gloves at gatwick
i went to gatwick today and saw gloves galore. i had struck a very rich seam of mostly laytex gloves
no household objects
where would we be without scissors ? some people are trying to find out.
the end of the cat
after nearly three months, the hairy cat is finally no more. last seen it was dropped in to water and all the hair fell off. before that it was very hairy.
jane finally tired of the must in the glass so we put it in a bowl and tried to find the little mouse. but there wasn’t one ! what a dissapointment.
here are photos of
1) initial tentative searching for the mouse with an old pen
2) more thorough searching /mushing
3) added more water to soak the mouse out
4) admitting there isn’t a mouse and flushing down the plug hole
the cat and mouse experiment is now closed. thank you for your cooperation and interest
a very strange sign
here is a completely confusing sign i saw on the edge of a building site. the green goes nicely with the purples, but i haven’t a clue what it means.
it appears to be implying that the people in the middle are the centre of gravity.
perhaps it’s the holy trinity in the middle (God, Jesus, Holy Spirit in that order). The sign is subtly telling people “hey, this God/Jesus/Spirit thing. think about it. it’s the only way of making sense of life”.
i suspect it’s actually an emergency congregation point. which is also how some people think of God.
police are scouring the area
a large scourer or perhaps it’s an astro turf divert from a roof top london golf course.
firemen
at what point in life do you not get excited when fire engines come whizzing down your street ? it’s the noise and the colours. red fire engines and yellow hats look so good together.
the gates were closed
the gates were closed so i knocked on the door. thank fully there was no one in so i didn’t need to explain that i was just taking their sign literally.
or perhaps the joke was on me as there was some fantastic prize for the first person to follow the random street instructions.
we are programmed to obey orders. especially when they are written in such flambouyant handwriting
techno town
come to london where the street are paved with CDburning software.
undercover police bike ?
this bike as a long tube sticking up in the air on its rack at the back. it reminds me of one of those kids training bikes with a handle on the back. or a dodgem car. perhaps bikes are powered by overhead electricity lines in these modern days.
or maybe it’s an undercover police bike and the tube conceals the various aerials and communication paraphanalia [no ‘e’s for me].
outside laundrette
here is a washing machine outside a laundrette. business is growing at a greater rate than their accomodation. they should put up some rotary washing lines instead of the electronic driers.
tank chasing monkey
this might be my favouritistest sign of all time. it made me smile for days. it’s a tank chasing a monkey (thanks to jane for doing some fantastic driving to allow me to get out the car and take this photo):
but who would really win such a battle ? having had our car eaten by a monkey i could understand why things had changed by the time we reached the next roundabout:
here are some more monkeyless tank signs:
it appears we know the enemy is tracking our tanks.
SNAP !
people like order amongst chaos.
i was delighted to see two blue ford focus estate cars parked next to each in a massive empty car park. SNAP !
arrows on sticks pointing upwards
this way to the sky.
more swanage (and a fox)
this ball is a glove showing the British Empire (as was):
a few metres away from this point was a really tame (wild) fox:
it even stood still so we could get a nice photo.
swanage library
maritime architecture is a fantastic thing. i love looking at buildings near the sea. curved corners seem to be the main feature. absolutely no right angles please.
i was therefore delighted to see this ‘modern’ building in swanage (a british seaside town). it’s quite something.
