Jokes for Halloween

A grumpy old man writes………. Back when I was a lad, we had to virtually perform a bloody concert to qualify for a toffee apple, a tangerine or a packet of sweets when out guising at Halloween. Now the little treasures appear at the door and mumble “trick or treat?” before grudgingly mumbling a joke. [...]

Prophets of doom? Doom of profits?

“I think in the longer term eurozone members have to decide if they want to keep it. In some ways, that is out of our hands. What would worry me is if you end up with a two-speed Europe. We are some way off that. The real problem we have got here is that because [...]

Guisin’ and Galoshin’

A bit about Halloween from Rampant Scotland The Christian Festival on All Hallows (Saints) Day on 1 November was deliberately set to coincide with the last day of the year in the old Celtic calendar of 31 October. It was celebrated by the Druids as “Samhain” from “Sain” meaning summer and “fuin” meaning “ending” and [...]

No trick, just a treat

I haven’t featured anything from Shorpy for a while. This photo was taken at Disneyland in 1963. The contributor says of it: Who knew there was also the dark, horrific, blood curdling Disneyland?. Skull Rock Lagoon was perfectly designed to stimulate the “Wow, cool!” gland in the 17-year-old me. (Translation for today’s ears: “Awesome!”) Added [...]

Bank on it……

A Kick Up the Ghoulies

AnElephantCant contain his excitement As the end of October draws near His wee brain fair itches As he thinks about witches It is the scariest night of the year Aye Hallowe’en is a night of fun As long as you ca’ canny You might see a de’il Or a bogle for real If you keek [...]

Just a Number

Check out this item from the BBC which examines the world population as it nears 7 billion. It’s quite frightening how the population has climbed in just over half a century when I first wandered into this mortal coil. It’s one of these pointless but quite interesting things to go to the site and enter [...]

Scotland in Autumn

These photos arrive from a friend of the blog who was doing a bit of climbing on Friday.

Clunk click! Goodness gracious! ‘Ow’s about that then?

*Makes that Tarzan noise* Jimmy Savile was one of these figures like Bruce Forsyth, Jimmy Tarbuck and the Queen Mother. Personifications of British Life from the era of Woolworths, Brentford Nylons, BOAC, Old English Spangles, 8 track stereos, Subbuteo and white dog poo Of course the media have gone into overdrive over the “larger than [...]

The Weekend Waits – Bad as Me

It’s the title track from the new album – out now.