Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

[Paulclem]

[QUOTE=Paulclem;848569]

It is a commonly held belief by some people that dirt improves the immune system - QUOTE]

My farmer father was fond of saying "A little clean dirt never hurt anybody."

My Grandad was a shepherd. He never mentioned dirt, but I'm sure he would have thought the same. (How are shepherds considered over there? I still remember Glen Ford in the cowboy film where he's a not very well regarded sheep farmer. I think that was my Grandad's favourite film).

We've got a cat and a dog to keep up with the immuno-dust and grime and hair. We still get colds galore though. Perhaps we're keeping them too squeaky clean. :biggrinjester:

[soundofmusic]

:incazzato:
I currently suffer from alarmingly red annual underarm rashes - I've no idea why I get them, they don't cause me much bother - they just appear, itch for a few days and depart.
The wierdest thing I had was one winter when my finger ends tended to split.


I have "friends":wink5: with the same problem; the rash actually clears up with a mixture for poison ivy (a mixture of benadryl and calamine lotion). It tends to come with moisture and skin rubbing against clothing or skin.
A bit more of zinc and vitamin E in your diet help the skin cracking; and I hear it makes you chase your wife around the bed:banana::banana:

All those hours in the pub talking nonsense has been a good training.
Funnily enough, since I stopped going to pubs, their business has gone right down. It's either that or the vast improvements in home entertainment coupled with the supermarkets' get p*ssed quick campaigns. :biggrin5:

I can see that, we almost had to shut down the blokes thread when you stopped visiting...right Jocky, Atheist:wave:


Yes, and sometimes we make sense too.

You always make sense Prendrelemick; and I still think gbrekken is doing some esoteric code when we don't understand him, right gman:wink5:

[QUOTE=Paulclem;848569]

It is a commonly held belief by some people that dirt improves the immune system - QUOTE]

I think it does, like vaccines, if you already have an immune system; with me, my immune system isn't tough enough to let any of the little suckers in:prrr:
My farmer father was fond of saying "A little clean dirt never hurt anybody."
I buy my dirt from the stores after the cow and heat processing, antibacterials, etc...then the cats use it as a litter box...:frown2:

[QUOTE=gbrekken;849003]

My Grandad was a shepherd. He never mentioned dirt, but I'm sure he would have thought the same. (How are shepherds considered over there? I still remember Glen Ford in the cowboy film where he's a not very well regarded sheep farmer. I think that was my Grandad's favourite film).

We've got a cat and a dog to keep up with the immuno-dust and grime and hair. We still get colds galore though. Perhaps we're keeping them too squeaky clean. :biggrinjester:

I think it would be a wonderful and peaceful life herding sheep. I think alot of my allergies are from the cat dandar...do they ever stop cleaning themselves. 'My neighbor yelled at me because I wouldn't let my cat sit on his coffee table; as soon as he "stuck up" for the cat, she began cleaning her private parts:ciappa::ack2::smilielol5:

[prendrelemick]

Wonderful, peaceful! :lol: No, I'd say its more like psychological warfare, and the sheep are winning.

I'm constantly telling the wife that muck is not a bad thing, and that by coming into the kitchen with my wellies on, I'm protecting her from all kinds of nasties.

SOUNDS. I dont need owt to encourage me to chase the wife around the bed, but if you know of anything that will enable me to catch her....

[gbrekken]

to catch the wife, begin with well placed snares. :)

shepherds are rare, though the Basque are still around, I think. Most of the guys at the bar are either truck drivers looking for work, or cattle ranchers out for the night, so I don't bring it up.

esoteric or cryptic? I'm not sure. Efforts toward understandability are under way :)

[prendrelemick]

Ah, springes to catch woodcocks then we will all the pleasures prove

[The Atheist]

I think it would be a wonderful and peaceful life herding sheep.

You need to meet some sheep.


Wonderful, peaceful! :lol: No, I'd say its more like psychological warfare, and the sheep are winning.

I've lived on a sheep farm.

The bleating reminded me too much of the ex-mother-in-law.


I'm constantly telling the wife that muck is not a bad thing, and that by coming into the kitchen with my wellies on, I'm protecting her from all kinds of nasties.

She should be praising your tireless efforts.

God, you just can't please some women.

[Paulclem]

You need to meet some sheep.



I've lived on a sheep farm.

The bleating reminded me too much of the ex-mother-in-law.



She should be praising your tireless efforts.

God, you just can't please some women.

:lol:

I have met sheep before. They were very butty and skittish, but then it was a slaughterhouse. I couldn't blame them.

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Wonderful, peaceful! :lol: No, I'd say its more like psychological warfare, and the sheep are winning.

I'm constantly telling the wife that muck is not a bad thing, and that by coming into the kitchen with my wellies on, I'm protecting her from all kinds of nasties.

SOUNDS. I dont need owt to encourage me to chase the wife around the bed, but if you know of anything that will enable me to catch her....

Come back home with a different pair of underwear than you left with, preferably a nice silky red brief, spray a bit of womens perfume near you, and put a few long hairs near the nape of your neck; walk in totally oblivious, start to undress in front of her and bang...she will be on you:ladysman:


You need to meet some sheep.
I've lived on a sheep farm.

The bleating reminded me too much of the ex-mother-in-law.

I've met a sheep throw rug, does that count:idea:

[The Atheist]

:lol:

I have met sheep before. They were very butty and skittish, but then it was a slaughterhouse. I couldn't blame them.

Quite right.

The best sheep are smothered in mint sauce.


I've met a sheep throw rug, does that count:idea:

I ate that one - it was delicious!

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJdww9bYnDM

Gilliatt

[Paulclem]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJdww9bYnDM

Gilliatt


:lol:
We use sheepdogs in the UK. There was a weekly programme that was on the telly - One Man and his Dog. I'd like to see the US version if that's an example.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD4237RO5bE

We really used to watch this! TV's come a long way.

[prendrelemick]

Come back home with a different pair of underwear than you left with, preferably a nice silky red brief, spray a bit of womens perfume near you, and put a few long hairs near the nape of your neck; walk in totally oblivious, start to undress in front of her and bang...she will be on you:ladysman:

:
I may be desperate, but I'm not suicidal-yet!

[prendrelemick]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJdww9bYnDM

Gilliatt

It looks like Bigfoot is a vegitarian. Though not through choice! :drool5::(

[soundofmusic]

:toetap05:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJdww9bYnDM

Gilliatt
Great video, Gilliatt, I must admit; that might make me want to eat the critters:beatdeadhorse5:


:lol:
We use sheepdogs in the UK. There was a weekly programme that was on the telly - One Man and his Dog. I'd like to see the US version if that's an example.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD4237RO5bE

We really used to watch this! TV's come a long way.

I watched it for a good while; it's sort of hypnotic :yawnb: Maybe we should keep the video for American dogs; "See, in other countries you'd be working for your food":toetap05:

I may be desperate, but I'm not suicidal-yet!
Well, I don't know; it worked on me...but I'm the curious type:out:

It looks like Bigfoot is a vegitarian. Though not through choice! :drool5::(
What is all this talk of eating; I thought people kept sheep for their coats:(

[soundofmusic]

to catch the wife, begin with well placed snares. :)



What type of snares would you suggest: I could go for $50 dollar bills hidden about the house:ladysman:

[soundofmusic]

Where are you, Jocky?:seeya:

[gbrekken]

The bigfoot video reminded me of a Montana joke. Montana, where men are men, women are scarce, and the sheep are scared. :)

[Paulclem]

The bigfoot video reminded me of a Montana joke. Montana, where men are men, women are scarce, and the sheep are scared. :)

This is a Welsh joke too.

I have a question for you Blokes and Honorary Lady members.

My daughter had the Winter vomiting Bug last night - (else it was the salmonella chutney she had on the veggie burger in Mcdonalds. I did suggest that she was going through a Superhero metamorphosis into Vomit Girl, who can take a villain down with a well aimed projectile vom!...but she wasn't impressed and gave me the look perfected by 14 year old girls over the whole history of time).

She was up for quite a time with me, and I had time to reflect upon the skill of the vomit whilst mopping out the bathroom.

Are you aware of the vomit classifications of Good vomiter and Bad vomiter?

The Good vomiter can hold it in to the sink/ toilet/ bath, and will assist the later cleanup by an accurate projection into the said receptacle.

The Bad vomiter can't hold it in and seems to spasm as they vomit resulting in a 180 degree vom splatter pattern arc.

Anyay, my question is this - Are the incidences of good and bad vomiters the result of nature or nurture? Are good and bad vomiters born or made?

I look forward in anticipation to your stories and answers. We could also widen the question out and start a thread on this subject in the bear pit.:puke:

[soundofmusic]

The bigfoot video reminded me of a Montana joke. Montana, where men are men, women are scarce, and the sheep are scared. :)

:shocked: That is a sad, sad tale. Down here, in hip hop land, pit bulls gather in corners and whisper

This is a Welsh joke too.

I have a question for you Blokes and Honorary Lady members.

My daughter had the Winter vomiting Bug last night - (else it was the salmonella chutney she had on the veggie burger in Mcdonalds. I did suggest that she was going through a Superhero metamorphosis into Vomit Girl, who can take a villain down with a well aimed projectile vom!...but she wasn't impressed and gave me the look perfected by 14 year old girls over the whole history of time).

She was up for quite a time with me, and I had time to reflect upon the skill of the vomit whilst mopping out the bathroom.

Are you aware of the vomit classifications of Good vomiter and Bad vomiter?

The Good vomiter can hold it in to the sink/ toilet/ bath, and will assist the later cleanup by an accurate projection into the said receptacle.

The Bad vomiter can't hold it in and seems to spasm as they vomit resulting in a 180 degree vom splatter pattern arc.

Anyay, my question is this - Are the incidences of good and bad vomiters the result of nature or nurture? Are good and bad vomiters born or made?

I look forward in anticipation to your stories and answers. We could also widen the question out and start a thread on this subject in the bear pit.:puke:

Vomit girl, very creative. What a fine fellow you are to clean up vomit.
I don't know, the projectile thing seems to be something we get under control with age, do you think. Nurture helps, if you know you have a spewer, as soon as they get tempremental or darkened cheeks: bring a bucket lined with toilet paper, paper towels or a moist cloth and a plastic bag. Keep a mop at hand, leave the toilet lid up and put an open container near by in case they are...well,
I usually then take a nice stiff drink for moms nerves and try to get a bit of rest nearby.

[Paulclem]

:shocked: That is a sad, sad tale. Down here, in hip hop land, pit bulls gather in corners and whisper


Vomit girl, very creative. What a fine fellow you are to clean up vomit.
I don't know, the projectile thing seems to be something we get under control with age, do you think. Nurture helps, if you know you have a spewer, as soon as they get tempremental or darkened cheeks: bring a bucket lined with toilet paper, paper towels or a moist cloth and a plastic bag. Keep a mop at hand, leave the toilet lid up and put an open container near by in case they are...well,
I usually then take a nice stiff drink for moms nerves and try to get a bit of rest nearby.

Fine advice from years of experience. I left the lid down and paid big time.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Where are you, Jocky?:seeya:

Where art thou you king in kilted tights?
Aye, the bottle let him down again last night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7sT5K4BHBs&feature=related

“I am a moth” he says, “transfixed on the lights”
To Marfa me lads! Now let us take flight!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCQqFdzl3WA&feature=related

He’ll be back soon enough, alien sojourn’s take a few days.


This is a Welsh joke too.

I have a question for you Blokes and Honorary Lady members.

My daughter had the Winter vomiting Bug last night - (else it was the salmonella chutney she had on the veggie burger in Mcdonalds...

Are you aware of the vomit classifications of Good vomiter and Bad vomiter? ...
...The Bad vomiter can't hold it in and seems to spasm as they vomit resulting in a 180 degree vom splatter pattern arc...


Fine advice from years of experience. I left the lid down and paid big time.

(green laughing smilie) That is funny!

Now to...
the spew:

I recall an incident many years ago (in my wilder days)
There was party on hot summer’s night.
Many had gathered outside near a pool.
I was beginning to suffer from a lethal mix roiling in my gut.
Nearby, the air conditioning condenser fan was running.
The warm air blowing off the coils was soothing, so I lay over the top of the fan.
People gathered around the fan to taunt and laugh at me, but soon I would have my revenge!
Suddenly a bubbling mass of magma surging from the depths of hell surged upward.
The lethal mix erupted into the fan blades spraying everything in two meter radius including those who would seek amusement at my suffering.

Gilliatt

[Paulclem]

Where art thou you king in kilted tights?
Aye, the bottle let him down again last night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7sT5K4BHBs&feature=related

“I am a moth” he says, “transfixed on the lights”
To Marfa me lads! Now let us take flight!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCQqFdzl3WA&feature=related

He’ll be back soon enough, alien sojourn’s take a few days.





(green laughing smilie) That is funny!

Now to...
the spew:

I recall an incident many years ago (in my wilder days)
There was party on hot summer’s night.
Many had gathered outside near a pool.
I was beginning to suffer from a lethal mix roiling in my gut.
Nearby, the air conditioning condenser fan was running.
The warm air blowing off the coils was soothing, so I lay over the top of the fan.
People gathered around the fan to taunt and laugh at me, but soon I would have my revenge!
Suddenly a bubbling mass of magma surging from the depths of hell surged upward.
The lethal mix erupted into the fan blades spraying everything in two meter radius including those who would seek amusement at my suffering.

Gilliatt

That's a fantastic story. Well worth the nausea.:lol:

[Satan]

Aye, there's nothing worse than a lethal mix in summer. Once I cracked open like a broken water supply pipe and threw up much of that high pH venom cooking in my stomach on a friend who sat right beside me jingling and giggling his way down the beerdom. Needless to say, that was an isolated incident which surely taught my then teen self a lesson I never forgot, which is: never spew on someone drunk. It starts a chain-reaction. :puke:

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Glad you enjoyed it Paulclem.
Thanks for sharing the story about your daughter. I have one son who is now in his mid teens (oh lord help us!).
Your story brought back a few messy memories of my own.

Gilliatt

[soundofmusic]

Fine advice from years of experience. I left the lid down and paid big time.

Glad to help, my daughter, now 35, was a big time spewer. :rolleyes5::arf::cold::frown5::puke:
Speaking of which, no one has mentioned the 2 way dilema; spewing from all orifices...does it only happen on my watch:(

Where art thou you king in kilted tights?
Aye, the bottle let him down again last night

“I am a moth” he says, “transfixed on the lights”
To Marfa me lads! Now let us take flight!

He’ll be back soon enough, alien sojourn’s take a few days.

(green laughing smilie) That is funny!

Now to...
the spew:

I recall an incident many years ago (in my wilder days)
There was party on hot summer’s night.
Many had gathered outside near a pool.
I was beginning to suffer from a lethal mix roiling in my gut.
Nearby, the air conditioning condenser fan was running.
The warm air blowing off the coils was soothing, so I lay over the top of the fan.
People gathered around the fan to taunt and laugh at me, but soon I would have my revenge!
Suddenly a bubbling mass of magma surging from the depths of hell surged upward.
The lethal mix erupted into the fan blades spraying everything in two meter radius including those who would seek amusement at my suffering.

Gilliatt
:alien: Glad to know that, at least, our Jocky is among friends.


Revenge is so, so sweet:devil:

Aye, there's nothing worse than a lethal mix in summer. Once I cracked open like a broken water supply pipe and threw up much of that high pH venom cooking in my stomach on a friend who sat right beside me jingling and giggling his way down the beerdom. Needless to say, that was an isolated incident which surely taught my then teen self a lesson I never forgot, which is: never spew on someone drunk. It starts a chain-reaction. :puke:

I've been exposed to alot of scenes and smells over the years, but barfing still makes me lose it...even when I watch those little cartoon shows like South Park, where the kid is puking.
Oh, Happy Belated Birthday...:bday_2::party::ladysman:

[Satan]

Oh, Happy Belated Birthday...:bday_2::party::ladysman:

You're late to the party. :toetap05:

Thanks! ;)

[gbrekken]

Anyay, my question is this - Are the incidences of good and bad vomiters the result of nature or nurture? Are good and bad vomiters born or made?

I'll go with the nurture, with the exception being adolescents suffering from the well known short circuits in the brain.

I once had a student, who, unbeknownst to me, should have stayed home for day. Instead, being the dedicated one, driven by parents, he attended school, and while listening to an oral report by another student, sneezed, or so I thought. Being in the back of the room, that's what I thought it was, until the chorus of "oooooooooo"s went up around him. He'd attempted to hold it in, to no avail, for the projectiles had proceeded through and out both nostrils, splashing off the desk, and gently bathing everyone within three feet in a 180 degree arc. I wasn't quick enough with the waste basket, so the second shot hit the floor and splattered a few more. Oh the joys of teaching middle school. I do miss it sometimes, but not often.

Jocky is probably enjoying the ladies' Olympic curling efforts. The British are led by a Scottish teen, whose other hobbies are golfing and bagpiping. They started off by knocking off the reigning world champs.

Anyone catch the Aussie gal's gold medal performance on the halfpipe?

[prendrelemick]

An interesting sub-catagory is the surreptitious vomiter, usually a baby at a christening. You only know its happened by the white streak of puke down the back of your best suit.

I have a vague memory of me and a young lady ending an enchanted evening bending over a sink and poking lumps of carrot down the plughole, we had shared a bottle of vodka and lime earlier.

I missed the half-pipe, but those skeleton sliders are so fast!!

[Paulclem]

I'll go with the nurture, with the exception being adolescents suffering from the well known short circuits in the brain.

I once had a student, who, unbeknownst to me, should have stayed home for day. Instead, being the dedicated one, driven by parents, he attended school, and while listening to an oral report by another student, sneezed, or so I thought. Being in the back of the room, that's what I thought it was, until the chorus of "oooooooooo"s went up around him. He'd attempted to hold it in, to no avail, for the projectiles had proceeded through and out both nostrils, splashing off the desk, and gently bathing everyone within three feet in a 180 degree arc. I wasn't quick enough with the waste basket, so the second shot hit the floor and splattered a few more. Oh the joys of teaching middle school. I do miss it sometimes, but not often.

Jocky is probably enjoying the ladies' Olympic curling efforts. The British are led by a Scottish teen, whose other hobbies are golfing and bagpiping. They started off by knocking off the reigning world champs.

Anyone catch the Aussie gal's gold medal performance on the halfpipe?


:lol:
I used to work in Primary School - 4 to 12 year olds. I had just got back in for a maths lesson after being on playground duty, and picked up my cold coffee and took a big swig. Just then a tickle in the throat made me cough it all out in a 180 degree arc. all the good, eager kids on the front row were drenched and said errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!


I had to laugh.

[Paulclem]

Glad to help, my daughter, now 35, was a big time spewer. :rolleyes5::arf::cold::frown5::puke:
Speaking of which, no one has mentioned the 2 way dilema; spewing from all orifices...does it only happen on my watch:(

:alien: Glad to know that, at least, our Jocky is among friends.


Revenge is so, so sweet:devil:


I've been exposed to alot of scenes and smells over the years, but barfing still makes me lose it...even when I watch those little cartoon shows like South Park, where the kid is puking.
Oh, Happy Belated Birthday...:bday_2::party::ladysman:

Luckily I've never had to deal with the multiple orifice swamping.

