butterfly
things you don’t expect to find in your house in england in november.
#1 a pretty butterfly
November 2003
car crash of old
i had a car crash on the 7th july 2002. a fool rammed me on a windy road and wrote my car off. here are the photos
(click for big versions)
the reason for telling you ?
what’s cooking
working from home today, so i usually expect low quality blog content. however, i was delighted to see this cooker in a neighbours garden when i opened my office curtains this morning.
more outside warming, but a lot more convenient than a BBQ
stealth disco
my office disco plans failed, so maybe i should do a stealth disco like these guys
Stealth Disco. Best Bits is best (of)
link thanks to t-bone
boy 34 is fake. official
as reported earlier i was concerned that i may have been misled over one of my found passport photos. it was submitted by a work colleague.
but it appears that the person who submitted it was having a jape at my expense (as suspected by at least one of my colleagues). i didn’t want to believe it, but i can’t hide from the truth.
therefore, it is with great sadness that i announce that Boy 34 is a fake.
elvis has just left the street
for over a year now there has been some writing on the floor near my office which says, in massive letters, ‘elvis’. i didn’t even bother taking a photo of it as it was part of the general background of london life.
however, someone has coloured it in black in an attempt to remove it. this is a shame
bike crash
this bike has crashed in to an electric fireplace. no wonder the weather is so mild. a fireplace here, a radiator there
street cleaner hierarchy
there is a secret hierarchical structure in existence on the streets of london. it relates to street cleaners. i like street cleaners and always shout a cheery hello to them on my walk to work. sometimes they even reply.
here is the starting point – a brush and a trolley on wheels:
once you have earned an upgrade you get a pushalong jobby with brushes. (some of these have seats which is a feature upgrade i think)
finally, when you have actually made it, then you get to drive in a proper machine with a windscreen and everything. this is a temporary vehicle. (maybe it moonlights as an occasional table)
The House of the Orange Monkey
here is a mysterious site i found whilst trying to find a map to a meeting.
(click to go there)
gloves
it’s a glove hat trick
man at the window
i work on the third floor of my building and it was with some surprise that i saw this man walk straight towards me from a few metres away outside the window.
it’s ok for him to levitate – he’s wearing a tabard.
if you look to the left of the picture you can see my head reflected in the incredibly clean windows.
more milkman stories
more shocking stuff from the mad london milkman. this morning there was a nice chest of drawers on his float. maybe it’s his drinks cabinet. i hope to see an arm chair and a television up there tomorrow.
clothes
it was a good day for clothes today. i didn’t find any gloves, but did find this hat:
and a rather mysterious red and white thing:
global warming
no wonder we are suffering from global warming. there are radiators all over london.
here are some near paddington:
and here is one by my office:
why i blog
having done the 6th month anniversary and 1000th post i thought to myself “why am i doing this”.
army dog sign
we drove through an army barracks this afternoon. i spotted a picture of a dog on a sign and I risked getting shot by jumping out of the car and getting a photo. jane was more than happy to drive the car in to the firing line so i could get my shot
if you look carefully to the right of the photo you can see the guard dog.
luncheon
we went to some friends house for a meal today which was excellent. esther and kezia went under the dinner table to worry their dog, fudge. i had a lovely photo lined up with kez, esther and fudge. it would have been great. then they all moved. as animals/kids do.
the conversation proved too much for one fellow diner:
and our the host resorted to showing the kids how to do lego properly:
