Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

[The Atheist]

Never watched that one, actually. Probably was not shown in my country.

Aen't you English? It was a BBC production.

[jocky]

Limajean, every woman is a superhero, or so my wife keeps telling me. Apparently there is a problem on Venus, if you all leave now you could get there in about three million lightyears, and you can make your way back in a leisurely style, stopping off at Harvey Nichols and Harrods on the way. ;) Athiest, as to the Blakes Seven slur, seemingly it was filmed in New Zealand. Dont know if it was filmed on North Island or South Island, somehow, no one has any memory of this pioneering experiment in science fiction. :)

[Scheherazade]

Aen't you English? It was a BBC production.Nope, not English.

[Virgil]

Aye! :D

That is one of the first shows I remember watching... That and the reruns of "Bonanza".

Really? How American. :D

[The Atheist]

Athiest, as to the Blakes Seven slur, seemingly it was filmed in New Zealand. Dont know if it was filmed on North Island or South Island, somehow, no one has any memory of this pioneering experiment in science fiction. :)

Filmed here? I see no references for it, and I don't think they ever went outside, did they?


Nope, not English.

Ok. I thought you were in UK somewhere.

[prendrelemick]

Blake's seven was the Triangle of Sci-fi.

[Scheherazade]

Ok. I thought you were in UK somewhere.I am somewhere in the UK just not from here.

[jocky]

I knew it was a big mistake to start the Blakes Seven discussion! Athiest, forgive me for the Canada error, that was a bad mistake on my part. Scheherezade, stop playing the mystery woman, we all know you come from the Isle of Man. :) The topic for tomorrow, are women superior to Men? It is a scientific fact that their heads are are smaller than mens, therefore less room to hold brains.That should get it going. Comedian we are still waiting for the woodpile! Oh, and Prendrelmick, dee dee dee dee ,dee dee dee dee.

[The Atheist]

I am somewhere in the UK just not from here.

Good god! You mean some people live there by choice, and not just because they were born there?


The topic for tomorrow, are women superior to Men? It is a scientific fact that their heads are are smaller than mens, therefore less room to hold brains.That should get it going.

Too easy.

Just count Nobel Prize winners in sciences and let me know what percentage of them were women.

;)

[Niamh]

The topic for tomorrow, are women superior to Men? It is a scientific fact that their heads are are smaller than mens, therefore less room to hold brains.

It is also a scientific fact that women use both sides of their brains, while men only use one, women can concentrate on more than one thing at once and dont need to turn there heads to glance a someone passing them unlike our male counterparts. ;)

[prendrelemick]

It is a scientific fact that their heads are are smaller than mens, therefore less room to hold brains.That should get it going.

That's true, but not the whole story, My wife claims that the site of the male cognitive organ is actually not in the head, but somewhere south of there.

[Scheherazade]

Scheherezade, stop playing the mystery woman, we all know you come from the Isle of Man. :) Yep, you got me. Is it the accent that gave it away? :rolleyes:


Good god! You mean some people live there by choice, and not just because they were born there?Where, oh, where did I say anything about it being "by choice"?


Re. male brain vs female brain. Yes, male brain is bigger... and we all know it is all about the size!

[The Comedian]

Blokes! Gather 'round the camp fire and pull a cold beer from the cooler. I've a story to tell.

As I foreshadowed earlier, I had felled two trees (a red oak and a quaking aspen) which I intended to cut, split, and stack for use in future winters at the hearth in my home. The project is complete!

To begin, these trees were in the woods near my house and posed a slight risk of falling on the house. So, to ensure the safety of my family, they had to be cut down.

Once they were down, I used my chainsaw to separate the usable wood from the brush. I then hauled the brush to a pile a ways back in the woods (well behind the fence) and cut the logs into 1-foot long sections for splitting.

Here's a picture taken from a this stage (my chainsaw is featured). The tree, as you might tell is the red oak (notice the lovely reddish grain to the wood, which is how the species gets its colorful name:

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k431/ssteter/WoodWorking%20and%20Projects/DSC01568.jpg

Once I cut all the sections, I moved them with a wheelbarrow to the wood stack and my splittin' log, seen here:

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k431/ssteter/WoodWorking%20and%20Projects/DSC01569.jpg

From there, I used two tools to complete the task of splitting the logs:

This tool (a 100% steel splitting maul):

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k431/ssteter/WoodWorking%20and%20Projects/DSC01570.jpg

And this tool ("steel" after a fashion, I think):

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k431/ssteter/WoodWorking%20and%20Projects/DSC01584.jpg

I worked on splitting and stacking the wood off and on for the last several days. In the end, the result turned out to be this:

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k431/ssteter/WoodWorking%20and%20Projects/DSC01587.jpg
A stout, little stack that's roughly 12' long, by 4'6'' high.

[Michael T]

:thumbs_up Nice job Comedian. You deserve a good few beers after that. :)

[The Atheist]

Where, oh, where did I say anything about it being "by choice"?

Sorry, but you've completely lost me now. Are you being held captive?


As I foreshadowed earlier, I had felled two trees (a red oak and a quaking aspen) which I intended to cut, split, and stack for use in future winters at the hearth in my home. The project is complete!

Murderer!

You're the cause of global warming, you and your ilk, willy-nilly cutting down trees which give us oxygen! Then, even worse, you're going to burn it and release all the carbon the tree stored during its century of life.

:lol:

[prendrelemick]

Atheist, away with your tree huggery. Great job comedian.

Our house is heated by a wood stove too, so I know the satisfaction of a well stocked woodpile built by the strengh of one's arm, and the sweat of one's brow.

