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Roger (Rocket) Ravens
Roger or Rocket to
everyone that knew him had one ambition in life and that was to be the first
man on the moon and so he spent his life building the Ravens Rocket Mk1 in his
garden in Port Talbot . The only town who would
allow anyone to build and launch a sizeable rocket from a suburban back garden
without a licence. Making it the rocket
capital of Europe for a short time until the
local council truly understood the risks.
It took many years to
complete but with the assistance of several eminent thinkers and engineers of
the time including Marlin Mascots, Harrison Horsechestnut Hutt, Arnold
Alexander Axle Armstrong-Atlas and Miss Yemiliano Yaragoza he did finally
finish his rocket in 1869, and on July 20th set off on his greatest adventure destroying
several houses and a café on take off which did not go down well. At this stage Mr Quinton Quantum-Quizzical
said to the assembled press we know
Roger (Rocket) Ravens is in his rocket but we do not know if he is alive or
dead and therefore we have a paradox where both states can exist at the same
time.
The trip lasted about 9
days in total and he successfully landed back in the Port Talbot allotments, which did not go down well as it
was reaching the point where the main harvest was due, and complains were made
to the council. The massed crowds were
egger to see the large quantities of blue moon cheese they had heard of, but
Roger (Rocket) Ravens only had a pile of grey rock. At this point folk lost
interest as Port Talbot had lots of rock
already and they did not really want more. And the hopes of selling Welsh
rarebit made with moon cheese as a tourist attraction had now vanished into the
dust (grey moon dust).
A few weeks later Roger
discovered his rocket smashed up and in bits in his garden, an act of vandalism
thought to have been undertaken by angry allotment holders. The local newspaper
the Port Talbot Gazette proudly ran the main headline that night . . . . Who
Killed Rogers
However Roger (Rocket) Ravens was content knowing he
was the first man to walk on the moon and that one day someone will find a
Welsh flag with a large Welsh rarebit next to it (Rogers Rarebit . . . . HA HAH AH ah ah ah ah ah hha ha ha ha
ha haha ha ha).
Hello Me how is it going.
ReplyDeleteAH well its a bit quiet.
Really I thought this A to Z was all go
AH well I dont think folk like the Victorians
What?
Well they did go round the world making a bit of a mess of stuff.
What like leaving their litter and messing up the politics of half the world.
Something like that.
Well it seems a bit hard to take it out on your little blog.
Are you kidding, have you ever watched the voting on Eurovision
OK point made. . . .
Tis I! Late once again on account of PC troubles. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteHahahaha! Your comments to yourself are almost as amusing as your posts Mr Z. As you know Mr Z, the life of us eccentric British bloggers is a hard one. I think I shall write a normal blog from now on, about baking cookies and taking my child to sport's practice.
In clips of the 1969 moon landings, you can clearly see in the reflection of Buzz Light-year and Louis Armstrong's (I think that was their names) visors, the Welsh flag, though it is never actually captured on camera. True fact.
I think the Lil man is too curious about computers. I find not messing with them best and bearing in mind I do IT for a living (OK very part-time and for a very modest pay bearing in mind I work for a charity).
DeleteAnyway my theory is dont mess with computers. I would make cookies except I am not good at that as for sports practice . . . . OOOOOOoooooooooooo NO.
I think the Welsh flag was missed because the USA insisted on a Black and White landing on the moon. All a bit suspicious . . . .