Road pigs

Women on bike

The leader of the pack (cue 60s music) raised his hand in a fist, and the procession came to a halt. He dismounted his hog like it was a horse, and walked towards the bunny with the largest bosom.

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Got money

Woman on Jeep

Rappers are philosophers, and while we’ve been mining into Confucius and Plato, these young G’s have had the answers to life, the universe and women all along.

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Venus attacks

Yarn

He stops and sniffs his drink. Their eyes lock for half a minute – but men are ill-equipped for these games.

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Whither thou goest

Gas mask wedding

They stared at each other for a long time, him through the mask and her through a wispy cloud of existential angst. Whatever magic they shared was absolutely lost on me.

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Little fish

Statue of Cowardice

Some 2 million years ago, give or take ten minutes, in a cheery cave in central Africa, an ancestor paused in an unprecedented moment of consideration and regarded his mate.

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E-lust

Woman with Laptop

We live in a world larger than our egos, and understandably want to shrink it into manageable screens. And wouldn’t it just be lovely if our social lives were really servants of mice and keyboards?

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