There’s only one possible thing to say on St Patrick’s Day …
Snakes!
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Category Archives: amusements
Mohican Mutts
I’ve just seen an item on How It Works Blogs about Peruvian Hairless dogs. Here are the pictures they use:
Apart from the fact that they look interesting mutts, I just love those Mohican haircuts!
Duh!?
Seen today in our local Waitrose.
Since when were cod quadrupeds?
And There's More …
Another selection of the curious from the catalogue of one of our local auction houses.
An antique far Eastern bronze figure of a river cod [sic] having gilt embellishment and raised on an integral base. [Shown right]
An elaborate IBO Nigerian tribal mask, with pointed features and an elaborate headdress.
Two 1950’s Japanese musical compacts, fully boxed, together with two Vogue compacts.
A long natural rawhide whip, together with a shorter example with a black finish.
A set of thirty black and white Edwardian French erotic transparencies …
A collection of miniature African ivory busts, some on hardwood stands, mounted to serve as place setting marks.
An early 20th century trophy mounted stags head on an oak shield plaque.
An 18th century silk embroidered map of England and Wales, showing counties, in oval gilt frame.
A collection of seven antique ethnic and tribal metal items including fish spears, cow bells and weaving implements.
A large of [sic] art glass Menagerie animals, to include a five piece elephant band …
A Spanish infantry helmet with original leather liner (Revolution period), together with an Italian infantry helmet.
A scratch built motorised pond model of the German battle cruiser Gneisenau … [Below]
Five West German Hummel figures, to include a boy playing a horn …
A Roman 2nd century slingshot raised on a modern circular stand.
A modern Eastern style marriage chest, clad in silk mix floral fabric and brown leather studded strap work …
An industrial nut trolley …
Cat's Arse
And here’s another catoon — this one’s specially for Oscar!
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Dippy
We haven’t had a good cartoon here for a while, so here’s one which amused me the other day …
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Quote : Self-Preservation
Never stand between a dog and a lamp post!
Thoughts of Angel
Thought of the Day
Courtesy of Thoughts of Angel …
If heat makes things expand, then I’m not FAT … I’m just really HOT!
All Over the Garden
Oh God it’s going to be a day of giant rhubarb news stories.
Following on from Chancellor Osborne’s apparently sudden realisations, our beloved Metropolitan Police have issued a list of plants we should all have to deter burglars.
Yeah OK, so far.
The news report finishes with the Met’s advice that Hedges and shrubs in the front garden should be kept to a height of no more than three feet in order to avoid giving a burglar a screen behind which he can conceal himself.
Leaving aside, for a moment, the implication that female felons don’t try to hide, there’s a problem with this. The list of suggested plants includes Gunnera manicata (above; deciduous and grows to 2.5m), Golden Bamboo (grows to 3.5m) and several conifers, none of which are susceptible to being pruned or trimmed successfully to under 1 metre nor are really suitable for the average suburban garden.
Duh!
<Paging Alan Titchmarsh>
Oh Dear Me
This week’s challenge at The Gallery is an Embarrassing Outfit.
Hmmm. I don’t generally do “outfits”. They’re not my style. Besides men in skirts tend not to be understood, unless one comes from the heathen lands north of Hadrian’s Wall. Despite being a southerner, there is a tradition, which I’ve never proven, of some Scots ancestry and I did have a kilt when I was young. But I can’t find a photo of me then; even my mother doesn’t appear to have one. That surprises me, but it’s probably just as well.
The best I can do for an embarrassing outfit is me leading off the East Hertfordshire Scouts’ St George’s Day Parade at Turnford in 1964.
Yep that’s me, aged 13, at the front in the poncy white gloves — God they were uncomfortable: thick, stiff leather and whitened to death. And just look at those awful shorts! I led that parade for two or three years; this was probably the first occasion.
I dare you all to show me your embarrassing outfits.