So today’s big event was the Ghost Writers
Birthday and we all had a family get together to celebrate this and bought him
a great big present. However this is not the only reason we are a bit late
tonight is the opening ceremony of the Paralympics and we are watching a bit of
it. I say watching but we missed the start due to the Ghost Writers party. We
are also doing what we did on the Olympic Opening ceremony we have sneaked away
as they work there way through the alphabet. WOWS there are a lot of countries,
some I have never heard of at all. But it does appear that the Paralympics is
more diverse and cosmopolitan and that is good.
Anyway we are waiting until we arrive at say Zanzibar
As for other news Miss
Fionaski has returned from her secret mission to the moon, a week ago I was not
sure why the Russians would send their top spy all the way to the moon but with
the sad death of Neil Armstrong all is now clear, it was a way to boost KGB
funding. Yes I suspect Neil Armstrong
memorabilia will make a fortune on ebay at present, particularly those things
that were left on the moon like the stars and strips flag and the rock that Mr
Armstrong wrote ‘Neil Was Here’ on. Then there are things like the life size
inflatable Elvis which Neil Armstrong was told off for taking and he was forced
to leave behind. It was this that started that rumour that Elvis was alive and
well and living on the moon when it was spotted by keen amateur astronomers one
night. You are probably thinking would
the KGB really go to such ends for funding, but sadly with the ending of the
cold war, needs must.
OK I have been away
watching the big end of the opening of the Paralympics games and all I can say
is overall I think they were better that the Olympics by a long way. There was
some really cool stuff. And the Paralympics flame arriving on a zip wire from
350 ft on the top of that ArcelorMittal Orbit was very very clever. And lets
face it having an Ian Dury song in the middle of it was brill, but then I am a
fan of Ian Dury so would say that, and science, so the inclusion of a huge
Newtonian telescope was perfect timing for tonight’s diary. I was even impressed
that the British team all dressed up as Neil Armstrong and Steven Hawkins and
the moon were there. So all in all it was ******** excellent. The only snag now
is it is tomorrow again …….. DAMN…
Ian Dury's protest song has a bit of bite .... I was pleased they played it tonight
Cool
I was totaLLy fuse conned, which is a strange form of confusion where there is a lack of fusion between the fuse and con part and the con part has gained a ned and they are in the wrong order, by your photos, not realizing at first (or second) that the chicken was in them. I even thought (with thought possibly too strong of a word) that the second photo possibly had a Nacho Cheese Flavored Dorito brand chip in it in the left side, just above the middle, close to where Wyoming would be on a map of the lower 48 states especiaLLy if you eXcluded Florida and wanted to eXclude the state of Maine, but then you feared for your safety as weLL as everyone else, with the logic being, "Uh-OH, better not irritate author Steven King" but I can never remember if he is a -v- or a -ph-. On closer inspection the NCF Dorito chip is not the same shape as Wyoming and would require that the western half of California, Noregan and Ashington be trimmed off AND/OR the Dorito is a slightly displaced state of Idaho. I have been to Idaho once and I remember the average color of that state being somewhat close to being a NCF Dorito, so people, we have a match! (My apologies to The Chicken)
ReplyDeleteThinking about it Dorito seems like the perfect name for a chicken, it gives it a image of a well travelled chicken with possibly interesting relatives from exotic places like Wyoming and Doncaster.
DeleteI plan to read this again in more detail later Mr ESB as I need to do stuff now.
Never mind about Chariots Of Fire, either someone around here has been reading your blog, or they've just discovered Prog Rock, because my neighbour (2 doors down)has been listening to Fanfare For The Common Man, on a constant loop. Plus it was on again on Top Of The Pops 1977 last night! Rob Z Child Of Cyberspace, your influences are clearly now reaching beyond the boundaries of the cyberworld...now stop it!
ReplyDeleteLast night's opening ceremony was undoubtedly much better than the one that went before but then the lil man and I are science geeks. Though I confess to falling asleep during the parade of the 100,000 countries taking part.
Happy belated birthday to the ghost writer! And chicken is watching far too much telly recently, his eyes are beginning to go square.
Ian Dury, LEGEND!
Yes I wrote the first half of my diary during the parade of 100,000 countries without knowing what was too come. and it all strangely fitted into place like a glove (although that depends on where you put the glove)
DeleteI have noticed a few coincidences of late where things written in the diary suddenly come to pass in the real world. maybe I am like that Nostrodarmus (not sure how you spell that my PC wishes to change it to Non-Standard, stupid PC)
The Ghost Writer says Many Thanks and agrees that Ian Dury is a LEGEND...