it’s not easy being a tea bag. you sit in the dark for ages and then you get thrown in to a pot or mug and have boiling water poured on you. then you get chucked in the bin.
this little tea bag is having a sit down on a bench and is nestling (pun intended) up to a kitkat wrapper.
train signs often seem to be broken. a row of monitors at paddington station had become inverted for no real reason.
good on ’em for daring to be different
after yesterday’s sighting, it’s obviously the right time of year for snuggling up and keeping warm.
here is another broken BT multimedia payphone thing. the colours are fantastic. it may be broken, but it looks good. there aren’t that many things/people you can say that about.
all those nasa/european satellite/rover things have so far only found empty houses on mars) but they haven’t found any people. that’s because they’ve all come to earth and have disguised themselves as traffic cones.
they all stand in long lines along roads in a neat martian order. of course, a few of them are showing their true colours:
here is a strange thing under a bridge. the first we saw of it was the flashing lights. and then the thumping music. it appeared to be some workmen chancers fixing a light with their van stereo on.
or was it a new mobile disco concept ? they drive round with cherry pickers with flashing lights on top and stop in dark places (like under a tunnel). For £5 they’ll lift you up in the basket and play dance music at you for half an hour.
Ideal for the office worker who can’t get out to discoteques in the evening because of commuting commitments but still would love to dance their funky stuff.
and also, since there is only space for one person in the basket, there’s less likely to be any inappropriate flirtery.
jane cooked hagis for tea as it’s rabbi burns night or something. just thought i’d share this delight with you.
ever suddenly discover your hand is dirty and you have no idea why ? i did last night. here is the evidence.
i see people everywhere. here is a plastic man protecting some bin bags and a man in the shape of a blob of paint. why do they look at me so ?
i walked down the street and picked a buttercup.
actually i picked a ‘butter up’.
i should have picked a buttock up but i didn’t see one.
i walked past this basement entrance and noticed green gunk oozing out the side of it. i suspect it’s just an insulating sealant of some kind. but what if it were evil terrorists planning an evil green gunge attack on the city of london ?
what if they’ve created a green gunge machine which works based on some self-sustaining chemical reaction and will produce enough goo to stick us all londoners to the streets ?
hopefully, once they see this they’ll realise i’m on to them and they’ll turn their evil machine off and we’ll all be saved.
so, if we haven’t all been glued to the floor by green gunge by tomorrow, you’ll know who to thank.
how often do we see this – buildings pulled down which are still connected to other ones. i love seeing them like this. it’s like someone has taken a knife and sliced the building in two. i once saw a building like this which had a lovely door, flowery wallpapered walls and even a clock above the fireplace which was still keeping time !
today it was a red room with a purple door. i hope there was a side onthe other side saying “don’t use this door”.
here is a multimedia pay phone displaying information about the National Lottery. it is beconing us to play. however, it’s also crashed thanks to Microsoft. But maybe this week’s numbers are hidden in the error message.
click on the picture to see the error message and decide for yourself. i won’t be held responsible if you waste your money on a ticket. unless you win, in which case i’d be interested in a small, but significant, share.
this is an odd object (an oddject). it’s by a building site which used to be an abattoir. here it was a long time ago. it’s a long white cycliner with a hook at the end.
i suspect Pete might know
here is a miracle i walked past this morning. it’s a pen (looks like an entry-level bic biro – one of my favourites) which is LEAKING COFFEE !
if this had been a statue of the virgin mary drinking milk, or a stone dripping blood this website would be syndicated around the world.
unfortunately i suspect this won’t catch the public’s imagination.
you may be interested to note the following additional features in this photo:
1) chewing gum (red blob top left)
2) cracked pavement (top left)
3) a melted dustbin (stuff that looks like wax on the bottom of the photo)
4) a few drops of rain
an action packed photo i’m sure you’ll agree.
here is someone’s old umberella. it has been stuck on a fence and the wind has stripped it’s wings bare. poor thing. so many words for such a funny thing.
it’s day 17 of the amazing hair growing cat.
The hair is definaltey thicker. I’ll give it one more week then chop it up !
click to inspect
here is herve inspecting the cat. i’ve posted little about it since last saturday, but it continues to grow. maybe some more photos will be coming in soon …
this whole office survival thing is going too far. i called the lift just now and it arrived full of tools. hammers, saws, power drills etc.
some lifts just have an emergency phone. but what were they thinking. i’m a danger to myself with my DIY (don’t injure yourself) skills.
I know i’m bad at DIY and so do you because i told you. I was therefore heartened to see this attempt to hang a picture in the restaurant we went to this evening.
click the picture for a big version to see:
a) a rawl plug with no screw in it to the left of the hanging picture
b) a highly protruding screw in the right place to the left of the hanging picture, suggesting the hole and rawl plug were too small for the screw eventually used
c) the extra (painted) nail in the wall above the picture
