Monkeys Fist

I’m going to go out in a limb here and say it was probably self-inflicted.

Nice to see them incorporating Deano’s shrubberies formations next to the lasses pissers.

New favourite beer. “ What do you want? “ “ Pair of Bollekes please! “

So, Fist Jnr. and I cycled in to Leiden this morning, and stopped at a cafe for drink. “ Dad, what’s that place over there, Brownies & Downies?” ” Looks like a cake shop, kiddo, maybe they’ve got special needs staff” ( said with tongue firmly in cheek, thinking “not even the Dutch would have such poor taste)” Brownies and Downies

I know ewerk’s dad and he also told me this.

George Alagiah, 67. Mrs. F. is gutted, she thought he was the epitome of decent journalism ( nowt to do with moisture levels), and I’d have to agree.

Mrs. F. tried to convince the Kinder that the Shields Ferry is travellling in style compared to flying. If you have a half decent sense of humour, she’s absolutely right tbh. “ International Buffet” - Pizza, Rinky Dinks, Gyros, Fish and Chips… 4 world renowned cuisines on one plate Breakfast actually put the offerings of some half-decent hotels I’ve stayed at to shame. Hilariously shite entertainment, as mentioned above, (and I also watched Guardians of the Galaxy 3 with Fist Jnr in one of the two on board cinema rooms), all made bearable by several very decent beers. That, vs waiting in “Ponteland” Airport surrounded by sweaty fucking mackems getting mullered before jumping on a glorified bus, only to be served deeply depressing “food”, if you’re lucky, whilst trying not to breathe in the rancid stench of the mackem sisterwife’s baby-hole. Tbf, she’s absolutely bang-on, there’s no comparison… …and you get to drive your own car off at the end instead of picking up some basic model, motorised wheelbarrow at the hire company that’s been twice round the world and to the moon and back. Did I mention the Dutch blart? It’s ridiculous- your most basic level, Gregg’s lass slinging pastries and pie, is top notch, bankable material

It depends on your needs tbh. If you’re going to Amsterdam on a wild one, it’s a good starter for 10. Get the bus/tram in to town from the port. If you’re wanting to drive once you get there, same. It’s not hugely obvious, but if you’re driving to southern Europe, France or Italy or Spain, it’s the most sensible option from up here- 7-8 hrs of shitty driving on British motorways to get to Dover, vs a night with Dutch Elvis and three hours drive to get you to Calais. As a trip to Holland just for shits and giggles, definitely get the boat- it’s like if Lidl was a travel agent- a 15 hr shite cruise but run by Viz.

Aye, Elvish also became The Man in Bleck when he belted out Ring of Fire, and later had a blast at murdering some Pink Floyd. The bloke was not short on confidence

If they’ve been born in the US we’re fucked. “Science can’t take m’guns!” etc

Tbf, we spotted shedloads of proper windmills on the way here… … and canals, houseboats, coffee shops, Blart, pastries, bier… all ticked off in the first two hours. I’ll be honest, the only thing stopping me calling house on Dutch Bingo is that we’ve not walked past a transsexual Filipino hooker’s window yet, but we’re going to Amsterdam so… Drove past a lad on the A4 who had a fucked Audi A3 too, which raised a chuckle

Well fellows, after a bumpy crossing on the Funboat, with light entertainment provided by Filipino Dutch Elvis(h), we arrived in Dutch Boro’ A half hour drive got us to Leiden, which is very pretty and as Dutch as it gets Now at our home for the week, which is apparently catering for @Howmanheyman after curry night…

When we get even closer, will we start to give a fuck?

Looks like Mad Dog has just heard some of their poetry.

An uncle of mine had holiday home on an island in the Med. Voted Leave. Sold it at a knock down because the market was flooded. Suck it up sunshine

Just switch it off for 30 seconds then switch it back on again.

What reputation?

I’m going Dutch tomorrow- Shields ferry overnight to Ijmuiden , a leisurely drive to Waasenaar with a stop for lunch on the way wherever looks nice, then a week in a Eurocamp hellscape, followed by a couple of nights in Bruges. It’s going to piss down all week too (Trips to ‘Dam and Utrecht looking increasingly likely). Good job it’s a water park then. Mrs. F. is stressing out about everything, as per, whilst I’m helping immensely by telling her to “chill oot man, woman, man” Kids are doing fuck all to help, so whips will cracked in a bit. Roll on a foaming pint on the ferry…

I always thought he was just the comedy element in the band, but reading through his wiki, he formed the band, wrote the songs, did the arrangements etc. Which probably explains why he could act like a hopped-up chimp on stage, without getting peddled, as it was his band.

It’s in the thread he linked to- him and his ‘mates’ were playing “beat the ginger” in a playground when a light shone down from a police chopper. Then they ran off.

Bizarrely, he’s now a lecturer on Psychology https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_Hegarty

At 10, would’ve been a spore.

I think in CT’s case he’s probably just injected too much Bong.

One of them kids doctor preverts.