Slippery Slope To Summer

Nu photo is named after one of my sayings and is entitled -


Slippery Slope To Summer

The Good , The Bad and the Moronic :)

I thought I’d do yet a few more awards today , and the first is -



The Non Sell Out - Award
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This one goes to the two people who engineered the Rage for the Xmas no 1 campaign on Facebook - who Simon Cowell has cynically , in my opinion -
offered jobs to in his organisation - only to be turned down flat :)



Still Missing the point – Award
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Simon Cowell – see above :)



The - “were only 10 years old - but know best” - Award
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An extra special award to the gaggle of kids , advising me - the best way up a snowy and very icy hill on my mountain bike – yesterday :)




( Still ) Moron of the Year- Award.
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This one goes out to our ex boss , who apparently turned up a whole day early to a Xmas party , and it was suggested by some that, the date on the invitation was somehow……………………

……..errrr…..” mixed up “………

………..tsk…… tsk……...how terrible is that ……… :)




Man of the Year – Award .
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This is a very late contender for this very prestigious award , but it must go to our very own motorcycling - Prince William - for spending a night out sleeping rough in minus four degrees temperatures to raise awareness to homelessness – good on yer mate :)

In the “Bleak “Midwinter…………

Sorry I couldn’t resist this post after seeing a news report about this subject –


I notice the South of England is in total gridlock after a “breathtaking” quarter of an inch ( 5mm) of snow has fallen , and like last year - people are abandoning their cars , not going to work , and there is talk about the end of the world in some
quarters :) .

I’ve got no doubt this very silly situation is further - whipped up by the reactionary media in the U.K. , and of course the “nanny state” metrological office and its silly “severe” weather warnings !!!.

Well I’ve thought of a solution to the “problem”

Deposit a few more inches of snow on our southern friends - let it freeze solid for a few days - then I’ll take all their cars off them - and instead they can all have a nice shiny mountain bike each – simple :)

Now - this may come as a bit of a shock to you in the south , but the rest of the country - just gets on with the bad weather ….its called …WINTER ….., and amazingly does not shut down after a minute amount of snow falls , or its windy , or heaven forbid ….raining and cold :) ., and I dread to think what would happen if there was a substantial fall of snow – national emergency – maybe :)

Surprisingly enough , and in reality , I’m not really willing bad weather upon
anyone , or asking you all to mountain bike to work every day in your shorts , I’m just merely asking you to put a little perspective on the situation, if that’s at all possible in today’s knee jerk society :)


Anyway - It’s the shortest day today , and what I
call …

……“the slippery slope to summer “……

Which I reckon is pretty apt , and what a summer its going to f**king well .be , what with Atsu visiting the U.K. yet again :) , and me going back off to Japan - pencilled in already :).

With all this going on - I think and I’m getting more and more in to the …

…..“seize the moment it will never come around again “

……..school of thought ………

….whether that be - mountain biking in the snow, tearing around on my Harley with Atsu on the back squealing like a teenager :), or snoozing in one of Richard Branson’s first class seats en route to Tokyo :).

Now - considering I wasn’t going to post anything else on here till after Xmas - I think I’d better shut up :) ……although there may be more tomorrow ………

End of the Year Review

Well it’s that time again , so I’ve decided to hand out a few awards to the remarkable set of groups and individuals , amongst you all.


“Battle Cry of the People” - Award - not sponsored by Simon Cowell


……il get da joe ….tmoro………

This surprisingly isn’t Latin , and translates to -

……. “I’ll get the Joe Mc Ellery single – tomorrow.” …………….

Which is unfortunately too late as the official chart count - ended midnight on Saturday :)


The award goes out to the “many” Joe Mc Ellery and X Factor fans out there .

Lucky winners out there , will receive a lifetimes supply of lessons in literacy ,
hoop earrings and of course - Burberry base ball caps……...minted …….. :)





The …’ thief of time - Award - sponsored by the global financial industry

The winners of this are - after several years of free holidaying at the taxpayers expense …. …………..I welcome…………..

