On “Men” said a woman from Texas
“They’re like dogs, and oh my how they vex us
They wont leave you alone
’till they’ve buried the bone
disappear and then wont even text us”
But I don’t aim particularly high.
On “Men” said a woman from Texas
“They’re like dogs, and oh my how they vex us
They wont leave you alone
’till they’ve buried the bone
disappear and then wont even text us”
Really not sure where this came from…
You can listen instead of reading if you prefer.
Old Walter McDad finds such joy in the sad
The depressed and the rather quite tragic
He would dance with delight if your shoes were too tight
Spilled your tea on your crotch? Oh quite magic!
Caught your knob in your zip? Caused your foreskin to rip?
He would high five in great celebration
Birth defects? He loves those. Diabetic? Lost toes?
Well to him they’re such cause for elation
Enjoys watching the poor, mocks the sick and what’s more
Steals the cash from the tramps at the station.
Takes a dump on your lawn, tells your kids to watch porn
Big wide grin at your grandma’s cremation
Fingers crossed at the vets they declare that your pets
need to be put to sleep with much haste
Phone the docs and the answer is that you have cancer
He’d take joy, he knows its in poor taste
For Walt spends all his days in such terrible ways
Don’t ask why he just does ‘cos he can
At a hundred and one he’d still rodger your mum
He’s a rather quite nasty old man
So watch out and beware at the top of the stair
As he’d gladly push you in the back
You go head over tit and he’d chuckle and sit
Watch you bleed as he enjoys a snack
Let’s end the day with this shall we
A young lass with a vegetable fettish
saw a marrow and got rather wettish
zucchini clasped in each hand
she would loudly demand
“In my bottom please place a crisp lettuce!”
Then to bed with you!
Once an amorous fellow from France
when alone he would take off his pants
for he could not resist
the sweet lure of the wrist
as he had little luck with romance
The tale of Darren and Julie
M does a marvellous set of prompts each month, today the prompt was Spontaneous Eruptions. I am sure you aren’t surprised at what I came up with. I recorded it too though so you can listen rather than actually reading it. See how kind I am…I hope it works.
https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/2018/07/01/july-writing-prompts/
The tale of Darren and Julie
Once a chap said “I Do”, his wife said she’d be true
And in bliss they did spend all their days
In bed things were quite hot and they cared not a jot
For the flaws in their deeds and their ways
For they say love is blind but alas her behind
Grew quite plump and his ardour it waned
And he seemed now quite dull and there came then a lull
In the bedroom “Boring!” she complained
“Well your cooking is foul” he proclaimed with a scowl
She complained that his chores were undone
and with pinky quite crooked she complained how he looked
“You’re a cow” he did cry “like your mum”
There were slamming of doors, and so started the wars
And she went for a drink with his mate
So he signed up online had a jolly good time
Second base from an internet date
They fought over the cat she poked fun at his fat
Rotund tummy, he scoffed at her thighs
So she scratched up his car, he cut up her best bra
And on facebook he posted foul lies
So she slept with his dad and that made him quite mad
So she dry humped a tramp near some bins
Then he had a tattoo of her name and some poo
She jerked off a red head pair of twins
And at last it did end, for they just could not mend
The sweet love that was now oh so broke
And they went separate ways but that’s not how it stays
Even though its been weeks since they spoke
For one night on the booze he did text “I did lose
Something dear how I wish wed not split”
And she lonely and sad (and she quite missed his dad)
Said “I miss you come round in a bit”
Now they’re trying again and it might end the same
Or they could this time round find love true
Now he needs to just find a tattooist most kind
To remove what he inked near his bum…
The legend of Arty McFarty
M does a marvellous set of prompts each month, today the prompt was Spontaneous Eruptions. I am sure you aren’t surprised at what I came up with. I recorded it too though so you can listen rather than actually reading it. See how kind I am…I hope it works.
