Today I'm neither Angry nor Happy about....

[Worthy4England]

I'd just like to say to all Daddylonglegses. The first of your number has just been sent packing from it's advance scouting mission.

I'm ready and have rolled-up Newspaper stockpiled.

[TANGODANCER]

Going to a wedding reception in July, at the Manchester Hilton. Lad getting married, and his mother, friends of ours, called there yesterday to check the suite out. Had a pot of tea for two and a plate of space-saver sandwiches (the ones here they cut all the crusts off ,actual value about £2 tops).....£48

Lord knows what the bar bills will be like on the day.

[Bruce Rioja]

Going to a wedding reception in July, at the Manchester Hilton. Lad getting married, and his mother, friends of ours, called there yesterday to check the suite out. Had a pot of tea for two and a plate of space-saver sandwiches (the ones here they cut all the crusts off ,actual value about £2 tops).....£48

Lord knows what the bar bills will be like on the day.

Seriously? What was on them? Did you question it, Tango?

That, in the truest sense, is absolutely fecking ridiculous.

[Bruce Rioja]

Going to a wedding reception in July, at the Manchester Hilton. Lad getting married, and his mother, friends of ours, called there yesterday to check the suite out. Had a pot of tea for two and a plate of space-saver sandwiches (the ones here they cut all the crusts off ,actual value about £2 tops).....£48

Lord knows what the bar bills will be like on the day.

Seriously? What was on them? Did you question it, Tango?

That, in the truest sense, is absolutely fecking ridiculous.

[TANGODANCER]

Going to a wedding reception in July, at the Manchester Hilton. Lad getting married, and his mother, friends of ours, called there yesterday to check the suite out. Had a pot of tea for two and a plate of space-saver sandwiches (the ones here they cut all the crusts off ,actual value about £2 tops).....£48

Lord knows what the bar bills will be like on the day.

Seriously? What was on them? Did you question it, Tango?

That, in the truest sense, is absolutely fecking ridiculous.

I only got it from the wife having a phone conversation Bruce. I'll ask when I see our friend next time. Apparently there were thimbles sized cakes included to ease the pain. Just highly glad it wasn't me.

[Bruce Rioja]

Going to a wedding reception in July, at the Manchester Hilton. Lad getting married, and his mother, friends of ours, called there yesterday to check the suite out. Had a pot of tea for two and a plate of space-saver sandwiches (the ones here they cut all the crusts off ,actual value about £2 tops).....£48

Lord knows what the bar bills will be like on the day.

Seriously? What was on them? Did you question it, Tango?

That, in the truest sense, is absolutely fecking ridiculous.

I only got it from the wife having a phone conversation Bruce. I'll ask when I see our friend next time. Apparently there were thimbles sized cakes included to ease the pain. Just highly glad it wasn't me.

Sorry, Tango, I'd misread it and thought it was you and Mrs Dancer. And I'll bet that it included 10% for, you know, making sandwiches, boiling a kettle and fetching them over.

Serves as a warning anyway, so thanks for that.

[TANGODANCER]

Going to a wedding reception in July, at the Manchester Hilton. Lad getting married, and his mother, friends of ours, called there yesterday to check the suite out. Had a pot of tea for two and a plate of space-saver sandwiches (the ones here they cut all the crusts off ,actual value about £2 tops).....£48

Lord knows what the bar bills will be like on the day.

Seriously? What was on them? Did you question it, Tango?

That, in the truest sense, is absolutely fecking ridiculous.

I only got it from the wife having a phone conversation Bruce. I'll ask when I see our friend next time. Apparently there were thimbles sized cakes included to ease the pain. Just highly glad it wasn't me.

Sorry, Tango, I'd misread it and thought it was you and Mrs Dancer. And I'll bet that it included 10% for, you know, making sandwiches, boiling a kettle and fetching them over.

Serves as a warning anyway, so thanks for that.

Lord knows what the bill for the wedding reception will come to. Just fxcking glad I won't be paying it. The happy couple are off to the Maldives at 5-0 that day. I really went wrong somewhere.

[bobo the clown]

A monster sized pigeon just decided to ignore that we have a conservatory ..... slapped at full speed into one of the windows. I nearly dropped my tea-cup.

There is now a pigeon version of the impression left on the Turin Shroud on my glass. It must have been a dusty beggar.

Said pigeon, which I thought was surely dead was sat beneath the window, literally 'giving his head a shake'. After a couple of minutes it flew off, albeit a bit groggy.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

A monster sized pigeon just decided to ignore that we have a conservatory ..... slapped at full speed into one of the windows. I nearly dropped my tea-cup.

