Blooming summer

We only have a small garden, but the diversity of plants is magnificent.



We really love this time of year, short lived tho it is.

Only 64%?

You Are 64% Cynical

You're a full blown cynic... and probably even skeptical of these results. You have your optimistic moments, but most likely you keep them to yourself.

How Cynical Are You?

Everyone know's that these survey type thingies are all bollocks ;)

Nuisance calls

After reading birdmans post about the nuisance calls that can be the bane of our lives, I thought I had better bring to everyone's attention the usefulness of signing up with the Telephone Preference Service.

Once we had joined, after a short wait of around 28 days, the pain in the rectum calls all but dried up completely and if you do get one, politely tell the caller that you are under the protection of the Telephone Preference Service and that by ringing this number, they are breaking the law.

It puts the fear of shit up them and you never hear from then again.

Go on. It only takes a few minutes and it is free.

The true flag of England

For all you flag of St.George wavers, this is the real flag of England.


If memory serves me correctly, the choosing of St.George was influenced by the Crusades and a little bit of French persuasion methinks around the end of the eleventh century. I am sure I will be corrected if I am wrong.

St.Edmund the Martyr was our boy during the good old Anglo-Saxon days pre William the Conk.

So forget cheering on that foreign imposter George and raise the cry for that good old Anglo-Saxon and true Englishman Eddie the Martyr. It's got a better ring to it as well, hasn't it?

No more red cross, bring on the White Dragon for the lads.

Whiteboard v Blackboard

Apparently there is a new phenomenon sweeping our schools these days. Enter the 'Interactive Whiteboard'. This is the latest piece of wizardy designed to make learning in the classroom easier for today's up and coming Einsteins.

According to this article, they are not as popular and brilliant a conception that was first thought. Out of curiosity, I Googled 'Whiteboard' and discovered that they are not "cheap as chips". Far from it. They are bloody expensive.

What is wrong with the tried and tested blackboard and chalk? Call me an old fart if you like, but it presents the facts just like these new fangled whiteboards at a fraction of the cost. Does this mean that today's little angels can no longer expect a well aimed chalk smacking them between the eyes? No more blackboard rubber bouncing off their delicate craniums? Alas, I think the nanny police are at work once more.

When we have reached the age of kids sharing books, if indeed they have any at all, how can the expense of these state of the art gizmo's be justified?

Just another example of the world gone mad in the nanny state currently called England.

N.B. Are we allowed to call it a whiteboard, or indeed the old blackboard? Surely this implies racist tendencies?