What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[320touring]

Shares in beer company FTW:)

[155V6]

I like donkeys too,this is Miss_155 with a giant French donkey I met while I was delivering horse feed

 

[wuvvum]

cms206, on 24 Apr 2015 - 3:15 PM, said:

By contrast, our multiculturalist friend's 'apostrophe' and 'E' keys seem to be working rather too well.

[STUNO]

While watching a bit of telly today, i saw a bit if diving being done in one of the hydro lakes in the south. Not really interesting, but suddenly the divers came over a bridge in the murk, and then a car appeared on the bridge. A Vauxhall Cresta from about 1965 or so. A  bit of googling said that it was done as a joke when the lake was filled in 1992 and is well known. Made me grin anyway !

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Yesterday I visited Autoshiteland.

In common with most Brits, I normally arrive in Calais, get on the Autoroute and blast across Northern France as if les Flics still patrolled in R4s and H vans. Paris, The Med or Spain are usually the reason I'm there so no dawdling.

Yesterday I spent the day in Berck which is about 20 miles down the coast from Le Touquet, after a pleasant day we headed back to Calais and the Tunnel and as we'd plenty of time didn't go on the Autoroute.

This introduced me to chod heaven , I lost count of the number of 205,405,309 even 605s , there were decrepit R4s and 6s in every other garden. I saw about a dozen Safranes and even a couple of 25s, older Citroens weren't quite as plentiful with just 2 XMs and a BX pus a few Dyanes and 2CVs in gardens.

This came as a particular surprise because in Paris or St Tropez and the roads in between the oldest cars you're likely to see are usually Brtitish, the tunnel cost £30 each way and derv is less than a quid a litre and you don't need to go more than 50 miles from Calais, this is cheaper than collecting a free Punto for me.

As I didn't take a phone charger there are no high quality* spots, sorry.

[daveb47]

[KruJoe]

no high quality* spots, sorry.

 

Low quality spots would be accepted by way of substitute.

[richardmorris]

My garden has an outbreak of sheep!

[wuvvum]

An occupational hazard of living in Wales.

[dollywobbler]

Saves mowing the lawn. Did once have a lamb on the roof of our conservatory though. Stupid animals.

[richardmorris]

An occupational hazard of living in Wales.

Indeed, but this is actually Surrey! They escaped from a poorly secured gate round the corner I think and played follow the leader. It was like an episode of shawn the sheep! I called security to ask if they had a number for the farm, but they didn't. I couldn't find one online either. Eventually the farmer came down and rounded them all up. They were in no danger as there are no roads about. The grass is certainly well fertilised now:-)

[richardmorris]

Saves mowing the lawn. Did once have a lamb on the roof of our conservatory though. Stupid animals.

The gardeners only cut it yesterday, we had a nice cross hatch pattern, now it looks like shortbread with tiny currants!

 

 

Nb. Not "my" gardeners rather the crown estate's, of whom I am a mere tenant. The duchess of Wessex did wave at me in the 2cv yesterday though!

[KruJoe]

 

Why is that space not full of rusting wrecks?

 

GET ON IT MAN

[oldcars]

The gardeners only cut it yesterday, we had a nice cross hatch pattern, now it looks like shortbread with tiny currants!

 

 

Nb. Not "my" gardeners rather the crown estate's, of whom I am a mere tenant. The duchess of Wessex did wave at me in the 2cv yesterday though!

That's baaaaaaaaad news about the lawn..........................

[Mr Lobster]

Terrible. Ewe must be fed up with all them rambleing around the garden.

 

 

Sorry.

[purplebargeken]

So, nice fresh juicy lamb for lunch tomorrow then.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

So, nice fresh juicy lamb for lunch tomorrow then.

When I was a kid in the early 70's (in Wales obvs) my dad acquired a dodgy sheep, that ended up in the freezer. In those pre-Internet days he just visited a butchers shop and memorised the diagram on the wall that showed the cuts of meat.

His memory was shit and it turned out it was a picture of a pig anyway, for the next six months we had some unusual looking Sunday roasts. I seem to remember a chainsaw was involved in the butchery process.

[Inspector Morose]

Flicking through old photos on my phone.

 

 

 

It's odd what makes you grin at times.

[Skizzer]

His memory was shit and it turned out it was a picture of a pig anyway

 

That is definitely the funniest thing I've heard all week.  Excellent.

[vulgalour]

Today, I got passed on a roundabout by a white Peugeot 309 GRD hatchback piloted by a large beard with a man attached.

[Lord Sterling]

Flicking through old photos on my phone.

It's odd what makes you grin at times.

A mate if mine used to own a barbers in Halesowen called "Hairsowen"

 

Its still there in all, I'll have to get a picture.

[DVee8]

[Stanky]

Repainted bathroom, bedroom, micro_Stanky bedroom and kitchen ceilings using only tester paint pots this evening, fuelled by Lidl wine.

 

Living the dream MUVVA _FUNKAS

[hairnet]

Used to be corollas and Carinas now its all Hyundai and vag

 

Making tay just now and hitting the fridge for milk.......

You can take the German outta Germany but ya can't take the Germany outta the German

 

No herbs fkin cumin seeds and it ain't like boursin

[michael1703]

I've got an old dell latitude that I use mostly offline as it has "internet issues" turned it on to look up an Su electric fuel pump online,clicked on an Aston martin double ended pump and now I've got pop ups for double ended dildos and double ended vibrators

[michael1703]

I came home Wednesday to find a bicycle leant against my front hedge, I thought it was somebody delivering leaflets had left it there or something, I left it there but thought I might claim it if nobody came for it within a week.

 

My 87 year old neighbour just knocked on the door to apolagise as it was his new purchase, he had asked the vendor to deliver it and said he was the first white cottage on the right, the guy had left it outside mine by mistake and my neighbour only just noticed it

 

I hope I can still cycle when I'm 87!

[vulgalour]

Today I got to ride in a GT6 to a car show and when we got there someone had brought a proper car with them.

 

 

[Stanky]

I came home Wednesday to find a bicycle leant against my front hedge, I thought it was somebody delivering leaflets had left it there or something, I left it there but thought I might claim it if nobody came for it within a week.

 

My 87 year old neighbour just knocked on the door to apolagise as it was his new purchase, he had asked the vendor to deliver it and said he was the first white cottage on the right, the guy had left it outside mine by mistake and my neighbour only just noticed it

 

I hope I can still cycle when I'm 87!

 

This is my grandfather:

 

http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/suffolk_the_amazing_90_year_old_who_cycles_6_000_miles_a_year_1_1203505

 

he's 93 now, but is still going strong!

[junkyarddog]

My 11 year old nephew racing a Micra on the short oval,

it's a formula called junior rods.

He even managed to get the offside rear wheel off the ground while cornering

 

He was having a blast

[explosive-cabbage]

Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, please remember that there are people much, much sadder than you.

 

https://youtu.be/hCfQ6Yu1UFA

 

 

Therefore YOU win at life.