Weekly 11 – March 13, 2011



A pictorial account of Admiral Nelson's Black Dog fight with Rat & Gang
Images taken by yours truly, on tyical dark day in English sky.

One reader on the blog asked, ‘What happened to Rat and Gang?’  They went underground at the end of 2010 to make way for the launch of Weekly Bite of Joy.  But look what they tried to do to Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson in Trafalgar’s Square.  They were menaces running about creating ‘black dogs’ for everyone who took the bait.  Nelson nearly fell to the ground but got up fighting and the story goes like this......

In London's Trafalgar Square can be seen the country's memorial to the most inspiring leader the British Navy ever had, Nelson's column, erected in 1840, height of 170ft high and crowned with a statue of Nelson on the top and carved plaque with some of his crew. 

I went to visit his home place in the early 90s, Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk, a beautiful and peaceful place.  There is one black sailor on Nelson’s Column.  Most Londoners don’t even know that he is there.  The African slave is in a prominent position on the column.  I always love him as he looks so impressive in the uniform with a rifle. 

                 
Being so high up from the crowd Nelson is fed up with Rat & Gang’s weather condition.  His Black Dog is in a rage and has come out to have a fight with the group on the terms of letting go of their reigns on the weather so that people can have better moods.  Nelson is being pulled over by his Black Dog.  I hope he does not fall. 
     

Rat & Gang pulled Nelson into a fall and Black Dog was furious as he dived into them.

   

Black Dog dived into the Gang with its rage and fury but the Gang would not let on the weather condition upon the City.  Nelson had a hard time trying to hold up his spirits, as he continued the fall.

              

Black Dog was so angry that it turned into raging colors of fight.  He tightened his superman chest and went to a killer dive into the bellies of the Gang.  He did not stop his rage until they received  the fire of his power.

       
Black Dog whirled around and Nelson began to fall in the other direction.  By now the Gang felt his rage and the weather condition did done a turn for the better but Black Dog had more work to do.

Black Dog and the Gang battle it out as more darkness come over Nelson.  They swished whirled and dived at each other, as the fight brought on more darkness.  The Gang was not  going to give up the fight as the weather condition was their power rule over the over the people to have blacker dog moments.  The Gang loved the Brits and their moods.  They loved hearing  them whinge, day in and day out, during their daily lives.  Nothing suited the Bang more than to keep the Brits in misery.  They got their kicks like the ones on Route 66 but without daylight.  They loved being daylight robbers.  Nelson fell into the other direction.  There seemed to be no end to this monstrous battle that had no end.

Black Dog worked hard while more light came into the sky but poor Nelson is still in darkness.  Black Dog thought and thought as it dived in and out of the light to get some answers from his inner child.  Lo and behold it came.....

 Black Dog did it with the assistance of his inner child who brought light upon the Square.  

 ‘Whew’ said the Black Dog, as light spread London-wide.  Everyone began to get out of 

 their moods and miseries as their black dogs disappeared and pushing Rat & Gang 

 underground with positive mental attitudes  when adverse weather would come

 into their moments.