Faulty Towers – The Dining Experience

Sybil and Basil Fawlty
BASIL!
Yes, dear!

If you’re a fan of Fawlty Towers, the hit British comedy from the 70s, then you’ll love The Dining Experience. Apart from the entertaining “shows” the three actors put on, you’ll, of course, be eating a three-course meal.

Manuel, the hapless Spanish waiter, doing his best to do his job.
I know nothing!

In Cork, they performed in the Metropole Hotel, so the food was great. Portions were small but it’s the experience you’re paying for and I have no hestitation in recommending it if you’re at all familiar with the show!

AI Spelling

Your kids won’t be using AI to spell any time soon. This is what Llama2 said:

> where’s the letter r in the word blueberry?

The letter “r” is the 18th letter of the alphabet, and it appears in the word “blueberry” after the letter “b”. The word “blueberry” spelled out is:

B – L – U – E – B – E – R

So, the letter “r” appears in the 7th position of the word “blueberry”.

> what about the last r and y?

My apologies! Here is the complete spelling of the word “blueberry”:

B – L – U – E – B – E – R – Y

So, the letter “r” appears twice in the word “blueberry”, and the letter “y” appears at the end.

Thanks to Cesar for posting those screenshots on Facebook!

Solving the mysterious light in Blarney

Back in 2013 local school children created a “flash mob” and danced in the village square in Blarney. Local photographer Pat Falvey was on hand to capture the scene on video.

Near the start of the video he noticed a flash of light coming from a woman on the right of the frame. You might have to watch the start of it a few times as it flashes by in about 1.5 seconds. Intrigued, I took a closer look.

Using this site I watched the video frame by frame. You can see an object appear on the right:

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In the next frame it’s after moving over a little bit.

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And again, it has moved.

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Using my advanced photography skills I cropped the location of the object to isolate it and zoom in:

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I thought I could see something there now but it needed further enhancement …

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OH WOW! I couldn’t believe it! I thought it was just a leaf but Blarney had been visited by the Starship Enterprise and nobody had even noticed! I was there that day and it had completely escaped my notice!

It was a seed actually. It was one of those seeds with wings. We used to call them helicopter seeds but they’re the seeds of the Maple tree apparently. You can see the seed flutter to the ground after a few frames.