May Day, do you need rescuing from the Green Man?

It's curious how the same letters or words can mean such different things. Case in point: May Day means the first day of the fifth month or it's a distress signal.
Curious: inquisitive or strange.
Outstanding: fantastic or yet to be finished.
Stranger: more unusual or an unknown person.
Isn't context such a great thing?

2 bee con tin newt......

Apathy in the UK.

With wall to wall coverage of the elect and the elite saying how they'd change the country for the better, we know where we're living: "Electionland". Don't forget to pick up your rose tinted spectacles, salt cellar and dicta phone as you enter this fairy tale kingdom.
The rose tinted spectacles to see the future like the candidates. Maybe a Kaleidoscope would give a truer image.
The salt cellar so that you can quickly grab a pinch when trying to believe the whoppers that the would be Rt Hon or wannabe Right On is telling you.
The dicta phone to record all the what you want to hear promises and dictat that is being spouted forth and then you can replay it to yourself or the perpetrators in 4 or 5 year's time when you're playing broken pledge bingo when the latest monotonist manifesto is published.
Party political broadcasts ad nauseum; I'd rather no had seen 'em!
Is it any wonder that the largest swing in recent times has been towards apathy? With all these cons n roses, the public has no appetite for election!

Hybrid scran

We appear to be in the dawning of the age of miscellaneous; well in food nomenclature anyway. Recently I've heard of "DUFFINS", "CHEESE N BURGER" and various other misnomers, which I might list should they come to mind. I have noticed that instead of giving the new product a new name, the what some think of as zany but is probably just lazy option of a port manteau is de rigeur. The problem with this option is that would be copiers can use the discarded parts of each word and churn out "MUNUTS", "MOUGHNUTS" or other shodworthy monikers without breaching trademarks. I invite other examples of these hybrid/mongrel food names which have cropped up in recent times. For example "MOCKTAIL" has just come to mind.

Dèja food?

Has one seen this culinary delight before?

Boxing clever? Surely not.

Well, it has been some time since I put finger to keyboard and made the effort to post owt on this here blog. I would appear to have been living in exile from the so-called "blogisphere"(sp?).
I ain't no fan of the old Marquess of Queensbury rules, but a follower of sport in general. I see that there's gonna be a massive bout coming up between Pac-Man and Money. Now that is one freakish fight. If there were to be a real fight between manifestations of these entities,  I'd put my dosh on the pie chart shaped one chomping capitalism's bread and butter.
Now it's very apt that one of these pugilists goes under the moniker of Money as that is what this fight is all about. In the USA fight fans will have to fork out 100 bucks per household for the pleasure of watching 2 blokes knocking 10 bells out of each other. Contrast that with the UK where boxing nuts only need the considerably paltry sum of 20 quid. Knock me down with a feather! I never thought I'd see the day when SKY seem to be offering something which could be considered a bargain. Don't matter to me though, no way I'll be watching that nonsense!

Has it really been that long?

Good intentions and all that ... Well life just gets busy and complicated. I felt the urge to post some randomalia on this here page.

It felt about time that there was some homage to the White Duke AKA Davie Jones AKA David Bowie.

Here are some of my favourite Bowie cover versions. The further down you scroll the more off-kilter they get:

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8

I heard this version before I was aware it was a Bowie song. A quality track, make no mistake.

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8

I first heard/saw this on the Spanish TV news, they were biggin´ it up big time. All I can say for this boy is METHOD, he sure is keepin it real.

3. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xekni4_starman-the-krankies_music

I first became aware of this version, aptly, on the TV show room 101. It was not anyone´s choice to bung into room 101 but it was Nick Hancock/Paul Merton´s (add other presenter here if you so wish - I can´t remember which one it was) witty ditty at the end of the show. All I can say for these "boys" is SLIP-SHOD, they sure are keepin it (sur)real.

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGF5ROpjRAU

This ain´t a Bowie track but as there has been a "spacey" tip to some of the above tracks you´ve got to be digging a bit of this. Quality item.

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akNG_l5bOss

To stay contractually "on track" I punt in this one for anyone who fancies stumbling into town etc. Check to see if the lyrics are accurate, don´t blame me if not I just copy and pasted the link.

Until next time.

Signs incorporating English.

I don´t have all the material yet but I plan to upload here photos of shop signs, menus etc which incorporate English well, badly or to comic effect.

I need to get snapping the best examples. It is curious how English is incorporated into other language. An example that comes to mind is "Low Cost", it appears to be in vogue to whack that next to an offer or even a shop name just to show there is a good deal to be had in that establishment. In the UK "Low Cost" is usually just a synonym for Ryanair or Easyjet.

I better get snapping and uploading said images.

That´s all folks.