Weather...

[jarndice]

One could reasonably argue that the Netherlands being a neutral country in 1939 and because it was geographically between Germany and the United Kingdom is not an excuse for Holland to be invaded by German Armed Forces or later (Too Late) by primarily the British Army thereby killing many innocent Dutch civilians who many years later treated me with friendship and invited me to watch their schoolchildren laying flowers on the graves of Allied soldiers who had died in their village,
Officialdom is the same in any country and has very little to do with the true feelings of its people.

[Son of a gun-ner]

Excellent thoughts and interesting history. My favorite part was the whiskey and tatties. Wait a minute, tatties? Sorry. My brain’s spellcheck saw a totally different word.

It's only because you overly use that "word," and now we know your preferred word for the Devil's Dumplings

Shaun, sadly officialdom can bring out the worse in some people, I really hate. . . .

[PainlessWolf]

Good Morning!
Extreme cold last night. This morning, the High Valley was surrounded by mountains that looked like they were sugar glazed. Be safe all and stay warm!
regards,
Painless

[Jimster]

It’s the Devil’s Doughnuts over on this side of the ocean. Of course there’s always trouser chili.

[jarndice]

Good Morning!
Extreme cold last night. This morning, the High Valley was surrounded by mountains that looked like they were sugar glazed. Be safe all and stay warm!
regards,
Painless

Woke to a frost coated lawn with the skeletal Beech trees acting as perches for the rooks and a solitary red kite floating over looking for breakfast but by 1000am everything was covered in snow and not a bird in sight,
Then I watched one man single handedly carrying his country from embarrassment to hope before being chopped down with minutes left to close of play.
You can take a Yorkshireman out of Yorkshire but you cannot take Yorkshire out of a Yorkshireman.

[43rdRecceReg]

Oh no!
what's going on here?
do the british see black?
no it's british black humor...

it's exactly that, Jürgen. Genau. the Brits like to: 'Look on the bright side of life'. (think: 'Life of Brian')
When all else fails- thanks to rain... snow... die Grippe, Covid, and so on- it's always best to laugh
..and don't forget, by the way, that the folk below the Scottish border, whose weather this is, i.e., -The English-
were once Germans (the Saxons/Sachsen). Soooo..we can blame them, and you, for our weather
The man on the beach (with knotted handkerchief) is the stereotypical working class Englishman, at the seaside- by the way.

Super cartoon, I must say- and spot on

edit: Well, never mind the cricket scores, Shaun...here's the best British 'black' humour advice available, especially in these most 'testing' of days (pardon the pun):

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With the way people are being bowled out by this dreadful illness, I think we need a little wry humour.
By the way, Jimster, I hope you didn't think that was some sort of self-portrait earlier, with the English dude on a beach.
Nah, I'd be more like this:

[Jimster]

Of course not
That’s an awesome movie by the way! Can’t get that song outta my head.

[Son of a gun-ner]

Nah, I'd be more like this:

I can confirm, I've seen pictures

[HERMAN BIX]

Cmon
That’s ALL Scotsmen !!

[Kaczor]