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May 2006

filming with watering cans

i discovered that they are filming spooks here (which i also saw yesterday). this time it was the red watering cans which caught my eyes before i remembered the film crew which were hiding round the corner.
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the amazing lightweight undestroyable bollard

i went to a seminar yesterday which was held in an exhibition hall. the exhibition was for police forces and the stalls were amazing. i’m not a policeman so i found it all quite amazing (and rather surreal).
my favourite thing were these fantastic bollards which sort of pop up out of their base and are fairly industructable (eg you can run over them with a car and they just pop back up).
here is one of the sales chaps happily modelling one for us.
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if you are interested you can get them from here
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london is just one big film set

there’s always filming all over london (that’s a complete over exageration), and i sometimes wonder if i’m in that film with Jim Carrey where he wasn’t funny. which narrows it down to …. all of them. only joking. or am i.
anyway, here is some filming of something. or. other.
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temporary sign

why would anyone go to the trouble of printing a sign that says temporary sign ? you might as well jump to the final version, or simply not tell anyone it’s temporary. it’s like all those ‘under construction’ websites in the 90s.
i await in eager anticip – ation for the permanent version (which i hope will have ‘temporary sign’ on it just to confuse us. or perhaps this is it already)
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vin’s 280

vin spotted this 280 hiding outside his house.
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elephant problems

here is another fantastic animal sign from Andrew.
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vacuous chaosity

look at this vacuum cleaner causing chaos. it’s stamped on the slippery floor sign and is running away from the carpet.
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the english summer fete

english summer fetes are terrific things. there’s something timeless about a community getting together and entertaining each other on a rainy summer’s day.
at the end of our soggy thames walk we reached Castle Eaton (as you can see) and we were greeted by this terrific sign.
Look at the sign – it’s fantastic. The giant capital italicised F sticking outside the board is inspired.
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but what if you’re not a fan of home made fun and games ? well, you needn’t worry as this fete has a ‘reading room’ for the more studious fun lover.
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If you’re in the area on the 20th May 2006, you should go along. It’s here if you need a google map. We’re not so won’t.