Chonky Cat

 

Chonky Cat Likes His Food.

Bonus - 

One person's tragedy...

The Arrival of Snow

 

Last night saw the arrival of the first snows of this winter at SlideGuy Chateau.20 Hours later, most of the ground is free of snow, tho' the trees still look good.

So, it seemed appropriate to post this slide of a fence. In the snow.

Sort of artistic. Sort of tedious.

Bonus - Today is World Toilet Day.

An unexpected sight on the River Derwant.

 Up until 1975, on the River Derwent, just south of Whatstandwell, canoeists would be met by this unusual sight.

Alvin the Alligator sunbathing on a rock, or sometimes chomping down on a stray sheep. He had been released into the river as a Rag Week Prank by Zoology Students at Matlock University, in 1958.

Initially, there were some attempts to recapture him, but after the disappearance of a couple of gypsy shoemakers, the locals sort of adopted him as an unofficial vermin-catcher. Nice.

Bonus - 

Skansen - 75 years

 

In commemoration of last night's visit to Nottingham to see GOAT (a Swedish Psycho-Voodoo group....honestly), this slide seems slightly appropriate.

No details on slide, but clearly from the 75th Anniversary Celebrations for Skansen. That is the oldest open-air museum and zoo in Sweden located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. It was opened on 11 October 1891 by Artur Hazelius (1833–1901) to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era.

Bonus :

On The Boardwalk

 

There's precious little sunshine hear today.

But in his slide ... plenty.

I suspect that this might be the Boardwalk, at Atlantic City in Noo Joisee.

Bonus - CEEFAX

Young Love?

 

The Bride and Groom??

That was my first thought, but I'm not convinced. It certainly doesn't seem like the Happiest Day Of Their Lives, does it.

And the deep blue dress, rather than the traditional white?  Maybe this is just the Best Man and Bridesmaid.

It sort of fits, with the audience / congregation focusing on something else, behind them.

Who knows?

Bonus - Also in the What The Hell corner...

Edith, from the Accounts Department

 

I'm guessing that that's the Grand Canyon, but I dunno.

Bonus - Practical Betterments

Is This The Resting Place of The Holy Grail?

 

Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." . It is based on the assumption that if the publishers were confident that the answer was yes, they would have presented it as an assertion; by presenting it as a question, they are not accountable for whether it is correct or not.

In this case, a better answer would be "Probably not."

Bonus - 

Meanwhile, down at the Harbour...

 

I was going to spend some time figuring our where this was.

But, life's too short. 

Bonus - There are 86 billion neurons in your brain

Really makes you think

The Queen Butterfly

 

 a.k.a.Danaus gilippus (I think).

It might be a marsh fritillary, which would give me a reason to invoke 

I got a letter from Stringy Bob:

“Still on suicide watch

Screws not happy

Spotted a marsh fritillary during association

Was roundly ignored

Bonus - 

Wesley Shows Off

 

Mid way though a Double-Twisting, Triple-Flip, Rolling-Salco.

A high degree of complexity, and marred by Wes's mistake of not checking the water depth. 

Ouch.

Bonus - The Joy Of Cat Ownership.

Boat

 Boat, yacht, ship, schooner.

Bonus - 

Name That Chateau

 

This was a rather under-exposed slide from 1966, so I've given it a slight lightening, and thought I'd have a bit of fun with you, dear reader.

But it is clearly Castello di Frederiksborg, in sunny Denmark.

So, not really a challenge. 

Bonus - Trump is back. :-(

Bonus 2 - When you stare into the abyss