Bobbies: The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown

Hyde Park is... Hot for Teacher

(NB: Apologies for both the preposterously juvenile nature of the post and the blurry pic, but I couldn't resist. Click to enlarge the photo, to better read the text)

If the Electricty Doesn't Get'cha, the Spiders Will (*NSFB)

(*Not Safe for Blicero)

Morning Zoo

Paraphrased Radio Snippet, playing over the office staff shuttle bus; 8:30 a.m. :

"...before the last break, of course, we told you about 'Scuba-Doo,' the dog who swam the length of the Thames; now, we've got another amazing story. Seems there's a bloke who managed to lose TEN STONE in just over a month on a backpacking trip in Australia. He says his trick was all the walking, and the fact that he only ate vegetables for the whole month. Well, I've got to hope he was trekking alone. Can you imagine being stuck in a tent with a geezer who's been eating only veg for that long? Guy must have smelled of shit. Just stank of farts and shit. Right - before the break, we've got one of the true modern classics, from a Canadian fella named Bryan Adams. "You Know it's True, Everything I Do, I Do it for You..." (music swells).

(*Ed. Note: Ten Stone = 140 lbs.)

Concessions

At an 8:15 "late show" of 'The Black Dahlia' at the Cineworld Hammersmith, a young mother stands in line with three boys of about 6 years, buying snacks for the film (about the disembowling of a bisexual aspiring starlet). She asks the kids what they want to order, and they all begin chanting, loudly, "Munch Box! Munch Box! Munch Box!" When it's finally her turn, she orders three "Munch Boxes" for the kids, which is a Cineworld theater-chain exclusive containing sweet popcorn, a small soda, and a balloon.