I know what you mean by the barfing in sympathy. I'm a good vomiter though and I can usually keep it down. I have had instances of reluctant vomiting - where the vom comes between the fingers in multi-directional streams. :lol:

[soundofmusic]

:lol:
You're late to the party. :toetap05:

Thanks! ;)

Not to worry, on the blokes thread every day is your birthday:cheers2::reddevil::banana::banana:

I'll go with the nurture, with the exception being adolescents suffering from the well known short circuits in the brain.

I once had a student, who, unbeknownst to me, should have stayed home for day. Instead, being the dedicated one, driven by parents, he attended school, and while listening to an oral report by another student, sneezed, or so I thought. Being in the back of the room, that's what I thought it was, until the chorus of "oooooooooo"s went up around him. He'd attempted to hold it in, to no avail, for the projectiles had proceeded through and out both nostrils, splashing off the desk, and gently bathing everyone within three feet in a 180 degree arc. I wasn't quick enough with the waste basket, so the second shot hit the floor and splattered a few more. Oh the joys of teaching middle school. I do miss it sometimes, but not often.

Jocky is probably enjoying the ladies' Olympic curling efforts. The British are led by a Scottish teen, whose other hobbies are golfing and bagpiping. They started off by knocking off the reigning world champs.

Anyone catch the Aussie gal's gold medal performance on the halfpipe?

Don't you just love folks that send their kids out sick; I was next to a mom today at the grocery store with two children with chicken pox:toetap05:
Jocky sounds like he is having the time of his life; did he take Atheist with him or did the poor man succomb to his daughters virus:seeya:

An interesting sub-catagory is the surreptitious vomiter, usually a baby at a christening. You only know its happened by the white streak of puke down the back of your best suit.

I have a vague memory of me and a young lady ending an enchanted evening bending over a sink and poking lumps of carrot down the plughole, we had shared a bottle of vodka and lime earlier.

I missed the half-pipe, but those skeleton sliders are so fast!!

I was glad my mom always mentioned to put a clean nappie or towel over your back before picking up babies; they always seem to spit on the dry cleanable clothes:(
So, what do you give your lady friends now to drink?

:lol:
I used to work in Primary School - 4 to 12 year olds. I had just got back in for a maths lesson after being on playground duty, and picked up my cold coffee and took a big swig. Just then a tickle in the throat made me cough it all out in a 180 degree arc. all the good, eager kids on the front row were drenched and said errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
I had to laugh.

Did you send them home for the day?

Luckily I've never had to deal with the multiple orifice swamping.

I know what you mean by the barfing in sympathy. I'm a good vomiter though and I can usually keep it down. I have had instances of reluctant vomiting - where the vom comes between the fingers in multi-directional streams. :lol:

I really hate getting sick; When I feel a bit of nausea, I take Compazine (an american nausea pill); it takes longer to get over the virus that way;but I don't make myself sick when I get sick. Oh, I take Immodium for the other end; I just don't like anything spewing in an untimely and unorderly fashion...
Oh, except...:ladysman:

[Paulclem]

:lol:

Not to worry, on the blokes thread every day is your birthday:cheers2::reddevil::banana::banana:


Don't you just love folks that send their kids out sick; I was next to a mom today at the grocery store with two children with chicken pox:toetap05:
Jocky sounds like he is having the time of his life; did he take Atheist with him or did the poor man succomb to his daughters virus:seeya:


I was glad my mom always mentioned to put a clean nappie or towel over your back before picking up babies; they always seem to spit on the dry cleanable clothes:(
So, what do you give your lady friends now to drink?


Did you send them home for the day?


I really hate getting sick; When I feel a bit of nausea, I take Compazine (an american nausea pill); it takes longer to get over the virus that way;but I don't make myself sick when I get sick. Oh, I take Immodium for the other end; I just don't like anything spewing in an untimely and unorderly fashion...
Oh, except...:ladysman:

Send the kids home? Nah - I just laughed until we did long mulplication. The only down side was that the naughty kids at the back missed out.

I tried Immodium in India. I came to the conclusion that whatever it was that wanted to get out should be allowed if at all possible. Otherwise I felt bad.

:lol:

[soundofmusic]

Send the kids home? Nah - I just laughed until we did long mulplication. The only down side was that the naughty kids at the back missed out.

I tried Immodium in India. I came to the conclusion that whatever it was that wanted to get out should be allowed if at all possible. Otherwise I felt bad.

:lol:

:sick: Reminds me of an advertisement I recently saw online. They were advising Americans that teachers were needed in India and Nepal. The teachers would receive 250 to 300 dollars a month plus room and board. It noted that if you wanted "sanitary food" you would have to go into town where this could be bought for an additional 80. a month.
When I travel, I usually go to the grocery stores and purchase packaged foods from America or the UK; if I buy fruit, it has to be from something that doesn't touch the ground and I never buy from a stand. Even in the states, I never buy from the street vendors; they often appropriate food from store dumpsters.

[The Atheist]

Interesting things come out of this thread!

I've been making jocky jealous by fishing in our crystal clear water on a stinking hot summer's day - about 28 degrees, fish in absolute swarm mode, we were catching them faster than we could bait up. Several even committed suicide by jumping into the fish bin!

Now, I have to go and cook them all.

:D

[prendrelemick]

Interesting things come out of this thread!

I've been making jocky jealous by fishing in our crystal clear water on a stinking hot summer's day - about 28 degrees, fish in absolute swarm mode, we were catching them faster than we could bait up. Several even committed suicide by jumping into the fish bin!



Now, I have to go and cook them all.

:D

Noooo. (Is there a smilie for covering ears and humming very loudly?) I spent yesterday gathering ungrateful sheep in a blizzard.:mad2:

[gbrekken]

dam ungrateful sheep.

[soundofmusic]

Interesting things come out of this thread!

I've been making jocky jealous by fishing in our crystal clear water on a stinking hot summer's day - about 28 degrees, fish in absolute swarm mode, we were catching them faster than we could bait up. Several even committed suicide by jumping into the fish bin!

Now, I have to go and cook them all.

:D

What's this, and I was worrying, imagining you sniffling and sneezing:nopity: Glad you're back; you didn't, by any chance, have a 3 pound lobster jump in there did you :drool5:


Noooo. (Is there a smilie for covering ears and humming very loudly?) I spent yesterday gathering ungrateful sheep in a blizzard.:mad2:

Poor fellow:cryin:, what was that shiftless dog doing:toetap05:

dam ungrateful sheep.

Yeah, they have no respect once they pass lambhood...I do have that right, right? Lambs become sheep, veal become cows, cows are only girls and bulls are boys and chickens are only girls and roosters are boys...gosh, it's so complicated with animals. And I'm still trying to get the temperatures together. I think I need some good ol' gbrekken schooling:willy_nilly::confused5:

[Paulclem]

Noooo. (Is there a smilie for covering ears and humming very loudly?) I spent yesterday gathering ungrateful sheep in a blizzard.:mad2:

We've not had snow like this in the Midlands for 30 years. Has it been worse this year up there old chap? I know you get a lot more than the plains people get.

The forecast says more tonight - no big deal though. It hardly figures on the news because it's not London. :chillpill:

[The Atheist]

Noooo. (Is there a smilie for covering ears and humming very loudly?) I spent yesterday gathering ungrateful sheep in a blizzard.:mad2:

Ah.

There was snow in Auckland once. In about 1932. For about a minute.

I couldn't live somewhere that cold.


What's this, and I was worrying, imagining you sniffling and sneezing:nopity: Glad you're back; you didn't, by any chance, have a 3 pound lobster jump in there did you :drool5:

No, but Baje caught a paddle crab!


We've not had snow like this in the Midlands for 30 years. Has it been worse this year up there old chap? I know you get a lot more than the plains people get.

The forecast says more tonight - no big deal though. It hardly figures on the news because it's not London. :chillpill:

Just look forward to it being the new weather pattern under global warming.

:D

[jocky]

I have lost my muse, some of you may say I never had it in the first place, but I am desolate. One minute she was whispering bizarre things in my lug about Shakespeare, The Metaphysical Poets, Machiavelli etc and suddenly she took off with absolutely no explanation. If any of you lot have tempted her with sychophantic temptations and false promises, I will find out and God help you. She has never been the same since we joined the blokes thread. :(

[Paulclem]

I have lost my muse, some of you may say I never had it in the first place, but I am desolate. One minute she was whispering bizarre things in my lug about Shakespeare, The Metaphysical Poets, Machiavelli etc and suddenly she took off with absolutely no explanation. If any of you lot have tempted her with sychophantic temptations and false promises, I will find out and God help you. She has never been the same since we joined the blokes thread. :(

I consider this thread to be like a shed - you know, the male retreat from the wiles and worries of the world. Shed Thread. I have a garage so stuffed with...stuff that I can't use it. otherwise I'd have a comfy armchair, TV + X Box 360, and my extensive library.

Ah the power of dreams...

[jocky]

I consider this thread to be like a shed - you know, the male retreat from the wiles and worries of the world. Shed Thread. I have a garage so stuffed with...stuff that I can't use it. otherwise I'd have a comfy armchair, TV + X Box 360, and my extensive library.

Ah the power of dreams...

:lol: It was you, I knew it all the time, and here was me blaming innocent Prendrelemick. As a special favour to me could you return my X Box, you can keep my muse, she always got me into trouble anyway and if you start speaking crap in the next few weeks, we all know who to blame. :)




Jocky is probably enjoying the ladies' Olympic curling efforts. The British are led by a Scottish teen, whose other hobbies are golfing and bagpiping. They started off by knocking off the reigning world champs.



GB this may sound a wee bit sexist, but she is a cracker, or as you would term it, a a square dry biscuit with multiple perforations. I bet you would never tell her to puck off. :)


Where are you, Jocky?:seeya:

They seek him here, they seek him there,
Is he in heaven, is he in hell,
That damned elusive Macpimpernel. ;)


Where art thou you king in kilted tights?
Aye, the bottle let him down again last night







(green laughing smilie) That is funny!

Now to...
the spew:

I recall an incident many years ago (in my wilder days)
There was party on hot summer’s night.
Many had gathered outside near a pool.
I was beginning to suffer from a lethal mix roiling in my gut.
Nearby, the air conditioning condenser fan was running.
The warm air blowing off the coils was soothing, so I lay over the top of the fan.
People gathered around the fan to taunt and laugh at me, but soon I would have my revenge!
Suddenly a bubbling mass of magma surging from the depths of hell surged upward.
The lethal mix erupted into the fan blades spraying everything in two meter radius including those who would seek amusement at my suffering.

Gilliatt

You are so right Gilly, it was bourbon.

A master of blank verse at work, a joy to behold. I forgive you the videos. :lol:

Atheist, what happened to the coffee thread? I know I am to blame for the odd misdemeanour or two, but I swear by all the Gods you don't believe in that this one is not down to me. SOUNDS to me like someone has went off message, big time. :lol:

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

I have lost my muse, some of you may say I never had it in the first place, but I am desolate.

Don't hand us that "lost my muse routine". Mine eyes didn't decieve me. I saw you and that muse monkey on your back taking up residence in the Dreary Beery...:

"...The shaman, looking quite lugubrious, shuffled up to me wiping a dribble of schnapps from his mouth and placed his hand on my shoulder coaxing me to stand up. I regained my composure and took a visual survey of the old joint. There was a Haggard looking bloke from Scotland leaning over the juke box that took up temporary residence in the bar. He was wearing a kilt and holding a riders crop in one hand. His face was bathed in the blue glow of the juke box illuminating his mumbling lips. He plunked in 20 pence:

“Swinging Doors”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxfgkDzL5Po&feature=related..."

Gilliatt

oops - I messed up the Youtube link.
Try this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxfgkDzL5Po&feature=related

[prendrelemick]

I was so busy catching up on here this morning, I've burnt my porage.

[jocky]

Don't hand us that "lost my muse routine". Mine eyes didn't decieve me. I saw you and that muse monkey on your back taking up residence in the Dreary Beery...:

"...The shaman, looking quite lugubrious, shuffled up to me wiping a dribble of schnapps from his mouth and placed his hand on my shoulder coaxing me to stand up. I regained my composure and took a visual survey of the old joint. There was a Haggard looking bloke from Scotland leaning over the juke box that took up temporary residence in the bar. He was wearing a kilt and holding a riders crop in one hand. His face was bathed in the blue glow of the juke box illuminating his mumbling lips. He plunked in 20 pence:



Gilliatt, that is so stereotypical of you. I can prove conclusively that I was no where near the Dreary Beery. Everyone knows that Jocky would never squander 20 pence, even if it did make Milwaukee famous. As to your lugubrious shaman, that was a certain Yorkshireman trying to frame me for getting you inebriated. All because in Alfredesque mode he burnt his porage and had to eat humble coco pops. I am an innocent man. :angelsad2:

[soundofmusic]

We've not had snow like this in the Midlands for 30 years. Has it been worse this year up there old chap? I know you get a lot more than the plains people get.

The weather is definitely turned on it's ear; we are having winter in florida instead of rain all winter. I've actually had to turn off the a/c a few times and wear socks.:cold:

Ah.

There was snow in Auckland once. In about 1932. For about a minute.

I couldn't live somewhere that cold.
No, but Baje caught a paddle crab!
Just look forward to it being the new weather pattern under global warming.
:D
So glad Baje is well and out playing with water creatures. Tell her to get me a lobster next time.
I wonder how long it will be before I can sell my house, now 15 minutes drive from the ocean, for beach front?:cool:

I have lost my muse, some of you may say I never had it in the first place, but I am desolate. One minute she was whispering bizarre things in my lug about Shakespeare, The Metaphysical Poets, Machiavelli etc and suddenly she took off with absolutely no explanation. If any of you lot have tempted her with sychophantic temptations and false promises, I will find out and God help you. She has never been the same since we joined the blokes thread. :(
Sorry to hear of your desolation. Ah, women are a plague sent from god to make mans paradise a living hell:reddevil:


I consider this thread to be like a shed - you know, the male retreat from the wiles and worries of the world. Shed Thread. I have a garage so stuffed with...stuff that I can't use it. otherwise I'd have a comfy armchair, TV + X Box 360, and my extensive library.

Ah the power of dreams...
She's on her way back to you Jocky, we packed her C.O.D. this morning; right after she converted Paulclems garage to a luxury suite. I've decided to move to the lovely land of snow and sheep, all I need to bring is my 2nd Xbox controller and woolies:idea::driving:

[jocky]

Sorry to hear of your desolation. Ah, women are a plague sent from god to make mans paradise a living hell:reddevil:


She's on her way back to you Jocky, we packed her C.O.D. this morning; right after she converted Paulclems garage to a luxury suite. I've decided to move to the lovely land of snow and sheep, all I need to bring is my 2nd Xbox controller and woolies:idea::driving:

I could quote Milton's Paradise Lost, the part about heaven and hell but I canna be bothered. Suffice to say we manage to mess up all by ourselves and, believe it or not, I attach no blame to womankind, well at least not this week. :smile5:

A second Xbox controller shows a degree of compassion which has humbled me. Now remember my words, when you arrive in the land of the Polar Bear, on no account trust the taxi driver as he will have you round Ben Nevis at least three times on the grand tour. :lol:

[soundofmusic]

GB this may sound a wee bit sexist, but she is a cracker,
You are so right Gilly, it was bourbon.
A master of blank verse at work, a joy to behold. I forgive you the videos. :lol:
Atheist, what happened to the coffee thread?
Not to worry Jocky, we have sent your cracker to the coffee thread for a mass revival of women's topics: there will be a blend of coupon passing, a tupperware party complete with a fireman stripper, latest spring handbags and sandle wear to go with the shabby sheik cotton bloomers, and if she is truly a cracker...The Souths plans to invade and retake Jockyland:gnorsi:

I don't know, I think Gilly finally went to far with Waylon and Merle...maybe if Merle were singing Crystal Chandaliers, I might consider a reprieve:smile5:


I was so busy catching up on here this morning, I've burnt my porage.
I'll send you a pack of quakers instant maple and brown sugar oatmeal. A bowl of water in the microwave for 1 minute, stir in the oatmeal and cream...you'll never burn another pot.


I could quote Milton's Paradise Lost, the part about heaven and hell but I canna be bothered. Suffice to say we manage to mess up all by ourselves and, believe it or not, I attach no blame to womankind, well at least not this week. :smile5:

A second Xbox controller shows a degree of compassion which has humbled me. Now remember my words, when you arrive in the land of the Polar Bear, on no account trust the taxi driver as he will have you round Ben Nevis at least three times on the grand tour. :lol:

Ah yes, happiness is an Xbox with two controllers in one room and a PS2 with two controllers in the other, a tv in everyroom, a computer and a packed refrigerator and library...who needs a muse.

I took Sara Palin with me, she shot the cab driver, ran over the last of the Polar Bears, and wound up crashing into a bar with a tilted sign "Ben Nevis"; everything after that is a blur. :crazy:

[prendrelemick]

I have lost my muse, some of you may say I never had it in the first place, but I am desolate. One minute she was whispering bizarre things in my lug about Shakespeare, The Metaphysical Poets, Machiavelli etc and suddenly she took off with absolutely no explanation. If any of you lot have tempted her with sychophantic temptations and false promises, I will find out and God help you. She has never been the same since we joined the blokes thread. :(


Thats terrible! I once lost my mueseli, and that was bad enough.

[jocky]

Thats terrible! I once lost my mueseli, and that was bad enough.

:lol: Mick, how can I put this, you seem to have an issue with cereals, coco pops, porage and now meusli ? If I was to mention, for example, weetabix, or perhaps rice crispies, does this provoke an angry response? I have written you a prescription for bacon, eggs, sausages, mushrooms, beans and toast to be consumed every morning for the next three months. You will feel like a new man I guarantee it, the only problem is your missus, who may not be overjoyed at cooking it, I speak from experience here, may remove you to the shed, or garage. For every solution a new problem arises. :)

[Paulclem]

:lol: Mick, how can I put this, you seem to have an issue with cereals, coco pops, porage and now meusli ? If I was to mention, for example, weetabix, or perhaps rice crispies, does this provoke an angry response? I have written you a prescription for bacon, eggs, sausages, mushrooms, beans and toast to be consumed every morning for the next three months. You will feel like a new man I guarantee it, the only problem is your missus, who may not be overjoyed at cooking it, I speak from experience here, may remove you to the shed, or garage. For every solution a new problem arises. :)

Every morning? He'll have to squeeze into the shed..:piggy:

[jocky]

The Souths plans to invade and retake Jockyland:gnorsi:









Och Soundo, no worries on that score, we kicked their asses in 1314, I still have old Mick's anscestor's sword and spurs in my attic. The big problem for us is their unerring ability to boot our asses when it comes to football and rugby union. Will the humiliation never end ? :(

[The Atheist]

Will the humiliation never end ? :(

You beat them at curling.

[jocky]

You beat them at curling.

