RULES OF THE COSMOS - REAL BUTTER

The hardness of the butter

          You’ve probably heard it said

Is directly proportional

          To the softness of the bread 

AFTER SEX

 

What Eighteen thirty girls

Do after sex

Is open the car door

And shout out next!

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE 39 STEPS (1935)

 

The 39 Steps is a thriller based on the book by John Buchan and directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

The hero of this adventurous tale is a Canadian visitor to London, Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) who, after spending the evening at the Music Hall where “Mr Memory” was performing, he meets Annabella Smith (Lucie Mannheim), a counter-espionage Agent who is trying to evade enemy agents who he subsequently takes back to his flat so she could hide until morning.

However during the night, the agent is killed and Hannay is accused of her murder, so he must go on the run to save himself and travels to Scotland to clear his name and stop a spy ring which is trying to steal top secret information.

For those who have not seen it I suggest that you do so, it benefits from a great script, by Charles Bennett, witty, humorous and intelligent.

The film is benefits from exquisitely understated acting, in particular Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll as Hannay’s feisty romantic interest, Pamela.

In addition to the stars John Laurie and Peggy Ashcroft’s cameos as the Crofter and his wife are excellent.

The film also excels technically with the lighting, photography and camera work and of course the deft hand of Hitchcock drives the narrative with the fast-paced action.

The iconic scene where Hannay alights from the Flying Scotsman on the Forth Bridge will live forever in cinematic history.

HE ASKED ME A QUESTION

 

He asked me a question

In the most cryptic of ways

Does your mouth bleed?

Every twenty-eight days?

And I didn’t recognize it

As an insult for several days

RAMBLING’S AND RANTING’S - SEVERED

 

“We are making your position redundant” was the gist of meeting.

There were a few well-placed key words and phrases such as “Revenue downturn”, “strategic restructuring”, “Regrettable”, “unforeseen” blah blah blah.

I know it wasn’t personal it was necessary to make positions redundant and mine, along with three others, was identified as one that could go.

In truth it didn’t come as a complete surprise in fact I thought it would have happened earlier than it did.

The flow of work into my “in” tray had slowed to the point where it was barely a trickle and time had begun to hang heavy and more and more I had to make myself look busy which is never an easy task.

However, although I was not surprised it was still a shock when the hammer fell.

It was all very amicable, and I have no complaint about the way it was done, and the financial package was more than acceptable so no hard feelings.

I did feel a little sadness at the end because after twenty-two years in the job I felt I was beginning to get the hang of it.

IT’S THE DOGS…. AGAIN

 

A man and his dog walk into the pub

Each night to drink with the locals

As the man has a drink, the mans dog

Lies down and then licks his genitals

An offended customer, disgusted asks

“Why does your dog do that man?”

Then owner answers without hesitation

“That’s easy he does it because he can”

PROBLEM SOLVED

 

The worst two problems

In the world as far, I can see

Is first homelessness and

Then to feed the hungry  

The obvious solution to

These problems is simplicity

All you have to do is

Feed the homeless to the hungry