Monday, 31 August 2020

D.I.Y. Story Challenge

D.I.Y. Story Challenge

I have another story ready, I just need to put it on paper

BUT before I do that

YOU can write one for yourselves

Here are the ingredients

Locked in Toilet

Daughters laugh and ignore

a cry for help

ring a friend

rescue by a foreigner

who cannot speak English

Reward in beer

More reward later

Laughing at my predicament

and yes it happened before

on the Paris to Calais train in 1984

NOW THESE ARE THE INGREDIENTS

can you write your own story

THEN

contrast and compare with what I may write later

It's all in the writing, it's the way I tell them

Frank Carson the great Northern Ireland Comedian

used to say " you'e heard them all before, it's the way I tell them"

and that's so true

Frank stayed at our hotel CPNEC Birmingham

and Roger drove him back to the airport

He nearly crashed the van as he was crying with laughter

I know,I just make you cry, but I hop you laugh too

now see if you can write comic story in ONE HOUR

that's how long it usually  takes me

from a standing, no prep start.

Enjoy your Homework


this is me with my Tinnitus tired eyes yesterday, I detest the perfect poses Writer’s show this is what a real person looks like, me Michael Casey from Birmingham England

Sunday, 30 August 2020

a picture is worth 1000 words

being lazy, so here's 1000s of words I could not find neither the comb nor razor today
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I see the stupid in me too, so I write as I look, stupid. But readers in 80 countries must like me enough to read up to TEN translations in one day of The Butcher The Baker and The Undertaker

Saturday, 29 August 2020

Honey Einstein Shrunk the Toast

Michael Moore is sadly Right

Michael Moore is sadly Right

Zealots fight to the death

Liberals are too liberal to match the Blind Vigour

Righteous Indignation is NOT enough

TRUMP will lie to the bitter end

So please LISTEN

Today make your PLAN

for the VOTE

and bring 100 others too

The Electoral College will give it to TRUMP again

Then We'll really have Civil War 2.0

I wish I felt otherwise, I watch from UK

so I can see the wood not just the trees

But "smug" self satisfaction in some Media

FORGETS

you are dealing with Zealots NOT Logic

So you have to match them

Get off that Couch and VOTE

register today as well

Before Trump blows you away

Kamikaze style GOP voters

So do something today

The whole world is depending on you

Not just Mary Beth and Sue

and 

HONOUR THE PAST BY VOTING FOR THE FUTURE



Let There Be Light ©

By Michael Casey


Let my tears be my words

Let the candle light be my eyes

Let the flowers in bloom be my lips

Let their scent be my blood

Let the wind be my breath

Let clouds be my mood

Let children’s laughter be my hope

Let widows’ sighs be my conscience

Let a stranger’s prayers be my delight

Let the bees be my wisdom

Let the trees be my strength

Let my patience reach to the stars

Let me be always remembered in your prayers



I put a spell on you

I put a spell on you

Annie Lennox is singing that hence the title

I have a cheap TRIBIT smart speaker and it is really  great

judge for yourselves

obviously if  Sir  Simon Rattle sends me a very expensive one

I shall give him my old slippers in return for his smart speaker

If you have never seen him conduct he's fab as is Birmingham's

Symphony Orchestra, he wears SLIPPERS when he conducts

yes really

though he has moved on to Berlin +

anyway I may load up all the Lech Boris and Gregori stories into one file

and post it, maybe 10 stories, later on

I have a sweet spot for the guys, they have one for me too

a bog in Kerry, where they'd love to bury me

so they can test their dog's tracking skills

if they leave me there for 2 days it won't matter

to them

So come back later and see what I've put on the table for you

Yes, my pain levels are high at the moment, otherwise

I'd be writing a new piece, instead of this "chat"


p.s. it's an hour later  + I just got trapped in the bathroom
maybe I'll write about that, phew, or is it pooh?


