Monthly Archives: October 2011

NOT POOH-STICKS BUT POO-STONE – A DIRTY TRICK.

Posted on October 31, 2011 by colonialist

A while back I mentioned playing Pooh-sticks at bridges on rivers. Well, some time ago we discovered another game which provides the young mind with as much fun – but only once per victim. It is called Poo-stone.  Many years … Continue reading →

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REALLY AWFUL ONCE UPON AN EVER AFTER

Posted on October 29, 2011 by colonialist

  Now there once upon a time Lived a girl called Cinderella, Who just didn’t have a dime And who never met a fella.   And her step-mama was grim; But then her step-sisters were worse; She sure must have … Continue reading →

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Yippee, yay, yahoo; and oh, I say, jolly good show, what!

Posted on October 28, 2011 by colonialist

Picture an ecstatic meerkat wearing a silly smirk, and standing up on hind feet which are a-blur in a Snoopy-style Happy Dance.  Look what arrived from UK via Australia this afternoon! (This is the last shot I needed to take … Continue reading →

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BOOTING IRISH BALLS BUT NOT SPORTINGLY

Posted on October 27, 2011 by colonialist

I wish I’d met Murphy before He chose to make up his damned law: When kicked in the pills, His lawmaking skills Would not have survived any more.   It was arranged for our three laptops to be sent out for … Continue reading →

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SLAUGHTER IN THE SUBURBS

Posted on October 26, 2011 by colonialist

How would you like to have cattle slaughtered on a  public verge in full view of your home and your children?   It seems that Councils, in trying to accommodate ‘cultural’ events for certain inhabitants of suburbs, are now issuing … Continue reading →

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A NOVEL REALLY AWFULLY ALMOST

Posted on October 24, 2011 by colonialist

kalinka has a challenge to do a bit on ‘almost’.  Here’s one that will resonate with her.  Almost ready was my book – Thought I’d take another look: Stacks of things not ringing true, So, of course, had to re-do. … Continue reading →

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CUTTING REMARKS – A WOULD-BE BEACHCOMBER’S DIARY

Posted on October 24, 2011 by colonialist

  My beachcombing diary posts have been curtailed (with results of drooping cur tails) for a very good reason. I haven’t been able to get there. The jungle has used the opportunity of a two-month break to reclaim its own. While the local … Continue reading →

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REALLY AWFUL PHOTO FINISH BUT ON THE WRONG TRACK; AND WHERE WE’VE BEAN.

Posted on October 23, 2011 by colonialist

My cameras, left in U.K., And sent on in the post, Now seemingly have lost their way, And reached a foreign coast; The tracking look-up tells that they’ve Reached ‘land of destination’, But then reveals an error grave By any estimation: … Continue reading →

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REALLY AWFUL ALL MOD CONS

Posted on October 22, 2011 by colonialist

‘All Mod Cons’ side view theme:   Remember when the Mod-est Con Was toilet one could sit upon, And had a snazzy little bowl Instead of one great gaping hole?   All mod CONS sentenced in this age Have recently come … Continue reading →

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RECENT DIALOGUES WITH A THREE-YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER

Posted on October 21, 2011 by colonialist

  She: Eddie Puss is getting old and has smelly breath. It’s time he went to Heaven. Me: Speechless.   Me: What did you think of the show at Moyo? (Restaurant at uShaka on Durban beachfront). She: *emphatically* Too much … Continue reading →

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