Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

[fsn]

Come to think of it, what is a Zepplein?

Presumably a Scouse airship.

I type it as he said it.

[Ithoriel]

Come to think of it, what is a Zepplein?

It's a common alternate spelling of Zeppelin, much seen online

[Techno]

Heard today in Liverpool:
"Great t-shirt - Led Zepplein"

Give me ****ing strength......

Cheers - 'James' Page.

[steve_holmes_11]

Not as bad as an American student I once had; she didn't know who Satchmo or George Washington were, at the age of 22.


Come to think of it, what is a Zepplein?

A flying trapeze for Jimmy Page to take the stage.

He's a bit old to use the stairway ... (I'll get my coat)

[fsn]

Techno.

You know your exploding sculpts? Can I just check you weren't using some "special" putty from Leon?  

[Techno]

 

(No, Nobby.....where on Earth did you find that ?)     

Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

WH Smiths.

They do all sorts of colours, but I thought "Mermaid Glitter Green" was probably the closest to what you use. 

[Techno]

Apropos of absolutely nothing....

This morning the radio has been banging on & on about 'petrichor'....... (The smell that's in the air, when rain falls on dry and dusty ground, after a period of 'drought'.)

Supposedly, everyone thinks this is a wonderfully 'fresh' smell.

I can't stand it.....To me, it smells of something beginning to decompose....It doesn't smell 'fresh' at all....Just rotting.

I've never found anyone else that doesn't find it a lovely fresh 'bouquet'.

Anyone else find the smell a bit 'off'.

Cheers - Puzzled of Wales

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

of Wales

Happes dat be why ?

[xccam]

Well petrichor is the smell of geosmin in the soil which is a product of dead soil bacteria.

Humans are acutely attuned to geosmin/petrichor and it is theorised that in our evolutionary past it helped us find water and fertile lands in times of drought.

You are right that it smells a tad "dead" but most people are likely to consider it as smelling fresh due to the connection to water.

[steve_holmes_11]

Not as bad as an American student I once had; she didn't know who Satchmo or George Washington were, at the age of 22.


Come to think of it, what is a Zepplein?

It sounds like the market square in the Frisian town of Zep.

[fsn]

First attempts with the Korean war: Canadian artillery.*





*One of the photos isn't my work

[Techno]

Those look great, Nobby !

Lovely work, that man.

Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Superb Nobby,  now get them on the right board/thread! 

[paulr]

 

We demand a painting diary

[fsn]

I've ordered some badgers and foxes and deer and horses.  

I've also ordered some lions and rhinos and hippos and giraffes. Does anyone know (or can suggest) why?  

[Techno]

No !! 

Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Still waiting on the meerkats....

[d_Guy]

I've ordered some badgers and foxes and deer and horses.  

I've also ordered some lions and rhinos and hippos and giraffes. Does anyone know (or can suggest) why?  

Yes.

[fsn]

Thanks, d_Guy.

As helpful as always.