21 Jan 2013

AMOROUS COUPLES, GAY POLICE HORSES AND MORE.

  • How embarrassing: amorous couple spark emergency rescue. Firefighters, paramedics, a mountain rescue team and even a helicopter were called out to recover a pair after they plunged 12ft down a steep embankment at a beauty spot in the Yorkshire Dales. The couple, who are in their early 30s, were in a 'amorous clinch' when the woman fell backwards over the wall, tumbling down the bank on the other side, pulling her partner over with her. MORE
  • I don't know about police horses, gay or otherwise, but sometimes the law is an ass. A law which has been used to try to convict a student who said 'woof' to a police dog, or called a police horse 'gay' is to be changed after Home secretary Theresa May said the Government will accept a House of Lords amendment to remove the word 'insulting’ from Section 5 of the Public Order Act. Six years ago police tried to prosecute Oxford student Sam Brown under the act for making (silly) homophobic remarks after he said to a mounted officer: “Excuse me, do you realise your horse is gay?" MORE
  • Busy decorating ourselves, I wish I'd thought of this ...... Seventeen months after slotting the first of 24,000 pieces together Amanda Warrington is displaying one of the world's biggest jigsaw puzzles, measuring 14ft by 5ft and, when boxed, weighing 2 stone, on the living room wall of her Bristol home. MORE
  • A knitted tea cosy and a baby llama? A long list of gifts, including a knitted tea cosy, a baby llama, 19 tea towels, 78 portraits of herself and 9 jigsaws (presumably none of them as big as the one above. PW) have been revealed in a long list of gifts given to the Queen in her Diamond Jubilee year. MORE
  • The latest in my growing list of collectors ..... A woman has converted her spare room into an exhibition space to house her collection of Smurf memorabilia which, including figurines, 1,200 stickers and books, 1,370 figurines and 117 stationary products, is said to be worth £20,000. MORE
  • What were they thinking? Football (soccer to those of you living over the pond) fans of Chelsea, Manchester City, Everton, Fulham, West Ham, Arsenal, Newcastle and Rangers re paying £45 for grass clippings from their team's pitch. MORE
  • Foaling around: One of the many jokes posted after horse meat was discovered in some of Tesco's beefburgers.... Jokers who dressed as a pantomime horse pretended to mourn the loss of their (equine) family in a Pembrokeshire Tescos. Cantering into the frozen food aisle the 'horse' was heard to sob "Mummy, Daddy ..... they're dead, they've gone." after more than 10 million burgers were cleared from the supermarket's shelves. MORE

  •  Farmers baaa-ffled! A mysterious smiley face has appeared stamped on the side of hundreds of sheep across the UK. Thought to be the work of pranksters (though some internet users are convinced are responsible) the faces have been spotted in flocks as far away as Melton Mowbray, Perthshire in Scotland, and 500 miles away in Exeter (Devon). MORE (Photo taken by a friend on FaceBook)
  • And last but not least, Husband dearest's find ..... Storms over the east coast have resulted in several unusual relics from World War II washing up on a beach in north east Scotland as four large, barrel-shaped pieces of lard have appeared on the shore. Believed to have escaped from the wreck of a merchant vessel that was bombed in WW II, Scottish Natural Heritage said the lard was still a brilliant white and smelled "good enough to have a fry up with." MORE
NB. Because of recent copyright issues experienced, photographs can be found by clicking on the relevant links after each article. PW.

18 comments:

Kelly said...

Quite an interesting array this week. Amazing how clearly the design shows up on the sheep. I wouldn't think their fleece would be that good of a palette!

Full-On-Forward said...

WHAAT-- No pics of the amorous couple! Dang it!

Hugs Racy,

John

Yvonne @ Fiction Books Reviews said...

Hi Tracy,

It's a good job that your web searching isn't being monitored, or someone would be seriously worried about the weird and wonderful stuff you look at!! LOL

Now, I love doing jigsaw puzzles, in fact I have one on the go as I speak, but 24,000 pieces, that's some feat of patience!! I would have been committed by hubbie, as totally insane!

Thanks for the usual Monday smiles.

I hope that the decorating is going well and that you are not too snowed in up there. We Southerners complain about a couple of inches of snow!!

Yvonne

StarTraci said...

Proof that others have more time and money than I --
I love puzzles but 24,000 pieces is too much for me
Buying grass clippings is too rich for me.

Thanks for my Monday smile.
:-)
Traci

Jinky said...

Pix of the amorous couple would have been a sight!! *blush, blush*

Thanks for answering the KMB meme. My reply button doesn't work for me so here's my reply... Tracy--love your answers and from what I have come to know through reading your blog, this sounds like you!! Love the count my blessings!!

Take care dear friend.

Shooting Stars Mag said...

Oh, I missed these posts! quite amusing. that's crazy about the couple falling...I'd imagine they were quite embarrased. Poor things! lol

As for the Queen's gifts, wow, quite an intriging bunch there. Baby llama? I wonder where that went.

-Lauren

Melissa (Books and Things) said...

The couple... ROFL!

I think the sheep herds need some sheep dogs. Bet that would discourage the painting. :)

Alexia561 said...

The smiley faces on the sheep is too funny! They turned out pretty well too! And love Husband dearest's find, but sincerely hope they don't actually use the lard! :o

NRIGirl said...

Very interesting!

Now off to check what is a lard...

Suko said...

Another amusing Monday post! How do you find such wonderfully odd bits? The sight if such sheep grazing would make me laugh as well,; I only hope the branding does not hurt them.

Stephanie@Fairday's Blog said...

That couple must have been horrified! Unbelievable about the lard. And I love Smurfs- but, wow! Thanks for always entertaining me. :)

The Bookworm said...

Those poor sheep! Lol and oh my gosh about the horsemeat burgers...gross.

anilkurup59 said...

Hello T , nice pieces as usual. The Frolicking couple were fortunate.They rescue team acted.

If gay is offensive then the word homosexual too must be . So call them what?

The sheep need a change in their outlook for sure.

Felicity Grace Terry said...

Thanks for all your comments, I'm so glad that you enjoy these posts but darn it I hate it when Hd is right - he said I would need to explain what lard is.

A fine, white pork fat that has been rendered and clarified used in cooking. It is less widely used than it used to be because of its high animal-fat content....

Jean said...

So much!
I'm sure aliens are responsible for those smiley faces on the sheep.

chitra said...

Love reading the snippets..I must devote more time in reading them..:))
TC

Jenners said...

I'm just hung up on the puzzle story. How would she find the room to assemble that? How hard would it be to find the pieces you need? It would drive me mad!!! Where did she keep it laid out? Did she have a big empty room???

Betty Manousos said...

very interesting monday post as usual. lol about the couple.

those poor sheep! i can't believe this!