Seriously?
But you know I talk too much!
*sigh*
Alright, I’ll give it a go.
Okay … in no particular order (but probably reverse chronological because I’ll go through my stats view) … between January 2018 and today (with possible excursions into 2017, as and when)
This and every link in it:
This and every link in it:
This is old but still an all time favourite … and did receive a minor update recently:
This because I’m such a cheerful soul:
In fact, if anything, this is better than the original post:
Whilst I’m in the mood:
I wouldn’t say this were a favourite as such but, along with the links, it’s one of the most important, I think:
Likewise this:
And this:
And this:
In terms of not exactly shaggy dog stories but of using the style of one to not only make some serious points along the way but, furthermore, gratuitously insult entire nations and sports fans along the way, I was pretty pleased with this one at the time:
Similarly, for the style and slipping in some beneficial stuff:
As shaggy dog stories go, my favourite is likely to always be Seasonal Sojourn, I think … but, yeah, I’m pretty pleased with this one too:
This as an exercise in ‘writing beautifully about nothing of any concern’, even if I do slip up and make an actual point along the way:
These because I managed to write an entire piece of precisely zero consequence but keep people guessing that there was going to be a punchline:
This and the linked posts for their outright WtF absurdism:
This one for the style and vitriol (it’s one of my more user-hostile pieces 😉) — pay attention to the postscript and read the linked items you haven’t already seen (you get the idea):
Along with the Animal Crackers piece, I’m also kinda fond of Crapweasel (and the links) 😀
I recently rediscovered his one and (along with the associated Librul Ajenduh) found myself thinking “Actually, that was better than I realised at the time):
This one in more ways than one (not least because I quite literally talk shit) and because it also subverts the shaggy dog story by delivering the punchline right at the start:
But this is, without a shadow of a doubt, the most user-hostile of them all:
And, if it isn’t, this is (possibly):
If this isn’t the most distasteful of all of them, it’s in the top three:
This one would get me banned, if not lynched:
Gaming:
Just on principle, no such collection would be complete without the following posts (and any links yadayadayada):
These, because I’m pleased with the writing/content and the fact that I found time to indulge a gentler/softer/more positive facet of my nature rather than focus on the hostile/aggressive shock-jock persona:
Random odds and sods that I particularly like for one reason or another
And finally … one that was written explicitly with you in mind:
Right … that should keep you going for a while 😜