……..all the political leaders - attending the various .climate conferences at an exotic venue - near you

……… take a bow ladies and gentlemen ……….we love you all …………..


Now with the above in mind , the winners will get a taxpayers sponsored holiday on The Cartaret Islands - scuba gear essential , as they are currently sinking due to increased sea levels , or alternatively – an exclusive - cruise on an iceberg with a starving polar bear – your choice :)



The “Killing in the Name Of….. “ - Award - sponsored by the N.W.O

There are several - high level candidates for this prestigious award - Gordon Brown , George Bush , Barak Obama , and of course - last but definitely least -
Tony Blair

Now after a full - several weeks of “soul searching deliberation” with my top advisors - of which there are various black and white photographs of - detailing my “anguish” in gritty monochrome …….

…………the winner is……………..Barak Obama …………………… .


The prize - well that’s a difficult one –

Maybe a fiddle to play while the world burns , or possibly a lifetime membership of the N.W.O , although I suspect he may have to do a “Michael Jackson” to gain admittance to that particular - little white , boys club. :)





Ok that’s the lot - I’m closed for the holidays now , except for something special on Christmas Day itself - which has become something on an institution for me ……… ………………but then again :)

Nostalgia

New Photograph is called

Nostalgia
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Well Travelled ??? .

I will try and help anyone regardless of who they are , but it seems some people are totally beyond it :)

Take one day last week – Dave - one of our older members of staff was sat behind one of the computers looking at our Intramap System .

Intramap is basically a very detailed map of our area and nowhere else - in fact its like one of those old maps with “ here be ye monsters “ written on it beyond the district boundaries , and it looked like Dave was seemingly getting nowhere with it after half an hour.

He continued for a while longer and then said -

……“ this Goole Earth thing isn’t very good …… I can’t get out of the district .!!! “

Reading between the lines - Dave had obviously seen other staff using Google Earth and had mistaken Intramap for it , and it was only at this point I realised that::)
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Now - surprisingly I can be fairly diplomatic , and yes I do know older people and technology sometimes do not mix - complaints to the usual address – please:) , so I just walked over and installed Google Earth for him , and he’s now happily cruising the Caribbean instead of the back streets around the local docks :)

Rage Against...............

Well 20 million people can’t be wrong ……..can they :)

I’m surprisingly not talking about climate conferences here , as I’ve got my old mate Arnie to sort that one out - I suggested he just crash through the doors on his Harley ……..say ……..”fix it” ……then just ride off ………..sorted :)

No - I’m talking about the U.K.”talent” show - X Factor which is ran by an egotistical dwarf who allegedly wears his trousers round his nipples – take a bow Simon Cowell :)

The winner of which said show , now stands to be the Xmas no 1 in the singles chart.

Well not if rebel rousers - Rage Against The Machine have anything to do with it :)

They have re released - Killing in the Name Of , which a radio One D.J. famously played in its unedited finery – once , and I can just imagine the public in the U.K. repainting their walls a fetching tea colour as those lyrics blasted through their living rooms .

The Rage campaign which poor Simon is complaining about already , was started by a Facebook group , who are getting people to buy the track from I Tunes , and I personally think a mere 70 pence to stick two fingers up at dear Simon is money definitely well spent .

1…2…3…4…5…

I’m just wondering here - have I got a five second attention span …???........

…continues later ……………………

….or is the television adaptation of sci fi novel - Flashforward…………

….continues later ……….:)

…just a rubbish soap opera …………

…continues….much ….much …..much….later …:)


Yes that’s right I’m disillusioned after only one and a quarter episodes !!!

…hmmmmm …..only 23 and three quarters left to go …….

…… or in my case…. NOT ……:)

I was also initially impressed with the new Stargate Universe (SGU) series , which was great until the third episode - when the crew including the jackbooted military started recording the… “were all going to die “ !!!!! ….....videos for posterity. !!!


