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Introducing... The Fabulous... Playing Mantises,

 

... By far and away the best pop group since The Beatles*. Indeed, the term 'mantimanier' is already being bandied about.

 

 ★ A little imagination wouldn't go amiss!

 

Moral : If you want to get ahead, stop praying and get on with it!

            Their words, not mine! I was just snapping away; playing

            second fiddle, as the saying goes. My finger was acclaimed

            Best Prop in a 'supporting' role.

 

The picture has crucial notes! If they are not where they should be when you open the page, going to lightbox and back again or changing the window size and back again should do the trick. It's simply a Flickr quirk. No comment! Even if they are where they should be, you can still try lightbox, it's great! - Well, bigger anyway!

 

Pour vous aider à mieux comprendre ces 'crucial notes' :

- the rip-off / the crook = l'arnaqueur / l'escroc

- on the fiddle = qui joue le violon / qui triche

- to play second fiddle = jouer un rôle secondaire

- supporting = qui soutient

- supporting' role = rôle secondaire

- (stage) prop = accessoire (de théâtre)

- wouldn't go amiss = ne ferait pas de mal

 

You could be forgiven for thinking that the look-a-like trio are in fact identical triplets, but you'd be quite wrong! The first two are identical twins but the third, hoping to be a clown, turned out to be a clone!

A simple spelling mistake in his DNA! Could happen to anyone!

 

My gear! (new tab) was resting on my left hand, the "lens" only a few millimetres away from the band. I had a ringside seat, so to speak. This setup always provides an extremely shallow depth of field and heaps and heaps of smooth bokeh.Shh!!! Mum's the word!

 

* Alternative spelling for our little friends, The Beetles, of course!

 

Best viewed in lightbox and from a distance. Sit back, as though you were in the audience. ...

 

                                  Relax and let the music in.

 

★ The song: "Come Fly with Me"

 

Take care, my friends, and many, many thanks for calling,

 

Colin ...

 

 

                                                  (。◕‿◕。)

 

 

 

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