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Guestbook    (13+)    # 965187:
        Sign my guestbook!
[Stories]    (E)    # 965461:
        A variety of things in here...
[Poems]    (ASR)    # 958972:
        Most of these were written ages ago, and not everybody likes them, but here ya go...
[Polls 'n' Stuff]    (E)    # 980649:
        Just stuff...
[Images]    (E)    # 968356:
        Just a place to store my images.
Work and gender    (E)    # 1628792:
        Who has the greater need to work?

#951280:   Tales from the edge of the world    (13+)     [Top]
Life at the edge of the world...    (7 items)

1. Edge of the world    (ASR)    # 943087:
        Ever wondered what the edge of the world is like?
2. Another sip of tea    (ASR)    # 948751:
        A visitor to the hut near the edge of the world wonders where to go next.
3. Old Alf    (ASR)    # 953070:
        Talking to a statue...
4. Mortlake    (13+)    # 954124:
        Dare you read of Mortlake?
5. A better thief    (ASR)    # 959718:
        Ever wondered what happened to that kid who asked too many questions?
6. Walking and wandering    (13+)    # 968150:
        Nobody thinks it could happen to them, but it could – very easily.
7. Sally Brown    (13+)    # 970473:
        ‘Father, is there no other way?’

#951291:   When John was a kid    (ASR)     [Top]
Memories of a fictional character - inspired by a little bit of personal experience too...    (6 items)

Castle Brightmoon    (ASR)    # 1128561:
        A 10-year old boy, a firework and an extraordinary journey...
'I saw you laughing...'    (ASR)    # 978174:
        The experience of a 7 year old, getting changed after swimming at school.
Two sides of a wall    (ASR)    # 976633:
        A 7 year old's experience with a wardrobe...
Laura's Fleas    (ASR)    # 951684:
        A story about the cruelty of children to other children.
The boy who could fly    (ASR)    # 949827:
        The many uses of a see-saw...
Man in the carpet    (ASR)    # 943090:
        Ever seen things in the carpet?

#951685:   Lammy the lamp-post    (ASR)     [Top]
A writer suffering block struggles to find the creation he produced and then lost...    (5 items)

1. Lammy the lamp-post    (ASR)    # 948752:
        A writer's attempt to deal with writer's block...
2. In search of Lammy    (ASR)    # 951688:
        Our tortured narrator turns again to the question of how Lammy is ever to be found.
3. Nice niceties of niceness    (13+)    # 965465:
        Let's try to write a 'nice' story and see what happens...
4. Guzzler of dreams    (13+)    # 967854:
        ...for as long as there are dreams there’ll be guzzling...
5. Ear of the rabbit    (ASR)    # 972987:
        Did it have only one ear, or was the other ear at the other end of its head?

#958972:   Poems    (ASR)     [Top]
Most of these were written ages ago, and not everybody likes them, but here ya go...    (16 items)

In God    (E)    # 1309649:
        Me getting all religious...
Sally said    (E)    # 1163895:
        "Where is God?" Sally said...
Clovers of Greendale    (ASR)    # 1157853:
        ...by the light of the white-pink moon...
Do not be afraid    (E)    # 1155711:
        A message of hope about death.
The Slut and the Trollop's Mum    (18+)    # 1092103:
        It was all-out war Over whose pitch it was From which to sell.
Another National Anthem...    (ASR)    # 1092098:
        A made-up national anthem for a made-up nation.
Penelope the Blue Frog's Lamentation    (E)    # 1091901:
        Some blue frogs have a hard life...
My England    (E)    # 1011739:
        Where rivers talked and rainbows bloomed and dragons slept whilst fairies sang...
Swan song    (ASR)    # 965961:
        About a swan that sank into the pond and never reappeared...
Broken hearts    (ASR)    # 961271:
        A depressing story you've heard so many times before...
The train    (E)    # 961270:
        Don't you just hate London Underground?...
Silver soldier    (E)    # 961268:
        Ever lost something, then felt really bad cos you couldn't find it again?...
God is a pigeon    (13+)    # 952350:
        Why do I always get hit by pigeon s**t?
Mr. Ted    (13+)    # 952346:
        Mr. Ted has been a very bad Mr. Ted.
Bubbly, bubbly    (13+)    # 952345:
        On the dangers of bubblegum.
When you were dieing    (13+)    # 952343:
        Dieing is so confusing, I've forgotten how to spell it properly...

