This is by Martin Baker who tells us the following.
Dear Sir, I need to advise you of a nefarious plot by one of our greatest news agencies. I discovered that they tried to clone Walter Cronkite, but after creating the embryo and implanting it into the host mother, they discovered, that they were going to be producing twins. I therefore shall go and drink to absolve myself of my awareness of this heinous act of replication, thereby making of … Read the rest...
http://shaggy-dogs.briancombs.net/walter-cronkite/
Another quickie by Martin Baker.
The Ayatollah has appointed a new chieftain to a new post, placing him in charge of surreptitious nocturnal abductions. The new post is “Imam for all seizings.”… Read the rest...
http://shaggy-dogs.briancombs.net/news-from-the-theocracy/
This was posted by kwiz (aka Martin Baker) on alt.callahans. The author is unknown.
The short stocky gentleman appears from a corner carrying a leather bag which clanks alarmingly as he aproaches the bar. He pauses, removes several glittering gold sovereigns, places them in the cigar box on the bar, then appropriates a bottle of Glenbannock and heads for a table….
“All this talk of tall ships reminds me of the good ship Intercoursus, out of Thermopylae. The foredeck crew, … Read the rest...
http://shaggy-dogs.briancombs.net/francis-key-to-the-ship/