no livery
i’ve noticed many of the dust carts i pass have had new liveries (paint jobs). this one hasn’t.
horse
shame about the blob
no houses on skis
helen (on the right here) sent me this which she claims means no houses on skis.
we’re due a cold winter this year which i’m actually quite looking forward to. i like a bit of cold (assuming i have a nice warm coat). (and hat).
washing machine
we can tell from the pipe connectors
bird flu
i’ll catch the armagedon zeitgeist by doing a post about bird flu. except this is simply another animal outside the glasses shop on tottenham court road. it seems they’ve stuck with the recent bird theme
i spotted this one from a restaurant where i was having a business lunch and kept an eye on it as i dinned. after i walked over to where it was standing and took this photo.
the bird itself looked a bit upset i thought (not to mention a bit beaten up), but then i noticed the crossed arms were built in and the hands were sticking randomly out. i took a leaflet and noticed that the hands were very nicely manicured and a lady’s voice said ‘thank you’ very politely.
it definately wasn’t the same person inside as before
survival of the fattest
plant bullying.
no hard hat no work
what a great motto. good enough to use as a blog subtitle for a bit i feel.
no biking or skating
look at this skaters amazing thumb !
pret whooping
i walked past pret on oxford street just before 7.30 when they were all being whooped up for the day by their leader. i was out in the cold rather than in with them being whooped, but i’m not a real whooping sort of guy so that was fine with me.
polite parking notice
i love this no parking sign. it says: “polite notice please do not park out side the gate otherwise ready for =clamp=”
and scribbled down the side it says “no fat people please” which i suspect was added later.
stand-ard bearer
here’s a posh chap carrying two music stands over his shoulder. it looks a bit like i’ve blocked his face out to protect his identity. perhaps that is actually how they do that face blocking out thing ?.
foggy
i walked from paddington to brick lane yesterday morning to give a presentation. it started off very dark (because i left home just after 5.30) and was very foggy.
then, it got really nice and sunny:
but as soon as i passed the barbican it went foggy and really cold again:
and it was still foggy at lunchtime (note the lack of top of natwest tower)
414
here’s 414. i also spotted 463 yesterday but i was getting some money out for my evening paper so didn’t catch it before it zoomed round the corner. my mistake. sorry.
