Category Archives: Too good to miss

Tea for two.

Posted on 24 June, 2012 by jb

Or twenty, for that matter. Holds 5 litres, held by potter Doug Fitch. Bought it here, he made it here, picked it up here. Did I think it was this big? No Does it detract from my enjoyment of it? … Continue reading →

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The more things change…..

Posted on 21 June, 2012 by jb

….the more they stay the same.George Best was an exquisitely talented football (soccer) player  for Manchester United and Northern Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s. A seriously flawed and easily influenced personality, he was once quoted as saying “I spent … Continue reading →

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Kurt Vonnegut wrote to the people of Iraq

Posted on 20 June, 2012 by jb

“At the beginning of democracy,  a bit of genocide and ethnic cleansing is quite okay. After a hundred years, you have to let your slaves go. And, after a hundred and fifty years, you have to let your women vote..” … Continue reading →

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“The Cat in the Hat” on aging

Posted on 19 June, 2012 by jb

HT Virginia Jones (who was too chicken to publish in on her (for genteel folks only…) website

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Hope it’s not catching…

Posted on 17 June, 2012 by jb

My Mate The Professor is celebrated for his absent-minded Professorness, but I swear he’s improving with age. We’re away for the weekend with the dragons wimmin and it’s his turn to head off to the bakery in the next village … Continue reading →

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Wise words indeed..

Posted on 15 June, 2012 by jb

Henry Rollins (if you didn’t know already and you probably don’t..) is an American spoken word artist, writer, journalist, publisher, actor, comedian, radio DJ, activist and former singer-songwriter (with Black Flag)

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And the winner is….

Posted on 14 June, 2012 by jb

…the bird getting whacked by the pendulum …no…the gardener with the watering can….no… the Dr Seuss “Cat-in-the-hat” inanimate object …no…the bird disappearing into the bear trap…no… Bugger, I’ll have to watch it again.

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9 lives used up?

Posted on 7 June, 2012 by jb

Not a problem! Become a helicopter! This is a true story: Dutch guy’s pet cat dies, so he puts it in the freezer until he works out what to do with it. Has a brainwave, involving a taxidermist, a quadricopter … Continue reading →

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Remember “Prick with a fork”…

Posted on 7 June, 2012 by jb

… a copywriter’s failed attempt at celebrity endorsement? Well, here’s “Dick with a lump of cheese on his head”

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This elastic fell on the floor…

Posted on 31 May, 2012 by jb

and has been giving me nothing but treble since….. HT Reddit

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