Atheist, you are a light in the darkness. :lol:

[jocky]

Every morning? He'll have to squeeze into the shed..:piggy:

Which brings a new resonance to the immortal line; " I saw something nasty in the woodshed. " :ack2:

[soundofmusic]

:lol: Mick, how can I put this, you seem to have an issue with cereals, coco pops, porage and now meusli ? If I was to mention, for example, weetabix, or perhaps rice crispies, does this provoke an angry response? I have written you a prescription for bacon, eggs, sausages, mushrooms, beans and toast to be consumed every morning for the next three months. You will feel like a new man I guarantee it, the only problem is your missus, who may not be overjoyed at cooking it, I speak from experience here, may remove you to the shed, or garage. For every solution a new problem arises. :)

Since visiting England, I have new respect for our nonamerican brothers. Anyone who can eat eggs, those huge things the British call sausages, and add things like beans, tomatoes and mushrooms...I would spend every waking minute looking for the toilet. I noticed that the French grabbed a bit of yougurt and a piece of fruit, the Italians grabbed stacks of bread and warm milk....I don't know Mick, I would stick with the cereal, perhaps some nice granola. :smile5:

Och Soundo, no worries on that score, we kicked their asses in 1314, I still have old Mick's anscestor's sword and spurs in my attic. The big problem for us is their unerring ability to boot our asses when it comes to football and rugby union. Will the humiliation never end ? :(

Well, if you still have those snakeskin boots and the ten gallon hat, add the spurs and the women will follow you quietly into the barnyard:thumbsup:

Which brings a new resonance to the immortal line; " I saw something nasty in the woodshed. " :ack2:
My god man, you have a photographic memory, don't you...I had totally forgotten that line...and I only remember the end of the movie:nod:

[jocky]

Since visiting England, I have new respect for our nonamerican brothers. Anyone who can eat eggs, those huge things the British call sausages, and add things like beans, tomatoes and mushrooms...I would spend every waking minute looking for the toilet. I noticed that the French grabbed a bit of yougurt and a piece of fruit, the Italians grabbed stacks of bread and warm milk....I don't know Mick, I would stick with the cereal, perhaps some nice granola. :smile5::


Typical woman, misquoting and putting words into my mouth. At no point did I mention tomatoes. That would have been a serious offence indeed. :smile5:

[soundofmusic]

Typical woman, misquoting and putting words into my mouth. At no point did I mention tomatoes. That would have been a serious offence indeed. :smile5:

:ack2: Well, I should have talked with you before allowing those Selwyn wincehes to hand me a huge plate of beans, tomatoes, fried eggs and huge sausages. I had a lump in my throat and stomach all day! I should have known something was up when they told me they had no idea how to make French toast:confused:

[prendrelemick]

Right now I'm burning to post several breakfast related anecdotes.

However Jocky is right, we lost the heirloom of our house at Bannockburn, an ancient sword forged from a phrenologists measuring device and named Excaliper. On being approaced by a large, hairy and very mercenary Scotsman, my ancestor decided to preseve the family jewels, he threw Excaliper at him, turned and ran, with the words- "Hwaet! Ye can only leave via the gift shop!" ringing in his ears.

Sounds: is Granola as bad as it sounds.

[prendrelemick]

Right now I'm burning to post several breakfast related anecdotes.

However Jocky is right, we lost the heirloom of our house at Bannockburn, an ancient sword forged from a phrenologists measuring device and named Excaliper. On being approaced by a large, hairy and very mercenary Scotsman, my ancestor decided to preseve the family jewels, he threw Excaliper at him, turned and ran, with the words- "Hwaet! Ye can only leave via the gift shop!" ringing in his ears.

Sounds: is Granola as bad as it sounds.

oops..

[The Atheist]

However Jocky is right, we lost the heirloom of our house at Bannockburn, an ancient sword forged from a phrenologists measuring device and named Excaliper. On being approaced by a large, hairy and very mercenary Scotsman, my ancestor decided to preseve the family jewels, he threw Excaliper at him, turned and ran, with the words- "Hwaet! Ye can only leave via the gift shop!" ringing in his ears..

Reminds me of our family crest.

The whip used on my great-great uncle George when he was whipped for stealing a pie, the vicar's rosary from my great x5 grandmother, the well known whore of Kensington who, despite living in the welfareless 1500s managed to raise nine children on her own in a very nice house, both surmounted by the poor house my great-great-great grandparents were moved to under the Poor Law.

[prendrelemick]

What would your personal crest be, symbolizing your life so far?

Mine would be embarrasingly sparse, perhaps a sheep-rampant, a pair of wellies that sort of thing. In fact if I went back 5 generations it wouldn't be much different. We Prendres are a settled lot.

[soundofmusic]

Sounds: is Granola as bad as it sounds.

Granola is a food from the gods: a mix of oats, honey, and raisins baked and eaten alone or atop less exciting cereal or on yogurt. There are also versions with macadamia nuts and coconut, cinnamon apples and pecans, some have sesame seeds or flaxseed...:drool5:

Reminds me of our family crest.

The whip used on my great-great uncle George when he was whipped for stealing a pie, the vicar's rosary from my great x5 grandmother, the well known whore of Kensington who, despite living in the welfareless 1500s managed to raise nine children on her own in a very nice house, both surmounted by the poor house my great-great-great grandparents were moved to under the Poor Law.

:frown5: Such a sad thing that we have no such tradition and family crest in America:smilielol5: As uncle George was such a bad thief, did he ever consider becoming a pimp, I would think it was in his genes and much more lucrative:smilewinkgrin:

[The Atheist]

Here, in fact, is the crest itself:

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s97/TheAtheist/arms1.jpg

The writing is a little unclear, so here it is:

By order of Her Most Excellent Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, you have been re-settled under the Act for the Relief of the Poor, in the year of our Lord 1601.

That Liz, she was a real socialist!


What would your personal crest be, symbolizing your life so far?

That's a good question.

A horse-racing photo finish, a bookie's board showing outside odds, a pair of fingers in "V" shape to wave at the world.

And an empty box of condoms.


:frown5: Such a sad thing that we have no such tradition and family crest in America:smilielol5: As uncle George was such a bad thief, did he ever consider becoming a pimp, I would think it was in his genes and much more lucrative:smilewinkgrin:

Yeah, you'd think so, wouldn't you?

I've always wanted to own a brothel.

[soundofmusic]

I've always wanted to own a brothel.

Is there much call for brothels and topless bars in your area? In my economically depressed area: while auto companies, shopping malls and banks go out of business; the topless bars are stronger than ever.:cool:

[prendrelemick]

My family Motto:- Iam tunc , quis vos teneo?

(Nah then, what dost th' know?) Its an invitation to stop a while, lean upon a gate and catch up with a neighbour. I reckon our family has done alot of that over the years.


We went round a stately home a few years ago, and found it had been owned by a family with the same name as ours, AND with the same spelling, which is unusual. But what really got my attention was a document that was on display, exempting the family from paying Taxes in perpetuity, in return for a loan given to Edward the Second.

Should I mention that in this years Tax Return.?

[soundofmusic]

My family Motto:- Iam tunc , quis vos teneo?

(Nah then, what dost th' know?) Its an invitation to stop a while, lean upon a gate and catch up with a neighbour. I reckon our family has done alot of that over the years.


We went round a stately home a few years ago, and found it had been owned by a family with the same name as ours, AND with the same spelling, which is unusual. But what really got my attention was a document that was on display, exempting the family from paying Taxes in perpetuity, in return for a loan given to Edward the Second.

Should I mention that in this years Tax Return.?

I like that, though I would prefer if you have a rocking chair or invite me into the house for a cup of tea.

What is Englands position on Eddie 2, I don't know, but I would want to know just what type of services were rendered to get all those years of tax exemption:ciappa:

[jocky]

We could not afford a coat of arms but we do have the family song which some of you may recognise;

Macdonaldus senex fundum habuit E-I-E-I-O.
Et in hot fundo nonnullas boves domisticus habuit E-I-E-I-O.
Cum moo moo hic, et cum moo moo ibi, hic una moo, ibi una moo, ubique una moo moo.
Macdonalduus senex fundum habuit E-I-E-I-O.

Impressive eh ! :lol:

[soundofmusic]

We could not afford a coat of arms but we do have the family song which some of you may recognise;

Macdonaldus senex fundum habuit E-I-E-I-O.
Et in hot fundo nonnullas boves domisticus habuit E-I-E-I-O.
Cum moo moo hic, et cum moo moo ibi, hic una moo, ibi una moo, ubique una moo moo.
Macdonalduus senex fundum habuit E-I-E-I-O.

Impressive eh ! :lol:

Will your talents never cease; a great translator as well:hurray::lol:

[jocky]

What is Englands position on Eddie 2

It is a horrible tale to relate, his fate involved a table, a hollow instrument and a red hot poker inserted in his fundament, allegedly. It all took place in an ancient pile called Berkely castle. This is how the English treated the gay community in olden times. His last words were " I wish I had never met that Piers Gaveston, aaaagh that's hot. " :ack2:

[The Atheist]

Is there much call for brothels and topless bars in your area? In my economically depressed area: while auto companies, shopping malls and banks go out of business; the topless bars are stronger than ever.:cool:

Actually, brothels are legal here and business is booming.

Something to do with Viagra, apparently.


Should I mention that in this years Tax Return.?

Certainly!


It is a horrible tale to relate, his fate involved a table, a hollow instrument and a red hot poker inserted in his fundament, allegedly. It all took place in an ancient pile called Berkely castle. This is how the English treated the gay community in olden times. His last words were " I wish I had never met that Piers Gaveston, aaaagh that's hot. " :ack2:

Ah, the Empire has such a good record in keeping the dirty pillow-biters, brown-hatters and other sodomites out of society.

Oscar Wilde, Alan Turing... how much better off would the world have been if they'd been drowned at birth?

[jocky]

Oscar Wilde, Alan Turing... how much better off would the world have been if they'd been drowned at birth?

Unfortunately Atheist, the old taboos are still alive and kicking. Turing was a bit of an enigma but had a huge input in defeating the Germans and Oscar managed to dissect the upper classes with consummate ease.

[prendrelemick]

I like that, though I would prefer if you have a rocking chair or invite me into the house for a cup of tea.

What is Englands position on Eddie 2, I don't know, but I would want to know just what type of services were rendered to get all those years of tax exemption:ciappa:



He was giving out those exemptions out like confetti, he needed the money to keep those troublesome Jocks in a suitably downtrodden state.

[jocky]

He was giving out those exemptions out like confetti, he needed the money to keep those troublesome Jocks in a suitably downtrodden state.

It was tragic, nothing worked out for the guy. He should have stuck to thatching and sailing. Now his old man and his son, that was a different story. They knew how to burn, pillage and scrap. :(

[soundofmusic]

It is a horrible tale to relate, his fate involved a table, a hollow instrument and a red hot poker inserted in his fundament, allegedly. It all took place in an ancient pile called Berkely castle. This is how the English treated the gay community in olden times. His last words were " I wish I had never met that Piers Gaveston, aaaagh that's hot. " :ack2:

I have always been curious about the guys behind those hot pokers:yikes:


Actually, brothels are legal here and business is booming.

Something to do with Viagra, apparently.
Certainly!
Ah, the Empire has such a good record in keeping the dirty pillow-biters, brown-hatters and other sodomites out of society.

Oscar Wilde, Alan Turing... how much better off would the world have been if they'd been drowned at birth?

My god man, is nothing banned down your way; how would a dishonest American make a few bucks if everything is legalized:mad5:

I think poor Oscar wishes he would have stayed with women. It's not as if Alfred was all that different from the Mrs...was there that much of a difference prone and in the dark:confused:


He was giving out those exemptions out like confetti, he needed the money to keep those troublesome Jocks in a suitably downtrodden state.
Well, like my dear old mum used to say; always keep your drawers on and the Jockys outside the castle:cheers2:

It was tragic, nothing worked out for the guy. He should have stuck to thatching and sailing. Now his old man and his son, that was a different story. They knew how to burn, pillage and scrap. :(
Have you ever heard that Edward I was tied to a horse after death and taken into battle?

[prendrelemick]

Wasn't that Charlton Heston ?.


My god man, is nothing banned down your way; how would a dishonest American make a few bucks if everything is legalized

Is it true the Cat-house girls tie you up and read "The Origin of the Species" to you, in some southern states.?:blush2: (special rates for Babtist Ministers)

[soundofmusic]

Wasn't that Charlton Heston ?.


Possibly, who was Charlton when he went into battle dead?
I really liked the Plantagenet kings; so I read alot of accounts over the years (some apparently were greatly fictionalized) In one, it claimed that Edward I died in battle, was strapped to his horse and battled for an additional 3 days.
Another book claimed that Edward II's favorite after Piers was a Scottsman, no, I'm not kidding...
On searching google, it seems that Edward died at home in bed; but there are several tales of him; one of which states that he was taken into battle after death. Some say that this story started because one of Edward II's opposers stated that he would be more afraid of Edward I dead than Edward II alive.
I guess, also, Edward II never went much further than Wales for his boyfriends.

[soundofmusic]

My god man, is nothing banned down your way; how would a dishonest American make a few bucks if everything is legalized

Is it true the Cat-house girls tie you up and read "The Origin of the Species" to you, in some southern states.?:blush2: (special rates for Babtist Ministers)

:reddevil: I'd pay extra to see that:smilielol5:

[gbrekken]

apologies to all kings and queens, but a change of subject is called for.

You gotta love a bunch of gold medal winning women drinking beer and smoking cigars on the ice in uniform within half hour of victory. O'CANADA

[The Atheist]

Turing was a bit of an enigma ...

:lol:

Nice!


You gotta love a bunch of gold medal winning women drinking beer and smoking cigars on the ice in uniform within half hour of victory. O'CANADA

Isn't that "O Canada. Eh"?

[jocky]

Possibly, who was Charlton when he went into battle dead?
I really liked the Plantagenet kings; so I read alot of accounts over the years (some apparently were greatly fictionalized) In one, it claimed that Edward I died in battle, was strapped to his horse and battled for an additional 3 days.
Another book claimed that Edward II's favorite after Piers was a Scottsman, no, I'm not kidding...
On searching google, it seems that Edward died at home in bed; but there are several tales of him; one of which states that he was taken into battle after death. Some say that this story started because one of Edward II's opposers stated that he would be more afraid of Edward I dead than Edward II alive.
I guess, also, Edward II never went much further than Wales for his boyfriends.

Aye, that was when old Chuck defeated the Moors as a corpse playing the mighty El Cid and saved Spain with his cold dead hand. Fraser was a swine in that cinematic historical heap of dung. They just dont make em like that anymore. Soundo you are at it, even Google in all its wisdom could not lead you to some of your conclusions. Take it from one who knows, even Froissart could not dream that up. Tell me more about that Scottsman who Eddy was overfriendly with? :lol:

[jocky]

apologies to all kings and queens, but a change of subject is called for.

You gotta love a bunch of gold medal winning women drinking beer and smoking cigars on the ice in uniform within half hour of victory. O'CANADA

Aint you just glad you are not a subject? One never addresses our majesties in a sorry state, one either bows or curtesies. It looks like I will have to report you to the committee. Parker will not be amused, as the thought of citizens enrages him and drives him to extremes, such as polishing the siver only once and forgetting to iron the Times. As to the Canuck's behaviour I apologise on behalf of the Empire. :lol:

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Wasn't that Charlton Heston ?...

Yes, and he went on to conquer apes and Messala:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvR2mCx-Jnc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbQvpJsTvxU

Gilliatt

[The Atheist]

Oh dear, a double tragedy!

Those supporting the Canucks had the horrific loss at curling yesterday, but even worse, Scotland somehow managed to lose to Italy at rugby!*

I imagine jocky will be in mourning for some time.

Given that the entire team, management, girlfriends, porters, administration and laundry staff will be sacked from the Scotland benches, it may well be time for jocky's call up anyway!

*The sporting equivalent of maybe not David v Goliath, but David v A Very Big Bloke.

[jocky]

Oh dear, a double tragedy!

Those supporting the Canucks had the horrific loss at curling yesterday, but even worse, Scotland somehow managed to lose to Italy at rugby!*

I imagine jocky will be in mourning for some time.

Given that the entire team, management, girlfriends, porters, administration and laundry staff will be sacked from the Scotland benches, it may well be time for jocky's call up anyway!

*The sporting equivalent of maybe not David v Goliath, but David v A Very Big Bloke.

Nooo.....Mamma Mia, here I go again. Being the eternal optimist we could still win the Calcutta cup and stir it with the wooden spoon. Atheist, please do not take your kids down to the beach to watch the tsunami like you did with the last one. :)

[Paulclem]

Yes, and he went on to conquer apes and Messala:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvR2mCx-Jnc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbQvpJsTvxU

Gilliatt

I went to the pics to watch the Planet of the Apes when i was a kid. Great. The TV serries was a big letdown though. Formulaic and pretty boring.

I watched Ben Hur as a kid too. I liked the swords and sandals epics. Gladiator was definately an improvement, but Troy was terrible. Brad Pitt was awful. The characterisation was truly bad.

Back t charlton though. Is he still leading the Gun Permissive Organisation thing in the US? I suppose he's a bit old now.

[Paulclem]

Nooo.....Mamma Mia, here I go again. Being the eternal optimist we could still win the Calcutta cup and stir it with the wooden spoon. Atheist, please do not take your kids down to the beach to watch the tsunami like you did with the last one. :)

Commiserations Jocky. I don't know what the England v Ireland score was - as I had to take the bloody dog out - but I suspect we lost.

The Wales v france game was well worth a watch last night. If only they'd had a go in the first half.

[Satan]

I watched Ben Hur as a kid too. I liked the swords and sandals epics. Gladiator was definately an improvement, but Troy was terrible. Brad Pitt was awful. The characterisation was truly bad.

I wonder if you liked Colin Farrell in Alexander.


Back t charlton though. Is he still leading the Gun Permissive Organisation thing in the US?
From his grave? I'm not sure about that.

[soundofmusic]

apologies to all kings and queens, but a change of subject is called for.
You gotta love a bunch of gold medal winning women drinking beer and smoking cigars on the ice in uniform within half hour of victory. O'CANADA

Canadian women athletes are like the best of both worlds, female bodies that even other women gawk at; but the thought process of a bloke...ya gotta love it:reddevil: I only wish I was there with a camera for the party after the drinking of champagne and smoking of cigars:party::ihih::hand::smilielol5:

Aye, that was when old Chuck defeated the Moors as a corpse playing the mighty El Cid and saved Spain with his cold dead hand. Fraser was a swine in that cinematic historical heap of dung. They just dont make em like that anymore. Soundo you are at it, even Google in all its wisdom could not lead you to some of your conclusions. Take it from one who knows, even Froissart could not dream that up. Tell me more about that Scottsman who Eddy was overfriendly with? :lol:

:blush: Gosh, I traveled some distance with Edward, didn't I; well, I was only about 200 years off on the time:lol: Jocky, you are being modest, your depth of knowledge could not possibly all be gleened from the bits and pieces on google...
I read some fictional stories which are thinly veiled historical accounts; like Fitzgeralds novels, the Captains and Kings seem to parallel the Kennedys, there was an anonymous movie and book that was most likely Bill Clinton...sometimes they take me to all that hidden gossip (like labotomized children; sometimes they take me to Charleton and Elcid:smilielol5:
Oh, In one of the stories, they made Hugh a Scottsman...:cuss:

I went to the pics to watch the Planet of the Apes when i was a kid. Great.
I watched Ben Hur as a kid too. I liked the swords and sandals epics. Gladiator was definately an improvement, but Troy was terrible. Brad Pitt was awful. The characterisation was truly bad.
Back t charlton though. Is he still leading the Gun Permissive Organisation thing in the US? I suppose he's a bit old now.

Yes, Charletons natural persnickityness was very effective in Planet of the apes; and I loved Roddy MacDowell. I never quite liked Charleton in other movies; his gayness was always bleeding through in the love scenes...
Gosh, is he still around, or are they strapping his corpse to a NRA sign:yikes:

[Paulclem]

I wonder if you liked Colin Farrell in Alexander.


From his grave? I'm not sure about that.

He might though Satan - I though you would have been able to enlighten us there.:D

I read the reviews and didn't bother. Farrell is good in In Bruges though.

