How things change in a lifetime. Part 2

How things change in a lifetime. Part 2 Alarm Clocks

 Before going to bed one had to wind the alarm clock. Forget and it make not work through to the next morning. Tick-tock, tick-tock, the very sound draws stocked with muffling socks was invented. Time to screech into life. Ripping through cozy dreams and dragging us from the land of slumber. Hands unguided reaching out, trying to switch off the hideous bell. If all else fails, throw, flip or fling clock across the room. 

Now the never sleeping mobile phone waits next to our beds, Emitting waves of energy that gently fry our brains. The alarm beeps into action. Switching off delicately, for even in a sleepy state the mobile sits upon a pedestal that an alarm clock can never attain. The phone is saved from the throwing, pushing and dropping that was, and no doubt is, the everyday lot of the alarm clock. Times change.

 

 

PETER AND THE WOLF

MacBeth Movie

Beautiful cinematography and atmospheric music add to a classic tale, well told and well worth watching. Wonderful.

“By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.” 

 “Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.”

 William Shakespeare, MacBeth

Helloween - Power (1996)

The first rule of Thesaurus Club is you

The first rule of Thesaurus Club is you don't talk about, mention, speak of, discuss, cogitate  or chat about Thesaurus Club.

How things change in a lifetime. Part 1 Cheese

Cheese. How cheese changes? Cheese is cheese, is cheese, surely! Cheese when young was bought as a block. Purchased eagerly as a brick of cheese deliciousness. Said block had substance, solidity and a satisfying weight in your hand. The following  is submitted as a worthy example of such a piece of cheese. A lump of cheese that would have required a team of highly coordinated and strong mice to make off with. When slicing it a part would always crumble away. Thus a bit for the sandwich, aa taster for the diligent sandwich maker.

And what has happened? Cheese met the modified atmosphere packaging movement. Protect. Protect your cheese against dirty microbes. Which is strange as they are fundamental to the  making of said cheese. Even the cheese is made ready, as if for dummies.Go to the correct corner, you know, the one which has been prepared for us to pull. Open with the sound of adhesive succumbing to the might of your pressure as the cover is retracted. And there we have it. A slice, yes its already sliced so you don't haave to think again. Simply plop the slightly sweaty, limp slice on your bread. Sandwich ready.

And now we have a plethora of terminology to accompany our cheese. Sliced Cheese packaging in flow pack wrapper (HFFS) in Modified Atmosphere (MAP) using BDF Shrink Barrier Fil. And on, and on it goes. Cheese in a lifetime.

Mozart The Magic Flute Queen of the Night Aria

Extait Opéra La Traviata

Thoughts and prayers for the people of Paris

Thoughts and prayers for the people of Paris and those from around the world caught up and victim to this terrible tragedy.

Personally, I don't take offense. Fence thieves will take a fence, though.

Personally, I don't take offense. Fence thieves will take a fence, though.

A Politician rang up the "self help" line and said "I'm fed up

A Politician rang up the "self help" line and said "I'm fed up with my life and am going to kill myself".

The operator said "where are you?''

The politician said "I am on the train track under the bridge" 

The operator repiled "please stay on the line".

The NSA: a government organization that actually listens to you!

The NSA: a government organization that actually listens to you!

Photon humour

A photon walks into a hotel. 

The desk clerk says, "Welcome to our hotel. Can we help you with your luggage?" 

The photon says, "No thanks, I'm traveling light."

You are the rose to which the bee flies.

You are the rose to which the bee flies.

You are the tree that shades the weary.

You are the sun, so bright you shine, making everything fine.

You make sense of all in my eyes.

You bring reality to that deemed divine.

Uriah Heep - Come Back To Me (lyrics)

Remember, Remember the 5th of November

VW

VW see no evil

VW Costumes Day

Why did the scarecrow get promoted?

Q: Why did the scarecrow get promoted? 

A: Because he was outstanding in his field.

“Grandpa, do you mind if I play my new harmonica in here?”

“Grandpa, do you mind if I play my new harmonica in here?” asked little Phil.

“Of course not, Phil. I love music. In fact, when your grandma and I were young, music saved my life. “What happened?” ask Phil. Well, it was during the famous Johnstown flood. The dam broke and when the water hit our house it knocked it right off the foundation. Grandma got on the dining room table and floated out safely.”

“How about you?” “Me? I accompanied her on the piano!”

An aspiring actor calls his agent from the set

An aspiring actor calls his agent from the set of his first film. He is playing the lead role for the first time in his career. 

“How’s it going?” the agent asks. “It’s amazing!” the actor gushes. “The director told me that my performance is making him consider two films with me.” “Two?” he agent replies. 

“Yeah,” the actor says, “my first and my last.”