Tuesday 31 December 2019

Ready 2 Party !


As 2019 draws to a close, I thought I'd thank you all for your visits and support.  Much Appreciated.

Best Wishes for 2020

Bonus -
(PS if anyone is worried about my mental state - don't worry. I just found this cartoon funny.   
I'm fine :-) )

Monday 30 December 2019

Zoom


Spent part of today scanning in some slides - a fairly repetitive, tedious task - and today it's been mainly someone's slides from Soviet Russia.

This, I believe,  is a MiG-17. Slide labelled as "Warsaw to E Berlin, 8-12-87"

Bonus - RIP Neil Innes. An under-appreciated genius.

Saturday 28 December 2019

Your Evening's Entertainment


...comes from Mandy Von Treacle and Her Semi Coordinated High-Kickers.

Bless them, they try.

Bonus - What I Wanted For Christmas
Predicta

Friday 27 December 2019

Under The Christmas Tree



Yes, the Christmassy slides continue.

Bonus - The Far Side (finally) has an official online home.

Bonus 2 - Memories Can Be Injected and Survive Amputation and Metamorphosis

Thursday 26 December 2019

Wednesday 25 December 2019

Your Christmas Cracker


Yeah. To heck with Tradition.
Slide collecting isn't just about funny looking kids from Norfolk.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Tuesday 24 December 2019

Christmas Eve, Dance


Time for a Ball.   The Christmas Ball at the country club, and a chance to put on your glad-rags.  White Opera Gloves and a White Dinner Jacket.   How trashy.

Bonus - Vermin Supreme

Monday 23 December 2019

Santa and His Sleigh


Are on their merry way.

Only eleven reindeer, you see:

Prancer hit my car, north of Dundee.

Bonus -

Sunday 22 December 2019

Merry Christmas From The Editorial Team


Before the orgy starts, we'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas.

From : Walt, Janet, Chris, Flavia, Justine and Gloria.  And Hank the Photographer.

Bonus - Swearing in Tarantino Movies.

Saturday 21 December 2019

The Family Christmas Portrait



Set timer .... press button .... rush to chair....FLASH.  It's done.

And that's an awesome hairstyle that Trudy is sporting. The hairspray involved in that is the primary reason for the Ozone Hole.

Bonus - Lucky strike? How lightning inspired builders of Callanish

Bonus 2 -

Friday 20 December 2019

The Bone Cutter



From the Medical Images box of slides.

The info label at the bottom is very out of focus, but seems to say

< something> was used during the civil war for cutting bones..

Anyone got more info?

Bonus -


Thursday 19 December 2019

Waiting For The Rapture



This dear girl is clearly awaiting the arrival of The Rapture, and the Second Coming.

Why else would she be wearing her N for Nirvana sweater.

Bonus - Trashed: Inside the Deadly World of Private Garbage Collection

Wednesday 18 December 2019

The Seven Day Wait



As Mindy knows, there are just seven more sleeps until Christmas Day.

Or 22 if you're me, or two sleeps, if you're insomniac.


Bonus - A Bored Game for your Computer !

Bonus 2 -
Insert vapid title here.

Tuesday 17 December 2019

View From A ... Plane



It may be only 8  days until Chrimbo, but I'll still try and spoil the mood with tedious Tuesday slides.

If anyone can identify this airport / airstrip ...  you're a sadder man than I

Bonus - The news you've been waiting for : Someone is putting tiny cowboy hats on pigeons in Las Vegas
One local onlooker only has one explanation: “the rodeo is in town.”

Monday 16 December 2019

The Ornamental Garden


Designed by Alvin Stardust

Executed by Tina Turner

Tended by Reginald Bosenquet.


Bonus -

Friday 13 December 2019

Boris's Blue-Rinse Cheerleaders


Now that the results are in, and it's been confirmed that BoJo will remain our Prime Minister, I can exclusively reveal that this bevy of biddies have played the role of Tory Stormtroopers.

Wherever Boris was due to speak, these matrons have turned up in advance to lay the smack down on any potential opposition.

Well done Brenda, Bella, Madge and Mildred.

Bonus -

Thursday 12 December 2019

Ice Rink Numb Bum



A surprisingly common injury, I would expect.

Tho', a gurney on wheels?    Maybe not ideal.

Bonus - My brain struggles with this.


Wednesday 11 December 2019

Tuesday 10 December 2019

The Night Lights of .... Somewhere



Could be Singapore.

Could be Vancouver.

Could be Bangkok.


WHO KNOWS.

Bonus - Please let this be real.



Monday 9 December 2019

The Photographer...Photographed


I find something satisfying about snapping the snapper.

Especially when the photographer herself is a blonde bombshell in double denim.

Hmm. I'll probably be criticized for sexism for that comment.

Bonus - What’s behind a phobia of holes?

Bonus 2 -

Sunday 8 December 2019

Friday 6 December 2019

Big Horse With A Quiff



You know, it's difficult to come up with copy to go with these slides.  It sort of makes me appreciative of the creativity of newspaper hack being presented with another picture of Kim Kardasheun, and told "we need 450 words to go with that."

I suppose if I followed that approach, the Daily Mail version of this post would be...

The Internet was stunned when Big Horse With A Quiff refused to disclose his relationship with pint-sized pop tart Ariana Grande. After being lead to water, the quadruped drank quietly and did react when accused with...

Bonus -

Thursday 5 December 2019

The Graduate - Outstanding In His Field.



No-one comes close.



That's Stinky Pete Farnley



Bonus - So, I was driving south on the A90 at around 70MPH, when WHAM!
BirdStrike


A Pheasant?

Wednesday 4 December 2019

Meet Max


Max is a rather mature old fellow, and my instinct is to let him be, lying in the sun.

Bonus -
Nuns on Seats