Friday, 28 August 2020

Lech, Boris and Gregorgi Check it Out

Lech, Boris and Gregorgi Check it Out ©
By
Michael Casey
So your small girl is a big girl now, leaving home to go to University. I nodded trying to hold back the tears, the boys understood and put protective arms on my shoulder. She’ll miss Totoro the cat no doubt, but her little sister will send updates on the cat’s progress to her studying bigger sister. She may even miss her old dad, the fat silver haired writer in shades from Birmingham England. I began to sniffle, but the boys understood, they were Popaloffoff’s finest, they visited me often just to see how Totoro the cat was, or so they claimed. But now the family was scattering, they knew what they had to do and do it they would.
The boys left me as I looked through the photo albums of my treasure soon to be far away in a different part of the country and I wouldn’t be there to protect her. Lech, Boris and Gregorgi went to the still hidden in the woods, the Vodka wouldn’t be ready for 3 more days. More than enough time to check out my daughter’s new home and University.
As they drove their tanker down the motorway they phoned home, their wives all agreed, they had to do what they had to do. And if only they hadn’t been so spontaneously the wives could have prepared a gift. The Butcher’s Choice, a step by step guide on how to butcher pigs along with a lethal knife. They did not expect my daughter to become a Home Butcher and chef like them, however it also taught knife skills that a single girl might need in a hurry, and I don’t mean when an unexpected dinner party arrives.
When they arrived at the University town the boys sat on a bench next to a drunk, so they asked the drunk all about the city in exchange for a tiny bottle of their fresh vodka. So that’s how they got the low down on the city, ask a tramp, they know everything. So first of all they went to the local Gay bar, and had a pint of Guinness each, by way of a change. The clients all thought Christmas had come early, or the were a Strip Act. Lech, Boris and Gregorgi laughed, we’ve done that before but only at a car showroom, the memories made them smile. Sorry but certain things are only for our wives eyes only.
They explained that their friend, the fat silver haired writer in shades from Birmingham England had a pussy called Totoro, and that his daughter only got a cat 4 years ago as he promised her and her little sister a pet if he had a heart attack, or they could have a dog if he died. And now she was going to their city to Study. Is she Gay asked the clients? We don’t think so, it’s not something you ask somebody, of course she not, here’s her photo, so the boys showed my daughter’s photo. A few sighs went up, they were quickly silenced as the boys gave them a look. You see if she comes here she’ll be safe from BASTARDS, explained the boys.
They had another Guinness each, this time on the house. In exchange they handed out a Holy Picture of the Icon of Mary of Popaloffoff. If you put that in the window, she’ll know she’s safe here, the owners of the club promised they would, wiping away tears as they did so. The boys left the Jester, they were no fools, they had found the 1st place of safety for my daughter. They did take the boys’ photo too and would place that next to the Holy Picture. Faith and Brawn, nobody would ever dare to even think of playing games there, a new symbiotic relationship.
They went around town to sandwich bars, and coffee shops explaining the situation, at each place they handed out the Holy Picture of the Holy Icon of Mary Popaloffoff. Each place took their photo too and would display it next to the Holy Picture, something was happening, Mary of Popaloffoff was doing her bit but they were doing theirs too. The boys saw themselves just as cuddly Slav Bears, from where Russia, Ukraine and Poland make love on the Map. But to a University town in England, they were strong men from the Circus. One so strong, one so tall, one so very wide, not the kind of men you see in the back streets of a small university two.
They were hungry now, so they went to Greggs only the machinery had broken and they may have to throw the food away. If we fix it, can we have free food? So a deal was done. In the East, you have to fix things, 2 metres of snow, who’s going to come and fix your plant, Father Christmas? So in one hour they fixed it. The staff were mightily impressed as were the queue of people who were all dying for what only Greggs can supply. Our Lady of Popaloffoff and the boys own photo was soon installed by the door.
This had not been their plan, they just wanted to make sure my  daughter would be safe. Now over 200 Holy Pictures of Our Lady of Popaloffoff Icon were everywhere. There was a man walking with his nose in a book, he walk straight into them, spilling hundreds of Our Lady of Popaloffoff Holy Pictures everywhere. He bent down to pick them up, then he began to cry. It was Andrew Graham Dixon the greatest Art Critic in England, and friend of Popaloffoff, the boys each gave him a bear hug and kiss on the lips, like old friends do in the East. Andrew Graham Dixon took a copy of my daughter’s photo, phone to phone transfer and  said his Italian friend had a restaurant in the town, so should she want a job he was sure he could persuade his friend.
So the lads were pleased, but now the most dangerous part was to be done. The drunk had told them about the bad side of town, so now they must confront it. They banged on the door and waited, 3 large men with Rotts appeared, the 3 men laughed at them. You are those bleeding poofs we saw in the street picking up all those rubbish leaflets up, and then kissing that bloke on the lips, bleeding poofs, just get lost or I’ll set the Rottweilers on you.
Now you never ever ever speak to a man from Popaloffoff like that, or to anybody, straight or gay or any which way. And to say that a Holy Picture of Our Lady of Popaloffoff Icon was rubbish, was just too much. Lech looked at Boris and Boris looked at Gregorgi. They cursed the bad men with the worst word you can use in the East. NAZIS. After that the Rottweilers attacked, but punch on the nose had all 3 run away like puppy dogs. NAZIS Lech, Boris and Gregorgi  again screamed. In seconds those 3 hard men were no longer hard men, they were very scared men.
All were going to ask, was that you turn this girl away if she comes to your club your place by accident, tell her to go home and put her in Mr George’s taxi, he is a nice man we met him today. But to say the Icon of Popaloffoff is rubbish, and then to set the dogs on us. That is to much. Being called Gay does not matter, one day one of our sons may say he is gay, or one of our daughters may say she is Lesbian. WE WOULD STILL LOVE THEM AS THAT IS OUR JOB TO LOVE THEM ALWAYS WHATEVER THEY ARE. We are from the East and we love our Motherlands just as we love our own mothers and daughters.  With that Lech, Boris and Gregorgi spat in the Nazis faces.
Then there were Police everywhere, they had been watching the club, and knew a knew loads more drugs must be there with 3 Rottweilers to guard everything. Lech, Boris and Gregorgi had speeded up the process. In fact there was a reward, but they insisted it went to the Drugs Rehabilitation Centre.
So that is how the boys spent their day. And yes the Chief Superintendent himself kissed the boys of the lips, much to the shock of the PCs, but he had a Russian wife, so he knew about the Culture of the East. There was one other thing to mention, inside the Holy Pictures was a tiny chip, and they would give my daughter an App, it would show her all the Safe Places, and guide her safely home, whatever the darkness.


getting comfy getting settled

getting comfy getting settled

I've put the old cushions on my chair and it feels better

so that led to the idea of getting comfy

so I may write something about  that later

Thanks UAE and Saudi too for passing by

though you might just be Yanks at an airbase

or Emirs with camels having a read on you ipad

while the camel fills up with water

you can draw your own cartoon

I really do wish I could draw

sadly I use words to draw with

you have to provide your own coloured crayons

Poland was looking too

and the Russian Translation of BBU is being read again too

so thank you all everywhere

History is so full of Hate at the moment

so I'll just say Peace to Everybody everywhere

and Voting is the only way out in USA

otherwise its all hot air like a fart

so register and VOTE.

Portuguese Translations

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