There is an old saying ‘The sun never sets
on the British Empire ’, this is not the
original saying it was changed a long time ago for very good reasons but to no
avail. As we all know today is the 4th July or Independence day in
the USA, the day us British thought to ourselves you can have just too many McDonald's
and KFC’s; OK then, off you go but no victimizing those nice Red Indians or
Buffalo. And no shooting rockets at the
moon either.
Up to that point the British Empire had
been huge almost every country in the world, ok not really Canada they were
always a bit French and not Tibet, their leader was a Llama and they say Mmmmmmmmm a lot so us British
thought we would leave them alone.
Then with time every country left saying “YAH
SUSKS BOO we don’t like YOU” leaving just Britain and Australia, and the Australians
only stay so they can beat us at cricket and because they know the Queen is too
old now to go there.
This brings us back to
today and that old saying ‘The sun never sets on the British Empire’ you see the
original saying was ‘The rain never stops in the British
Empire ’. But you see that saying is as valid today as it was way
back; only the British Empire really only consists of Britain so it now means that somewhere in Britain
is always wet. So to commemorate Independence Day, the 4th July it has rained
almost all day here, so all I can say is….. Happy Birthday America, but would
you like some rain we have loads. Changing
the saying to ‘The sun never sets on the British Empire’ was a foolish attempt
to improve the weather in Britain
by the powers that be…
On a different subject I
have sawn some wood, drilled some holes and painted some wall, I had thought I
was doing a great job of DIY until the headmaster said he did not want his desk
cut in half, a three foot hole in the wall and what wall was left painted
bright pink. I did explain that a man and a woman outside his office told me
that it needed doing, but apparently they were George’s parents (from class 13TA)
who was eaten by the goat the other day.
Still it is almost the summer holidays so the headmaster can get a man
in to paint his office grey again if he wants but I have told him the Ghost Writer
will not approve.
Ooooooo and we picked our
first raspberries today despite the rain.
There may be a few errors
in my history of events but they are minor and have no overall effect on the
outcome (it is still raining).....
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If you are speaking of the British Empire of the past, then its stiLL true, the sun is always shining on some portion of it, the empire at its greatest extent. It is somewhat analagous to thinking about the Roman Empire.
ReplyDeleteSadly the rain always rains where it is raining. It is to do with the Gulf Stream, the key word there being stream implying some sort of water....
DeleteA refreshingly different post for the fourth of July.
ReplyDeleteBTW, what is DIY?
DIY stands for Do it Yourself, in the UK there are many large DIY stores where people buy wood screws garden stuff lights, glue, things for the Kitchen tools and floor tiles... A huge range of products in fact.
DeleteUs British then spend much time doing up are homes at weekends and evenings. We also have lots of accidents as most are not good at DIY and fall of ladders cut through electrical cables or stab ourselves with tools like screwdrivers. But it is a sort of British obsession like the old saying 'An Englishman's home is his castle'.
our homes.... sorry my typing is rubbish
DeleteIs there another saying, "An Englishman's castle is his X" and what would X be? Perhaps it could be that French name that sounds like ver-sigh. "An Englishman's castle is his Versailles". I would think you might have to be versatile with tile to build your own Versailles. The sun is just beginning to rise here so I should go outside and enjoy the morning, working with the grapes and pineapples and improving the lawn. My saying to Cooper is, "Do you want to go outside and meet the morning?" - he is always very happy when I say these words.
DeleteWell Mr ESB I think you might be confusing the saying 'An Englishman's X wants his castle and the dog'.
DeleteI have had no luck with pineapples I think by the time they get to the UK they are past their best so the top is already all dried out. On the bright side though our grapes in the greenhouse are looking good (so far).
I am deeply sorry that a pineapple has not worked for you. They work for me about over half the time, and they take several months to do anything noticeable. I wiLL name my neXt pineapple plant 'Rob' in your honor.
DeleteI will think of this a great honour. To know that somewhere thousands of miles away a pineapple plant might grow and prosper that is called Rob...
DeleteI will have to reciprocate I will consider making a cardboard robot called Mr ESB. It will not be large as I have much to do, but I will try and make it knowledgeable in the ways of pineapples..
Thanks for the thought to share your ran. We got some of it today!
ReplyDeleteWe do like to share rain if we can in Britain. We are on storm alert tomorrow which is not idea for the middle of summer. So it could get interesting..
DeleteThanks for the answer Rob. Your description of people doing things themselves reminded me of Uncle Podger trying to hang a picture.:)
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