Things I Have Learned This Week

This week my wife, 8 year-old daughter and myself have been on the Lincolnshire coast. We've never visited that area before and, regardless of the unusual experience of actually seeing some sun during a UK holiday, it was an enjoyable week. Things did seem a little different there however, almost like going to another country.

1. For starters, this was one of the local shops. Wondered if we had slipped through a portal into Utah or somewhere equally survival-tastic:

For all your..um...sniping needs, apparently.

Of course, as the world economy seems to be going down the toilet, we may all have to brush up on survivalist techniques. A year from now, peering into the store cupboard in our makeshift cabin might give this sobering view è:

2. Anyhoo, during our trip we were fortunate enough to meet The Mayor of Skegness...

And the good Lady Mayoress...

3. Can't say we got on too well with the locals, 95% of whom were really irritating and looked like this:

The "10 whacks of a flip-flop to kill it" species of Hover fly

4. Back home, today it seems the BBC News Channel are having a "Star Trek Original Series" dress-up day:

Though for newsreader Jon Sopel it's an everyday thing...

5. Inside the mind of Shane Warne:

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