Space in Relationships

Dear Agony Auntie,

I don't go to the gym any more, and I've stopped hanging around on the river bank. But all the men I meet these days are obsessed by daleks and tardises and don't seem to notice me. Are all men like this, or do you think I was misguided in my choice of a Dr Who Convention as a potential pick-up joint?

Yours,

The Lady In The Cartoon On Here Dated 26th September
xxx

A very sad tail

Dear Agony Auntie,

I've stopped going to the gym. My abs and pecs aren't what they used to be. All the men I meet these days are maggot-lobbers who smell of fish. Are all men like this, or was it a mistake to join an anglers' club instead of going to the gym?

Yours,

The Lady In The Cartoon On Here Dated 26th September

xxx

Dating Tips - Can You Help This Lady?

Dear Agony Auntie,

All the men I meet these days are self-absorbed narcissists. Are all men like this, or do you think I ought to stop trying to pick up potential dates at the gym?

Yours,

The Lady In The Cartoon On Here Dated 26th September
xxx

Illustration Friday - Opinion

Is junk food REALLY bad for you? It's all a matter of opinion!

Whoopee! I'm rich! Great News!

How many of you set your email so that spam drops straight into the plop bucket? And then go and check the plop bucket anyway, just in case something goes in there that you actually wanted to read?

Well, I was checking my plop bucket today, and found that I've won $250,000 on the Australian Lottery! It's all the more miraculous AS I'VE NEVER BOUGHT A TICKET! It's all obviously bona fide:

'For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential(VERY SECRET) from the public until your claim is processed
and your prize money remitted/released to you.This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program by some unscrupulous elements,equally to guard against non
participant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of this
program.'

(I'm sure they'll forgive me for sharing this (VERY SECRET) information on here. After all, how could I contain my excitement??)

And what's even more reassuring is that my prize money is being held in an account in ... Nigeria!!! I've a good mind to go over there in person ...

Shocking News! Lebanon vs Israel in fight for Falafel!

This is really serious stuff - I heard it on the BBC, so it must be true - read all about it here.

Yes, these two countries are both trying to claim Falafel as their own. He's a fine specimen, granted, but who'd have thought that one small rodent could spark an international incident like this! And as he's a Syrian hamster, I don't think either Lebanon or Israel has much of a claim anyway ...

Yet another new look Falafel

We all know about Falafel's mysteriously vanishing plumes (see top image) but just when he was coming to terms with his lack of trailing apparel, yet another metamorphose was afoot ... the fact that he is out of focus isn't part of the cause for concern, by the way...


I was so concerned about this latest development - that he was looking very scruffy, and was turning ginger - that I contacted a breeder (of hamsters) who has looked after him in the past. Sometimes you can tell, even in an email, that the other person is larffing their socks off as they write, and this was a case in point. I was told that people who show off their hamsters in public have to retire sables early because of the dreaded gingering, and not to worry, that it happens to all of them starting at the tail end. I was instructed to admire 'his coat of many colours'. He seems bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (if you can ever describe a hamster as bushy-tailed)as ever.

I also feel I should point out that there's nothing wrong with turning ginger. In fact I regularly sit there with a henna-flavoured cowpat on my head to make myself turn ginger.

It's just that I hadn't expected a hamster to show these autumnal tendencies!