No Doggie Headers

"It's bleedin' 'elf n safety gorn mad, I tell yah.

Dogs ... football....headers,  it's obvious innit?"


Bonus -

Look ! It's a .... Tram !

A stereo-typically dull slide.


And yet...there's a nugget of interest.  I thought I could identify the city involved via the unusual shop name of Rapetth.

Google doesn't really recognize that word.  How curious.

Bonus - How dangerous is stoned driving?

Bonus 2 - The gift that keeps on giving...

Chunky Tory

Baby, Ripening in the sun.

I wonder who he grew up to be...

Bonus -

Kurt Cobain

I Can't Believe It's Not Mexico

I mean, it looks so authentic.  Especially the Wm Youngers Tap Head.   Very Mexican.

Bonus - Try to imagine 12.5 trillion of anything. Then imagine that many of this...

Bonus 2 -

Story

Our Vickie's Wedding

"After three years of living in sin (Oh, the shame) our Vickie has decided to marry that no-good layabout lothario Kevin (may his testicles wither and fall off). "

So says Mrs Edith Gonk, of Rotherham.

Bonus - Well Played, mysterious troll.

The Story

The Drum, Edinburgh

Architectural scholars (Hi Kathy) will recognise the classical lines of William Adam, and yes, this is The Drum, just south of Edinburgh.

Nice.

Bonus - An auto de-featherer for birds

Willow Tree Fountain

Once again, all it took was a quick glance at this slide, and I said "I know that ".

Today has been the hottest July day in Britain, since records began, with temperatures hitting 38.1ºC in Cambridge.

While I had the luxury of an air-conditioned office (Yay for me), it would have been most pleasant to sit under this Willow Tree Fountain in Chatsworth Park in Derbyshire.

Bonus -

Valerie and her Bushy Front Garden

Oh, come on.

Stop that sniggering.  You're not teenage boys.  Well, not all of you.

Bonus - Jimi Hendrix - Killing Floor (Live).  O_O
Wow.

Darkness In His Heart

I'm not sure if this is a badly exposed photograph, or a stylish, artistic slide.

You could help me decide.

Bonus - Do you have trouble sleeping due to recurrent dreams?

You may now.

Samara

Today's Word - Samara.

A samara is a winged achene, a type of fruit in which a flattened wing of fibrous, papery tissue develops from the ovary wall. A samara is a simple dry fruit and indehiscent (not opening along a seam). The shape of a samara enables the wind to carry the seed farther away than regular seeds from the parent tree, and is thus a form of anemochory.

This, I would suggest, is a Sycamore Seed which is a Samara.

Bonus 1 - The famous "Poop Knife" story.

Bonus 2 - Problem = Opportunity. Heatwave Edition

Property of William E Baskett

"Property of William E Baskett"

That's what written on the slide, I'm extrapolating that that's Mr and Mrs Baskett, and they're showing the world their latest purchase.  Fresh from the baby markets of Hanoi, here we have William Jr, formerly Hwa Hong.

Bonus - The Weird World of Eiderdown

Bonus 2 -

The massive FBI's fingerprint files, 1944

Summer at Divorcee Condo

Diane (and Chico the Chihuahua ) flaunts herself while the other residents throw her evil stares.  "Better fetch the Chlamydia medicine" would be their collective thought.

Bonus - An Irishman and an Englishman walk in to a bakery

You Wouldn't Mess With Martha

Mid West American Women.   Built Tough.

Martha has just wrestled a grizzly for prime spot on the Hoosniak River Salmon Run.

Tough.

Bonus - To mark fifty years since the first manned moon landing...

Artificial objects on the Moon

The only British Satellite launched on a British Rocket Prospero

Cowgirl Style

Yes, a lady on a horse.  Who would have thunk it?

And Gingham Patter Blouse. Always stylish.

Bonus - Scotland Is Now Generating So Much Wind Energy, It Could Power Two Scotlands. Well done !

Bonus 2 - Small penis rule

The Joy Of Beach Fishing

The slide is stamped as March 1974, and it certainly looks like this is not a summer holiday activity (unless they're in Scotland).

They must be bloody mad.

Bonus - Scotland’s drug-related death toll has increased by 27% over the past year to reach a record high of 1,187, putting the country on a par in terms of the fatality rate per capita with the United States

The Art of Camouflage

In this slide, (right) there are in fact FOUR Chieftain Tanks.

Two are relatively easy to spot, but spotting the final pair is definitely a test for the optics.

And no checking for Infra-Red signatures.

Bonus : Would Your Dog Eat You if You Died? 

Bonus 2 - Nice Trick

Hold On .... Where's Granny?

