Sunday 3 June 2012

The queen and the pound shop flag, and a stove pipe hat


Sunday and here in the rolling hills of Shropshire right on the Welsh border it was to say the least rather a quiet and lazy Sunday, very wet and very grey, just like the old days. I got to watch a television set today and a bit of the queen floating down the Thames (she was in a barge)…. There were two things that did not appear to get mentioned by the massed members of the BBC as they gave us a blow by blow account of all the boats and ships. The first was the queen looked damn cold to me and although I’m sure enjoyed the trip, she did not always look entirely happy. It was cold and wet and no one likes being stared at by half a million people.

 The other thing I noticed was the mayor of London Mr Boris Johnson, who was on one of the thousand or so boats, was waving a Union Jack with a picture of the Queen on it. I can hear you all saying SO WHAT, but I recognised that flag it was not just any flag it was a flag from the pound shop at Harry Tuffins. A lot of you will be thinking Harry who? but the point is  it was the flag they sell in pound shops, what on earth was the mayor of London on a posh boat doing with a cheap pound shop flag. I’m sure he must have some vintage flag as used by Queen Victoria to celebrate the launch of Britain’s first steam powered space rocket from Greenwich, successfully putting a corgi into orbit for several hours before its tragic failure on re-entry and the subsequent discovery of the world’s first hotdog. Which in turn led to the corruption of British eating habits and the decline of the empire?   

Today I was able to finish crowns, I have had to make myself one so I have based mine of one on the old imperial Russian royal family crowns , what with mum being a Russian spy, although that is still a secret…….AH ………sorry mum, mum says IDIOT



I was planning to give the Cultural Olympian a stove hat as part of his own Victorian image but I have realized that it will make him nearly three and half feet tall or  maybe four feet(and that's without the plinth) and he will not fit in the car……… DAMN so I either make a smaller hat or a removable hat. It reminded me of Close Encounters of the Third Kind when the hero chappie makes that huge mountain in the living room and everyone runs away.



Sorry I am late tonight, it is all that being lazy. While on the subject of everyone running away Sooty the Cat has just run into the house like a big ball of fluff with all his hair standing on end, so I am not sure what has spooked him, maybe ZOMBIES ……Well Cool.

I hope this makes sense it is a bit rushed.

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9 comments:

  1. The most worrying thing is that it does make sense.

    I didn't watch the Jubilee but my mum commented on the fact that the queen looked cold, which is no surprise being out on the high seas...well, the Thames.

    As for Boris, he can't even afford a hair cut, let alone fork our for a proper flag.

    P.S the Cultural Olympian is looking more and more impressive.

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    1. I glad it makes sense I do try and make it make sense but quite often the brain and the hands are sort of off doing different things. I still am not sure how I can be thinking one thing and find I have typed different words entirely.

      The sculpture has had a paint job today so is starting to look the part.

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  2. You're quite a talented young chap! First the athlete, now a crown! Well done good sir.

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    1. Thank you, I think more mad than talented.

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  3. I like that cultural olympian...he just keeps getting better and better, removable hat and all. As for the cat running in, all a fluff, mine does that sometimes. I thought it was a rude, bully cat, she met with. humm.

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    1. Thanks I have posted more pics tonight of the Olympian now he has a bit of a paint job. The cat could have met with several beasts as we have badgers and foxes and several other animals about.

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  4. Top marks on spotting Boris' faux-pas. There should be a public inquiry immediately!

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    1. I quite agree, we British should wave British flags made in Britain not made in China.

      I have learnt that if you drop a china flag it breaks.

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  5. Nice crowns Rob, Much better than ones we used for our World recod attempt (24 hours later and we're still wiating for the result) Did you here me on Shropshire radio on monday moring? probably not 'cos it was very very early but it was definatly me talking about Iranian Campers..true story.

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