June 2009 – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Spidy Wasch

A bit of free association, or rambling, as it is more widely known.

CROWDED BY APPEARANCE OF IT DENOUNCES

Lenox has scanned the Guardia Civil’s English translation of a crime report form. I particularly liked the confusion of first person singular verb forms and masculine nouns. So objeto -> “I object” instead of “object”.

Wellington vs Glasgow Rangers’ International Brigadiers, and the origins of “No pasarán” and “No surrender”

Nominations for the noblest British fighter in a Spanish war, and speculative revisions of the history of two idiot idioms.

Pingu and the Barrel Organ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tClY79wSr_0

Specs on the beach

I do hate to be beside the seaside, unless it’s raining.