"She was standing beside you, Fred, a few seconds ago. But where did she go?  It's not as if...

...Fred.   Have you been up to your tricks again?"

Bonus -

Chatsworth Lawn

So, last night, I started scanning a fresh batch of slides (Yeah, crazy Saturday Night) and realised - "Hey, I've been there".

Yes, a quick glance made me realise it was Chatsworth House, in Derbyshire.  The rest of the slides were an odd mix of Venice, France, Switzerland and Italian Alps...but this was Derbyshire.    Someone's European tour, I suppose.

Bonus - Have Humans Reached Peak Intelligence?

Woodland Lake Study - Veg. Section

I've said it before, and I'll say it again   The range of subject that my slide collection covers is remarkable.

Bonus -

The Norfolk Alps

The alpine region of Norfolk is one of England's Hidden Treasures.   

Rarely acknowledged in the guidebook, the region East of Cromer is home to Englands only glacier, and the Royal Retreat of Wroy Castle (shown in the slide).

Well worth a visit.

Bonus - Juggling from above

The Dover Stage Hotel

A striking example of post-war modern architecture, this is "Stage" as in coach-house rather than "Stage" as in full of resting theatrical types.

One of the joys of this slide collecting lark is finding a detail, such as the name on the building, and finding that it leads to other people's obsessions  - such as this page devoted to The Dover Stage Hotel.  Good work fellas.

Alas, I have no other details on when this was taken.

Bonus - while Neil Armstrong was on the moon the Soviets crash landed an explorer just 500 miles away.

Bonus 2 -

I couldn't say it better

He's Happy Because He Eats Lard

He'll be lauded by the British Lard Marketing Council.

Me?  'Im happy as this appears to be blog slide number 4000 !

Google, however, suggest that this is blog post number 3956.

The reason for the discrepancy....I dunno.

Bonus - Group projects with useless classmates is the educational system preparing you for a future job with lazy ass coworkers. You think it's a school only thing but it actually never ends.

Swing Your Load

Not so much a Tedious Tuesday slide, more of a blurred badly executed slide.

Taken on a balmy Tuesday in Whitby....possibly.

Bonus - The Horse Skulls Hidden in the Dance Floors of Ireland

patella asymmetrica

Roger suffers from patella asymmetrica.

Commonly referred to as Mismatched Knees, the affliction affects approximately one in 20 men, and in severe cases can result in a lack of confidence when wearing Hot Pants and Pantyhose.

If you can help, by sending spare identical knee-caps, or by sending random amounts of money, please stay on the line, and one of our operators will be in touch.

Bonus - Russian version of "The Simpsons". NSFLife

Bonus 2 - As a child i was molested by mimes.
They did unspeakable things to me.

Johnny "The Squealer" Tribbatoni

He may have been under the protection of the FBI Witness Protection Program, but Johnny The Squealer did like to meet up with some old colleagues.

So, on went his girdle, pancake make-up and falsies, and ta-da... Margueritte Dumas !

Didn't full anyone, and he was shot coming out of the gents. Rookie mistake.

Bonus -

She Is A Model....and She's Looking Good.

I'd like to take her home that's understood. She plays hard to get, she smiles from time to time.  It only takes a camera to change her mind

Bonus 1 - Video

Bonus 2 - Snakefinger

Bonus 3 -

Ostracized On A Rock

When the small Norwegian community of Skoglholt  found out about the unnatural desires of the threesome of Agnes, Marta and Carlos, they subjected then to the most severe punishment that their church.

They were stranded on a rock in the stream for a period of three hours, one summer afternoon.

It is a very silly punishment.

Bonus - RIP Arte Johnson

Independence Day

In America.

Well, United States of America.

Apparently.

Bonus - United States war crimes

Bonus 2 - Iran Air Flight 655

( Smells of Poo )

All babies do.

It's a fact.


And they can't hold a sensible conversation about Brexit, or the Offside Rule, or the best driving route to Prestatyn.

I really don't know why people want one.

Bonus - 203 years since the sinking of the Medusa, the basis for this iconic painting.

Your Ship's Comin' In

Another hypnotically dull slide. Perfect for a Tuesday.

Who would create a slide like this?

A Boring Person, I'd suggest.


Bonus - An interesting perspective on the recent "Iranian Navy attacks Oil Tankers" issue.  Hmm.

Bonus 2 - For those with shorter attention spans....

An Athlete, by William Blake Richmond.

Being a clever audience, I'm certain you recognise the style of William Blake Richmond.

Well, now you can know more.


Bonus - Nicely Done, Durex

Bonus 2 -

Ummm  Right.