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I used to have a piece of paper on my office door.

Posted on 8 April, 2013 by jb

It just said “NO”

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Pull my chain….

Posted on 8 March, 2013 by jb

…and I’ll belch” as in “Pull my finger and I’ll f@&t”? Signage fail @ Michael Hill in NZ

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A poem

Posted on 3 March, 2013 by jb
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Tectonically speaking

Posted on 3 March, 2013 by jb

A Redittor posted an image of divers swimming between chasms separating tectonic plates. A geologist responds seriously, the next with a pun, the string continues a steady slide into groan territory…

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Countrymen

Posted on 2 February, 2013 by jb

An ignorant Lancastrian having occasion to go to France, was surprised on his arrival to hear the men speaking French, the women speaking French, and the children jabbering away in the same tongue. In the height of the perplexity which … Continue reading →

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 29 January 2013

Posted on 29 January, 2013 by jb

Bad Day – Darwin Deez – BIRP! January 2010 [Listen] Black Velvet Band – The Dubliners – Original Dubliners [Listen] Blissed Out – Junk Culture – BIRP! May 2011 [Listen] Bonaparte’s Retreat – Kay Starr – Billboard Top 30 – … Continue reading →

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That would be because you turned up too late…

Posted on 7 November, 2012 by jb

Not in the last 2 world wars (which you did anyway) but after we defined Greenwich as where East and West start Source: xkcd.com

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Bird of the year

Posted on 13 September, 2012 by jb

A good friend of this blog, David Slack, is on a crusade to have his favourite bird, the kokako, enthroned as Bird of the Year by the Forest and Bird Society of New Zealand. I suggested Angela Merkel and pointed … Continue reading →

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Posted on 5 September, 2012 by jb

Sometimes the people who enlist as YMBFA followers make me want to burn my camera….

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What goes around…..

Posted on 27 April, 2012 by jb

…comes around. Some things just remain lodged in the cranium. Happens all the time. The camouflage patterns on German world war 1 aircraft reappear as a fashion item almost 100 years later.

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