The life and adventures of a mildly dotty old bird.
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Welcome September
I should like to welcome my favourite month with an appropriate moth. The September Thorn. Arilx
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Hello all you lovely peeps out there. Am back from my wanderings and reacquainting myself with the washing machine. It's a return to pa...
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Whoops, double whoops and thrice times whoops.....this returned home with me on Saturday. For a measly 350 pennies I could hardly leave it ...
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In the light of the Stanford assault case last week this British way of explaining the issue around consent using the making of a cup of tea...

I can't groan as I think this might be a carton lost in British to American translation. Or, perhaps I am just a little dense as I don't get it-ore likely the latter!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately that is the case. The Clangers is a children's classic programme from the 1960s and "to drop a clanger" means to say the wrong thing and embarrass yourself or another person.
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Love it! 😂
ReplyDeleteI particularly like the drawing. Didn't the Clangers live on the moon? Or am I thinking of some other creatures.
ReplyDeleteYes.
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a snigger ensued
ReplyDeleteOh that's made me laugh at a time that I need one! xx
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