tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68787965050937273202024-02-21T17:09:21.278+00:00King SeriousMaintaining a sense of balance and perspective against the backdrop of a world that may seem dark and deliriousOscar Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014714973673128506noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878796505093727320.post-21089264601342401212019-10-28T07:30:00.000+00:002019-10-28T07:30:07.624+00:00It Never Ends! – part i<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oscar Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014714973673128506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878796505093727320.post-20403264060330178542018-06-14T08:30:00.000+01:002018-06-14T08:30:04.548+01:00A Little Bit of Religion series (No. 37)Having a friend in Jesus can by trying at times. It's not that he doesn't mean well; it's just that, like all friends, having them around ALL THE TIME can be a bit annoying!
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It's never good to put all your eggs in one basket but this pair seem to fit nice and snugly! Post a comment when you spot what it is - and no cheating.<br />
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Seriouslyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04226759455897087977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878796505093727320.post-20715341406457997362016-04-13T00:30:00.000+01:002016-04-13T00:30:05.395+01:00It Always Pays to Ask Politely (well, sometimes anyway)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
As the title says, it always pays to ask politely: unless, that is, you make the mistake of asking a politician, public functionary, government official, in which event, brace yourself for an avalanche of wilful and bewildering ignorance.<br />
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Having said that, a letter received by Dublin schoolboy, in response to his own, addressed to Queen Elizabeth II of England, asking if she would consider returning the six counties of Northern Ireland to their brethren in the south ('cos, it's not like she plays with them anymore - does she?) exhibited unusual civility.<br />
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Given the date of the letter however, we're still not sure if it is not a belated April Fools Day prank. If it's political satire on the other hand, it certainly has a disarming effect.<br />
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Seriouslyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04226759455897087977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878796505093727320.post-9648706262859269192016-04-06T00:30:00.000+01:002016-04-06T12:37:45.272+01:00Britain! Britain! Britain!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Britain might seem a strange and confusing place to those whose knowledge is derived entirely from episodes of the popular TV series that stars David Walliams and Matt Lucas. It might surprise you therefore, to know that it is exactly like that, with much more besides.<br />
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Consider, for example, the geography of Britain, and the priceless gems that it throws up in the form of silly place names ...<br />
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... and, if you are confused by the diversity of spoken English accents to be found, we have this helpful guide:<br />
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Oscar Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014714973673128506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878796505093727320.post-35016246968017859852016-04-04T07:30:00.000+01:002016-04-04T17:37:12.091+01:00Jane Austen's Fight Club<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
An adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's <i>Fight Club</i> that seems to be just crying out for Helena Bonham Carter yet, strangely, she isn't in it. Maybe she wasn't available.<br />
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If all of that went over you head, please understand that 19th century customs and mores were rather different to what we have today. Therefore, we have enlisted the help of these people to explain Jane Austen to a 21st century audience.<br />
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We hope that you enjoyed these short features, finding them to be entertaining, whimsical yet relevant, with an underlying revisionist conceit. If you didn't, go turn on your television with your 150 channels: see if <i>Wayne's World</i> is showing on any of them.<br />
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Seriouslyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04226759455897087977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878796505093727320.post-71618851547846554202016-01-26T07:30:00.000+00:002016-04-03T11:33:36.095+01:00No Need to Lose the Head (this time!)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
At least this story has a happy ending, of a sort.<br />
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Seriouslyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04226759455897087977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878796505093727320.post-17737436688502537092015-11-09T07:30:00.000+00:002016-04-03T11:33:57.123+01:00Making the Cat's Laugh (and vice versa)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oscar Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014714973673128506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878796505093727320.post-82264081247482743372015-11-03T18:13:00.001+00:002016-04-03T11:34:20.290+01:00Always Look on the Bright Side of Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oscar Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014714973673128506noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878796505093727320.post-47944176123844523082015-04-29T14:59:00.000+01:002016-04-03T11:34:40.028+01:00Don't Park So Close to Me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Don't get mad, get even - then get mad. That's the way to keep yourself sane in today's modern, stressful world of cars and commuting. This kind lady or gentlemen even took the time and consideration to type it out. Though, if they fly off the handle that easily, we shudder to think what their handwriting might resemble.</div>