[jocky]

Comedian, I thought that fence was unsurpassable, but you have risen to new heights of creativity. You are a man's man and I am enjoying that cold beer, warm in the knowledge that the female race do not come close in ordering the natural world. One teeny, weeny criticism, ditch the trainers. :)

How to spoil the wifes meticulously planned female only party, A: refuse to vacate the living room. B: Keep your feet firmly planted on the coffee table, shoes on or off optional. C: Refuse to turn the telly down D: Offer your opinion sporadically and vociferously while graciously sharing your cheapest bottle of Buckfast. This is guaranteed to work, I have still got the scars to prove it. :)

Last for tonight I promise. I joined Literature Network Forum to enjoy the thrill of contributing to the cut and thrust of literary criticiscm. Unfortunately, I found the Cold Ale thread and realised instantly I was at home. Athiest, you have a lot to answer for! :)

[1n50mn14]

Cold Ale? I might be a woman, but I'm one of the boys! Count me in for a cold pint of Guinness, or a stout whiskey xD.

[The Walker]

*breaking into the blokes' thread*

I dont do this usually but...
Wow Comedian! Your work has impressed me! I have never know someone who has done that until now :thumbs_up

now, i better leave before someone kick me out :D

[The Comedian]

Howdy Gents,

The Atheist
You're the cause of global warming, you and your ilk, willy-nilly cutting down trees which give us oxygen! Then, even worse, you're going to burn it and release all the carbon the tree stored during its century of life.

Some trees are meant to be hugged, and some are meant to but, torn asunder, stacked and burned. :lol:

Michael T
You deserve a good few beers after that.

*pussht, cracks open a cold one* Thanks. *tosses Michael T a can*

jocky --
I thought that fence was unsurpassable, but you have risen to new heights of creativity.

Thanks. *tosses jocky another beer from the cooler* Unfortunately, I might be out of summer projects to boast about here.

prendrelemick --
I know the satisfaction of a well stocked woodpile built by the strengh of one's arm, and the sweat of one's brow.

Well said. I love both the activity of cutting and stacking wood and the satisfaction of the result. In fact, sometimes it's hard for me to convince my wife that when I'm out splitting wood I'm "working". She knows I'm just having fun! :)

[prendrelemick]

Cawblimy its hot today!

[The Atheist]

God, I wish it was here.

I HATE WINTER.

With a passion. Cold, miserable, rain, viruses.... I'm going to move to Hawaii.

[jocky]

God, I wish it was here.

I HATE WINTER.

With a passion. Cold, miserable, rain, viruses.... I'm going to move to Hawaii. Honolulu, no hon a surfboard. Hawaii 50. :)

How are thee and thine Prendrelmick ? :p Cawblimy its hot today. The sweat was pouring off me, watching the wife mowing the garden! :)

[The Atheist]

Honolulu, no hon a surfboard. Hawaii 50. :)

Book 'em Danno!


:p Cawblimy its hot today. The sweat was pouring off me, watching the wife mowing the garden! :)

:lol::lol:

Must be global warming, because after a cold start, the day has turned out unbelievably warm for the coldest month, with the Met station presently recording 16 degrees!

[prendrelemick]

Jocky, I'm ok, but doing "Manly Pursuits" in 30 degrees of humid heat, is a bit wilting.
Just after this picture was taken, we retired to the fridge and cracked a couple of cold ones.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k78/prendrelemick/Picture035.jpg

[Stargazer86]

Comedian- Most impressive!!

Athiest- Might I recommend Maui? Lovely and not so littered with tourists and hotels as is the main island

Prend- Also very impressive! That is a lovely wall. How long did that take you?

[jocky]

Prendrelmick, Jocky is hugely impressed, your not rebuilding Hadrian's wall are you? We are not thinking of invading again, well, not for awhile anyway. :)

[The Atheist]

Jocky, I'm ok, but doing "Manly Pursuits" in 30 degrees of humid heat, is a bit wilting.
Just after this picture was taken, we retired to the fridge and cracked a couple of cold ones.

Lovely bit of work!


Prendrelmick, Jocky is hugely impressed, your not rebuilding Hadrian's wall are you? We are not thinking of invading again, well, not for awhile anyway. :)

:lol::lol::lol:

You're not Tom Sharpe are you?

[jocky]

You're not Tom Sharpe are you?

Athiest, I can say hand on heart, for once, I have never been deported from Natal, everywhere else on the Planet, but not Natal. :) Question, is blasphemy a victimless crime?

[The Atheist]

Athiest, I can say hand on heart, for once, I have never been deported from Natal, everywhere else on the Planet, but not Natal. :)

What a mark of the man that is. His Apartheid novels are the best treatises I've read on the subject.


Question, is blasphemy a victimless crime?

Funny you should ask that because NZ is one of the last places in the west where "libellous blasphemy" is still against the law. I spent a couple of years trying to be arrested for it, but the government was smart enough to leave it alone.

While I'm sure some theists feel slighted by blasphemy, it is by nature a victimless crime - unless it's a crime against the god, in which case I'm sure he can dish out his own punishment.

:D

[jocky]

Athiest, the God police have got the good sense not to arrest you, they know they would have an articulate well argued response on their hands, its not good for business. I do agree with your philosophy, Hitchens and Dawkins are carrying the torch for challenging accepted religious ideology. Basically it is mumbo jumbo used by strong personalities to control the weak minded. Now, another question, name three items necessary for male wellbeing? Anyone can join in. My three, Swiss knife, with titanium bottle opener, can of wife repellent and mistress. This may be a wee bit controversial. :)

[Whifflingpin]

A Shed

[prendrelemick]

comfy slippers,
possesion of the telly remote,
selective deafness
.
.
.
I must be getting old

[The Atheist]

Now, another question, name three items necessary for male wellbeing? Anyone can join in. My three, Swiss knife, with titanium bottle opener, can of wife repellent and mistress. This may be a wee bit controversial. :)

Bloody good question.