[Paulclem]

Canadian women athletes are like the best of both worlds, female bodies that even other women gawk at; but the thought process of a bloke...ya gotta love it:reddevil: I only wish I was there with a camera for the party after the drinking of champagne and smoking of cigars:party::ihih::hand::smilielol5:


:blush: Gosh, I traveled some distance with Edward, didn't I; well, I was only about 200 years off on the time:lol: Jocky, you are being modest, your depth of knowledge could not possibly all be gleened from the bits and pieces on google...
I read some fictional stories which are thinly veiled historical accounts; like Fitzgeralds novels, the Captains and Kings seem to parallel the Kennedys, there was an anonymous movie and book that was most likely Bill Clinton...sometimes they take me to all that hidden gossip (like labotomized children; sometimes they take me to Charleton and Elcid:smilielol5:
Oh, In one of the stories, they made Hugh a Scottsman...:cuss:


Yes, Charletons natural persnickityness was very effective in Planet of the apes; and I loved Roddy MacDowell. I never quite liked Charleton in other movies; his gayness was always bleeding through in the love scenes...
Gosh, is he still around, or are they strapping his corpse to a NRA sign:yikes:

Apparently he's gone according to Satan. I wasn't sure. Perhaps the corpse strapping is where I've seen him.

I remember reading the Roddy spent time with the chimps at the zoo. It was in one of our trashier papers though, and the film was coming out.

[Satan]

He might though Satan - I though you would have been able to enlighten us there.:D

I read the reviews and didn't bother. Farrell is good in In Bruges though.

I would send him back in action if only to smite the anti-gun lobby. :boxing_smiley:

In Bruges is one of my favorite movies. Brits never disappoint me with their uncanny dark humor and witty dialogs. They just can't make movies like Sexy Beast in Hollywood.

[jocky]

You are all getting way too clever for old Jocky, ninety percent of this stuff is way over my head anyway. We have even got the Devil on the premises now, should I report him to the committee Atheist? Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Floods, Englishmen, Yanks, nearly intelligent women....will it ever end? I remember when this used to be a repectable thread, back in the day when we used to discuss Jane Austen and her contribution to.......can anyone remind me? :)

[jocky]

[QUOTE=soundofmusic;855124]
Oh, In one of the stories, they made Hugh a Scottsman...:cuss:


Aaah, now I am with you Soundo. You are thinking of Hugh the Dispenser who is the pharmacist who supplies me with my hit in the local chemist every giro day. I lie on my bare mattress on the wooden floor and dream of Scott Fitzgerald and how many drinks he managed, in between writing The Great Gatsby. Chuck would have managed the role extremely better than the insipid Redford and the silken Mia Farroway. It is back to the heroine for me. :lol:

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

You are all getting way too clever for old Jocky, ninety percent of this stuff is way over my head anyway. ....will it ever end? I remember when this used to be a repectable thread, back in the day when we used to discuss Jane Austen and her contribution to.......can anyone remind me? :)

Jocky,
I understand what you are driving at, but I'm not sure I can offer a whole lot to console you.
Let me see...I'm digging through my bag of overused props. Here's the Wild Turkey-no, we've had enough of that. Marfa Lights, Jackalopes...no, no. Ah hah, here we go; we haven't checked in on the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy. Let's see what these blokes are up to:

http://www.texasbigfoot.org/

Gee, not a whole lot going on there other than a little ditty by the National Geograhic titled Bigfoot's Big Foot.

[jocky]

Jocky,
I understand what you are driving at, but I'm not sure I can offer a whole lot to console you.
Let me see...I'm digging through my bag of overused props. Here's the Wild Turkey-no, we've had enough of that. Marfa Lights, Jackalopes...no, no. Ah hah, here we go; we haven't checked in on the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy. Let's see what these blokes are up to:

http://www.texasbigfoot.org/

Gee, not a whole lot going on there other than a little ditty by the National Geograhic titled Bigfoot's Big Foot.

Gilly, I knew you would come through for me. Me and you have been through a lot together, despite all the doubters. This may come as a shock but my favourite band were named Little Feet, I hope I have not put my bigfoot in it again. Let them scoff, what do they know? Keep away from that Mick, he does not believe in Marfa lights, jackalopes and great big feet. It is obviously a cultural thing. :)

[prendrelemick]

If Gilly says its true, thats good enough for me. On a more blokey subject, was anyone else transfixed by the Womens Slalom?- All that skin tight lycra and swaying Gluteus Maximuses. Its what wide-screen was invented for.

Actually after much research I discovered a hitherto unknown direct correlation between the shapeliness of said muscleature and the position on the leader board. * My wife who has no respect for scientific enquiry was heard to mutter "Pervert" on being informed of my discovery.


* see the german girls in the Super G.

[gbrekken]

In need of a bit of humor? You can always count on this thread. don't know if Heston is still alive, but public works/speaking are rarer now that dementia has reclaimed him. Men's hockey gold starts in ten minutes. Guess what I'll be doing. Cross country ski ladies have admirable gluts as well, though I'm not scientific.

[jocky]

My wife who has no respect for scientific enquiry was heard to mutter "Pervert" on being informed of my discovery.




:lol:


Men's hockey gold starts in ten minutes.

Good luck with that one GB, go get the Canucks and remember the Blokes Thread always supports our own. :thumbs_up

Ouch! that was a sore one Gbrekken. Miller was outstanding but he could not win it on his own. Two Canadian referees, what was that all about? Welcome to the losers club, I will meet you in the Dreary Beery and we can sit upon the ground and tell tales of what might have been. In the meantime pour yourself a large scotch, kick the cat and ignore your Missus completely. :(

[jocky]

I have had a complete sense of humour failure. Mrs Jocky said the words that no man ever wants to hear," Jocky the hoose needs redecorated ", excuse the vernacular. Well it was down to the cellar to collect the instruments of torture, boiler suit, step ladder, pasting table, paint brushes and turpentine. Guys you know where I am coming from, the annual divorce. " are you sure that wallpaper is on correctly, it looks bubbly to me? "
Yes darling, just wait until it dries. " That roof looks very patchy ". It is okay cuddles I just need to give it a second coat. " Hmmm, I am not so sure about the wallpaper, and the paint is not exactly what I imagined " The brushes go flying out the window and the stepladder gets badly roughed up . " Well if you are going to be like that I am gong back to my mothers. " :lol:

[The Atheist]

...back in the day when we used to discuss Jane Austen and her contribution to.......can anyone remind me? :)

George Orwell liked her.

Goes to show that even the greats can have poor taste.

The only woman author worth the name was Enid Blyton.


If Gilly says its true, thats good enough for me. On a more blokey subject, was anyone else transfixed by the Womens Slalom?- All that skin tight lycra and swaying Gluteus Maximuses. Its what wide-screen was invented for.

The class of the athletes has been a major discussion point.

We should have winter Olympics every year!


I have had a complete sense of humour failure. Mrs Jocky said the words that no man ever wants to hear," Jocky the hoose needs redecorated ", excuse the vernacular.

I will send flowers.

:D

[jocky]

The only woman author worth the name was Enid Blyton

:D

:lol: It is after the watershed Atheist, did you ever hear about her and the famous five ? Enoch Blyton more like it, a racist who deserved the label and should have never have been served up to our kids. :reddevil:

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

If Gilly says its true, thats good enough for me. On a more blokey subject, was anyone else transfixed by the Womens Slalom?- All that skin tight lycra and swaying Gluteus Maximuses. Its what wide-screen was invented for...




The class of the athletes has been a major discussion point.
We should have winter Olympics every year!

(five laughing smilies)

Tight lycra is truly an impressive material. I'm particularly amazed in the elastcicity of the material and how the iridescent synthetic fibers manipulate light reflecting off the snow.
Reminds me of the old saying; "no two lycras are alyc"


I have had a complete sense of humour failure. Mrs Jocky said the words that no man ever wants to hear," Jocky the hoose needs redecorated ", excuse the vernacular.

(five more laughing smilies)

No need to excuse the vernacular.
Your vernacular is our vernacular, but I must ask; why would you want to redecorate a garden hoose?

(two dancing bananas)

Gilliatt

[soundofmusic]

[QUOTE=soundofmusic;855124]
Oh, In one of the stories, they made Hugh a Scottsman...:cuss:

Aaah, now I am with you Soundo. You are thinking of Hugh the Dispenser who is the pharmacist who supplies me with my hit in the local chemist every giro day. I lie on my bare mattress on the wooden floor and dream of Scott Fitzgerald and how many drinks he managed, in between writing The Great Gatsby. Chuck would have managed the role extremely better than the insipid Redford and the silken Mia Farroway. It is back to the heroine for me. :lol:

Oh yeah, Hugh the Dispenser of fire water and funny grass :smilielol5:
You know, I haven't really seen a fitzgerald book that has come together well as a movie; even DeNiro in The Last Tycoon didn't quite get it.
I think Timothy Dalton would have made a good Gatsby...he does misery well.


Apparently he's gone according to Satan. I wasn't sure. Perhaps the corpse strapping is where I've seen him.
I remember reading the Roddy spent time with the chimps at the zoo. It was in one of our trashier papers though, and the film was coming out.
I can see Roddy doing that. I am racking my brain trying to remember a story about a famous actor that was stolen from the funeral parlor for one last joy ride with his friends...any ideas.


If Gilly says its true, thats good enough for me. On a more blokey subject, was anyone else transfixed by the Womens Slalom?- All that skin tight lycra and swaying Gluteus Maximuses. Its what wide-screen was invented for.

Actually after much research I discovered a hitherto unknown direct correlation between the shapeliness of said muscleature and the position on the leader board. * My wife who has no respect for scientific enquiry was heard to mutter "Pervert" on being informed of my discovery.
* see the german girls in the Super G.

No sir, those are bums we can all appreciate. :reddevil:


I have had a complete sense of humour failure. Mrs Jocky said the words that no man ever wants to hear," Jocky the hoose needs redecorated ", excuse the vernacular. Well it was down to the cellar to collect the instruments of torture, boiler suit, step ladder, pasting table, paint brushes and turpentine. Guys you know where I am coming from, the annual divorce. " are you sure that wallpaper is on correctly, it looks bubbly to me? "
Yes darling, just wait until it dries. " That roof looks very patchy ". It is okay cuddles I just need to give it a second coat. " Hmmm, I am not so sure about the wallpaper, and the paint is not exactly what I imagined " The brushes go flying out the window and the stepladder gets badly roughed up . " Well if you are going to be like that I am gong back to my mothers. " :lol:

You have my sympathy. Sounds like you still have the oil based paints...at least they last for 20 years. I didn't mind painting the house when it was newer; now that the outside wood is all beaten up, it is a nightmare. We use latex based paints here and the stores can match a scarf or picture, they place a bit of paint on cardboard and blow dry it. The only thing they can't predict is what color it turns over your existing paint of a concrete wall:cuss:
I wallpapered my kitchen 30 years ago, I recently tried to remove the paper; the glue is still tough as ever to remove:mad5:

[prendrelemick]

I have had a complete sense of humour failure. Mrs Jocky said the words that no man ever wants to hear," Jocky the hoose needs redecorated ", excuse the vernacular. Well it was down to the cellar to collect the instruments of torture, boiler suit, step ladder, pasting table, paint brushes and turpentine. Guys you know where I am coming from, the annual divorce. " are you sure that wallpaper is on correctly, it looks bubbly to me? "
Yes darling, just wait until it dries. " That roof looks very patchy ". It is okay cuddles I just need to give it a second coat. " Hmmm, I am not so sure about the wallpaper, and the paint is not exactly what I imagined " The brushes go flying out the window and the stepladder gets badly roughed up . " Well if you are going to be like that I am gong back to my mothers. " :lol:



Ah Jocky, you tell only half the tale. ( I know you are trying to protect us from the full horror.)

Its the psychological torture of the design process, in which your opinions are constantly sought yet always ignored.
Where days are spent looking at pattern books, that make a Jane Austin seem like a page turner.
Where trips to Hell (Dunelm's soft furnishings.)are constantly taken.
Words like "Swatch books" and "colour co-ordination" are thrown at you unexpectedly.

Whats wrong with whitewash, I'd like to know.

[papayahed]

Did someone say redecorating??? Let me get the swatches...

[The Atheist]

:lol: It is after the watershed Atheist, did you ever hear about her and the famous five ? Enoch Blyton more like it, a racist who deserved the label and should have never have been served up to our kids. :reddevil:

My mum used to make Golliwogs for all her grandchildren!

You think Enid was bad, have you ever read Biggles?

The innocence of earlier ages.

(I always thought Enid's biggest problem was Big Ears and Noddy sharing a bed.)

[Paulclem]

Ah Jocky, you tell only half the tale. ( I know you are trying to protect us from the full horror.)

Its the psychological torture of the design process, in which your opinions are constantly sought yet always ignored.
Where days are spent looking at pattern books, that make a Jane Austin seem like a page turner.
Where trips to Hell (Dunelm's soft furnishings.)are constantly taken.
Words like "Swatch books" and "colour co-ordination" are thrown at you unexpectedly.

Whats wrong with whitewash, I'd like to know.

This is no joke Fellow Threaders. Mrs Paulclem has announced that the Living Room needs redecorating. I have managed to put off the nightmare in waiting until Easter. But the wallpaper brush awaits and there will be no escape...

[Paulclem]

My mum used to make Golliwogs for all her grandchildren!

You think Enid was bad, have you ever read Biggles?

The innocence of earlier ages.

(I always thought Enid's biggest problem was Big Ears and Noddy sharing a bed.)

I heard about Bigles clutching his joystick determinedly. I gave him a wide berth.

[gbrekken]

redecorating? turn the lazy boy chair ten degrees for a better view of something. Stripping wallpaper? lots of water, drop cloth on the floor, chemicals. and super-wide razor blades attached to a long handle (shave anyone?).

Lose gold medal hockey games? can't think of a better team to lose to than the empirical Canadians.

[The Atheist]

I heard about Bigles clutching his joystick determinedly. I gave him a wide berth.

Well, "Ginger" was a dead giveaway.

Monty Python did Biggles well.


Lose gold medal hockey games? can't think of a better team to lose to than the empirical Canadians.

It's ok. We beat them at actual hockey this morning.

[Paulclem]

Well, "Ginger" was a dead giveaway.

Monty Python did Biggles well.



It's ok. We beat them at actual hockey this morning.

You're right. I think it was Monty and his mates who said that. :D

[jocky]

[QUOTE=jocky;855255]
You know, I haven't really seen a fitzgerald book that has come together well as a movie; even DeNiro in The Last Tycoon didn't quite get it.
I think Timothy Dalton would have made a good Gatsby...he does misery well.







For once Soundo we have connected, I swore I would never discuss literature in the literature forums. Where was the passion which is palpable in the novel ? He takes her into his mansion, which has clearly been redecorated, and shows her his shirt collection, how could any woman resist ? Perhaps the book just cannot be be adequately translated on the silver screen. Now, Biggles that is something completely different. :)

[The Atheist]

Bwahaha!

Now we have Enid Blyton book ads on this page!

Go Enid Blyton, Famous Five, Noddy, Big Ears, Mr Wobbly Man et al - get that Google working.

[prendrelemick]

Gosh! How spiffing.

[prendrelemick]

This is no joke Fellow Threaders. Mrs Paulclem has announced that the Living Room needs redecorating. I have managed to put off the nightmare in waiting until Easter. But the wallpaper brush awaits and there will be no escape...

Good idea paul, you can't possibly redecorate during Lent. :hand:

Infact you'd better wait until after Rogation Sunday.

And dont upset the druids by starting too near the Equinox

-Or the Solstice.

Have you checked with your Astrologer, it might not be propitious to start till
Autumn.

Best do a Feng shui asessment first

Perhaps if you wait till the january sales, wallpaper will be cheaper.:yesnod:

[soundofmusic]

[QUOTE=soundofmusic;855751]

For once Soundo we have connected, I swore I would never discuss literature in the literature forums. Where was the passion which is palpable in the novel ? He takes her into his mansion, which has clearly been redecorated, and shows her his shirt collection, how could any woman resist ? Perhaps the book just cannot be be adequately translated on the silver screen. Now, Biggles that is something completely different. :)

I'm amazed at your memory; I forgot the shirts...

I'll have to check out this Biggles fellow...I wonder if he's on youtube; everythings on youtube...

Yes, Redford always plays Redford. I'm trying to remember if he was passionate in "This Property is Condemed"

[The Atheist]

I'll have to check out this Biggles fellow...I wonder if he's on youtube; everythings on youtube...

You need to read Biggles (http://www.biggles.info/)first.

Anything on Youtube will be corrupted or wrong.

Here's some information (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biggles)on the greatest British hero ever! (James Bond was a wimp compared to Biggles!)

[Paulclem]

Good idea paul, you can't possibly redecorate during Lent. :hand:

Infact you'd better wait until after Rogation Sunday.

And dont upset the druids by starting too near the Equinox

-Or the Solstice.

Have you checked with your Astrologer, it might not be propitious to start till
Autumn.

Best do a Feng shui asessment first

Perhaps if you wait till the january sales, wallpaper will be cheaper.:yesnod:

Fantastic - a get out of redcoration jail/ hell card. I wonder if she'll buy it?.....

[soundofmusic]

You need to read Biggles (http://www.biggles.info/)first.

Anything on Youtube will be corrupted or wrong.

Here's some information (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biggles)on the greatest British hero ever! (James Bond was a wimp compared to Biggles!)

Sounds like quite a fellow, and a blond as well:reddevil:

Good idea paul, you can't possibly redecorate during Lent. :hand:

Infact you'd better wait until after Rogation Sunday.

And dont upset the druids by starting too near the Equinox

-Or the Solstice.

Have you checked with your Astrologer, it might not be propitious to start till
Autumn.

Best do a Feng shui asessment first

Perhaps if you wait till the january sales, wallpaper will be cheaper.:yesnod:

I've been making the same excuses to myself and daughter; which is why my house has not been refloored, bathroom and kitchen painted, since 1984:hand:

[prendrelemick]

Another Bigglesesque British fictional hero was Bulldog Drummond.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwbdXWqNkbo

you see the kind of thing.

[The Atheist]

Now all we need is Billy Bunter to take the trifecta!

[Paulclem]

Another Bigglesesque British fictional hero was Bulldog Drummond.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwbdXWqNkbo

you see the kind of thing.

The lad's applying to Oxford to the "other" uni. He'll see that kind of thing every day...:D

[soundofmusic]

:crash:
Another Bigglesesque British fictional hero was Bulldog Drummond.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwbdXWqNkbo

you see the kind of thing.

I have a new hero:Angel_anim:

In case you gents haven't noticed, a broken nail breathed new life into the ladies thread:grouphug:

[prendrelemick]

The lad's applying to Oxford to the "other" uni. He'll see that kind of thing every day...:D

Hope he's got his pipe and Tweeds ready


:crash:

I have a new hero:Angel_anim:

In case you gents haven't noticed, a broken nail breathed new life into the ladies thread:grouphug:


Shall we discuss our prostates on here?....No....Good!

[The Atheist]

Shall we discuss our prostates on here?....No....Good!

No, we should!

I want fake prostate medicine ads!

[Paulclem]

Pomegranate juice is good for prostates apparently. It's the rubbing it in that's the problem...:D

[The Atheist]

Pomegranates, hmm.

Aren't they the things with demon seeds? Thinking about my kids, I wonder whether they've eaten some at some stage....

