I saw something in the middle of a busy street yesterday, but the wind blew it and I could see that it was an open, empty cardboard box with flaps that had been crumpled into the shape of a crouching dog.
Sometimes it's nice to let your mind just go with the illusion that presents itself. Unless you're on the verge of woodland at twilight, of course.
I saw something in the middle of a busy street yesterday, but the wind blew it and I could see that it was an open, empty cardboard box with flaps that had been crumpled into the shape of a crouching dog.
Sometimes it's nice to let your mind just go with the illusion that presents itself. Unless you're on the verge of woodland at twilight, of course.
We were eating icecream at Ted Drewes' today in the parking lot and saw what looked like a giant foot-wide white butterfly on somebody's chimney top, flapping slowly open and shut. I have no idea what it was, maybe some sort of plastic wrap? But why there?
In a local paper in southern Ontario: The Nook Cookhouse gives diners a chance to eat in complete darkness. I can't think of a comment to go with that, except, "No thank you".
I think that's the point. There's been a famous restaurant like that in Paris for years called Dans le Noir. All the waiters are blind. The idea is to have a bit of an experience of what blindness is like. And yes, when sighted people go there, they (a) get food everywhere and (b) usually guess wrong when asked what they've got in the plate.
I think that's the point. There's been a famous restaurant like that in Paris for years called Dans le Noir. All the waiters are blind. The idea is to have a bit of an experience of what blindness is like. And yes, when sighted people go there, they (a) get food everywhere and (b) usually guess wrong when asked what they've got in the plate.
Well, I'd hope it was what I'd ordered, sighted or not.
It doesn't work quite like that. You tell them beforehand about things you don't like or can't eat, and they select the menu. Trying to work out what it is from taste/texture alone is part of the experience. I think the whole table usually gets the same thing.
I've seen variants of that headline a lot lately - "X [insert name of celeb of whom you've never heard] dies amid tributes from [insert names of other celebs of whom you've never heard] ..."
Just no. As you say, it suggests that the tributes are, shall we say, a tad premature?
Whenever I hear of someone young and (apparently) fit dying suddenly like that, I think of ARVC, the genetic heart condition that was my boss's speciality in Newfoundland, where the first symptom is often a fatal heart attack, quite frequently in young, active men.
Indeed. Maybe the car wanted to practice doing a post-mortem?
Honestly, the real story is, if anything, odder than the headline: Man is hit by a white Kia and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the white Kia reportedly fled the scene...in a small black car. Leaving the Kia behind. And then the police found blood and a knife inside the Kia. They checked with the medics, who then confirmed that the victim had a puncture wound in his neck.
So apparently the victim was stabbed in the neck in the Kia, then got out and then was hit by the Kia. Which was then abandoned at the site and the driver left in a black car. I'm guessing that the police suspect foul play.
Indeed. Maybe the car wanted to practice doing a post-mortem?
Honestly, the real story is, if anything, odder than the headline: Man is hit by a white Kia and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the white Kia reportedly fled the scene...in a small black car. Leaving the Kia behind. And then the police found blood and a knife inside the Kia. They checked with the medics, who then confirmed that the victim had a puncture wound in his neck.
So apparently the victim was stabbed in the neck in the Kia, then got out and then was hit by the Kia. Which was then abandoned at the site and the driver left in a black car. I'm guessing that the police suspect foul play.
"News channel accidentally airs testicles instead of eclipse in live TV blunder"
(From the Metro, a constant source of entertaining headlines.)
"... it appears the viewer videos weren’t thoroughly checked, because one featured the sun beginning to go dark — before a pair of very close-up, hairy testicles began descending on the screen to block out the sun..."
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(Loving the ones above. "Died of a surfeit of tributes.")
So many headlines to choose from, as this tale seems to have gone viral. I'll go for a local one.
Train diverted after concerns raised over Stormtrooper carrying 'firearm'
An Aberdeen to Dundee train, one of whose passengers was heading for a Comic Con in Dundee was diverted back to Aberdeen. Said passenger was met by seven police officers, two of whom were armed, to confirm that the plastic blaster which was part of his Star Wars Stormtrooper costume was in fact plastic. He was also wearing a kilt but they avoided the obvious jokes about that. He was asked to put his blaster into a bag to keep it hidden while travelling and allowed to make a second attempt to reach the Comic con.
