Puff Puff Puff

It's Wednesday and it's gonna be full. I'm at the charity shop this afternoon, dress rehearsal this evening and moved stuff for someone this morning. So, as I'm busy, I'll let you work your way through a set of photos that show England at it's idiosyncratic best.

A journey through the English ritual year

Enjoy this slice of life and I'll see you on Friday.

Five Things That Make Me Laugh

I was tagged by Mark Koopmans, an expat Irishman living in Hawaii, to list five things that make me laugh. So, in the spirit of going that extra mile, I'll give you six and they're mostly a selection of pictures from past Friday Fun blogs.

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(cartoon is copyright of Chris Bambrough. Do not copy without permission from the creator)

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6. A song from one of my favourite groups, The Barron Knights.



I'll let you read into that selection what you want about my (warped) sense of humour. On that note, I bid you adieu and I'll see you on Wednesday.

Friday Fun

Wohooooo, it's Friday. Watcha doing this weekend? Whatever it is, enjoy yourselves.

First up, some good and some interesting news.

• Altruistic organ donations are on the increase in the UK. 
• A teenage scientist has created a DNA photocopier from odd bits and bobs.
• Loyalty may be dead in some areas of life, but one football manager is finally retiring after 50 years at the helm. And he never got paid a penny in all that time.
• A bacteria in the human gut may be able to reverse type 2 diabetes and obesity.
• Naturalist David Attenborough has opened a new park, built on an old landfill site.
• Scientists have developed a device that can cloak things from heat.
• Want to see a solar eclipse from Australia? Thought so.

Second up, the odd bits from the past week.

• Consular officials get some odd requests from Britains abroad. In Tel Aviv, Israel, a woman asked consular staff to order her husband to get fit and eat healthily so that they could have children. Follow the link for more.
• SF Conventions have an image to maintain, and a break out of verbal violence between Star Wars and Dr Who fans did not go down well in Norwich. A light sabre versus a screwdriver. Who'd win?
• A robot has been trained to make and pour cocktails. One day he may take over from Tom Cruise in Hollywood.
• Musicians look after their instruments, but one orchestra has to make them before each performance. That said, the instruments are made from vegetables.
• Of all the embarrassing things that can happen to a pilot, being locked out of the cockpit after going to the loo has to be one of the worst. Must have been even worse when the flight was diverted for him.
• We all like to see buildings blown up, but sometimes the buildings are stubborn, like the one in Brisbane, Australia.
• How many times can you do a rollover in one minute? One young lad has now set a new world record.

Now, it's picture time.

 

 On that note, I bid you adieu and I'll see you on Monday, when I shall be sharing five of the things that make me laugh.