Gary's First Hangover

 

Gotta start them early.

This first of many Morning after the night before in Gary's pointless life.

Bonus - John Oliver and Naz*-Era Fu*k Blankets.

End of Week Blow-Out

 

Yes, Friday.

A time to relax, and hit the bottle. Phew.

Bonus - 

The Committee Meeting

 

In action here, we have the "Policy and Procedures Recommendation Sub-Committee", for the "South Harford and Eggleton District Council, Parks and Recreation Improvement Committee".

Broadly, just a cover for the local swingers group.

Bonus - 

Cocktail Party or Wake ?

I'm slightly befuddled by this slide.  Ladies in stylish little black dresses, men in sober suits, alcohol.

Is it a funeral wake, or is it a chic cocktail party?

And the venue, a low-ceiling-ed recreation  room (basement?) is no help.

Maybe it's both.

Bonus - Just to point out, now is the perfect time to become a ventriloquist.

Mein Host

Your genial host tonight is ... this bloke.

I often try to work out when a slide location is.  Often, I fail.

Here, the presence of Llandudno Round Table and Willenhall Round Table pennant gives a hint. And the bar tap of Border Brewery (with a Red Dragon logo) all points to Norfolk.

No, Wrexham area, I meant to say.


Bonus : I'm trying to resist the hype regarding George Floyd, but ...  Minneapolis Police slashing the tyres of protesters.
You can think of an appropriate interjection here.

Wino Club

Sorry, I'll say that again.

Wine-Tasting Club.

Half way to getting sozzled.

Bonus - Gibbon

Ole!

Christmas does strange things to people. Here, two perfectly normal people are magically transformed into a matador and a bull.

I suspect that Brandy has a large part to play in the transformation.

Bonus - Melania and Donald Trump both botched Pearl Harbor remembrance tweets.

Bonus 2 - A couple of days ago saw the death of Edwin Hawkins, so have this.

It's Gin & Tonic. Well, basically Gin.

Sun's over the horizon. Mainsail has been spliced. Time for a small restorative drinky-poo.

So, Lorna The Lush slowly slips off her seat, let's move onto something wonderful.

Bonus - Fifty Animal Impersonations

Meet The Staff

There seems to be a strange tendency for holiday makers to photograph the staff in hotels, bars, restaurants and suchlike. I like to think this is a measure of their appreciation ("Gee Hank, this bar served the best beer ever ! It didn't even taste like the pee-water we call beer in America") rather than as an aide-memoir for some xenophobic comment ("Hank, these Belgian were so damned ungrateful. I fought there in 1944, but this Frau didn't even remember me !")

Bonus - Unusual headline. Man dies of uterine cancer

Bonus 2 - Teenage Fanclub last night. Fan-Blomin'-Tastic  Reading 1992

Springfield Wine Circle

Just about to try a rather cheeky Norwegian Chardonnay. That spittoon is likely to get a good work-out.

Interesting - Why records DO all sound the same?

Geek Toys - 2010

The Morning After

Urgh !

From the "English Spotty School-kids have Easter break in Spain" collection, specifically the "Lloret de Mar 1968" collection, here's the result of a heavy night on the Spanish Plonk. Two glassess of Sangria when the teachers weren't looking, and these teenage Lotharios are paying for it.

Thank goodness, teacher and trip shutter-hound Mr Stimpson was able to sneak in and capture the evidence.

Bonus Sensible Article - After Jan Moir's idiotic drivel about Stephen Gately's death, St Charlie of Brooker applies the Reality-Mallet.

"To be hated by the Mail is to know that whatever other faults you may have, you've done something right." 

That's MY Brandy !

Well, I had thought that it was just Blogger not liking Opera (the best web browser, IMHO) but it looks like it's IE7 as well. Dammit.

Sunday in the Pub

Another wallpaper today, and for a change, one with no people in it. To mark the English national sport ofuncontrolled alcohol consumption, an arty shot at the bar. Two glasses of Belle-Vue.