A youngster tried to convince me recently that Paul McCartney is actually dead and who we see is a lookalike. Evidence for this startling claim included the registration plate of the VW Beetle on the cover of Abbey Road, which purportedly alludes to his death [having just looked I couldn't read it] and the fact that Mr. McCartney has no shoes on the LP cover as he strides across the Zebra crossing. Why being shoeless should denote deceasement is beyond me!
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Being an avid car booter and charity shopper and netter of second hand toys I am noticing increasingly that old batteries are simply left in toys! How inconvenient for the toy collector! Yep, leaky batteries have become the bane of my life of late. Is this a problem for you readers?
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I recently had a discussion with the Missus about a favourite biscuit from the past, the lemon puff. Basically a hard lemony cream filling sandwiched between two layers of puff pastry. Yes, it was almost a cake! My Missus said they were still around. I said definitely not. Any idea readers?
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I recently saw a youngster spitting. I realised that I'd not seen anything like it - the deliberate slow release of spittle towards the ground - since the Seventies when I was a young 'un. The stock in trade of tough kids back then, gobbin' as it was known was everywhere and you did well not to fall into a pool of thick mucus once you left the house! Do you remember kids spitting?
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Is it just me or have the films that Caroline Munro's Friday Night Cellar Club airs become obscurer? What happened to Hammer films? I find I've never heard of what's being shown now. Is it just me?
You'll find a biscuit very similar to the lemon puff in the Polish food section in your larger supermarket, one of my favourite biscuits as a kid too
ReplyDeleteReally! I'll have to check it out MJ.
DeleteConspiracy theories, leaky batteries, old biscuits, spittle and naff 'B' movies.
ReplyDeleteYou're really not selling the blog to me with this one Woodsy.
Geek Salad is a thread I've written for years Mish. Always off-piste small snippets. Sorry you don't like it. More usual stuff to follow.
DeleteI've got no problem whatsoever with obscure movies on The Cellar Club - the more obscure the better, in fact! However, the past few weeks seem to have been filled with dreary, unwatchable dross. I still live in hope of discovering a lost gem, though...
ReplyDeleteI've got no problem whatsoever with obscure movies on The Cellar Club - the more obscure the better, in fact! However, the past few weeks seem to have been filled with dreary, unwatchable dross. I still live in hope of discovering a lost gem, though...
DeleteYes, not much has taken my fancy of late on Cellar Club Paul. We live in hope don't we.
Deletethe problem with lemon Puffs is that if you put them in a biscuit tin with the other biscuits, they contaminate everything! I used to hate them as a kid, but quite enjoy them now. How tastes can change!
ReplyDeleteFunny story, my wife and I went to a restaurant with my parents and a jug of water was brought over with some sliced lemon, we all poured a glass only to find it tasted strongly of onions( obviously a mix up with knives) we complained about the water and were promised a fresh jug however when the waitress returned my father had necked the entire jug declaring it "Delicious!!"
DeleteMmmm. Onion water. I'll be ordering a jug as soon as I can Marky! Great story. Ha ha.
DeleteI don't recall lemon puffs affecting other bikkies. I know they were sticky!
DeleteJust joking Woodsy.
ReplyDeleteThis one did strike me as more gloomy than usual though.
I too don't mind the obscure horrors on the Cellar Club, by the way, as they give me a chance to see quite a few that I have never seen, which is a bit of a plus.
It's true I'm a little glum of late Mish. Maybe it shows. Work is a pain in the backside. I've applied for a four day week. If they agree I'll be a happier boy.
DeleteGood luck Woodsy.
ReplyDeleteI did a three day week on my last freelance job and, now I'm in my 60s, it was a big help.
Still not heard anything Mish! I told my boss I wanted it to start after the Easter break. Will the old bunny bring me my gift?
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