My Buck knife.

A magnifying glass - to start fires.

1 km of rot-proof 10kg line.

Civilisation could disappear tomorrow, and if I've got those three things, I can live forever.


A Shed

The world's your shed!


comfy slippers,
possesion of the telly remote,
selective deafness
.
.
.
I must be getting old

I'd say!

:D

[jocky]

1 km of rot-proof 10kg line.

From one fisherman to another Athiest, that is the exact same line I used to catch my can of Atlantic salmon. I am considering changing to a 20kg line and perhaps hooking a couple of tins of caviare. :nod: Whifflingpin, brevity is the source of all wit, ' A shed ' impressive. Prendrelmick, I am seriously starting to worry about you, ' SLIPPERS ' :lol:

[stlukesguild]

Independence Day!! So what is is the offing as far as drinks go? I spent most of the day today getting my studio together, building walls and moving. Nothing like some heavy construction and carpentry to wet the appetite and work up a thirst. I came home to steaks on the grill (New York Strips... so red they were still mooing) and some really good beer: Samuel Smith Imperial Stout, Beamish Irish Stout, this really unique banana bread beer:banana:, and we'll finish off with some Three Philosophers while listening to Miles Davis (Kind of Blue) and perhaps some Stones (Let it Bleed) cranked up real loud (Hey... I'm just following the instructions on the LP cover!) if I'm really blitzed. :banana::banana::banana::banana:
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k255/Stlukesguild/7231-6659008.gif

[The Atheist]

Independence Day!!


The rest of the world mourns the day. If only those damned, interfering Frogs had kept their beaks out, the United States would still be paying taxes to the Queen, as they rightfully should!

[Stargazer86]

The rest of the world mourns the day. If only those damned, interfering Frogs had kept their beaks out, the United States would still be paying taxes to the Queen, as they rightfully should!


lol go up to your average American and tell them that we owe our freedom to the French. You won't get the best reaction

[stlukesguild]

lol go up to your average American and tell them that we owe our freedom to the French. You won't get the best reaction

Not that the French are all that thankful for bailing their asses out of two World Wars. Next time they have any problems with the Germans we should all just sit back and watch.:D

[Stargazer86]

Oh dear, we're delving dangerously close to a forbidden political discussion here...

So I refrain from further commentary on the matter...


Would anyone like a Sam Adams?

[The Atheist]

lol go up to your average American and tell them that we owe our freedom to the French. You won't get the best reaction

Yeah; pity really. Shows a distinct lack of appreciation.


Not that the French are all that thankful for bailing their asses out of two World Wars. Next time they have any problems with the Germans we should all just sit back and watch.:D

Um, let me just note that the asses bailed out - if that expression even suits - certainly weren't French. While the Yanks fought mainly in France in WWI, the British Commonwealth had long since covered France's bottom, and in WWII, France didn't even exist by the time your mob joined up.


Oh dear, we're delving dangerously close to a forbidden political discussion here...

Surely that's history rather than politics?


Would anyone like a Sam Adams?

The Mayor of Prtland?

Now that's definitely politics!

:)

[prendrelemick]

Stlukes: Are you sure "Imperial Stout" is the patriotic thing to be drinking on the 4th?

A good Yorkshire beer though.

Jocky: It is impossible to exaggerate the value of a comfy pair of slippers at the end of a long day.

Stargazer: Cheers. God bless A-mhur-ika

[MANICHAEAN]

Come on chaps. Lets not be too beastly to the French.
After all in my parents generation they used to complain about the American forces stationed in the UK during the war:
"They were overpaid, oversexed & over here".

[stlukesguild]

Um, let me just note that the asses bailed out - if that expression even suits - certainly weren't French. While the Yanks fought mainly in France in WWI, the British Commonwealth had long since covered France's bottom...

But for some reason they just couldn't get the job done, eh?:D

...and in WWII, France didn't even exist by the time your mob joined up.

Thanks to the great job your mob pulled at Dunkirk, no doubt.:D

Stlukes: Are you sure "Imperial Stout" is the patriotic thing to be drinking on the 4th?

Well I sure as hell can't picture myself drinking a Budweiser... no matter how patriotic I may or may not be. The only possible alternative would be a good micro-brewery... (or some California wine)... and good luck on finding one of those on a holiday. Perhaps I shoulda gone the true patriotic route and bought some good Kentucky whiskey or bourbon? Hmmm...?:idea:

[jocky]

Stlukesguild, you are not having a go at the British army are you? We have never retreated in our history, a good few strategic withdrawels, but retreat, never. :)

[Stargazer86]

Surely that's history rather than politics?


:)


Perhaps. Too fine a line though as it can quickly turn into Vietnam and Iraq and all that. Recent history/current events

It seems that Stlukes and I possible see it differently and since I've not spoken to this lit netter before, I would not like to get off on the wrong foot.

I love everyone :)

[stlukesguild]

We have never retreated in our history, a good few strategic withdrawels, but retreat, never.:)

What happened at Hastings?:D Of course we have that decisive victory at Pearl Harbor to brag about. I don't imagine too many admirals lining up the entire navy in a shallow harbor any more.:(

[prendrelemick]

We didn't retreat at Hastings, we were slaughtered, perhaps there's a lesson there !

