As I write I’m drinking a bottle of Trappist beer. It’s Westmalle Dubbel 7%. They do a Tripel as well, 9.5% and a Patersbier ?% “only available at the monastery inn”. The story of Trappist beers is very interesting and the Wikipedia article a fascinating read.
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Ventifacts
Thursday, 8 Oct 2020, 23:23
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This strange surreal landscape, like a Salvador Dal Dali painting, is the work of the wind.
I knew that there are rocks that have been shaped by the wind, sandblasted in effect, and something put that into my mind, so I looked it up. The objects so formed are called ventifacts and are formed when the wind has one or more prevailing directions and the landscape is barren so rock pillars are unprotected. The mushroom shape of rocks like that in the picture comes about because the wind cannot lift the sand grains very far off the ground, so the parts higher up are affected much less.
Amazlingly it's believed ventifacts have been identified on Mars, see https://llis.nasa.gov/lesson/22401.
Picture credit: Thomas Wilken, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventifact#/media/File:Im_Salar_de_Uyuni.jpg
A Job is a Job
Wednesday, 7 Oct 2020, 23:15
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People often ask do I enjoy being a stand-up comic. I say nah, it's jester job.
Groaner
Wednesday, 7 Oct 2020, 21:44
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Friends, I jail broke a vegetable. I sprung a leek.
Groaner
Wednesday, 7 Oct 2020, 20:31
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I had a job once where I reported to a yak, who in turn reported to a hairier manager.
Dad Joke
Wednesday, 7 Oct 2020, 20:04
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Edited by Richard Walker, Wednesday, 7 Oct 2020, 20:05
Q. What do you call ants that do what they’re told?
A. Compliance.
A. Compliance.
Auctioning a Scone or Scone
Tuesday, 6 Oct 2020, 00:51
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Scone. Scone... Scone!
Our alfalfa
Monday, 5 Oct 2020, 23:40
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Our alfalfa is alpha
Nothing can beta it
Or even gamma close.
A Robin in the House
Friday, 2 Oct 2020, 00:15
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I nearly always have a resident robin, or a pair, in my garden. If I leave the kitchen door open for any extended period one may fly in. Imagine: a very small Dinosaur (for that is what it is) perched on the back of my dining chair. Its legs are thinner than matchsticks, such a small frail organism, but also so clever. It toured the house, upstairs and downstairs, for quite a while, and I just waited for it to find its way back. When it did, and came back to where it entered, l let it out, moving slowly and gently so as not to frighten it.
Samurai Puzzle - A Square in a Triangle
Thursday, 1 Oct 2020, 23:08
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Edited by Richard Walker, Friday, 2 Oct 2020, 09:23
This is a Sangaku-like puzzle (see https://learn1.open.ac.uk/mod/oublog/viewpost.php?post=230691)
We have a square inscribed in a triangle of known base b and height h, as shown. What is the length s of the square's side?
I called this a Samurai puzzle because many of the original sangaku were the work of Samurai.
(Solution in Comments.)
Brontosaurus Joke 🦕
Wednesday, 30 Sep 2020, 00:35
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Why did the brontosaurus cross the road?
Road, what road?
Why did the liner cross the ocean?
Wednesday, 30 Sep 2020, 00:31
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Errm...
Heard Down The Pub
Tuesday, 29 Sep 2020, 22:46
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Edited by Richard Walker, Tuesday, 29 Sep 2020, 22:47
A saying for our times
May your mask go with you!
Surviving Change, A Quote
Sunday, 27 Sep 2020, 22:18
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Please always remember, the secret of survival is to embrace change, and to adapt.
Rohinton Mistry, in A fine balance
Groaner
Sunday, 27 Sep 2020, 22:08
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Q. What do you call two banjos that slobber a lot?
A. Drooling banjos.
But also this, from Marvell
Sunday, 27 Sep 2020, 02:35
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But at my back I always hear
Time’s wingèd chariot hurrying near.
This and the previous quote are earwigs; persistent phrases that keep running through my head - like those songs you can’t get out of your mind.
Classical quote
Sunday, 27 Sep 2020, 02:18
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Often I think of this -
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.
- which is the first line of Virgil’s poem the Aeneid.
New blog post
Sunday, 27 Sep 2020, 00:07
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Q. Why is PR inexpensive?
A. Because it's less than half price!
Philosophical One Liner
Friday, 25 Sep 2020, 23:06
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I like to think I'm imaginative, but maybe I'm making it up.
Dissatisfaction
Friday, 25 Sep 2020, 23:00
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Edited by Richard Walker, Friday, 25 Sep 2020, 23:01
The new doctor asked me if I had a chronic complaint. I was like yes, the decor in the waiting room is awful and nobody ever does anything about it.
The Evening Fen
Friday, 25 Sep 2020, 01:16
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I love the evening fen
The birds flying home to roost
And the smell of water mint.
To an unknown administrator
Friday, 25 Sep 2020, 00:11
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Permit me to say, that in your email I detected the rustle of backs being covered.
Mondegreen
Wednesday, 23 Sep 2020, 23:32
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I saw this recently as a blog post title
Marshall Law
If we can have Marshall Law (and they did in Dodge City) then Marshall Arts must follow close behind.
To complete the confusion senior soldiers might be Field Martials.
Liberty
Wednesday, 23 Sep 2020, 23:19
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I was told to be freedom-loving. I was like, whoa! Don't tell me what I should do.
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