You Give Me Fever

November 14, 2016

You Give Me Fever

It’s hard to know what to write when I’ve spent the night having fever dreams. My tonsillitis is back with a vengeance, and I can’t talk without sounding like a bowl of washing up. I can do a mean impression of Ed Milliband right now though.

I had an all night long fever dream in which I was trying to stage a remake of The Princess Bride, using the actors from Mad Men, and Adam West’s Batman. And all I had to do this was a pair of bone chopsticks.

I can’t be one hundred percent sure that I am typing right now either.

e.phemera, Piffle, Sanctimoan, Thought Vomit

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