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

(1) Alison Moyet’s Letters Home (nominated by Mike) with Big Knits

“Who are these birds who live on air and cigarettes in deference to their tiny and undoubtedly enviable silhouettes, that can or would cough up such wedge to bush up chunky, thus?”

(2) The Overnight Editor (nominated by Jonny B) with Recursion

“I’m writing the script for a murder. Nothing too fancy; the sort of thing you see on Crimewatch.”

(3) Paul. Because Paul is a nice name (nominated by Asta) with Playboy Of The Western World

“When I met this man twenty years ago he was partying like an 18 year old. He smoked 2 packs of cigarettes a day. He drove a Porsche. He could drink like a fish and never show the effects, work all day, cruise tail all night and then come home to the waiting arms of a new guy every few months.”

(4) Prolific (nominated by Mike) with Controlled Substance

“I knew the basics of Joy Division and Curtis’s story: the epilepsy, the way he moved on stage, the suicide. I put him firmly in the ‘tortured soul’ (and thus sympathetic) department of the ‘dead icons’ warehouse in my mind.”

(5) Razor-blade Of Life (nominated by Mike) with Z’s Day Out”

“I felt the sensation that they were waiting, in patient expectation, as they have been for over two thousand years.”

(6) Renter Girl (nominated by Asta) with Renting Dreams Home Owning Nightmares

“Feeling like a loser is poor motivation, but a strong one. Many of my friends are way beyond home purchase chatter, having entered a world of loft extensions, renovations, and relocating to the country. Occasionally, I would like to join in.”

(7) Tired Dad (nominated by Kate) with Conversations With My Mother Vs. Conversations With My Daughter

“Mother: It’s just. I want the pictures off my phone and on to my laptop. But the blue tongue thing doesn’t like it”

(8) Writer’s Moll (nominated by Cliff) with Plus Jamais

“Uh oh, we’ve attracted the attention of the nutter in the group. We‘re trying to keep a low profile, but we’re doomed the minute we open our mouths in reply to the lone traveller opposite and she realises we’re English.”

If you have a post you want to nominate, please leave a link in the comments below.
The deadline for nominations is Friday Oct 19th 2007…

It’s always nice when the post you nominated wins … and conscious of any possible bias I withheld my votes until the others were in, at which point it was clear that the winner was already going to be:

Walking Data Loss’s Brothers or Sisters…

Characters in drama series and sitcoms exacerbate awkward or uncertain situations by avoiding communicating directly with a particular person (or several people), especially when frank communication with that person (or those people) would undoubtedly resolve all of their anxiety and/or uncertainty. (This is known as Frasier’s Law.)

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Our judges said:

Brilliant!

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I not only broke a rib laughing, but I keep quoting this…

Your shortlister this week was: Asta
Your judges were: Sarah R and bedshaped

… and Stray (that’s me) was your Head Judge…

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

1. Boobs, Injuries and Dr. Pepper- Shock Therapy-
Nominated by Peach.

He put the collar on Dusty and took the leash off. Dusty immediately ran full-tilt-boogie across the yard and when he reached the perimeter, I literally saw a blue flash and the fat little shit did a complete back-flip.

2. .Don’t Call me Joe-Differences.
Nominated by asta.

You take another bite of the fish and wonder if cuisine is a good enough reason to stay with someone. Possibly not if between mouthfuls you are trying to decide which the more attractive option is: jamming the fork into your own arm or into his.

3. Little Red Boat-Photo Phursday: Never been horsey. Never.
Nominated by bob.

I was scared, because they are large, and powerful, and have enormous teeth, and could kill you without a second’s thought. They are scarier even than cows, and cows, as we all know, are hellascary. They are not as scary as mice, but then nothing is.

4. May Contain Notts-10 Reasons Why Nobbing Off the Night Bus Service Is Another Stupid Idea by whatever Greedy Mingebag Lead Paint-Licking Gibbons Run this Town.
Nominated by Mike.

For many people, it was the last opportunity to get your end away before the night was over (because, c’mon - if you’ve pulled in town, you’re never going to take them home on the fucking Night Bus. You might as well tell them that they’ve got to be quiet when they get there, so as not to wake your Mam up).

5. Mommy Has a Headache-I am Belle de Jour
Nominated by Peach.

Another problem with Madame Giselle was that she couldn’t see a thing without her glasses. Now, I’m not going to be prejudiced and say a blind person shouldn’t be working with whips and nipple clamps and hot wax in a near dark environment. All I’m saying is that I can’t imagine it was easy, and that it probably added an unnecessary level of strain to her already perilous sense of sanity.

6. Neil writes the Blog-Billy’s Boots
Nominated by Gordon.

Journeys across the pitch which used to be measured in minutes now seemed to take mere seconds and such was the constant speed and associated wind-rush generated that I had real trouble trying to light my mid-game cigarette.

7. Walking Data Loss- Brothers or Sisters
Nominated by Stray.

Characters in drama series and sitcoms exacerbate awkward or uncertain situations by avoiding communicating directly with a particular person (or several people), especially when frank communication with that person (or those people) would undoubtedly resolve all of their anxiety and/or uncertainty. (This is known as Frasier’s Law.)

If you have a post you want to nominate, please leave a link in the comments below.
The deadline for nominations is Friday Oct 12th 2007…