Am howling my eyes out as they Xxxxx xx xxxxxx Xx xx x Xxx xxx in Torchwood.
*sob*
Bastards.
It's Cheer Up Day and Swimming Pool Day.
Combine the two and make those emo kids smile, damn it, while they learn to swim in a hurry.
Or chuck the Torchwood scriptwriters and Russell T. Davies in the deep end for tormenting us like this.
It's National Diabetes Week 12th - 18th July.
That might explain why doing a Tim Tam Slam with double choc bikkies in hot chocolate isn't really on any diet sheet.
And why my pancreas tried digging its way out of my body with a blunt spoon.
1302 Battle of The Golden Spurs.
No, sadly it was not a wild sex orgy wrestling match involving whips, bridles and spurs.
*sigh*
Never mind, have a boiled lolly instead....
1836 Thomas Petty - not the future singer of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, sorry - opened his fine grog shop Petty's Hotel in York Street in Sydney.
1877 Kiwi Kate Edger was a ballsy gal who was the first female to gain a Uni degree in NZ and was the first chickybabe in the entire Brit Empire to get a BA.
Read more about this trail blazer HERE.
1920 Englishman Charles Stephens tied himself to an anvil within his wooden barrel as ballast just before he pitched himself over Niagara Falls.
His right arm was the only thing that was found within the barrel afterwards.
Ooey gooey was a worm....
1977 Brit mag Gay News was slapped with a £1,000 fine for having the gall to publish a poem that dared *outraged sniff and flaring of the nostrils* to suggest that Jesus Christ may have been gay!
Hey, the bloke mucked around with all these other blokes in dresses in a bois only boys only club, his teen years are vague and most telling of all - he had long hair and a beard!!!
2008 Pope Benny da 16th rocked up to Sydney for World Yoof Day.
Isn't that like leaving the tiger in charge of the meat locker...?
*yes, the fires are tickling my tootsies as I type*
Yes, here is the gangrenous penis of the post title, just to remind us that our lives really are Beautiful.
HERE.
And if you look really, really closely....
For all your geography needs I give you..........
Did you remember to watch Ned Kelly Uncovered?
Would have been a rude awakening for the poor sod had he really been uncovered...somewhat akin to Captain Jack in Torchwood regenerating all nekkid and handcuffed and in full view...and nekkid...without clothes....nekkid....full frontal....handcuffed....did I mention he was without any covering?
1040 Speaking of nekkid.... Lady Godiva traipsed her nekkid form on horseback throughout the town of Coventry where all the good folk averted their eyes as a protest to her hubby's increased taxes.
Smart lass to choose the height of the British Summer to pull this stunt!
Has anyone noticed the tennis balls in the new Kit Kat ad - the ones the bloke spits out of his mouth like a tennis machine - are smaller than usual tennis balls?
I think that says a lot for men and their ball sports....
1864 Sir Austin Chapman - saddler, publican, storekeeper, investor, politician and auctioneer - was born in the illustrious town of ....drumroll....Bong Bong.
Go on, it's safe to click on the link, you won't have to inhale.
Muddy Waterholes - such an address brings drear images to ones mind; could one state their home town without calls of derision? No?
That might be the reason why it's now called Lethbridge, near Geelong in Victoria.
1869 The Old Duffer Rush ghostly occurrence took place near Young in NSW.
Go on, you know you want to click HERE to read more.
Don't go looking for Batman River to take a swim...in fact don't go swimming in the damn thing at all - better known these days as the upside down Yarra River.
1911 The Royal Australian Navy was formed on this day, with the day the fleet arrived in 1913 being declared a public holiday.... and if the navy is as buff and chiseled as those fine specimens on Sea Patrol they can form new chapters of the navy and have public holidays any day of the week if they so choose.
*waving hello to the ravishing readers from the Australian Defence Dept*
Should I be concerned that there is an actual online petition to get scenes of Captain Jack nekkid?
Or just smile, nod and add my name?
Yep, I thought you'd say that...
1967 Twas Decimal Currency Day in NZ when the coinage went decimal, when two dollars replaced 1 pound, when kids became "dollar scholars".
Awww, bless.
Now enjoy the Kiwi Decimal Currency Song HERE.
I don't think I need to point out that I highly doubt this Captain Jack action figure is anatomically correct.
His knees appear to be bending outwards at a painful angle...
1985 Owing to NZ and Greenpeace's protests over the French nuclear testing in the Pacific the Greenpeace ship The Rainbow Warrior was bombed in Auckland Harbour by French agents, which resulted in the death of one crew member.
More details HERE.
I love Australia and Australians.
I love the grass roots level of politics where they can either make a complete balls up or get things perfectly right.
Woke up this morning to hear that a small town's ban on bottled water went to the vote and the people spoke loud and clear ; the ban is official.
Which has over-flowed (if you'll pardon the pun) to the NSW State Govt banning bottled water in the govt depts.
And so they bloody should 'lead by example'.
Those bottles need bajillions of litres of water to produce in the first place - go buy yourself a re-fillable bottle and use the good old tap water if you've got potable water.
Another small council has jacked up the rates for pokies venues - good on 'em!
Pokies have wrecked the local live band scene, many pubs/clubs have taken to relying on the dosh from the pokies rather than making an effort to entice punters to eat a meal or - Goddess forbid - have a night out without having to share their space with blinking, screeching one armed bandits.
And that's not even mentioning the ruined lives from the gambling.
I vote for The Whitlams offer to Blow Up The Pokies.
In more exciting kitchen news - grab your frilly apron, Mavis - let's get down and dirty with a
Self Saucing Banananananananana Choc Hazelnut Pudding.
- Mash the buggery out of 4 bananas.
- Dump 1 cup of s/r flour into a mixing bowl with 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 1 teaspoon of bi carb of soda and mix.
- Then dribble in about 3 dessert spoons of that virginal oil, beat up 2 eggs and chuck 'em in then toss in the 'nanas.
- Mix, whip, beat till your hand turns blue, scrape it out into an oiled 3 litre casserole dish ( with matching lid).
- Scatter hazlenuts and chocolate chips willy-nilly over the top of the pudd.
- In a separate bowl drizzle as much Golden Syrup as your taste buds can handle, mix with 1/4 cup of brown sugar and 1 cup of boiling water, then pour it over the back of a spoon onto the pudd (this stops it from creating a hole in the pudd batter).
- Whack the lid on and bake for approx. 20-25 mins in a moderate oven.
- Serve hot with ice cream or cream or custard or just in its own sauce.
- Second and third helpings are fully allowed.
