Dumb broads in movies are usually best. I have seen a few clever ones but they generally cause the hero to come to a sticky end.
End of the road comes to all of us. We can't fight it because it is a dead certainty.
Certainty is rare in nature. And man has removed certainty from some of it by inventing life after death.
Death is not a subject people like talking about. I cannot understand this as it should not be a taboo subject.
Subject to the usual restrictions, it is almost impossible to get permission to build on green belt land. But some people seem to manage it.
It is a sad fact that Britain is getting full of housing. Is it not written in the Bible that 'woe be to him that builds house unto house until there is no place he can be alone in the wilderness'?
Clary wrote:It is a sad fact that Britain is getting full of housing. Is it not written in the Bible that 'woe be to him that builds house unto house until there is no place he can be alone in the wilderness'?
Wilderness quotations of doubtful authenticity and provenance are evidently a speciality. Speciality builders who can make a silk purse out of an unpromising sow's ear, however, verily are prized above rubies.
Rubies always seemed to me too pink, I prefer the deep wine red of garnets. Star rubies in particular look sugary.
Sugary coatings hide many a bitter pill. Take the medicine, face the flak, bite the bullet, grasp the nettle, take the plunge, do the deed.
'Deed I will. Nowadays a lot of things seem to be sugar-coated so as not to offend anyone, but maybe it was worse in Victorian times when even table legs were covered.
Covered faces of muslim women disturb me a little...I think they look creepy. But on the other hand there are some people who would benefit from a good thick opaque burqua.
Burqua is a useful garment for a lady travelling in Muslim areas. When I was living in Delhi I used to wish I had one, so as to avoid the hassles.
Hassles at International Airports are a new phenomenon. Passengers face delays and flight cancellations because of the time-consuming searches that are imposed.
Imposed values never stick. The only values that do have to rise up from the ordinary people.
People who understand such wisdom are closet James Joyce fans. On that I have "come out".
Out in Samarkand you will find Tamburlaine's tomb. It's beautiful but when I was there you couldn't buy any postcards.
Postcards represent one of the world's biggest repository of lies. Nobody can be expected to tell the truth when all the staff at the Post Office can read it.
It is unbelievable how our food prices are rising because of the high cost of fuel. When is this spiralling of oil prices going to stop?
Stop, in the name of love, before you break my heart. Motown...is it the soundtrack of all of our lives?
Lives are often lost through medical errors these days. Patients safety should be paramount and mistakes should be avoided at all costs.