[soundofmusic]

Pomegranate juice is good for prostates apparently. It's the rubbing it in that's the problem...:D

:sick: Ooh, I'm glad I don't have a prostate; do you think they turn purple with the Pomegranate juice...:smilielol5:

Pomegranates, hmm.

Aren't they the things with demon seeds? Thinking about my kids, I wonder whether they've eaten some at some stage....

Don't knock it, the parents get a life long vacation home in a warm place:mad5: :)

[Paulclem]

Pomegranates, hmm.

Aren't they the things with demon seeds? Thinking about my kids, I wonder whether they've eaten some at some stage....

I reckon. My kids are 18 and 14 - that dismissive Dad's being a buffoon again stage where you lose complete credibility unless something has been run past their spotty mates.

It does offer lots of windup opportunities...:D


:sick: Ooh, I'm glad I don't have a prostate; do you think they turn purple with the Pomegranate juice...:smilielol5:


Don't knock it, the parents get a life long vacation home in a warm place:mad5: :)

I don't know but I can ask the doc who's going to "do" me when I get to that certain time for a compulsory checkup age. :rolleyes5:

[prendrelemick]

It does offer lots of windup opportunities...:D



:

Ah yes, the last vestage of power a parent has over their teenage kids, the power of embarrasment.

[soundofmusic]

I don't know but I can ask the doc who's going to "do" me when I get to that certain time for a compulsory checkup age. :rolleyes5:

:sosp: You're a brave soul, My doctor is always suggesting the rollover exams; I tell her that I have an agreement with my bum, " As long as it leaves me alone, I leave it alone":hand:


Ah yes, the last vestage of power a parent has over their teenage kids, the power of embarrasment.

I've noticed that when we get into our 7th or 8th decade; the kids remember all of those embarrassing moments and start telling on us:blush:

[The Atheist]

Don't knock it, the parents get a life long vacation home in a warm place:mad5: :)

Oh, my room has been booked for a long time.

If there's only one question all christians agree on - it's me going to hell!


I reckon. My kids are 18 and 14 - that dismissive Dad's being a buffoon again stage where you lose complete credibility unless something has been run past their spotty mates.

It does offer lots of windup opportunities...:D

Yes, I have a 19 yo who's been throught that, plus we had his mate living with us from age 15.

I set them up one night and told them I wanted to have a serious word with, took them into the office, sat them down, looked them in the eye and said, "Right, man to man stuff here. I want to talk to you both about masturbation!"

They both just about swallowed their tongues.

The plot stopped there, as Mrs Atheist, who was listening in behind the door, dissolved into hysterics.


I don't know but I can ask the doc who's going to "do" me when I get to that certain time for a compulsory checkup age. :rolleyes5:

:lol:

First off, we are not women, we do not have "compulsory check ups".

Second, the best tip I can give to any bloke is to find a Chinese woman doctor. NEVER, ever use a male doctor who used to play rugby for Caernarvon, whose dad died in the pits and has hands like sides of mutton.

Seriously, while unpleasant, it's not painful.


:sosp: You're a brave soul, My doctor is always suggesting the rollover exams; I tell her that I have an agreement with my bum, " As long as it leaves me alone, I leave it alone":hand:

Yes, women can escape the home invasion most of the time, but after birth, I wonder how any woman has enough dignity to care about such trifles!

:D


I've noticed that when we get into our 7th or 8th decade; the kids remember all of those embarrassing moments and start telling on us:blush:

Nah, I'm going to be one of those really crotchety old geezers who carves them up as useless layabouts!

[Paulclem]

Second, the best tip I can give to any bloke is to find a Chinese woman doctor. NEVER, ever use a male doctor who used to play rugby for Caernarvon, whose dad died in the pits and has hands like sides of mutton.

:yikes::biggrin5:

I think here in blighty they've started screening for prostate cancer from 55.

I think it was suggested by women after all they have to go through.

[The Atheist]

I think here in blighty they've started screening for prostate cancer from 55.

I think it was suggested by women after all they have to go through.

Or, more likely: started by some unscrupulous NHS ivort tower-builder seeking to build another administration arm.

Fact is, prostate screening is a terrible idea. In a whole universe of medical problems, widespread prostate screening is both financially irresponsible and medically hypocritical.

If your prostate causes trouble, have it checked, otherswise, by far the best plan is to ignore it. (Ignore medically, that is; it should certainly be given a good workout frequently!)

:D

[Paulclem]

Or, more likely: started by some unscrupulous NHS ivort tower-builder seeking to build another administration arm.

Fact is, prostate screening is a terrible idea. In a whole universe of medical problems, widespread prostate screening is both financially irresponsible and medically hypocritical.

If your prostate causes trouble, have it checked, otherswise, by far the best plan is to ignore it. (Ignore medically, that is; it should certainly be given a good workout frequently!)

:D

I'm all for such self medication. :D

[prendrelemick]

Its no good Atheist, Google ads will not be drawn. Just the usual Plenty Offish advert on here (which is a very strange name for a dating service I think.)

[soundofmusic]

Oh, my room has been booked for a long time.

If there's only one question all christians agree on - it's me going to hell!

"Right, man to man stuff here. I want to talk to you both about masturbation!"
They both just about swallowed their tongues.
The plot stopped there, as Mrs Atheist, who was listening in behind the door, dissolved into hysterics.
:lol:

Yes, women can escape the home invasion most of the time, but after birth, I wonder how any woman has enough dignity to care about such trifles!
:D
Nah, I'm going to be one of those really crotchety old geezers who carves them up as useless layabouts!
Well, if you and your minions are going to hell; I'm coming too. I had half way considered a death bed repentance just in case:reddevil:
I assume you covered any back talking for the next 50 years with that masturbation remark:yikes:
I chose a small statured gay man for my gynecologist; so he kept home invasion at a minimum and I went with general anesthesia for the birth; the first thing I remember is them bringing in a lizard with 3 or 4 eyes wrapped in a blanket:alien:
Yeah, I can see you crotchety, buying a love machine and picking up 25 year old blond strippers:smilielol5:

Second, the best tip I can give to any bloke is to find a Chinese woman doctor. NEVER, ever use a male doctor who used to play rugby for Caernarvon, whose dad died in the pits and has hands like sides of mutton.

:yikes::biggrin5:
I think here in blighty they've started screening for prostate cancer from 55.
I think it was suggested by women after all they have to go through.

I don't know, the whole worlds gone :ciappa: crazy! I only let the doctor check what's bothering me. For some reason, they always want to test the most popular body parts or the ones they've read the most recent articles on:cuss:



If your prostate causes trouble, have it checked, otherswise, by far the best plan is to ignore it. (Ignore medically, that is; it should certainly be given a good workout frequently!)
:D
:iagree:

[soundofmusic]

Its no good Atheist, Google ads will not be drawn. Just the usual Plenty Offish advert on here (which is a very strange name for a dating service I think.)

I guess those ads wouldn't be popular; I just noted a point that medical research has found that men who have their testicles removed at an early age do not have prostate trouble:smilielol5: :yikes:

[Paulclem]

I chose a small statured gay man for my gynecologist; so he kept home invasion at a minimum and I went with general anesthesia for the birth; the first thing I remember is them bringing in a lizard with 3 or 4 eyes wrapped in a blanket
ha
My wife had a dream whilst she was expecting our first that she gave birth to Charlie Drake. When he was born, she had had a general anaesthetic. As she came round I held the baby for her to see. She looked at him and said in a bleary way - OH it is Charlie Drake, and dropped off again. She denies it to this day, but it's true. :D

See Charlie Drake here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6paqi-oz3iA

[soundofmusic]

ha
My wife had a dream whilst she was expecting our first that she gave birth to Charlie Drake. When he was born, she had had a general anaesthetic. As she came round I held the baby for her to see. She looked at him and said in a bleary way - OH it is Charlie Drake, and dropped off again. She denies it to this day, but it's true. :D

See Charlie Drake here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6paqi-oz3iA

:smilielol5: Don't you wish they had camcorders back then? You know, Charlie Drake does look like the famous Gerber baby:sosp:

I wasn't sure what to expect, since I thought I had "the flu" for 9 months:rofl:

[prendrelemick]

Why do wives, nurses, midwives, doctors and mother in laws expect a man to WANT to be present at the birth of his offspring? Like its a treat for them or something.

I was there for all four of mine, and it was not life-affirming, nor did it aid paternal bonding. I think I was there to suffer, after all it was all my fault!

O horrible! Most horrible!

[soundofmusic]

Why do wives, nurses, midwives, doctors and mother in laws expect a man to WANT to be present at the birth of his offspring? Like its a treat for them or something.

I was there for all four of mine, and it was not life-affirming, nor did it aid paternal bonding. I think I was there to suffer, after all it was all my fault!

O horrible! Most horrible!

Good question, I didn't even want to "be there" for the birth experience. I tried to leave, but they wouldn't start the party without me:party::eek6:
I've heard many women claim they want their husbands to "know what it's like"; they're lucky that libido overrides the post traumatic stress:arf:

The only time that birth seemed wonderous was when I saw a C-section (as a student), everything was all draped and I was watching through big mirrors ; the doctor placed his hand behind the sheet, and out popped a baby...just like a rabbit from a hat:hat:

[The Atheist]

Its no good Atheist, Google ads will not be drawn. Just the usual Plenty Offish advert on here (which is a very strange name for a dating service I think.)

HA!

I keep getting the secret of a slim belly.

Is Google psychic?


I guess those ads wouldn't be popular; I just noted a point that medical research has found that men who have their testicles removed at an early age do not have prostate trouble:smilielol5: :yikes:

Yes, men can save themselves from all sorts of diseases by removal.

Even better, we can use Propecia and have luxurious hair and guarantee no prostate trouble!

Or use.


Why do wives, nurses, midwives, doctors and mother in laws expect a man to WANT to be present at the birth of his offspring? Like its a treat for them or something.

I was there for all four of mine, and it was not life-affirming, nor did it aid paternal bonding. I think I was there to suffer, after all it was all my fault!

O horrible! Most horrible!

That's where I am.

I have lots of friends who'd told me about the wondrous experience and how it changed their lives, tears in the eyes.....

After four birth attendances, I also felt nothing life-changing, no instant bond, no wonder at the miracle of birth.

Just a lot of tiredness and amazment that a woman can lose so much blood and not die! Oh, and an expert appreciation of episiotomy.

That was one thing which gave me a sense of wonder - here we are brought up on a diet of TV medicine with starched white coats and handsome, caring doctors. It just doesn't prepare you at all for some bloke in white gumboots grabbing a pair of scissors and cutting up your wife like a butcher trimming rump steak. Now, that was amazing.


Good question, I didn't even want to "be there" for the birth experience. I tried to leave, but they wouldn't start the party without me:party::eek6:

:lol:

I'm sure every woman who's ever had a baby has asked to go home at some stage prior to birth. It is one of the [few] funny moments.

I see all this talk of births and prostates has scared jocky off!

[Paulclem]

My wife was lucky to have had the caesarian section. One emergency one, at which I wasn't present, and a planned one at which I was, and so was she - having had the anaesthetic wear off. They soon topped her up again - local - spinal it was then. But I quite agree - a very horrible experience. Fortunately my wife is very tough.

The birth itself is an ugly and horible event to watch - much much more horrible to go through. (I'd worked in a slaughterhouse, and so was used to gore - but many are not).

It was after with this little helpless baby in your complete care that the realisation of what it all meant came through. My wife was out for the count, and they had wheeled in my first, and just left us. He started crying and I had to deal with him. That was the realisation - it's up to you - no excuses or getting out of it - yours to deal with.

[soundofmusic]

:willy_nilly:
HA!

I keep getting the secret of a slim belly.


Even better, we can use Propecia and have luxurious hair and guarantee no prostate trouble!

Or use.

That's where I am.

:lol:

I'm sure every woman who's ever had a baby has asked to go home at some stage prior to birth. It is one of the [few] funny moments.

I see all this talk of births and prostates has scared jocky off!
I don't know, Propecia is supposed to make your boys hurt:yikes:
So, how does google say I can get a slim tummy:piggy:; jogging is just making my legs thinner:banana:
I planned the whole birth thing around my OB's golf game. Those OB nurses are horrid, they get you on an IV drip and then come after you with razor blades, enemas...I fully expected to leave the hospital with a mohawk:boxing_smiley:
Nah, Jocky wouldn't run at a few caboose stories, would he:Angel_anim:

[QUOTE=Paulclem;858733

It was after with this little helpless baby in your complete care that the realisation of what it all meant came through. My wife was out for the count, and they had wheeled in my first, and just left us. He started crying and I had to deal with him. That was the realisation - it's up to you - no excuses or getting out of it - yours to deal with.[/QUOTE]

I never realized what this stuff was like for the dads. I think I'd sneak in a bottle and a few valium:)
It is amazing that you felt so comfortable with your first. My daughter cried everytime I picked her up. I couldn't quite get the hang of holding those squirmy, big-headed, floppy, skinny -legged things:conehead:

[Paulclem]

I never realized what this stuff was like for the dads. I think I'd sneak in a bottle and a few valium
It is amazing that you felt so comfortable with your first. My daughter cried everytime I picked her up. I couldn't quite get the hang of holding those squirmy, big-headed, floppy, skinny -legged things

I was lucky in that I had four siblings all younger than me.

Now as Easter approaches, the birds are singing and demanding food - and I've been putting together a faux lampost birdfeeder thing for my Mother in law. I managed to stab myself with my crossheaded screwdriver in the palm. I rejected the idea that this DIY stigmata was a religious sign, but it did remind me of the pain-fun we used to have as irresponsible young men.

Did you do a lot of that - inflicting funny pain on each other? I remember fondly my mates going through a phase of giving each other kidney punches - God knows why - and the laughter that ensued.

I remember another instance when a friend of ours - Slazzer - declared that he was physically unable to make himself sick. I laughed and laughed as two of my brutal friends attempted to make him spew. Neither punching in the stomach nor five of my mate's meaty fingers down the throat could gain a result, so they gave up. We did laugh.

If you are reading this Soundof, then please don't be shocked. It is normal for young men to act like this.

Which brings me to Jackass. It's probably a good job that we never saw anything like this when I was younger. It still makes me laugh, and makes me think that despite being a pillar, (pillock my wife says), of society, that I miss this blokey raucousness a bit.

Don't watch this link Soundof, it is truly disgusting.

It is Steve-O's face that cracks me up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv_eUI9cF40


Do you guys miss the fun-pain thing? Note - I have never been into SM. That is quite different.

[prendrelemick]

Not really Paul.:D Me and my mates had a phase of knuckling each other on the top the head. Intensley painful this male bonding.

We also had some sadistic teachers- like Stan the maths teacher, who would gentley take hold of your sideburns and pull upwards. Or Mr (Kill or) Cure, who would stand you on a chair take a good grip of your hair and invite you to jump. At least Thommo, the deputy head, just gave you an honest roughing up.

At a younger age we used to play Splitsies, a game of few rules which involved throwing knives at each other's feet.

[Paulclem]

Not really Paul.:D Me and my mates had a phase of knuckling each other on the top the head. Intensley painful this male bonding.

We also had some sadistic teachers- like Stan the maths teacher, who would gentley take hold of your sideburns and pull upwards. Or Mr (Kill or) Cure, who would stand you on a chair take a good grip of your hair and invite you to jump. At least Thommo, the deputy head, just gave you an honest roughing up.

At a younger age we used to play Splitsies, a game of few rules which involved throwing knives at each other's feet.

Perhaps I'm looking at it with rose tinteds. We played stretch -a version of your splitsies. I remember the sadistic teachers too. Mr Clarke - our form teacher used to hang around the classroom door and drag in unfortunate kids he caught running to wallop with his pump. He was like the ogre out of the three billy goats gruff, just in a classroom.

The music teacher would do the sideburns thing. He looked like the Milky Bar Kid as well. Perhaps he'd been bullied at school.

[prendrelemick]

I keep remembering male- bonding- friendly- pain episodes. There was the phase of dead legging, stabbing hands with pencils and scraping metal combs across the knuckles.

But sneaking up and knuckleing each other on the top of the head from behind was favourite. My mate Simon once did this to someone he thought was me, but was actually someone bigger and harder and NOT his mate. He was subsequently beaten up. -Laugh! we nearly died.

[Paulclem]

I keep remembering male- bonding- friendly- pain episodes. There was the phase of dead legging, stabbing hands with pencils and scraping metal combs across the knuckles.

But sneaking up and knuckleing each other on the top of the head from behind was favourite. My mate Simon once did this to someone he thought was me, but was actually someone bigger and harder and NOT his mate. He was subsequently beaten up. -Laugh! we nearly died.

:D Weren't the latter days of school painful!

I remember playing scabby knuckles with packs of cards. Lowest cut loses. So then you'd whack them on the back of the knuckles with the cards. It doesn't sound too bad, but the chaps quickly discovered that a new set of cards gouges lumps out of the knuckles - hence the name. That one was banned.

I also remember somenone noticing as we entered puberty that the nipples became tender. So, we had to walk around clutching our pectorals else someone would pinch and twist. Agonising.

[gbrekken]

Preferring not to be outdone, is a change of painful subjects in order?

[Paulclem]

Preferring not to be outdone, is a change of painful subjects in order?

As yoiu wish gbrekken. was it too bad? :D

[The Atheist]

We also had some sadistic teachers....

I remain convinced that one disgusting, fat pig of a man who claimed to be a teacher was actually a sadistic paedophile in disguise.

I am positive he used to get turned on by caning small boy's buttocks. Every now and then, it obviously used to build up and he'd needle kids in his class until someone back-chatted and out comes the cane!

The whole school got held in assembly for an hour one day when his car was found to have been vandalised in the teachers' carpark.

1300 boys sat in bench seats, trying not to burst out laughing. That was a great day!

Our headmaster was a shortish bloke with straight black hair and a toothbrush moustache. Can you guess what his nickname was?


Preferring not to be outdone, is a change of painful subjects in order?

Paper cuts.

They're a killer!

[Paulclem]

I remain convinced that one disgusting, fat pig of a man who claimed to be a teacher was actually a sadistic paedophile in disguise.

I am positive he used to get turned on by caning small boy's buttocks. Every now and then, it obviously used to build up and he'd needle kids in his class until someone back-chatted and out comes the cane!

The whole school got held in assembly for an hour one day when his car was found to have been vandalised in the teachers' carpark.

1300 boys sat in bench seats, trying not to burst out laughing. That was a great day!

Our headmaster was a shortish bloke with straight black hair and a toothbrush moustache. Can you guess what his nickname was?



Paper cuts.

They're a killer!

We also had one at Secondary school who got the girls to sit on hs lap. He'd never get away with it these days.

I also felt sorry for some teachers. There was one little bloke who was a nice fellow, but he looked like a thin Charles Haughtrey. He never stood a chance when the challenge was to make him jump up and down in rage. Gawd knows why he became a teacher.

[The Atheist]

We also had one at Secondary school who got the girls to sit on hs lap. He'd never get away with it these days.

I also felt sorry for some teachers. There was one little bloke who was a nice fellow, but he looked like a thin Charles Haughtrey. He never stood a chance when the challenge was to make him jump up and down in rage. Gawd knows why he became a teacher.

Two old proverbs for teachers: "A teacher is a man among boys, but a boy among men." and "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach."

I often suspect there's more than touch of truth.

I see jocky's been absent for a few days. Is he suffering from DIYitis extremis?

[Scheherazade]

I often suspect there's more than touch of truth.How ironic...

