...just won't quit.....
Monday 31 December 2007
And Pharoah spake unto them....
..."So let it be written, so let it be done..." Archangel aka the Pharoah (Yul Brynner) The Ten Commandments (1956)
For a moment there, I thought....
...you were wearing a Torquay Boy's Grammar School tie, Cinderfella....but under magnification there's no stripe, so I'll let you off just this once!
Sunday 30 December 2007
Do you give up?
They've just blown up the safe in the Flyer (and Woodcock - for the second time) and shortly afterwards a second train approaches. It stops and a boxcar ramp goes down and about half a dozen already mounted deputies thunder off the train heading towards the gang.
Butch (Paul Newman) takes one look and utters the immortal: "Whatever they're sellin', I don't want it!"
Perfect timing, perfect delivery, perfect quote.
Did you watch it (again) ?
Yesterday: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Ranked number 50 in AFI's (American Film Institute) Greatest 100 Movies and ranked 59th out of the best 400 movie quotes of all time with the pathetic nominated: Butch: "Kid, the next time I say 'Let's go someplace like Bolivia', let's go someplace like Bolivia." Well, there were at least 20 quotes better than that one....but it also had (in my opinion) one of the greatest film quotes of all time, which amazingly has NEVER been even nominated/noticed by anyone......
Err, Admiral, I think we may...
...have done you an injustice by not shortlisting you for the best fancy dress....still not sure if it is naval or Napoleon! Pray enlighten us! Splendid turnout anyway...
A telling shot of....
...let me see....from left: Hi Di Hi, Forrest, Able Semen, Twiggy....yes, that's you Poacher with Gazunder and I'm watching that wandering hand very closely!
Probably the only known pic of...
...Teapot (second left...supersize stetson!) as he had to exito rapido tuxedo before things got a hoppin'....
Saturday 29 December 2007
If I remember rightly, it says....
..."Biggles flies with it undone..." Well, something like that anyway!
It's all a blur.....
....have you seen this one? From left: Poacher, Trucker, Lark's Vomit, Bluebird, Catflap, (obscured?) and Honeydew.
Friday 28 December 2007
Christmas Hash from mid 1980's
Kindly submitted by Winfield, the header picture was taken outside the Teignmouth Inn, Dawlish. Easily identified is Pottsie (bottom row - 2nd right) and Mad Melvin (slimline edition) far right. Back row in red and white stripes is Barnie.
Thursday 27 December 2007
Gotcha Migman! (centre)
But you did arrive rather late, didn't you? Apparently he made three (or four) extra pub stops before getting to the On Home.....John and Kerry are foreground and there's Hovel Annie on the right.
Peelow and Birdseye but....
...at last I've found one of Wickdipper...not from the back! (Far right)
Wednesday 26 December 2007
The more I see that outfit....
....Archangel, the funnier it looks! From l-r: Lark's Vomit, Archangel and Number 2.
BOXING DAY 2007
Pretty sure I can top any Christmas (so far) you may have had. The emergency doctor has called today (not for me) and fingers crossed all will be well. Suffice it to say that I have finished two courses of antibiotics for bronchitis /chest infection and still have made no improvement...next step for me is a chest x-ray.....and I'm the healthiest in the house. The sick looking after the very sick.
Just got back from walking the Cruisedog....covered a mile and a quarter in 38 minutes.....gasping for breath and covered in sweat with several coughing fits.
So if ANY of you out there are feeling miserable about the presents you didn't get, feeling hung over, or just dissatisfied with the Christmas you're having....thank your lucky stars you weren't me!
I'm a real moaner, aren't I?
Tuesday 25 December 2007
Monday 24 December 2007
Christmas Eve 2007
Just got back from last minute shopping in my local Lidl. Expected parking mayhem, empty shelves and cursing shoppers but...remarkably had a trouble free run. Seemed just like a normal day but I suspect it will hot up a bit later.
In case I don't see you until the New Year, I sincerely wish you all a happy, peaceful and above all, a healthy Christmas.....something we all take for granted until illness strikes.
Very sorry I have been unable to do any Christmas cards this year and thanks ever so much to those who gave me a card, hopefully things will be better next year.