[jocky]

Prendrelmick, you have brought this circular argument to a successful conclusion. Never trust the French. Many a Scotsman died at Hastings, assisting the Normans :)

[The Atheist]

I don't think there was a "British Army" at Hastings...

[jocky]

Athiest, as always, you are right. The concept of a British army has always been complex and problematic. There are Englishmen, Scots, Welsh, Irish,and Ghurkas to name but a few all under the same flag. You will probably be aware that there is even a territorial branch of the Black Watch in your country. There has always been more casualties suffered in barrack room brawls between different ethnic groups than inflicted on our, so called enemies. :)

[stlukesguild]

We didn't retreat at Hastings, we were slaughtered, perhaps there's a lesson there !

Ah... a clear distinction, there... and one that General Custer might have done well to have considered before Little Big Horn.

[Emil Miller]

Athiest, as always, you are right. The concept of a British army has always been complex and problematic. There are Englishmen, Scots, Welsh, Irish,and Ghurkas to name but a few all under the same flag. You will probably be aware that there is even a territorial branch of the Black Watch in your country. There has always been more casualties suffered in barrack room brawls between different ethnic groups than inflicted on our, so called enemies. :)

Sorry to upset your self-congratulatory thinking laddies, but field marshall Sir John Harding, former Chief of General Staff, is on record as saying that the best troops he ever encountered were those of the Wehrmacht.
I might also remind you of General Sir Brian Horrocks assertion that "the British army was a peasant army led by aristocrats while the German army was a military machine led by technocrats." The machine didn't win but only by the narrowest of margins.

[jocky]

Sorry to upset your self-congratulatory thinking laddies, but field marshall Sir John Harding, former Chief of General Staff, is on record as saying that the best troops he ever encountered were those of the Wehrmacht.
I might also remind you of General Sir Brian Horrocks assertion that "the British army was a peasant army led by aristocrats while the German army was a military machine led by technocrats." The machine didn't win but only by the narrowest of margins.

Aye Brian, but we still humped them, a wins a win ;)

[Emil Miller]

Aye Brian, but we still humped them, a wins a win ;)

Who's we?

[jocky]

Who's we?

Who's you? Dont come the Platonic dialectics with old Jocky.

[The Atheist]

There has always been more casualties suffered in barrack room brawls between different ethnic groups than inflicted on our, so called enemies. :)

My dad was a career RN bloke, ended up president of the Chiefs' Mess with a BEM to go with his two WWII DSMs.

There's no doubt that in the minds of Brit servicepeople in WWII, they saw "the enemy" in the following order of priority:

#1 Yanks
#2 Frogs
#3 Japanese
#4 Germans

:)

Although his medals were for fighting the Japanese...

[The Atheist]

Sorry to upset your self-congratulatory thinking laddies, but field marshall Sir John Harding, former Chief of General Staff, is on record as saying that the best troops he ever encountered were those of the Wehrmacht.

That's fine - the troops the Wehrmacht were most scared of was the Maori Battalion!

[JBI]

That's fine - the troops the Wehrmacht were most scared of was the Maori Battalion!

Yeah, they also tell us in history class here that Canadian soldiers were the most feared, bravest, and most skilled fighters and the Newfies (at that point not actually part of Canada) in particular were fearsome (though, two consecutive generations of males were essentially wiped out in Europe, so perhaps they got the bravery bit right) - personally, I doubt the Wehrmacht could tell people apart, especially not the commonwealth battalions but that's just me.

But yeah, people tell me the All Blacks Haka before games scares the crap out of the other teams, so perhaps the Maori battalion was the most frightening.

[jocky]

My dad was a career RN bloke, ended up president of the Chiefs' Mess with a BEM to go with his two WWII DSMs.

There's no doubt that in the minds of Brit servicepeople in WWII, they saw "the enemy" in the following order of priority:

#1 Yanks
#2 Frogs
#3 Japanese
#4 Germans

:)

Although his medals were for fighting the Japanese...

Athiest I knew you would come through for me. Your old man sounds like a trooper. Yanks, well hated, stealing all the wives and girlfriends. Frogs, for obvious reasons. Japanese, sneaky buggers and the Germans because their trains run on time. Question, will you be supporting Australia in the Ashes next week? :D

[jocky]

Yeah, they also tell us in history class here that Canadian soldiers were the most feared, bravest, and most skilled fighters and the Newfies (at that point not actually part of Canada) in particular were fearsome (though, two consecutive generations of males were essentially wiped out in Europe, so perhaps they got the bravery bit right) - personally, I doubt the Wehrmacht could tell people apart, especially not the commonwealth battalions but that's just me.

But yeah, people tell me the All Blacks Haka before games scares the crap out of the other teams, so perhaps the Maori battalion was the most frightening.

Yes the Canadians and Kiwis were and are fantastic soldiers. Take it from someone who knows. I come from a long line of distinguished military ancestors. Famous for being executed by their own side for extreme cowardice in the face of the enemy. :)

[The Atheist]

Athiest I knew you would come through for me. Your old man sounds like a trooper. Yanks, well hated, stealing all the wives and girlfriends. Frogs, for obvious reasons. Japanese, sneaky buggers and the Germans because their trains run on time. Question, will you be supporting Australia in the Ashes next week? :D

Australia? Are you kidding?

We have a standard sports policy in NZ - "I support New Zealand"

and anyone playing Australia!


Yes the Canadians and Kiwis were and are fantastic soldiers. Take it from someone who knows. I come from a long line of distinguished military ancestors. Famous for being executed by their own side for extreme cowardice in the face of the enemy. :)

:lol::lol:

[prendrelemick]

My uncle Walter, the ex German paratrooper, was sensible enough to surrender to the Americans, when his battalion were ordered to the Russian Front.

