My new car…….

Chess news rushed to you

From Chessalee and Chuckles: the World Chess Championships: After four games of the World Chess Championship match in Moscow, which began on Friday, Viswanathan Anand, the titleholder, and his challenger, Boris Gelfand, have been unable to make a dent in each other. All four games have been draws, and there has been little drama, as [...]

Desire

“Desire is a trap. Lustful desire makes pigs of people, and slaves of pigs. One single word makes possible all civilisation. It’s a small word, a magic word, yet it transforms, frees everyone. You must whisper it to yourself. The word is ‘no’.” [Monkey]

Friday quiz

Quiz 1 The lady shown on this headstone was portrayed in a film, name the film. 2 Name the actress who played. 3 What was the name of the area known as that they lived in.

Coiling cables

Works well for hanging ‘em high …

Friday quiz

Questions 1 Name of this stately home and which county is it in. 2 The name of the man who had this place built and where did his money come from. 3 Another stately home can be seen from the grounds, name the property and the county it’s in.

Aesthetics not entirely in the eye of the beholder

1.  This outfit is discussed below The BuzzFeed page on “68 Photos Of Badly Dressed Celebrities, Large Hats, And Drunk People At The Kentucky Derby” came my way and allow me to point certain things out before starting.

When you least expect it

Friday quiz

Questions 1 This is one of Britain’s less well known canals – name the canal. 2 The termination point is shown in the phot0 – name the termination point and the nearest town.

Poll on the three second food rule

07:57 Friday: This was in the nature of an experiment. Polldaddy doesn’t work properly at this site – it won’t embed in the sidebar, it won’t show comments, of which there are three and its poll appearance size won’t embed as it’s clicked on to do. It’s not counting votes at its site but is [...]

Stairsup stairsdown

Don’t try this at home

Bear with the opening words – it starts soon enough:

Like the ending of a 50s SF horror film

Actually sent by Chuckles as part of some shots of the Space Shuttle.

LOL time

Macheath: while the allegedly boracic* Wapping-based Baroness will return after the Queen’s Speech in May Woodsy: Google rate the Euro an “unsupported currency”. Martin Kelly: Seeing both Rangers Football Club and the Scottish National Party in such turmoil could almost make one think we are seeing could be called a ‘Scottish Spring’; like the Arab [...]

Cordwainers or cobblers?

XGS: A Cordwainer is someone who makes shoes. The distinction is that a Cobbler is someone who repairs shoes. Remember the information, as you will be able to impress your friends with that knowledge if you tuck it away, and use it at just the right time. The picture was taken in 1899 at a [...]

Wimmin distracting cyclists?

I came across this old photo, I think it gives a whole new thrust to the wimmin /bicycle combination:

Quick fix

If you’re at a loss on a Sunday, this might help:

Saturday quickie

Q: What do you get if you cross The Queen and Prince Philip? A: Killed in a tunnel.

Seattle

Now, this VFR map of Seattle – is it Billy Gates’ place, Amanda Knox’s hideout, the Tacoma coven of the Illuminati/Satanist Seattle chapter or what?  Who lives there? [H/T Chuckles/haiku]  

Friday quiz

This little boy is the son of seven times World Professional Sprint Champion Antonio Maspes, he is standing at the bottom of the banking of the most iconic velodrome in the world, it was host to ten new world attempts at one event all successful between 1935-1986, it is also a renowned rock venue having [...]

Doing our bit for office harmony

Sometimes, a little more smackdown is needed. Sometimes, one barrel is just not enough. Sometimes, you just need to unload a whole caseload of marshmallow justice on some office miscreant.

Friday quiz

Questions 1 There was a famous race for seaplanes between the wars, name the race. 2 Name the aircraft.

Card tricks

To brighten up your drab life

Quiz about Emily

And the question – what do all these actresses have in common? Obviously they have a nose, two ears and two eyes but we’re looking for something more interesting: Jessica Alba, to Elle magazine Rachel Bilson, to Playboy magazine Hilary Duff, to The London Telegraph Kirsten Dunst, to CrankyCritic.com Isla Fisher, to The Sydney Morning [...]

Friday quiz

Concentrate on the dog please

Easter feaster

For light relief, some eggs and wine -

Friday quiz

These bronze doors are probably the most famous in the world, but some answers on lesser known facts on them please. Question 1 Which building do they belong to. 2 Who designed them. 3 A very famous artist of the time gave them a name, who was the artist and what did he call them.

I’m just a gift to the women of this world

Yes, Sam, when you wrote that women hate you because you’re beautiful, I knew just what you meant.  After all, here’s my song: Responsibility sits so hard on my shoulder – like a good wine, I’m better as I get older. Susie Wong from Hong Kong commented today at the Mail but of course, as [...]