More or Les (was Bloody Plurals)

[Hobbit]

Hi Jack
Your opening picture reminded me of something

Your letter to the pilot tickled me as well   Hilarious!
A little more Blackadder....
Duke of Wellington
 
& now for something completely different!  No! not Monty Python

Wallace & Gromit

Hope you didn't look like this after slightly overindulging  

Off to give my little grey cell a small workout!

Pen

[Ozzyjack]

Hi Pen.
You have excelled yourself again except for one small detail.  Have a look at the Duke of Wellington again and then read my parting tip.


We voted in the NSW elections today.  You will remember that we have compulsory voting.  Neither of the major contenders are much chop.  So, our situation reminds me of a scene from Master and Commander.

“Two weevils crept from the crumbs. 'You see those weevils, Stephen?' said Jack solemnly.

'I do.'

'Which would you choose?'

'There is not a scrap of difference. Arcades ambo. They are the same species of curculio, and there is nothing to choose between them.'

'But suppose you had to choose?'

'Then I should choose the right-hand weevil; it has a perceptible advantage in both length and breadth.'

There I have you,' cried Jack. 'You are bit - you are completely dished. Don't you know that in the Navy you must always choose the lesser of two weevils? Oh ha, ha, ha, ha!”

These are sort of related:

     

Tip: Testing hidden links using Preview before posting is like doing the paperwork and

[Hobbit]

Hi Jack

I am deeply embarrassed   I only did half a job   I hit the preview button but didn't actually check that the link was what it was meant to be!
Oops!

Duke of Wellington Part Deux

Do you not have an option of "None of the Above" when voting? I seem to remember that being in a film but for the life of me I can't remember what the film was   Sure your politicians can't be any worse than ours.  Don't think any of them care about the country or the people.  Just their own beliefs & self interest   You've reminded me that I'd quite like to re-watch Master & Commander

   


Pen

[Ozzyjack]

Hi Pen.

No need to be embarrassed.  We all do it from time to time.  I got caught out a week or two ago.  And you have rectified the error.  Here’s another one from the same group –
The Treaty of Westphalia

I like the idea of none of the above..  We can always vote informal which is the same as not turning up to vote but you don’t have to pay the fine.

I think the film you were talking about was Brewster’s Millions.  This excerpt suggests it would be well worth a watch.

We did have a similar situation in Canberra when we were living there.  The Commonwealth Government used to run the ACT and, against the wishes of many people, decided the ACT should be self-governed.  The rationale was financial.  The argument was that Canberra services should be paid for by Canberra people and not from Commonwealth funds.  Therefore they should have an elected body to set and administer from a budget in the same way as Australian States did.  The counter argument was that Canberra was the Nation's capital and provided services to the nation and therefore should be funded by taxation from all Australians.

The following excepts from Wikipedia describes how a few protested.  Now everybody just takes self-government for granted.

The No Self-Government Party was a minor Australian Capital Territory political party that experienced limited success in the early years of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. Like Dennis Stevenson's Abolish Self-Government Coalition, it opposed self-government for the ACT. In the first territory election in 1989, three members of the No Self-Government Party were elected. None was still a member of the party by the 1992 election, by which time it had ceased to exist
Dennis Ross Stevenson (born 12 November 1946) was an Australian politician. He was elected in the inaugural 1989 general election to serve in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, on a platform of abolishing self-government in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Ironically, Stevenson was re-elected at the 1992 general election and resigned from the ACT Legislative Assembly in 1995.

I’ll not comment on the NSW election.  I believe the greater weevil won.  So, I’ll just respond to your cartoons.

   

[Hobbit]

Hi Jack
Thank you for the clip.  Because it was a BBC clip sadly I couldn't play it.  Tickles me (not!) that you can look at it but I, as a licence payer, cannot!
Here's a little snippet for you.  Rowan Atkinson with one of your rather attractive country(wo)men
Sushi
Bit silly but makes me laugh!
I've had a busy day mowing the grass & ironing & stuff but I have the nice thought of a whole week off

I wont be getting up too early in the morning!
Gotta fly

Pen

[Ozzyjack]

Hi Pen,

We are not having much luck with YouTube.  I found the the Treaty of Westphalia with another URL. See if they will allow this.   I couldn't open your Johnny English.  See the attachment.  I did find another URL which may be a copy  the one you sent. Is this it?

A whole week off?  Have you got anything exciting planned apart from sleeping in each morning?  Some adventurous activities perhaps?

      

,Pen

[Hobbit]

Afternoon Jack
I've just watched The Treaty of Westphalia & thought it was hilarious   So glad you managed to find it successfully.  The Johnny English clip was the correct one.
I'm having a day of doing silly annoying jobs & dossing with a cuppa & the crossword
 
I don't think I'll be doing anything too adventurous!  (I like the skydiving pilot )  Tomorrow I'm lunching with an old friend & on Thursday my friend Eve (the one I go on holiday with) & I are going out for lunch & then going to the pictures to see Fisherman's Friend.  (not the awful throat sweets!)  Friday I have to take my car in for service.
It's just lovely enjoying some free time
   
Off to stretch my legs while the sun's shining.  You golfing this week?

