Chrimbo Anticipation

 

It's the Eve of Christmas/

Time to refresh the water on the Brussel Sprout boiling, hide the sherry from grandma, panic over the batteries for Mom's toy, and check under the tree.

Bonus - Gertrude, a 94-year-old widow, was heartbroken after her husband Harold died. She decided to end it all with his old Army pistol.

Wanting to make sure she hit her heart and didn’t just cripple herself, she called her doctor. “Doctor, where exactly is a woman’s heart?” “Right below the left breast,” he told her. 

That night Gertrude was admitted to the hospital with a bullet straight through her knee.

Have A Creepy Christmas

 

Something went a bit wrong with this slide, including what looks like a fungal attack.

But, it does leave a bit of a creepy image, IMHO.

Bonus - 

Who's a Pretty Boy?

 Proving that you can mix stripes and checks in a single outfit, Mt Tony Houston and his best friend Tweety-Pie.

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Under The Watchful Eye of Mother

 

Fun in the Sun for Bertie and Clara.

Bonus - Sorry...in a bit of a rush today.

First Friday - PAR-TAY!!!

 

From sixty years ago, and a different party entirely.

First Friday is a tradition for the accounts department of Frisson, Mulgrew and Henderson, and we see them going wild...but still wearing their ties.

Bonus - Year Progress Tracker

Swimming in the Deep Blue

 

Looks nice, wherever it is.

Bonus - French chewing gum ads from 1999 with the Statue of Liberty

Off On A Road Trip

 

The weekend is here, and it's time to pile everyone into a car, and head off for some mischief.

Bonus - How to Shoot an Anvil 100 Feet in the Air - You Have Been Warned

The Happy Graduate

 

Copilot

Analysing the image: Faces may be blurred to protect privacy.

Sent by Copilot:

The image shows an individual wearing a yellow graduation gown with a red tassel on the cap. The person’s face is [NOT] pixelated for privacy. The background is a solid, dark color, possibly a wall. This image likely represents a significant achievement, such as the completion of an academic program. 

Bonus - The Evolution of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’

Etiquette Notes - When Offered A Clam...

 

...on a windswept, January beach, by a Maternal Grandmother ....

....it is normal to respond with "No, granny. I have no interesting in your fishy stinking clam. Put it away."

Bonus - A Wonderful Life: How Postwar Christmas Embraced Spaceships, Nukes, Cellophane

Magical Musical Birthday Cake

I can't actually say much about it, but two lads are out having a celebratory Birthday Meal today.

One of them , El-Eye, does actually have his birthday today, AND is a musical wiz, so this slide from 1967 is sort of appropriate. Alas, El-Eye is a guitar-master, not a piano basher.   And I don't know if HIS Uncle Frank enjoys wearing floral print dresses.

The other lad, Bee-Eye, celebrates his birthday in a couple of days. I wonder what slide he gets.

Bonus - for El-Eye :

 

 

Number 5000 - Cowboy Stuff

 

Google is telling me that this is my 5,000th Blog Posting. Woo.

So, let's wheel out a slide from 1958, with a slightly out-of-focus Cowboy.

Nope, there's probably no logical connection between the two statements.

Bonus - Yes, you can find information on anything, ANYTHING on the internet. How to wipe your butt.

Bonus 2 -