You may have guessed by now - I’m not in to heavy relationships which have absolutely no bearing on the storyline in science fiction , develop characters - yes , but keep playing the same old “pass the bucket” – scene over and over – again , as in Flashforward , or in the case of SGU - have people behaving as if they are in a 1980’s soft focus - soap opera , instead of hurtling through the galaxy – no.

I personally like sci’ fi’ to challenge my own intellect and perceptions, which is purely escapism from my point of view , but you can go too far , and have storylines which disappear up their own self importance .

I’m thinking Donnie Darko and its ilk - here , as I’ve had this particular story explained to me several times and I still haven’t got a clue - although this is probably just me - as I also tried to understand the concepts of time travel once , and got lost after the first paragraph :)


I reckon that if you are going to make anything in this type of style , you must make the storyline out of this world but not too convoluted , as that’s what its all about - fantastic worlds , scenarios and creatures - which challenge your own intellect , and no you needn’t have flesh shredders like in Alien or Predator - just different - will do .


My favourite sci’ fi’ author - Arthur C Clarke , who was also an eminent scientist - theorised that the majority of planets in the universe are not earth like so its inhabitants will certainly not be humanoid , and you can’t get much odder than a black stone obelisk – can you :)

Have a Drink on Me

I’ve probably mentioned this before -

There’s a guy who has been temporarily seconded to our work place , who has been very uncharitably nicknamed The Tramp – and not by me I hasten to add - but in all fairness he really does live up to his name .

Now - he has a nasty habit of using peoples things - without even asking , and today he was sat drinking out of Keith’s mug , which is probably like using Howard Hughes hanky - before him :).

So we thought about telling Keith , but Dave had got a sneaky photograph of the incident - so an evil plot - then formed .

We put the photograph up on the wall , and added a sticker to Keith’s mug saying –

…………..”Property of The Tramp – Keep Off “………………

.We just sat and acted normally , until a little while later when Keith was drinking his tea , and about half way through his cup , we then attracted his attention to the sticker and then the photograph ……………….…

…………………………….. Keith just screamed ………………

……………W H A T .. ! ! ! ! ! ! ……………

…………….giving the wall an instant - tea coloured make over ……………….

…..a load of very , very naughty swearwords followed , as the poor cup was summarily executed by the tried and tested - bounce off the wall - method .

Keith was last seen running off down the office shouting –

………………. “ where’s that dirty so and so - at !!! “……..

Light Bulb Head

I’m always interested in the exact point at which something happens for example - an
Eureka “ light bulb “ moment - on one hand , or maybe- the point at which an honest man gives up.

It is in all of our nature is to be influenced - especially if your own thoughts go against the grain of those around you , or more so - against acknowledged wisdom of the world

Throughout history - certain individuals have gone against the grain and have made wonderful break through’s , which consequently has totally and utterly benefited mankind .

The downside of this is they usually - having to bear the scorn of their more conventional colleagues around them for many , many , years ., but these people have been tenacious enough to weather the storm , and eventually triumph to all of our benefit .


I do understand that these pressure does get higher the more important and high profile your position becomes , and I’m thinking of “my old mate” - Barak Obama – here.

Who surprisingly - spent the majority of his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech justifying war !!! , and even went as far as comparing The Second World War ( WW2 ) to Afghanistan and Iraq !!! .

The irony of the war and peace aspect aside , as I’ve talked about this many times before :) .

The WW2 comparison may have cut some ice with the under informed , but you simply just have to check the history books as regards “aggressive war “ , and if you are going to compare these two , we’d be the bad guys - as we invaded Afghanistan and Iraq - and it was us who are waging an aggressive war, and please don’t insult anyone’s intelligence by using the so called - “war “ on terrorism to justify it either., as the main perpetrators of 9/11 were Saudi Arabian nationals.

