Sunday 30 September 2012

The notable exception to this trend is 'Toy Story' which obviously is awesome

There are many trilogies which have a belated third installment written long after anyone cares for, or indeed remembers, the first two. Bill and Ted and Ghostbusters are a pair of such franchises set to round things up with another episode a couple of decades too late, and now I shall join their illustrious ranks with an unwarranted not-at-all-sought-by-popular-demand follow-up to my 'things I have seen presented in the form of a list' series.

Yes, I have once again been out and about with a camera (not that we're dating, mind. That's just a vicious rumour), this time in the exotic locale of Portsmouth. It's home to Nelson's ship, HMS Victory, a museum dedicated to the ship, and an exhibit devoted to Nelson, so you might be thinking that they're a little obsessed with a boat. Well, you'd be wrong.

They're obsessed with loads of boats. All of these things are right next to the navy base as Portsmouth is a major port. Does this clash of geography lead to the armed forces regularly having to stop from their work of national importance in order to pose for pics with a cute elderly couple from Florida called Chuck and Nancy? Probably. Thank godness Area 51 doesn't have a gift shop then - we'd be swamped with aliens otherwise.

Anyway, my pictures. Here's what I saw around Portsmouth:

SOME OBVIOUS ADVICE
Guests should also avoid taking hot things out of the oven with their hands, and driving with their eyes shut.
 YE OLDE FIRE EXIT ABOARD HMS VICTORY

 THE LEAST THREATENING NAME FOR A SHIP EVER

 THE CUTEST NAME FOR A SHIP EVER

 A STONED SWIMMING FIGUREHEAD

 AND THE MOST ADORABLE SET
OF WOOD-EATING PESTS SINCE I PUT SOMBREROS
ON A COUPLE OF DEATH WATCH BEATLES.

Aww... Well, that's the end of another list. Will there be another? The answer is, like in the case of the aforementioned trilogies, only if the desperate attention-seeking people behind them want to rehash a successful formula in order to recapture their former glories.

That's a 'yes' then.

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