Archive for June, 2008

Hirundo rustica

Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Birds | 1 Comment »

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 ... Read more..

A doctor joke

Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Humour | 4 Comments »

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 ... Read more..

Pointless

Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in Rants | 1 Comment »

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

Wendy

Saturday, June 28th, 2008 Posted in Politics | 3 Comments »

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 ... Read more..

Nerd

Saturday, June 28th, 2008 Posted in Humour, Tech Stuff | No Comments »

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The internet

Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Rants, Tech Stuff | No Comments »

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 ... Read more..

Spot the pussy…

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Humour, Photos | 2 Comments »

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Women on buses #2

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Rants | No Comments »

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 ... Read more..