Today’s Advent Calendar window definitely falls into the “weird and wonderful” category!
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Parwich Advent Calendar – Day Two.
Tuesday December 2, 2008 by Mike A
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What a great idea your advent calender is. Just the thing to get us in the mood for Christmas.I love the snow although it does make very hard work for those of us with horses and farmers with livestock – slippy fields, frozen water, frozen fingers and countless layers of clothing to put on and off. The horses love it too – it makes them very frisky.Looking forward to the rest of the calendar.
It’s a great idea – thanks again to all at the blog who have given their time to entertain us.
– is the wacky bird some sort of memorial to the death of the Marquis de Sade?
… or maybe Britney Spears’ birthday?
I thought it was to commemorate the removal of Ringo Star’s tonsils.
How do you know that Ringo’s had his tonsils out?
Good job he’s only a drummer (although, thinking about that, he did sing on Abbey Road – “Octupus’ Garden” or should that be “Octopus’s Garden”? I would need to consult my copy of Abbey Road, or Mike A, – who as we all know is the font of all popular music wisdom).
Anyhow, I digress…… I can’t see how the wacky bird in this “window” could possibly commemorate a sixties musician’s minor surgical procedures, albeit a successful sixties musician (although many would argue that Ringo was the least talented Beatle).
Strange isn’t it, how we can seamlessly move from almost perfect village Christmas scenes to the juvenile throat affectations of scouser drummers?
In my role as “font of all popular music wisdom” (thanks Graham, the cheque is in the post), I am happy to confirm that “Octopus’s Garden” is indeed the correct title.
As to the significance of today’s picture, you’re very close to the truth. Just before going in for his tonsillectomy, Ringo Starr famously described Yoko Ono as “that wacky bird”. For that was how they talked in the Sixties. Oh yes indeed.
Tell you wot Mike, …… today, I (and more especially my good lady wife, who as we speak at 20:25 is racing back from an evening governor’s meeting on the other side of Derby, to attend yet another village meeting) really need a good laugh ….
– and that is a real side splitter….. :o)
Your recollections of sixties pop legends sound bites will allow us to giggle our way upstairs to beddy byes.
Thank you.