A testing time, a bra and free speach

17 August 2012

Here we go again!  Exam result season is with us.  Silly girls screaming and jumping up and down and making a fuss cos they got high grades.  I'm not sure which is worse though, the way the girls react or the way that the media pushes it year after year.  Exam results were just as important when I left school in 1964 but we didn't see the crap with see on telly now.  And what's all this fuss about a Prom Night?  This is Britain for Pete's sake, not bloody America!

So Ecuador is offering a spoilt Swedish brat political asylum.  The poor little sole is worried he might end up in the States and be tried for releasing loads of confidential files on the internet.  Tough luck is my thoughts on it.  He knew what he was doing and he must have known or at least had an idea he would anger the US military and others by releasing the files he did. 

Now his supporters keep shouting about freedom of speech.  There is no such thing!  No-one can say what they want when they want to about anyone they want to.  Publish an article saying that so'n'so is gay and see just how far you get before you are dragged into court to prove it or face the consequences.  Give the Taliban information about troop movements and see what happens next.  No matter what you may think of any minority group or someone's sexuality or religion, say it loud and see just how much hassle you bring on yourself, followed by a court case!  Nope!  there is no thing as free speech.

I may not be posting anything on here for the next couple of days.  Tomorrow we are on our way to Newport in Wales for a day of birding.  No idea when we shall get back but I do know that I will not be in any fit state to do much on the 'puter.  On Sunday Jan will be off to church and stopping there for a barbi.  I shall be off in the car again, this time to Birdfair 2012 at Rutland Water.  It's usually pretty good there.  Again, I shall more than likely not feel up to doing much after it. 

For today I have gone for this photo ... 

a grey heron at Coombe Abbey, Coventry. 

And today's funny ...          

A man walked into Marks and Sparks and asked the sales lady, "I would like a Baptist bra for my wife, size 36B".
"Sorry," said the saleslady, "what kind of bra?"
The man, slightly confused, repeated, "a Baptist bra. My wife said to tell you that she wanted a Baptist bra and that you would know what she wanted."
"Ah, now I remember," said the saleslady. "We don't get so many requests for them as we used to. These days our customers mostly want the Catholic bra or the Salvation Army bra, or even the Presbyterian one".
Now really confused and beginning to get flustered, the man asked, "So what are the differences?"
The saleslady responded, "Well, it's really quite simple. The Catholic type supports the masses, the Salvation Army type lifts up the fallen, the Presbyterian type keeps them staunch and upright."
The man thought for a moment and then asked, "and the Baptist type?"
"They", she replied, "make mountains out of molehills".