Pick me again
After yesterday’s entry – tulips in April – I’ve also added a second photo to the National Trust competition.
This one was taken on my recent holiday in Cornwall. What it shows is the beam of the working beam engine at Cornish Mines and Engines at Cambourne. In the periphery, modern day Cambourne can seen – built on the site of what used to be a major Cornish tin mine. The casting on the side of the beam and the traditional Cornish flag place let the viewer know exactly where they are, what they’re seeing and the history that comes with it.
As yesterday, if you like the image click here to vote.
Pick Me! Pick Me!
Thanks to Gareth for giving me the heads up on this one: the National Trust and the Sunday Times are running a photography competition and I’ve just entered one of my favourite NT snaps. If you like the picture, please take a moment to vote for me by following this link.
He said, she said…
He said: I don’t know why you wear a bra; you’ve got nothing to put in it.
She said: You wear pants don’t you?
He said: Shall we try swapping positions tonight?
She said: That’s a good idea. You stand by the ironing board while I sit on the sofa and fart!
He said: What have you been doing with all the grocery money I gave you?
She said: Turn sideways and look in the mirror!
He said: Why don’t women blink during foreplay?
She said: They don’t have time
He said: How many men does it take to change a roll of toilet paper?
She said: We don’t know; it has never happened.
She said: Why is it difficult to find men who are sensitive, caring and good-looking?
He said: They already have boyfriends.
He said: What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is every night?
She said: A widow.
He said: Why are married women heavier than single women?
She said: Single women come home, see what’s in the fridge and go to bed. Married women come home, see what’s in bed and go to the fridge.
Brief notes
1. Dickhead of the Week Award (this used to be a monthly award, but there are so many about these days) goes to… well, see if you can spot him in this clip from the BBC.
2. Apparently, this ad is supposed to make us all want to go out and buy lots of Microsoft products. Personally, I can’t see how one overly-paid, ham-acting American is going to convince anyone that Microsoft are all soft and cuddly after all. And Bill’s no better….
3. Have you tried Google Chrome yet? I haven’t because the Mac version isn’t available yet – even though they based it (at least in part) on WebKit, which is what underpins Safari – but its been the talk of the tech blog world all week. (Frankly, I’m getting a bit bored of it now, in the same way that I did with all the hoopla that surrounded the iPhone launch). Is it any good? Does it live up to the hype? How do you feel about Google taking over every aspect of your online life in the same way that Microsoft took over your desktop? Why do we, as users, seem to love it when Google does it and hate it when Microsoft does..
4. Is it just me or has Sarah Palin given her kids some really stupid ass names?
5. The McCann’s have apparently spent £1m trying to find missing daughter Madeleine. Kate McCann says “A child does not have a price”. Pity she didn’t have that opinion on the evening that she and her husband left their three children – the oldest of whom, Madeleine, was only three – alone while they went out for dinner with friends.
Brief notes
1. I’ve been talking this week with an old friend from school, and one of the subjects that came up was names and how we’d both not really liked ours for one reason or another. But having read this story, I can see that we got off easy. I mean, I thought Moon Unit, Fifi Trixibelle and Zowie were bad enough – but Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii? Come on, how stoned do you have to be to lump your daughter with a name like that?
2. The BPI has pressurised the Government into pressurising the major UK ISP’s to make it their problem to deal with illegal online file-sharing. So, if you’ve been sharing files illegally you might soon be getting a letter from your ISP to tell you to stop it. I’m not sure that I agree it is the ISP’s problem – what about the people that produce the software that make it possible?
3. It’s official; Max Moseley is not a Nazi. Son of a fascist, bad for motorsport in general and Formula One in particular, an embarrassment to his family, and £60,000 richer after the verdict – but not a Nazi.
4. Poor old David Cameron, Conservative leader and (in)famous cyclist. He’s had his bike stolen while out shopping. Wonder if it’s up on eBay yet?
5. Fans of Beaker should check out this clip. Priceless.
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