Rattus Caritas est
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izmeinaToday was another glorious day in Izzieland. Sat for hours in the garden of arcane delights, soaking up the sunshine and reading. Decided to be adventurous and take a peek in the museum since we had vague memories of the special creature feature "Riddled with Rats"
Turns out that this interesting event was on for 6 weeks or so during the school holidays which happened to have finished yesterday. Yesss. That is the problem of perennial procrastinators - the longer a show goes one, the less likely you are to get around to seeing it
The rats were also running rampant in the Museum of Shipwrecks. Iz had the inspiration of asking if that was the place that had the bits of the Batavia. Turns out they do as well as a replica of the wreck. The rest of the goodies are up north in another museum in Geraldton which is much nearer the scene of the original crime.
But we had other plans today that included the Juicy Beetroot Cafe at 3pm and turning up at the museum for 4pm when it closes at 5 would just not be doing it justice. So, it will be on our agenda for next time.
If only we had got that snaky arse into gear and gotten there last week instead of slinking about the garden at Petunias' place - or the week before or the one before that - could have seen the rats as well as the wrecks.
But Izzie has other rats on her dinnerplate. Was listening to a most fascinating bunch of interviews about the present Pope and how he has got lots of folks confounded and confuzzled with his latest infallible offering.
Ever since he blacklisted one of Izzie's favorite writers, we've had him on our list of nasty creatures and had visions of a nasty thin jagged- jawed, squeaky but menacingly voiced Grand Inquisitor longing for the return of the good old days of stakes and thumbscrews. But he was a bit plumper than we expected. Looked kind of cute except for that very very scary mouth and the uncanny resemblence to a certain Dark Lord.
But it was the voice - sort of soft and sad that just did not fit the character we had expected and now with this latest encyclical - cannot help but wonder if he might have spent a few years reading Morris West novels and scheming the grand evil plan to go all soft, pink, fluffy and lovie dovie and annoy the hell out of all the conservatives. After all, in mainstream politics - it is so often the hawks that are best at negotiating peace settlements because they come from a position of strength, have no need to prove themselves and folks know that they mean business.
Who knows? He might even start inviting Hans Kung over for regular dinner parties
Looks like the Rat may just not be the boring old fart that the Izzie expected him to be.
Turns out that this interesting event was on for 6 weeks or so during the school holidays which happened to have finished yesterday. Yesss. That is the problem of perennial procrastinators - the longer a show goes one, the less likely you are to get around to seeing it
The rats were also running rampant in the Museum of Shipwrecks. Iz had the inspiration of asking if that was the place that had the bits of the Batavia. Turns out they do as well as a replica of the wreck. The rest of the goodies are up north in another museum in Geraldton which is much nearer the scene of the original crime.
But we had other plans today that included the Juicy Beetroot Cafe at 3pm and turning up at the museum for 4pm when it closes at 5 would just not be doing it justice. So, it will be on our agenda for next time.
If only we had got that snaky arse into gear and gotten there last week instead of slinking about the garden at Petunias' place - or the week before or the one before that - could have seen the rats as well as the wrecks.
But Izzie has other rats on her dinnerplate. Was listening to a most fascinating bunch of interviews about the present Pope and how he has got lots of folks confounded and confuzzled with his latest infallible offering.
Ever since he blacklisted one of Izzie's favorite writers, we've had him on our list of nasty creatures and had visions of a nasty thin jagged- jawed, squeaky but menacingly voiced Grand Inquisitor longing for the return of the good old days of stakes and thumbscrews. But he was a bit plumper than we expected. Looked kind of cute except for that very very scary mouth and the uncanny resemblence to a certain Dark Lord.
But it was the voice - sort of soft and sad that just did not fit the character we had expected and now with this latest encyclical - cannot help but wonder if he might have spent a few years reading Morris West novels and scheming the grand evil plan to go all soft, pink, fluffy and lovie dovie and annoy the hell out of all the conservatives. After all, in mainstream politics - it is so often the hawks that are best at negotiating peace settlements because they come from a position of strength, have no need to prove themselves and folks know that they mean business.
Who knows? He might even start inviting Hans Kung over for regular dinner parties
Looks like the Rat may just not be the boring old fart that the Izzie expected him to be.
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Date: 2006-02-03 09:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-03 02:00 pm (UTC)Don't worry - when we do finally visit - will post all the gossip