I’m in hiding, and wondering what the hell I’m going to talk about this week.
Had kids here since yesterday evening because we went to the theatre. They have been with me all day too, including a trip to Lichfield in the afternoon (which will become apparent why – a little later). However, it is now Saturday evening and I’m frantically trying to write this roast before I go downstairs to spend quality time with the kids. I’m really running late; I’ve usually got the roast in the oven with it cooked a good few days before now but as I speak, very little comes to mind to tell you about.
Not much at all has happened to me this week and as I’ve milked the old Titanic thingy a bit much recently, I dare not use it again, even if you lot do keep Google searching the subject and ending up with me. But talking of searches …
In search of …
No, it’s not the 70’s TV series with Mr Spock. I’m talking about more search engine terms used by people to reach my blog.
Yeah, we have the usual: Jeremy Kyle teeth, Titanic plank and Britain’s got no talent, etc. However, I noticed a couple of unusual terms and ones that I cannot comprehend how people have got to me as a result.
Fat unwashed fetish was a strange term. Don’t think I’ve written about any grimy sex fetishes but living in Walsall, I suppose there’s always scope.
Evil fish? People actually searched for evil fish and got me.
Ha. I know the reason for that one, though. We’re talking Gothic Girl again and her poisonous fish and chips. That reminds me. I haven’t been to the chip shop to see if Gothic Girl has returned from her Beltane holiday.
Orange fluffy pussy. That was, I have to admit, the weirdest search phrase ever. I can’t for the life of me think how my blog was the end result of that search. However (and I say this was just out of curiosity), I did type orange fluffy pussy into a Google search and came up with one or two, erm … interesting images. But how did they end up with me? Mind you, I have to say, some of those women were really hairy. Yew!
Below, I have what was the top picture in the search I made for orange fluffy pussy.
Okay, it was about number 783. Did you really think I was going to post porn?
Insect repellant needed.
Note: Will all the ants in my neighbourhood, stop getting into my house and trying to take a bath inside my kettle. A sauna may be nice for human beings but taking a dip at 100º will do you no good.
I wish I knew where the beggars were coming from. At them moment, they seem to want to make for my worktop and have a party.
Harmless bad-lad, or total thug.
Footballer, Joey Barton produced another scintillating display on the pitch last week by trying to take out most of the Manchester City team. Great footballer? Definitely not but low-life thug? His skills are unequalled on the field in that department.
Above is the moment Barton decides to kick Sergio Aguero from behind like the gutless scum he (Barton) is.
Barton – Half your family are in prison for murder and you yourself, have a string of convictions for assault and other matters.
How many more football clubs are going to employ this pond-life? He should never be allowed on a soccer pitch again. As for those who cheer him on each week? Shame on you, too.
Oh deer …
Sorry, couldn’t resist that bad pun and yes, you can just about make them out.
I wrote the other week about a couple who moved next to a hundred year-old church, then complained about the bells ringing. This week, I heard of another family who recently bought a house on the edge of the Wyre Forest in Bewdley and are now complaining the deer are eating their rose bushes.
Arrrgghhh! Don’t buy a house next to a fucking forest then!
Watch out, watch out, there’s a jobsworth about.
Over the last week, I have got involved in a little local council planning argument and surprisingly, it wasn’t my own, Walsall Council, either.
Lichfield is a lovely city, even though the term City is a bit loose just because they have some huge fantasy palace going by the name of a cathedral. Still, nice place and full of character. However, some council officials appear to be too full of themselves.
Recently, hairdressers, DJ & Ward moved into the town and erected what I consider to be a nice, tasteful sign. However, Lichfield Council Planning, appear to want to stop small businesses bringing trade into their area and they have told DJ & Ward to remove their signage. The council say, “It adversely affects the character and appearance of the Grade II Listed Building on which it is displayed.”
This was reported in the excellent Lichfield Live website, so I made a comment. You see although I don’t live there, one thing I cannot stand are bureaucratic tosspots.
