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.

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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

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

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.

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?

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.

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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.

The Man Of Mystery

Who?

Why?

What?

When?

Where?

...but mostly WHY??

Only God Knows.

Bonus - President of Iceland announces that he would ban pineapple as a pizza topping

Bonus 2 - Be Afraid

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

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Distant Cousins

I like this slide.

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

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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 -

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.

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.

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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.

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

Presents Galore

Sorry.

Suffering from Man-Flu today.

Back to Bed.

Bonus : Nope. No idea what's happening

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

Hey...These Are My Bitches

...is unlikely to be the phrase uttered by Gerald in this image.

Bonus - Villagers knit jumpers for Indian elephants due to near-freezing temperatures

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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

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

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...

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Portrait With Mummy

Someone's all dressed up for their photograph today.

Bonus - Cuddling a puny hooman.

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.

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