Yorkie

Another blogger - who goes by the strange pseudonym - Shooting Parrots, keeps referring to me as "Yorkie". That's rather like a footman in Buckingham Palace calling the Duke of Edinburgh Phil. Anyway, I thought I would pause to focus on the name "Yorkie". Is Mr Parrots thinking of the chunky chocolate bar reputedly enjoyed by English lorry drivers:-

Don't you just love that strapline - "Not for Girls!" with the accompanying and somewhat politically incorrect warning logo. Or was Mr Parrots thinking about the Yorkshire Terrier breed of dogs - often familiary referred to as "Yorkies". Here's a young one:-

Awww! And here's another on his way to a fancy dress party:-

One of my private investigators tracked down the aforementioned Mr Parrots and spotted him wearing this T-shirt:-

This mug was seen in his kitchen window as Mrs Parrots turned the mangle in their wash-house:-