clippersnapper: Buildings and Things

Wednesday 4 April 2007

Buildings and Things

Right I better start actually taking pictures of buildings and things. Shame I was enjoying the boozing and philosophising.

Tate blinkin Modern. Now there's a building. I go past it every day now. TWICE! I salute it every time I go past as it is currently CLUB HQ. By that I mean me and my mates meet there, at the private members bar which has a terrace overlooking the Thames. We meet at 3.55 on the last Friday of the month, normally at the Royal Festival Hall, but that's being refurbished for us.

I wonder if when I travel home from work on the last Friday of this month I'll see myself up there, having a great time. I wonder if I'll be jealous?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: You might not see yourself up there drinking, but now the world and it's wife know where you go there will be loads of plebs muscling in on your scene.; 5 May 2007 at 17:09

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Ramp Parts

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The Queen Mary

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Bullingdon HQ

The former site of the mayoral office and now home to Boris Johnson, President of the Bullingdon Dining Club. The club, some 150 years old, is exclusively for males of extremely privileged backgrounds. The aim of the club is to book restaurants under false names, vomit in them, smash them up and then throw bundles of money at the owners is a show of utter derision. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Celeb Block H

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Have A Good Look

Major General Sir Henry Havelock cut his military teeth in the First Afghan war of 1839. An unmitigated disaster for the British Army; military intervention in Afghan was conducted as to secure the Empire's commercial interests in the region and instigated under a set of false pretences that fooled no one at the time. Sound familiar? Line Whitehall with massive brass statues of this Glorious Land's most famous serial killers and fraudsters! Let's construct a monument to celebrate our involvement in the slave trade!

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