Doublespeak
I was walking down Kennington Road when I happened across the Orwellian sounding "Central Office of Information". They had a few posters up in honour of their sixtieth birthday, including this. It's funny - you don't have stories about pelicans for years then three come at once.
posted by Ham at 01:18 -- Comments here: 11
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very funny cartoon.
Hey,Ham, I recognized what that tattoo on that guy's arm!!! :D
in Chinese:荣誉(rong2 yu4), it means : honour.
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lol. Careful, Winston, you know shots like this are not allowed.
I'm currently working through your backlog of photos, when i get a few spare mins. So interesting. I'm up to June. Coffee breaks are even more enticing now lol
Lynn - In which case you may be interested in what happens here tomorrow...........
;-)
I applied to work for COI once half a lifetime ago....passed the exam but not the interview.
Shame, you'd have had much better stats if I was in charge ;)
hmm.. intriguing, fellow-worker. I will meet you here immediately after Two Minutes Hate.
Well, Ham, I'm up to September now in your archives and a jolly old time and a lot of coffees i've had doing it. I recommend to others to flick back through Ham's shots. I've left a few little comments here and there along the way, it's a continuing journey of fun for me. lol oh and.. why did you decide to capture elephants? well, not literally of course, i mean, you couldn't really could you? .. not by yourself anyw...
Oooh it would be like that episode of the Simpsons with Stampy! only BIGGER!
lol indeed...
Lynn, The heffalumps sort of happened. They creep up on you do heffalumps. I found one unusual one and realised I knew of several others, sad to tell I still thought they had them at London Zoo. I thought they had their wolves as well, although I'm sure they are happier in more appropriate locations. There are sill more pachyderms to go!
wow is all i can say to that. oh and i thought i was the only one who said heffalumps. I love baby heffalumps. Got any of those? To fit in my postage stamp garden i meant...