Serpents – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Is it the fault of the Greeks that the Germans are the way they supposedly are?

I sense potential for reparations claims citing Aesop.

Jupiter, the heron, and his subjects, according to Caxton.

Why less democracy is better for Europe

Peter Mandelson on how fortunate we are that the European Commission is unelected, remote, unaccountable, and a major bureaucracy.

Here’s looking at you, lunch

I think it’s actually a slow worm, but here’s Thomas Decker’s Honest whore anyway: Lord Hippolito. Scarce can I read the stories on your brow, Which age hath writ there: you look youthful still. Orlando Friscobaldo. I eat snakes, my Lord, I eat snakes. My heart shall never have a wrinkle in it, so long…

Lizard

On a farm wall near Olot:

Of trousersnakes

Did the serpent deflower Eve or merely provide professional consulting services, thus relegating humans to a subsidiary role in creation?

Bestiaries (ii): Llull and Orwell

Through the serpent have come all evils in the world.

the yettis of hell

Sorry, but anyone tell me whether the following William Dunbar quote refers to the long battle by Dorset priests to rid their churches of scrumpy ‘n’ western, to yet another destruction of Leicester City FC’s charity team, or to skirmishes between farmers and those legendary mint tea-crazed monsters? Done is a battell on the dragon…

Hagedis 1, moi 0

Jullie hebben mij niet geholpen en het beest heeft z’n lekkere lijffie op een erg ongeschikt moment laten zien. Ipv met hem tweezaam thuis te blijven, ga ik morgen op m’n Hollandse opafiets naar de Ordesa nationale park om bezoek te brengen aan een vrouw die zich teruggetrokken heeft met drie monstermoggies in een goed…

Hagedisje

Lijkt op deze, maar kleiner. Forenst sinds drie dagen tussen boekenkast, badkamer en koelkast. Hoe raak ik hem in Godsnaam op non-fatale wijze kwijt voordat de significant other (geen gelijkenis) er achter komt? Foto: International Brotherhood of Airport Bums.