Quite an eventful year and we will be looking back on some of the highlights (and even the lowlights) over the Christmas period. This will be mainly for my own amusement as I know you will all have better things to be doing! Updates for the New Year will be posted and please check in case there are last minute changes.
Sunday 23 December 2007
SOAPY OVERALL WINNER!
It was VERY close but it was the red suspender belt that just tipped the balance in Soapy's favour!
Archangel, you were SO close! Now if you had been wearing a red.....
I don't suppose you want to wait until ...
tomorrow, do you? You are all just like little children who can't possibly wait for Christmas morning, I really don't know what to do with you...
Okay, you win. There can only be ONE overall winner, no messing about with second, third or that rubbish. At EXACTLY 10 pm (15 mins time) the picture of the winner will appear as the header.
Go and make a cuppa and contain your excitement......
SHORTLISTED EQUAL 10th
Rearender (dancing with Cap'n Birdseye) alias Che Guevara.....'rrrrrrrrrrrr! (Boys, you know how to translate that!)
ONE LEFT BUT THERE'S A....
big argument going on over this last outfit....hang on while I join in the fight....
SHORTLISTED NUMBER 9
Duncan (2nd left). Was it Richard Gere (An Officer and a Gentleman 1982) or Tom Cruise (Top Gun 1986) ? Whichever or whatever it was Duncan, I wish I could have worn it 20 years ago....I'd have had to beat 'em off with a baseball bat! Classy outfit.
SHORTLISTED NUMBER 8
Fallen Woman. A very colourful schoolgirl uniform and the scarlet perfectly matched her undoubted naughtiness!
ONLY THREE SHORTLIST LEFT
But I have to have a quick cuppa....look at the time below, I'll be back shortly....
SHORTLISTED NUMBER 7
Gobbler (left) looked so pretty I could have wrapped her up and taken her home for Christmas, beautiful outfit.
SHORTLISTED 5 and 6
Bobbiball's Johnny Reb, we both know this was a semi professional choice Bobs, but it really suited you and your character well: "Are you gonna pull those pistols, or whistle Dixie?" (The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976). Numbnuts as the Cardinal, a quality outfit John and very striking too!
SHORTLISTED NUMBER 4
Archangel. Undoubtedly the funniest outfit of the evening, Archangel mate, it was absolutely fabulous and you got my vote anyway!
SHORTLISTED 2 and 3
Bubbles outfit was great for pub commuting but not quite so good for dancing (brewed up very quickly) and Soapy....well this was visually stunning and the attention to detail was flawless.
Well we've seen most of the costumes...
...now, so who was the best? Before you all start shouting and squabbling (as usual) I will stamp my authority on proceedings. A panel of three anonymous (so there will be no revenge attacks) judges will decide. But first, let's have a shortlist of contenders to whet your appetites....
Tomorrow at The Carpenter's Arms
Just to let you know that Rambo's called the pub and there will be food available for everyone tomorrow and there's no need for pre booking. Poacher is laying the last trail in 2007 and it's hoped you can attend notwithstanding the awkward proximity to Christmas.
If you like a lot of chocolate on...
...your biscuit, join our Club... (remember that one?) They don't make 'em like that any more.....
I've looked very closely, but...
..I just can't quite make out who it is far right? Melon Picker perhaps? Answers on a postcard....
Saturday 22 December 2007
I'm late, I know but I've been...
..watching Casino Royale (2006) and I spotted the: 'It was so good, we decided to copy it' bit. Three times we see Bond (Daniel Craig) appear running around a corner, very upright, arms scything in perfect symmetry as he sprints.... very nice....but copied! Where from? Easy, Terminator 2 Judgement Day (1991) the liquid metal man, T1000 (Robert Patrick). Trust me, I AM an expert....and they surelly wouldn't have expected to have been rumbled by anything other than a dyed in the wool, seen 'em all, cinema buff such as yours truly. I thank you very much.
And I've only had three cans, so I'm as stober as a sudge.
Friday 21 December 2007
Now that's what I call an air hostess...
...with the mostest! Soapy raised a few pulses in this very fetching little number....
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