Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Thursday, 25 November 2010
How to destroy the celebration with a trumpet
This is bloody hilarious, so funny I have to share it with you. This guy on his balcony with a trumpet decides to join in with the passing parade. Check out the faces of the musicians as they look up in wonderment at the horrendous out of tune accompaniment...
...what a gem !
...what a gem !
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
top girl is back in town
Wonderful news! The old girl is back!
Yes, T-Bone is back in the UK! Apparently none the worse for wear despite the enforced 6 month separation from her loved ones.
As I reported back in May, I had to leave T-Bone in Madeira, Portugal, in quarantine. Not an easy thing to do I can assure you but I had no choice.
I guess I could have tried smuggling her back here but the risk of detection would have been high, especially when trying to conceal such a vocal cat. T-Bone is a chatterbox (female) and so it wouldn't have worked.
Reminds me of the British couple who tried to smuggle live animals into the UK after a holiday in Florida. They wanted to bring back a rattle-snake and a skunk.
Husband: I'll tie the rattler around my waist like a belt, and you can hide the skunk in your pants!
Wife: What about the smell?
Husband: If it dies it dies!
Today's post is short and sweet, just like T-Bone.
:)
Yes, T-Bone is back in the UK! Apparently none the worse for wear despite the enforced 6 month separation from her loved ones.
looking relaxed and in control the day
before her imprisonment
I guess I could have tried smuggling her back here but the risk of detection would have been high, especially when trying to conceal such a vocal cat. T-Bone is a chatterbox (female) and so it wouldn't have worked.
Reminds me of the British couple who tried to smuggle live animals into the UK after a holiday in Florida. They wanted to bring back a rattle-snake and a skunk.
Husband: I'll tie the rattler around my waist like a belt, and you can hide the skunk in your pants!
Wife: What about the smell?
Husband: If it dies it dies!
Today's post is short and sweet, just like T-Bone.
:)
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Festive Season or Silly Season?
It’s that time of the year again! Silly Statement Season!
As Christmas approaches, it is traditional for large quantities of bulls**t to pour out of every media outlet, as if intent on sweeping away our common sense along with the last of the autumn leaves.
I’m not about to launch a scathing attack on SuBo on the grounds of her being just an OK singer or even on her lack of good looks, but I do get annoyed when a mere decent singer like her accepts being compared with the world’s greatest artists with the smug look of Ned Flanders attending mass.
Someone needs to remind SuBo that humility is a noble quality, especially when referring to a woman who has two things all teenage boys would want – facial hair and huge muscles.
Sillier still (and deviously dangerous) is the The Daily Mail article on Tuesday, proclaiming that by 2055 the white population in the UK will be a minority.
The last official census (2001) revealed the following;
Population: 58 million, made up of the following;
92.1% White
4.0% South Asian
2.0% Black
1.2% Mixed
0.4% Chinese
0.4% Other
(less than 8% black/brown)
The UK allows approximately 200,000 non EU immigrants entry per year (mostly black/brown) but the present government wants to cut that amount and will do so.
Even if current entry levels remain as they are (but they won’t) it would mean an influx of 10 million people over the next fifty years, when the population is estimated to reach 80 million.
“Ethnic minorities will make up a fifth of Britain's population by 2051, compared with 8% in 2001 - The University of Leeds, published November 2010.
OK, let's examine the previous statement by the University of Leeds study. "Ethnic Minorities" are not all black/brown. Fact.
The Guardian newspaper, a quality liberal rag unlike the Mail, also published the same 20% prediction this week. Again, this 20% is not all black/brown.
Conclusion: Since when is 20% (and not all black/brown) a non-white majority?
Where does The Daily Mail get its figures from? Certainly not from respected sources such as the University of Leeds or the Office for National Statistics.
And even if right, why is a non-white majority such a controversial idea?
We should all be working towards building a tolerant, inclusive and decent society - not needlessly worrying about estimated racial mix 50 years down the line.
I for one have more important things to worry about - the Mail readers obviously don't.
‘nuff said, rant over.
:)
As Christmas approaches, it is traditional for large quantities of bulls**t to pour out of every media outlet, as if intent on sweeping away our common sense along with the last of the autumn leaves.