https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/2018/07/01/july-writing-prompts/
The Legend of Arty McFarty
Once a fellow of some girth, a man of little joy or mirth
Who sad spent all his days self loathing and most glum
Teased by all and not respected and each night upset reflected
On his life which was quite empty and no fun
He had no wife and children none and friends alas were all now gone
And so he pondered his existence and felt small
And he came to the conclusion he was under the illusion
That he really ought to not be here at all
Quite intent to bring an end and without life or love or friend
At the cliff top he now stood, but lo a vision
It was the ghost of his dead mum and she insisted with his bum
He’d seek revenge on those who point with such derision
She spoke kinds words and reassured and from the cliff top he was lured
And she reminded him that he was in her heart
and he indeed possessed a gift and it so gave his heart a lift
when she proclaimed he had the world’s most fearsome fart
And so with deadly fierce eruption he blazed a trail of fowl destruction
Wreaking vengeance on all who had made him sad
At work he let off in a lift, three people had to miss a shift
it made a lass have fits and nearly killed one lad
His bottom spewed such fearsome gases that his neighbour now wears glasses
When into her letter box he let one out
He could hear her scream and stumble and she dropped her apple crumble
And threw up when out into the street ran out
He blew off down at the store and the milk curdled and then more
Or less the whole place had to be evacuated
At the pub he was oft goaded so near the fire he exploded
Watched it burn with joy, oh how these folk he hated
Farted then into a pram and in the face of an old man
then on a beggar who would oft be rather rude
And to a church he made a visit, left his own unholy spirit
and to a shelter where he dropped one on the food
And so he found his true life calling with his anus most appaling
Havoc he did wreak and eyes did stream
And all his days he spent unleashing anal thunder most unpleasing
Vile bottom burps most nasty and oh so obscene
It probably happens all the time. Just not to people you know.
Star crossed lovers and destined by fate
a connection so deep and most great
then he let himself go
so she slept with his bro
and ran off with the dad of his mate
Revisiting this as it got messed up by the WordPress shenanigans a while back…
Hard to take a photo of this but there you go, this is my other Dredd Tattoo which sits at the back of my left arm just below the elbow. I can then show it to people when they ask whether my Dredd is in fact Magneto. I can understand why I guess, think its the helmet.
It took about 4 hours as I recall, despite it having nowhere near the detail of the my larger Dredd one. All part of the larger collage I will likely complete one day. Might get another next year thinking about it…

There’s always room for more 😉
Sun, beer garden
all day drinking then curry
Morning breath from hell
My mind didn’t stray far from the obvious on this one. This one’s for you Donny.
Oh for the sweet chance
to see him re-united
with his dear mother
Well I never…
A poor fellow from deep Senegal
lost his penis and most of a ball
drank all day in the sun
whisky beer gin and rum
legs akimbo fell off of a wall
From LSCC 2013 I think it was…
Ive met a few 2000ad artists at con’s over the last few years and one of the nicest chaps was Gary Erskine. He has done Dredd, Dan Dare, Flesh and other pieces for 2000AD and tons of stuff for other comic houses and also did a brilliant set of digital Star Wars pieces which I have prints of somewhere. He was really engaging and happy to talk for ages as he drew and did the Dredd you see below. It was great to see him do it from scratch, and he took such care – producing first a sketch and then doing the final piece from that. I asked him if I could also have the sketch which he reluctantly agreed to (being a thoroughly fabulous chap) despite not wanting to as he didn’t like the idea of something so rough being out there. I am glad he did though because I think the two pieces side by side look amazing.


If you like a good read you should take a look at his Roller Grrrls stuff. Pretty cool and something he was so passionate about.
Tanks a million
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday
This week the challenge was to use synonyms for Magic and Green. I used Enchanted and Pastoral.
Pastoral delight
enchanted billows rising
clouds swirl and mind freed
then succumbs to the munchies
eats an entire pizza
Revisiting a favourite topic. Beige leg coverings.
Dying for the loo
I better sit down to pee
Im wearing beige shorts
A tale of caution and short shorts.
A corruptible fellow from Chad
had a thing for his girlfriends hot dad
he seduced with tight shorts
enjoyed sensual sports
but got aids and then died, oh how sad
And I mean them all…for a friend of mine.
A kind man had a quite evil wife
took the kids broke his heart oh such strife
Though I think theres an answer
how I hope she gets cancer
and it shortens the evil crones life.
Don’t worry no one will know.
They shout ‘MAGA’ and feed on your fears
he’s the saviour they’ve wanted for years
free to fondle and kiss
loves to shower in piss
takes a bath in a pool of kids tears
I’ll just leave this here…
An adventurous fellow called Ted
like to wear women’s nickers to bed
though his wife seemed to care
he looked better than her
killed the mood and the moment quite dead
Revisiting this as it got messed up by the WordPress shenanigans a while back…
I think you know I love Judge Dredd by now, and a couple of years ago I decided to add to my tattoos with a Judge Dredd piece. I don’t quite recall how this piece was selected exactly but the cover of megazine 302 was just so brilliant and it was one that really struck me with the wonderful character of Dredds face and the Artist that did my piece, Lee Reynolds, really took to it.
