Some of you may have noticed my absence for the past few days. Well, I finally packed Grrlscientist back off to New York, and then had to deal with the usual pile of stuff that builds up (manuscripts, questions etc. etc.).
We were lucky with the weather: it snowed, so Helsinki was at its prettiest. Grrlscientist has already put up some photos, including some from Hietaniemi cemetery. She’s promising more of the different tits we say (blue, great, etc. Stop sniggering at the back), but as a taster, here’s one of Grrl doing her photography:
“Flap off! I have to pull the cork first before you can swig the wine, you greedy thing.”
“Let me see it, let me see it! Oh, I had my eyes shut, can you take another one please? And you’d better not put that one up on Facebook”
Erm, Facebeak? Beakbook?
Why, yes, I have had far too much coffee. Thanks for asking.
What are you suggesting about Grrlscientist’s drinking habits, Maxine?
Well, she’s anonymous in the pic, Bob. Or she was, until you broke her cover ;-)
Oh damn. I’d better not mention the vodka bottles, then.
OK I’ll try again -
“Oh no, this is Red Square. My magnetometer must be out of kilter – I was aiming for Berkeley Square and a bit of singing. But here, my vocal chords are icing up.”
(You really need Henry for this. I’m hopeless.)
Oh, he’s not much better at the moment. I bet he’ll claim he’s been sat on the train all day.
I’ve been sat on a train all day.
‘You didn’t ask the chaffinch did you? He knows nothing about cameras’
‘Is that a Nikon F-3 you’re packin’ or are you just pleased to see me?’
Bloody trains.
“Okay, so I’ll just go stand over there, and then you just kinda half-press this button, wait for the light to start blinking, look at the screen, adjust the dial, refocus, then if the green light is on, press this button – no, the one next to it – look at the indicator, and press this just after the red light switched off. It’s pretty straightforward.”
“That shot makes me look fat”
Following a decidedly
squiffypleasant afternoon down at the pub with the host of this post, I feel well armed to offer the following caption:(burp)
ahem
And your other suggestion…
Unfortunately, it’s slipped my
boOzE addledmind.Don’t forget to look for our Absolutely political discussion.
The trouble is, that the thing the bird is sitting on does not look like a camera, obviously – so for me, camera jokes don’t really work. But as admitted above, I’m hopeless at humour.
Oh in that case, the bird could be saying “I thought this was a real camera. Where’s the tripod, the cloak and the big flashy thing?”
henry — very cute caption, except a Nikon F-3 is much more camera-like (and expensive) than my camera.
bob — HAHAHA! cute caption. i like it. i think.
maxine — if you think my digital camera doesn’t look like a camera, you should take a peek at my digital mp3 audio recorder. it’s smaller than a candy bar and is so tiny that it could easily become lost, yet it holds many dozens of hours of interviews, etc.
I think it is just the angle at which the picture is taken, Grrl – the camera is obscured too much for it to be immediately apparent what it is (hence my initial misunderstanding with the bottle of alcohol!).
Just been reading these and finding the whole thing hilarious.
The trouble is, that the thing the bird is sitting on does not look like a camera
’That’s funny – from over there it looked just like a bird feeder…’
“Watch the birdie!”
Off the topic for the post, but you’ve been tagged.
http://scienceblogs.com/authority/2008/12/five_fiftysix_a_newish_meme.php