Our days pass as fast
as the water of the river
or the wind of the desert.
But there are two days that
do not interest me: yesterday
and tomorrow.
Tr: Edward Fitzgerald.
The View from the Gutter. (17)
THAT’S ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. (54)
‘ When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation) , sleep , eating and swilling , buttoning and unbuttoning – how much remains of downright existence? The summer of a dormouse.’
BYRON, Journals.
SOUTH OF THE RIVER. (15)
OLD GEEZER 1: Do you think the Chinese will take over snooker?
OLD GEEZER 2: Ding Junhui ; Superstar!
Wonder if they play crib?
Google it!
Nothing on playing the game but they make some lovely cribbage boards!
In the dark when it comes to Crib then.
Stephen King refers to cribbage players as the ‘initiated’.
Chinese in the dark about many things.
Like?
Tiananmen Square?
Unfair…. when we were in school we were taught that the British Empire was a ‘ civilising ‘ influence… but it was based on slavery…amongst other things.
Not to mention being the biggest drugs cartel the world has seen… invaded China to allow its Opium barons free access to the Chinese people.
The things we were told….. and believed!
I thought the Pope was actually sent by God…. he wasn’t human!
Sadly only too human… judging by the illegitimate offspring that resulted!
I believed that babies came out of a woman’s bellybutton!
I never did figure out why men have nipples?
Google it!
A DAY IN THE LIFE.(21/5/2019)
A DAY IN THE LIFE.(21/5/2019)
A DAY IN THE LIFE. (Drifting : Chania, Crete: 21/5/2019)
THAT’S ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. (53)
I’m an Atheist, thank God!
LUIS BUNUEL.
13/5/2019.
R.I.P. Doris Day.
THAT’S ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. (52)
Anger is an Energy.
JOHN LYDON.
