Monthly Archives: November 2006

His amus­ing bal­loon anim­als in a vice

By Mat | Published: November 17, 2006

The fol­low­ing true story con­tains a greater pro­por­tion of uncouth words than is nor­mally tol­er­ated here at matlarkin.com. In keep­ing with our fed­eral government’s push for a return to tra­di­tional fam­ily val­ues, there­fore, these have been sub­sti­tuted with family-friendly equi­val­ents and italicised for ref­er­ence. We trust this will not affect the read­ing exper­i­ence. Thank you for your time.

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Our con­dol­ences also go to the Irish Rovers.

By Mat | Published: November 17, 2006

What are we to do, when the impend­ing choice is between the Devil and an eejit?

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Sew­ing hooves into a jacket

By Mat | Published: November 13, 2006

The LaTrobe Read­ing Room at the State Lib­rary of Vic­toria is pos­sessed of such a tran­quil, schol­arly ambi­ence that, in order to remind the reader of the per­fect serenity he or she is priv­ileged to enjoy, it has had to be ran­domly seeded with unoiled chairs which scream at the light­est touch like a bed full of cli­max­ing banshees.

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