[Paulclem]

Two old proverbs for teachers: "A teacher is a man among boys, but a boy among men." and "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach."

I often suspect there's more than touch of truth.

I see jocky's been absent for a few days. Is he suffering from DIYitis extremis?

I'm a teacher..:D

I'm a tutor of adults now but I was a Primary School teacher first. Towards the end of that particular avenue of pleasure I used to stand at the classroom window and wonder what was going on in the real world. :D

[soundofmusic]

I was lucky in that I had four siblings all younger than me.

Now as Easter approaches, the birds are singing and demanding food - and I've been putting together a faux lampost birdfeeder thing for my Mother in law. I managed to stab myself with my crossheaded screwdriver in the palm. I rejected the idea that this DIY stigmata was a religious sign, but it did remind me of the pain-fun we used to have as irresponsible young men.

Did you do a lot of that - inflicting funny pain on each other? I remember fondly my mates going through a phase of giving each other kidney punches - God knows why - and the laughter that ensued.

I remember another instance when a friend of ours - Slazzer - declared that he was physically unable to make himself sick. I laughed and laughed as two of my brutal friends attempted to make him spew. Neither punching in the stomach nor five of my mate's meaty fingers down the throat could gain a result, so they gave up. We did laugh.

If you are reading this Soundof, then please don't be shocked. It is normal for young men to act like this.

Which brings me to Jackass. It's probably a good job that we never saw anything like this when I was younger. It still makes me laugh, and makes me think that despite being a pillar, (pillock my wife says), of society, that I miss this blokey raucousness a bit.

Don't watch this link Soundof, it is truly disgusting.

It is Steve-O's face that cracks me up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv_eUI9cF40


That is so nice, making a present for your mum-in-law; how's your hand?::smash:

So, all those injuries the fellows say they sustained during war are probably "bloke bonding in school":boxing_smiley::sosp::smilielol5:

You're right, that is a disgusting video; I think that the vomit is fake though:sick:


[QUOTE=prendrelemick;859408]I keep remembering male- bonding- friendly- pain episodes. There was the phase of dead legging, stabbing hands with pencils and scraping metal combs across the knuckles.

But sneaking up and knuckleing each other on the top of the head from behind was favourite. My mate Simon once did this to someone he thought was me, but was actually someone bigger and harder and NOT his mate. He was subsequently beaten up. -Laugh! we nearly died.

Okay, so now I realize that the :mad2::Dlawn mower and missing toe stories are also fake:D


I remain convinced that one disgusting, fat pig of a man who claimed to be a teacher was actually a sadistic paedophile in disguise.

I am positive he used to get turned on by caning small boy's buttocks. Every now and then, it obviously used to build up and he'd needle kids in his class until someone back-chatted and out comes the cane!


Yes, we had our share of perverts and control freaks too. We had one fellow in the 5th grade ( a slender, graceful chap who always wore purple pants and claimed to have been in the marines)who made us march for an hour a day singing military songs...I know a girl...:lol:

I had an alcoholic math teacher that was always calling me to the front, trying to grab my "pecs" :hand:; I wrote a paper about him in English and got detention::mad5:
My biology teacher gave me a lifetime pass out of his class after I posed my frog, put sunglasses and beachwear over him...better than disection....I feel so nostalgic...


Two old proverbs for teachers: "A teacher is a man among boys, but a boy among men." and "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach."

I often suspect there's more than touch of truth.

I see jocky's been absent for a few days. Is he suffering from DIYitis extremis?

Well, I like the idea of 3 months vacation every year...do they do that in the UK and NZ? I think nowdays, I wouldn't feel safe unless I was packing a tazer and handcuffs...:cold:

I'm a teacher..:D

I'm a tutor of adults now but I was a Primary School teacher first. Towards the end of that particular avenue of pleasure I used to stand at the classroom window and wonder what was going on in the real world. :D

Do you like tutoring adults better? I can see how a teacher would feel sort of "lost in space"; I used to feel that as a stay at home mom:mad2:

Yes, where is dear Jocky...I hope he's just having too much liquor; has his muse returned?:brow:

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

...

I see jocky's been absent for a few days. Is he suffering from DIYitis extremis?

I suppose it is up to me again to track him down! huh?
Looks like another road trip back to the Dreary Beery where I'm certain he will be found slumped over the juke box again drinkin the hair of the dog.

Gilliatt

[The Atheist]

I'm a teacher..:D

I'm a tutor of adults now but I was a Primary School teacher first. Towards the end of that particular avenue of pleasure I used to stand at the classroom window and wonder what was going on in the real world. :D

You'd have to be mad nowadays.

We have primary kids attacking teachers, never mind what goes on at high schools...

Adults sounds like a far better option!


[My biology teacher gave me a lifetime pass out of his class after I posed my frog, put sunglasses and beachwear over him...better than disection....I feel so nostalgic...

Must admit, I don't miss it at all.

The happiest day of my life was the day I escaped.


I suppose it is up to me again to track him down! huh?
Looks like another road trip back to the Dreary Beery where I'm certain he will be found slumped over the juke box again drinkin the hair of the dog.

Gilliatt

Go on, man!

Over hill, through the heather, along the low roads and high roads; find that jocky jock!

[Paulclem]

Soundof - you watched it didn't you. i would have too.:D

I'm not sure about the fake sick - the look on his face was a picture.

Yes- teaching adults is better because i get to go out and about, and it's not about control. I fact i know my class has settlesd in when they start taking the mickey. It's great fun.

I have to admit that i didn't like school compared to having left school. Best years of your life - must be some poor life. :D

[The Atheist]

I have to admit that i didn't like school compared to having left school. Best years of your life - must be some poor life. :D

That's what I always think - if that's the best part of your life, you may as well book the exit bag right now!

[Paulclem]

That's what I always think - if that's the best part of your life, you may as well book the exit bag right now!

And the worst thing is, some people, parents, conservatives - want to keep on inflicting the good old days on our kids.

When i went to school, I was good. I did the work, and enjoyed a lot of it. But a lot of it sucked. Some of the teachers were lazy, unskillful, and some were oddly stupid. The schoolday was a drag, the teaching wa on the whole uninspiring, and i felt neither prepared for work, uni or anything - and my experience was vastly better than some of the people who I went with - including the girl who, at 11 years of age, was made to stand on a chair whilst the teacher made her repeat "I am stupid" to the whole class who then went to tell the whole school.

Not only was she humiliated, despite the probability that she had some kind of learning difficulty, but we were all co-opted into this us and them attitude to less able kids. Nightmare for that girl and hundreds like her.

The best thing about school was the mates and the sport.

[Nax]

I dont think school really helped me at all now that im thinkin of it. Everything i studied, though some of it interesting and insightful, really has not advanced my career or tertiary learning at all watsoever. Everything I have done after school has been of my own skill and attitude, rather then facts I was forced to regurgitate daily while at school.

I understand the thought behind it, but its a flawed and outdated system. It would be changed if it wasnt one of the most basic and effective part of the machine designed to prep us and mould us for a life of servitude. Were forced to apply rank over others based solely on a number which someone else has given them, we are pruned into materialism through clothes and trinkets other kids have that you dont. We have our imaginations and our individualism stiffled in an attempt to make us productive little worker bees for a system we dont understand and certainly dont support.

Its unfortunate that we dwell in such a reality and era that the inherent gifts of humanity are thrown away for a figure of absolutely no value except what someone with a bigger figure tells you its worth. We have lost our way as a civilization I believe, and we are due for a fall. When something doesnt work it is broken, and eventually it will have to be fixed lest it destroy itself.

Either way Im happy really, let it burn and pray something better grows in its place.

[The Atheist]

And the worst thing is, some people, parents, conservatives - want to keep on inflicting the good old days on our kids.

And don't forget the corporal punishment! Gotta have that.

David Kirk (the only Kiwi ever to hoist a RWC) has a great story about him going to boarding school. This would have been in the early 1970s.

A nine year old boy hated it so much he ran away. His father returned him, where the headmaster promptly administered the cane.

To a flaming nine year old!

Whatever school is now, we have to be an improvement on that.

I'd love to track the bloke down, assuming he didn't top himself in the meantime.


I dont think school really helped me at all now that im thinkin of it. Everything i studied, though some of it interesting and insightful, really has not advanced my career or tertiary learning at all watsoever. Everything I have done after school has been of my own skill and attitude, rather then facts I was forced to regurgitate daily while at school.

Bingo!

And I notice it again with my kids.

I reckon that the very basics learnt are good - reading, writing and maths. But once they get past primary school, it seems there is very little of real value taught at school.

Even worse, it seems to me that every single godammed teacher is a card-carrying Socialist (with the capital letter) who never really grew up. Some of the stuff they try to infect kids with is frightening.

Trouble is, I don't see a better system, and the problems that exist are of political making by under-funding, so we're stuck with it.


I understand the thought behind it, but its a flawed and outdated system. It would be changed if it wasnt one of the most basic and effective part of the machine designed to prep us and mould us for a life of servitude.

I suspect you've been a bit carried away by your own rhetoric here. It's certainly flawed, but there is no better option. Preparation for "a life of servitude" is going too far. Even the Queen of England went to school, and I'd bet that the least servile people on the planet - Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, George Soros, etc., all went to school.


Were forced to apply rank over others based solely on a number which someone else has given them, we are pruned into materialism through clothes and trinkets other kids have that you dont. We have our imaginations and our individualism stiffled in an attempt to make us productive little worker bees for a system we dont understand and certainly dont support.

What alternative would you propose? Having created society, we're more or less bound to continue it, because the only alternative is anarchy, and while that would suit me fine, I don't think it's a great answer for the vast majority of people.


Its unfortunate that we dwell in such a reality and era that the inherent gifts of humanity are thrown away for a figure of absolutely no value except what someone with a bigger figure tells you its worth. We have lost our way as a civilization I believe, and we are due for a fall. When something doesnt work it is broken, and eventually it will have to be fixed lest it destroy itself.

Either way Im happy really, let it burn and pray something better grows in its place.

Wow.

I hope you're just being overly cynical here, because I don't agree with your premises at all.

Winston Churchill once said that democracy was awful.

But the alternatives are all far worse.

And he was right - the current system of capitalism and democracy is not ideal, but since we don't live in an ideal world, we have to make the best of the one we have.

In terms of wiping us out, I recommend the christian bible - there are a couple of rollickingly good apocalypse stories in it.

[prendrelemick]

Years ago in the pre-Thatcher days, a British industrailist was quoted as saying (in private) that all the working class wanted was "Beer, Baccy and Benidorm." Of course this truth was so unpalatable that he was hounded out of his job.

Too much enlightening education would unsettle us hoi polloi, and that would never do. Fortunately, not much of that sort of thing goes on in our schools. :hand: As Oscar Wilde said:-

"In England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and would probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."


As to the more important question of Jocky's whereabouts, I reckon he's getting an early start to the sorrow drowning that the Scottish nation will be doing after the Oh Calcutta! cup this weekend.:p

[Paulclem]

Too much enlightening education would unsettle us hoi polloi, and that would never do. Fortunately, not much of that sort of thing goes on in our schools.

I once met a public school chap who disputed that I could possibly have got the degree I did as I "didn't know what culture was". He really believed what his peers, his school and parents had instilled in him. He believed the myth of priviledge and spouted it so. I woud have knuckled his head if I hadn't laughed at him so much.

I did meet good chaps from the uper echelons who clearly weren't taken in by such guff. :D

[The Atheist]

As to the more important question of Jocky's whereabouts, I reckon he's getting an early start to the sorrow drowning that the Scottish nation will be doing after the Oh Calcutta! cup this weekend.:p

Why on earth is the Calcutta Cup?

Did you once play for the city as part of the trophy?


I once met a public school chap who disputed that I could possibly have got the degree I did as I "didn't know what culture was". He really believed what his peers, his school and parents had instilled in him. He believed the myth of priviledge and spouted it so. I woud have knuckled his head if I hadn't laughed at him so much.

:lol:

Class hath its privileges.


I did meet good chaps from the uper echelons who clearly weren't taken in by such guff. :D

I'm sure it's all to do with the amount of inbreeding in the ancestry.

[BienvenuJDC]

Just saying....

Unemployment sucks!!

[gbrekken]

retirement soesn't suck as bad as unemployment. I'm still attempting to survive both.

i was reminded of the foloowing earlier. a couple of schoolboy friends (one a city kid, one a country (farm) boy), were talking one day about why the farm kid got good grades and the other not. the farm kid told the city kid that it was a benefit of the smart pills he took. the city kid asked what they were, and the farm kid told him to come out to farm over the weekend and he'd see. Once there, walking across the yard, the farm kid told the city kid "there's one". the city kid ate it, and quickly said "it tastes like crap". to which the farm kid replied "see, you're getting smarter already". Learning through, via, experiental necessity is more valuable. Since we've all gotten off the farm, or away from self-preservational skills, we've progressed(?) into more programmed learning. Between survival modes and present day, we(?) even went through the one room school house period. The best teacher may have been a true renaissance man. however, these days, that person would soon be expelled as "not meeting standards", etc. etc. etc. Truth be told, he would probably be ground into small dust by the accepted system. Is he wrong? The system? Which is more cynical: to believe that we must accept things as they are, or believe that the success of the past had unacceptable things wrong with it? As to governmental/economic systems, capitalism seems to be the only self-sustainable system, with the same inherent abuses (greed/selfishness) as any other system. they say that self-preservation is the #1 motivation of human beings, so a renaissance man, knowing how to make head cheese and a few other things (put seed in the ground, grind the fruit into flour, etc.), finding himself teaching within the system, will soon/or later leave to preserve the self? Many molds are yet to be filled, but there are more that haven't even yet been devised or broken.

[soundofmusic]

Must admit, I don't miss it at all.

The happiest day of my life was the day I escaped.
Go on, man!

Over hill, through the heather, along the low roads and high roads; find that jocky jock!

I really think a good teacher makes all the difference; there are some fields that a person should not get into unless they feel some passion for it...they should leave when they lose the passion.
I hated school; but my teachers hated it more:mad2:

Yes, we need the Jock; I hear he's hanging in Texas, riding steers and drinking Johnnie Walker:boxing_smiley:

Soundof - you watched it didn't you. i would have too.:D

I'm not sure about the fake sick - the look on his face was a picture.

Yes- teaching adults is better because i get to go out and about, and it's not about control. I fact i know my class has settlesd in when they start taking the mickey. It's great fun.

I have to admit that i didn't like school compared to having left school. Best years of your life - must be some poor life. :D

Yeah, I didn't notice you're warning until after that terrible video...It took me a minute to get past that big white bum....:yikes:

I think I'd go knock that teacher on the head for humiliating my child like that; what is wrong with people? :mad5:

I'm packing up now, any teacher that allows a mickey is on my wave legnth:smilielol5:

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

And don't forget the corporal punishment! Gotta have that.

...Whatever school is now, we have to be an improvement on that.

...I reckon that the very basics learnt are good - reading, writing and maths...

Trouble is, I don't see a better system, and the problems that exist are of political making by under-funding, so we're stuck with it.

...What alternative would you propose? Having created society, we're more or less bound to continue it, because the only alternative is anarchy...



Parhaps it is time to revert to the three R's, (read'n, ritin and rithmatic) a slate tablet and a board (or cane) approach to education. I suffered (?) through the first four years of primary education in a Catholic school and that was back in the days when the majority of the teachers were habit wearing nuns with 12 inch wooden rulres!
I say "suffered", but in all honesty, those four years established a firm foundation for the subsequent years in public school.
I certainly learned my numbers, given the fact that they were permantly imprinted on the palms of my hands, only you had to have a mirror to orient them correctly.

How about this method:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Pk1UYkB3I


RE: Jocky's whereabouts

I just dropped into the coffee shop to see if he was over there. No sign of Jocky, but I was pleasantly surprised at what I saw when I stepped in!

There's a good chance I'll be passing through Dumas on my way out west over spring break vacation. Perhaps Jocky took heed of Horace Greeley's suggestion.

Gilliatt

[soundofmusic]

I was really surprised when they asked for an okay to disipline my daughter in school; I thought the whole spanking thing had stopped in the early '60's. I returned the paper, telling them to call me and I would disipline her; they sent it back and said she could not attend school without it.

She was spanked once, for being politically incorrect; she threw a rock at the only bi-racial child in the school...:hand: They asked me what I thought, I asked what the other child did to provoke her; they said that wasn't the point...I told them I would tell her that next time, she should throw something softer, and make sure she only hits a Caucasian child:smilielol5:

[The Atheist]

Parhaps it is time to revert to the three R's, (read'n, ritin and rithmatic) a slate tablet and a board (or cane) approach to education. I suffered (?) through the first four years of primary education in a Catholic school and that was back in the days when the majority of the teachers were habit wearing nuns with 12 inch wooden rulres!
I say "suffered", but in all honesty, those four years established a firm foundation for the subsequent years in public school.
I certainly learned my numbers, given the fact that they were permantly imprinted on the palms of my hands, only you had to have a mirror to orient them correctly.

:lol:

I used to pray thanks to god every night for not being born a Roman Catholic. On the odd occasions one was allowed to play with the heathen Prods, we'd stare in amazement at the stories they'd tell us about their schools.


How about this method:

There's a great racetrack one from years ago - no idea who it was.

A is for also-ran
B is for bookie...


RE: Jocky's whereabouts

I just dropped into the coffee shop to see if he was over there. No sign of Jocky, but I was pleasantly surprised at what I saw when I stepped in!

There's a good chance I'll be passing through Dumas on my way out west over spring break vacation. Perhaps Jocky took heed of Horace Greeley's suggestion.

Gilliatt

Just as well he wasn't in the coffee shop!


I was really surprised when they asked for an okay to disipline my daughter in school; I thought the whole spanking thing had stopped in the early '60's. I returned the paper, telling them to call me and I would disipline her; they sent it back and said she could not attend school without it.

She was spanked once, for being politically incorrect; she threw a rock at the only bi-racial child in the school...:hand: They asked me what I thought, I asked what the other child did to provoke her; they said that wasn't the point...I told them I would tell her that next time, she should throw something softer, and make sure she only hits a Caucasian child:smilielol5:

:lol:

Nice work!

I'm amazed they still spank in US schools. Putting the blame on the parents by making them sign permission is an interesting one.

[The Atheist]

15-15

:lol:

Often, both teams will feel comforted that a draw's as good as a victory.

Not the case with England v Scotland, I presume.

[prendrelemick]

A good result for England, who reached new heights of boring and unadventurous.

[prendrelemick]

:lol:

I used to pray thanks to god every night for not being born a Roman Catholic. On the odd occasions one was allowed to play with the heathen Prods, we'd stare in amazement at the stories they'd tell us about their schools.



I'm amazed they still spank in US schools. Putting the blame on the parents by making them sign permission is an interesting one.



We had the cane at our school, and it n-n-never d-d-did me any harm:skep:

[soundofmusic]

Jethro, you aren't singing dixie; I've been out of work for two months with
all sorts of anomalies....I'm doing the pay day advance dance:willy_nilly:


Thank You, Atheist, Of course, I had my daughter in about 6 private and 3 public schools because, Of Course, Mom always knew best :rant::prrr::leaving::mad2:

prendrelemick, now be honest, do you still have a little cane in your closet hanging by rosary beads:brow:

[prendrelemick]

How dare you sounds! - accuse me of having a closet rosary.:D


The cane is there for perfectly innocent reasons!:Angel_anim: And any red marks upon my but-tocks are from sitting too long upon fences.