I stated that nearby, you had the mighty Tesco superstore and over the road – Poundstretcher. Both hardly adhering to the character of the area. Also, in the same street as DJ & Ward, you have a Chinese takeaway – The Lotus House and a chip shop displaying garish signs with no apparent hostility towards them. DJ & Ward, however, have been lambasted and told to remove this …
Nothing wrong with that as far as I can see but Lichfield Councillor, Alan White defended the council stance. In his response, he quoted all the locations and signage I had highlighted, coming up with lame excuses as to why they were allowed, and DJ & Ward, were not.
Sorry, Mr White, but you and your fellow planners just come across as prats. If you would like to read my creative response to the stance of Lichfield Council, click the link at the bottom of the page … but don’t leave me until you’ve finished the rest and commented. So there.
Now that I’ve pissed off Lichfield Council, I’ll quit while the going’s good.
I’d best push on and finish this off. The kids are downstairs and saying there’s a film they want me to watch.
‘Surprise!’
Arrrgghhh!
Cheers
Nick
Antony N Britt - Author 
Hey, Nick………………I was here!!! Voo
Thanks for stopping by.
Nick
This is my twopenny worth on that prestigious site (I wonder if it’ll be cropped or dropped):
“Lichfield’s beautiful: with her expanses of open land for an idle stroll, her just-the-right-size shopping area, her historic reference points (though I notice the cathedral claims it gets no state funding whilst asking everyone to fill in a gift-aid form: that’s the character of the CofE for you though), her hard working businesses bringing revenue and jobs to the city!
And character is the core of this, not least because the just-the-right-size shopping area is being stripped of shops!
I can see the skeleton of reason in the Councillor’s argument, but it’s muddied by the character of politics and, yes, jobsworth attitudes. Please put your toys of beaurocracy away, compliment yourselves on sacrificing your own reputations in order to gain a little publicity. Please realise that having your nose out of joint because of Deejay’s (alleged) procedural error isn’t sufficient reason to bring your institutional might against them.
And, Mr Councillor would please think of the people instead of the votes: just for once, eh? Find a way. We know you can. We’ll be interested to see if you do.
It seems self-evidence that the proprietors have striven to create appropriate signage. Go one, give them a break. Please.”
In summary of this week’s roast: think, Spock, fish, witch, pussy, ants, thug, deer, deer, tossers, shop, yuck!
Thanks for another great post: Don’t forget Mr B this afternoon….. tell us about it next week?
I should have told of my furtive attempts at taking the picture of the sign. Far too conspicuous. Mind you, not as conspicuous as trying to bump-start a car in a known dogging spot.
You’re right, it MUST go into a short story (or maybe hide inside “Towers’ Possessive”)… Either way, should I return and offer a copy of the printed narrative to my cross-dressing benefactor? Would that open another story and redefine any repute that I do have?
You mean ‘go back’ to the scene. Once could be termed accidental. Twice …?
i dont know how your getting ant ours up here are still in wnter hibernation why because its bloody freezing … cold enough to swim in the sea and reenact the scene from titanic and no i wont let anyone on my flotsem or jetsum either … there you go more hits 🙂 yes i watched it yesterday to again but only because the previous week in that time slot was .. lord of the rings part one and i thought they would show part two this week .. yea right i was just a bit pissed off when up comes titanic .. i couldnt help but think of you … ive never been to lychfield that i remember and i doubt i will so i guess i wont get to see that horrific hairdressing sign .. loved your reply btw 🙂 ok i got to go sunday houseworky things to do catch you next week nick 🙂 your persistant weekly fan .. Tracey 🙂
I think I would be pissed off to have LOTR replaced by Titanic. Good job I have the dvd (LOTR – that is).
‘… up comes titanic…’ and you were pissed off: surely you could sell that story better than “Ghostbusters II” did?
Raise the Titanic? That one’s a bit silly now we know it’s in two halves at the bottom of the ocean.
But it’s a remarkable testament to the engineering and craftsmanship of the day that, even after 100 years down there: the swimming pool is still full.
Ouch! 🙂