Phil Smythe

@psmythe

Technical, political, gastronomic, linguistic, historical and Scottish curiosities;fluffy creatures with big eyes. Mefite.

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Phil Smythe@psmythe· May 12

This is my favourite shot from that era.

Tippi Hedren blows water into a lion’s mouth. 1971.

Phil Smythe@psmythe· Mar 21

Big here in Tokyo too.

Phil Smythe@psmythe· Mar 17

Yuake Koyake playing at 6pm in Naoshima. A daily test of the emergency warning system and signal to kids: go home for your dinner!

Phil Smythe@psmythe· Oct 26

I made this one from pages in Uncle Mac’s Ladybird A B C book: much loved by myself and siblings.

Photo showing pages from Uncle Mac’s ABC Ladybird alphabet book: an illustration, and a short part of a rhyme for each letter.

Phil Smythe@psmythe· Aug 28

Nice picture! And certainly better than this…

Phil Smythe@psmythe· Jul 11

And to verify location:

Phil Smythe@psmythe· Jul 10

If you see this, quote post with a robot that isn’t from Star Wars, Star Track, Doctor Who or Transformers

Hogarth Hughes confronts The Iron Giant. From the 1999 movie.

Phil Smythe@psmythe· May 31

Mechanism to delay a democratically driven car:

Map showing a route that continually orbits a roundabout.

Phil Smythe@psmythe· May 17

The “guarantee of satisfaction” is another vanished concept: wrap your half eaten bar up with a letter explaining why it was flawed. Then post it to us where we will read your letter and post you back a new bar.

Cadbury chocolate guarantee of satisfaction text. If not perfect for any reason- send it to us and we’ll post you a replacement.

Phil Smythe@psmythe· Apr 21

Me too I think

Phil Smythe@psmythe· Apr 3

Something …bad… happened to those Bisto Kids

Close up of Bisto tin with rather nightmarish characters.

Phil Smythe@psmythe· Mar 26

Great picture - and very much on my list of places to visit. I found this slide of my Mum there some time in the early 60s. Captures some of the same feeling you wrote about.