I know l despise he Daily Mail and the right wing press, but come on! This is exactly the sort of thing that happens when you are not part of the European Union any more, in part because papers like this campaigned so vigorously to persuade their readers to vote 'Leave' (and reap all of the 'benefits'). Fingerprint checks do not apply to the European Union members.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! Something my poor eyes will never unsee. Also, his mannered way of speaking whenever he is interviewed really annoys me, so l may be slightly biased.
As usual on a Wednesday when l'm off work, l headed to the local. As usual, my expectations were shattered by the slap in the face of reality. Still had a good time though.
What l was hoping to find in the pub
I've said it before and l will say it again. These two need locking up. They are currently under investigation for the PPE fraud and have been on TV this morning defending themselves, as well as being in a so called documentary (they funded it) earlier this week, also defending themselves. During the interview this morning, Michelle Mone denied buying a yacht from the profits (her husband probably bought it), despite the suspicious looking photograph of her below, and it is incidentally named 'Lady M'. Remember the firm that was awarded 65 million had been newly formed, fast tracked, and had hardly any money in its accounts, and no experience of producing PPE wear. They have also taken out lawsuits trying to cancel journalists and denied any links until now.
I show this picture to Mr Parrot whenever he is being a pain in the backside, as a reminder that this could be his fate, and rather sooner than he would like. A stuffed African Grey Parrot in Ye Olde Cheshire Chees pub in that there London.
I am of course joking, as l love my little buddy, but l do know someone who does taxidermy, so he'd better be careful.
My local pub after a night of mayhem this week. It's all fun and games around these parts, but normal (or as normal as it can be) service has been resumed, and l'm off down there soon for the Liverpool v Manchester United game.
This takes me back to when l was a young whippersnapper (a long time ago). Chalked on wall goals, and this one happens to be from my old stomping ground, Bootle. Happy days.
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Most people know Derren Brown as a great illusionist through his TV shoes, or through his self help books, but not many know he also produces artworks that are both magnificent and kind of surreal. I'm a fan.
More artwork can be viewed and purchased at his site.
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After getting some more stick from the right wing press and Conservatives for expressing his views, Gary Lineker plays a blinder with this tweet, as every time it is remarked upon in the news it will have to be with context, highlighting the immoral Grant Shapps.
A man (let's face it - it's bound to be) who has the same outlook as me. Plenty of time to go out accumulating more music, but with very little time left over to clean up the clutter. I will admit he's still tidier than me.
It certainly works for me. I've always liked his singing, but didn't realise he was a wizard.
How about sharing some of the vast wealth with the poor children instead. This is just a propaganda exercise.
Ever wondered what the inside of a spacesuit looked like? Wonder no more. It looks like a lot of things that could break down to me.
The happy days of following Manchester United. Denis Law and George Best celebrate a goal (against Arsenal by the look of it), although to be fair, few years later they were relegated to the then Second Division, and then had to tolerate Liverpool's supremacy throughout the 1970's and 80's, so it wasn't all plain sailing. As everyone is getting older or dying, l thought that pretty soon l would be one of he few people alive who could boast about watching them play in a lower league, but the way they are currently playing it might happen again* shortly and I'm certainly not looking forward to the Liverpool game on Sunday.
* Joke - they're not that bad (at the moment).
Once again, the rich just take the piss, even at their own Covid enquiry. I find it more than slightly suspicious that the main protagonists of the whole Conservative lack of response and mismanagement of Covid have all lost their whatsapp messages, and are not being held to account for this. I'd ask if they deleted the messages themselves, or if anyone else did, and then try to unlock those messages and prove if they were lying (which of course they are). Christ on a bike, l'm old enough to remember as far back as summer time, when Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were prepared to go to court to avoid handing the messages over, and now we are to believe they have all just disappeared into the ether. I call bullshit. Get their whatsapp details and recover the messages. Then lock them up.
I don't think they have a clue how much they are wasting their money putting Rishi Sunak leaflets through my letter box (he's my local MP). I guess it's something extra to line Mr Parrot's cage with.
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This room is slightly too dark for my liking as it would be hard to spot any spiders straight away, but my oh my, it's magnificent. One of these days when the lottery win comes in.........
Today's haul from the charity shops. Only another 30 cds and 3 books. Once again, l need more money and a bigger house.
I also like unusual items found in records and books, and today was no exception, with a Ringo Star cartoon postcard in the John Lennon book l bought.
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It's not the end of the year yet but this is getting pretty full, and that's without the deaths of the last week or so. It will only get worse in the future, as no-one's getting any younger.
By christhearker
I'd never seen this photograph before and it was bugging me wondered where it was from, as l recognised the backdrop. I now know it was a rehearsal for the Ed Sullivan show, but notice anything unusual? Only Ian Stewart on bass. Bill Wyman must have been busy with his lady 'friends'.
This must be a contender for front page headline of the year. From the Dundee Evening Telegraph. Well played!
I was rather foolishly looking forward to the Manchester United versus Bournemouth game today. I thought Bournemouth have been playing well and would score, but hoped and bet that United would eventually win 2-1. How wrong was I? Another defeat, only this time a resounding 0-3 at home, and with Bayern Munich and Liverpool to play this week, the outlook is bleak, despite me being on holiday. No wonder l drink.
Me before the football
Me after the football
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I've got a different framed photograph of an ants face (Don't worry - l know l'm strange), but l really like this one by Andrea Hallass. An especially evil looking one. Aliens already walk amongst us!!
I must have missed this bit i The Bible, as it's new to me.