The artwork was done by Simon Bisley and Glenn Fabry for the 20th anniversary edition of the megazine. This is the original.


I actually think I have one Simon Bisley piece of artwork tucked away somewhere but I’m not currently lucky enough to own a Glenn Fabry piece but it’s on my list of things to buy. Glenn Fabry’s Slaine work is particularly gorgeous and I’m pretty sure something that I will be covering in a future blog.
It took about 5 hours to do as I recall and the worst thing about it was not the pain of the needle but rather having to sit there lying forward with my left arm extended behind me for that amount of time.
I actually rather enjoy the pain and it certainly take your mind off everything when you’re sat there for that amount of time and in a weird sort of way it’s a quite fabulous way to relax and get away from everything else that might be on your mind.
Certainly well worth the time and money and a piece I just absolutely love. I have 2 other 2000AD pieces I will show you another time.
From Prog 434 7th September 1985
I have been very excited about this for a number of reasons. I buy a lot of my comic art from eBay and over the weekend was perusing the site when I saw a 2000AD comic script. I had never seen one of these before so was excited by the piece (well pieces there were two but you only get to see one today).
Within moments my pulse was racing as I realised just what it was. Not only was it a script from a story that I remember from 1985 but it was the script from a Prog that I read so many times and was THE most memorable one from my childhood. I remember reading this prog over and over and loving the two gangs featured – the Zits and the Sharks. The art work is amazing and the story was brilliant – a musical!
Well I just had to have and a quick bid and it was all mine.
The story is that the seller’s brother went to school with Alan Grant’s daughter or son and I believe it because the other script is signed by Alan Grant and John Wagner and I have both of their signatures on stuff from a Con a few years ago. All checks out and to be honest it didn’t cost enough to be worth creating a forgery.
Anyway, if this is your thing check it out. Me and my youngest had a read of it tonight – me on the script and him on the comic and it was almost exactly the same.
Again I apologise to all of the Japanese
yummy vindaloo
Arse like a Japanese flag
next time go for mild
The dreaded social situation…
Well it’s a week and a half and still going well. I accidentally ate a couple of chips off of my wife’s plate (fries for you Americans) which was just habit and I tell you they were awful.
Actually they weren’t they were bloody lovely. They were all coated in salt and vinegar but I resisted shovelling them all into my gaping cake hole and pretending to Mrs Michael that they’d accidentally fell on the floor and needed to be binned whilst wiping salt from my lips.
As a family we’ve been a lot better about not buying things on the sweeter side of the spectrum though Mrs Michael was bought a huge bar of peanut and caramel chocolate by her sister and I went as far as opening the packaging (already opened) and taking a deep inhalation of the heady cocoa aromas.
I felt a bit dirty but again did not succumb orally. Hmmm. That sounds a bit Bill Clinton doesn’t it.
I also figured a way of battling the temptation at work as there is a tuck shop about 4 metres from my desk and I could often be found buying a mars bar and a packet of crisps mid morning. To give myself a fighting chance I have stopped taking money to work with me and also purchased a load of fruit (enough for the whole team) which I have to walk past should I want some sweet chocolatey goodness.
So mostly a few days of resisting temptation but apart from that I am rather enjoying it.
So very uncouth, and how quickly the romance faded
Tis a rule when the romance is starting
star crossed lovers refrain please from farting
but a month or two in
he’ll explode with a grin
in her face with such might, her bangs parting
B.Y.O.B
Fireworks and fake news
fun migrant fuelled barbecue
jugs of mothers tears
What a difference a year makes eh!
Just the one post today I think while I reflect on exactly one year of blogging!
It’s all a bit of a blur to be honest and mostly I thought I would just say thanks to all of you kind souls out there who have taken time to read me, comment, and provide me with such wonderful encouragement. I had no idea that I would enjoy writing as much as I have and I think it is now something I will likely have to keep doing given the pleasure I get from it.
I do want to start thanking people individually but I worry that I will forget somebody which I would not want to do. There are those who read and like and comment every day and whom I feel I now know so well and then there are those who like away merrily day after day and I do not know you at all but I remain grateful for you all taking the time to pop in.
I have taken such enjoyment from so many of your blogs too, and if I ‘like’ it then I have read it. I wish I had time to read more really.
I will write more about my year blogging later this week but for today this will be just about it I reckon, I have quite a lot on.
Thanks always
Michael x