https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMevBMPYk/  My predilection for all things dog related is probably obvious from my many blogs referencing them in all their friendliness and cuteness.

I am guessing I post a doggie story at least once a week.    Their intelligence continues to astound me.    I love the bossy dog in this video placing his paw on top of the small dog’s head to get him to sit so that they can both get treats.   They may even outsmart us ? Who Knows ?

Just like the Gary Larson cartoons perhaps their  loyalty, friendliness and cuteness is merely a foil to conceal the fact that they are even more intelligent than humans?   Planning to overturn the world ?   I can think of worse things than Canine Overlords telling us to play ‘Fetch’ and calling us ‘Good Boy’ or ‘Good Girl’ when they eventually take over the planet.

Maybe they are in cahoots with the chickens?    The chickens would definitely enjoy cutting off our arms and legs, coating them in a spicy breadcrumb mixture to deep fry them for their snack time whilst watching their favorite movie ‘Chicken Run’.  I wonder what happens amongst chickens when one of their own display’s cowardice ?  They can hardly call them chicken ?

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‘I was trying to watch ‘Driving Miss Daisy ‘and ‘Bangkok Chick boys’ came on instead’.  This clip gives me the serious giggles.

The first time I saw this episode with Sally Phillips I was in shock.  Once I stopped laughing.  It was her acting.  She didn’t seem like she was acting at all. I was in awe of her skill.    Alan Partridge , or ‘Steve Coogan’ as we know him is always hilarious  but Sally Philips was such a lovely surprise.    I would love to know how many takes they had to do to capture this scene.    Even now when I watch it I still cannot believe that she is acting.

I watched ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ the other week.    It is such a beautiful movie.  It seemed to inform my weekend in a weird way.    Whenever I was out driving everyone was driving at approx 30mph.   Primarily for the reason that they were behind cyclists and could not overtake them.  I found myself saying ‘ Why I might as well be walking’.     But instead of getting angry I decided to enjoy the coastal view.    No resentments for me towards cyclists.    No Siree.     I just hope that those who held up a mile of traffic are still extremely sore from their cycling lyra onesie  chaffing in the heat.    No Siree.    No resentments for me.

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The attention that this cat gives to the dog whilst he is massaging is unbelievable.  I almost feel that the cat has mystic powers.  Maybe it is called Mystic Pussy?   I was called that once. In my heyday.     However these days I am a lot less mystic and a tad more simplistic.

The technique that the cat employs is exemplary.  The dog is completely under it’s spell.  I wonder how and when the cat realized that the dog would love a head massage? Perhaps it had studied the owners rubbing the dog behind it’s ears and thought to itself ‘ I can do that’. And thus ensure that he has the dog completely under it’s control.  I always knew that cats are clever but this appears to take it to a whole new level.

The cat appears to be whispering in the dog’s ear.    Perhaps it is saying

‘ Listen to me.  You shall obey every command I give you following this massage.    You will open the fridge .  I have tied a scarf to the door.    You shall remove the smoked salmon on the 3^rd shelf.    You will then give it to me .     You will NOT under any circumstances eat it yourself.     Or I will scratch your balls with my claws.     You know what it feels like.    I have done it before. Do you understand ?’

Poor doggie he hasn’t a hope of ever re  asserting his will.

 

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Sarah Millican is a comedy Goddess.  I love her unashamed crassness and wit. Continuing on from yesterday are a few more of my dietary tales of woe.

3. The Blood Group Diet- This was another fail.   In my wisdom I decided that the Keto Diet ( formerly Atkins ) and Blood Group diet were related.   There was no other explanation for how a member of my family and myself could stick to the Atkins Diet perfectly and she would lose 7lbs and I would lose a pound and a half.  I theorised that if your Blood Group was O that it meant you would have a predisposition to lose more weight on the Atkins Diet. At least that was my excuse and I stuck to it.  It did actually make my blood boil but I don’t think that it was meant to do that.
4. The Lemonade Diet-Master Cleanse. Beyonce has famously extolled the virtues of this diet. She even named her album after it.    This requires you to drink gallons of freshly homemade lemonade with maple syrup and cayenne pepper. I lost weight- 5 lbs- but could not maintain the loss as unfortunately I like food.

