Brum vs Belfast #11: Samsons

I have a cat called Samson.  Here he is, next to my Flip camera:

samson-and-flip

He’s a lot sweeter than he looks and makes a great size scale.  Using cats as size scales is my patented Genius Technique, which has been embraced by others. One day it will make me very rich.

Belfast has a Samson too – a ruddy great big old Harland & Wolff crane who, with his brother Goliath, dominates the Belfast skyline.

Well, that’s just silly, isn’t it?  At 308 feet tall, Samson Crane is far too tall to be used as a size scale – he’d just dwarf everything put beside him and make it all look teeny.  Samson Cat is a far more sensible size and proof that small is beautiful. He wins it for Birmingham, but seems pretty nonplussed by his victory.

samson is corner cat

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About Nicky Getgood

Living and loving Digbeth.
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