[Ozzyjack]

Hi Pen,
Loved your cartoons.  I’m disappointed you are not going in for extreme sports but being one of the ladies who lunch can be quite adventurous.

         

Our only scheduled game of golf this week is Thursday at Brighton Lakes.  Today we had our carpets professionally dry cleaned.  We do this every year or so, but it requires temporarily relocating a lot of furniture.   Luckily, we recruited our son to visit to help with the heavy lifting but as he is not a golfer, we are restricting ourselves to one game this week.

I looked up “Fisherman’s Friends”. I think you will enjoy it. 

I just had a flash from my schooldays – The nun’s lecturing me that “idleness was the Devil’s workshop”, so watch out for old Nick this week, Pen, or face these consequences.

   

[Hobbit]

Hi Jack
 
Have to say you're on tip top form at the moment   Toby the Devil was excellent & so very funny
I meant to say I have seen Brewster's Millions but not for rather a lot of years   Couldn't remember what it was called but you came up trumps as usual.  It was a very good film as I recall.  Didn't poor Richard Prior come to a bit of a sad end or am I mixing him up with somebody else?

Judge

Anarchists

Here's a little more of Rowan Atkinson in different guises.

   

Pen

[Ozzyjack]

Didn't poor Richard Prior come to a bit of a sad end or am I mixing him up with somebody else?

I think you were thinking of him.  Here is a brief summary of his health problems.

On November 1977, after many years of heavy smoking and drinking, Pryor suffered a mild heart attack at age 37.  He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1986.  In 1990, Pryor suffered a second heart attack while in Australia.  He underwent triple heart bypass surgery in 1991.  On December 10, 2005, nine days after his 65th birthday, Pryor suffered a heart attack in Los Angeles.  He was pronounced dead at 7:58 a.m. Forensic pathologist Michael Hunter believes Pryor's fatal heart attack was caused by coronary artery disease that was at least partially brought about by years of tobacco smoking.

This weekend, our ABC starts an 8 part series The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco. which apparently was seen in the UK from July to September last year.  Did you watch it?

I’m having a hard job topping your funnies but I will have a go:

   

 

This one is not funny but it was topical yesterday

[Hobbit]

I'm not really sure what your little yellow man is doing with an apple on his head!

I watched the original series of The Bletchley Circle & quite enjoyed it.  I haven't seen The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco.  You'll have to have a watch & report back!

I loved your naughty but funny cartoons   Not sure I can match them but I'll give it my best shot
     

Continuing your carpet theme!
Hopefully yours is nearly finished & furniture returned to it's rightful place
Almost time for dinner
Toodle Pip
Pen

[Ozzyjack]

I'm not really sure what your little yellow man is doing with an apple on his head!

I couldn't tell but perhaps we could make William Tell.

We got most of the furniture back in place Tuesday night and finished off the job yesterday.

I tried to respond to your challenge to find cartoons which were a bit naughty and soon found myself into hard porn which I don’t find funny and which would scandalise a lot of our friends.  The problem is that, if you open a few to see what they are about, the search engines think that is what you are looking for and dish it up for even the most innocent of search keys and so I am retreating to very safe territory tonight.

     

I’m Off

[Hobbit]

  Jack

I've had a most enjoyable afternoon.  Had a scrummy lunch & Eve & I loved The Fisherman's Friend.

Very Fishy!

I know what you mean about searching & ending up finding stuff you really don't want   Happened to me a few times!
I thought your first cartoon was smashing I'm glad to be able to call you a friend   Can't match it but I did find these
 


  Pen

[Ozzyjack]

Great follow up cartoons on the friend’s theme. I enjoyed them.

I’ll keep an eye out for Fisherman’s Friends.  It is going to be released on Netflix but they haven’t announced when.

I’ve come across a number of cartoon collections in YouTube.  The trouble is for every good one there are two duds (IMHO) and some we have seen before as singles.  Here is an example.   What do you think?

Here is some more traditional ones:

     

[Hobbit]

Hi Jack

We've had a beautiful warm spring day.  I've been busy taking my car to be serviced & running errands.  Looking forward to flaking out in my armchair with a glass of pink pinot

The collection of cartoons were a bit of a mixed bunch.  Some were very good & funny &, as you rightly say, a few were duds.  On the whole a lot of them made me smile & a couple made me laugh   I did like your handpicked cartoons

I was pondering superstitions earlier on when I was getting dinner ready.  I spilt some salt & automatically lobbed some over my shoulder!  Do you have any funny superstitions? Friday the 13th!  I don't walk under ladders & hate seeing a single magpie - has to be 2! A broken mirror is meant to be 7 years bad luck.  I'm sure there must be more but I can't think of any at the minute.
     

Off to give my little grey cell a small workout then relaxing with Inspector Barnaby!



Pen