Other diet tricks are pouring washing up liquid over the chocolate or cake that you have bought to render it inedible.     It is a novel idea and one that I have used once. Although I didn’t use washing up liquid.     I used melted chocolate.  Which may not have been such a good idea.  But it was scrumdiddlyumptious.

Dieting is a multi-billion-dollar industry.      It preys on the weak and the desperate.      Most Doctors will attest to the fact that most of the diets do not work.    As a diet needs to be sustainable for life.   I just wish that the really cute rolls of fat that I had as a baby were as cute now that I am older.     But apparently not.

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Michael McIntyre on Dieting

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I can sympathize with Michael McIntyre’s metabolism.  Mine has the speed of a constipated snail.  Dieting has to be the most frustrating subject ever.   It has been the bane of my life.

As a teenager I crash dieted and since then the Yoyo diets have been a main annual feature.  Like the title says. The string gets caught in my teeth. Most people have found themselves on one at some time in their lives.  I have tried the following throughout the years with questionable results

1. The Cabbage Diet- The house smelt like Old McDonald’s Farm. My eyes were watering and I was wincing with the fumes.   I expected to lose an extra few pounds as I had to leg it out to the back garden so many times with perpetual farting.  No such luck.  I can recall losing approx. 3 pounds.  When I was guaranteed at least 7lbs. I was devastated and then in my wisdom decided to go on the Keto Diet.

 

2. Keto Diet- This is where you can eat your body weight in fat and protein.  I found it to be very unpleasant as I do not enjoy eating or cooking with fat like oil or cream at the best of times.   After one week I gained 5 lbs.  Buzz and Finn left the bedroom once I had hopped off the scales.  I call it a ‘Mood Machine’.  They can both pick up my vibe pretty sharpish and felt that I needed to be alone in my misery.

My dieting tales of woe shall continue tomorrow.

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Warning – Non funny content.  And (WPA) Woeful Pun Alert. Maybe the whale hug may make you smile…… And Ellen speaking whale ( as in her character ‘Dory’ in ‘Finding Nemo’)

Oh, and by the way if you feel the need to let me know that Ellen’s show is soon to end because of issues on the set.  I am aware of same and do not need to be admonished to be seemingly supporting her.

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Nan must have been feeling Fin-tastic following all of these encounters.

The means by which these astounding mammals find their way is extraordinarily so-fish-ticated.  Whales navigate primarily by using the tilt of the axis of the earth which is 23.439.

They use this angle to turn and all of its multiples. Where the earth is in comparison to the sun and the moon also plays a factor in their navigation.    There are also theories that they have magnetic sensors that effectively provide a biological compass as well as intra cellular gravity sensors.

I would love to have a magnetic sensor implanted into my brain as sometimes the Satellite Navigation in my car drives me demented. Ancestral DNA memory has also been postulated to contribute to the knowledge of their migratory path.

The fact that they remain an endangered species is no sea-cret.  Nan goes onto describe that their journey is most likely both celestial and mathematical.

Perhaps we can ask the universe and the global powers that be to agree upon legislation to stop fishermen placing their nets in their migratory path?  We could help protect these beautiful mammals.

Maybe someday it will be oh-fish-ial.    Let minnow if you have any more wonderful whale facts.    And just to end on a note of whimsy.

Where would you find a down and out calamari?

On Squid row.

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The Biologist Nan Hauser appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show to recount her amazing whale experience which occurred in 2017.

Warning – Non funny content.  And (WPA) Woeful Pun Alert. Maybe the whale hug may make you smile…… And Ellen speaking whale (as in her character ‘Dory’ in ‘Finding Nemo’)

Oh, and by the way if you feel the need to let me know that Ellen’s show is soon to end because of issues on the set.  I am aware of same and do not need to be admonished to be seemingly supporting her.

This video has to be my favorite (non-funny) video.  It was a Ray of sunshine when I discovered it. The story and information regarding whales and their behavior is extraordinary and caused me to in-whale and ex-whale deeply (Ok, really sorry about that one, as it is truly woeful) .  It is hard to believe that the humpback whale Orca- strated this rescue.

