Out of Africa

Listening to the House of Pain on Steptoe's ipod

Christopher Biggins eat your heart out

Al’s been big game hunting (and we we’re not talking about a United Chelsea match). See him shooting tigers and playing with ivory chess sets lovingly carved by Rachael during the long evening on the Serangeti Plain on a video he has thoughtfully uploaded to YouTube by clicking here. As Alex himself wrote on the accompanying email publicising his new-found editing skill,

“It's 8 minutes long, but it's worth persevering with, especially if you enjoy the music of Vic Reeves”.

The joys of Facebook

Have you enrolled on Facebook yet? Those of whom I am aware who have enrolled include Red Bush, Ming, Kirsty, Comrade Ralli (Herald of the Red Dawn), Steps & Shteeeeeve. Fun for all of the family, I assure you, and a splendid waste of time for those of you without anything better to do during the day. Come on in, the water’s lovely.

Curry Queen

Coming to a High Street Kensington near you soon

I prefer a light salad myself

Bush and Ming spent yesterday poncing around High Street Kensington, and encountered one of those typically whanky food shops one finds in such parts, Whole Foods, who have taken over building which previously housed Barkers department store and converted it into something resembling Harrods food hall (the web site advertises free parking if you spend over £100.00 on groceries – you get the idea) Anyway, they thought that they might like to buy themselves a spot of deli-surprise lunch, and Bush found a tub which stated 100g for £1.70 Well, here’s a bargain, she thought, and proceeded to fill the pot with cold curry for her lunch (classy), whilst simultaneously patting herself on the back for finding the deal of the day. Imagine her surprise when she got to the till, only to realise that the food was charged by weight, not pot size, and as she had just purchased almost a kilogram of curry……This is quite true.

Oval and out

"I had a sister in law once. I went with her to see …..errrr, India. At the Oval!"

Never trust a man with a pineapple on his head

So, off to the Oval on Saturday with Shteeeeeve & Dave. Spurs lost 1-0, Lincoln City 4 -0, England played poorly, the rugby team were defeated by the French at Twickenham and Shteeeve ended the evening taking 26 pictures of nothing on the tube, all blurred, and of no obviously discernable subject matter whatsoever. This followed a late evening during which drink was taken, and an argument with an inanimate object at the public conveniences at Euston Station (a turnstile, which saw fit to decline Shteeeve entrance without parting with a hard currency, something Shteeeve failed to discern), an afternoon drinking gin & coke (we ran out of tonic) and an evening at London Bridge sans repast. Shteeeve thought it would be a good idea to stay at Howards End, in order that only my wife would see him after his day in the sun, which in hindsight might have proved wise. Especially as Shteeeve cannot remember any of the day after Sober appeared from the bar with a jug of Pimm’s just before 10.00pm….....

Blue Bush?

Off to Ralli’s with Bush & Liz yesterday evening. All is well with the world with Brick, Muk & Isaac, and Anita produced a meze feast which even defeated Bush. Not that it stopped her tucking in a little later to a bag of cookies which she proceeded to demolish with relish. “Some things never change”, Anita reflected in a confidential email to me this morning, which also included the suggestion of the picture of the Cookie Monster we see above. Glad to oblige as ever, Comrade. And thanks for all of the chorizo.