Ashmash

February 2008



It's A Pirate's Life For Me

Wednesday, 27 February 2008 1:57 P GMT
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).

Motivated Staff

Tuesday, 26 February 2008 3:35 P GMT
All offices have a guillotine. Ours is a genuine 19th century killing device and it isn’t used for trimming paper...

Undertakers And Anniversaries

Monday, 18 February 2008 11:28 P GMT
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…

Meteorite

Wednesday, 13 February 2008 5:21 P GMT
Auntie’s one hundredth birthday celebratory dinner took an unexpected turn when, during the starter, she was struck and killed by a small Meteorite.

Golden Age

Wednesday, 6 February 2008 11:50 P GMT
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.