From the ever-reliable "Wales Online": The village down a quiet country lane with a ford and pub that's just been named poshest place to live. But what if I don't want to live in the pub (or the ford)?
I actually really like haggis - in fact my wife and I had it to celebrate our engagement (in a cafe in Oban). We always have haggis, neeps and tatties on Burns Night and St Andrew's Day, washed down by "Scotland's other national drink" (and, in my wife's case, the national drink itself, albeit Penderyn from Wales!)
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I saw that. Apparently a glimpse of denim jeans is enough to cause North Koreans to deviate from True Socialism.
Sometimes it's nice to let your mind just go with the illusion that presents itself. Unless you're on the verge of woodland at twilight, of course.
Electric rickshaw bursts into flames near Buckingham Palace
There's a surreal short story in there somewhere...
We were eating icecream at Ted Drewes' today in the parking lot and saw what looked like a giant foot-wide white butterfly on somebody's chimney top, flapping slowly open and shut. I have no idea what it was, maybe some sort of plastic wrap? But why there?
Well, I'd hope it was what I'd ordered, sighted or not.
"Chipolata, sir?"
Ooh- dumplings!
Prepare for stripper joints to be re-branded as "sports bars."
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Someone had a great deal of fun writing that. I think my favourite bit is where it says you can pin the knob on the Cerne Abbas giant.
Though an evening on the beer mourning a dead friend may have removed what little subtlety my sense of humour has at the best of times.
I can always rely on Wesley J to make me wish I hadn't posted something...
Very sad - but surely he died before the tributes started coming?
I've seen variants of that headline a lot lately - "X [insert name of celeb of whom you've never heard] dies amid tributes from [insert names of other celebs of whom you've never heard] ..."
Just no. As you say, it suggests that the tributes are, shall we say, a tad premature?
Whenever I hear of someone young and (apparently) fit dying suddenly like that, I think of ARVC, the genetic heart condition that was my boss's speciality in Newfoundland, where the first symptom is often a fatal heart attack, quite frequently in young, active men.
See, this is why I have always said that cars shouldn't be given knives.
Honestly, the real story is, if anything, odder than the headline: Man is hit by a white Kia and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the white Kia reportedly fled the scene...in a small black car. Leaving the Kia behind. And then the police found blood and a knife inside the Kia. They checked with the medics, who then confirmed that the victim had a puncture wound in his neck.
So apparently the victim was stabbed in the neck in the Kia, then got out and then was hit by the Kia. Which was then abandoned at the site and the driver left in a black car. I'm guessing that the police suspect foul play.
I shouldn't laugh...
but I did.
Bad car! No gas!
(From the Metro, a constant source of entertaining headlines.)
"... it appears the viewer videos weren’t thoroughly checked, because one featured the sun beginning to go dark — before a pair of very close-up, hairy testicles began descending on the screen to block out the sun..."
* * *
(Loving the ones above. "Died of a surfeit of tributes.")
Train diverted after concerns raised over Stormtrooper carrying 'firearm'
An Aberdeen to Dundee train, one of whose passengers was heading for a Comic Con in Dundee was diverted back to Aberdeen. Said passenger was met by seven police officers, two of whom were armed, to confirm that the plastic blaster which was part of his Star Wars Stormtrooper costume was in fact plastic. He was also wearing a kilt but they avoided the obvious jokes about that. He was asked to put his blaster into a bag to keep it hidden while travelling and allowed to make a second attempt to reach the Comic con.
UK inflation falls as meat and crumpet prices drop
Not that bizarre perhaps, apart from the implied significance of crumpets in the national economy.
I wonder if anyone will seize the economic opportunity and start selling burgers served between two crumpets?
Brazilian woman arrested after taking corpse to sign bank loan
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/brazil-woman-corpse-bank-fraud
This is from the Daily Wail, and very strange too:
Took me a moment to figure out what 'Express Casual Style' is! Surely some new-fangled quick thing for the very busy man?
Turns out 'express' is a verb. Which is slightly disappointing!