I’m actually - taken aback - that an apparently - intelligent and informed person like Obama – could come out with this type of rhetoric , but on further thought - I can’t help but think that this speech is something George Bush would have said , or more correctly - been told to have said……………

No further comment necessary !!!

Red Braces – Free Zone

Rather than just complain about the recession – I’ve actually got a simple answer
to it –

My lines of thinking are –

The banks that the British taxpayers bailed out , are now of course happily making enough money again to pay their staff huge bonuses again - if the press are to be believed.

So if that’s the case - why don’t the banks bail the country out of recession - seem’s only fair to me :)

Yes I am aware its not as simple as that , as for example – the current financial systems has governments borrowing from banks - hence the national debt , but I do suspect that this borrowing probably attracts huge interest rates , and I just wonder if the bank bail out exercise had the same rates , or was it just a straight loan , I suspect the latter .

So it seems to me the taxpayers seems to lose out in both of these transactions .

Changing to a global perspective –

What these banks must remember - when they start spouting their own self importance , that they would simply not exist if it wasn’t for taxpayers around the world .

Just remember it was their actions that tripped off this awful recession in the first place , so complaining about a lack of bonuses cuts no ice with me , considering the amount of human misery - their actions have caused and indeed , are still causing .

So get you hands in your pockets – boys :)




Two Statements and an Argument .
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This title actually reads like a British comedy film , but like real life as opposed to fiction – you simply couldn’t write it :)


This as you all know is the sum total of day three of the Climate Conference , and the world stopping statements are –


“emissions cause climate change ” and “we need to use sustainable sources of energy”


So - tell us something we ALL haven’t actually been aware of , probably since the 1960’s , and of course - the arguing has now started amid the petulant little children .……….. happily fiddling as Rome burns …….!!!


There is of course a glaringly simple solution to this one too – remove all of those with vested interests from the conference table , and place true representatives of the world in their places , and while I’m at it …make them all young people too :) …....

…………………….not too much to ask – is it :)

The Queen’s Hound’s

Now for you who don’t know our current queen is a dog lover , and her favourite breed is of course - the Corgi.

What you may not know - Corgi is also the name of an organisation in the U.K. which trains and certifies firms , who install and service gas appliances i.e. fire’s , cookers , heaters …etc… etc…etc …

This is because the law in the U.K. states that any work carried out concerning gas has to be done by a Corgi registered firm , and this aside - common sense says - improper installation , can of course cause a fire or even an explosion .

Fat Al - one of my work colleagues was in the toolbox today , looking for the biggest spanner I had , as he was doing some DIY at home and this was installing a ….
……..and yes you guessed it… gas fire ……!!!........

Now - I could list the equipment Fat Al has broken at work over the past few years , but I’d be on for ages - so instead I’ll tell you about his latest D.I.Y exploits instead -

Which consisted of him literally ripping a radiator off the wall at his house , but he forgot to turn the water off in the pipe , and ended up with several gallons of water on the floor , and then in another incident – he drilled through yet another floor in to the asbestos cladding below , and as if that wasn’t bad enough - straight through a gas pipe !!! .

Anyway - back to the present , and Fat Al - then went on to say –

…“ he wanted the spanner to get at a nut on the fire , which was in a very inaccessible place “ ….

So I said –

…“ the nut was probably reachable with the spark proof - special tool a
Corgi approved - gas fitter had in his extensive tool kit “…

……..and was just met with a strange- blank look ……..

Then again …
FatAl probably saw the Queen’s dogs on television - once ……

……….so that’s ok :)




No News is Good News ???
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Oh yeah - did I forget to say - I’ve now gone all international on you all - so here’s my Danish correspondent - with all the “exciting” news from Copenhagen……..


