Bad Machinery by John Allison for January 10, 2025

And we get yet another account of how Tommy Binks died. This one may be accurate.

Fans of mystery and kids may want to check out the current story, “Wobbly Head”, over at badmachinery com.

“In retrospect”.

“mad as a lorry”? Do you mean he was an insane truck?

Is “mad as a lorry” better or worse than “mad as a box of frogs”?

Yeah, charisma’s funny like that.

And now the pearl-handled knife is being sought? P.S. RIP, Mad Tommy.

Mildred using her “body language” to keep Hughie talking.

I like(?) how black magic so often requires nudity, loincloths and animal skulls.

So the cursed blood monster decided to attack Tackleford’s sewers instead of Wendlefield? Curses don’t listen very well, do they. Curses.

“As a lorry,” interesting idiom.

How mad is a lorry? I’m not having any luck finding that phrase elsewhere, or alternative meanings for “lorry” that would fit better than “truck.”

We have to remember, though, we’re in a different timeline. Maybe the Whom did a song, or even a whole rock opera, about The Lorry of Madness.

It’s not clear whether he was more devoted to the city or to wanting to destroy the nearby city.

It seems to me that Tommy was totally MAD.