Winker's World of Smashin' Things

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27.3.11

In the Homes of the Brave, In the Land of the Free

Two neighbours in the US state of Mississippi drew weapons and fired at each other as an argument over a defecating dog ran out of control. (BBC News)

Washington County Chief Deputy Sheriff Billy Barber said: "Homeowners and property owners need to respect each other's property... If a dog did that in your yard, call the law. Don't take matters into your own hands."

26.3.11

It's a Dogs Life - Dogs on the Run

plenty more floppy skinned running dog pictures for your viewing pleasure here...

With an intensive cross-breeding program, it may be possible to create a sub-species of floppy skinned human runners. Then I will watch the Olympics.

Diēs Caniculārēs

It was turning out to be one of those days...
via fantomatik / image © Richard Kalvar / Magnum Photos

28.2.11

Yes I Can, Yes I Can, Yes I Can

Smashin' Things

O'Hare didn't have any souveniers. Almost everybody else did. I had a ceremonial Luftwaffe sabre,..Paul Lazzaro...had about a quart of diamonds and emeralds and rubies and so on. He had taken these from dead people in the cellars of Dresden. So it goes

An idiotic Englishman, who had lost all his teeth somewhere, had his souvenier in a canvas bag. The bag was resting on my insteps. He would peek into the bag every now and then, and he would roll his eyes and swivel his scrawny neck, trying to catch people looking covetously at his bag. And he would bounce the bag on my insteps.

I thought this bouncing was accidental. But I was mistaken. He had to show somebody what was in the bag, and he had decided he could trust me. He caught my eye, winked, opened the bag. There was a plaster model of the Eiffel Tower in there. It was painted gold. It had a clock in it.

"There's a smashin' thing," he said.

Slaughterhouse5 - Kurt Vonnegut