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Friday 8 June 2007

Baby You Can (Help Me) Park My Car.


Park! the herald angels sing. Glory to the newborn excuse to fucking hog the best spaces.

...and another thing! I may have mentioned before that I hate supermarkets, money-grabbing, out-of-control, all-powerful, manipulative, capitalist bastards that they are. Well, Tescrosebury's and all the others have a policy which has hitherto escaped the wrath of Pither but which further fucks up my life, none the less - them and National Car Parks Ltd.
This piece of PC bollocks dreamed up by these shrink-wrapped retards and pay-on-exit eejuts has left me facing a 12-and-a-half-hour ordeal if I my local shops are closed and I need to stock up on something food-wise. Why? I'll tell you fucking why! "Mother and Child" parking bays, that's why!
They now account for the front rows of every bloody car park associated with supermarkets in this sodding country and so, not being blessed with children myself, I have to drive the three hours down to Devon to pick up my 80-year-old mother and then bring her all the way back up here if I am to stand any chance of getting a decent parking spot. Then, when I've bought the over-processed, "they-must-all-be-exactly-the-same-size", genetically-fucked-up, hermetically-sealed, nutritionless shite which passes for produce at these places, I have to endure another three-hour drag back down south to dump the ageing relative at the home before hauling ass back up to Pither Towers to eat the mass-farmed muck which fucks up my guts anyway but is the only thing available at the time.
What is wrong with this fucking country? It's like disabled parking bays. I happen to work for an outfit which helps disabled people and so I have nothing against this seemingly sensible aid. The trouble is, most of the so-called disabled people I see sprinting away from the cars in these bays and then returning carrying 19 bags of groceries unaided are not, I suspect, disabled at all!
"You're not fooling anyone you know, Mr Knievel."

Either that or the bulk of orange badges handed these days out have such mystical powers that they only bring on disabilities when the owners are going into their local benefits office!
Sod 'em! Parent and Child parking bays shall, henceforth, only be for the folk of Grantham.

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WEDNESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2007

SHORTS DON'T MATTER! 1. From the greatest programme ever made about association football, Barnstoneworth United FC manager Mr Dainty delivers one of the finest English soliloqiues of all time.......and afterwards, spare a thought for the club steward's wife Vera (YOU ONLY HAVE TO WATCH HALF OF THE CLIP!!).

Monday, 12 November 2007

Not everyone who agonises over their life is a painter. Some of us agonise because we're NOT painters.

....And On the Subject of Great Public Services

I know most of you have heard this marvellous song by those doctors who are the Amateur Transplants......but I think the video is a nice addition. P.S. If there are kids in the room I'd shuffle them out before hitting play.

...There's More

On the subject of those great doctors, here is their version of More Than Words which presents their challenging views on women outside Watford. The very-soon-to-be ex-Mrs Pither, coming from Cumbria, is a huge fan. Again, get those kids out of the room!

Leave Britney Alone, Ok!!!

Oh...........my............God!!!!! My heartfelt thanks go to BGT for this. I won't say much more, I don't need to. Mr Loony of Loonytown, USA (I think it's a bloke, anyway), says it all. I fear he may be wound too tight for.....well.....well for everywhere, really!

Tuesday, 18 September 2007.

I wish I'd sung this! For non-Americans, and with apologies to all the smart arses out there who already knew, the FCC is the Federal Communications Commission and it monitors TV and radio output in the States - a sort of broadcast police - while the EPA is the Yanks' so-called Environmental Protection Agency, a body which does exactly the opposite of what it says on the can. (P.S. We went to the same school, you know? Eric and me, that is, not George, Martha, Dick and Condoleeza and me. I don't think they went to school.) P.P.S. Please see below if you are I Like The View, Malc or Doris.

To Make You Laugh and Cry

I was listening to this on a Sunday, the very-soon-to-be ex-Mrs Pither is a Catholic, Tom Lehrer is one of my all-time heroes and this is one of his best.............no other reasons. On a more sombre note (and with thanks to Fish for coming up with this Woman's-Own-passes-the-time-in-the-dentist's-waiting-room nonsense), why not get a computer to tell you that you are a waste of space and your life is a sham of a mockery of a farce? Ok, it's from one of those poxy dating sites but...go on, take the test. You ain't got much to beat!!
This Is My Life, Rated
Life: 4.2
Mind: 4.1
Body: 2.7
Spirit: 8
Friends/Family: 1.6
Love: 0
Finance: 5.9
Take the Rate My Life Quiz
Apparently, in my case, "computer say 'no!'"

I First Saw This When I Was Little - And Loved It! I Hope That Explains a Few Things

Fuck, Fuckety, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck

It has been pointed out to me that, particularly for one whose profession is supposedly literary, my language is getting worse. My use of the "F" word is, I am told, far too prevalent and hence loses impact. To those who share this view I suggest you watch the following:

Tony Blair Isn't a Burglar - But If He Was.........

In the spirit of Gustav Holst's Jupiter and Manfred Mann's Earth Band, I feel like raising a smile today. The Big Green Thing alerted me to this and, for no other reason than to raise a smile on an otherwise crap Wednesday, I think it has to be shared. Grantham shall not have him - when he gets out of prison.

Life On The Edge - No Net.

I was wrong when I feared it might be a dull weekend, what with my pals being away, my soon-to-be ex-wife in rehab and only the dogs to play with. How wrong can a man be? This much fun must surely be illegal? Just click to see the japes and hoots I am having! Click again to see how things got REALLy exciting! Tomorrow we're going to chase pigeons.

The Good Old U.S. of A. - Guardians of Freedom and Democracy. Nothing to Be Scared of, Then?

Be honest........

IT'S THE QUIZ OF THE WEEK! JUST SCROLL DOWN AND HIT "FULL QUIZ".