Mayan Apocalypse

 

Fortunately the world didn't end at the office party in the Nag's Head......

Favourite Christmas Tea Towel

The winning entry in the Christmas Tea Towel competition (2 entries this year). "Jam Making". NB an uncanny resemblence to one Wendy Wallace, jam maker. Beware of ensnarement in fruit nets! 

Skiddaw & Catbells Calling

Not long now....counting down to Keswick 2013

 

This Year's Tipple

...With the Totally Teutonic Taste. (In the absense of sloes)

 

News of The Stews 2012

Here's our highlights of 2012...

 

Favourite Christmas card so far

Thanks to Carol, Mark & Scott for their offering from the Isle of Arran

New Year Impatience

Another Toby offering.   

Top Banana- Guest Artist

Introducing Toby Cooper (9), Guest slot on the blog and putting me to shame with his zany illustrations



The Sky at Night

RIP Patrick Moore, Stargazer

Backlog in Blogland

Blog suspended for celebrated organ construction

Nana Mouskouri on a Unicycle

 

Fans of Kitsch Mourn. (That's you, Fay Moisey.) Threat to Eurovision as Poland, Portugal Cyprus and Greece bow out, too skint to sing. But wait... what's this surprise entry for Luxembourg??

We Are Not Emu-sed

 

Devon Police apprehended a runaway emu, reported breaking into houses.....

Ducky Lucky

 

A tad unfair, as today was dry. But weather for ducks elsewhere

JR Hangs Up his Hat

 

Farewell to JR, AKA Larry Hagman. He wasn't shot, he just grew old.

Watching Paint Dry

 

Unexpected sellout predicted for Conference celebrating all things Boring. 

One-armed Hobbit Bandit

 Latest Lord of the Rings film hits problems with protests over animal welfare and accusations of crass merchandising, including an online gambling site. Golem would approve.

 

Hobbit Hell

 

Tolkein Estate annoyed by latest Hobbits in Hollywood

Women Bishops

Church of England votes "no" to women bishops

Naismith's Rule

Hotfoot from Woodhead Mountain Rescue Hut, recovering from  D of E volunteer

weekend. We weren't rescued, just sleeping there overnight on the stone floor, by way of recreation...

Naismith was a Scottish climber, whose "rule" calculated how long his hill climbs would take. (3 mph plus ½ hour for every 1000 feet of ascent/ climb)

Men at Work

 

Somewhere. Probably

Computer Rage

Grrrr!

How to Upset a Yorkshireman

Yorkshiremen are upset by plans to add parts of Cumbria to The Yorkshire Dales National Park. It could have been worse....it could have been Lancashire. Ha Ha!

 

Splat!

 

Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud....8,000 brave  The Tough Mudder 12 Miler, Cholmondeley, Cheshire

Submarine

 

Royal Navy's £10 Million HMS Astute 'has a V8 engine with a Morris Minor gearbox'

Nodding Dog

Car Insurance  company bins Martin Clunes from its ads as he amasses 12 points for speeding

Hong Bang Dai Bach

 

Students at Hong Bang university get 70,000 hits on YouTube for their film. Dai Chien Bach Dang (The Bach Dang Battle) shows the battle on the Bach Dang River between Vietnamese forces led by Ngo Quyen and Chinese invaders under the Han dynasty in 938. Congratulations  Vu Duc Thinh, Dinh Ngoc Chinh, Nhu Thi Thuy Diep, Nguyen Thanh Duc, Tran Hau and Dang Minh Quyen.

Check it out on :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVuZVVA2ejY 

Sooty's Wand

 

Sooty &  Co are up for sale again. Someone is bound to make a clean Sweep...or perhaps someone will Soo....

Ash Die Back

With thanks to Vicky Angell. I promise to draw a tree next time....apologies to viewers in Wales. NB the first case of  Ash Die Back inYorkshire has been reported up the road in Farnely Tyas....

Grand Theft Auto Old Git

 

Thanks to Nathan Stewart for this one....contraversial X-Box game Grand Theft Auto launches long-awaited update featuring retired robbers

Vera Loses A Roller

 RIP Bill Tarmey, AKA Jack Duckworth of The Street



Ten Eleven Twelve

I am Wailing

 

Rod Stewart blubs as Celtic beat Barcelona in Champions League 2-1

Being Lazy

 

Reg Dean, the Oldest Man in Britain reached his 110th birthday this week. He's seen off 2 World Wars and 24 Prime Ministers and his secret to long life? "Being lazy".

Don't Panic!

 

RIP Clive Dunn, OBE (9 January 1920 – 6 November 2012), best known for Dad's Army role as Corporal Jack Jones the butcher

Big In Japan

 

Japan reports a fall in the number of Sumo wrestlers

This Year's Guy

 

 

Party Like it's 1987

Celebrations in North Korea as Pyongyang's "Hotel of Doom" is completed.

Building commenced in 1987. Catchy nickname spawned by dodgy building practices eg. concrete mixing...

Tie Me Kangaroo Canvas Down, Sport

Royal Academy hosts Australian Art Exhibition

Get stuffed

 

The Government's  20 foot anaconda has  been restored by the British Museum.  A gift from a Guyanan bishop in the 1900s,the snake cost £10,000 to stuff.