than I really am. They say, “you look amazing for your age”, and I inform them that the secret to my youthful looks is a sunny disposition.