BBC News announced yesterday morning that Susan Boyle is as popular as The Beatles were in their heyday! What? SuBo has not exactly written
any songs yet, never mind
any good ones!
SuBo has reached number 1 in the UK and US charts simultaneously with her latest album and is now in the same category as Coldplay, Keane and so on! Yeah right.any songs yet, never mind
any good ones!
I’m not about to launch a scathing attack on SuBo on the grounds of her being just an OK singer or even on her lack of good looks, but I do get annoyed when a mere decent singer like her accepts being compared with the world’s greatest artists with the smug look of Ned Flanders attending mass.
Someone needs to remind SuBo that humility is a noble quality, especially when referring to a woman who has two things all teenage boys would want – facial hair and huge muscles.
Sillier still (and deviously dangerous) is the The Daily Mail article on Tuesday, proclaiming that by 2055 the white population in the UK will be a minority.
the right-wing "wrinkly brigade's" favourite rag
Coming from the official mouthpiece of ultra-conservative pensioners, it doesn’t really surprise me, but lets do the maths anyway, shall we?The last official census (2001) revealed the following;
Population: 58 million, made up of the following;
92.1% White
4.0% South Asian
2.0% Black
1.2% Mixed
0.4% Chinese
0.4% Other
(less than 8% black/brown)
The UK allows approximately 200,000 non EU immigrants entry per year (mostly black/brown) but the present government wants to cut that amount and will do so.
Even if current entry levels remain as they are (but they won’t) it would mean an influx of 10 million people over the next fifty years, when the population is estimated to reach 80 million.
“Ethnic minorities will make up a fifth of Britain's population by 2051, compared with 8% in 2001 - The University of Leeds, published November 2010.
OK, let's examine the previous statement by the University of Leeds study. "Ethnic Minorities" are not all black/brown. Fact.
The Guardian newspaper, a quality liberal rag unlike the Mail, also published the same 20% prediction this week. Again, this 20% is not all black/brown.
Conclusion: Since when is 20% (and not all black/brown) a non-white majority?
Where does The Daily Mail get its figures from? Certainly not from respected sources such as the University of Leeds or the Office for National Statistics.
And even if right, why is a non-white majority such a controversial idea?
We should all be working towards building a tolerant, inclusive and decent society - not needlessly worrying about estimated racial mix 50 years down the line.
I for one have more important things to worry about - the Mail readers obviously don't.
‘nuff said, rant over.
:)
Friday, 19 November 2010
Celebrity bash - Part III
Yes, it's that time of the month again when I get the urge to have a dig at hapless celebrities. Mind you, judging by the way they conduct themselves they deserve all the criticism you and I can throw at them.
I'll start by having a go at Sarah Palin. She is to self-publicity what shit is to flies. There is no stopping the blabbermouth from Alaska and, yes, incredible but true, could well become the next "leader of the free world".
As to why the president of the USA should be referred to as the "leader of the free world" I'll never know. If anyone knows the answer please leave a comment.
I'll start by having a go at Sarah Palin. She is to self-publicity what shit is to flies. There is no stopping the blabbermouth from Alaska and, yes, incredible but true, could well become the next "leader of the free world".
As to why the president of the USA should be referred to as the "leader of the free world" I'll never know. If anyone knows the answer please leave a comment.
looks harmless but don't be fooled by the
Colgate smile. Has the face of a saint
- a Saint Bernard
And then there is Wayne Rooney. Manchester United and England star player misfiring on the pitch and in the marital game. Married to long-suffering Coleen, a million times better looking than him (that's not difficult, I know) but decides to cheat with hideously ugly prostitutes that most men wouldn't look at twice, never mind pay for. No accounting for taste.
behind every successful man is a woman
- behind her is his wife
And lastly there is Nick Clegg. The present Deputy Prime Minister who has turned his back on all the pledges he made before the election and completely betrayed all those who voted Lib-Dem. We can thank Nick for last week's student protests. He pledged to scrap tuition fees but now supports the idea of an increase, Great turn-around just to get a top job in the coalition government. Nick is the perfect epitome of the old joke; "How do you know when a politician is lying? His lips are moving"
if life were fair Nick Clegg would be asking
'Do you want fries with that?'
Rant over, I feel much better now ;)
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