I have paraphrased here as I needed to write down this incredible information for my own posterity. The following events took place throughout the course of a year.

The whale

– saved her from a possible attack from an 18-foot tiger shark

-gives her a whale hug a few days later (on her birthday)

– recognizes her 1 year later

Nan Hauser goes on to explain that from satellite tagging scientists have discovered that when whales migrate, they follow a linear constant course segment.  Which essentially means a straight line.

And here is the unbelievable part. I’m not codding you. They do not even deviate by a degree for thousands of kilometers. If they took a direct route their migratory journey would be 4,000 kms long.

Part 2 tomorrow

 

Seaze the Day.

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And here it is.  The culmination of my ‘Miriam Margolyes on Graham Norton’ trilogy.  With a fitting end of the original appearance on his show that had everyone ( Including Graham ) in stitches. I shall not tell you what it is about as surprisingly enough it is even too rude for me.

Happy Belated 80th Birthday to this magnificent woman.     Here is a compilation from ‘This Morning’.

Somebody in the comments section on YouTube wrote that they could see the moment that Matthew Perry’s soul left his body which tickled me pink. Maybe it’s the fact that ‘Laurence Olivier’, ‘Cream’ and ‘Knickers’ are all in the one sentence eloquently delivered by an esteemed actress in her magnificent voice.

It’s all just rather unexpected which makes it so hilarious. It was at this point that Graham Norton must have realized that Miriam was an extraordinarily sweet, eccentric and funny guest.   The passing of the fan was what topped everything off perfectly.

Gemma Arterton was such a lady in her support and understanding of Miriam’s experience. `I know exactly what you mean` was exactly the most gracious thing to say.     It is without a shadow of a doubt my favorite video clip.   Not just because Miriam is so disarming and has no filter but for the comedy factor of Graham’s reaction and the other guests on the couch.   I am sure Laurence Olivier is smiling down at her saying ‘Go my girl, you are not the first nor the last that I had that effect on’.

 

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As promised, please find the second wonderful video clip of Miriam Margolyes on Graham Norton being …. well……very ‘Miriam’.   Unapologetically herself.   Not intentionally trying to shock viewers but doing so all the same with a lovely twinkle in her eye.   You know she is outrageous when Graham is nearly falling off his seat laughing. He has seen and heard it all. I have seen his earlier shows and you can see that he is practically unshockable.

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I do believe that she deserves to be honored for her services to the forces. There are not enough people willing to offer the relief that is often required by servicemen and servicewomen to allow them to overcome some of their post-traumatic stress.  It is a serious problem and one that needs addressing. But perhaps masturbation assistance is taking it a tad too far. As a former nurse we did a lot for patients but we draw the line at this.

I shall continue the final part of the trilogy tomorrow with the funniest of all her appearances on Graham Norton.   I can only imagine that Graham may now seek to warn future guests when Miriam is on as her story telling is possibly not to everyone’s taste.   I cannot wait to see her when she next appears as it begs the question ‘How can she top the stories that she has already told?’

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This lady cracks me up. She has singularly been the funniest guest ever on Graham Norton. Without ever trying to be.  Her eccentric and enchanting manner always disarms even the most cynical of folk. All of the stories that she has shared whenever she has been a guest are completely shocking and unashamedly rude.

Graham has shared that she is one of his favorite guests.    On two of the most infamous occasions, she was sat beside W.I.L.L.I.A.M and Matthew Perry from Friends.   Both were rendered completely speechless by her stories.  I will post them over the next few days and allow this to become a Miriam Margolyes Blogging Trilogy.

Her innocence and candor lend themselves to whatever story she is telling.   Besides being an acclaimed actress she – as the above video clip- portrays magnificent honesty.  Which is quite rare to behold in many actors these days.

The fact that she has no problem telling the world that she thinks the movie ‘Mamma Mia’ is woeful is just perfect. I have not seen it myself but I have heard the same thing.

My tolerance for musicals has diminished greatly since I saw ‘Oliver’ in the West End 20 years ago.   Every musical I have seen since has failed miserably in comparison and I no longer bother going to see them.

Anyhoo I am off to NOT watch Mamma Mia.

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