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[bluemoon7]

Gute Nacht!

 

[zinniabooklover]

Gute Nacht!

oh, I know that! A lovely German lady taught me that (and good morning, afternoon) when I was about 7. It remains the sum total of my German language knowledge!

Gute Nacht!

 

[Fuzball]

Gute Nacht!

Schlaf schön

 

[Fuzball]

Spritzen seems like a good word.

reminds me of "Krusty spritzender Gaswasser"

 

[zinniabooklover]

@bluemoon7

Westminster Abbey choir stalls. If you go to a service there you can sit behind the choir. The front row is the choristers. Middle row is the lay vicars (the men). Back row will be the public unless there's a special service or some reason why they need to reserve the back row. But most days, if you want to, you can sit right behind the choir which is fabulous. Well, I always liked it.

In this picture I can see that they have the choristers from a Chapel Royal (most likely the one at St James's Palace). That's the kids wearing the red and gold outfits, standing on the floor.

Btw, did you know that Westminster Abbey is a Royal Peculiar? If the Archbishop of Canterbury goes there he has to ask for permission to enter the building.

 

[zinniabooklover]

 

[zinniabooklover]

 

[zinniabooklover]

The Protopopovs, winning the World Skating Championships, 1965 (Ludmila Protopopov 1935 - 2017, Oleg Protopopov 1932 - 2023)

6m 6s - beautiful death spiral at 50s

 

[bluemoon7]

Treating myself to a coffee at the bakery, aänd this is what I see rn lol. These xmas gnomes have been a thing in Germany for years. Why? Lol
do any of yoy have these???

 

[bluemoon7]

@bluemoon7

Westminster Abbey choir stalls. If you go to a service there you can sit behind the choir. The front row is the choristers. Middle row is the lay vicars (the men). Back row will be the public unless there's a special service or some reason why they need to reserve the back row. But most days, if you want to, you can sit right behind the choir which is fabulous. Well, I always liked it.

In this picture I can see that they have the choristers from a Chapel Royal (most likely the one at St James's Palace). That's the kids wearing the red and gold outfits, standing on the floor.

Btw, did you know that Westminster Abbey is a Royal Peculiar? If the Archbishop of Canterbury goes there he has to ask for permission to enter the building.

Love love the fact that the choirs do have their own designated areas!

 

[bluemoon7]

Stop it Michael!!!

 

[zinniabooklover]

Treating myself to a coffee at the bakery, aänd this is what I see rn lol. These xmas gnomes have been a thing in Germany for years. Why? Lol
do any of yoy have these???

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This reminds me of gonks which were really big in the UK back in the day. We called them gonks or trolls, lol. I didn't like them so never bought any. People liked to have them in the car.

 

[zinniabooklover]

 

[bluemoon7]

This reminds me of gonks which were really big in the UK back in the day. We called them gonks or trolls, lol. I didn't like them so never bought any. People liked to have them in the car.

I know these lol bruh!

 

[zinniabooklover]

Goodness me! I had no idea that Christmas gonks were now a 'thing'.

 

[bluemoon7]

I have been making pics of these gnomes over the past weeks, they are everywhere ugh.

 

[zinniabooklover]

Good grief! There's millions of these things!

 

[zinniabooklover]

I have been making pics of these gnomes over the past weeks, they are everywhere ugh.

Is it just a Christmas thing or are they all over the place at other times of the year?

 

[bluemoon7]

Just a rough collage of some

I don't get it.

 

[bluemoon7]

Is it just a Christmas thing or are they all over the place at other times of the year?

Mostly xmas here, but they have gained a general popularity. I suspect the popularity of movies, like lord of the rings , Hobbit, etc during the last years.

 

[bluemoon7]

I call them Nose Puppets

 

[zinniabooklover]

Just a rough collage of some

I don't get it.

Me neither.

Here's one of the fluffy variety of gonk.

 

[zinniabooklover]

I need to stop!

 

[zinniabooklover]

Mostly xmas here, but they have gained a general popularity. I suspect the popularity of movies, like lord of the rings , Hobbit, etc during the last years.

Oh, I guess that makes sense. Some of the new ones I've just seen def have that 'fantasy' vibe.

I call them Nose Puppets

 

[bluemoon7]

Me neither.

Here's one of the fluffy variety of gonk.

This would have scared the f out of me as a kid. Imagine these under the xmas tree!

 

[zinniabooklover]

This would have scared the f out of me as a kid. Imagine these under the xmas tree!

No wonder so many therapists are making a good living!

 

[bluemoon7]

Christmas is already a challenging time:

Forced joyfulness
Forced xmas market visits and parties with colleagues
The stress of gifts
Meeting the family oh no!
Etc.

 

[zinniabooklover]

Christmas is already a challenging time:

Forced joyfulness
Forced xmas market visits and parties with colleagues
The stress of gifts
Meeting the family oh no!
Etc.

Why do we do it to ourselves?

Anyway, let's have a silly poem. Brian Bilston started off writing stuff on TwitterX and then got himself a publishing deal. Here's his poem for 6th December which, apparently, is the day that London - in 1897 - became the first city to license taxi cabs.

A Far Cry

I can never get a taxi
to stop for me in London.

Hardly a surprise, given
I hail from Birmingham.

 

[zinniabooklover]

Another one bc I just remembered I was going to make a silly joke about this being @Fuzball .

But I'm too tired, so I won't, lol.

 

[zinniabooklover]

And one for @Agonum 's 'hat' thing. And now I really am going to stop.