#958973:   Stories about trees    (ASR)     [Top]
Here's a few stories I've written, which have trees as characters.    (7 items)

The tree-reader    (E)    # 957657:
        You may think I am strange, but I read trees because somebody has to do it.
Dangling in the breeze    (E)    # 951275:
        An abandoned plastic bag has a chat with a tree...
Three camels, a hat and a cactus tree    (ASR)    # 968440:
        ‘I wish Cameron would let me wear the hat for once,’ grumbled Cammy under his breath.
Sitting under trees    (13+)    # 976118:
        We just spend all day, whatever the season, sitting under trees.
The tree-that-kept-falling-down    (ASR)    # 1079217:
        The woeful tale of a tree that just wouldn't fall down...
The Mouse Tree    (ASR)    # 1059944:
        Mrs. Broomtickle's memorial turned out to be a little more than it seemed...
The most beautiful place in the world    (13+)    # 977123:
        An attempt at tree-sitting.

#958974:   Assorted stories (mostly weird)    (ASR)     [Top]
Well what did you expect?    (16 items)

An Open Cheque    (E)    # 1358709:
        About a real-life dream I had...
30 to 1    (E)    # 1086063:
        An ogre, some lobsters, some crows and the magic of counting from 30 to 1...
Penny the Pencil    (ASR)    # 1071849:
        A true pencil horror story...
Last patch of the alley    (GC)    # 986115:
        An elderly man recounts past days of the old alley.
The cellar door was open    (ASR)    # 980093:
        'Cellar doors were not meant to be open...'
Nony gets his comeuppance    (13+)    # 979250:
        The Anonymous Reviewer is finally brought to justice...
The tail-pulling Granny Gang    (13+)    # 976565:
        Do you know what happened to you when you were very little?
Me, the crow and the ladybird    (E)    # 974321:
        It must’ve lived in another world from me, with everything around it being so huge.
Wombat Day    (ASR)    # 962226:
        '...once Wombat Day has started – you’ll certainly know about it.'
Tess the Cat-Test-Cat    (E)    # 960640:
        A cat who tests, and is then tested...
Brothers in the sky    (ASR)    # 956837:
        Want to learn the truth about grown-ups, the world in the clouds, baby squirrels and more?
Zamora and the toad    (ASR)    # 951274:
        What would it be like to be a toad trapped underneath a glass?...
The mirror    (ASR)    # 951273:
        A living mirror...
The old man and the squire    (ASR)    # 948748:
        An old man meets an unusual creature in the woods..
Leonora and the blob    (ASR)    # 943089:
        Love and blobbiness...
All the King's Clocks    (ASR)    # 940557:
        The first in a series of stories about the adventures of 12-year King Ben.

#965461:   Stories    (E)     [Top]
A variety of things in here...    (5 items)

[Assorted stories (mostly weird)]    (ASR)    # 958974:
        Well what did you expect?
[Tales from the edge of the world]    (13+)    # 951280:
        Life at the edge of the world...
[When John was a kid]    (ASR)    # 951291:
        Memories of a fictional character - inspired by a little bit of personal experience too...
[Stories about trees]    (ASR)    # 958973:
        Here's a few stories I've written, which have trees as characters.
[Lammy the lamp-post]    (ASR)    # 951685:
        A writer suffering block struggles to find the creation he produced and then lost...

#968356:   Images    (E)     [Top]
Just a place to store my images.    (1 item)

This is Islam    (ASR)    # 1164319:
        Comparing Islam and Spiritualism

#980649:   Polls 'n' Stuff    (E)     [Top]
Just stuff...    (157 items)