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Sorry couldn’t resist – yet again :)

A Tale of Two Kettles

You can forget your “Cities” and all that other French Revolutionary stuff :)

Kettles are the way forward -

What with their serious in built - mood lighting - that changes as the kettle boils from cool blue to burning red , hordes of multi function buttons , boil faster stripes , and of course - their lustrous chrome plated hides - that glint seductively in the sunlight :).

I have to say - the “good old “ tin plated - whistling kettle seems a bit like a stone age implement in comparison to these sleek - modern – beauties :)

Yes you guessed it my kettle has broken , and if by , some twist of fate so has Evil
Don’s !!!

Thus - both of us were on a quest to get a new one at the weekend., but we both came back with two completely different items. , which is not surprising considering the myriad of kettles you can choose from today , .but to be honest this was mainly because - my brief was totally different to Don’s - my kettle was replacing my work one and his was for home use .

So whilst he was being seduced by the hi tec , I was stumbling over the low brow , and guess what - the first thing I stumbled across in Neanderthal Joe’s Kitchen Supplies and Spears :) ……. was ……….and yes you guessed it ……..a good old
tin plated whistling one - which was summarily rejected - as I don’t have a camp fire in my cave………… …errr…………sorry…………office…………. :)

I settled for a £4.99 jug kettle in the end , and sacrificed taking some of my tasty Tyrannosaurus Rex sandwiches to work on Monday , as it would not all fit in to my bag - then Don turned up - and the topic of the day was of course – kettles :)

If you have indeed got this far , I reckon your sick of this , so to cut a long story
short - he did buy an expensive kettle with a lazer light show and a myriad of other functions , but it took him well over half an hour to work out how to open the
lid ……… never mind use it ……….!!!


Technology huh ………….don’t you just ……L U R V E …… it :)






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The many thousands of politicians who are currently attending , the month long Christmas Shopping Holiday in Copenhagen ………sorry…………sorry…………
…errrr…….……..Climate Change Conference. …….. on your behalf :)

Must on balance - be very , very clever people - regardless of what I think , as they have already decided - all by themselves , with no prompting – what so ever , and after only one ....……….W H OL E… day…………………

……………….and wait for this ……..

……………”emissions cause climate change “ ……..!!!!


So that’ll be Nobel Peace Prizes all round – then :)


Seriously - I can only use one analogy here , and that is –

If political “work ethics” were applied to the real world , i.e. the railways , the whole world would grid to an unceremonious halt .

…..get your - nobel “peace” prizes - here ……

I think I’ll offer an alternative award to the Nobel Peace Prize , which I will call

…The Thrown Together – Taking the Piss – Prize. , or TTTPP for short

So - just to set the scene - how about you all give me loads of money ……………

……hmmmm…………a few billion will probably do for starters…..and I will do all of this , for one inclusive price –

Firstly – I’ll start a few wars , maybe - pollute the planet a bit with my big business friends , then I’ll possibly exploit a few million people along the way , and maybe throw in the odd genocide - just for a laugh - of course .

( Optional extras could include – releasing biological weapons and pretending its a natural disease or possibly selling weapons to both sides , but to be honest - this list is endless , and of course can be tailored to your own deluded mind )

..but wait there’s …MORE … free stuff …

………if you - the world taxpayer - sign up within a week - to this once in a lifetime opportunity ………


I will include an exquisitely - boxed and gilt - limited edition ….......

……THIRD WORLD FAMINE PACK …..!!!......

In which you can squeeze those backward countries to your own will – instantly -
with a minimum of fuss - there by blackmailing them to accept your military bases and of course you can - help them to rebuild their ravaged infrastructure- afterwards

…and all this comes - totally and utterly

..FREE OF CHARGE . …

……..but wait there’s - EVEN – MORE ……

Early responders will get -an exclusive to this offer-


- MILITARY DICTATOR –


…….to install in the country of YOUR choice…again …TOTALLY FREE.........

