Isn't it about time we updated the Canterbury Tales?


Boots and Pinniped seemed to start more or less by accident. Trout was surely deliberate, though still distinctly off-hand, so to speak.

We could take this one and call it the Old Git's Tale.

Then, if the subject happened to be the sister from the piece before, this one would become the Yummy Mummy's Tale.

Then, perhaps, she gets what's coming to her in the Hand Maiden's Tale


And after that a character suggested by Trout's piece needs to speak. The Motor Dealer's Tale, maybe?

Perhaps you fancy a go at him.

And so on.

Then there'll be another, and another, and another, till Geoffrey has spun enough, and we come full circle.

The last piece could link back to the first, the Internet Grocer's Tale or something like that.

A homage to Chaucer that kisses its own arse.

It won't be Canterbury this time, of course. There are plenty of contemporary dormitory-hells to choose from. They might not even be in Britain at all. Nominations are welcome.

But most important, get writing. Immortalise yourself for the rest of the millennium at least.

No? Too pretentious?

Then do it for a laugh anyway!

Boots + Pinniped + Montague Trout