I don't know about the German Top Brass, but the troops he was with, feared the Russians almost as much as the Gestapo.

[Emil Miller]

Who's you? Dont come the Platonic dialectics with old Jocky.

The late (and unlamented ) Harold Wilson was once accused of dodging unpalatable questions by answering with another. To which he replied, "Who told you that?"

[MANICHAEAN]

In this very highbrow debate on the fighting abilities of the British, its necessary to recognise the negative virtues of this entity e.g.
"I dont know what they do to the enemy, but they frighten the life out of me" Attributed to The Duke of Wellington"

"The highest traditions of the Royal Navy are comprised of rum, sodomy & the lash" Attributed Winston Churchill when First Lord of The Admirality.

[jocky]

' My uncle Walter, the ex German paratrooper'. Prendrelmick, I seem to recall hearing this story before. I am suspicious, this is not the beginning of an extremely elaborate tall tale is it? :)

[MANICHAEAN]

Which one?

[Emil Miller]

My uncle Walter, the ex German paratrooper, was sensible enough to surrender to the Americans, when his battalion were ordered to the Russian Front.

I don't know about the German Top Brass, but the troops he was with, feared the Russians almost as much as the Gestapo.

One of the toughest men I ever knew was an ex Wermacht soldier who was very badly wounded on the Russian front at Leningrad. When I asked him if he had any regrets about what had happened to him he said none whatsoever and if he had his time over again, he would do exactly the same.

[MANICHAEAN]

Jocky
If I remember correctly you can find the reassurance that this is not a "tall tale" in the following two books:
"Years of The Sword" by Elizabeth Longford.
"The Last Lion" by William Manchester.
Sorry, I cant be more precise, but most of my books are in London, and I'm in the Middle East!

[The Atheist]

My uncle Walter, the ex German paratrooper, was sensible enough to surrender to the Americans, when his battalion were ordered to the Russian Front.

I don't know about the German Top Brass, but the troops he was with, feared the Russians almost as much as the Gestapo.

Yes, the Russians were particularly unfogiving to Germans, and I guess that's understandable given the atrocities perpetrated on the Russiand during German occupation. Ironic really, when they started out as pals.


"The highest traditions of the Royal Navy are comprised of rum, sodomy & the lash" Attributed Winston Churchill when First Lord of The Admirality.

And a great album by The Pogues!

(I think Winnie's original words were "Rum, buggery and the lash" but it's been kept alive as sodomy to preserve a few sensibilities.

[prendrelemick]

' My uncle Walter, the ex German paratrooper'. Prendrelmick, I seem to recall hearing this story before. I am suspicious, this is not the beginning of an extremely elaborate tall tale is it? :)

No. By 17 he had been wounded twice, shrapnel in the leg and bullet wound to the head, his home village was by then on the far side of the Red Army.
He met my aunty Val when he was a POW working on a farm near where she lived. He was my favorite Uncle.


Yes, the Russians were particularly unfogiving to Germans, and I guess that's understandable given the atrocities perpetrated on the Russiand during German occupation. Ironic really, when they started out as pals.



And a great album by The Pogues!

(I think Winnie's original words were "Rum, buggery and the lash" but it's been kept alive as sodomy to preserve a few sensibilities.

What, is sodomy nicer than buggery:lol:

[jocky]

The late (and unlamented ) Harold Wilson was once accused of dodging unpalatable questions by answering with another. To which he replied, "Who told you that?"

Did he?

Prendrelmick, 'What, is sodomy nicer than buggery' :)

On the whole, this discussion is getting worrying. Sodomy, buggery, whippings, booze and favourite uncle Walter. I dread to think what auntie Val would say. It wasnt her who shot uncle Walter was it? :)

[prendrelemick]

:lol::lol::lol:

[jocky]

Jocky
If I remember correctly you can find the reassurance that this is not a "tall tale" in the following two books:
"Years of The Sword" by Elizabeth Longford.
"The Last Lion" by William Manchester.
Sorry, I cant be more precise, but most of my books are in London, and I'm in the Middle East!

Mancihaean, I am not sure I want to hear anymore of the exploits of uncle Walter. Its time we got back to a good wholesome moral basis on this thread. Question, do you prefer stockings and suspenders or tights? :)

[The Atheist]

Total no brainer.

Tights are only useful for bank robbers.

[jocky]

Total no brainer.

Tights are only useful for bank robbers.

:lol: Repairing the fanbelt in the car, serial killers weapon of choice, straining the home brew and gagging that dreadful uncle Walter. However, you are right Athiest it was a no brainer :)

[The Atheist]

:lol: Repairing the fanbelt in the car,

Ha; you've reminded of a time, many years ago, I was travelling from Hamilton Airport to Paeroa - about an hour's drive.

My old Morris 1800 (best car I've ever had) broke a fanbelt and I ended up stopping outside a place which was all lit up and partying.

Turned out to be some Ladies' Night at the local golf club.

Easiest pair of tights I've ever had!

[jocky]

Ha; you've reminded of a time, many years ago, I was travelling from Hamilton Airport to Paeroa - about an hour's drive.

My old Morris 1800 (best car I've ever had) broke a fanbelt and I ended up stopping outside a place which was all lit up and partying.

Turned out to be some Ladies' Night at the local golf club.

Easiest pair of tights I've ever had!

Take it you got a hole in one then. ;)

[MANICHAEAN]

And you guys talk about my moral decline!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[prendrelemick]

Welcome to our level Manichaean.

