Bugs, Mugs, and Thugs

Isla, THC’s new pro bono accountant, has threatened to bring her nose flute on the next works outing if I don’t address the slow but steady decline in subscriber numbers. While some of the shrinkage is from natural causes, apparently the lion’s share is an unwelcome side-effect of the site’s bespoke subs setup. Stripe, the widely used and trusted system that processes most of the monthly cash injections that keep the features and foxers flowing, hasn’t – for reasons we’ve yet to identify – been reminding airlifters to update on-the-verge-of-expiring debit/credit cards. As a result, some subs have been automatically…

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Friday Foxer #72

Every Friday at 1300 hours, Tally-Ho Corner’s cleverest clogs come together to solve a ‘foxer’ handcrafted by my sadistic chum and colleague, Roman. A complete ‘defoxing’ sometimes takes several days and usually involves the little grey cells of many readers. Don’t be shy. All are welcome to participate.

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Solo Foxer #71

Unlike the formidable Friday foxers, the Monday kind are designed with lone truth sleuths in mind. While Roman, my Chief Foxer Setter, would be very interested to know how long it takes you to defox today’s brainteaser, he requests that the comments section isn’t used to share solutions or drop hints.

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Rome or Bust – an Armoured Commander 2 AAR

April 12th, 1943, Gabes, Tunisia. Dear Peter, Since your departure in November, the Hospitallers have been, as the newspapermen like to say, “hot on Rommel’s heels”. We were in the thick of it at El Agheila, Beurat, Medenine, and the Mareth Line and have the scars and souvenirs to prove it.

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Friday Foxer #71

Every Friday at 1300 hours, Tally-Ho Corner’s cleverest clogs come together to solve a ‘foxer’ handcrafted by my sadistic chum and colleague, Roman. A complete ‘defoxing’ sometimes takes several days and usually involves the little grey cells of many readers. Don’t be shy. All are welcome to participate.

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Solo Foxer #70

Unlike the formidable Friday foxers, the Monday kind are designed with lone truth sleuths in mind. While Roman, my Chief Foxer Setter, would be very interested to know how long it takes you to defox today’s brainteaser, he requests that the comments section isn’t used to share solutions or drop hints.

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And the winner is…

The beehive murmur of an expectant crowd… the clink of cider-filled champagne flutes… Roman clutching an envelope the same colour as his lamé Nehru jacket… you don’t need to be Miss Marple to work out that the final act of the 2022 THC game jam – the announcement of the winner –  is imminent. In January I invited Tally-Ho Cornerites to submit homemade digital or analogue games on the theme of ‘escape and evasion’. While me and my Chief Foxer Setter weren’t exactly snowed under by submissions, there were sufficient entries for a brief snowball fight and the construction of…

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Friday Foxer #70

Every Friday at 1300 hours, Tally-Ho Corner’s cleverest clogs come together to solve a ‘foxer’ handcrafted by my sadistic chum and colleague, Roman. A complete ‘defoxing’ sometimes takes several days and usually involves the little grey cells of many readers. Don’t be shy. All are welcome to participate.

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