Category Archives: Adventure

Last summer, we paid a pet groomer eighty dollars to shave our long-haired and very overheated cat. This year, we saved the 80 bucks and did it ourselves. It was late at night and we’d been drinking. I guess we … Continue reading →

Holloway Road, London. A little man in Reeboks has just beaten the shit out of his girlfriend in the street below our office. He screamed at her for five minutes as she cowered in their car, then dragged her out … Continue reading →

It’s a surreal experience. There are black-power activists and crazy Christians shouting on their horns under a Chinese Arch. Hipsters walking around in outrageous outfits, waiting on the bus to NYC contrast nicely against dicks walking around with sticks up … Continue reading →

When I was nine, I went rock climbing on a ruined wall in the courtyard of Bodiam Castle in Sussex. I was a good ten feet up when I realised, with horror, that I was stuck. I regret to say … Continue reading →

I’ve been mugged once in my life. It was by monkeys. Not the cute kind, more the large, aggressive sharp-fanged kind. It happened on a remote mountainside in India. There I was, walking along, when I was suddenly surrounded by … Continue reading →

When I was 22, some friends and I ordered tickets to a 21+ concert. At the time I neither drank nor drove, thus never seeing the need for a driver’s license renewal. Well apparently you can’t get into bars with … Continue reading →

I was in an earthquake once: a small one, but the real deal. It’s a very strange sensation. We were in an office in Dubai. All of a sudden, the world moved slightly and I felt a bit sick, but … Continue reading →

This New Year’s Eve, after rolling out of the pub at whatever time they let us stay in it until, my brother and I (apparently) fought a vaguely formal duel in the street. According to my wife, who can actually … Continue reading →

One summer my friend and I were walking past a country house, when a ravenous dog with mayhem on its mind burst from its young owner’s control and charged us. Deciding it was best only one of us die, my … Continue reading →

Recently, I was wandering around the store aimlessly as I normally do. All the while, I found the perfect Christmas gift for my fiancé, a pink Wii remote. I went to checkout and my heart dropped as I noticed my … Continue reading →