[MANICHAEAN]

I was half way there anyway.
Are you interested in reducing the bar even lower, as I have been reading up on the habits of senior British politicians & Allied Generals when the Rhine was crossed in the last big do?

[jocky]

I was half way there anyway.
Are you interested in reducing the bar even lower, as I have been reading up on the habits of senior British politicians & Allied Generals when the Rhine was crossed in the last big do?

Tell us more :thumbs_up

[The Atheist]

Come on mate! You must've heard enough over your life about politicians' sex lives to not want to know more.

[The Atheist]

Get Parker to break out the tankards and Corona di Coronas.

Just off to the maternity ward - it appears that Mrs Atheist is in labour.

Can't get the name quite right, although we're getting close to going with Traque. (long A sound)

A young bloke, of course!

[Zee.]

This thread is a big fat fail

[MANICHAEAN]

Limajean. You said the same on 4.12.09?

I tried to review this thread from when it originally started but gave up after:beer, steaks, rugby, tennis babes, grunting tennis babes, baywatch surfers, peeing, Jack Daniel's, Chuck Norris movies, manly cars, boobs, butts, legs, fake black hair & flatulance. The rainbow spectrum of male indulgance will never cease to amaze!
Anyway, today's contribution is a variation on a previous theme: " the male characteristic of marking out their territory". It concerns the time during World War II when the German forces had given up the Westwall and retreated across the Rhine. Then came the visit of the great man himself. Upon coming to the first row of dragon teeth, Churchill ordered the driver to stop the car, got out and had all his Generals line up next to him, including Montgomery, Field Marshall Alan Brooke and other Allied dignitaries to pee in the river. Upon completion of this manly ritual the British Prime Ministers turned to Monty & said: "I've been meaning to do that for a long time"
In Patton's case, he insisted on being photographed whilst indulging in the same act.Unfortunately for him, when he got off the wobbly bridge, he slipped and fell flat on his knees but on regaining his composure uttered to the waiting correspondents: "Thus, William the Conqueror."
What are today's macho exploits among politicians in a politically correct environment in comparison? Putin bear hunting & giving judo performances, Tony Blair kicking a football, photo shoots of innumerable other dignitaries in flak jackets riding in a tank?
Give me the original every time, faults & all.

[prendrelemick]

I tried to review this thread from when it originally started but gave up after:beer, steaks, rugby, tennis babes, grunting tennis babes, baywatch surfers, peeing, Jack Daniel's, Chuck Norris movies, manly cars, boobs, butts, legs, fake black hair & flatulance. The rainbow spectrum of male indulgance will never cease to amaze!

Ah, happy days.

[Zee.]

Limajean. You said the same on 4.12.09?


i'm only messing with my friend The Atheist

[Nikhar]

Um......can I ...can I......just drop in? *shy and stammers*

Kids allowed here?

[Michael T]

Get Parker to break out the tankards and Corona di Coronas.

Just off to the maternity ward - it appears that Mrs Atheist is in labour.




Excellent news Atheist. :thumbs_up

Keep us informed... We're waiting to light the cigars and make a few toasts. :D

[The Atheist]

This thread is a big fat fail

Still failing after all these pages.

:D


Um......can I ...can I......just drop in? *shy and stammers*

Kids allowed here?

Sure!

We seem unable to keep the women out, so if you're a bloke kid, then that should be AOK!


Excellent news Atheist. :thumbs_up

Keep us informed... We're waiting to light the cigars and make a few toasts. :D

Light those cigars!

But don't make toast with the cigars, for goodness' sake - the smoke makes 'em the bread taste awful.

7 1/2 lb of bouncing baby boy.

[Michael T]

:) CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BIRTH OF YOUR BABY BOY MR AND MRS ATHEIST... GREAT NEWS!!! :)


http://images.paraorkut.com/img/pics/glitters/c/congratulations_newborn-992.gif


:D LETS LIGHT THOSE CIGARS AND GET HAMMERED :D

[jocky]

Congratulations Athiest and wife, the world needs more free thinkers. Love form Mr and Mrs Jocky. :)

[Michael T]

Time to wet the baby's head... Let the party begin. :p

http://sudsurf.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/my-booze.jpg

Cigar anyone...

http://luxury.affluence.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/fine_cigars.jpg

Who's got the beer?

[papayahed]

Congrats Athiest!!

[jocky]

MANICHAEAN

QUOTE: I tried to review this thread from when it originally started but gave up after:beer, steaks, rugby, tennis babes, grunting tennis babes, baywatch surfers, peeing, Jack Daniel's, Chuck Norris movies, manly cars, boobs, butts, legs, fake black hair & flatulance. The rainbow spectrum of male indulgance will never cease to amaze!

Now to all young potential literary critics out there, take note. Manichaean articulates all the things that are good about this site, but fails miserably to point out the downside. :D

[prendrelemick]

congratulations Atheist. A new member for the club.

[jocky]

Your never going to believe this guys, I believe I may have been abducted by aliens! I was sitting in the back garden reading my Sense and Sensibility, as you do :) when all of a sudden a strange craft hovered above the birdbath. The next thing I knew I was back in the exact same position, but my bottle of Jack Daniels had mysteriously emptied. Apparently I had gone missing for three days, even the wife wont believe me. Any similar experiences?

[The Atheist]

Thanks very much, blokes!

Jocky: shame on you! Jack Daniels? If what I know about aliens and anal probing is true, you deserved every second of it!

[jocky]

Thanks very much, blokes!

Jocky: shame on you! Jack Daniels? If what I know about aliens and anal probing is true, you deserved every second of it!

