Incident 14/12/2019:
It seems that a naked, Welsh-speaking man found in a distressed condition near the Shirley Towers tower-block, Southampton, yesterday, is claiming to be a druid who, on waking from a nap taken while collecting mistletoe, was startled to find himself in 2019, not 209 AD. He is receiving psychiatric help.
Looks painful. Hope somebody takes him home and attends to him properly.
ReplyDeleteLove the mistletoe. Tell me it's not cloned, please.
For other weird tree growth, how about this? Hard to photo, actually.
Kent,
ReplyDeleteYes, apart from the figure and some texture, it's 100% authentic. In fact you've seen (and commented on) it before:
https://idiotic-hat.blogspot.com/2018/12/strange-fruit.html
For some reason, that part of town has a lot of mistletoe on the remaining trees.
Mike
Duh. It did look familiar, but I disremembered the previous photo. And comment about mistletoe.
ReplyDeleteThe addition of the Druid seems entirely appropriate. Looks like you’ve entered that fraught landscape of manufactured reality and alternate facts - some time ago, really. There’s no doubt that the mechanical nature of photography lends itself to wholesale lying. But hey, it’s in the name of Art.
No reason you should remember, Kent! That was just over a year ago. Seems longer, actually.
ReplyDeleteYes, I am a pedlar of plausible lies, and bare-faced fictions. Some of the time, anyway.
Mike
Perfectly normal for that part of town!
ReplyDeleteDM,
ReplyDeleteExactly! Weird stuff pops out of nowhere all the time. They don't call Shirley High Street "Mutant Mile" for nothing...
Mike