Category Archives: Bloody hell

Impressive inventory management

Posted on 1 March, 2022 by jb

Hope they give a quantity discount – at $6 an egg, that’s expensive as fuck….

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April Fool’s. In August?

Posted on 17 August, 2021 by jb

This is the German phonetic alphabet. It’s no good. No longer fit for purpose. Has to be changed, because it still reflects the anti-Semitic changes made in 1934 – “David” became “Dora”, “Nathan” became “Nordpol”. There’s also a gender imbalance … Continue reading →

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If anyone’s wondering what the flooding looks like in Germany….

Posted on 16 July, 2021 by jb

This is Schuld, population of around 750 and about 90 minutes drive north from here. Before. After. At some stage, Ahr river made an oxbow, the sediment solidified and over the last 1000 years folks built on it. Precipitation of … Continue reading →

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Boom!!!

Posted on 28 June, 2019 by jb

My bike path. Their farm track. We share. 38C in the shade. Something mega out in the fields. No expansion joints. Riding here at night is not a good idea…..

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You know you’re in Menerbes #19….

Posted on 19 June, 2019 by jb

….when that washing machine noise you think you’re hearing is heaps of folding stuff being recycled. Dude #1 has bought an old structure (probably belonged to the larger structure on the left…) just below the village. Thought it might be … Continue reading →

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You know you’re in France #13a

Posted on 12 June, 2019 by jb

…when you burn more calories *getting* the baguette than it actually *contains*….

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You know you’re….anywhere #12

Posted on 11 June, 2019 by jb

….when you join the cluster of blokes (“Stand over there with the rest of the idiots and don’t do/say anything stupid. And TRY and look as if you’re ENJOYING yourself…”) while the wimmin shop for sodding CLOTHES at the marché … Continue reading →

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You know you’re in France….

Posted on 31 May, 2019 by jb

..when it’s 29 degrees outside and when you ask someone in the Intermarché supermarket if they have cold beer, they look at you as if you’re trying to explain quantum mechanics by farting…

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