Cheap but expensive

On the spur of the moment I bought a bag of licorice allsorts yesterday. I hadn't eaten licorice allsorts for years but liked them as a kid when they were half the size and probably twice as expensive. The ones I bought were large, beautifully formed and cheap but they were also inedible. Cheap licorice allsorts are an expensive way to fill your rubbish bin. 

They not only tasted disgusting, they smelled worse than new Ikea mattress I have airing out in my spare bedroom. Perhaps they both have the same chemical composition.

Jahresausstellung II

More from the end of year show at art school.

The sleeping couple .... a reference to John and Yoko?

A cupboard which looked as if it had just fallen to the floor, crumpling the base and breaking all the mirrors and glass inside.

I liked this one particularly. The gingerbread heart (very popular here at Christmas time says "How's your carrier looking colleague?" On the left side of the picture is an employment ad seeking a 'Successful Artist'.

This is not part of the art show (though it could have been). It is my lunch + cup of tea and the photo was taken in the basement canteen.

All schools and departments have public canteens which is one of the good things about this country. The quality food in uni canteens varies from good to inedible and unfortunately the art school food was in the latter category. Sausages and potato salad were one of the edible offerings. The coffee made up for the food though... it was the best coffee I found in Hamburg. So I often got a coffee, eyed the food and decided on a liquid lunch.