What IS wrong with the air today?

[Dave2002]

We went to stay in Scotland last year, and where we stayed we saw the first of the "baby" lambs. Then there were a whole lot more. My daughter was slightly upset that I christened the first one Lamb Chop, though I think he has been "enjoyed" by now. I believe the last batch from the farmer went off around Christmas. He kept some back and was apparently pleased that he got a good price which he hadn't been expecting. There was a demand for lamb for Christmas which put the price up.

[teamsaint]

That enormous box-set of Liszt you ordered, perhaps?

I DID leave a couple of CDs outside in the car overnight, but blowing up a fellows motor on suspicion of containing a few heavy duty tone poems seems a bit extreme....

[vinteuil]

... Isn't it supposed to be the Victorian stalacmite in front of Charing Cross (on the site of the eponymous medieval cross for Queen Eleanor?)

:)

... tho' the London Encyclopedia says that the original cross stood where the statue of Charles I now stands (in Trafalgar Square).

[Richard Tarleton]

... mmmm - red currant jelly rather than mint sauce needed here I think. And I just happen to have a rather nice bottle of pomerol that wd go rather well ...

Just the lamb on the left, I think. The one on the right will probably be spared to have lambs of her own in due course.

Alas! regardless of their doom,
The little victims play;
No sense have they of ills to come,
Nor care beyond to-day....

[vinteuil]

Alas! regardless of their doom,
The little victims play;
No sense have they of ills to come,
Nor care beyond to-day....

... Yet, ah! why should they know their fate,
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies?
Thought would destroy their Paradise.

No more;—where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.

[MrGongGong]

Just the lamb on the left, I think. The one on the right will probably be spared to have lambs of her own in due course.

with mint chutney

[Nick Armstrong]

That enormous box-set of Liszt you ordered, perhaps?

blowing up a fellows motor on suspicion of containing a few heavy duty tone poems seems a bit extreme....

One can but hope

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The air in London is fine. It's a long way from Sellafield.

[Beef Oven!]

aaaah the joys of spring
here are some baby lambs to cheer you up

I fancy a kebab.

[Dave2002]

We have noticed a thin layering of dust on our cars today. Perhaps it's sand from the Sahara again, though we've seen much thicker sand in years gone by.

The butchers nearby does some really nice lamb sausages with herbs and maybe other things, such as apricots, as well as the more usual pig based ones.

There's a well known Christmas carol which one can perhaps ruin by inserting the word "chop" after the word "lamb" - though you have to sing quickly.

[Flosshilde]

aaaah the joys of spring
here are some baby lambs to cheer you up

Where's David Cameron when you need him?

[Flosshilde]

The air quality was forecast to be of lowest quality in South East England. People with heart and lung conditions were advised not to exert themselves outdoors today. People who ignore the advice and then suffer health consequences should be denied NHS attention, unless they have a mental health condition.

Well of course - when the BBC says 'UK' they really mean the far South East of it. The rest isn't worth bothering about (except when the natives get uppity).

Cali - someone on the radio this morning said, when the advice not to go jogging today was mentioned, that one shouldn't jog/run by a main road, as the air quality was pretty poor anyway. So if you regularly cycle in central London I expect you are used to very poor air quality, so today wouldn't have been very different.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Well of course - when the BBC says 'UK' they really mean the far South East of it. The rest isn't worth bothering about (except when the natives get uppity).

However, they do pretend to be inclusive, by seeking out out those with the most bizarre accents and no grammatical knowledge to be presenters and announcers, thereby insulting just about everyone.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Perhaps they have the wrong kind of air in the south-east?

[MrGongGong]

Where's David Cameron when you need him?

I don't think anyone "needs" him