getdownmonkeyman

Atlantic 252 still rankles, doesn't it?

Sweet chilli pepper scotch egg.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/01/25/worlds-getting-corrupt-britain-remains-one-honest-countries/

People, generally.

This! Variation on middle lane muppets.

Me too. Never been convinced the staff have received tips when paying by card. Whilst we're on this subject, service charges in restaurants. How the name that is all holy does a restaurant expect the food to get from the kitchen to the table? Don't try to fleece me because you are too stupid to work out your overheads.

This.

People putting their foglights on in 300 yards visibility need a pineapple suppository.

Five Guys make great burgers. I am sure there is one around Covent Garden. If you have chance, try the burger joint in Le Parker Meridien hotel on West 56th Street, just south of Central Park. It is a ###### to find in the hotel, as it is behind a curtain, but well worth it.

The majority of agencies are absolute cockroaches. I have had dealings with tens of them, I trust one of them.

Brilliant!

Secret German military station found: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/secret-nazi-military-base-russian-scientists-alexandra-land-a7373401.html

Pretty sure we're getting hedgehogs in the back garden, judging by the 'messages' being left on the lawn.

Arrived home last night into Manchester T3. Off the walkway down towards Passport Control, met with a huge queue. At this point I cannot see anything close to the Border Agency point. General confusion all round, I see two Manchester Airport employees talking to each other adjacent to the growing queue of people, this all gets a bit messy as another plane's passengers join the massing head-on. Not a peep from either of them. One of my fellow passengers takes a photo of the growing queue of people, which seems to break them from their chit-chat. "Oh, I bet he is putting this on Twitter" pipes up one. Still no explanation of what is actually happening. He responded by saying it is ridiculous how long the queue is. "Yes, not enough Passport Officers" opines one of them. That was the first inkling of what was actually happening. Get to Passport control and lo and behold, four of the eight checkpoints are unmanned. If the two of them would have given a simple explanation to the patently tired and confused throng of people, a lot of irritation would have been nipped in the bud. I guess the chit-chat was of greater importance to them.

You should have gone to his house and given him a good thrashing, a la John Cleese/ Fawlty Towers. You may or may not have felt better, but you would have done the country a service.

Another cousin:https://youtu.be/DUKt91wvPE8 On a different note, Michael Kiwanuka's new album is very good.

Just finished Howard Marks' Mr Smiley. Whilst it was quite an enjoyable read, I got the feeling he was spinning a bit of a yarn, unlike Mr Nice, where there felt a decent level of detail behind the stories.

That may the best thing I have seen on the Internet!

Just finished Absolute Pandemonium by Brian Blessed. Bloody brilliant! Makes it even better when reading it in Prince Vultan's voice.

Never come between a man and his soup:

Roasted cod with salami. Would never have put the two together, but it was lovely.

One of the few watchable things on ITV, Endeavour, is back.

Whenever we go on holiday there is always a song we hear that stays with us. She reminds me of another singer, just can't think who.

A wee bit scary: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/lifestyle/honduras-gangs/11288535/gang-tattoos.html?frame=3135809

Futtocks, can you tell me where the butcher is you are getting Hare from? Ta.