The next Post Of The Week will be announced on Sunday evening.
Please note that nominations for next week cannot be accepted until then.

If YOU would like to vote on this week’s shortlist and be part of the decision making for the Post of the Week this week, please pick your 5 favourite posts from the list and award them 5 points for the favourite, down to 1 for the 5th favourite and mail your votes to peacharse@yahoo.com no later than 6pm on Sunday night.

NOTE : While I felt that Supacat’s post was more than worthy of going on the shortlist, I’ve paid heed to the fact she’s made it friends-locked on LiveJournal, and not put it in the list. It’s a pity - it’s a cracking post- but them’s the breaks sometimes.

1. Reynold’s post Exit,Pursued by Bear. (Nominated by Alex)
   SCENE ONE
   Two men of the same age in a sparsely decorated bedroom. One man (REYNOLDS) is an ambulanceman, the other (SPOTTY BLOKE) is a man suffering from Chickenpox.
   REYNOLDS enters
2. Zhisou’s Don’t look at me in that tone of voice (Nominated by tpe)
   Funny how things from our childhood take on a fond fuzzy glow of nostalgic charm. As seen through the spectacles of jaded middle-age, the simplest of our youthful jinx and nonsense become elevated into something special and poignant.

   It´s the “jumpers as goalposts” syndrome. Playing football in a car park with a tennis ball as a kid seems so much more fun than a proper game with proper boots and a proper goal frame.

3. I’m going to add Down In Me’s A Day In The Life Of An Oral Fixation (Nominated by Unreliable Witness) even though it actually ends up being done in six parts (I’ve added the first post, you can get to the rest from there) - I’m not sure it fully fits the Post of the Week criteria due it being six pieces all told, but if you take them as one post, well. That’s the choice of the judges)
   She opens her eyes and wipes a bit of drool from the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand. She yawns audibly, exercising the muscles of her cheeks and jaw. She stretches a lanky, 40-year old arm and shuffles off to the shower.
4. Barbed Wire Boudoir’s Do you see what I see (Nominated by kate)
   It takes me the best part of 30 minutes just to get the outfit on.

   The basque is very pretty but comes with suspenders. I can manage to attach the ones at the front, no problem, but the ones at the back are nigh on impossible.

5. MBIAT’s The Tale of the Pink Bucket (Nominated by Zinnia Cyclamen)
   
   People often ask us about the secret of our relationship; for me it is that I never take her with me to the shops. I just can’t stand shopping with her. Especially in something as large as a supermarket. Basically I figure out what I need, go round, buy what I need and bugger off.

Enjoy…