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Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Brilliant

Write something incorporating the word ‘brilliant’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO BRILLIANT Not feeling very brilliantWhy you ask is that?They took away my rubber duckAnd left behind the cat ? DM

Stan Does Some Painting

No need for safety harness dearIt’s all here in my headApply some basic physicsIs why I’m here not dead…. Don MatthewsJanuary 2022

A Challenge for you Architect

A challenge for you architectWe’d like to build a moonTo house some people flush with cashMaybe a crescent lune?…. Nearby people are starving, and children sell themselves on the street. But they build pretty buildings…… Don MatthewsJanuary 2022

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘A Good Heart’ Feargal Sharkey (TOTP 1985)

Seán Feargal Sharkey OBE (born 13 August 1958) is a singer from Northern Ireland most widely known as the lead vocalist of punk band The Undertones in the 1970s and 1980s, and for solo works in the 1980s and 1990s. His 1985 solo single “A Good Heart” was an international success. After becoming less musically active in the early 1990s, heContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘A Good Heart’ Feargal Sharkey (TOTP 1985)”

Cat Travel

My cats gets claustrophobicSitting in with meThey like to watch the passers-byAnd see the scenery…. This is not Priscilla. She hates car fumes…… Don MatthewsDecember 2021

Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Sundry

Write something incorporating the word ‘sundry’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO SUNDRY Tomatoes are deliciousSundry them (also nice)Have I used this sundry wrong?Am I up the creek? Yes…… DM

Radial Tyre

They told me to buy top-rateWhen it comes to tyresLittle disappointed reQuality of wire…. Don MatthewsDecember 2021

Rudder

We had a bit of troubleRan into a sharkShark did not move out the wayDecided to attack…. Shark came off worse boss…… Don MatthewsDecember 2021

Priscilla’s Got a Problem (In Deep Shit to be Honest)

Priscilla is FCS resident cat Shit I gotta problemIt happened once beforeThe last time that it happenedI lost a fang. No four….. Stop laughing. It’s not funny…… Don MatthewsDecember 2021

Conan O’Brien

“Just taught my kids about taxesby eating 38% of their icecream” Conan O’BrienUS TV host