the emotional blackmailers handbook

Friday, September 26, 2008

sales talk

i had spotted these good old boys as i drove in to reigate, and was pleased to find a parking space for the truck close by

i hesitated to read the labels on all of the jars and the feller on the left decided to try his best shop-assistant's technique with the time-worn question, "can i help you, sir ?"

my mind wasn't really in focus, and it seems hard to make decisions when you are at the end of a week of very early mornings, so i sheepishly replied, "i think i need a brain transplant"

"ah !" sez he, with a jolly smirk, "i'm sure our honey would be the ideal medium in which to condition and re-invigorate the donor's newly-extracted brain before attachment to the recipient !"

tony charles

tony left the company today after twelve years

i asked if he had any parting message for his "viewers"

his answer was, "peace and love, everyone !"

you can't say fairer than that

Thursday, September 25, 2008

george the third pretending to be in charge

the crimean war memorial ... but not all of it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War

a nice bit of street furniture

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

three beautiful things

i wave one hand at a portugese colleague across the yard and place the finger tips of the other hand behind my ear whilst rolling my eyes towards the nearby railway viaduct ... a faraway steam train can be heard labouring up the slope towards wandsworth road from the yards besides the grosvenor bridge near battersea power station ... and then the billowing white plume of steam appears on high like a volcano in motion, followed by a momentary glimpse of the locomotive and some pullman carriages which instantly vanish again behind high warehouses

curtains of windswept drizzle sweeping across a luscious clearing in a wood whilst the sycamore leaves are fringed with raindrops

a brief text from the loved one at dawn which lists the appetizing menu for this evening's meal