Pepsi versus Coca-Cola - Mafia style

A good job that the Malt Shovel serves Pepsi!

Scary Lemur

MS Blog moved

I haved moved the MS website to a new hosting company and a new location on the www.
I thought that whilst I was about it I'd move the MS blog, too. The blog is now has its own directory in the new site. It worked first time - amazing! (No one viewing the MS site or the blog should notice any difference - this is really just part of a process to harmonise and rationalise my web sites - putting everything under one umbrella, so to speak).

Beware of Old Gits - They have learnt a thing or two

A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her faithful aged poodle named Cuddles, along for the company.
One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch.
The old poodle thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep doo-doo now!" Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap the old poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I wonder if there are any more around here?"
Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew!", says the leopard, "That was close! That old poodle nearly had me!"
Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So off he goes, but the old poodle sees him heading after the leopard at great speed, and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.
The young leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here, monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine!
Now, the old poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, "What am I going to do now?", but instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old poodle says.
"Where's that damn monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!
And the Moral of this story is....
Don't mess with old farts...age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill! Bullshit and brilliance only come with age and experience.

The Palestinian question is easily answered

The 2009 Malt Shovel Calendar - now available.

I know how much you chaps at the MS appreciate your pint being perfectly presented.
I thought that if the Womens Institute could do their own calendar that it is high time that Malt Shovellers had their own calendar for 2009.

Click here to see my 2009 offering. (Pirelli - eat your heart out)!

Looking for my wallet

I understand just how this man feels!