Although they do seem to get by well enough without it, don't they? I suppose all those diphthong things make up for it.
Now, we will be returning to this theme, O Yes Indeed, just not yet. First I would like to reiterate that BOOJUM! avoids Religion, Politics or Current Affairs, except when your humble scribe can squeeze a bad pun out of them, or when they happen on his doorstep. As with Lidl in Royton. Art?
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| Ah me, look at that Stirling bomber, all ready to - oh, yeah, and the Lidl stuff, too |
"Why is that, Conrad?" I hear you question. "For, as a rival commercial organisation, they surely would be interested."
Why? Because the Lidl store is literally across the road from the Co-Op shop. Art?
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| Co-Op at corner |
Just out of morbid curiosity - for shopping does not appeal to your modest artisan as a leisure activity - I went in on Saturday and O! was it busy. But they had Kielbasa and Rollmops, so that made it okay.
How To Speak Cat: An Occasional Series
I think the non-verbal communication here is "Mine".
And if your modest artisan were to try and dispute ownership, this would become "Yes, Puny human?"
On The Other Hand -
This is probably the living definition of "Basking":
Although, were it to be rendered in Dog, it would probably be along the lines of "Those Wicked Neglectful Humans are neglecting me, wickedly, by not playing with me or allowing me to sit on their laps for eight hours straight life is so unfair ..." repeat ad infinitum.
"Archer: Double Deuce"
Let me preface this post with a warning: Archer, despite being a cartoon, is most eminently NOT suitable for children. NOT. Bear that in mind. It does, however, appeal to the Grand Guignol sense of humour in your humble scribe. Which is a posh way of saying both sick and weird. Just so you know, but you hopefully knew that already*.
What did we have today but a flashback episode focussing on Archer's elderly retainer, Woodhouse, set in the RFC of April 1917.
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| 667 Squadron out of Maranique, Captain Bigglesworth at left mid. |
They go about "twin Vickers" which is absolutely canon** as well, the air-cooled Vickers machine gun being a staple British weapon.
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| Thus |
The cartoon ends with Woodhouse walloping Archer unconscious with a Webley revolver, which again is canon - it was the standard-issue British army revolver in the First Unpleasantness, a massive bulky beast that was perfectly capable of bashing someone's head in if you ran out of bullets. Art?
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| The Webley Bludgeon. Well, not officially, but, still - |
Colour Conrad surprised. Imagine checking the alphabet and finding out that the letter "M" wasn't there. This is how your talented typist felt last night after watching "Castle Keep". Being either a perfectionist or a worrying obsessive, depending on which corner you're watching from, Conrad decided to go check this film out on the Internet Movie Firearms Database.
It wasn't there! Lest you doubt my word, here's the link:
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Main_Page
It wasn't there under either it's own title, nor that of Burt Lancaster, the big-name star. This isn't some obscure little low-budget arthouse independent either, it had a budget of $8 million, which was a substantial amount of cheese in 1969***.
Well, this give me carte blanche to go into detail about the weapons issues there are with this - what's that? We're already at count? Damn! Tomorrow, then, tomorrow.
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| <imagine the sound of two hand rubbing> |
* If you didn't - er - well - sorry.
** Do you see what I did there? Do you?
*** When it was made, not a date I simply picked at random. Just so we're clear.
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