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The Ironist is dedicated to exploring irony wherever it occurs. We have a range of essays and stories which cover historical, artistic, and contemporary life and events. We welcome your comments, support and submissions.
The Joy of Mud
Children like to play in mud. It is (or was, for us ‘oldies’), a relatively rare treat to be able to play in the mud. It is slippery, fun, sticky, squishable, slimy, and well, just fun to mess around with wet dirt. You will see kids playing in mud all the time. For a kid, what is more enjoyable?
For Enid Blyton
(A Children’s Story for Grown-Ups) Editor’s note: The Pendulum has already swung back to defend Enid Blyton's Noddy books from charges of racism and of excessive insensitivity to such human afflictions as having large ears. See the Independent...