The morning light yesterday on the last day of November was like Turkish delight over the fields at the back of our house while the gardens were still in shadows. The horse (not mine!) knew where to stand to catch the early rays between the roof top shadows.
Category: Humour
Religious Intolerance!
A Muslim dies and goes to heaven. Continue reading “Religious Intolerance!”
COP funnies
As a service to fellow cherished colleagues I’ve collated some of the better (in my opinion) funnies from my daily read…
Ready for a rout?
This is an aerial view of Brisbane, looking north. In the fold of the river is the area known as Kangaroo Point, where OZ lived for a few years. The big round thing is The Gabba – which is short for Woolloongabba, the suburb where it’s located. Our Cricket season traditionally starts at The Gabba – the first test of the year is always played here. Continue reading “Ready for a rout?”
Latest Ad from Nandos
I have only ever eaten at Nandos once, but they do have some very funny commercials.
More Aussie Humour
While taking my obligatory daily walk, I usually listen to music that I’ve downloaded to my phone, but for the last few days I’ve varied things by listening to “Triple M”, an Aussie commercial FM station. Of course, they carry adverts, which are frequently highly localised and delivered in a strong local accent, wherever one happens to be. I’m inclined to ignore the content, but I learn a lot of dialect.
Yesterday, however, I was much amused by one for a new Ute – a Mazda I believe, though I could be wrong – which had a delightful political throwaway buried in the exaggerated Queensland Strine. Describing the virtues of the new vehicle, at breakneck speed, the guy said –
… and as for grunt, well, this baby delivers 412 Newton-metres, which is more torque than you get at a Climate Change Convention …
Quite made my day. 🙂
Freddy, my love
This is not cricket, old bean. They’ve spelt Freddie the wrong way.
Poetry Competition anyone?
Did I see a comment about restarting the poetry competition, anyone?
How about a Roald Dahl-esque poem, telling a fairy tale, but not one he did in his Revolting Rhymes Collection…. so not ‘Cinderella’ – ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ – ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarves’- ‘Goldilocks’ – ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ – or the Three Little Pigs.
Closing date December 10th. Post a link in comments below…
Etymology, Grammar and Feminism
No-one is going to object, are they?
No, Bearsy, none of us are going to complain.
Only for Those who Understand Apostrophes
This post has nothing whatsoever to do with apostrophes, but it is about grammar and linguistics. You have been warned. Continue reading “Only for Those who Understand Apostrophes”
Boadicea's Chariot 
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