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Customer relations is looking more and more like a dying art in today's fast-driven world, where everyone is out to make a quick buck and patrons expect everything to be served to them on a plate. <i>Fast</i> has become the new <i>slow</i> and when it comes to daily sustenance requirements, people want it like, yesterday, not enough that the food which they are consuming is, in all likelihood, sending them to an early grave! They'll get to heaven before the rest of us, unless they are going to Hell, in which case they will probably have to form queue - it wouldn't be Hell otherwise, would it?<br />
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Evidence, albeit anecdotal, suggests that all this is putting a strain on the traditional customer/service provider dynamic.<br />
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A disgruntled driver makes his views known about a recent clampdown by Irish police on the use of mobile phones while driving. We understand that the driver was safely parked when these photographs were taken. Still, he makes his point!<br />
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Spiders that have discovered the benefits of a fish-based diet are the subject of a study by a Swiss-Australian team, which has recently come to public attention. Indeed, eight of the 109 known families of spiders around the world have been found to have the ability to catch and kill fish much bigger than them, by ambushing their prey and injecting them with a lethal venom.<br />
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It would seem that love knows no boundaries where the animal world is concerned, proving indeed that prejudice is for the primitive!<br />
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<i>Staff discovered the excess water when they arrived for work just after 7am. The venue had to close to the public until 2pm - meaning the first showing of Noah at 12.15pm had to be cancelled. </i></blockquote>
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<i>The film starring Russell Crowe is expected to become one of this season’s biggest blockbusters and opened across the country on Friday. It tells the story of Noah’s vision of Earth destroyed by a flood and he decides that The Creator wants him to build an ark to protect the world’s innocent animals. </i></blockquote>
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With the passing of famous child actress, Shirley Temple (later Shirley Temple Black), a rare cinematic curio has come to light.<br />
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According to <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2014/02/11/shirley_temple_black_the_awkwardness_of_her_baby_burlesk_films.html" target="_blank">Slate</a>, Temple's early films were Baby Burlesks shorts, which satirised popular movies of the day.<br />
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In the following Baby Burlesk, entitled <i>Kid in Africa</i>, Temple plays a missionary by the name of Madam Cradlebait, on a cannibal taming expedition in 'darkest Africa'. Whatever about the concerns raised that the film is 'uncomfortably racist', its very awkwardness provides an interesting glimpse into the early years of Hollywood.</div>
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<br />Seriouslyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04226759455897087977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878796505093727320.post-61146030855360861482014-02-03T07:30:00.000+00:002016-04-03T11:48:55.369+01:00Spanners in the Works<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The creator of this fascinating collection is an Australian by the name of John Piccoli. He lives in Boort area near Bendigo in Victoria. For how it all got started, read an <a href="http://rhsv.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Editor's%20choice%201.pdf" target="_blank"><i>Interview with 'The Spanner Man'</i></a> by Maureen Lucas.<br />
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Seriouslyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04226759455897087977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878796505093727320.post-37315025988005805882014-02-02T07:30:00.000+00:002016-04-03T11:49:29.619+01:00Hole in the Wall (or How Not to Rob a Bank)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Images of a failed bank heist that took place in a west of Ireland town.<br />
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Although the robbers succeeded in their bid to wrench the ATM from the wall that was holding it, they were apparently panicked by the rapid response of the local law enforcement personnel, forcing them to dump the stolen goods "unopened in a field 15 kms away", where the machine (an presumably the contents) were later recovered.<br />
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Also left behind at the scene was the mechanical digger used in the robbery bid. All of which might lead one to opine: Does crime really pay?<br />
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These dramatic pictures (courtesy of the BBC, lest any one of you may be doubting their authenticity) record the destruction wreaked when a large boulder became dislodged and smashed through a barn, narrowly missing a farmhouse in northern Italy. Another boulder stopped just short of the house. The house was occupied at the time but fortunately, no one was injured.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As this and the previous picture show, the rock not only missed the house, but also a car that was parked nearby</td></tr>
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Story of Amou Haji, an 80-year-old Iranian Man who, apparently, hasn't bathed in 60 years and also smokes animal poop. Luckily, we're not judgemental: we accept all sorts of weirdos on this website, as long as they bring us cheap laughs and keep our tired little minds titillated.<br />
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If reports are to believed, the pictures that follow tell the tale of a motorist in China, who chose to drive across a frozen river for the purpose of avoiding a motorway toll. A little dangerous and over-the-top, we are sure you will agree. Now if he was doing it to avoid traffic gridlock, it would be entirely understandable.<br />
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