Tuesday 28 February 2017

Your Lupins Or Your Life


A forgotten catchphrase from a forgotten sketch from the increasingly forgotten troupe - Monty Python.

Working in an office full of youngsters, I do find that a mention of "I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition" is met by blank stares.

Damn.  Getting old.

Bonus -

Monday 27 February 2017

Looking Good For The Ladies



Those trousers may be a little on the large side, but I'm sure that they'll ride up with wear.

Nice Chevy in the background.

Bonus - Marketing Lies

Sunday 26 February 2017

Grandmama Goes Orange Scrumping


Never one to miss out on some freebies, Granny prepares to "fill her boot" with free oranges.

Bonus - Fake News - The Source Identified

Saturday 25 February 2017

Hughie, Louie and Dewey

Yes, it was a cute idea when they were young, but now (approaching their teens) the three Duck Brothers were growing to detest their names.   Thanks Dad. Thanks Mom.

Bonus - Master of camouflage
Bonus 2 - RIP "Nothing To Do With Arbroath".   Just realised that the man behind the great time-wasting blog was a Derby bloke and died recently.   He will be missed.

Friday 24 February 2017

Snappy Snaps


A bunch of prospective handbags, shows and kinky underwear, photographed at the East Midlands Alligator Farm, located just off Junction 24A of the M1.

Worth a visit.

Bonus - Metabolic markers for chronic fatigue syndrome. 

Bonus 2 - Donald Trump - Hard Worker?

Thursday 23 February 2017

The Quiet Side of Town



Like you, my first thought was New Orleans, Louisiana, but I suppose there are other places with above ground level cemetries.

Bonus -

Wednesday 22 February 2017

Mrs Goldstein's Flower


Mrs Gloria Goldstein was inordinately proud of her abundant Chrysanthemums.

However, impressive tho' they are, the eye was usually drawn to her ridiculous hairstyle.  Was it a wig?  Was it real?  IS it in fact a hairy crash helmet?

Who knows.

Bonus - Busted.

Monday 20 February 2017

Classic American Car


I'm sure that there's some Car Buff out there who can tell me if this is a Dusenberg, or a Studebaker or a Stutz.

Me?   I dunno.

Bonus - How the BBC makes Planet Earth look like a Hollywood movie

Bonus 2 -

Sunday 19 February 2017

Distant Cousins


I like this slide.

Just a nice little observed moment in time - distant relations considering each other.

Bonus -

Saturday 18 February 2017

Anorak's Are Essential


When you're out for a walk in the bracing February weather, a stylish anorak or parka is a pleasure and a necessity. Here, the Brandon Family model a selection of marvelous models, with young Tommy acting like a pillock again.

Bonus - Oh Yes.  Cyclists!
Bonus 2 -

Friday 17 February 2017

The Mysterious Stick of Sligo



The Mysterious Stick of Sligo is an enigmatic relic. It dates from the late 1930's, and is believed to have a connection to Neville Chamberlain.

Even more mysterious, it's located in Wolverhampton, and has no known connection to Sligo.

Bonus - F1 champion Seb Vettel gets a drawing from a young fan

Bonus 2 - So THAT'S how you do it.


Thursday 16 February 2017

Dartmoor 1975


That's all the info that was on the slide. Dartmoor. 1975.

However, I suspect that these two naughty scamps are called Debbie and Samuel.   Hello Debbie and Sam!

I wonder when became of these two in later years.

Bonus -

Wednesday 15 February 2017

Beautiful Bountiful Babs in a Bikini



One for the gentlemen out there.

Barbara is a cheerful Cornish lass, who enjoys cider drinking, tractor racing and needlework when she gets away from her taxidermy business.

Bonus - The curious disappearance of Lake Peigneur.
Bonus 2 - Think that there's nothing worse that ISIS?  You haven't heard of these guys.

Tuesday 14 February 2017

The Last View



As Heidi Schnellbach was being driven off to almost certain death, she managed to take this one final picture of the farm that Old Man Meyerson imprisoned her at. Maybe the image would be found and help the police solve her certain murder.

Or
People photograph the strangest and most boring things.

I don't know which it is in this case.

Bonus - Top Picture Hanging Tip

Monday 13 February 2017

Sunday 12 February 2017

Smooth Jazz with Conrad Jones

There's not much info about this bunch of hep-cats, but I suspect they're the Conrad Jones Ensemble, operating out of Trinidad and Tobago.

Any other info would be appreciated.

Bonus -Oldham coupling - used to transfer torque between axles that don't exactly line up

Friday 10 February 2017

Barney, Left Holding The Baby


I'm guessing from Barney's face that Baby Belinda has just unleashed a diaper-filling torrent of poo.

That would explain the other folks' disgusted faces...

Bonus - Atlas Obscura's Guide to the Longest Running Scientific Experiments

Bonus 2 - Clickee-Biggee

Thursday 9 February 2017

Vacationers Vern and Vera

vacationing via a Vickers Viscount, a virtuous and valued vacation.

Love their expressions, but it's the aircraft that catches my eye. Obviously. You can read a lot more about Vickers Viscount line number 106, reg no N7408.

Bonuses :
No Shit Sherlock, No 1 -  Data analysis shows populations with lower qualifications were significantly more likely to vote for Brexit.
No Shit Sherlock, No 2 - Wikipedia bans Daily Mail as 'unreliable' source
No Shit Sherlock, No 3 - People are cruel (but funny.) CFB

Wednesday 8 February 2017

A Marvel of Modern Technology


Holy Crap.

That really is a classic television behind the Youngman Family.

Wonder if it has an HDMI socket on the back...

Bonus - Self-cloning crayfish?  Oh Yes, in Germany..

Bonus 2 - The Trees are after you...

Tuesday 7 February 2017

In The Fields of Nephilim


Today's slide is of the Bentworth Family, enjoying  picnic in the Fields of Nephilim.

Nephilim is a country estate of Sir Roger de Coursey, located Four miles east of Whitby.

Bonus - Tempted.

Monday 6 February 2017

Mohammed's Small Ass



Mohammed loves his little ass, thou he knows that as it grows older, it may become less lovable. Smelly, lazy and hairy...like is dad's ass. Til then, he'll take care of it, and love it - despite the need for an occasional need for a  poke.

Bonus - There is only one living person left who was born in the 1800s

Sunday 5 February 2017

The Golden Age of Aviation ?


Yeah Gods.  The slide seems to be definitely of a pilot and plane, but heavens ...  what an absolute shed of a cockpit. It certainly wouldn't inspire confidence in modern travellers.

Bonus 1 - Let's Go Crazy
Bonus 2 - Groan.

Saturday 4 February 2017

It's Andy's Birthday !


Happy Birthday Andy. Hope this picture brings back memories.

Wish I could remember the name of the foreground lad with the Jelly Baby halfway up his nose.

Bonus : $33 Million Fabergé Egg Found at Flea Market

Friday 3 February 2017

The Bouncy Days of Summers Past


Who could forget those distant days where a few minutes on a trampoline constituted a highlight of the holiday?

Obviously days before every back garden having a fully enclose, health and safety approved trampoline.

Curious that the bloke on the left is looking as his iPad decades before they were invented.

Bonus : Well played, sir, well played.

Bonus 2 :Trump requires female staff to Dress Like A Woman. Women respond.

Wednesday 1 February 2017

Ladies Fashions Thru' The Years


I believe that this image is of the ladies of St Bernard's Church of England Parish Council, who ran an evening of "Ladies Fashions Thru' The Years" in aid of the Church Roof Fund.

And there's a rather shapely knee appearing from almost nowhere in this line up.

Bonus -