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breakfast with russel
i had breakfast with russell yesterday before i went to a conference. here he is looking at a photo he took of me taking a photo.
and here's his polaroid pin hole of a don't walk on the grass sign
water can get very hot
up to 100% in standard atmospheric pressure if i remember correctly.
belfast bingo
this bingo hall looked so fantastic
i even went in to see if i could play. the woman behind the counter thought i was mad and looked a bit suspicious as i was wearing my big camera.
in the end i didn't play as i would have had to be in there for 2 hours. and i thought that on my own the fun might run out after 10 mins. now, if i'd taken you all with me it would have been much more fun !
wheel clamps in operation
wheel clamps in operation, wind breakers, gifts, beach toys
welsh thinking sign
there are some good signs on this board, but the one below was the best. no thinking.
your the best
this cake was on display in Tesco's for weeks before it was removed. Your the best at spelling and p'unctuation. like me am.
death in service
poor chap. he had everything to live for. although his stance was often aggressive
babbacombe model village
so to celebrate the fact i've finally got round to posting them, here's a day dedicated to them
the place is just amazing. you could easily spend half a day there.
it's just great !
the attention to detail is spot on
and there's always something to spot wherever you look like this car shop of movie cars
through to natural blending in with created (real trees in the background in the distance)
and annoying things like roadworks outside the holiday village
or confused toilet visitors
and nudists (that'll cause havoc with your google ads, sorry!)
and who's this ? it's hairy hat man, my favourite letter shaped character
great to see a line of bollards
and a traffic disaster
the sense of humour even extends to the toilet sign (which was full sized - actually the sign and toilets were full sized)
they were building an olympic stadium for 2012
signage to hel
and this brilliant load of runners containing various characters.
and on the subject of comedy characters ...
in the "world of favourite characters" they had this Matrix recreation which contained a no-dogs sign.
what a brilliant place. go and visit. now.
polish statue people on roofs
we've all seen that doctor who episode and know what can happen
and now she's gone
i walked past this yesterday and noticed she's been replaced with a plastic 80s disaster which is a shame. this photo was from september but i never got round to posting it.
the strange things on her belly are to stop pigeons landing on it. works for beer bellies too apparently.
still autumn
leaves are good.
what does this mean ?
wheelchair users will be lifted up by machines and put on to a higher path ? is it a platform game like this one Esther plays a lot
found man
absolutely ages ago, our friend gill gave me this passport photo she found and stuck on her fridge for my davescollections website. i daren't update that website at the moment for fear of breaking it (like funkypancake) so it'll just have to be here for now.
dangly man
one minute this man was walking along with some young people. the next he ran off to the side and dangled from this tree. people can't help themselves can they.
london at its best
this chap in the parker was acting very randomly by the horse guard near, er, horseguard's parade. the poor guard was looking a bit freaked out.
luckily mr parker had brought a selection of old lady shopping trollies with him. it took me back to my younger days when i would do something like this for hours on end for no apparent reason. oh happy days.
shorely not
shorley sent me this classic no loo-ing sign from amsterdam. excellent stuff.
funky builder
brother edd sent me this. very funky. i think he's chopped his feet off though.
priceless shoes
this shop sells price less shoes which is bound to cause some customer confusion. i assume the shoes aren't free, just not marked up properly. "how much are these" would be a common cry.
please remove droppings after use
this would make a great sign for anyone's toilet
nearly empty
after a year and a quarter of car commuting i think i consider it my main method of transport which is a real shame as i'm a dedicated walker. according to my statistics i walk on average 63km / week.
last week was a particularly car intensive week and i only walked 24km which is the lowest since i started recording my walking distances every day on the 2nd February 2004. Since then i've walked 15,460,260km.
anyway, i don't like filling my car up with petrol as it's a waste of time. my car has one of those displays that tells you how far you've got left petrol-wise. mine said i had 50 miles to go on monday morning and seeing as my commute was less than 30 miles, and there was a petrol station near my office, i thought i'd be ok. but i hadn't allowed for the fact that the display may lie.
so as i drove my 30 miles, the distance to empty meter dropped quicker and quicker, and when i got to the petrol station i only had 6 miles to go. i then spent over 50 of our earth pounds filling it back up again.
how exciting was that story ? funkypancake is getting more like a regular blog, and for that i can only apologise.
last week was a particularly car intensive week and i only walked 24km which is the lowest since i started recording my walking distances every day on the 2nd February 2004. Since then i've walked 15,460,260km.
anyway, i don't like filling my car up with petrol as it's a waste of time. my car has one of those displays that tells you how far you've got left petrol-wise. mine said i had 50 miles to go on monday morning and seeing as my commute was less than 30 miles, and there was a petrol station near my office, i thought i'd be ok. but i hadn't allowed for the fact that the display may lie.
so as i drove my 30 miles, the distance to empty meter dropped quicker and quicker, and when i got to the petrol station i only had 6 miles to go. i then spent over 50 of our earth pounds filling it back up again.
how exciting was that story ? funkypancake is getting more like a regular blog, and for that i can only apologise.
cleopatra's needle
well done to exiles in ny for correctly identifying the sphinx thing (a sphinx says what?). they are next to cleopatra's needle
i think i blew the blue
tate modern spider
the lovely big spider outside tate modern
guess the landmark
i think this is probably quite easy, but can you guess the london landmark ?
vanishing lake
it was a bit there when i saw it. it's at Loughareerma and has a reason for its strange appearance and disappearance. see here for details.
the umbrellas of belfast
the irish people i met were proud of their drizzly windy weather so i assume these brollies were abandoned with glee
strange beer head
i thought i must have drunk too much when i started seeing the top of my beer turning in to a blobby cloud. so i took a picture to check later, and it really did look like this.
ben plays rummikub
we've played a lot of rummikub this year. it really is a classic game for all the family. top xmas present tip for you perhaps ?
here's ben from church and two pointy fingers.
here's ben from church and two pointy fingers.
minnie the horse
minnie the horse is moving to a new stable, so the girls won't be seeing her for a while.
they pursuaded me to join them and take some photos for remembery.
you can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead. apparently.
comedy fishy hat man
tourists clothing. great stuff.
dinner with the vicar
jane and i went out for a lovely meal at the rectory last night. we so rarely get to go out together so it was great. and the food was most excellent too.
the best shop in the world ?
this shop was in bushmills in northern ireland. it looked good from the other side of the street.
so we crossed over and had a good look.
i've got a mug like that (the one on the left).
it reminded me of bagpuss. if you look carefully in this picture you can see me and backpacker jess
