tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post1170541180101478508..comments2024-03-28T04:48:19.626-07:00Comments on Strange Company: Weekend Link DumpUndinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-82633981305767233642022-08-14T04:40:54.343-07:002022-08-14T04:40:54.343-07:00There's a story--I assume it's apocryphal,...There's a story--I assume it's apocryphal, but I'd like to think it isn't--where Queen Victoria was boating on the Thames, and observed all these various scraps used for toilet paper floating in the water. She asked an aide what they were, and he responded tactfully, "Madam, those are 'No swimming' signs."Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-77423362674258384952022-08-13T14:18:43.655-07:002022-08-13T14:18:43.655-07:00Oh, and I always liked "Morningtown Ride"...Oh, and I always liked "Morningtown Ride"; what a lovely lullaby. And Morningtown itself sounds like a nice place to live.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-60327430997719327462022-08-13T14:17:53.220-07:002022-08-13T14:17:53.220-07:00That is a good story about 'Chintey' indee...That is a good story about 'Chintey' indeed. Many regiments have animal mascots, but Chintey is rather special. And the state of the Thames in the nineteenth century was truly horrifying. The best that could be said about it, I guess, is that most of the pollution was organic...John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-19994385723452757992022-08-12T06:31:59.135-07:002022-08-12T06:31:59.135-07:00https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/...https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/a-series-of-fortunate-events-16-year-old-reunited-with-mother-after-9-years-101659727607671.htmllittle gatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17586496670612861469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-74235957996855063362022-08-12T06:04:37.412-07:002022-08-12T06:04:37.412-07:00Sadly indeed, the carnival is over.Sadly indeed, the carnival is over.antoinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07582133297550402243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-6208007559009956302022-08-12T05:38:34.657-07:002022-08-12T05:38:34.657-07:00"The hoax that inspired "Frankenstein.&q..."The hoax that inspired "Frankenstein."<br /><br />Helluva hoax to inspire a book written eight years earlier!<br /><br />On the other hand there's Captain America's decades 'on ice'busterggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02146221182670363053noreply@blogger.com