Friday, 8 May 2026

Random Shit For Your Viewing Pleasure


Kitsch queen of the 1950s Vladimir Tretchikoff The Green Lady I'm using it as wallpaper on my new iphone.  



An 80s stocking filler, pen with a built in digital clock, remember them? They were the height of sophistication back then, the novelty soon wore off and I swapped mine for 10 cigs and a Mars bar.


Poor man's asparagus. Shop bought samphire, rooted in salt water in a crocus vase, sadly Waitrose was all out of Samphire so I had to made do with Tesco's finest. Makes an attractive house plant, best suited for coastal gardens, but give it the right growing conditions and it can thrive inland. I like to place a length of it on the roof my mouth and using my tongue to crush it against my palate for a spurt of salty goodness.





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  1. Inexplicable DeVice9 May 2026 at 08:17

    Ah, we used to have a Green Lady print. SP bought it at a car boot or something because it was so kitsch it made him laugh. He called her Suzie Wong. Then he became friends with a woman in the village called Susan, but we always called her Suzie Wong. (She didn't look anything like Monika Pon-su-san, though.)
    I had one of those pen clocks, too - but, as you say, as a stocking filler when I was a kid.

    At the risk of further invalidating my gay card, I dislike samphire.

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    1. Mitzi 9 May 2026 at 19:41

      I've always liked the painting and what a car boot find. My parents had one, my mother christened her "Anna May Wong" she was kept in the cupboard underneath the stairs, never seeing the light of day, instead they favoured Lou Shabner's Girl with a Dog , as well as being v common, she gave me the creeps.

      It'll be a boring world if we all like the same thing, I'm not keen on aubergine, no baba ganoush for me, thank you very much.

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  2. Ms Scarlet9 May 2026 at 08:38

    I always wanted one of those pens, but never had one, and The Green Lady always reminded me of Star Trek - I found her a bit scary.
    Do you remember when a packet of 10 cigs were 45½p?? They don't even make packs of 10 anymore - and then there was a brief dalliance with packs of 14. Sigh.
    Which iPhone did you get? Are you impressed with the camera? Have you moved yet?
    Sx

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  3. Mitzi 9 May 2026 at 20:25

    Gasps at 45½p how old do you think I am?

    It's an iphone 17 and I'm very impressed with the camera so far, just waiting for a sunny day then I'll really test it out, overall 100% better than my crappy now extinct iphone7. It's turning me into a monster I take photos of people I know and some I don't and with the aid of Google lens I'm able to find out the origins of their clothes and how much they paid for them.

    I'm moving at the end of the month, contracts have been signed but not exchanged yet, hopefully on Monday.

    It's not Weymouth!




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  4. Mitzi 9 May 2026 at 20:28

    Give us a clue I hear you say?
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    That's all you're getting

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    1. Ms Scarlet9 May 2026 at 20:36

      Well, I would be putting up the bunting if you were coming to Devon! But my money is on Devizes?
      Sx
      P.S Damn it, I want a 17 now!!

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    2. Mitzi 10 May 2026 at 11:45

      I put my money (well, actually it was Carmen's wages) on your lottery numbers, never mind, fingers crossed for Wednesday's draw.

      Not Devizes!

      Have you used Google lens ? it is a boon. I took a photograph of the woman next door from my bedroom window because MJ wanted to know if she was wearing crocs, (See Mr Devices garden comp) I am glad to report that they are not crocs, but some other neoprene horrors bought from Sandhill garden centre, however it did recommended using Flexitol urea foot cream rrp £5.99 on her rough skin!

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    3. Ms Scarlet10 May 2026 at 12:31

      Are you moving to Devon then??? Are we going to be neighbours? I can’t imagine you in wellies for 9 months of the year so I’m guessing you will be more town based?
      I obviously need Google lens! I will go see what I can do!
      Sx

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    4. Mitzi 10 May 2026 at 18:01

      I will reveal all when the contracts have been exchanged, hopefully tomorrow.

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  5. Jon10 May 2026 at 21:38

    You can get "The Green Lady" as a shower curtain these days. Now there's a thought...

    "I like to place a length of it in my mouth and using my tongue to crush it against my palate for a spurt of salty goodness." Don't we all, dear? I like samphire, too.

    Jx

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  6. Mitzi 11 May 2026 at 13:10

    Welcome back! I love it. I wonder if they do a Eugene Jansson - Naval Bathhouse shower curtain for a friend of course, I have a glass door.

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