Pictures

[beagle]

Pity the one on the motor bike is hidden by the tree.

[Sibling DavidH]

You mean Steer McQueen? 

[beagle]

Yep. On the run from the cowmmandant.

[Pachyderm]

Aren't we a witty bunch, to get in so many moo-vie references?






Sorry....

[Sibling DavidH]

I never herd a worse lot of puns.  Somebody, give us anudder one.

Swatopluk, du mußt dir jetzt Moohe geben, einen deutschsprachigen Kuhlauer zu finden.

[Swatopluk]

Es schreit der Lagerchef im Wahn:
"Alles leer wo gestern Rinder war'n"
Ruft (110) bei den Bullen an:
"Schaft mir die Viecher wieder ran!"
Bellt Hasso (Chef der Polizei):
"Die Hühner sattelt 1,2,3!
Wir könn'n sie sicher noch einholen
bevor die Schweine sind in Polen."
Gans will die Sach' jedoch nicht klappen
Am Ent' gehn 3 ihm durch die Lappen.
Auf Schusters Rappen kehrt man heim
(und schifft nach Kuhweid schnell sich ein)

(OK, the first one is a rather inexpertly stolen idea from Max Raabe)

[Sibling DavidH]

More types of animals!  This could get out of hand!
'Schaft mir die Viecher wieder ran', indeed. I dunno...

[Sibling DavidH]

This one was taken by another of our learning-difficulties participants.

[beagle]

Saw a book once of all the Green Man carvings (amongst various other gargoyles) carved into British religious buildings. Nice to know the stonemasons kept the old ways going against the modern stuff.

[Sibling DavidH]

Yes, that's the west door of  Leominster Priory, a famous green-man place.  Did you recognise it?

[beagle]

No, just assumed it was a religious building from the architecture.  You could have fooled me with a picture of an old college building, but then most of those were religious until they they fell into disrepute...

There's a carving just like it at our own dear monastery (turn left at the Hall of Bright Carvings, carry on past the Den of Iniquity and Observatory for Studying Worms, and it's above the dustbins near the bowling alley). It always reminds me of Alistair Darling.

Leominster looks interesting. I see they had the last active ducking stool. (the feminists here made us take ours out, though strangely the stocks remain).

[Sibling DavidH]

This is yer actual ducking stool, taken by the same disabled man on the same day.

I shall make a point of visiting the carvings you mention.

[Swatopluk]

Interesting that the placard at the left is printed in a font that's stereotypical for Western movies (e.g. on Wanted - Dead or not alive posters) .

[Sibling DavidH]

It is, isn't it!  It's 19th century, but I can't remember if the 1809 is the actual date it was printed.  It may refer to something else.

[beagle]

Our ancestors had such a genius for entertainments. Sad to think we're now reduced to Big Brother and z-list celebrities eating other z-list celebrities.