Perking the Pansies recovered from a difficult birth at the murderous hands of the Turkish censors, thrived through the terrible twos and survived the transitional threes, ending the year with 60,000 hits for the last twelve months. Thank you to everyone and anyone who’s passed by and glanced at my random witterings. Most blogs burn out after two years so I must be living on borrowed time.
As the sun sets on 2013, in the best Hogmanay tradition, I give you the year’s top ten – a pick ‘n’mix treat of bum cleavage, Turks at the barricades, a shot in the arm, a tender coming out story, a sexy rugger bugger, a book to send you to sleep, an old-time boozer, an olive tree planted in a foreign field and a scratched itch.
by Snoron.com
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It was the picture wot won it.
Turkey Troubles
A revolution in the making?
Tom Daley: Something I Want to Say
Saying it before someone said it for him.
Gareth Thomas, Dancing on Ice Drama
Who said ice-prancing rugger buggers can’t read?
Life in the Old Blog Yet
With thanks to the nice people at WordPress who featured me on one of their big hitting sites.
Turkey, Surviving the Expats – Out Now!
Keeping me out the workhouse.
God Save the Queen’s Head
A Chelsea classic and old watering hole of mine.
From Little Acorns...
A small corner of Turkey that is forever John.
Seven Year Itch
A soppy tale from Liam.
Turkey, Who Will Blink First?
And we all know who did in the end, don’t we?
For some inexplicable reason, this was the most popular image of 2013, featured in Let’s Hear it for the Brides.
The Thames at Nine Elms
And I shouldn’t forget the perennial favourites from previous years that keep coming back again and again like a bad case of thrush.
Gran Canaria Sex Emporium
Proving that ‘sex’ really is the most searched for word on Google.
Now That’s What I Call Old
A humble little post about a spectacular discovery in eastern Turkey that just keeps on going while the archaeologists keep on digging – 8,000 hits and climbing. Who would have thought?
Expat Glossary
Oft quoted and oft plagiarised (and not always with a credit, tut tut)
Goodbye to the Turkish Living Forum
The few spoiling it for the many. A real shame.
