Basil Brush probed by police over 'racist abuse' in gipsy spell sketch | the Daily Mail

Once again I am led to wonder if the world has gone completely mad.

Children's TV puppet Basil Brush is at the centre of a bizarre police probe into claims by a group of gipsies that they were racially abused on a BBC programme.

The gipsies allege that an episode of the Basil Brush Show which showed a gipsy woman trying to sell the puppet fox wooden pegs and heather was racially offensive.

They contacted Northamptonshire police who have now approached the BBC over the claims.

Basil Brush probed by police over 'racist abuse' in gipsy spell sketch | the Daily Mail

Splish splash bird taking a bath.

No, no that sort of 'bird' ;-)
A blackbird spent some time splashing about in my garden pond today. Or maybe he was trying to end it all - it's about 2' deep there.
(Sound removed to get rid of chatter from tv)

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For everyone who thinks the lighting up the house thing has gone too far, for too long.

Dead Pool 2008

1. Thatcher.
2. Bernie Ecclestone
3. Sir Norman Wisdom
4. HRH Duke of Edinburgh
5. Pervez Musharraf
6. George Herbert Walker Bush
7. Dame Vera Lynn
8. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
9. Brigitte Bardot
10. Elizabeth Taylor

Tilt

Leaning tower of Greatham

Unexpected Snow

Suddenly winter arrived in Bromyard

Tidying up the garden.

I have a lot of small trees and shrubs in the garden which need cutting back regularly. Decided today that rather than dragging the prunings to the council tip I'd buy a shredder.

Wickes 2500 watt garden shredder, sturdy, powerful, £69, does what it says on the box.

Might also be a solution to the problem of cats crapping in the vegetable patch too ;-)