Musings of an aging fan

I went to Gloucester airport and I got to go inna Vulcan and I saw a Javelin anna Meteor anna Hurricane anna E28 anna microlight and I got to go inna Vulcan again and I hadda cuppatea and a baconroll and then I came home again.



http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd262/wellinghall/Aeroplanes/Jet%20Age%20Museum%202012%2004%2009/

And then after dinner we went out to the pictures and we drove round and round the carpark but everyone had had the same idea so the carpark was full so we came home again and watched Passport to Pimlico on tellie and it was really good.

this is not the six word novel: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops #6
Customer: Ok, so you want this book?
Their daughter: Yes!
Customer: Peter Pan?
Their daughter: Yes, please. Because he can fly.
Customer: Yes, he can – he's very good at flying.
Their daughter: Why can't I fly?
Customer: Because of evolution, sweetheart.
http://jen-campbell.blogspot.com/2011/06/weird-things-customers-say-in-bookshops_29.html

Overheard in the Library
Clerk: Excuse me ma’am, you can’t bring your pet in the library.
Woman: But he’s my guide.
Clerk: Ma’am, he’s a chicken!
Woman: What? You don’t like chickens?!?
http://kiddys-playground.tressugar.com/Overheard-Library-1630470

Overheard in the Bookshop
Customer: I’m looking for a book, all I know is that it’s by a Scottish archaeologist who is on television
Bookshop Owner: Might it be this one, The History of Scotland, by Neil Oliver?
Customer: Oh, no, this was a much taller gentleman.
http://bethatwriter.blogspot.com/2011/06/overheard-in-bookshop-did-beatrix.html?spref=bl

Overheard in the Museum
From a seven-year old: "This place is like a church, but with inappropriate pictures!"
http://twitter.com/#!/overheardmuseum

Not always right: Funny and Stupid Customer Quotes
Me: “Can I help?”
Customer: “I want a refund on this instant barbecue. It’s no good.”
Me: “I’m sorry about that, sir. What’s the problem?”
Customer: “The picture on the front shows meat on the grill, but there’s no meat inside this box.”
(I am dumbfounded, but I don’t argue. The shop has a ‘no-quibble’ returns policy.)
Me: “Well, I can refund that for you sir. Do you have a receipt?”
(The customer hands over receipt.)
Me: “I can see you bought three of these barbecues, sir. Where are the other two?”
Customer: “At home in the freezer.”
http://notalwaysright.com/

A worried member of the public has forced Leicester City Council to admit it is unprepared for a zombie invasion.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-13713798

"Scattered around Clay Ashby’s work station in his new office in downtown Zeeland are a handful of garden gnomes in all shapes and sizes.

The 31-year-old entrepreneur sees a bit of himself in the diminutive Renaissance-era creatures, who were characterized by author J.R.R. Tolkien as the most technologically-minded of the elvish races."

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/feature/x432883385/Computer-repair-store-opens

I'm just going to put the kettle on - would anybody like a cup?

From a review of a monitor in this week's "Amateur Photographer":

"The 22in screen will fit on most computer desks, although bear in mind that it is bigger than the average 19in screen."

No, really? ;-)

ETA:
"We had a modified English breakfast back at Kymalton House: muesli, fruit, yogurt, toast, tea, scrambled eggs for Jeff, and poached eggs and baked beans for me."
http://smarkas.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/england-2010-day-3-oxford-blenheim-palace-and-travel-to-london/

Um, how is that an English breakfast?

[Poll #1511565]

(1) "They're also a lot less black and white than the traditional Tolkien elves ... "
http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm?loadfeature=3782&bhcp=1

Black and white. Yep, that's Tolkien's elves all over. So that must make Feanor, say, er ...

(2) "Inspired by Tolkien's book, Sleeping Beauty's castle, and an abandoned medieval town, a fairy tale garden in Texas would be just right for hobbits."

http://features.csmonitor.com/gardening/2009/12/01/a-fairy-tale-garden-for-a-hobbit/

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