Russian Blacksmith's Home

The home of a Russian blacksmith in a village near Yekaterinburg city. They say the blacksmith himself passed away and his wife regularly gets purchase offers, but she is not interested in selling it.


Invoking Hansel and Gretel in an opium dream, the craftsmanship on this home defies description.






The words on the sign are "May there always be sunshine, may there always be sky," two lines of the chorus from the famous Russian song:

Пусть всегда будет солнце,
Пусть всегда будет небо,
Пусть всегда будет мама,
Пусть всегда буду я!

May there always be sunshine,
May there always be blue skies,
May there always be my mama,
May there always be me!

Intelligence Not Found in Halifax

Lost-And-Found-Again-Land
Car Rental | Halifax, Canada | Abroad

(My customer asks me for a map and says he is going to be heading over to Newfoundland. I give him a map and point it out for him.)

Customer: “Why do you spell it ‘Newfoundland’? It’s New Finland.”

Me: “Well, its pronounced sort of like New Finland, but it’s actually Newfoundland, as in ‘this is a New Found Land.’”

Customer: “No, it’s New Finland.”

Me: “I can guarantee you there are not many Finnish people there.”

Customer: “Of course not. They left 1,000 years ago!”

Original article at Not Always Right.

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If I were in charge of a country like Libria, I wouldn't punish feelings, I'd punish stupidity. The Grammaton Clerics would be waiting for every customer who ever displayed thermonuclear ignorance, surround them, and demonstrate their best slap-kata. After which, the dumb yutz would be hauled off and held in a school for manners until they had learned how to interact with people properly.

Doc Rat visits the future

Not sure what happened, but an entire week of strips just went up at Doc Rat, through 2 September. Assuming it's a glitch, so I won't post the images here, but it was a surprise for sure.

Dialog with a Scammer

More Lads from Lagos.

( And jollies were had beneath the cut. )