2010 – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Origins of cock and bull

I’m going to try and pin it on John of Bridlington’s rapidly disproven prophecy of a cock and bull and Anglo-French relations.

The Basque provinces demand observance of protected geographical status for their lousy wine, but Burgos fights back with a costly study centre project that will prove that they make lousy wine too. ¡Viva la crisis!

Coals to Newcastle, or the great Spanish electricity export swindle

If Spain is selling electricity to France, how come Spanish consumer prices are 50% higher than north of the border?

The Spanish economy as A Clockwork Orange

The ayes have it?

Memento mori = Don’t forget to die

Over at Mr Harvey’s place, to whom and all a happy Christmas. One day I’ll explain how for certain folks “Vamos a comprar un pato” came to mean “Let’s get stoned out of our fricking tree,” but today is a day of joy, hope and peace, and so they may slumber on while I cook…

In an OCR + MT experiment, Quest Visual Word Lens says that Grilled Sausages -> A LA PARILLA SALCHICHAS

One of the more interesting developments at the guided tours business over the past few years has been an increase in the proportion of weird walks sold as younger customers have started using decent, cheap handheld-hosted apps to cover the basic “¡Look! ¡Ze catedral!” legacy (OK, zombie) guide territory. Real-time optical character recognition with machine…

Insincerely and excessively charming sardines

Over at the gaffer’s gaffe gaff.

Artur Mas: ¡Estamos a punto de llegar a Itaca!

Someone’s been eating my porridge, growled daddy bear, before sinking in the surf.

Atlantic waves, <a href='http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gentle_waves_come_in_at_a_sandy_beach.JPG'>CC by Johntex</a>. Hand of the prodigal son-shines-out-me-arse, legitimate satirical use from <a href='http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/apuntala/victoria/apelando/cambio/compromisos/concretos/elpepuesp/20101126elpepunac_35/Tes'>TEJEDERAS@El País</a>.

¡¡¡Robada, la bicicleta en la que fui a Hungría!!!

Batavus Tripper (modelo clásico holandés de los 70 – muy pocos en circulación) color original marrón dorado freno de contrapedal (back-pedal brake) – los Mossos me detuvieron una vez bajando del Tibidabo por conducir aparentemente sin frenos sin marchas sin guardabarros robada en Gracia (pl Rovira) avisos al 617 039 956 premio recuperación: cena de…

Ultimate cargo bike

From Madras, via Wikimedia. The bike issue has been on the back burner for a few months. Maximus are wonderful but very expensive, so I’m hoping I’ll pick one up second-hand and cheap next spring as we start saying goodbye to the euro and the EU.

Year: 2010