The Horror of Suburbia

 

No, it's not CGI. People did used to look like this.

These are the Fanshawe's (pronounced Featherstonehaugh.)

• Roger is an Investment Banker, in both technical and rhyming slang senses)
• Julie is a part time teacher who collect knitted toilet paper covers in her spare time
• Kevin (left) enjoys mathematics, Latin, accountancy and dressing up in mum's clothes.
• Wolfgang (right) believes he's a changeling, but wants to be a Tax Auditor when he grows up.

The sign in the background appears to be "Curtis Woo...." which makes me this this might be Curtis Wood Park Road in Hern Bay, with it's shitty half-timbered stockbroker houses...Like this  but life is too short to find an exact match.

Bonus - The Earth with high and low sea levels.

Waiting for the drugs to kick in...

 Sue, waiting for that sweet, sweet hit to take effect.

Waiting

Waiting

Waiting

...

Damn it.

Bonus - 

The Thing

 

Just ... The Thing.

No info on the slide (as usual) except a processing date of 1991. Thanks.

But, I think it's a piece of Seljuk Glass, maybe this one.

More info - The Kubadabad Plate: Islamic Gilded and Enamelled Glass in Context

Bonus - North Korea TV censors Alan Titchmarsh's trousers

Journey's End.

I believe that this may be the New London to New Brighton Vintage car run, in Minnesota.

Actually, the mention of Minnesota makes me think of Minnesota Stan, the erstwhile blogger at TYWKIWDBI, a rather excellent Blog, from which I stole thos...

Bonus - The ancient Greeks had no word for "blue"