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The Irksome Grump.: June 2014
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Wednesday, 18 June 2014. A New York State Of Mind In Aldershot. Having squandered a little time with my good lady wife in the shopping metropolis that is Aldershot in Hampshire, i felt that we needed a little down time from window shopping at Luis Vuitton, Cartier and Lidl. Knowing there was a newly built restaurant nearby, we decided to give ourselves a treat and eat our lunch New York bar and grill style. It was hard to tell in the cacophony of what is 'Downtown' Aldershot. Instead of Tony and knuckles...
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The Irksome Grump.: Elizabethan insults I shall use more often...
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Friday, 12 April 2013. Elizabethan insults I shall use more often. Listening to the spotty, slack jawed, baggy trousered youth of today, you could be forgiven that the English language has, how can I put this. 'Gone shizzlin' gangsta blud, innit? Yes my dear boy. That's 'Bitchin.'. Oi Battyboi. Gizza dolla or I slice you innit.'. On being insulted in this manner, a gentleman of sobriety and self worth such as myself would be inclined to flatten the cream faced loon with a blow worthy of inclusion in the ...
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The Irksome Grump.: Retail Therapy, Cream Cakes And Predictability.
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Saturday, 15 March 2014. Retail Therapy, Cream Cakes And Predictability. It's become something of a tradition when i visit my Dad, that on a Sunday afternoon just after dinner, we dig into a box of cream cakes that i have bought in town earlier that morning. Now what could be simpler than driving into town, having a coffee and a browse in the bookshop, followed by a short visit to the supermarket for a box of cream cakes? My kitchen floor is filthy, i may need that dust pan and the wet wipes… i sha...
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The Irksome Grump.: A New York State Of Mind In Aldershot.
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Wednesday, 18 June 2014. A New York State Of Mind In Aldershot. Having squandered a little time with my good lady wife in the shopping metropolis that is Aldershot in Hampshire, i felt that we needed a little down time from window shopping at Luis Vuitton, Cartier and Lidl. Knowing there was a newly built restaurant nearby, we decided to give ourselves a treat and eat our lunch New York bar and grill style. It was hard to tell in the cacophony of what is 'Downtown' Aldershot. Instead of Tony and knuckles...
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The Irksome Grump.: A Small Act Of Genteel Domestic Terrorism.
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Friday, 30 May 2014. A Small Act Of Genteel Domestic Terrorism. I recently found myself wandering the streets of Coventry once more in a vain attempt to pass the time. I avoided the cream cake emporium due to the unforseen circumstances. A small act of domestic defiance and protest was in order. Nothing to trouble the Secret Service you understand, i don't want to end up in Guantanamo being force fed water through a blanket with a cattle prod up my jacksie, no thank you. I hatched my dastardly plan. ...
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Gadjo Dilo: April 2010
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Is a 1997 movie by Tony Gatlif about a Westerner who comes to Romania in search of a singer whose voice he loves. It's title means Stupid/Crazy Foreigner. In Romani. What happens to him next is my story. Thursday, April 29, 2010. To solve The Transylvanian Problem. Set a ball of historical reassessment. And thereby get on everybody’s tits. Maybe we can convince both sides that it simply doesn’t matter! The only way to do this is trivialisation. Nice to see you; to see you. Who works as a dictator. In uni...
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Gadjo Dilo: January 2010
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Is a 1997 movie by Tony Gatlif about a Westerner who comes to Romania in search of a singer whose voice he loves. It's title means Stupid/Crazy Foreigner. In Romani. What happens to him next is my story. Saturday, January 30, 2010. They Made Me Do It! There’s a meme going round – e.g. Scarlet. 8211; which asks one "to share three classic movie moments that have, in some shape or form, made me buy things/do things/think things that perhaps I shouldn't have." This is going to sound horribly. I did end up c...
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Gadjo Dilo: August 2009
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Is a 1997 movie by Tony Gatlif about a Westerner who comes to Romania in search of a singer whose voice he loves. It's title means Stupid/Crazy Foreigner. In Romani. What happens to him next is my story. Sunday, August 30, 2009. Book Review #1: Writing Therapy by Tim Atkinson. WARNING: THIS POSTS DISCUSSES LITERATURE AND CONTAINS NO PERCEIVABLE ATTEMPTS AT HUMOUR. Tim Atkinson is one of our number, a blogger who goes by the name of The Dotterel. And also writes Bringing up Charlie. Friday, August 21, 2009.
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The Irksome Grump.: July 2014
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Thursday, 3 July 2014. Travelling at the speed of blight. I am not ordinarily a commuter. Working from home means that I don't have to travel with the morning hordes of miserable looking worker drones on trains. Having been robbed of my life savings at the ticket desk by a surly looking heavyweight wrestler type with all the charm of a particularly downbeat Kim Jong Un with a frown, I took my seat aboard the sleek looking train that pulled up to platform one. It was at this point, half way to Waterloo th...
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The Irksome Grump.: The Gents Lavatorial Rule Book
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Friday, 21 June 2013. The Gents Lavatorial Rule Book. A good blogging friend of mine, Scaryduck. A while back into the toilet habits of the modern British male. Having been on the road for a few hours today, the time inevitably came when I would need to. Err. Relieve myself. There was a petrol station not far off so I decided that is where I would stop. Perhaps this story could go towards his lavatorial study. We would basically be touching each other at the shoulder, him peeing and me washing my hands&#...