Camouflage – A Hidden Art
I was talking to Hugh Grant the other day and we both agreed that being a celebrity can be hard, if it isn’t the Murdoch run newspapers trying to tap your phone, open you mail and go through your...
View ArticleWhat Have Sheep Got Against Trees?
The English countryside is a wonderful scenic place crammed full of open skies that kiss the horizon, fields, hedgerows, wildlife, odd villages with odder villagers inhabiting them (I may have...
View ArticleIt’s hot are you thirsty? Read she sign. Bet you aren’t now!
Pocari Sweat or as they say in Japan ポカリスエット Pokari Suetto is a great name for a soft drink isn’t it? I am surprised that the good folk at Red Bull didn’t snap that one up aren’t you then we could have...
View ArticlePlease explain this sign
Picture this, an English summer, a busybody or two organise a Fête, they book the vicar to open it when the local born TV celebrity backs out. Then someone steals the Tom bola prizes, but the Brits all...
View ArticleFrench to English, English to Gibberish
Translation is a difficult art and it is very easy to make all sorts of stupid mistakes even if you are the best translator in the world and an expert in both of the languages that you might be having...
View ArticleA naff Pageant?
The English like to think that they have some of the best history in the world and that alone should be enough to entice loads of tourists to spend far too much money visiting what is essentially a...
View ArticlePerfect English
The English aren’t ‘that’ proud of their language you only have to look who they have lent it to over the years to prove that, but as well as Indians and Americans mugging it, the English themselves do...
View ArticleBirthday Candles
I bought some birthday candles for my beloved Mrs. Cat’s birthday cake. As you can see they say “HAPPY BIPTHDAY” which is an interesting spelling of the very traditional message, if I may say so. The...
View ArticlePardon! Could you repeat that please?
Though I don’t necessarily know much about it or am expert at using it I do love the English language and it’s amazing utility. In the sign below the poor old English language is being hammered,...
View ArticleWhat do they say about giving idiots swords?
The answer is ‘DON’T’ Don’t under any circumstances give an idiot a sword or indeed any other weapon, but look what those bunch of monsters in Saudi Arabia have done! They have armed themselves and an...
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