Finding happiness in relationships    (ASR)    # 1551930:
        Does going through lots of partners work out in the long-run?
Adulterous Politicians    (E)    # 1473953:
        Should we judge them for their private misdeeds?
Army mothers    (E)    # 1470474:
        Do they belong on the frontline?
Could a man rape you?    (GC)    # 1470299:
        Would it be possible?
Hell    (E)    # 1286892:
        Does the Bible teach about eternal torment in Hell?
Is Satan evil?    (E)    # 1284467:
        Or is he just misunderstood?
Tony Blair: A good Prime Minister?    (E)    # 1284465:
        What will history make of him?
"Oh God! God! God!"    (18+)    # 1282418:
        When you orgasm...
Christians on other planets?    (E)    # 1280143:
        Are they out there?
Does God scare you?    (E)    # 1248817:
        Does He make you wobbly at the knees?
What scares you the most?    (E)    # 1246245:
        People, ghosts, aliens, God or Satan?
Who won the Cuban Missle Crisis?    (E)    # 1200876:
        Who emerged the victor?
Would you vote for a Muslim?    (E)    # 1200875:
        Would it affect your vote?
What rating puts a smile on your face?    (E)    # 1197215:
        How high does a rating have to be before you smile?
Pardoning Nixon    (E)    # 1195124:
        Was Ford right to pardon Nixon?
Ditching Maggie    (E)    # 1174454:
        Was the Conservative Party right to get rid of Margaret Thatcher?
Duties of a politician    (E)    # 1171719:
        What is the greatest duty of an elected representative?
Are children revolting?    (E)    # 1170077:
        C'mon, be honest.
Magic Numbers    (E)    # 1169662:
        Which number will have been voted for the least?
Did you vote?    (E)    # 1168585:
        Did you vote in the last public election in your community?
Is democracy the best system?    (E)    # 1167969:
        Is democracy always the best choice?
Boy or girl?    (E)    # 1167967:
        If you had a baby...
Are men discriminated against in health?    (E)    # 1167964:
        Does healthcare discriminate against men?
Are you a "No" person?    (E)    # 1167962:
        Do you like saying "No"?
The Holy Spaghetti Monster    (E)    # 1167961:
        Do you believe?
Religion    (E)    # 1167745:
        What are your beliefs?
Would you like to lose weight?    (E)    # 1167512:
        Do you want to shed some pounds?
Would you vote for an atheist?    (E)    # 1167258:
        Would you vote for someone who doesn't "Believe"?
What kind of farter are you?    (ASR)    # 1166777:
        It's time for *that* question...
What's the point of prison?    (E)    # 1166217:
        What should prison set out to achieve?
Which position holds the most power?    (E)    # 1165690:
        None of these positions hold executive government power, but which is the most powerful?
Do we sexualise children?    (13+)    # 1165355:
        Has it gone too far?
Can an atheist have a spiritual life?    (E)    # 1164459:
        Is there anything spiritual about atheism?
Can the big religions get along together    (E)    # 1164457:
        Can Christians, Jews and Muslims get along with together?
Fed up with not knowing?    (E)    # 1164335:
        Does it make you angry?
Are there too many polls?    (E)    # 1164334:
        Are there just too many of them?
Will the future be better?    (E)    # 1163570:
        What do you reckon?
How effective is the United Nations?    (E)    # 1161692:
        Does the UN achieve what its meant to?
Favourite Archangel    (E)    # 1161401:
        Who is your favourite Archangel?
Psychic Letters Quiz    (E)    # 1154018:
        Can you guess which letters of the alphabet I have chosen?
Spirituality Quiz    (E)    # 1152688:
        What are your beliefs?
Republican or Democrat?    (E)    # 1150366:
        Which party do you prefer?
World Cup '66    (E)    # 1147071:
        Did the ball cross the line for Hurst's second awarded goal?
Hiroshima & Nagasaki    (E)    # 1147070:
        Was President Truman justifed in using the Atom Bomb?
Beheading King Charles    (E)    # 1147066:
        Was Parliament right to chop his head off?
What do you think about Spiritualism?    (E)    # 1146629:
        What are your views?
What's YOUR ideology?    (E)    # 1146624:
        Which of these labels do you identify with the most (or dislike the least)?
British history quiz    (E)    # 1145704:
        How much do you know about Britain?
Freud & the Oedipus Complex    (E)    # 1142505:
        What do you make of Freud's "Oedipus Complex"?
Is colonisation ever a good thing?    (E)    # 1142504:
        Can the positives ever outweigh the negatives?
Would you press the nuclear button?    (E)    # 1142503:
        Would you do it?
Nixon: A bad President?    (E)    # 1142502:
        Did he make a good or a bad President?
Do you believe in psychic vampires?    (E)    # 1141833:
        Are they real or is it codswallop?
Battle of Hastings: Who would you back?    (E)    # 1141826:
        Is it William or is it Harold?
Would you run for elected public office?    (E)    # 1141822:
