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Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.


It’s Theme Thursday folks, and have we got a fantastic theme set up for your pleasure today!

Did it convince you?

I tried, really, I tried.

What in blazes can I talk about today?

I’ve got a photo of a chimney in Battery Point. It could be brickworks, or a crematorium, or just an over-enthusiastic homeowner with cold toes. Truth is, I don’t know.

It does make for a nice picture. But then again, I would say that.

The theme today is BEGINNING.

And this is the

END
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Tom said…
...in the beginning. Yours is the first Theme Thursday post i've read...only 40 or 50 to go...Yikes!
3 September 2009 at 10:55
Doc said…
Do you think the guy who built the chimney was compensating for something?

Doc
3 September 2009 at 11:13
Anonymous said…
The end is the beginning is the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxM4EbN9lMY
3 September 2009 at 11:21
Roddy said…
They did nice work didn't they? Our predecessors.
Looks like it may have belonged to a foundry of some kind.
In the beginning there was??. In the end there will be??.
3 September 2009 at 12:35
Megan said…
Wow, that's a ton of bricks.
3 September 2009 at 12:38
Brian Miller said…
there was a nice title at the beginning of the post...nice pic too...tough theme...
3 September 2009 at 13:01
Elaine Yim said…
This chimney seem to have no end. What is being burnt at the bottom ?
3 September 2009 at 18:52
Babzy.B said…
I really enjoy your sens of humour ;)
3 September 2009 at 19:37
Siobhan said…
I actually love this photo!!
3 September 2009 at 19:56
Baino said…
Erm I cheated too. Tough call this week. Nice chimmney though. I remember walking up the shot tower in Hobard. Nice beginning but it took a long time to end!
3 September 2009 at 22:52
Leah said…
Nice bricks!

What doc said made me laugh out loud.
4 September 2009 at 00:45
Alan Burnett said…
The chimney does make for a nice picture but the way you have cropped it makes it even better.
4 September 2009 at 01:12
Ed & Jeanne said…
Are you suggesting you've been smokin' something? This isn't the end of that debate; just the beginning! ;)
4 September 2009 at 02:02
Tess Kincaid said…
This chimney was definitely built by a guy with issues.
4 September 2009 at 02:15
Betsy Brock said…
Looks like the end of the chimney to me! ;)
4 September 2009 at 03:39
Kris McCracken said…
Tom, it can be hard finding the time.
4 September 2009 at 09:09
Kris McCracken said…
Doc, perhaps he owns a hummer?
4 September 2009 at 09:09
Kris McCracken said…
Yoork, I couldn't possibly comment.
4 September 2009 at 09:09
Kris McCracken said…
Roddy, that was Winston talking during WWII.
4 September 2009 at 09:10
Kris McCracken said…
Megan, I suspect they may have used it to to make further bricks.
4 September 2009 at 09:14
Kris McCracken said…
Brian, yesterday was more a case of too little time to come up with something more substantial. It's been a bit busy of late!
4 September 2009 at 09:16
Kris McCracken said…
Autumn Belle, I shudder to think...
4 September 2009 at 09:17
Kris McCracken said…
Babzy, of that I am glad!
4 September 2009 at 09:19
Kris McCracken said…
Siobhan, I don't mind it myself.
4 September 2009 at 09:20
Kris McCracken said…
Baino, there's no such thing as cheating, only interpretations of a theme.
4 September 2009 at 09:21
Kris McCracken said…
Leah, like the ladies when the fellow in question drops his trousers...
4 September 2009 at 09:25
New Yorker wannabes said…
Well you've come...full circle with this post :)

xoxo
4 September 2009 at 09:26
Kris McCracken said…
Alan, the nice weather helped too!
4 September 2009 at 09:26
Kris McCracken said…
VE, smoking is a vile habit.
4 September 2009 at 09:27
Kris McCracken said…
Willow, Norman Bates-type issues?
4 September 2009 at 09:28
Kris McCracken said…
Betsy, or the beginning.
4 September 2009 at 09:28
Kris McCracken said…
Marianna, it's the circle of life!
4 September 2009 at 09:28
e said…
Imposing chimney!
4 September 2009 at 09:52
Wings1295 said…
Ok, the previous TT post I just read had a phallic orchid bud, and now you have a ginormous 'erect' tower.

hmmmmm....

What is going on around here? hahahahaha
4 September 2009 at 11:07
Dreamhaven said…
It is an amazing chimmney.
Interesting post
5 September 2009 at 09:12
Kris McCracken said…
Wings, phallogocentrism!
8 September 2009 at 08:37
Kris McCracken said…
Dreamhaven, I need to find out what it was for.
8 September 2009 at 08:38
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