Another snippets post, dear reader...
- Sad news: The writer and co-creator of one of the UK's (and our) most beloved cartoons Danger Mouse, Brian Trueman has died aged 92. Here's the theme tune, by way of a trip down memory lane...
- Spanish dating news: A new TikTok-inspired craze has swept Spain - single people head to Mercadona supermarket between 7pm and 8pm, put an upside-down pineapple in their trolley and cruise the aisles looking for pick-ups. Been there, done that. Without the pineapple.
- Science news: Mobile phones do not contribute to brain cancer, according to a new scientific study for the World Health Organisation. Maybe twats will stop holding their damned phoned at right-angles to their face and use them properly now?
- Acting royalty news: Sir Ian "Serena" McKellen has quashed suggestions of retirement, and wants to play "Gandalf" again - "I'm not letting anyone else put on the pointy hat and beard if I can help it."
- And finally: A full-size Xmas tree was spotted on a street in Bromley. In August!
And the weather? Up and down like a whore's drawers.
First, first first first first first oh yeah!
ReplyDeleteNobody is worthier of the pointy hat than 'Serena', IMHO. He is the best thing about the LOTR movies - almost the exact image of what I'd always imagined Gandalf to look and sound like. Love the weather report - it's been the whores' drawers here too! XO
Yay!
DeleteI can't quite picture anyone but Serena as Gandalf either. He's such a fantastic actor...
We're having a typical "four seasons in one day" snap at the moment, after Sunday's sultry warmth, but hey ho - we should be used to it by now. This is Britain - an island in the Atlantic, on the same latitude as Newfoundland and Labrador, yet bathed in the Gulf Stream. We get every type of weather - and of course, can't stop talking about it! Jx
Agree, there can only be one true Gandalf on the silver screen. We love Danger Mouse here! We have it on DVD and our son enjoyed it too when he was younger.
ReplyDeleteOur weather had put us in the oven, then into the fridge and now we get reheated starting tomorrow. We also had a rare proper Thunderstorm about a week ago, that was something.
Danger Mouse was a brilliant show! Shame it, to, has had one of those "CGI makeovers", complete with (sigh) extra "diverse" characters. Why do they keep re-booting things these days?!
DeleteI'm sure your weather (being between the Pacific and the mountains) must be quite dramatic! Jx
Although I’d heard of Danger Mouse, I’d never actually seen him. l recently read about the upside-down pineapple. So subtle. I’m rarely there. I’ll be suspicious if SG comes home with a pineapple. I understand Ian McKellen said “They better be quick if they want me to play Gandalf again.”
ReplyDeleteHa! I can't imagine SG cruising the aisles of a Mercadona, tbh.
DeleteDanger Mouse was essential viewing - even though I was 18 when it started!
Serena is 85, so I suppose he has a point... Jx
Oh gods! I'm so much older than those of the pick-up tricks era. I think wearing lacy underskirts when doing shoulder throws to rock n roll hits was the closest I came...
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DeleteIn nineteen sixty-three
(which was rather late for me) -
Between the end of the "Chatterley" ban
And the Beatles' first LP.
- Philip Larkin
Jx
I used to live in Bromley! Always ahead of the times.
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I've never been. Probably never will, if they've got Xmas trees popping up all over the place! Jx
DeletePS Did you click the link to the real story?
I saw a news article about pineapple-aided dating and immediately thought of Geoff Tipps' mau-mau joke...
ReplyDeleteI followed the link. Who's Geoff? Why does he tell crap jokes?
DeleteYour the Danger Mouse to my Penfold.
ReplyDeleteWhere's me eye-patch?! Jx
DeleteThere is still a bejewelled eye-patch in a drawer somewhere
DeleteOf course. Jx
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