ISSUE NO. 14
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An Apple a Day

By
Belly

Belly writes from a prison in QLD.

Willy Pleasance

To the editors at About Time.

Congratulations on your 12th issue.

One year seems so fast when you look back on it. I look forward to each and every issue. Thanks again.

I have recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and, as a result, I am allocated one extra piece of fruit every day. So the daily fruit ration might be bananas. I will get one banana and an “apple”. In fact, the real bananas thing is I always get an “apple”, never ever anything else. And I am not being narky or anything, but, ever since I have had an “apple a day”, I have not been able to see the doctor once. Lol.

Thanks guys. Warmest regards.

Belly

To the editors at About Time.

Congratulations on your 12th issue.

One year seems so fast when you look back on it. I look forward to each and every issue. Thanks again.

I have recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and, as a result, I am allocated one extra piece of fruit every day. So the daily fruit ration might be bananas. I will get one banana and an “apple”. In fact, the real bananas thing is I always get an “apple”, never ever anything else. And I am not being narky or anything, but, ever since I have had an “apple a day”, I have not been able to see the doctor once. Lol.

Thanks guys. Warmest regards.

Belly

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