Great Bookshops

In my travels this last week I've
discovered several new (for me)
second hand bookshops
I found three in Lincoln - sadly the most interesting is
closed on a Wednesday
the best one though was in Carlisle
called Bookcase it's about the size of
Waterstones on Deansgate
in Manchester
and is packed full
of used books

I'll be back
to all of them

Fish 'n' Chips

"Some things in their natural state have the most vivid colours" - Willow in The Wicker Man
But what about peas?
Why would anyone want to add food colouring to mushy peas?
I didn't even know you could get food safe day glow green
It didn't spoil the meal
just a shirt
bring back the traditional fish and chip shops
that's what I say
battered sausages
steamed puddings
batter bits
but certainly no Mars bars
I think I'm full of E numbers from the peas
it's not like it used to be
It'll be that E142 I bet
"soluble in water, but unstable in acid or alkaline solutions"
I put vinegar on them!

I'm dreading going to the toilet

let us never have fish and chips again from there
well not with peas anyhow

First class stupitity

Here's a free tip
never ask a Royal Mail worker
in Stoke-on-Trent
for directions

"Can you tell me how to get to the Town Hall please?"
"Sure. Down there, turn right and keep going. You can't miss it."
Yes I can you idiot because that's the Civic Hall and about a mile in the wrong direction.

Here's what should have happened.

"Can you tell me how to get to the Town Hall please?"
"Sure. Go up there to the mini roundabout and turn right. Keep going until you get to the Fire Station and then turn left and head straight across the duel carriageway. You can't miss it."

I was only forty-five minutes late for my meeting.

Arse.

Quote of the day

I'm really enjoying my bag

Rag and bone

I guess you have to look on the positive side
the scallies nicking the clothes
out of the re-cycle bin in Tescos
aren't mugging old ladies

We need more people like Robert

I was having a go on the BBC Manchester Blog
about people on trains and one guy in particular
who had his feet up on the seat
so today I'm sat on a train at one of those
table seats where you could be sat with mass murderers
or sweet shop owners or people on the wrong train (a story for another day)
the guy opposite me had his laptop open watching DVD
without headphones
I couldn't hear myself think or tut
above the effing blinding coming out of his tinny speakers
he got off at Derby

Earlier in the day I was sat next to Robert who was
an expert in law, politics and football because
"I reads the papers every day"

Letters

The thing about Scrabulous

on Facebook

is that it is so

addictive



Mmm - addictive

that three for the C...

A change of plan

Students
drinking diets cokes
fresh night air