tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post727381744929686886..comments2024-03-27T22:53:00.759+01:00Comments on A Hippo On the Lawn: Christmas in AngolaHippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-54167652699072157552011-02-07T02:33:17.832+01:002011-02-07T02:33:17.832+01:00Alright Hippo, how goes it?Alright Hippo, how goes it?Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409883521642115031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-53126178127899376382011-01-11T00:08:13.658+01:002011-01-11T00:08:13.658+01:00Hippo, that would be Enoch Powell?
I assume you h...Hippo, that would be Enoch Powell?<br /><br />I assume you have seem the images here, our post christmas has been flood ravaged. We, fortunately, are only very water logged but a lot of towns above and to the west have been flooded; the worst (so far) since 1974.<br /><br />Sofia's mother came over on Dec 14th for over a month. It was raining for a bout a month before. Great I thought, that means sunny weather for her stay. Nope, the rain has continued off and on ever since. Nothing like being hoouse bound with the out-laws.<br /><br />I too remember Dave Allen and the two ronnies. have a look at this link ...<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI <br /><br />Hope the new year is an improvement on the last.Nigelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-39496121802942029442011-01-05T13:40:23.172+01:002011-01-05T13:40:23.172+01:00Sounds positively magical. I wonder where exactly ...Sounds positively magical. I wonder where exactly those picture postcard Christmases take place?Jamie Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411528916240029910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-52362055148958087722011-01-02T17:05:38.321+01:002011-01-02T17:05:38.321+01:00Still no snake, eh? I can't get the image of ...Still no snake, eh? I can't get the image of naga and nagini out of my head now... and I like snakes. Of course, it's easier for us, as our poisonous ones are also quite audible. <br /><br />We've received quite the precip, here, too, though we've avoided any real floods so far (knock on wood). We are also lucky in that our wet season comes during our "cold" season, too, which does tamp down the mosquito problem. I'm complaining about our mosquitos at my blog, but it's nothing like y'all's.<br /><br />I'd love a pair of nice wellies. Merry Christmas & happy new year to you.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409883521642115031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-44724268503293827922010-12-26T23:29:47.811+01:002010-12-26T23:29:47.811+01:00come home to a real fire
was NOT THE NICE O'C...come home to a real fire<br /><br />was NOT THE NICE O'CLOCK NEWS!<br />AND FONT GET ME STARTED ON F*CKING health and safety!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-58728410520815142172010-12-26T15:57:35.890+01:002010-12-26T15:57:35.890+01:00John, look carefully at my photo on the blog, noti...John, look carefully at my photo on the blog, notice any missing digits?<br /><br />So I will give you a Dave Allen observation. All Welshmen are, are Irishmen who couldn't swim...<br /><br />I cannot remember whether it was on his show or on some such other where they did a parody of the coal board advert for coal being better than gas (open fireplaces and all that romantic stuff) and this at a time of acute Welsh naationalism. It said:<br /><br />Come home to a real fire... buy a cottage in Wales.<br /><br />In those days we could take the piss out of each other left right and centre with only an occasional punch up. Now we suffer Elf and Safety, Eco mentalists, the PC brigade... and race riots, suicide bombers, venal bankers, narcissistic politicians, ASBOs, knife wielding hoodies, anarchists trashing the streets and the slow, agonising death of the Community.<br /><br />I remember a book written by a leading politician, ex-Army and the youngest ever Brigadier, called, 'Income Tax at Two and Six in the Pound'.<br /><br />Imagine, 12.5% income tax?<br /><br />Like to take a guess at the author?<br /><br />Dominic and I never found the snake, by the way. It is probably hiding under the bed by now...Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-32449204910394554672010-12-26T15:14:01.551+01:002010-12-26T15:14:01.551+01:00ah a man who liked dave Allen!
may your god goes w...ah a man who liked dave Allen!<br />may your god goes with you too!<br /><br />hope you had a nice day tom!<br />best wishes from wales,<br /><br />johnxJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.com