whether i happen to be really, really good at titles or am just relaying details of things which are if not mundane then boring, yes, pretty much all of this post is right there in the title. so, it has come to pass that i have acquired another new mug, look you see. as i have little else to share here, i figured why not do the usual and show it off.
did i (or was it the case that i) needed (or required) a new mug? not really, not really, no. as point of fact, and forgive any unintended bourgeois showing off, i have far more than i need, or can practically store in my place of exile. presently i need to maintain a sort of triple balance between them all, with some on the shelf in a cupboard, some on the drying rack and some (not many) in the sink waiting to be washed. yet procuring another proved irresistible.
so, as you can (kind of) see in the above, presented in the greater good and glory of Commodore 64 mode, my travels took me to the whims and ways of Stonehenge. indeed, the Stonehenge, as in the one famously celebrated by Spinal Tap in song. my understanding of it all is that the place was kind of celebrated and considered important before Spinal Tap gone done a song about it all, but obviously it's only in the era of history after they did the tune that anyone really paid much attention to it.
indeed, this post is going to be considerably more boring that previous (rather than future) ones concerning me obtaining similar. which is a new mug. one simply needs to look here and, if they so wish, here to see examples of other adventures. sadly, or alas, my social interaction is not of such a nature to do that sort of thing (not that sort of thing) in my present reality. from what i recall it is spoken that a lie becomes a truth simply by being repeated three (3) times. the instances of me being told i shall die alone, full of lament and regret, has been said to me more than that. oh.
being in such whimsical solitude did indeed allow me to build a "set" of sorts to showcase the new mug. some may well refer to such as a "diorama" but this isn't an actual scene being recreated. well, at least not that i know of. pictured here with the previously mentioned mug, then, are some scale replicas of bits off of Stonehenge, with a massive (and very expensive) postcard (two, actually) opened up around it. hopefully one or two shall appreciate the effort made.
at this moment in time, which is to say as i compose (write) this, i've not actually used it. from habit i have washed it on returning to lodgings, and now it sits waiting for designation. which is an interesting point of departure for one of them infrequent looks at the English way of doing things. just about every house has loads and loads of mugs which are theoretically (bar the design on them) same difference, but get kept and used for either tea or coffee but not for use of both. at different times. when someone comes along and uses a mug one normally only uses for tea for coffee, it causes a panic. generally i don't have all that many (if any) visitors, but yes, certain mugs are for certain things.
for those interested, or wishing to in some way impersonate me (good luck with that one), up to now i use my mugs celebrating The Prisoner, The Shining and of course Body Double, for tea, whilst other mugs, such as my smart Lenin one off of Spiros and my Bowie Aladdin Sane one, not to mention the scene from Alien done as puppets, are for coffee. mind, there is some flexibility, as i have one which is most smart as it is the poster off of Aliens, and i have used that for tea and coffee. not at the same time, obviously.
oh. no. or eh oh, even. the Teletubby, Po, wasn't picked up from Stonehenge. so far as i am aware, no, he, she, it, whatever, is not a traditional aspect of the place. i picked the Po effigy up at a market rather closer to lodgings, for all of 50p. of the traditional, or classic, four (4) Teletubbies, Po is my favourite, yes. but, from the whole "expanded universe" of it, my favourite is of course Noo Noo. as they did not have a Noo Noo available, well, Po it is.
my thoughts on Stonehenge itself? well, i saw it from the road, about four (4) times. certainly it is one of the more impressive arrangements of rocks, or if you will stones, that i can recall seeing. little wonder that Spinal Tap elected to honour the place. and yes, it's quite surprising just how close to the road it, them, or if you will Stonehenge, is. but if you are interested, it's probably best to head to the official visitor centre and do the tour and that, so you can learn the mystical secrets of the place what inspired the song.
to be honest, no, i hadn't harboured any particularly strong desire or wish to see Stonehenge. of course i am very glad that the accidental opportunity arose (so to speak) to do so. not sure i would rush back, as it is ever so far away, but one never knows.
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