Minimalist poet, minimalist lifestyle

I've just been sweeping up leaves in my garden and found 20p. I wonder how long it's been there?

A cat has survived for 19 days with a peanut butter jar stuck on its head.
The Cain family of Bartlett, Tennessee, have fed the feral cat, which they call Wild Oats, for several years.
They saw the cat several times with the jar on its head and tried in vain to catch it. But after not seeing it for a week, they feared the worst.
"I thought she was going to die with that jar on her head," said Tabitha Cain, 25.
They finally found the once chubby cat, too thin and weak to flee, and used some oil to get the jar off her head. They gave her water and treated her wounds and she is eating again.
The family are know thinking of changing the cat's name to Survivor.

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today.
They left a little note on the windscreen.
It said "Parking Fine."
So that was nice.

A Huddersfield man says he's had to change his ringtone five times - because his parrot keeps copying them.
Stuart McNae says Billy waits until he leaves the room, then mimics the sound of a call - and laughs when he dashes back to answer.
Every time Stuart, 54, changes his ringtone the cheeky blue-fronted Amazon picks up the new one, reports The Sun.
He's gone through the Nokia theme, Lou Bega's Mambo Number 5, the BBC Match of the Day tune, Soul Limbo by Booker T and the MGs and Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry.
He said: "I now have the theme from A Fistful of Dollars. Won't be long before he's got that, too.
"He waits for me to leave the room before he does it. I'll rush downstairs to find it's Billy."

Firefighters helped operate on a man who was rushed to hospital after getting a metal ring stuck on the end of his penis.

Doctors at Royal Wigan Infirmary in Greater Manchester put out the alert after fearing the man faced amputation as the ring cut off his blood supply.

Two firefighters used a mini hand grinder to cut through the ring during a 20-minute procedure.
It is understood the man, aged in his 40s, was given an anaesthetic.

The firefighters placed a thin sheet of metal around his penis to protect the skin while removing the ring, which appeared to have been cut off from the end of a pipe.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service confirmed fire crews were called to the hospital at around 12.10 GMT on Thursday to "deal with a situation".
A spokeswoman for Royal Wigan Infirmary said they were unable to comment about the incident.

I was at my friend's house last night and he noticed me limping a bit and asked if my knee was starting hurting again.

I informed him that my knee was alright, but I'd got a hole in my sock and my big toe was rubbing against the indide of my shoe.

I'm always reluctant to throw away old pairs of socks, but this one has gone in the bin this morning.