- Miracles of self-propelled human transport
Posted by under scrutiny | August 23rd 2008
One crippled leg folded over the other, seated on a low wooden cart, a flip-flop on the palm of a hand acting in place of… - Stage Names for Elvis
Posted by RobotDan | August 22nd 2008 | 2 comments
Elvis Aaron Presley was born with a perfect name for the cultural icon of legend he became. It's hard to imagine another name behind him, illuminated on the stage. We have made a list of stage names he could have considered. - Which superpower?
Posted by Bonnie Doon | August 22nd 2008 | 11 comments
alittlepoison helps you evaluate the superpowers in this tight time of credit crunch. - Traditions of the caste
Posted by under scrutiny | August 14th 2008
The soldier - khaki uniform, rifle, four-foot bamboo cane - searches bags at the entrance to the Delhi metro. He does not actually search them,… - Anti global warming adverts
Posted by Bonnie Doon | August 13th 2008
Ask most alittlepoison.com contributors whether they like advertising and the answer will be a resounding ‘no’, but why don’t we like it? Perhaps because of… - Research
Posted by Morton | August 12th 2008 | 2 comments
- The Magical Sack
Posted by under scrutiny | August 12th 2008 | 1 comment
“Drum?” asks the man, pulling out a drum. “No drum, thanks,” I say. “Pipe for smoke?” “No pipe, don’t smoke.” “Snake-charmer flute?” He has one… - Summer Poetry Festival
Posted by RobotDan | August 11th 2008 | 27 comments
Write a poem to someone else's title in the comments of this post. Keep up the good work! - The Nigerian
Posted by under scrutiny | August 10th 2008
“Which church you are?” asks the flat-faced Nigerian who has decided to sit opposite me. “No church,” I say, “I’m an atheist.” “But you have… - In The Same Boat
Posted by Pylon | August 10th 2008 | 1 comment
- The Ear-Cleaning Men
Posted by under scrutiny | August 9th 2008 | 5 comments
The ear-cleaning men pursue me through the park. I am being pursued by ear-cleaning men. They have showed me faded photographs of young Westerners like… - Gas: Bad News!
Posted by Rowetta Onions | August 8th 2008 | 3 comments
With every 1% increase in gas prices thousands more people are falling into ‘Fuel Poverty’, so we’d better hope for a warm winter or the fuel poor will be faced with the decision of whether to Heat OR Eat!
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Posted by Pylon | August 27th 2008 | 1 comment
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Posted by Shako Moonshine | August 24th 2008Update to this post: I've finally tracked down Norman's pickled onions. They are definitely a 15 rating.
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Posted by RobotDan | August 15th 2008
George Orwell's diaries are being published as a blog, each entry appearing seventy years after it was written. The diaries end in 1942. And 2012. - Insulate your House! 2
Posted by salman hushdie | August 13th 2008 | 2 comments
People are missing out on getting cheap insulation of their houses. If Rowetta's Article is anything to go by, we need everyone to take up this. - 100 of your words 4
Posted by RobotDan | August 8th 2008 | 4 comments
Now this is really interesting: can you guess the 100 most used English words in five minutes?