Monthly Archives: November 2012

REALLY AWFULLY BEST JUDGMENT FOR THE OCCASIONS

Posted on November 30, 2012 by colonialist

It didn’t rain today. Instead, the whole area became one dirty great waterfall. One needed an above-cloud-level snorkel to breathe. Tomorrow will be the fifty-first anniversary of our official engagement. The bash coincided with Much Better Half’s twenty-first birthday. Today … Continue reading →

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WEEKLY WAIL

Posted on November 25, 2012 by colonialist

COLONIALIST HAS THE MUTTERS I cannot believe it has been four days without finding the time to do more than glance at a few posts, or do a post myself.  I really have got too many irons in the fire … Continue reading →

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TALKING TURKEY

Posted on November 22, 2012 by colonialist

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DEATHTINY

Posted on November 21, 2012 by colonialist

I dug this up out of a collection of my verses I started compiling a year or so ago.  It was brought to mind by a recent post of Kate Shrewsday. Death is a bony tailor, And be you mean … Continue reading →

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AND THE COPTION CAMPETITION WINNAH IS …

Posted on November 19, 2012 by colonialist

Back in the days when diner sores were still seen (people developed them from having time to sit down to banquets or big business lunches lasting most of every day?) I ran a competition about avoiding headgear or something – … Continue reading →

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TO THE REALLY AWFUL IDIOTS: OH DEAR, OH DEAR, ODE HERE!

Posted on November 14, 2012 by colonialist

Thanks,  you loud Divali folk, for making me a racist: Those who couldn’t give a hoot for pets are quite the basest; What is it that makes you morons think that it is right Going crackers with your bangs for … Continue reading →

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SOUNDS LIKE REALLY AWFUL CARD GAME

Posted on November 13, 2012 by colonialist

Let mirthful merriment abound, And let us all be jolly, For at long last I now have found The cause of all the folly, Which sabotaged my DVD And made it play so awfully, Twas in the cards, as I … Continue reading →

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JUDGE NOT? PIFFLE …

Posted on November 12, 2012 by colonialist

  I have often seen bloggers pontificating about nobody being entitled to judge others.  A lovely ideal, but we do it all the time whether conscious of it or not.  The trick is not to do it hastily or nastily. … Continue reading →

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CAPTION COMPETITION CREATIONS

Posted on November 11, 2012 by colonialist

Apologies for the delay.  Voting starts for the best captions.  The rules are simple:  As a comment on this post, put the number of your favourite captions in the order 1st, 2nd and 3rd, as in: 12, 4, 9.  Vote … Continue reading →

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REALLY AWFUL LOO-DICROUS PO-TREE

Posted on November 5, 2012 by colonialist

(Warning: you seriously don’t want to read the following,  and do so entirely at your own risk.)   DOGGY DO DOON A LOO It started with a thunderclap, And then came quite a few, Which made the pooches do a … Continue reading →

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