        Fancy being a politician?
Should politicians lie?    (E)    # 1141817:
        Is lieing ever the right thing for them to do?
Should all wasps die?    (E)    # 1141814:
        Would you exterminate them all?
Gay teachers    (E)    # 1141721:
        Should gay teachers be allowed to work in schools?
Is it ethical to eat cats?    (E)    # 1141720:
        Is it okay to eat them...?
Bush or Clinton?    (E)    # 1141718:
        Who will go down in history as the better President?
Are mobile phones dangerous?    (E)    # 1141717:
        Are mobile phones dangerous?
Elemental choices    (E)    # 1141715:
        Which of the four elements do you feel the most affinity with?
Most effective WW2 leader    (E)    # 1141524:
        Who was the most effective of the war leaders during World War II?
Want to know your unconscious mind?    (E)    # 1139382:
        Wanna know what's going on up there?
Are there such things as evil spirits?    (ASR)    # 1139381:
        Do evil spirits exist?
Children: deceitful or honest?    (E)    # 1139380:
        Are children more truthful or more deceitful than adults?
What's my country called?    (E)    # 1139376:
        What name do you use for Britain?
Lebanon crisis    (E)    # 1139374:
        Do you support what Israel is doing?
A special relationship?    (E)    # 1139373:
        How much influence does Britain have?
The Ten Commandments    (E)    # 1131051:
        Broken them all yet?
Least Deadly Sin    (E)    # 1131049:
        Of the Seven Deadly Sins, which is the least deadly?
What makes a good poker player?    (E)    # 1130819:
        What is the most necessary quality?
Abolish the monarchy?    (E)    # 1130814:
        Should Britain abolish the monarchy?
Laser eye surgery: is it safe?    (E)    # 1130804:
        Is laser eye surgery safe?
Dodgy electronic products    (E)    # 1130798:
        Are they deliberately dodgy?
Is there a conspiracy?    (E)    # 1130794:
        Is it all a conspiracy?
Are you lucky?    (E)    # 1128475:
        Are you luckier than average?
Have you ever encountered an angel?    (E)    # 1122567:
        Ever seen an angel?
Does God get involved?    (E)    # 1120677:
        Does God get involved in human affairs?
Most successful country?    (E)    # 1120675:
        Which country has been the most successful since 1945?
Does this make you angry?    (E)    # 1120221:
        Feeling angry?
Are you healthier than your parents?    (E)    # 1119328:
        Are you healthier than your parents were at your age?
Ever stayed in hospital?    (E)    # 1119327:
        Have you ever stayed overnight in hospital?
Unsupervised internet access    (E)    # 1115364:
        At what age should we be allowed unsupervised internet access?
How old was Little Red Riding Hood?    (E)    # 1114839:
        How old do you think LRRH was?
Who was to blame for WW1?    (E)    # 1106139:
        Which country was the most to blame for World War One?
How would you rate writing.com?    (E)    # 1098929:
        Rate writing.com from 1 to 5 stars.
Are you in denial?    (E)    # 1098394:
        Are you in denial?
Biblical baddies    (E)    # 1097575:
        Who is the worst of the biblical baddies?
Judas: the verdict    (E)    # 1097120:
        Was he a goodie or a baddie?
Honourable professions    (ASR)    # 1097119:
        Which profession is the most honourable?
'Famous Five'    (E)    # 1093636:
        Who was your favourite member of the 'Famous Five'?
Most intelligent U.S. President    (E)    # 1093406:
        Which of the most recent American Presidents has been the most intelligent?
Believing in Father Christmas    (E)    # 1090774:
        When did you stop believing in Father Christmas?
Favourite Royal    (E)    # 1090313:
        Who is your favourite member of Britain's royal family?
President of the World    (E)    # 1090189:
        Who'd get your vote to be President of the World?
Worst British Prime Minister    (E)    # 1089096:
        Who was the worst of the following British Prime Ministers?
'Wind in the Willows'    (E)    # 1088725:
        Who is your favourite character from 'Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame?
Who is your favourite Simpson?    (E)    # 1088714:
        Who is your favourite Simpson?
Garden of Eden: Who was to blame?    (E)    # 1088703:
        Everything went wrong after Adam took the bite from that apple, but who was more to blame?
Favourite Mary?    (E)    # 1088696:
        Which of these well-known people called "Mary" is your favourite?
UK Politics: Labour or Conservative?    (E)    # 1087568:
        Who would you rather run the government of Britain?
Best century to live in    (E)    # 1086199:
        Which century would you rather be living in?
Fairy tale writers    (E)    # 1086181:
        Who told the best fairy tales?
What's your favourite fairy tale?    (E)    # 1086176:
        Favourite fairy tales...
America's best ally    (E)    # 1085739:
        Who is America's best ally?
Reading fiction and quality of life    (E)    # 1083054:
        Does reading fiction improve your quality of life?
