Here it is: the next in the occasional series of posts on the subject of bogroll holders. Only two days ago, I came across a strange phenomenon. This time it was at our local, relatively posh, leisure centre. The loo in the female changing rooms upstairs has a LTRD which has, in the past, bitten [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Language'
What’s the point? Part 2 (or is it 3?)
January 26th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Britian · Language · Video · Whimsy
Life’s Clock
July 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The clock of life is wound but once And no man has the power To tell just where the hands will stop At late or early hour To lose one’s wealth is sad indeed To lose one’s health is more To lose one’s soul is such a loss As no man can restore The present [...]
Short hair day
January 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
My subject today, gentle reader, is shampoo. When I was a kid, we used to go to Germany to visit relatives every summer. This brought me into contact with the German language from an early age. Maybe it was that which engendered my interest in the way words are used, or maybe I inherited it [...]