These top of the range beauties, all have fully programmable - megalomaniac tendencies - ranging from very slightly strict ( Western Countries only ) to the full screaming maniac - mode ( Third World only ) , and come in a variety of sizes
( mainly small ) and in most popular colours , although - white - is a special order :)

Options include – Armies of grey suited – yes men , to offer that essential help and support during those manic moments , and of course - to help bury the bodies .




Mind you at the end of it all the piper will need paying , and I will of course - expect a lavish ceremony, at maybe a climate change or trade conference - for all my
“selfless services to mankind” .This is to be accompanied by at least - choral choirs of angels singing my praises all the way to heaven , or more likely - down over :) , as my exquisitely fashioned award is presented to me before all the peoples of the world in their undying gratitude of being touched by my infinite wisdom :)


Just to end - I’ll quote my “old mate” - Johnny Rotten again - if I may…………

…“ ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated “ …

The Mill Road Miracle

Picture - See below for explanation ……………




We were sat in one of our works vehicles today , and saw a guy driving towards us on one of those disabled scooters .

He then stops at a local shop , and subsequently had everyone one in the shop running around after him – which on the face of it was fair enough .

We moved our vehicle to yet another location called Mill Road , and guess what after a while - the self same guy came riding up the road - stopped his scooter - and then picked it up and bodily lifted it on to the kerb - Arnold Schwarzenegger - style !!!

Now - although I was totally and utterly - gobsmacked - I managed to get my camera out by this time , and took a couple of photographs of this “holy miracle” , albeit at long distance.

So I thought – so as not to exclude anyone from the fabulous sight - I have decided that copies of these photographs will indeed - be available to buy , along with a few pieces of the true cross - I have lying around – somewhere , and of course ….
……….in hushed tones……… the spare wheel from the miracle scooter :)



Kulture Korner
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Can I recommend that my U.K. reader’s watch a film called The History Boys on
B.B.C. 2 tonight ( Friday ) . It’s very well written and extremely witty , if those of a sensitive nature don’t mind the gay overtones - in fact this certainly adds to the hilarity – regardless :)


Well - seeing as it was cancelled last week - it’s Damien H day tomorrow , and I’ve decided to behave myself for once …….well ok I haven’t :) ……

Table Time

It’s about time we seriously got around the table with terrorists on a global basis.

Yes - you read that correctly - we did it in the U.K. ( Northern Ireland ) , and apart from the odd blip - peace has been maintained for well over ten years , and this was after some of the bloodiest conflicts seen in the U.K. in modern times , and this raged for well over 30 years.

That’s right a full 30 years of blood shed in your own back yard , and not in a place many thousands of miles away , which for all intents and purposes could be the moon., and we are talking bombs and bullets on your own streets – every day – here,
and not just a one off occurrence .

I do agree , ending conflict is a difficult thing , especially as there will be those on both sides , who simply thrive on war and do not want peace, and in our particular case it’s a group called The Real IRA .

I think for example the conflict in Afghanistan - it will usually being the high ranking officers in the military who as a rule , do not get shot at on the front line - on one side , and the people who indoctrinate others for example - to martyr
themselves – on the other .

Neither one - “getting their hands dirty “ - but both being in a position to fuel the conflict , while it seems - the pathetic politicians just follow their lead .

Now with all this in mind - I just wonder if its possible for Khalid Mohammed to have a fair trial on American soil - in a state with the heavy emotional attachment to the event , and more importantly - has the death penalty.

Justice must be carried out and “to be seen to do this “ is simply not an option , and this must be by a set of the most impartial people , you can lay you’re your hands on , otherwise you just may as well string people up in the street , which is fine and well - until they run out of undesirables - and its your turn – that is :)

Certainly from a non American perspective - I think it’s a tragedy that both politicians and some of the families of those killed in 9/11 , are screaming for the death penalty for the perpetrators , and then back their claims up by shouting ….

