Monday 22 August 2011

ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE ...TWO OF THE DEADEST TOWNS IN THE WORLD AND I LIVE IN ONE AND GO TO THE OTHER ON MY HOLIDAYS!




I dug out this old cartoon as its another example of how in our hi tech world its not just animals becomming extinct. There was a time before computers ,now laptops, took over the world. When one of the cartoonists favourite cartoon situations ,almost as popular as the desert island, was the office IN TRAY , OUT TRAY and occassionally thePENDING TRAY. But ,sadly no more ,unless you can have an IN LAPTOP ,and an OUT LAPTOP,and ,of course a PENDING LAPTOP. In fact , dont be too suprised if said gag does make a showing in a fairly near future blog. Sorry about the use of the word GAG! For some reason that word has always got on my nerves, esspecially when in the context of cartoons .Maybe it reminds me of some old pain in the arse loudmouth American comedian from days of yore ,and ,of course us cartoonists are much better and classier than that .




Aside from the in and out trays the 'gag' is ,of course about Welsh place names and that famous one..LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH....Now Now thats a name ,i actually used to be able to say that ,one of the few things that me ol' dad ever taught me. But everywhere in Wales is totally unpronouncable ,esspecially to us English ,but that is a deliberate decision on behalf of the Welsh long ago. I used to drive to a lot of caricaturing jobs around Wales and i kept coming across signposts for what i thought was a town ,which threw my navigating skills ,limited as they were to begin with ,slightly 'skew wiff', until i realised much later the placename, or so i thought it to be was actually Welsh for SERVICES!




Theres a coastal town called ,or sounds like TOWYN, but its spelt nothing like it sounds ,and we sit in a caravan in between rain storms and read lots of books there. Actually its not a bad old place ,absolutly nothing happens there and basically we just 'slob out'.Occassionally we all go on a jolly jaunt to the market ,a car boot sale ,or the local SPAR. Then we return to the English 'Deadend' equivalent of WARRINGTON. Where excitment is a trip to ASDA,or even B&Q, Or cutting the grass,oh let joy be unrestrained.




I still like that old joke about the Welsh version of COUNTDOWN consisting of nothing but CONSENANTS,not a single VOWEL would be allowed. I dont know about numbers ,do the Welsh have numbers?. When my Father in Law reads this he's gonna rip my bloody Scrawny English neck off ,look you ,isn't it ,bach!

11 comments:

Thud said...

A trip to B and Q is not to be sniffed at.

Tim Leatherbarrow said...

Well its not the same as over where you are at the moment ,automatic rifles ,357 magnums ,etc .Here ,if this punk feels lucky ,i might gety a pot of paint or some floor tiles.

Thud said...

Tim, I do love the fact that walmart etc here sell guns instore as I love shooting (targets not critters) I've a nice pump action back in blighty should you feel like venting some primal urges if and when we ever meet....I'll provide the milk cartons to blow to smithereens too!

Tim Leatherbarrow said...

Is this something you should be airing in public ,that you have a nice pump action.....Uh ,err ,missus!
By the way are you home yet?

Thud said...

Another week and then a week of the dreaded jet lag. in answer to your other post the only crime I've ever known of here has been in inner city areas and the rest of america I have lived in is as crime free as the Britain of my childhood.

Tim Leatherbarrow said...

Well having dragged missus and sprog to the magic land beyond the river ,showing them the tunnels ,etc, they've even embarked on a trip to Birkenhead by themselves, so you could well have a troupe of Leatherbarrows turning up on your doorstep.Jet lag permitting.

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