Monthly Archives: August 2012

INDIGENOUS? FAIR ENOUGH …

Posted on August 31, 2012 by colonialist

  One of the reasons I have been kept out of mischief (and blogging) to some extent recently is that I have been busy preparing a little looping slide show. It has just under 600 pictures of local gardens. It … Continue reading →

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GOING OUT WITH A SUCCESSFUL MODEL

Posted on August 31, 2012 by colonialist

… or with her sister. As the piccie below reveals, the results of little G’s first modelling job are now on display in selected stores. I’m not sure they chose the cutest shot, but still … Thus, when the kids … Continue reading →

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PETS GIVE PROOF OF TELEPATHY?

Posted on August 29, 2012 by colonialist

  Stories abound about dogs and cats who have found their way home, sometimes from many hundreds of kilometres away. People tend to explain this by assuming that animals have a homing instinct consisting of some sort of GPS (without … Continue reading →

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HOW SILVER WAS MY VALLEY, OR NO SILVER LINING IN THIS SILVER LINING …

Posted on August 28, 2012 by colonialist

   One in – ready for the next.     I spent most of the past weekend perched on our roof, to the disgust of many local birds, and the curiosity of our local tribe of monkeys. Recent rainstorms have … Continue reading →

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A REALLY AWFUL SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE

Posted on August 27, 2012 by colonialist

The worst sexually transmitted disease, I think the universe fully agrees, Which is to be found on the planet earth, With no indication of slightest worth, Next to which to insignificance fades Anything which is related to AIDS: The most … Continue reading →

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The Really Awful 7 wonders of my world.

Posted on August 26, 2012 by colonialist

The side view theme which this week is unfurled:         ‘The seven wonders of my world’; The first one’s to wonder if there will be time To put all my wonderings into a rhyme.  Then, a second … Continue reading →

Posted in Beach, Challenge, Nonsense verse, Ocean, Photography, Poems, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

ER, BAN REALLY AWFUL RHYMES?

Posted on August 25, 2012 by colonialist

Though ‘Urban’ is to do with towns, Or also of a city, And buildings which have ups and downs (Which often is a pity), You’d think with ‘ity’ added on, To give ‘urbanity’, Resultant word reflects upon Some grouped humanity; … Continue reading →

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REALLY AWFUL LAMENT IN C MINOR

Posted on August 23, 2012 by colonialist

The saddest tale I have to tell – I know that you will cry as well, About my battery going flat, And how upset I was at that.  And then, next day, the second car: When tried to start it, … Continue reading →

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REALLY QUITE AWFULLY QUIET

Posted on August 22, 2012 by colonialist

Quite surely, now, it isn’t right How pupils are not told that ‘quite’ Means ‘rather’ or ‘a little bit’; Which, to mean silence, doesn’t fit.  I really want to start a riot To get them teaching ‘still’ is ‘quiet’! If … Continue reading →

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A MOST AMUSING DAY

Posted on August 21, 2012 by colonialist

  It has been another of those days when so many things conspire to irritate that it becomes downright funny.    As you will note, the promised post, which is about a literary event, is still not posted. Several hours … Continue reading →

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