Nuns and cops

27 January 2012

So Dorktown is set to lose yet another big name store when Mothercare closes next month.  Woollies, M&S, Starbucks and now Mothercare.  One wonders who will be next.  My money is Debenhams ... any other bets ladies and gentlemen???

Have you been watching the Coppers show on Channel 4?  If not you've missed a good one.  The usual cop shows of fast chases and smash up is perhaps what we are used to here in the UK.  The Coppers one is very different indeed.  It looks at the officers themselves and their thought on some of the muppets they have to deal with.  However, they are not totally insensitive.  In last night's show there was a guy who is a homeless alcoholic druggie.  The cops arrest him, put him in front of the magistrate and he gets sent down yet again.  he comes out and it all starts again.  It's just one big circle with him.  But has they said yesterday, they are not trained to help the man.  All they can do is arrest him and start the whole circle off again.  Another of them was trying to mediate between two war families.  It was a case of he said/she said but in reality they are both as bad as each other.  One family was willing to sit and try to talk it out with the cop as a mediator; the other family were not willing to do so.  Who is the worst between them then?  Again it's not really a cops job to do that is it? 

The rain has started.  This morning I went do into town to get rid of some books we don't need and to get some milk from Iceland.  I took a camera with me because the idea was to try to get a few street shots while I was out.  No bloomin' chance!  Far too cold for sitting around on me scooter.  The BBC has got right again (yes that's right so mark your calendar), and it's started raining just when they said it would. 

My copy of the BTO magazine arrived today and there's a photo of a black and white blackbird in there.  They were asking for other such example to be forwarded on to them.  Today's photo I got of a black and white jackdaw one day Bradgate Park one day ...

This one taken on Fujifilm 2800, a very good camera at the time.

And the Sage has come through in time again today ...

There were two nuns. One of them was known as Sister Mathematical (SM), and the other one was known as Sister Logical (SL).
It is getting dark and they are still far away from the convent.  SM: Have you noticed that a man has been following us for the past 38 ½ minutes? I wonder what he wants.
SL: It's logical. He wants to violate us.
SM: Oh, no! At this rate he will reach us in 15 minutes at the most! What can we do?
SL: The only logical thing to do of course is to walk faster.  A little while later...
SM: It's not working.
SL: Of course it's not working. The man did the only logical thing. He started to walk faster, too.
SM: So, what shall we do? At this rate he will reach us in 1 minute.
SL: The only logical thing we can do is split. You go that way and I'll go this way. He cannot follow us both.  So the man decided to follow Sister Logical.
Sister Mathematical arrives at the convent and is worried about what has happened to Sister Logical.  Then Sister Logical arrives.
SM: Sister Logical! Thank God you are here! Tell me what happened!
SL: The only logical thing happened. The man couldn't follow us both, so he followed me
SM: Yes, yes! But what happened then?
SL: The only logical thing happened. I started to run as fast as I could and he started to run as fast as he could.
SM: And?
SL : The only logical thing happened. He reached me.
SM : Oh, dear! What did you do?
SL : The only logical thing to do. I lifted my dress up.
SM : Oh, Sister! What did the man do?
SL: The only logical thing to do. He pulled down his pants.
SM: Oh, no! What happened then?
SL : Isn't it logical, Sister? A nun with her dress up can run faster than a man with his pants down.

And for those of you who thought it would be dirty…………………

Say two Hail Marys!