Chinese Fags (2009)

Chinese Fags – an interesting language difference.  Google indexing – a perplexing language difference.

I find these cigarettes interesting – mainly because they have amazing writing on the packet, which I have no comprehension of.

Also because they are different from the packets I am used to seeing.  Somehow, even though they are very similar, they are more exciting because of their minor differences!

So perhaps anything that is in a different language is more interesting to behold than that which is in your own language.

This is probably true for many things.  It is not true for computers.  I hate computer language – it is foreign that is for sure, but more interesting it is not.

This is my first post in a long while.  As you may recall, I have had computer and camera related issues which put a bit of a stop to posting for some time.  The digital camera is still out of action, but the computer working fine again now.

I was all set to begin a new regime of regular posts when I had the genius idea of changing my web hosting company.

In my ignorant fashion, I assumed this would be an easy thing to do.  Get a new host, move everything over, bobs your uncle.

In reality – the foreign language that is computer code and the Internet pissed all over that premise.  Moving the site was a bitch and whilst that has now been achieved – it has destroyed my Google rank!  Why I am not sure, but Google will no longer recognise my humble blog and so I am again stuck head first, trying to decipher a language invented for those more technologically gifted…and perhaps more dedicated than myself!

The saga will never end!

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Chubby Checker's Dancin' Party

I have multiple locations where I hoard the vast quantity of crap I find in the street.

I am a compulsive looker at any piece of paper or such like that I see on the floor – always worth a look in case its a forgotten gem.

Anyway, I figure the blog is an ideal way to share these finds with the general populous and so started the immense task of going through said found objects to put them in one place and see what I have actually got!

Whilst going through one drawer of stuff – this caught my eye.

Can’t remember exactly when or where I found it…and sadly there was no 7″ inside.  However, I strongly suspect that the cover art is better than any music that could have been contained inside!

However, I did take the liberty of checking out the tune itself, found a clip on YouTube of the Mr Checker performing this little number.  Click here to see Chubby Checker perform Dancin’ Party on YouTube

After listening, I still think the artwork is better than the track!  In three simple images they manage to portray the true genius of his dancin’ style and I can only imagine that any Dancin’ Party was improved by the his moves.

I particularly like his facial expressions…starting from the left:

1. Extreme concentration – Chubby is obviously aware that by putting his left leg and left arm forward at the same time, he is opening himself up for potential disaster.  He must use all his Dancin’ Party knowledge to pull off the move.
2. Smug and proud – His face and body language say it all.  Having pulled off the tricky dance move as described above – he knows he can do no wrong.  We see a more relaxed Chubby.
3. Pure ecstasy – It looks like he is doing a Cossack dance, which would bring joy to anyone’s face.  Either that or he has just ripped the seam of his trousers.

Thanks Chubby!

By the way, is it just me or was Chubby Checker not-so-chubby?

Kinswood Egg Man - protects you from salmonella

Bought some eggs the other day at a car boot sale – local and free range.  Nice.

They came from someone who had a small holding, so obviously collected and kept egg boxes so they could sell them at boot sales and alike.

After finished with said eggs, I was about to put the box in the compost heap when,  the incredible egg man that was featured on the front of the box caught my attention.

Check him out – he’s amazing!

However, what really struck me was what the point of the egg man was – what are Kinswood trying to reveal?

A muscle-man, athletic egg man is not the way I would choose to sell eggs!  I can’t work out whether his purpose is to show he is strong and fit and therefore salmonella free…or if by eating the eggs, you will become a athletic, salmonella free egg man!

If the thinking was the latter, then this raises a new problem – I am not sure I want to eat an egg that has bigger muscles than me and wears snazzy red trainers!

God bless designers!

Also reminded me of a comic book Hannah gave me at Christmas called ‘Egg Story’.  The simple tale of a simple egg that becomes a ninja.

Perhaps Eggs are an unexploited form of creativity.