Yet another collection from the crayon of Peter Coomber, of thirty original short stories with a twist that are off-beat, humorous, sometimes dark and often puerile.

No pandas or hamsters were harmed (too much) in the making of this book. (The penguin was an accident.)

Painting By Numbers – Robert announces at his retirement party that he will be doing 'some painting'. His wife is pleased that she will finally see a newly decorated kitchen... until she finds out what sort of painting Robert means.
Fame Is The Spur – A short story by Howard S. Pring - about cardboard.
Humphrey Muff The Bannerman – Strange things happen when you eat one of the Sunny Side Up Yogurt Company's 'Fruits of the Forest' yogurts.
Force Equals Mass Times Acceleration - A death explained in terms of Physics. '..Derek's little body was no match for the mass and velocity of the car, or the mass and inertia of the oak tree on the side of the A38..'
Happy Families - Zeke and Nancy had great expectations for their first born, Mystic Moon-Child, but at the age of six she announced that she wanted to be called Margaret, and she took to wearing a smart blouse and skirt and sensible shoes to school.
Quest - A dragon-slaying and treasure-seeking adventurer from an action role-playing video game begins to worry when his children ask him to read a strange bed-time story about washing machines.
One Final Request - "Did you know," said Arthur, "Frank Sinatra was buried with his favourite Zippo lighter? And Miles Davis was buried with his trumpet."