Charley Says And Tufty Fluffytail

-

 Charley Says.  6 of these British Public Information films were made in 1973, they appear to have had a large cultural impact among the cousins.  

https://youtu.be/XSSIn55f6ow


Tufty Fluffytail was introduced in 1953 by the Royal Society For The Prevention Of Accidents.  Anyone who has ever driven in squirrel country knows that these rodents are the least safety conscious of all sentient protoplasm on planet Earth, and everytime I pass one of their flattened bodies I feel terrible.  
 
 
Alongside the narrators and Tufty, these stories also had a whole host of other fluffy creatures: Minnie Mole, ‘Naughty’ Willy Weasel, Harry Hare, Mrs Fluffytail (Tufty’s mum) and Bobby Brown Rabbit (nothing to do with the music star of almost the same name) and Policeman Badger were always on hand to spread their protective message.
 

 



 

Season 2 Episode 7 of the über weird Life On Mars.  DCI Gene Hunt finds himself on trial for murder and soon all of CID are after him. But DI Sam Tyler believes otherwise. He goes to find his innocence. Even if that means making Gene dress as a road safety squirrel.  2007.


Red squirrels are losing out to Grey squirrels in England:
  • Grey squirrels carry a disease, a Parapoxvirus, which does not appear to affect their health but often kills red squirrels.
  • Grey squirrels are more likely to eat green acorns, so will decimate the food source before they ripen and the reds can make use of them. 
  • When red squirrels are put under pressure they will not breed as often.
  • 'Decimate' is Latin for a military punishment meaning to execute one out of ten soldiers.  So c'mon, guys, learn to speak, er...English!

What the hell...is the war still going?


I love red squirrels.  Art by Petra Brown.


But these gray bastards...oh my.
 
 
 Cheerio!
 

Comments

  1. Billy D BunnyMarch 8, 2022 at 9:15 PM

    Paul: Oh, look, Billy...some people are actually reading Hybrid!

    Billy: So? Why can't I have the car?

    Paul: We've been through this. You don't have a license and you can't use my car. But isn't it great that people are reading our co-op site?

    Billy: This is what I think of a bunch of s*******s reading our site-

    Paul: Jesus palamino, Billy! How rude!

    Billy: I want to use the car!

    (transmission ends)

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Two Angel Forms Were Seen To Glide

-
Image
’Twas on a lofty vase’s side, Where China’s gayest art had dyed The azure flowers that blow; Demurest of the tabby kind, The pensive Selima, reclined, Gazed on the lake below. Her conscious tail her joy declared; The fair round face, the snowy beard, The velvet of her paws, Her coat, that with the tortoise vies, Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes, She saw; and purred applause. Still had she gazed; but ’midst the tide Two angel forms were seen to glide, The genii of the stream; Their scaly armour’s Tyrian hue Through richest purple to the view Betrayed a golden gleam. The hapless nymph with wonder saw; A whisker first and then a claw, With many an ardent wish, She stretched in vain to reach the prize. What female heart can gold despise? What cat’s averse to fish? Presumptuous maid! with looks intent Again she stretch’d, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between. (Malignant Fate sat by, and smiled) The slippery verge her feet beguiled, She tumbled headlong in. Eigh
Read more

Where In The World Is Billy D Bunny?

-
Image
''The plight of Davis Paul'' ''Dam you to Hades Billy! why are you setting fire to my Wardrobe with your Cigarette!!?''...you would hear on occasion some kind of verbal anger often from Davis - shouting out in abstract Frustration, 'just because Billy Thought Davis Pauls Clothes were lame'' oh yeah, Billy D was the Dude.........Davis put up with so much crap and nonsense from the rebellious Layabout - come would be antisocial super hero, ''the enabler''...Davis Paul was literally at the end of his tether..all those worrisome late nights... Davis would often shout at Billy, during one of Billy's Trash rampages, ''Aunt may never has this problem ever with peter parker !'' and then the rest of the time, Davis Paul wondering where Billy was? and what was Billy D up too? then after hours and hour of worrying,  Billy would just rock up - staggering through the Front door, Gladiator outfit on, covered
Read more

Two Sides Of The Same Coin

-
Image
 It was a lovely day in November.  At least Tom thought it was November, the air was crisp and cool and it felt Novemberish.  There were no calenders here, while he had a clock he rarely looked at it.  He never had to be anywhere at any particular time in any event, when he had to be somewhere he always showed up on time, if that's the word for it.  Anyway, it was a nice Fall day. Tom stood on his porch that surrounded the small field stone house, he could see and smell the smoke from his neighbor's fires, someone was cooking fish and the big cat was salivating.  Since he had had his coffee he wasn't hungry, but the fish really smelled enticing.  Odd, he thought, I haven't had meat since I got here.  When did I get here?  he thought to himself, I don't remember.  Maybe someplace in town sold meat, although he had never seen such a shop.  It didn't matter, what with the bread and potatoes and butter and honey he was never hungry.  Tom lit a cigarette
Read more