Sunday 6 April 2008

Meet Matchstick Man

The Many Marvellous Adventures of Matchstick Man

I’d like to introduce you to a friend of mine, who goes by the name of Matchstick Man.


Matchstick Man is very pleased to meet you.

Matchstick Man is a funny old character, always getting into commonplace scrapes and having everyday adventures. He’s a bit of a philosopher too, though at times he could be accused of being a little two dimensional. He’s small, but would prefer that you didn’t mention it, and he’d like it to be known that the name ‘Matchstick’ refers only to his slender frame and in no way should be considered representative of his pe..rsonality. He’s lonely, simple and good natured. He’s looking for love, if you know of any nice Matchstick ladies who enjoy a glass of wine and a good chat, then he really like you to drop him a line with their number. Unless their number is seven. Seven is too spiky for Matchstick Man.

Now you may be thinking that the name ‘Matchstick Man’ is kind of a mouthful, and you’d be right. I suppose you could call him ‘Match’, but he’s not overly fond of this, he may be small but he has his pride. Sometimes people call him ‘Mitch’ by mistake which he really doesn’t like, it makes him sound like a character from Baywatch, or the man at the pub who slaps people on the back, tells awfully crude jokes and laughs really loudly. No, if you must shorten his name then he prefers to be called ‘MM’, like the sound people make when eating chocolate ice cream, or when catching the scent of bacon cooking (even if they’re vegetarian).

MM has lots of interesting adventures that he’d like to share with you. Why don’t you pop round every now and again to find out what MM has been up to?

P.S. Bring beer.

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