I don’t know how your weekend progressed, but here at The Zoo it was, to pinch a footballing cliché, a game of two halves. A lazy Saturday afternoon playing chess with She Who Is Never Wrong, segued into a frantic round of chauffeuring and dashing frantically back and forth between Breaston and Beeston. Thanks to the Princess [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
Posted: 24th October 2010 by Harry in BLOG, LIFE, MUSICTags: Captain Horizon, Rock 'n' Roll, The Chequers, The Greyhound, Toxic Federation
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Freecycle
Posted: 2nd October 2010 by Harry in BLOG, CULTURE, LIFETags: Family, Freecycle, Tales From The Zoo, The Spawn
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What is it with the British and our obsession with ‘tat’? You know what I mean; all that useless junk we accumulate but can’t bear to chuck away. No, we have to hold car boot sales, stick it up on ebay or in the classified section of the local free rag. Are we so desperate [...]
Zoo Keeper’s Blues
Posted: 2nd October 2010 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Family, Tales From The Zoo, The Spawn
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For Al Draper. As the Father of three offspring with the, admittedly shrinking, hope that one day they will evolve into something passably human, I’m aware that somewhere in my job description there’s something about being ‘supportive’ and ‘Communicating’ with them and other such queasy concepts. During one of my rare attacks of guilt at [...]
The Truth About Cats And Dogs
Posted: 1st October 2010 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: cats, dogs, Family, pets, Tales From The Zoo, The Spawn
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Called next door to see my mate, the other day. I’d forgotten, though, that he and his missus are now dog owners and, on arrival, I was nearly felled by the new mutt leaping at me, chest high, and slapping its enormous paws on my shoulders. It’s one of those new-fangled, labradoodle thingies. A cross [...]