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Grandad January 15th, 2008

I have seen this meme doing the rounds.

I saw it first on Sabrina Dent’s site, and for the first time my interest was perked.

You have to create a CD Cover for the first release of your band.  Obviously you need a band and a title, so this is how you go about it……

• Go here. The first article title on the page is the name of your band.
• Go here. The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
• Go here. The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

I didn’t expect to be caught with this one, as I am a scribbler, not an artist.

But I was. 

As usual, it was an item of women’s underwear that was my downfall.  Olga the Travelling Bra tagged me.

So here is my effort….

For those of you who are wondering, apparently Gmina Biskupice is a place in Poland.

But who cares?  I’m sure sales of my CD will go very well.

I will only tag K8 the GR8 with this one, because she is good at art, though anyone else can have a go.  For once, it’s fun.

K8 - Let’s see what you can do with Microsoft Paint.

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Grandad January 13th, 2008

That little erratum in the family tree that calls herself K8 the GR8 has memed me again.

The hoor.

Ze rulez:

Post 5 links to 5 of your previously written posts. The posts have to relate to the 5 key words given here (family, friend, yourself, your love, anything you like).
Tag 5 other friends to do this meme. Try to tag at least 2 new acquaintances (if not, your current blog buddies will do) so that you get to know them each a little bit better.

Considering that nearly the entire blog is about those five keywords, that’s not easy.

FAMILY - This is a tricky one, because I haven’t done one on the family as a whole [or even in a hole].  So I picked LaughingBoy because he doesn’t get enough mentions.

FRIEND - Another tricky one, as I don’t believe in blogging about my friends.  They might be offended.

YOURSELF - What?  Just read the f*cking blog!  I took a post at random.

YOUR LOVE - A toss up between Herself and Sandy.  Herself has her own blog which she doesn’t write any more, and I wrote about Sandy yesterday.

ANYTHING YOU LIKE - Oh b*ll*x!  Another one taken at random.

Now I have to pick five suckers to carry the can.

Go on Mr. Sweetnam.  You know you want to.

How about the Rule Clan at Eire Rules?  I haven’t hammered them before?

Come on English Mum!  If you don’t want to, then let Bertie have a go.

I have never tagged an item of women’s underwear before so Olga the Travelling Bra - It’s your chance!!

And finally, Sue Doe-Nim, just to prove I keep an eye on you.

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Grandad December 27th, 2007

I was given a nasty little tag by Brianf yesterday.

I am supposed to e-mail my friends and they are to write back and tell me what they think of me.

That could be very dangerous, even supposing they bothered to write back.

I decided to try it though. So I wrote out a quick mail ..

Dear [fill in as appropriate]

I have been asked to ask you what you think of me.

Please be honest.

Yours faithfully

Grandad

The replies I got back

-oOo-

Dear Grandad,

A fine upstanding specimen of your species. One of my better efforts.

Eternally yours

God

-oOo-

Dear Grandad,

I don’t know how yourself and Osama do it, but we’ll find you yet.

George W Bush
President of the Free World

-oOo-

Dear Grandad

Fuck you.

Mary Harney

-oOo-

Dear Grandad,

Are you one of dem peeple who gave me a dig out? If yiz are, de check is in de post. Say nuttin at de tribyounal.

Your friend [and don't deny it]

Bertie Ahern

-oOo-

Dear Grandad

You’re a cunt

Twenty Major

-oOo-

Dear Grandad

You were fantastic. I have never seen such a big one.

Glenda Gilson
XXXXX

-oOo-

So there you have it. Some people didn’t reply, like Idi Amin and Sharon Ní Bheoláin, but they are probably busy.

I won’t be so nasty as to pass it on. I’m nice like that.

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Grandad December 21st, 2007

I have been tagged again. Twice. Despite all I have said.

Dave over at Cognitive Edge has tagged me for eight things about myself, that people don’t know. I’d throw rocks at him for that but he says nice things about me, so I won’t. However, I have done this one so many times [twice? Three times?] that there is nothing left to say. He’ll have to make do with………….

A meme from Summer-Raine.

This one apparently is known as the Crazy 8. These memes are like bloody viruses.

Do not assume any significance in the order I have placed these!

8 THINGS I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT

1 - Honesty

2 - Freedom

3 - My dog and other animals

4 - My family

5 - Spelling and grammar

6 - Life

7 - My home and garden

8 - Peace and quiet

8 THINGS I SAY OFTEN

1 - F*ck

2 - Have they not gotten rid of Harney yet?

3 - I can’t remember

4 - Did you see my pipe anywhere?

5 - I’ll do it tomorrow

6 - Yes Dear!

7 - What?

8 - It wasn’t me. It was the dog.

8 BOOKS I RECENTLY READ

1 - Sacred Stone - Clive Cussler

2 - The Throwback - Tom Sharpe

3 - A spot of Bother - Mark Haddon

4 - Wilt in Nowhere - Tom Sharpe

5 - Frankly I read so many books, I’ve forgotten their names

6 - ditto

7 - ditto

8 - ditto

8 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE

1 - Finish the book what I’m writing

2 - See my grandchildren grow up

3 - Grow old

4 - Finish that damned jigsaw Herself gave me

5 - Fly a light aircraft [just once more]

6 - See Ahern declared bankrupt

7 - See Dubya convicted of war crimes

8 - Pay that bill…

8 SONGS I CAN LISTEN TO OVER AND OVER AGAIN

1 - Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

2 - Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits

3 - Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit

4 - Fotheringay - Fairport Convention

5 - The Four Seasons - Vivaldi

6 - Eine Kline Nacht Musik - Mozart

7 - Adiemus - Karl Jenkins

8 - The soundtrack from ‘Shipping News’ - Christopher Young

8 THINGS THAT ATTRACT ME TO MY FRIENDS

1 - Honesty

2 - Humour

3 - The ability to forget themselves

4 - Untidiness [tidy people scare me and minimalists freak me out altogether]

5 - Modesty [I dislike people who brag]

6 - Must be able to tolerate the smell of pipe smoke!

7 - Not hypocrites

8 - Animal lovers

8 THINGS I LEARNED IN THE LAST YEAR

1 - Apparently I can write

2 - You can make friends in the strangest of places

3 - Not all Americans are rotten

4 - The older you get, the better life is

5 - Life is full of surprises

6 - Acacia is a very fast growing tree

7 - Three year old granddaughters are the funniest people

8 - Windows Vista can actually work, with some patience and hacking

8 SUCKERS WHO ARE GOING TO GET DONE WITH THIS MEME

Now I have a problem.

I can either tag total strangers, which would be nasty, or I can tag people I know won’t respond, which seems a bit pointless. Or I can get revenge on all the people who have tagged me. But I have been tagged so many times recently, that I have used that store up.

So I’m going to pass on this one.

No I’m not. I’m going to pass it on to Kirk at Just Thinkin’ because he is daft enough to accept it.

If you are up to a challenge, then you too can try it. It’s better that the usual “7 things you don’t know about me” because it requires a little thought. Not much; just a little.

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