Here's an idea - we can write in this thread as if it was The Chronicle!
I'll start:
In the Year of Our Lord 2005, there is a wonderful group called the Real Ale Society, led by a drunken fool named Keen Member.
This society likes to drink tons of beer and behave foolishly.
One day, while sampling the delights of Glenrothes and indulging in a hard-fought game of Risk, they encountered a pirate, his wench and a child dressed as a pirate.
Riddle me this, was the child a boy or a girl?
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He sleeps 19 hours a day, and eats 5 hours a day. He allows you to pet him, not so much because he likes it, but because he's too lazy to do anything about it.
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