Shout
Humour David Stone Humour David Stone

Shout

I’m in Cafe Nero, which is quite unusual for me as I like my coffee strong enough to make a bull elephant charge a rutting rhino, and you usually need Costa for that.

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Cult
Humour David Stone Humour David Stone

Cult

I’m having coffee with Mike at the Costa Drive Thru and it’s the usual mix of girlfriend troubles (for him) and the pressures of family life (for me) when something he says suddenly catches my attention: big time. 

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Intervention
Humour David Stone Humour David Stone

Intervention

I’m at the mind-bendingly lush Harris & Hoole coffee shop at Tesco Extra just before Christmas, quietly considering whether I’d like to select drowning in their cappuccinos as my chosen method of death, when one of the two guys sitting at the table next to me leans across to his mate and says something that actually makes me spill some of my coffee into the saucer.

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Waterworks
Humour David Stone Humour David Stone

Waterworks

I’m standing beside the lift entrance at the back of the oddly depressing WHSmith store at Westwood Cross when I realise that my friend, the guy I’m here to meet up with, is taking a really long time to buy a magazine.

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Plastic
Mental Health, Humour David Stone Mental Health, Humour David Stone

Plastic

It’s 1999, and I’m with Russell Howard… not Russell Howard the comedian; this is Russ Howard, a 42-year-old self-employed guy from Maidstone who has a string of long-term relationships with plastic dolls instead of women.

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Fatherland
Humour David Stone Humour David Stone

Fatherland

‘Dave, don’t look around now….but I think the man by the stairs might be my father.’

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Wizard
Humour David Stone Humour David Stone

Wizard

‘So let me get this straight,’ I say, trying to get comfortable in the back of the van. ‘I agree to blog about you, and in return you will show me REAL magic.’ 

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Ginger
Humour, Parenting David Stone Humour, Parenting David Stone

Ginger

I’m at Jungle Jim’s, one of my favourite soft play hangouts (I have two small children, otherwise going there for lunch would be creepy) when a woman I knew at school wanders up and starts to chat to me.

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