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In the little country town of Tallangatta in Victoria, Australia, there was a flea bitten motel named Travelodge. Google suggests it is gone now, but the owner travelled overseas, thought "that's a good name for a motel" and used it when he opened his business. Years later, Travelodge opened in oz, ...

My guess is they got a cease and desist letter from Nandos' lawyers telling them to stop using the name Denandos.

In contrast with the lackadaisical response to Leicester, Australia is responding to 106 cases with locking down entire suburbs and - though this worries me a lot - putting 9 "council" tower blocks on hard lockdown. I'm impressed with level of response, but I am not sure telling hundreds of people t...

Anyone been to the pub yet?

...slavery wasn't genocide, because otherwise there wouldn't be so many damned blacks in Africa and...

Sorry, I tuned out at that point.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/ ... te-of-fear

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1 week ago

Cockney?

Sorry, did I say George Cole? I meant Jamie Oliver.

20200626_181348.jpg A very well behaved family of swans in Long Water, Home Park, Hampton Court. We booked a timed slot for Hampton Court gardens and it was glorious - so few people* and so few aircraft. * in the gardens. Plenty of large groups on the Thames towpath with not very much social distan...

I read (or maybe reread) A Modest Proposal yesterday.

Well, half of it, it's a tough read, and so po-faced that it's an effort of will to remember it's a satire.

I do not think the piece would be well received now. I can imagine the cries of "cancel Swift"

...it's flying ant day!

I'm sadder about Ian Holm than Vera Lynn