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Hirundo rustica

I was quite pleased to even catch this lovely Swallow, as it skimmed the Water of Leith with my compact digicam, so fast was it hunting. Clicking on the pic will zoom in, so you can see its characteristic red patch, deep blue body and long streamers.

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A doctor joke

Patient: “Good morning Doctor, I have a terrible problem with wind. I seem always to be farting – although in one way I’m lucky, my farts don’t smell and they’re always silent. You may not have realised it but I’ve actually farted at least 20 times since I’ve been in your surgery.”

Doctor: “I see, [...]

Pointless

So thousands of bikers rode from Kinross to Edinburgh to protest at the increases in petrol prices. Seems self-defeating to my mind.

Wendy

So Wendy has decided to resign. She accepted donations, checked whether she had to declare them with the civil servants, they said “No,” she didn’t declare them but was later told she should have and then did. As a punishment, she’s been barred from Parliament for ONE WHOLE DAY. That’s a slap on the [...]

Nerd

The internet

I was taught that it’s good English to use one word in place of two and that wherever possible one should employ terminology in it’s precise context.

Therefore, people who use such fey terms as “the interweb” and “t’internet” when the mean “the internet” are, precisely, cock-sucking, ass-wiped, small dicked, mother-fuckers. They are also, in [...]

Spot the pussy…

Women on buses #2

I was on the 22 going up town. As the bus drew up to a stop, I happened to glance out of the window at a striking, amazonian-statured, be-jeaned and callipygian (look it up) blonde. Luckily she sat next to me. Unfortunately so did her friend. Why is the friend always a moose?

Anyway Blondie [...]