…………...” WERE AT WAR !!! ………….WERE AT WAR !!! “ …………
Now if anyone was “ at war” , and I don’t think we actually were , it was the U.K. in those thirty - bloody years , in which - families , husbands , sons and daughters were lost , and I’m not going to get started about Irish Americans funding - either !!!


Well - with all respect to the American families , but certainly not the politicians -

…………….NO ONE IS AT WAR ………………

I’m sorry but this is merely - right wing propaganda , and if you really need reminding, it was extreme right wing politics , which was ironically - the whole reason your fathers and grandfathers fought in a - REAL WAR - and thus I truly believe that in calling for the death penalty - it makes you no is no better than the people who are being sentenced to death – simple as that .

If you really want justice - lock the perpetrators away for the rest of their lives , as in my opinion a “humane execution” is over in a few seconds – here one minute – gone the next - but if you are sentenced to a lifetime in jail - with a crushing repetitive , daily regime , and then been made to contemplate your crime for the rest of your life , well - that seems like real hell to me.

Sailing the Seas

I notice the yacht load of English sailors that were captured yesterday by our old mates the Iranians - have been subsequently released - but without the usual propaganda coup associated with such events .


Now - considering the Iranian President is usually a “right workey ticket “ ( a phrase meaning “to be awkward “ ) - I just wonder if it’s the fact that the fact that the ship they were sailing on was owned by the Saudi’s - had any bearing on the matter , or if the Iranian authorities had come to the conclusion they were doing…………

……… “ no evil “………………..

……EVIL !!!……

……………these Iranians - REALLY - need to get out more…….don’t they :)


Anyway - this sort of thing is definitely an English pastime - isn’t it – as who else would go -

Yachting - in a hotly disputed - costal area .

Taking a walking holiday through a war zone ,.

Merrily sailing through pirate infested waters .

…….or hiking up a mountainside in shorts and t shirt in a blizzard !!!


Why do we do this - I hear you ask …………

…..Well why not !!! …were English and can go where ever we jolly well want :)

Seriously –

It always seems to be some one from this country that gets caught up in these crazy situations, and if was anyone else , you would think they were up to no good , but find out where we are from , and people just throw their head back and exclaim……….
……oh they are English !!! …….. as if that’s perfectly alright ……..!!! .

Now you all know where the phrase “ mad dogs and Englishmen…..” comes from , and I can cheerfully report that this ancient spirit is still alive and very well , and is probably taking a well earned vacation in a minefield ……… somewhere :)

Technobabble

I don’t suppose anyone out there fancies a good - quantative easing - do
they …?????

………………..time for the abuse button I hear you all thinking :)

Well you can - quantativly ease - me anytime :)

…………….definitely button time :)

To be honest this phrase only applies to my bank account , to you with dirty minds :) and I suppose it means easing ( your financial status ) by putting more quantity
( money ) in it , and is really one of those financial phrases , which means putting more money in to the economy, although why its not called that in the first place, is of course - beyond me .

No - I’ve not turned in to an evil financier - grabbing millions in bonuses in my wake and investing in a myriad of hedge funds , its merely the fact that the B.B.C. Financial Program is on T.V. before I go to work , so my head is usually full of all this kind of stuff , not that I understand what it all means – mind you :)

So I’m off to do a little - quantative easing in my hedge fund – if that’s ok with you :)



War and Peace
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Hey !!! - I’ve just found out the “real meaning” of being a Nobel Peace Prize Winner and its apparently ……….”sending even more soldiers to war” ………

Ok - maybe I’ve got this totally wrong , and the meaning of the word - peace - has now been changed , and what with the panel that award the prize being Norwegian , maybe the translation is slightly different , so I’d better go consult –

The Oxford English Dictionary , or maybe the Norwegian equivalent -
The Oslo Norwegian Dictionary :)

……..hmmmmm….. ….no it hasn’t , and guess what the word ………..

…………hypocrite…… …..remains exactly the same in English ……

…………. as it is in Norwegian !!!.