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I know some people connect clinkers with something unappetising in the anal sense but here in Australia a clinker is in fact an item of confectionery. There was a lot of confusion and howls of disgust when MrSquib first came to Australia and I offered him a clinker. He is still to this day having […]

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Dear Editor
Why is it that every weekend we can hear the tantalising tune of Greensleeves and yet no Mr Whippy van materialises as expected? LittleSquib and BigSquib stand eagerly on the pavement scanning our empty street for a glimpse of pink ice-cream-vanness. After they have stood there for 6 hours I call them in and […]

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For the past 12 days I have been seriously incommoded by some mysterious vestibular infection (which means that I pretty much feel like I’m on-board the Leeuwin every time I leave the house), low iron, the dreaded lurgy, AND a dicky right knee. I have been told that the vertigo thing may last for up to six […]

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I just want to say how gratifying it is to know that Big Squib has used the clothes in my wardrobe to wear to free dress day at school today
Especially given that the theme of said free dress day is Revenge of the Nerds

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Except for me, everyone in the Squib family has come down with Converse Shoe Virus, a highly infectious disease, common in adolescence, mid-life, and if you’re a member of a band you’re fifty times more likely to catch it. Fortunately I have taken the Converse Virus vaccination although I did suffer from uncommon side effects, […]

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In approximately 17 minutes Big Squib will be allowed to resume talking, after forgoing the power of speech for 40 hours. Well done Big Squib! However in my day, what Big Squib calls ‘the olden days’ or what I call the late eighties/early nineties, we were made of sterner stuff. Yes indeedy. I remember fasting […]

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