Meaningless Twaddle

Welcome to my balcony

Blogger on the Cast Iron Balcony - July 5, 2008 - 1:38pm

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She even makes Devonian shire teas, I mean, who does that these days?

Blogger on the Cast Iron Balcony - May 31, 2008 - 8:39pm

Aleeshya\'s mum really needs to moisturise
Aleeshya’s mum really needs to moisturise more.

A team of Australian scientists have uncovered the world’s oldest vertebrate mother in a newly unearthed species of fossil fish. Published in Nature, the fossil shows a single embryo connected by an umbilical cord and is the oldest evidence of an animal giving birth to live young.

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Thirteen days of the school holidays still to go

Blogger on the Cast Iron Balcony - June 30, 2008 - 8:29pm

Mum.

Yes Boychild?

Which would you rather: get eaten alive by carnivorous ants, or bitten by a vampire.

[Temporarily forgetting the eternity-of-undeadness thing, which would be a real bummer]: Bitten by a vampire.

But what if the vampire had really really blunt teeth?

[Thinks]: I’ll still take the vampire, thanks.

How about, if the vampire had really worn old teeth and had to gum on you for hours?

What was the choice again?