There was a light drizzle over London this morning and brollies were up in force. It got me wondering, are the shorter members of society using their umbrellas in revenge for all those gigs and movies ruined by us lanky gits standing in front of them? I’d sympathise, but I quite like my eyes and […]
Riding my bike into work this morning down the old Kent road, I was stopped at the traffic lights, just as they were about to change. A sudden whistle grabs my attention and the rest of the ranked drivers and riders. We look right to see a police motorbike arrive with a sudden halt from […]
Abduction. It’s every parent’s nightmare, and probably more so now than at any time since Genghis Khan and his hordes were out raping, pillaging…and abducting. Though it’s debatable whether more children really are snatched nowadays, but you’d certainly think so from reading the papers. Madeleine, Holly and Jessica… The fear is palpable. Last week on […]
Here’s a packet of Japanese chocolate mushroom biscuits I was given a while back and have had lying around for ages. It features illustrations of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, aka Monkey! The front of the packet has the Tripitaka watching Monkey on his cloud, or rather performing the ‘cloud somersault’ – enjoying the delights […]
