Bits 'n' Whatever

The potential sight not to be missed was the row of five- and six-year old girls at one end of a line of kids practising their bows--all with one or more missing teeth. Except, of course, several of them gurned* rather than smiled.

The Regency House Party finished. We're still pulling together thoughts about it.

And, in the words of Suzanne Vega, "The battle/ continued on". And on. Watching Dracula 2000 (again) last night, we realised we'd rather be facing up to the big blood suckers.

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*Not worthy of inclusion in the OED. Ha!

And meanwhile...

when Brain Patten wrote "I've found a small dragon in the woodshed" we're not sure he meant like this.

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I've found a small Drache in the garage.
Think it must have come from the Kaiser's collection
because it's damp and gold and memories
of Rhinemaidens pool its eyes

I fed it on many things, tried Sauerkraut,
Bratwurst, shredded rejection slips,
but it hissed at me about its need
for royalties I cannot provide

It swam around its narrow bowl,
Sealed, unlike a goldfish's,
it is out of the limelight here
and is hungry for fame

If you believed in me I would have sent post haste
My manusript to your house to let you publish my oeuvre
but I want instead my hoax
to sell you more copies.

Oops!

Free to a Good Home

Last year's, and hence not all that out-of-date, National Trust Handbook. We have a new one and, for once, the desire to keep a complete chronological collection of such items has not kicked in. So if you know of any folk who aren't members but might like to make use of the information, we could pass the old copy on.