[prendrelemick]

Why on earth is the Calcutta Cup?

Did you once play for the city as part of the trophy?



The Calcutta Club joined the Rugby Football Union in 1874. Despite the Indian climate not being entirely suitable for playing rugby, the club prospered during that first year. However, when the free bar had to be discontinued, the membership took an appreciable drop. Other sports, such as tennis and polo, which were considered to be more suited to the local climate, were making inroads into the numbers of gentlemen available. The members decided to disband but keen to perpetuate the name of the club, they withdrew the club's funds from the bank; which were in Silver Rupees, had them melted down and made into a cup which they presented to the RFU in 1878, with the provision that it should be competed for annually


I know this was an idle question, but the answer is so good I thought I'd paste it up

[soundofmusic]

How dare you sounds! - accuse me of having a closet rosary.:D


The cane is there for perfectly innocent reasons!:Angel_anim: And any red marks upon my but-tocks are from sitting too long upon fences.

:Angel_anim: Okay, I'll be right over as soon as I find my little leather outfit, jockys snake skin boots that I forgot to return and my rosary beads and Popes habit (just so you know that I have absolutely no problem with what may happen in the closet:brow::smilielol5:)

[The Atheist]

A good result for England, who reached new heights of boring and unadventurous.

Indeed; a grand preparation for next year.


I know this was an idle question, but the answer is so good I thought I'd paste it up

Thanks for that - I'd never bothered to find out.

Didn't one of the Scottish players try to have it changed by using it as a football? That blond flanker bloke, what was his name? The white shark?

[Paulclem]

The Calcutta Club joined the Rugby Football Union in 1874. Despite the Indian climate not being entirely suitable for playing rugby, the club prospered during that first year. However, when the free bar had to be discontinued, the membership took an appreciable drop. Other sports, such as tennis and polo, which were considered to be more suited to the local climate, were making inroads into the numbers of gentlemen available. The members decided to disband but keen to perpetuate the name of the club, they withdrew the club's funds from the bank; which were in Silver Rupees, had them melted down and made into a cup which they presented to the RFU in 1878, with the provision that it should be competed for annually


I know this was an idle question, but the answer is so good I thought I'd paste it up

I never knew that. I had idly wondered what it referred to and just assumed it was an Imperialist Old Boy relic. I was right.

[prendrelemick]

Well, looks like David Beckham's career as a footballer is over. Shame he has gone out with a wimper rather than a roar.

I know in some parts of the world he is only famous for being Mr Posh Spice, and I am certainly not a big football fan, but I hope he is remembered for those sublime moments on the pitch rather than those dick-headed ones.

[MANICHAEAN]

Now, lets not bring some of his hair cuts into it!

[Paulclem]

Well, looks like David Beckham's career as a footballer is over. Shame he has gone out with a wimper rather than a roar.

I know in some parts of the world he is only famous for being Mr Posh Spice, and I am certainly not a big football fan, but I hope he is remembered for those sublime moments on the pitch rather than those dick-headed ones.

Yeah it's a shame. I think, despite all the usual guff that surrounds celeb rity, that he seems ok.

Do you remember that terrible break the Coventry City Player Bavid Busst (?)
had in the 90's?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byOKCMQpxKo

He said that Beckham was the only Man U player who came to see him in hospital. When something's in the media - well there's no knowing the truth of it. I think a testimony from another is much more trustworthy.

PS I met David Busst after when he did some training with the kids at school. He seemed like a solid chap. Terrible scar.

[The Atheist]

Agree on Beckham - he seems to have been unnecessarily vilified.

I've seen lots of rugby players with that injury - most unpleasant.

[soundofmusic]

Well, looks like David Beckham's career as a footballer is over. Shame he has gone out with a wimper rather than a roar.

I know in some parts of the world he is only famous for being Mr Posh Spice, and I am certainly not a big football fan, but I hope he is remembered for those sublime moments on the pitch rather than those dick-headed ones.


I'll still cheer for him as long as he keeps doing underwear commercials, keeps that 6 pack and that beautiful hair:banana::banana::banana:


Now, lets not bring some of his hair cuts into it!

What is it with the British and all that pretty hair plastered to their head; isn't there any bald genes in Britian:conehead:

[Paulclem]

I'll still cheer for him as long as he keeps doing underwear commercials, keeps that 6 pack and that beautiful hair:banana::banana::banana:



What is it with the British and all that pretty hair plastered to their head; isn't there any bald genes in Britian:conehead:

Plenty plenty. Not in me though.:D....................................appar ent yet.

[soundofmusic]

Plenty plenty. Not in me though.:D....................................appar ent yet.

Lucky you...I really think research should set aside worrying about all those little things like heart trouble and cancer :yikes: and figure out how to isolate the bald gene...particularly for women:smilielol5:

[Paulclem]

Lucky you...I really think research should set aside worrying about all those little things like heart trouble and cancer :yikes: and figure out how to isolate the bald gene...particularly for women:smilielol5:

I have hair, but not much of a face......:D

Incidentally my face strimmer -beard trimmer etc - broke down and I was contemplating getting another one. I said to my wife:

"...Or I could just shave off the tache and beard."

To which she replied:

"But then it would be obvious that you've got no chin."

So I got a new face strimmer...:D

[prendrelemick]

:frown2:And What may I ask is Wrong with being Bald? :frown2:

[The Atheist]

I have hair, but not much of a face......:D

Incidentally my face strimmer -beard trimmer etc - broke down and I was contemplating getting another one. I said to my wife:

"...Or I could just shave off the tache and beard."

To which she replied:

"But then it would be obvious that you've got no chin."

So I got a new face strimmer...:D

Good god! We're clone couples!

When I shaved it all off for charity, it was suggested I use a paper bag until the beard grew back. I always keep my old beard trimmer as a back up.


:frown2:And What may I ask is Wrong with being Bald? :frown2:

Nothing.

If you're a frog.

:D

[Paulclem]

Good god! We're clone couples!

When I shaved it all off for charity, it was suggested I use a paper bag until the beard grew back. I always keep my old beard trimmer as a back up.



Nothing.

If you're a frog.

:D

:lol:

We've been married 19 years. I wonder what else she hasn't told me...

I do remember my friend was talking to my wife a few months ago. He's a bit up and down, and thinks that I'm always happy - which I am mainly.
He asked my wife what my secret was and she replied that I was simple. :D

Perhaps I should stick to not knowing what she hasn't told me...

[The Atheist]

He asked my wife what my secret was and she replied that I was simple.

:lol:

Classic!

It's things like that which remind you why you got married.

[prendrelemick]

:frown2:And What, may I ask, is Wrong with having no Chin?:frown2:

or being simple?









or being overweight?









with anti socail habits?








I'm depressed now!

[The Atheist]

I'll get Parker to bring you a double

[Paulclem]

:frown2:And What, may I ask, is Wrong with having no Chin?:frown2:

or being simple?









or being overweight?









with anti socail habits?








I'm depressed now!

Hmmm. Do all men have these habits that are then villified by their other halves?

A kinship in vilification. The brotherhood of the despised. I'll have a double too please Parker. Parker... are you married too?

I see. Better get yourself one as well. :cheers2:

[prendrelemick]

There are certain male apendeges that need to be manually "arranged" from time to time, not to say scratched. Women don't seem to understand this.:confused:

Billiards anyone?

[The Atheist]

Hmmm. Do all men have these habits that are then villified by their other halves?

A kinship in vilification. The brotherhood of the despised. I'll have a double too please Parker. Parker... are you married too?

I see. Better get yourself one as well. :cheers2:

Parker isn't, and has never been, married.

Why do you think he has that permanent smile?

Oddly, Mrs Atheist and I don't have those problems. She's learnt to leave the seat up and never move the beer.


There are certain male apendeges that need to be manually "arranged" from time to time, not to say scratched. Women don't seem to understand this.:confused:

Billiards anyone?

Damn.

I was hoping women would understand that. I'm setting up a brassiere fitting service next week.

[soundofmusic]

:brow:
How dare you sounds! - accuse me of having a closet rosary.:D


The cane is there for perfectly innocent reasons!:Angel_anim: And any red marks upon my but-tocks are from sitting too long upon fences.
I think I saw a picture of a caned buttocks on you-tube; Paul, was that Mick :idea:


I have hair, but not much of a face......:D

Incidentally my face strimmer -beard trimmer etc - broke down and I was contemplating getting another one. I said to my wife:

"...Or I could just shave off the tache and beard."

To which she replied:

"But then it would be obvious that you've got no chin."

So I got a new face strimmer...:D

Why do our mates only seem to notice that we haven't chins or waist lines after their names are on all of our property:nonod:

By the way, Paul, Kenneth Branagh became a sex symbol with no chin or lips...there's still hope for you man:hurray:


:frown2:And What may I ask is Wrong with being Bald? :frown2:

Nothing really, some men are very sexy when they're bald...Telly Savalous and Atheist does a good bald

Good god! We're clone couples!

When I shaved it all off for charity, it was suggested I use a paper bag until the beard grew back. I always keep my old beard trimmer as a back up.



Nothing.

If you're a frog.

:D

Oh yes, I forgot, Kermit from the muppets is really sexy too:p

:lol:

We've been married 19 years. I wonder what else she hasn't told me...

I do remember my friend was talking to my wife a few months ago. He's a bit up and down, and thinks that I'm always happy - which I am mainly.
He asked my wife what my secret was and she replied that I was simple. :D

Perhaps I should stick to not knowing what she hasn't told me...

Do you think she meant that you appreciate the simple pleasures:skep:


:frown2:And What, may I ask, is Wrong with having no Chin?:frown2:

or being simple?









or being overweight?


with anti socail habits?



I'm depressed now!
God, I just found my soul mate on the Blokes thread:rofl:

I'll get Parker to bring you a double
Ask parker to mix me a Jose cuervo margarita and don't forget the chilled glass with kosher salt:thumbsup:

Hmmm. Do all men have these habits that are then villified by their other halves?

:

All mens men have these habits, that we other halves think are adorable before we become the other half...then we realize our part of the half is getting the same way and our spouses are b... about it (Honey, you don't have to buy new clothes, just stop eating 8 meals a day) :svengo:


There are certain male apendeges that need to be manually "arranged" from time to time, not to say scratched. Women don't seem to understand this.:confused:


We scratch too; we just run to the bathroom or do it in the car...Uh oh...here comes a semi:smilielol5:

[Nightshade]

Looking for songs to sing with the Foundation (Kindergarten and Pre K/ nursery) kids was looking for boys and girls come out to play I endedup with this and it amused me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWIY33BMqQYnote its source!

[soundofmusic]

Looking for songs to sing with the Foundation (Kindergarten and Pre K/ nursery) kids was looking for boys and girls come out to play I endedup with this and it amused me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWIY33BMqQYnote its source!

I wasn't able to download it Nightshade, is there something wrong with my computer?

[Paulclem]

Why do our mates only seem to notice that we haven't chins or waist lines after their names are on all of our property

By the way, Paul, Kenneth Branagh became a sex symbol with no chin or lips...there's still hope for you man

Alas comparing me to Branagh is like comparing a prince to a pig. :piggy:

:D

[The Atheist]

Why do our mates only seem to notice that we haven't chins or waist lines after their names are on all of our property

It's another example of why we men are the better creature.

We look with critical eyes at the droops and wrinkles, the cellulite and varicose veins and say:

"You're just as beautiful as the day we met."

Blokes rule.


Alas comparing me to Branagh is like comparing a prince to a pig. :piggy:

:D

Whatever anyone thinks about Branagh, he's married to Emma Thompson.

I'd swap for a week.

[soundofmusic]

Why do our mates only seem to notice that we haven't chins or waist lines after their names are on all of our property

By the way, Paul, Kenneth Branagh became a sex symbol with no chin or lips...there's still hope for you man

Alas comparing me to Branagh is like comparing a prince to a pig. :piggy:

:D

Well Branagh is really good with makeup and lights; and he always makes sure he stands on an elevated stage or wears lifts so no one notices his heigth...Besides, Paul, you are a prince among men; I'm sure branagh would not go through 4 delivery room experiences

It's another example of why we men are the better creature.

We look with critical eyes at the droops and wrinkles, the cellulite and varicose veins and say:

"You're just as beautiful as the day we met."

Blokes rule.

Whatever anyone thinks about Branagh, he's married to Emma Thompson.

I'd swap for a week.

Unfortunately, all the men I've known are really honest about my appearance; except when they thought I looked really, really good.

No doubt, for a long time, Emma thought Kenneth was a pig...she dumped him about the time he started sleeping with Helena Bonham Carter...
If you want to swap for Emma now, you'll have to talk to husband, Alan Rickman (snape in Harry Potter and that hot psychopath in Die Hard 2)

[The Atheist]

No doubt, for a long time, Emma thought Kenneth was a pig...she dumped him about the time he started sleeping with Helena Bonham Carter...
If you want to swap for Emma now, you'll have to talk to husband, Alan Rickman (snape in Harry Potter and that hot psychopath in Die Hard 2)

Shows how much notice I take of the gossip - I didn't even know they'd split up.

Rickman would be no problem. I could take him out with my left hand.

[prendrelemick]

I'd settle for being a prince among pigs.

All mens men have these habits, that we other halves think are adorable before we become the other half...

Be honest Sounds, I reckon you ladies take us on as a challenge, (Its part of the attraction) and spend the ensuing years try to change us into a Romantic Ideal. (Or Cliff Richards, in my wife's case)

By the way I have :spam: in my sarnies today.

[The Atheist]

By the way I have :spam: in my sarnies today.


That's another reason to hate spammers - they've destroyed the reputation of one Britain's finest sandwich fillings!

[Paulclem]

That's another reason to hate spammers - they've destroyed the reputation of one Britain's finest sandwich fillings!

Please - it's only palatable fried in batter as a fritter.

I disliked spam as a kid - or "luncheon meat" as they called it then.

Luncheon meat - thats a laugh.

"Cucumber sandwich or luncheon meat?" Would you pass the plate please Parker.

Have you done the spam song on here? Apologies if I'm repeating myself, as I surely would if I had spam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFrtpT1mKy8

[prendrelemick]

They were delicious, with a splash of mayo on Warburtons sliced white.

and enough left in the tin to fry up for tomorrow, -food heaven.

[The Atheist]

.. "luncheon meat" ...

My kids have gone right off it since I told them what parts of the animals were used in making it.

[soundofmusic]

Parker isn't, and has never been, married.

Why do you think he has that permanent smile?

Oddly, Mrs Atheist and I don't have those problems. She's learnt to leave the seat up and never move the beer.

Damn.

I was hoping women would understand that. I'm setting up a brassiere fitting service next week.

Are you quite sure that Mrs Atheist hasn't taken a leave of abstinance and left our dear Jocky in drag...I've never met a women yet who leaves the seat up:idea:
You don't want to do a bra fitting; the old heffers grab your ...and squeeze them:nonod:

Shows how much notice I take of the gossip - I didn't even know they'd split up.

Rickman would be no problem. I could take him out with my left hand.

I don't know, Rickman seems quite a bit taller and stouter than Kenneth...Not to mention that his proper English accent would intimidate most fellows:boxing_smiley:

I'd settle for being a prince among pigs.

All mens men have these habits, that we other halves think are adorable before we become the other half...

Be honest Sounds, I reckon you ladies take us on as a challenge, (Its part of the attraction) and spend the ensuing years try to change us into a Romantic Ideal. (Or Cliff Richards, in my wife's case)

By the way I have :spam: in my sarnies today.

I think it's fair to say we both play at that game; it's just that women know what they're planning from the onset. The guys don't quite realize it until a new secretary comes to the office or they watch an episode of Americas top model:smilielol5:
What are sarnies; please don't tell me it's sardines:puke:

Please - it's only palatable fried in batter as a fritter.

I disliked spam as a kid - or "luncheon meat" as they called it then.

Luncheon meat - thats a laugh.

"Cucumber sandwich or luncheon meat?" Would you pass the plate please Parker.

Have you done the spam song on here? Apologies if I'm repeating myself, as I surely would if I had spam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFrtpT1mKy8

Here, Here. I wasn't aware that spam was that bad in the old days. Recently my daughter bought some; it was like eating hard lard:spam::nonod:

[The Atheist]

Are you quite sure that Mrs Atheist hasn't taken a leave of abstinance and left our dear Jocky in drag...I've never met a women yet who leaves the seat up:idea:

We train 'em well down here.


You don't want to do a bra fitting; the old heffers grab your ...and squeeze them:nonod:

Old shielas? No way.

I'm setting a strict age limit of 30 as a maximum. After that, it's more plastic surgery than fitting.

:lol:


What are sarnies;

Sandwiches.

[prendrelemick]

Please - it's only palatable fried in batter as a fritter.

I disliked spam as a kid - or "luncheon meat" as they called it then.

Luncheon meat - thats a laugh.

"Cucumber sandwich or luncheon meat?" Would you pass the plate please Parker.

Have you done the spam song on here? Apologies if I'm repeating myself, as I surely would if I had spam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFrtpT1mKy8


An absolute gold plated classic!


My kids have gone right off it since I told them what parts of the animals were used in making it.

All the tasty parts I'd say





Here, Here. I wasn't aware that spam was that bad in the old days. Recently my daughter bought some; it was like eating hard lard:spam::nonod:

Your daughter bought some? unusual to see such sophistication in the younger generation.:wink5:

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

I'm back from rambling and camping around New Mexico and what would a trip be through New Mexico if you don't stop by Roswell?
(For the sake of the unabducted out there, look up "The Roswell Incident)

Here are a couple of items from the "UFO Museum and Research Center" in Roswell:

Full scale diorama of the the famed alien autopsy.
The alien prop on the gurney was used in the "Showtime" movie; "Roswell":

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/For%20the%20Sonata/IMG_1464.jpg


and lastly, "The Basic Alien Types", subtitled "The Usual Suspects". I had no idea that Magnus Pedi were aso aliens! - Geez, you get the best of both worlds!


http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/For%20the%20Sonata/IMG_1461.jpg


Gilliatt

[The Atheist]

I'm back from rambling and camping around New Mexico and what would a trip be through New Mexico if you don't stop by Roswell?

Brilliant!

Don't you love how aliens look just like we expect them to?

[soundofmusic]

We train 'em well down here.

Old shielas? No way.

I'm setting a strict age limit of 30 as a maximum. After that, it's more plastic surgery than fitting.

:lol:

Sandwiches.

Impressive,
So, some sexy young thing will do your fitting then.
Are all women in Australia and NZ called Shielas, or is it a subtype?
Thank you, I like that word...sarnie...:aureola:


An absolute gold plated classic!



All the tasty parts I'd say
Your daughter bought some? unusual to see such sophistication in the younger generation.:wink5:

Yeah, she taught me everything I know about beans, barley, and meat substitutes. She is a great cook; but even her talents could not cover up the spam...:prrr:

I'm back from rambling and camping around New Mexico and what would a trip be through New Mexico if you don't stop by Roswell?
(For the sake of the unabducted out there, look up "The Roswell Incident)

Here are a couple of items from the "UFO Museum and Research Center" in Roswell:

Full scale diorama of the the famed alien autopsy.
The alien prop on the gurney was used in the "Showtime" movie; "Roswell":

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/For%20the%20Sonata/IMG_1464.jpg


and lastly, "The Basic Alien Types", subtitled "The Usual Suspects". I had no idea that Magnus Pedi were aso aliens! - Geez, you get the best of both worlds!


http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/For%20the%20Sonata/IMG_1461.jpg


Gilliatt

That's just really scary. Reminds me of an old teacher I had that claimed that in the "old days" they used to smother ugly babies in the delivery room...that one picture looks like an ugly baby that made it through the screening process.

