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I had no idea that Ms Rowling had any interest in the issue of whether unhappy kids should be allowed to scream and screech outside office buildings in central London. Fingers in all the pies, that Rowling.

PS Younger readers may be unaware of the "took a hell of a beating" allusion. Uttered by the Norwegian, Bjørge Lillelien, it represented the cry of the underdog, resigned to losing at every outing, upon victory over a superior & seethingly resented foe. youtu.be/PqZTP8-8wIs

Much harder to photograph little Maud as she constantly moves. Here she is

This cunning plan may have worked a little too well because, as I have just discovered, the poll has been "disabled" which it is explained means "..temporarily blocked.. Items are disabled when the account that created them reaches its monthly plan limit".

Eindhoven Box Cup registrations closed on 9th March 2025. Today sees the mandatory "Boxing Entries Check" for all teams between 3pm & 7pm, 2 people from each team to attend. Competition starts tomorrow at 2pm. Still no word on Khelif. She will either be there or he won't.

Watching my farmcats/pheasants/magpies/fox & cubs/muntjacs eating out back & seeing them all intersperse each bite or nibble with a quick glance upwards or sideways, it suddenly struck me that for them eating is a moment of great potential danger. Only apex species eat in safety.

Whatsapp has been sending me messages telling me that no one can see or hear my personal messages, not even Whatsapp. Not sure how I feel about that. I would be happier to know that someone will be able to see/hear my messages in case of emergency or if I were to go criminal.

More pilates air con drama (NB women 2 & 3 featured last week): Woman 1 - can we put on the air con, please? Woman 2 - Not when we have all come in wet and cold. Woman 3 (friend of Woman 1) - We haven't ALL come in wet and cold. Cue unkind giggles. Just like being back at school.

I do hope "Calvin" will not be in any trouble for this. If he is, there is some formidable mitigation available to him. "Who, Sir/Madam, would not have been moved to catatonia by the soaring rhetoric of Ms Reeves, whose peroration simply proved too much?" telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

This nicely sets up Khelif's new grift. Expect announcement of legal action against World Boxing. First step will be to figure out most favourable jurisdiction (ie where will damages be highest). Then commission psychiatric reports. Then seek to settle for a large sum of money.

Why can't they march, hire and festoon a few flatbed lorries in the trans incursive rainbow and be proud without corporate sponsorship? If a cause is good & worthy, why is there any need at all for corporate involvement? Finally, are the corporates now to be deemed "transphobic"?

Those who may be moved by reports of Khelif experiencing "immeasurable psychological damage" should reflect on the fact that despite knowing he is male, he did not pack away his boxing gloves but instead decided to continue punching women to the body & head. Thoroughly ignoble.

Secrets of the trade, Part VII If in court when judgment is being given & you hear the judge say of your counsel that s/he "has said everything that could be said on behalf of [you]", this invariably means that you are about to lose. Words you never want to hear from the bench.

Secrets of the trade, Part IV (I know, I know; we are going backwards): Junior counsels' robes all have an odd looking appendage at their rear. Some say it was to allow those behind to drop in guineas when counsel was on a roll. Others say it is the remnant of a mourning hood.

Colin Wynter KC Years ago in Quebec I was present in court when the judge delivering judgment said in English that it was more important for loser to know why he lost than for winner to know why he won. Plaintiff was anglophone, defendant francophone. Judge then continued judgment in French.

Work smarter, not harder.. 😅

When he realized red is the good part.. 😅

Colin Wynter KC Silver service waitress at staff dining in night University of Glasgow Taps the shoulder of a Prof "Sorry Sir, I appear to have drapped the peas in your pixie hood" And she had And from that day on he called it his "pixie hood"

So that's what all the bunny business has been about. I have been sent links to Carrot cottage rabbit rescue & have wondered why. As a small token of support, I have now followed him or her. Who knows? If all goes well, I may even end up adding a "sweet little wabbit" or two to my menagerie.

Tyrone, aka Chantelle, is now a regular but he is an intimidating presence, so has to be fed a few yards away from where Gingernut & Lucy The Black take their meals. Tonight, when Tyrone aka Chantelle pitched up, G Nut headed into his house & has only just now emerged.