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‘Mr Mouse’s days of fine dining are over,’ said the builder boyfriend as he put the finishing touches to his…
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‘What’s Bill W. got to do with it?’ said one of the committee members to the others as they discussed…
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The pony grabbed the bag of carrots and ran across the field with it in her mouth, tail in the…
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The lady who walks her dog past my horses every day was obviously eager to tell me something. I have…
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After they banned horses from the village green and surrounding common land, I set about trying to find out why,…
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‘We don’t take cash,’ said the boy behind the counter in Pret after I tried to hand him a £5…
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When we put the house on the market, my environmentally conscious neighbours disappeared on a holiday so long I asked…
My eight-year campaign to cancel my mobile phone contract
The man in the phone shop greeted me with what I presume is a look specifically designed and reserved for…
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Driving through the road widening works at junction ten, I noticed a horse being ridden down a muddy passageway that…
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‘No way am I having it now,’ said a friend, as she insisted on discussing the latest scare stories. And…
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The nurse fixed me with a disapproving stare: ‘Why is there such a gap between these prescriptions?’ I had gone…
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‘Then I got taken hostage in Iran,’ said the lady sitting next to me in the hairdresser’s as she was…
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‘Notice from your vets’ said the email subject. I clicked and there was a letter telling me that my vet…
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With only five to ten more years to work out how to log in to my pension plan I need…
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By the time I got through to someone at British Gas to complain about them holding £491 of my money…
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‘Excuse me, I’m looking for something to catch a mouse that won’t cause it any distress,’ said the young chap…
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‘I’d like my money back please’ was what I was waiting to tell British Gas, if they ever stopped the…