Please - it's only palatable fried in batter as a fritter.

I disliked spam as a kid - or "luncheon meat" as they called it then.

Luncheon meat - thats a laugh.

"Cucumber sandwich or luncheon meat?" Would you pass the plate please Parker.

Have you done the spam song on here? Apologies if I'm repeating myself, as I surely would if I had spam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFrtpT1mKy8

Monty Python, the great historian of the 20th century...:hurray:

[prendrelemick]

First the rugby. Even though this Nation is shaking its collective fist at the referee, I thank God England didn't win in Paris. They finished higher up the table than they deserved anyway. Scotland, who have played some very good stuff in parts, got a win at last.

In fact, instead of relying on points scored (ie, who the ref favours) they should let me decide who wins each match based on style and endevour. Then the table would be as follows:-

France
Scotland
Italy
Ireland
Wales
England.

I think that is much more satisfactory.


You see examples of all the basic alien types round here, I thought it was due to inbreeding. :brow:

[The Atheist]

Are all women in Australia and NZ called Shielas, or is it a subtype?

Just a generic term for women.


In fact, instead of relying on points scored (ie, who the ref favours) they should let me decide who wins each match based on style and endevour.


That's a great idea!

It could be marked like the ski-jump; you start with the score and add or subtract points for being creative or boring.

I see this playing into the hands of France, Australia, Ireland, Scotland and very much against NZ, RSA, England and Argentina. And imagine how good the Pacific Island teams would be!

[soundofmusic]

You see examples of all the basic alien types round here, I thought it was due to inbreeding. :brow:

We're also seeing all the alien types in the states; I thought it was because we keep thrusting everyone into the same soup pot :spam: (or melting pot, as we call it here):smilielol5:

[Paulclem]

Just a generic term for women.




That's a great idea!

It could be marked like the ski-jump; you start with the score and add or subtract points for being creative or boring.

I see this playing into the hands of France, Australia, Ireland, Scotland and very much against NZ, RSA, England and Argentina. And imagine how good the Pacific Island teams would be!

Ah - you risk rugby becoming like ballet with shoulder pads. They might even re-design the kit and put it to music. Imagine what it would do to the Hakka - a new routine every campaign!

A good balance is needed - flair and style, but some good old fashioned thumping.

Otherwise players like myself in my younger days - whose main skill was running into people, by which I managed to forge a niche as left back for my mate's pub footbal side too - would be redundant. :biggrin5:

[The Atheist]

Ah - you risk rugby becoming like ballet with shoulder pads. They might even re-design the kit and put it to music. Imagine what it would do to the Hakka - a new routine every campaign!

The sad part is, they already wear padding. As far as I can tell, it's actually still against the rules of rugby, but since only Paddy O'Brien has ever read them all, they get away with it.

Helmets can't be too far away.


A good balance is needed - flair and style, but some good old fashioned thumping.

I'd bring back rucking, if it were my choice.

Nothing like a good going over with 8 pairs of size 10s to sort out the backs from the ballet dancers.


Otherwise players like myself in my younger days - whose main skill was running into people, by which I managed to forge a niche as left back for my mate's pub footbal side too - would be redundant. :biggrin5:

:lol:

Funny, that's exactly where I used to play in social soccer as well!

[prendrelemick]

It needs thinking about this.

start with 100 points each.

you lose points for pointless kicking, spoiling scrums, spray-on tans and hair gel.

you gain points for prop's sidesteps (thats straight on over the opposition), taking on the winger on the outside, passing the ball, rubbing the tanned, hair gelled scrum half's head in the mud.

I too appeared as left back for my school on a couple of occasions.

[The Atheist]

It needs thinking about this.

start with 100 points each.

you lose points for pointless kicking, spoiling scrums, spray-on tans and hair gel.

you gain points for prop's sidesteps (thats straight on over the opposition), taking on the winger on the outside, passing the ball, rubbing the tanned, hair gelled scrum half's head in the mud.

I too appeared as left back for my school on a couple of occasions.

I like it!

M'a'a N'o'n'u's mascara would be an immediate -20.

[Paulclem]

It needs thinking about this.

start with 100 points each.

you lose points for pointless kicking, spoiling scrums, spray-on tans and hair gel.

you gain points for prop's sidesteps (thats straight on over the opposition), taking on the winger on the outside, passing the ball, rubbing the tanned, hair gelled scrum half's head in the mud.

I too appeared as left back for my school on a couple of occasions.

I like it too. I'm against all the male make up crap they are trying to sell us these days.

We've got a thread full of left backs - we'd keep some clean sheets, but perhaps we'd not make much of a team. How about you Gilliat and Soundof and gbrekken. Where do you play? You never know - we might rustle up a 5-a side team. :D

[The Atheist]

We've got a thread full of left backs - we'd keep some clean sheets,

Quite right.

Nothing like a couple of Liverpool kisses to make sure all shots are long-range.

:D

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

"...How about you Gilliat and Soundof and gbrekken. Where do you play? You never know - we might rustle up a 5-a side team.

My sport was running, as in sprinting. I had no choice but to run!
Remember those knuckle dragging playground girls?!

[soundofmusic]

I like it too. I'm against all the male make up crap they are trying to sell us these days.

We've got a thread full of left backs - we'd keep some clean sheets, but perhaps we'd not make much of a team. How about you Gilliat and Soundof and gbrekken. Where do you play? You never know - we might rustle up a 5-a side team. :D

:driving: I'll drive right over; where we playing? I'll get on my striped knickers and pom poms and do some big girl cheering dances:hurray:

[prendrelemick]

continuing the sporting theme, have you chaps come across the Women of curling Calender?

Here is a sample


http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k78/prendrelemick/Cal102cv.jpg (http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k78/prendrelemick/?action=view&current=Cal102cv.jpg)


There are more here, risque, but tasteful.
http://www.anaarce.com/Calendario%20Curling/A-Curling%20Calendar.htm



Hmm.. Curling, an undeservedly neglected sport. I see that now. I suggest we sod the football, grab a broom and start sliding our rocks about.

[Paulclem]

:D
continuing the sporting theme, have you chaps come across the Women of curling Calender?

Here is a sample


http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k78/prendrelemick/Cal102cv.jpg (http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k78/prendrelemick/?action=view&current=Cal102cv.jpg)


There are more here, risque, but tasteful.
http://www.anaarce.com/Calendario%20Curling/A-Curling%20Calendar.htm



Hmm.. Curling, an undeservedly neglected sport. I see that now. I suggest we sod the football, grab a broom and start sliding our rocks about.

:D

Is that the curling with the heated tongs?

[The Atheist]

My sport was running, as in sprinting. I had no choice but to run!
Remember those knuckle dragging playground girls?!

Ha!

A winger.


:driving: I'll drive right over; where we playing? I'll get on my striped knickers and pom poms and do some big girl cheering dances:hurray:

Cor, I'm getting shivers down my spine just thinking about it!


continuing the sporting theme, have you chaps come across the Women of curling Calender?

Ahem.

Did you really ask that?


Hmm.. Curling, an undeservedly neglected sport. I see that now. I suggest we sod the football, grab a broom and start sliding our rocks about.

Very good plan, although I have my doubts about our collective chances with a bunch of young babes!

15 or more years ago, sure, but I have to be honest and note that my appeal is greatest these days among women of the over 40 persuasion.

Not that there's anything wrong with that!

[The Atheist]

And just for those who live in sunny England - we've just completed our driest three months in recorded history in Auckland with a grand total of 56mm of rain in 2010 to date.

Melbourne had 60mm in an hour and a half a couple of weeks back.

Auckland; sub-tropical paradise.

[prendrelemick]

Thanks for that Athiest :sosp:
The one thing we are getting more than our share of is rain.


Here's a thing. Is there anything left to invent?

I ask this because mentioned on the news this morning was a Grandmother, who has thought of something so brilliant and so simple, that every boffin in the world must be slapping their forehead and going doh! (Its a needle anyone- even me- can thread)

So whats left, there must be something we all need but don't realize we do. Something simple, like that bit of string attached to mittens that goes up one sleeve of a toddler's coat and down the other.

[gbrekken]

I'll have to pass on the rugby, no place for ice hockey goalies. I did almost watch the Scottish-English match a week or so ago. Turned to the BBC and soon realized they were doing a full hour of pre-game, and that was just too much foreplay for me. By the time I tuned in again, in was half-time, and the only stat I fully understood was 160 succesful passes by the Scots, that, and they were ahead. Back to the other station, and then tuned in again for the last ten seconds of the post-game. "Two English coaches and neither one won". No OT? Back to the hot ice site-anyone for curling?

[soundofmusic]

continuing the sporting theme, have you chaps come across the Women of curling Calender?

Hmm.. Curling, an undeservedly neglected sport. I see that now. I suggest we sod the football, grab a broom and start sliding our rocks about.
Beautiful t&a shots; oddly enough, my favorites are the ones that don't show alot of face:lol: Curling is an extremey dangerous sport; I gave it up when the arthritis came...Got the curler next to my head, tangled and couldn't get it out:rofl:


:D

Is that the curling with the heated tongs?
I hear they practice with the heated tongs and if it doesn't work out, they do a bikini cut:wink5:

Ha!

Cor, I'm getting shivers down my spine just thinking about it!

Ahem.

Did you really ask that?

Very good plan, although I have my doubts about our collective chances with a bunch of young babes!

15 or more years ago, sure, but I have to be honest and note that my appeal is greatest these days among women of the over 40 persuasion.

Not that there's anything wrong with that!

Thank you, Atheist, there's one vote for me to change careers for cheerleading:hurray:
I think nowdays it isn't much of a sport to catch the eye of the under 40's; just wave your credit card and keep a new auto:auto:

And just for those who live in sunny England - we've just completed our driest three months in recorded history in Auckland with a grand total of 56mm of rain in 2010 to date.

Melbourne had 60mm in an hour and a half a couple of weeks back.

Auckland; sub-tropical paradise.

It's only spring and already as hot and muggy as a rainforest here:mad5:

Thanks for that Athiest :sosp:
The one thing we are getting more than our share of is rain.


Here's a thing. Is there anything left to invent?

I ask this because mentioned on the news this morning was a Grandmother, who has thought of something so brilliant and so simple, that every boffin in the world must be slapping their forehead and going doh! (Its a needle anyone- even me- can thread)

So whats left, there must be something we all need but don't realize we do. Something simple, like that bit of string attached to mittens that goes up one sleeve of a toddler's coat and down the other.

This needle I have to see; I wonder if it fits through any fabric?

Have we located the Jock yet...I wonder if that horrid muse poisoned him or something:skep:

[The Atheist]

Thanks for that Athiest :sosp:
The one thing we are getting more than our share of is rain.

Being from 't land myself, I do feel for the farmers; they are doing it very hard right now up in Northland, which just about never gets drought.


Here's a thing. Is there anything left to invent?

I ask this because mentioned on the news this morning was a Grandmother, who has thought of something so brilliant and so simple, that every boffin in the world must be slapping their forehead and going doh! (Its a needle anyone- even me- can thread)

Go granny!

Got a link?


So whats left, there must be something we all need but don't realize we do. Something simple, like that bit of string attached to mittens that goes up one sleeve of a toddler's coat and down the other.

That's pretty good, but we can go one better!

Elastic on mittens attached to a pre-sewn frame in the back is the way to go, then we can attach a chain to the middle of the harness - no lost mittens or kids!


I'll have to pass on the rugby, no place for ice hockey goalies.

Isn't ice hockey full of mad bastards who fight all the time?

There's a place for you in rugby alright!


I did almost watch the Scottish-English match a week or so ago. Turned to the BBC and soon realized they were doing a full hour of pre-game, and that was just too much foreplay for me. By the time I tuned in again, in was half-time, and the only stat I fully understood was 160 succesful passes by the Scots, that, and they were ahead. Back to the other station, and then tuned in again for the last ten seconds of the post-game. "Two English coaches and neither one won". No OT? Back to the hot ice site-anyone for curling?

I never quite got the hang of that American thing of needing to find a winner at all costs; a draw's a fair result - it shows that both sides were crap.

:D

[gbrekken]

Isn't ice hockey full of mad bastards who fight all the time?


:D

Only once did I ever see a goalie in a fight. He met the other goalie at center ice while the rest of the teams were at each other. Goalie is more of a thinking man's position! Watching NCAA playoffs right now. I don't expect a boxing match to break out at this level of play. Doubt they'll televise the women's.

[Paulclem]

Just to cheer you up Atheist, we've got snow forecast for Tuesday/ Wednesday next week. I keep bringing the good news to my colleagues etc with the same result - tears and wailing and a beating of chests. Such fun. I'm from't North like Prendrelmick, so I don't care.

As for the team, I think we've got a good side developing -
Soundof with the cheerleading and the distracting credit card and the magic sponge for those delicate injuries
3 left backs
Gbrekken as a mad hockey player
Gilliat on the wing

What more do we need? When can we get a bit of practice in?:)

[soundofmusic]

Just to cheer you up Atheist, we've got snow forecast for Tuesday/ Wednesday next week. I keep bringing the good news to my colleagues etc with the same result - tears and wailing and a beating of chests. Such fun. I'm from't North like Prendrelmick, so I don't care.

As for the team, I think we've got a good side developing -
Soundof with the cheerleading and the distracting credit card and the magic sponge for those delicate injuries
3 left backs
Gbrekken as a mad hockey player
Gilliat on the wing

What more do we need? When can we get a bit of practice in?:)

You would have made one heck of an announcer:hurray: I also double as "the waterboy" and "towel girl"; just name the spot!

[The Atheist]

Goalie is more of a thinking man's position!

:lol:

Lots of room for them in the front row, but in soccer, you'd better be centre half.



Just to cheer you up Atheist, we've got snow forecast for Tuesday/ Wednesday next week. I keep bringing the good news to my colleagues etc with the same result - tears and wailing and a beating of chests. Such fun. I'm from't North like Prendrelmick, so I don't care.

That must be late snow for you?

It was still stinking hot here yesterday.


As for the team, I think we've got a good side developing -
Soundof with the cheerleading and the distracting credit card and the magic sponge for those delicate injuries
3 left backs
Gbrekken as a mad hockey player
Gilliat on the wing

What more do we need? When can we get a bit of practice in?:)

Mondays after work.

Drinks on the house - Parker loves his sport!


You would have made one heck of an announcer:hurray: I also double as "the waterboy" and "towel girl"; just name the spot!

All-purpose, you are.

:D

[OrphanPip]

Only once did I ever see a goalie in a fight. He met the other goalie at center ice while the rest of the teams were at each other. Goalie is more of a thinking man's position! Watching NCAA playoffs right now. I don't expect a boxing match to break out at this level of play. Doubt they'll televise the women's.

Patrick Roy and Ron Hextall were infamous for the goalie fights, they had quite the tempers them. Both amazing goaltenders on top of their terrible attitudes too. With the big nets they imported from Europe no one plays as aggressively as they do anymore.

I think Ron Hextall is the only goalie I've ever seen check someone in the corners. He's also the first goaltender in the NHL to score a goal, then he followed it up later in his career being the first goaltender to score a goal in the playoffs.




I never quite got the hang of that American thing of needing to find a winner at all costs; a draw's a fair result - it shows that both sides were crap.

:D

Actually, the shoot-outs in hockey were imported from international rules. They've only been used in the NHL for the last 3 years. To make the game more "exciting." I do blame the Americans for the jerryrigging of hockey rules that goes on to improve their market in the USA. Most of them have no respect for the game.

[soundofmusic]

:lol:

Drinks on the house - Parker loves his sport!

All-purpose, you are.

:D

I can do most anything; though I hate to think of myself as "all purpose...it turns a talent into the mundane":lol:
Parker said he'd strip to his schivvies, while serving drinks, to bring in a bigger fan base to our game:brow:

Patrick Roy and Ron Hextall were infamous for the goalie fights, they had quite the tempers them. Both amazing goaltenders on top of their terrible attitudes too. With the big nets they imported from Europe no one plays as aggressively as they do anymore.

I think Ron Hextall is the only goalie I've ever seen check someone in the corners. He's also the first goaltender in the NHL to score a goal, then he followed it up later in his career being the first goaltender to score a goal in the playoffs.

Actually, the shoot-outs in hockey were imported from international rules. They've only been used in the NHL for the last 3 years. To make the game more "exciting." I do blame the Americans for the jerryrigging of hockey rules that goes on to improve their market in the USA. Most of them have no respect for the game.

Hey Pip, what did you do to your face; that avatar is scary:wink5: It's good to see you though:ladysman:

[OrphanPip]

Hey Pip, what did you do to your face; that avatar is scary:wink5: It's good to see you though:ladysman:

Haha, it's part of the avatar theme for this weekend. I thought to myself I'm already a queen, so I might as well be a princess too. And who better to be than Princess Anne, she's both royal and a former Olympic athlete in the equestrian events. I'll refrain from the obvious horse jokes ;)

[soundofmusic]

Haha, it's part of the avatar theme for this weekend. I thought to myself I'm already a queen, so I might as well be a princess too. And who better to be than Princess Anne, she's both royal and a former Olympic athlete in the equestrian events. I'll refrain from the obvious horse jokes ;)

Well, my dear, you're a much prettier queen:reddevil: I've always wondered how the good features of Elizabeth, her mom and Phillip could make such homely children. Goes to show, you can pick the features; but not the mix:nonod:

[The Atheist]

I do blame the Americans for the jerryrigging of hockey rules that goes on to improve their market in the USA. Most of them have no respect for the game.

Oh, I see trouble here!


Hey Pip, what did you do to your face; that avatar is scary:wink5: It's good to see you though:ladysman:

There certainly aren't many scarier things than Princess Anne!

[prendrelemick]

First of all here is the link Athiest wanted. If the footy team fails, how about a "manliest of threads" sewing circle?

http://www.spiraleyeneedles.com/index.html

Orphan pip: I thought David Bowie was looking a bit ropey for a moment there.

Sounds: When you're not dancing, sponging and commentating, we need a mascot.

Gbrekken: You have discovered the Ideal way to watch the English Rugby Union team.

Paulclem: I may be too busy with my new found curling pursuits.

[The Atheist]

First of all here is the link Athiest wanted. If the footy team fails, how about a "manliest of threads" sewing circle?

Brilliant!

I'll get Parker to get a couple of sets. The chaise cushions are looking a touch dowdy.

[soundofmusic]

There certainly aren't many scarier things than Princess Anne!

Maybe it's from Phillips genes; I seem to recall that Elizabeths sister was quite good looking...
I'm trying to recall, which of the royals are locked away; is it Elizabeths sister or daughter...
I wonder, to be a king or a president, do you have to have at least one relative that is in prison or a sanitorium?


First of all here is the link Athiest wanted. If the footy team fails, how about a "manliest of threads" sewing circle?



Orphan pip: I thought David Bowie was looking a bit ropey for a moment there.

Sounds: When you're not dancing, sponging and commentating, we need a mascot.

Gbrekken: You have discovered the Ideal way to watch the English Rugby Union team.

Paulclem: I may be too busy with my new found curling pursuits.
I'm kicking myself for not inventing that needle first; I would use my new found wealth to purchase the dallas cheerleaders and the curling girls to cheer at our team...
Who shall I dress up as if I play mascot?

You know, on second thought, won't that thread just slip right back out?