World's Top University    (E)    # 1082968:
        Which is the world's number one university?
Country of the future    (E)    # 1082965:
        In a hundred years time, which of these countries will be the most powerful?
Greedy or Selfless?    (E)    # 1080449:
        How greedy are you?
Unicorns    (E)    # 1080446:
        Do you believe in unicorns?
Favourite day of the week    (E)    # 1080442:
        Which is your favourite day of the week?
Favourite gospel-writer    (E)    # 1080440:
        Matthew, Mark, Luke or John?
Can the dead speak?    (ASR)    # 1080086:
        Can we receive messages from beyond the grave?
How long will you live?    (ASR)    # 1080084:
        That horrid question...
Children and Languages    (E)    # 1080081:
        Will your children be able to speak more than one language fluently?
Academia and children's literature    (E)    # 1080080:
        Should academics study children's literature?
Is literary criticism a good thing?    (E)    # 1080078:
        Is literary criticism a force for good?
Are creative writers different?    (E)    # 1080075:
        Are we different to the rest?
Are the police on your side?    (E)    # 1080073:
        Are the police in your society on your side?
Beatrix Potter vs Harry Potter    (E)    # 1080069:
        Who's the best Potter?
Wordless picturebooks    (E)    # 1079409:
        Do wordless picturebooks help children learn to read?
Do you belong to the majority?    (E)    # 1061042:
        Are you with the majority or the minority?
Best "world's policeman"    (E)    # 1053226:
        Who's been our best "world's policeman"?
Psychic Numbers    (E)    # 1053219:
        Which number will most people vote for?
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory    (E)    # 999610:
        Which of the five Golden Ticket holders did you dislike the most?
Harry Potter: Hogwarts house system    (E)    # 990536:
        Which of the houses at Hogwarts would you prefer to belong to?
Nuclear button    (E)    # 984057:
        Who would you trust the most?
Torture    (13+)    # 984055:
        Is torture ever justifiable?
Loving mothers?    (18+)    # 984051:
        Is it immoral for a mother not to love her son or daughter?
How much inequality is acceptable?    (E)    # 984047:
        How much of a nation's wealth should the richest 10% be allowed to own?
Northern Ireland    (E)    # 984044:
        What do people in Northern Ireland want?
Prisoners and the vote    (E)    # 984043:
        Should prisoners have the vote?
Should politicians be paid?    (E)    # 984035:
        Should we pay them out of the public purse?
BBC vs CNN    (E)    # 984029:
        Who provides the better news service?
United States of Europe?    (E)    # 984028:
        How would a United States of Europe affect America?
Ali vs Tyson    (E)    # 982698:
        The big question of boxing.
When you go to the toilet...    (GC)    # 982693:
        A personal question...
World's worst villain    (ASR)    # 982553:
        Who was the world's worst villain?
Preferred leader    (E)    # 982551:
        Who of the following would you most like to be the leader of the country you live in?
Internet access and social exclusion    (E)    # 982549:
        Is the internet a source of social exclusion?
Recent European leaders    (E)    # 981931:
        Which one was the greatest?
Political offices    (E)    # 981930:
        Which office gives you the greatest say over running a country?
International organisations    (E)    # 981928:
        Which international organisation will be the most important by 2015?
UN Security Council reform    (E)    # 981808:
        Who should be the next member of the Security Council?
Is it easier to write for children?    (E)    # 981301:
        Is it easier to write fiction for children than for adults?
Who would you have lunch with?    (ASR)    # 981294:
        Which of the following would you most like to have lunch with?
Who did the most to beat Hitler?    (E)    # 981293:
        Which country did the most to defeat Hitler?
Which word do you dislike the most?    (13+)    # 981291:
        Is there a word that really annoys you?
Who is the moon?    (E)    # 981289:
        Who do you reckon the moon is...?
Which was the best decade?    (E)    # 981287:
        Which was the best decade?
Who is your favourite British monarch?    (E)    # 981124:
        Which of the most recent British monarchs is your favourite?
Blyton, Dahl or Rowling?    (E)    # 981121:
        Which of the 'Big Three' is your favourite children's writer?
Was President Ronald Reagan a hero?    (E)    # 981119:
        What will history's verdict be on President Ronald Reagan?
Are Black Cases inferior?    (ASR)    # 980321:
        Yes, definitely? Just a little bit? Not at all? Sometimes? Depends?...
Are poets scary?    (ASR)    # 977706:
        I have a humiliating confession to make: I'm terrified of poets.
British Prime Ministers    (E)    # 967499:
        Think you can find the names of Britain's Prime Ministers?

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