There is now a pigeon version of the impression left on the Turin Shroud on my glass. It must have been a dusty beggar.

Said pigeon, which I thought was surely dead was sat beneath the window, literally 'giving his head a shake'. After a couple of minutes it flew off, albeit a bit groggy.

Quick, get out and have a look around, there'll be a Tippi Hedren lookalike somewhere near...

[bobo the clown]

A monster sized pigeon just decided to ignore that we have a conservatory ..... slapped at full speed into one of the windows. I nearly dropped my tea-cup.

There is now a pigeon version of the impression left on the Turin Shroud on my glass. It must have been a dusty beggar.

Said pigeon, which I thought was surely dead was sat beneath the window, literally 'giving his head a shake'. After a couple of minutes it flew off, albeit a bit groggy.

Quick, get out and have a look around, there'll be a Tippi Hedren lookalike somewhere near...

I've looked. Not there I'm afraid, unless she's hiding behind the little fat b'stard holding a megaphone.

[thebish]

cool! the white powder is from the feather quills (I think) - owls do this and leave ghostly shapes on conservatory windows..

[bobo the clown]

cool! the white powder is from the feather quills (I think) - owls do this and leave ghostly shapes on conservatory windows..

You took that whilst up here taking our bidet I guess. EXACTLY what I have on our window (albeit an entirely different sort of bird).

[Lost Leopard Spot]

It wasn't a pigeon then. A lesser sighted blind owl would be my guess. Show us your pigeon print, bobo.

[bobo the clown]

It wasn't a pigeon then. A lesser sighted blind owl would be my guess. Show us your pigeon print, bobo.

Well, it was a pigeon which was sitting stunned on the grass right after ! Maybe it was stunned at what some owl had just done, but frankly I'm going for it being that bird.

I've tried photo's but they are rubbish. If I manage a good one I'll post it.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Just don't do what my wife did. We had a squirrel crash into our window which left an imprint - which kind of brings into question how these imprints are formed as, to the best of my knowledge, squirrels are both featherless and flightless - and in the course of manouevering the camera to get a better shot, managed to trip and go through the window.

[thebish]

Just don't do what my wife did. We had a squirrel crash into our window which left an imprint - which kind of brings into question how these imprints are formed as, to the best of my knowledge, squirrels are both featherless and flightless - and in the course of manouevering the camera to get a better shot, managed to trip and go through the window.

maybe that's how the squirrel did it?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Just don't do what my wife did. We had a squirrel crash into our window which left an imprint - which kind of brings into question how these imprints are formed as, to the best of my knowledge, squirrels are both featherless and flightless - and in the course of manouevering the camera to get a better shot, managed to trip and go through the window.

maybe that's how the squirrel did it?

No but really it can't be feather dust if squirrels can do it too. In fact, I remember now that I caused the same waaaay back in my youth with a football. The impression was left there for well over nine years. It must be some aspect of the glass. Internal micro fractures or something. I forsee a good PhD subject here for someone...

[thebish]

Just don't do what my wife did. We had a squirrel crash into our window which left an imprint - which kind of brings into question how these imprints are formed as, to the best of my knowledge, squirrels are both featherless and flightless - and in the course of manouevering the camera to get a better shot, managed to trip and go through the window.

maybe that's how the squirrel did it?

No but really it can't be feather dust if squirrels can do it too. In fact, I remember now that I caused the same waaaay back in my youth with a football. The impression was left there for well over nine years. It must be some aspect of the glass. Internal micro fractures or something. I forsee a good PhD subject here for someone...

dandruffy squirrel - no mystery!

[Bruce Rioja]

Forgive me please if I display a level of numptiness here, but I can't see the supposed racist slur here.

Sergio Garcia has apologised for remarks aimed at Tiger Woods that sparked a racism controversy at the European Tour’s gala dinner in London on Tuesday night.

Asked when he would be inviting Woods round for dinner at the US Open next month, the Spaniard replied “he can come every night - we will serve fried chicken.”

The racist overtones caused a stir at the prestigious European Tour Player Awards

[Montreal Wanderer]

Forgive me please if I display a level of numptiness here, but I can't see the supposed racist slur here.

Sergio Garcia has apologised for remarks aimed at Tiger Woods that sparked a racism controversy at the European Tour’s gala dinner in London on Tuesday night.

Asked when he would be inviting Woods round for dinner at the US Open next month, the Spaniard replied “he can come every night - we will serve fried chicken.”

The racist overtones caused a stir at the prestigious European Tour Player Awards

Fried chicken is stereotypically food for American blacks.