Those People Next Door
This used to be a nice neighbourhood

Longer overlap for modern humans and Neanderthals — BBC News
— Have you seen who moved in next door?
— I know, I couldn’t believe it either. Have you tried saying Good Morning?
— They aren’t big on the social niceties. I barely got a grunt out of them.
— You’re lucky. I got a spear waved in my face.
— You realise Aubrey will be going to school with their little creature?
— The mini-monster going to school? Don’t make me laugh.
— Where did they come from anyway? I thought their kind had shuffled off.
— Wherever it was, they don’t have any hairdressers there.
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Tut tut. Where’s the compassion, people? Where’s the civilisation? More attempts at humorous speculative fiction below.






