Jolly Roger
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Jolly Roger
You can't read this without laughing aloud. Miserable 'Jolly' Roger is miserably engrossed in 'pretending to slice up his (equally miserable) Mum like a salami' when he's kidnapped by Captain Abdul the Skinhead and his crew of pirates. However, they're sympathetic to their 'soap-stinking', 'scab' of a captive for 'it ain't right for a lad to be brought up so clean' and all but Roger and 'Cookee's set out at speed to reach his Mum a lesson. Things take a different turn and Cookee's 'bang on the nut' leads to a reunion and an unexpected smile. Brilliant! 9- and 10-year-olds loved it.
