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deirdyweirdy

@deirdyweirdy

A woman of few words

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deirdyweirdy
@deirdyweirdy Aug 2, 2026, 11:08 PM UTC

Parenting 101

I didn’t have the best of parents, but in some ways they weren’t the worst either. For one thing, they never hit us. My mother did attack me twice, though she managed to catch me only once, smashing…

226 upvotes 20 replies $2.07
deirdyweirdy
@deirdyweirdy Jul 26, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC

No more heroes

Since I had guests last weekend and was unable to join in the Weekend Experiences, I thought I'd delight you all by posting on last week's topic this week instead. Until I saw the prompt, I can’t say…

566 upvotes 27 replies $3.21
deirdyweirdy
@deirdyweirdy Jul 16, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC

An eye for an eye

My ride-on mower is kaput, and I can get nobody to repair it. Meanwhile, the grass had grown waist-high, far too tall for a mower anyway, and my dogs were covered in ticks. So, when I noticed the oth…

314 upvotes 30 replies $2.13
deirdyweirdy
@deirdyweirdy Jul 5, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC

The importance of being smiley

I’m probably the furthest thing from a grumpy fucker that you’re ever likely to meet, and if anyone tries to tell you otherwise, they’re lying. That’s not to say there isn’t plenty to be grumpy about…

552 upvotes 46 replies $3.38
deirdyweirdy
@deirdyweirdy Jun 21, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC

A bridge too far

I’m far too forgiving ever to seek retribution, and I’m certain that if you lined up a hundred of my friends and questioned them under caution, they’d all agree. After all, to err is human, to forgiv…

284 upvotes 27 replies $2.10
deirdyweirdy
@deirdyweirdy Jun 7, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC

Ask me no questions

Sometimes I have nightmares that I’m still an employer. Then I wake up and thank Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and all the saints that I’ve retired from that game. It’s not that I disliked employing people, i…

344 upvotes 29 replies $2.88
deirdyweirdy
@deirdyweirdy May 31, 2026, 11:06 PM UTC

Against the law.

Anyone who has ever read my blog —and believe it or not, some do—will already know that I regard government as the root of all evil and reserve the right to ignore all rules other than those my consc…

297 upvotes 39 replies $2.33
deirdyweirdy
@deirdyweirdy May 23, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC

Crash Bang Wallop

From a very young age, I knew there was something wrong with everyone else, but even so, I was still shocked by people’s behaviour during the whole Covid madness, and I haven’t had much faith in huma…

315 upvotes 21 replies $2.56
deirdyweirdy
@deirdyweirdy May 17, 2026, 2:50 PM UTC

Whodunnit?

Would I rather be an emergency doctor, a zookeeper, or a police crime scene investigator? That's an easy one! Having cared for my father with dementia for four long years, I would choose the occupati…

236 upvotes 21 replies $2.41
deirdyweirdy
@deirdyweirdy May 10, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC

Outlaw.

Would I accept a job I knew to be criminal if the money were good enough? Absolutely. Illegality in itself, would not deter me. I would, however, need to be reasonably certain that I wouldn’t be caug…

312 upvotes 23 replies $2.70