Ummmm ..... Bowls Trophies?

 

Whether you're a long-standing stalwart support of this Blog, or a recent recruit via Donald Trump's Tweet, welcome to the Slide Guy Blog.

And welcome that is the cultural phenomenon that is Tedious Tuesday. Every Tuesday, a tedious slide, and to day's slide is a beaut.

The Crown Green Bowling trophies of Mr Arth.... Oh.    You've fallen asleep.

Bonus - Dorset driver caught using phone at wheel: ‘It was baguette’    

Sure, a 4G Baguette running Android 16.

A tender moment between the two of them...

 

...before Wendy and Kenneth succumbed to their base instincts, and disappeared under table for some surprisingly loud and passionate love making.

And emerging in time for the sweet trolley.

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Portrait of Joshua Reynolds.

 

I get that Sir Joshua Reynolds was an English painter who specialised in portraits. The art critic John Russell called him one of the major European painters of the 18th century, while Lucy Peltz says he was "the leading portrait artist of the 18th-century and arguably one of the greatest artists in the history of art."

But why would someone want a poor quality slide image of him?

This being Maria Jones portrait of him, for Plympton. 

Bonus - Tesco deploys 'Dalek-style security' guards with Northern Irish accents in UK stores to scare off thieves

Thanksgiving Feast

 

I know that I have some Thanksgiving Day slides for our 'merican visitors, but...I'll be damned if I can find them just now. Dammit.

So, let's have Minnie and Wilbur and their barbecued turkey hotdogs.

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Drop The Pop (Corn)

 

Don't ask me .. This slide from 1958 (?) shows a rather elegant young lady, eating and dropping something on the ground.  A quick zoom in one the packaging confirms my thought that is is probably pop-corn.

enhance 7-3-8

But, why?  Attempting to feed some hidden chipmunks?  Caught mid-sneeze and having dropped some nuggets?  Trying to lure a wolverine out of it's hiding place under her skirt?  I really don't know.

Bonus - YouTube is weird. You find some very odd collections.

e.g.  Compilation of Star Trek (TOS) Upskirt Shots.

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The Lord's Prayer

 

In the midst of a box of slides marked as "Halley's Comet and Family History" was ... this.

I'd be surprised if it was part of the Halley's Commet discussion.

Bonus - 

Mmmmm Beef Dripping

Resisting The Urge

 

Deputy Councilor Marge Broomfield resisting the urge to strip off her sensible twinset, and go skinny-dipping in Ogbrook Reservoir.

Very sensible.

Bonus - 

Mewrythmics

From The Kitten Covers

Silver Jubilee with Beefy Margarine

 I was looking for a slide that was appropriate for Bank Holiday 2 for Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee.

But instead, I'm using this oddity.

With a label proudly announcing "Created with Vegetable Margarine by: Chef Dianez and his cook team."

Surely this must be the finest scene of "cowboys herding cattle on the trail" mini-butter sculpture that you have seen today.

Bonus - The Sand Collars of The Moon Snail

Platty Jubby Bonus - 

Oh Well ... Back to work.

 

Tuesday 4th Jan. Time to get back to the (virtual) office.

Not this pictured office ... that's some sort of early Cubicle Workspace, which could very well be adapted from a genuine pig-pen.

Nice.

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The Little Admiral

 No info on the slide, but ...

I believe that this slide/etching is of Admiral Norville Beauchamps. Norville was mentioned in dispatches after the Fifth Battle Of The Nile in 1843, and was promoted to Admiral in 1848. After a glittering career at the Royal Navy Coal Supply Service, he was selected for the 1854 Grand Expedition, who's goal was to pioneer a sailing route from Southampton to Zurich, Switzerland.

The etching shows the short-arse (he was only 4ft 8inches tall) with his flagship HMS Queasy in the background.  Alas, the ship, admiral and all hand were mysteriously lost without trace, just outside Luxembourg.

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