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DADDY PAPERSURFER IS HONOURED – a short play

September 28, 2010 – 6:00 am

Opening scene
[DP on the sofa. Enter Lo, she is a terrible Goddess, stage right.]
TG – Don’t forget that the Queen has offered you a Knighthood DP.
DP – The hood of a Knight? Excellent – it’s getting a tad chilly, tee hee. No, I haven’t forgotten.
[The TG exits, stage left.  DP continues sucking on a gingernut.]
TG [...]

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HISTORY LESSON – 5

July 17, 2009 – 6:00 am

Post it notes.

The first postage stamp was the Penny Black introduced in 1840. This stamp in pristine condition can be worth £2000. When left in a pocket of your jeans and put through a 40C wash it is then worth less than its original value.
There remains an old statute from 1869 that if your postman [...]

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