Poke It With A Stick! vs Why Would You Do That?

Have you ever felt the urge to poke something with a stick when you really, really know that you shouldn’t? Perhaps it was one of your siblings. Perhaps it was a cat or a dog. For your sake, I hope it wasn’t a tiger. If you’ve ever felt this urge, then you can probably empathise with the type of character that I’ve come to think of as Poke It With A Stick! (PIWAS) characters.

PIWAS characters are the kind of people who simply cannot let sleeping dogs lie. If there is a button to push, they’ll...