I’ve been tagged again
Grandad November 11th, 2007
Our K8 has come up with a new meme.
And, bless her little cotton socks, she has passed it on to me.
She wants me to write a post that uses every tag. It’s all very well for her - she only has a few. I have loads. The cow!
Now I may be getting old but I find these difficult. I had a hard days blogging yesterday, as I had a good rant on a podcast to America. That was after I did my post on Cully and Sully.
So today I went for a ramble around the garden, trying to think of a topic. No go. There was no inspiration around the house either, and I’m damned if I’m going around the village or around the town for something so trivial.
Back in the 70’s life was a lot simpler. There were no computers or Internet, or even television so there were no memes. I had no irritating daughter in the family either. We found our pleasures in simple things. I remember learning to drive so we could go on holidays touring in the West, with no worries about flying and Global Warming. We had such simple sports as children in times past, like watching spiders spin their webs, and the designs they’d make. We’d go for rambles through the woods and have picnics of tea and spam sandwiches. We were a lot healthier for it.
Nowadays, work is the new religion and people have lost the use of their imagination. People only get worked up over celebrities and smoking out corrupt politicians. They panic over property prices and have lost sight of the soul of life.
No.
I can’t think of anything.
I elect not to do it.
I’m going to file this under Uncatagorised.
Maybe Sixty should have a bash at this?
Or how about Kirk at Just Thinkin’? I haven’t tagged him before.
And it’s a while since I annoyed Grannymar!!
F*cking memes….
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I’ve always wondered about this whole looking at spiders spinning their web business. What was the deal with that? Sure a cobweb on a dewey sunday morning is something to behold. But actually looking at the little bugger spinning away 12 to a dozen, I just find the concept fairly redious.
But I guess if you couldn’t blog about it then, you’d have time to appreciate how such a small insect can produce so much web, without having to spin your own story about it at the same time. Hmmm.. perhaps the world does look different then.
Old AND talented?
Fantastic post Grandad.
Why not tag Michele, he has about 200 tags. Would serve him right.
Dalif - Welcome to the Rambles! Do you mean you have never watched a spider spin a web? Fascinating stuff. Not only was it inspiration for Robert the Bruce, but it’s also a sneaky way of getting the words ‘web design’ into a post about something else
Dave - I would love to tag him, but he considers himself to be above these things. Sure he wouldn’t have the ingenuity to do it anyway!
HAHAHA, that sounds like a challenge!
He wouldn’t have the guts……
God be with the days when tag was something you played in the schoolyard.
Robert the Bruce had a very unpleasant brother, Edward, who went around burning things down - houses, castles, towns, size no object. His achievements included burning down Bright Church in Co Down, with the congregation inside it.
I wonder what the outcome would have been if Edward watched a spider too?
Well buddy, you’re not the only one with a lot of tags. Over a hundred of ‘em not counting that vague lot of categories as well. This is just might have to go in chapters.
And my name is Kirk!
Thanks for the name change Grandad, I feel like myself again.
You have another vote in for that Golden Spider award.
Spam sandwiches..now there’s good eatin there…ranks right up there with fried bread…..and chili dogs….
Kirk - My apologies for that! I chose you because you had so many categories. I’m a soft old b*st*rd at heart. And thanks for the vote.
Robert - You forgot dripping toast. How can anyone leave out dripping toast?
Thanks Grandad.. you’ve actually welcomed me once before, I believe.. but it’s always nice to feel re-welcomed.
I’ll have to wiki Robert the Bruce.. I only vaguely remeber “the bruce” name from Braveheart. That’s right, my knowledge of the entire world derives from pop culture movies, yay me.
Anywho… I’ve only chanced upon a spider spinning a web, but merely in passing. Never took the time to stare at it. Mostly because I get nervous when people look me over my shoulder. I’m sure Spidey feels the same way.
Haven’t forgotten the tag meme Grandad. I have to head down to my local Veterans Administration medical facility today so they can have their way with me and that’s going to take all day.
Besides, with a total of 140 tags and categories combined this is going to turn into quite a project.
OK, Kirk. It’s the reason I memed you. It’s what we call a mind-f*ck
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F*cking memes….
Took the words right out of my mouth there.
And you call that many categories/tags?!
Hi Cat and welcome!
You are rightly had
I keep my categories and tags to a minimum, and now I know why. You can blame my daughter for all this anyway!
So…. Get writing…..