The Time Is Still Not Right

 

I have previously mentioned The Bonetti Brothers, and have been itching to tell more of their history.

However, after last time, I awoke the next day to find the head of a lettuce in my bed...clearly a warning.

So... I shall stay Shtumm.

Bonus -  RIP Sam Moore

Meal Out With "The Gang"

 

Yup, this evening is a meal with the gang. Great.

This image above is NOT an image of us, for so many logical reasons, but I know that the blog followers like to see a vaguely relevant image.

Bonus : Swedish Special Forces

Meal on the Move

 

From other slides in the box, this is probably a 1958 train, travelling across the western states of America. 

Back when aircraft were only beginning to challenge as a transcontinental transport medium.

Bonus - 

Reunion of the Bonetti Brothers

 

Despite their disagreements and ...troubles... over the years, the Bonetti Brothers still meet up for a Christmas Reunion. And for that one event, Guiseppi relaxes his guard a little, and slips his "Witness Protection" escort,, tho' he retains his alternative personality / disguise.

Paulo and Leonardo aren't sure about the "Witness Protection ID" story, but ... family is family. 

Bonus - 

Hope You Had A Very Addams Christmas.

Thanksgiving Meal Rivals

 

Today is Thanksgiving in the USA, and you know what that means.

Frank and Wally renew their rivalry over the fate of the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Gridiron Game.

You can see how intense their rivalry is from just looking at their eyes.

Bonus - 

Lay-Off at The North Pole

 

After a disappointing Christmas Season, and with Global Warming affecting their natural food (snowmen), Santa Claus bowed to the inevitable... and restocked hi venison freezer.

Bonus - The search to recover debris from the Challenger disaster in 1986 also resulted in the discovery of 13 shipwrecks, two lost airplanes and 25 kilos of cocaine

Dinner with the Muldoons

 

This slide perplexes me. Yes, it's a meal out with two middle aged couples, but...

Where?    They seem to be squeezed between two wooden wardrobes. Possible the LH wardrobe has a mirror, accounting for the light over Mildred Muldoon's face.

And.... cutlery. It seems a little haphazard. Fish knife for Maurice Muldoon, but the plates seem rather "dessert-y".

Odd.

Bonus - Sadly, RIP Cloris Leachman.

Barry. The Butcher of Basingstoke.

Can do you a lovely roast for the weekend.


Bonus - It's The Final Countdown.

Bonus 2 -

I Feel Like Cooking Tonight

I've got the gang coming round tonight. Unlike the revellers above (the slide says "Sukiyaki Party Oct 1956") we'll be ticking into those naff foods that style has left behind. Cheese Fondue, Chocolate Fondue, Black Forest Gateau and maybe Prawn Cocktail !

Nom !

Bonus -

A Classy Family Meal

Clearly a classy American family. (They have genuine Heinz Catsup on the table.)

Wacky Wallpaper, as an aside.

Bonus -

Booster Seat

The Internet may have made Telephone Directories almost obsolete, but there are some purposes where the Internet is not a suitable replacement.


Bonus :
Artist's spoof Ladybird book provokes wrath of Penguin

Some great images, like (NSFW)

Indoor Christmas Picnic.

In my work office today, there was a fuddle. (Think potluck lunch, but with less effort).

Looked miserable, and I think I'd rather have been at this odd-looking event. (Slide processed January 1950.)

Bonus - This is me...Honest.

Al Fresco Lunch

Two Ladies who Lunch, lunching and lounging in Lucerne )or Lincoln).

Bonus -  0_0

Delicate Negotiations

"SO, just one night"

"Nope"

"Go on, do me a favour, brother"

"Nope"

"I'll treat her well...  I'll even pay you"

"Nope"

"Please?  Think of it as a n early christmas present....and I'm sure she'll enjoy it as well !"

"No.  Just...No.    I will never lend you my gun-dog to go bat hunting. Final."

Bonus - Real Time Photoshopping

The Buffet Table

Well, after yesterday's overwhelming response to a furniture slide, I thought I'd try to score some easy points again, on a similar theme.

An oriental buffet table.



Oh Well....

Bonus - Austin Ambassador - Y-Reg

Mrs Smug Hogs the Mashed Potatoes

The Curse of E6 / Etkachrome.

HATE the desaturation that Ektachrome slides experience.

LOVE the smug grin that Edna has as she monopolises the mash.

Bonus - Star Trek Movie Night.   It's boring being on the starship month after month.

Pork - Roasted from inside

Seems like the obvious thing to do. Build bonfire, place stones in fire, when fire dies down, fill gutted pig with shovel-full of roasting rocks. Result.

Bonus - Last night went well. This was popular : Pork fillet stuffed with black pudding and an apple, mushroom and cider sauce

Bonus 2 - Garden...Of Death. And others

Waiting For The Feast

Worst Hen-Night Ever.

All the way to Bangkok in Thailand, and the karaoke doesn't even have "I Will Survive".

Bonus - Anger - Redefined.

Bonus 2 Quitting with Style