The Case of the Midwife Toad
Worst Sherlock Holmes pastiche EVAHCharacters continue to escape from unwritten Carl Hiassen novels into the narrative of what we laughingly call "reality". Some might blame Hiassen for failing to...
View ArticleBrightness falls from the air,Queens have died young and fair
Then the dough boiling in oil suddenly shot out of kitchen pots. [Thx H. Rumbold, Master Barber]
View ArticleQuqurbit n.
A superposition of wave-states, used to perform quantum-computing calculations within a quantum-coherent cryogenic zucchini.
View ArticleIs there a word for "Enjoyment derived from seeing someone else be criticised...
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View ArticlePooparazzi n.
An individual (or the class of individuals) who gains clandestine access to the toilets of the rich or famous or successful, in order to acquire stool samples to sell in the market for Celebrity Fecal...
View ArticleThese are the first signs of sonic attackYou will notice small objects such...
The last time the Riddled Journal Club looked at Drs Klinghardt and Ruggiero's article-shaped claim-stake, carving out their territory within the Chronic Lyme Disease goldfield, it was...
View ArticleUnguent Fever
Buy the revolutionary GcMaf immunotherapy that is taking the wellness industry by storm!Wait, what?If you are like the intrepid Riddled staff, you will have read that sentence and are wondering "What...
View ArticleMud-wrestling pigeon seeks equally-confused chess-playing pig
The story to accompany this headline is missing, so instead here's a photograph of a 'No Unicorns' sign.
View ArticleBlack swan event: Best 'Top Gear' episode EVAH.
It is reassuring to know that Volvo autonomous vehicles can identify and avoid elk. Møøse bites Kan be pretti nasti.The "baffling part" was when the kangaroos reappeared from behind a hill and launched...
View ArticleThe transduction serum was increasingly taking hold and treasons were taking...
How time flies! Noisily, and trailing a plume of black smoke, in the manner of a coal-burning Nazi pulse-jet war-plane!It only seems yesterday when the loosely-coordinated bundle or Skandha of impulses...
View ArticleGo home, Dr Seuss, you are drunk on stroids again frightening the children...
Rolling rollersA variety of stuffRolling rollersRolorous RolorsRolling rollers Rolling rollersVarious rolling strokesRolling rollers Rolling rollersVarious rolling stroidsSpread a wide range of rolling...
View ArticleMuttony Muco
MuttonyMucoUnlikelyInevitable.A lukewarmA rainy seasonA dull clothA bra bathroomA blooming thingAsleepAsleepMuddy asleepInevulatory seedsSemi-frailSemi-dumplingInevulatory breadthInevulatory as a...
View ArticleFickt nicht mit dem Raketenmensch!
Gather around, younglings, while Uncle Smuts narrate another blood-curdling, spine-chilling, lymph-centrifuging tale of horror and woe. Another cautionary yarn of fictional creation escaping into the...
View ArticleNew product list. Not all mud-related. We apologise to our Chinese customers
Easy going crazy thoroughly as long as you can not forget.Nu - Nice - crown - lukewarm college briefcaseNu - Temple of the Tempura - Temple of the Tempura - Melancholy of Haruhi SuzumiyaMuayu - The...
View ArticleI remain unconvinced that the city needs a theme bar inspired by the...
As is always the case, no-one listens to Uncle Smut.
View ArticleThe shape-shifters grow ever bolder, sire
Back in the Second Age -- those vanished days of heroism and valiant deeds, before last Tuesday -- Don-Errant Jeffrey Beall used to maintain a list of Replicant Journals. Remember those? Persons...
View ArticleIt's almost the deadline Don't miss the deadline, darling
One of the laziest way to fill a blog-post must be to whine about the annoying spam from predatory-publishing grifters that clogs up the mail-bag here at the Riddled Museum of Salted Pineapples. So...
View ArticleIt is increasingly difficult to come up with new ways of saying "sketchy...
Dream work in MalayaDear Mystery Author:You should probably be aware that when you submit your literature review on “Benefits of Dream Work for the Dying”to a predatory publisher like Herald Scholarly...
View ArticleStill working through the backlog of irritating mockademic-journal spam
Rajesh Varma -- the egregious fuckknuckle who came up with the respect-inspiring title "PeerTechz" when he leapt aboard the parasitic-publishingband-wagon juggernaut -- is evidently making so little...
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