Ted's Shed.

 This is a story about a man who, for reasons that remain unclear, liked sheds a lot.

In 1936, a man called Ted Newry went into his shed. This was a common thing to do back then. Men went into sheds to do... shed things. We don't really know what those are, as sheds have largely been replaced by Argos.

Anyway, for reasons that are baffling to experts, Ted stayed in his shed for twenty years. During this time, the entire world went to war. But Ted, safe in his shed, was unaware of this. You'd think he'd notice the bits of shrapnel hitting his roof, but he probably just thought it was raining, which, to be fair, is a very British thing to think.

In 1956, he emerged, presumably because he ran out of biscuits. When he came out, he was told that his house had been blown up by the Germans, and that he'd been declared dead. Most people would be upset by this, but not Ted, he simply went back into his shed to start rebuilding the house. Which seems like a good example of British pluck, or just not really caring about anything at all.

This raises a lot of questions. Like, what was he doing in there? Did he have a toilet? And why did no one else think to just hide in a shed for the war? If they had, maybe a lot less people would have died. But also, a lot more people would have been in their sheds, which would be weird.