Athiest, dont I know it. Enjoy the moment and I swear I will not mention nappies, howling, sleepless nights and no sex for the forseeable future ever again. Good on you mate :)

[papayahed]

Your never going to believe this guys, I believe I may have been abducted by aliens! I was sitting in the back garden reading my Sense and Sensibility, as you do :) when all of a sudden a strange craft hovered above the birdbath. The next thing I knew I was back in the exact same position, but my bottle of Jack Daniels had mysteriously emptied. Apparently I had gone missing for three days, even the wife wont believe me. Any similar experiences?

uhhh yeah! Back when I was living at home there was about a week that I would sleep ontop of my bedding. The bed was made except my pillows. It got chilly one night so I got under the covers but in the morning I woke up on top of the bedding with the bedding perfectly made like it had been the previous nights. what else could it be but alien abduction.:alien:

[The Comedian]

Congratulations Atheist! And a double congratulations to Mrs. Atheist.

[jocky]

uhhh yeah! Back when I was living at home there was about a week that I would sleep ontop of my bedding. The bed was made except my pillows. It got chilly one night so I got under the covers but in the morning I woke up on top of the bedding with the bedding perfectly made like it had been the previous nights. what else could it be but alien abduction.:alien:

papayahed, the world just doesnt get it, we are being observed constantly by a higher power, in my case its the wife, whats your excuse? Love from Jocky :D

[papayahed]

papayahed, the world just doesnt get it, we are being observed constantly by a higher power, in my case its the wife, whats your excuse? Love from Jocky :D

HaHa, that was a lot of somebodies ago, I can't remember who it was at that time.






The Truth is out there.

[jocky]

[QUOTE=papayahed;747824]HaHa, that was a lot of somebodies ago, I can't remember who it was at that time.

In the words of Sinatra, Your nobodies till somebodies loves you, Let us enjoy a happy moment, new life, and raise our glasses to Athiest and let us pray that the new child will give his Da half the grief that he has given his mates. ::lol:

[MANICHAEAN]

Athiest.
Let me add my congrats to the arrival of a bonny bouncing boy.

[The Atheist]

Thanks again, all!

I'll try to get some pics up tomorrow, but with running two businesses and trying to organise two kids, a very sore wife and a baby, I'm run off my feet. I swear I am going to be a couple of inches shorter after this!

Jocky, I am 100% certain the sex interruptus will be short-lived. I got a promise of a lifetime supply in return for the vasectomy.

;)

[Nikhar]

Awww.....a kid?

I love kids (not difficult to guess, eh?). Can I play with him? *joins hands and pleads with innocent eyes*

[The Atheist]

Awww.....a kid?

I love kids (not difficult to guess, eh?). Can I play with him? *joins hands and pleads with innocent eyes*

Hell yeah.

Bring him back when he's toilet trained.

We've [we've? make that I've] just been getting rid of the meconium. You'll know about that, but we won't say any more in case those who've never experienced it lose the surprise when they meet Mr Meconium for the first time.

I finally managed to fill the pothole outside our house that the roading people missed.

;)

[The Atheist]

Photos going up here (http://www.charman.co.nz) shortly.

None of Mr Meconium, though.

[Niamh]

Oh wow!! Congratulations Athiest!!!!!

[jocky]

Jocky, I am 100% certain the sex interruptus will be short-lived. I got a promise of a lifetime supply in return for the vasectomy.

;)

Athiest, that might not be the best deal you have ever cut. Alien anal probing is a picnic compared with the vasectomy. :lol:

[Nightshade]

Congrats! 3.2kg that is a BIG baby. And such a gorgeous looking baby too! :nod:

Question though if you didnt have a name lined up what did you call the baby till you named him?
and on a slightly literay twist please tell me you dfidnt go the route of the charcters in Miss Billie Married who had twins and the dad refused to name them saying they would choose names for themselves once they had grown old enough to make the desions and the two boys became known as spot and dimple?!
:p

[Stargazer86]

Oh, Athiest I've only just noticed! Many congrats to you and your family on your new healthy baby :)

3.2kg...does that convert to about 7or so pounds? I can't remember the conversion..I think it's 2.2

I'm off to check out the pix of the new baby. And I am glad to know that Mr. Meconium is not a part of the pix as he is not pleasant to look at.

*addition* I saw the pix :) You have beautiful children!
Have you settled on the child's name yet?

[Nightshade]

I stand corrected 3.2 kg is not very big, my mum just had ridiculously tiny babies.

[Stargazer86]

I stand corrected 3.2 kg is not very big, my mum just had ridiculously tiny babies.

lol well keep in mind where they're coming out from! My baby was only a bit over 6lbs (approx 2.9kgs) and I am very glad she wasn't bigger than that! ouch...
7lbs is about average size...and very healthy

[Nightshade]

Oh well any baby is too big I think but that aside, I thought 3.2 seemed bi but My mum said no it was normal and healthy. hence the correction. :D

[Virgil]

Photos going up here (http://www.charman.co.nz) shortly.

None of Mr Meconium, though.

I haven't been in this thread lately. Well, isn't this a pleasanr surprise. Congratulations! I assume baby and mom are doing well.

I don't smoke cigars, so let's have a drink of scotch.

http://www.timescolonist.com/life/fathers-day-guide/gift-ideas/every+deserves+these+treats/1666748/1666895.bin?size=620x400

[Beautifull]

oh congrats! a baby!

[jocky]

Notice something guys, as soon as babies are mentioned the females are all over this thread like a rash, but in novels they hardly merit a mention, apart from Jude the Obscure. Athiest, yesterday you were a member of the male unmentionables but now you are a superstar, tomorrow it will be business as usual. Bring it on ;)

[Beautifull]

oh, okay, i get the hint...i'll leave!!!i'd rather go have some coffee talk anyways!

