Archive for Homilies
Let them eat Vegemite!
Incredibly, the Chinese Government, not content with making a visit to China substantially more complex and unappealing, have placed a ban on Vegemite!
Not just vegemite of course, but muesli bars, weetbix and protein shakes intended for the consumption of our delicately strung sportsmen and women.
Can you believe this? Our athletes will be forced to eat [...]
Space Age Plastic
What can resist applications of bio washing flakes, soda crystals, grease-stripper, scouring powder, toothpaste, drain cleaner and pure unadulterated bleach? The stains on plastic garden chairs of course.
I scrubbed with steel wool. I scraped with a knife. I spent two fruitless hours and the stains wouldn’t shift.
What are these chairs made from? Some technology [...]
Planting for Spring
I should be putting in my bulbs for Spring. You know what a bulb is? It’s a potential flower buried in Autumn, never to be seen again.
I’ve got these daffodils to go in, on the packet they’re described as “Carefree” and “Grandma’s Favourite”. Carefree usually refers more to the plant’s attitude than to my workload, [...]
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