Temple of the Rat King. Ark of the Soot God. Sphincter of Hades. Yes, King's Cross Station, where, according to Knuckle Sandwich, a blow job costs only five quid - any of the furthest-left three cubicles in the men's lavvy downstairs, twenty-four hours a day.
David MitchellTags: prostitution london trains king-s-cross-station
I have no earliest memories, Archivist. Every day of my life in Papa Song was as uniform as the fries we vended.
David MitchellSnarling an oath from an Icelandic saga, I reclaimed my place at the head of the queue.
"Oy!" yelled a punk rocker, with studs in his cranium. "There's a fackin' queue!"
Never apologize, advises Lloyd George. Say it again, only this time, ruder. "I know there's a 'fackin' queue'! I already queued in it once and I am not going to queue in it again just because Nina Simone over there won't sell me a ruddy ticket!"
A colored yeti in a clip-on uniform swooped. "Wassa bovver?"
"This old man here reckons his colostomy bag entitles him to jump the queue," said the skinhead, "and make racist slurs about the lady of Afro-Caribbean extraction in the advance-travel window."
I couldn't believe I was hearing this.
Tags: humor absurd racism london punk skinhead
I wonder how many years Suga has been carrying his curse around with him. I forget that other people in the world have broken parts too.
David MitchellCreation unfolds, around us, despite us and through us, at the speed of days and nights, and we like to call it "love
David MitchellWe were, to quote the proverb,
"The one dog who barks at nothing answered by a thousand dogs barking at something...
Naming, thinks Jacob, even in ridicule, gives what is named substance.
David MitchellDon't let death, Jacob reproves himself, be your final thought.
David MitchellThe art teacher's scarlet book was called Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille. 'As the title suggests,' Mr Dunwoody saw the book'd caught my attention, 'it's about the history of opticians. What are you about?
David MitchellTags: humor literature
Disco's are tricky. You look a total wally if you dance too early but after one crucial song tips the disco over, you look a sad saddo if you don't.
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