[jocky]

Footnote, I did the World tour last year , funnily enough I was in New Zealand exactly nine months ago. I found the women generally friendly and most acommodating. :D

[Beautifull]

I found the women generally friendly and most acommodating. :D

we're not as bad you guys make us out to be...we just, you know, need some girl chat once in a while!;):p

[AimusSage]

by the gods of absence Atheist! That's one fine wrinkly little bugger you got there!

[jocky]

Parody on Shakespeare: now the youth of Scotland are afire and silken kilts doth in the wardrobe lie, time to put on our manly harness and head on the other direction. That is why we Scots won our freedom, wear out the enemy by running from them. Believe me it works every time. :D

[The Atheist]

Thanks all, again!

Mum and baby both doing ridiculously well.

3.2 kg = 7lb 2 oz. Quite small compared to his brother & sister who were 9lb each!


Athiest, that might not be the best deal you have ever cut. Alien anal probing is a picnic compared with the vasectomy. :lol:

Been there, done that, written the expose (http://www.charman.co.nz/front/vasectomy.htm).

(I agree with you entirely - vasectomy makes prostate exams feel like ..... I'd better not say! :lol::lol: )

[jocky]

Athiest, good to hear from you I was getting a wee bit worried, ' alls well that ends well '. Tell your missus to get well soon, she will probably have to do a fair bit of cleaning when she gets home;)

[The Atheist]

Athiest, good to hear from you I was getting a wee bit worried, ' alls well that ends well '. Tell your missus to get well soon, she will probably have to do a fair bit of cleaning when she gets home;)

???

She was home four hours after giving birth - I hadn't had my dinner!

[prendrelemick]

(I agree with you entirely - vasectomy makes prostate exams feel like ..... I'd better not say! :lol::lol: )


Aye, hurts like b****ry, as Churchill once said:lol:

[Scheherazade]

Congratulations, The Atheist!

May he grow up to make his parents very proud :)

[The Atheist]

Aye, hurts like b****ry, as Churchill once said:lol:

:lol:

Churchill was funnier than he realised.


Congratulations, The Atheist!

May he grow up to make his parents very proud :)

Thanks!

[jocky]

Conversation between Churchill and Lady Astor: Lady Astor ' Winston you are drunk? ' Churchill ' Yes Madam, but you are ugly! In the morning I will be sober but you will still be ugly ' :)

[andave_ya]

:lol: this thread has given me definite insights to sides of LitNetters I never knew about! :p :D

[jocky]

:lol: this thread has given me definite insights to sides of LitNetters I never knew about! :p :D

Well, stick around and you will hear things that will make your hair curl. Just ask Prendrelmick. :D

Another conversation between Chuchill and General Montgomery over the general fitness of our soldiers: Monty: ' I do not smoke and I do not drink and I am 100% fit ' Winston: ' I smoke, I drink, and I am 200% fit ' The sun will never set on the British Empire :)

[MANICHAEAN]

My favourite, but not generally repeated for obvious reasons.
Churchill was attacked in what was termed "unparliamentary language" during a debate in The House of Commons by a member of the post war Labour Party majority. He refrained however from responding in the same mode. The then PM, Clem Attlee regarded the incident as out of order & instructed the errant MP to go to Churchill's home at Chartwell & apologise.
He duly arrived and was instructed by the butler to wait in the drawing room while he found Mr Churchill.
He located him in the toilet, knocked gently on the door and said: "Mr Churchill there is a Mr ----- here to see you".
Churchill's response was: "He will have to wait. I can only deal with one **** at a time."

[The Atheist]

:lol:

[Beautifull]

Well, stick around and you will hear things that will make your hair curl. Just ask Prendrelmick. :D

that's exactly why there's the coffee thread for us girls, to uncurl what you guys curl

[prendrelemick]

Well, stick around and you will hear things that will make your hair curl. Just ask Prendrelmick. :D


Rollers!

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k78/prendrelemick/jean_alexander.jpg

[The Atheist]

Hilda Ogden!

Is she still alive?

[prendrelemick]

Eh chuck, she is that.

[jocky]

Rollers!

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k78/prendrelemick/jean_alexander.jpg

Hilda is a British icon but, it has to be said, Stan was well better looking. :D

[prendrelemick]

Parody on Shakespeare: now the youth of Scotland are afire and silken kilts doth in the wardrobe lie, time to put on our manly harness and head on the other direction. That is why we Scots won our freedom, wear out the enemy by running from them. Believe me it works every time. :D

Thats true. Young Great Grandpa Prendrelemick survived the Crimean war in much the same way, as immortalised by Tennyson.

Half a league, half a league
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the five hundred and ninety nine.

[jocky]

Thats true. Young Great Grandpa Prendrelemick survived the Crimean war in much the same way, as immortalised by Tennyson.

Half a league, half a league
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the five hundred and ninety nine.

:lol: Yes ' by jingo' Young Great Grandpa Prendrelemick is a legend and a role model to us Scots, and he changed the face of English Literature. Five hundred and ninety nine scans much better. He is ranked right up there with uncle Walter :)

[The Atheist]

Sleep, who needs it?

Ah, I'd forgotten the joys of the sleepless nights - waking up at 3 am and getting to go on the internet!

I knew there had to be one good thing about it.

[prendrelemick]

Meanwhile at Lords.
I hope the boy Strauss knows what he is doing, not forceing the follow-on.

[The Atheist]

Meanwhile at Lords.
I hope the boy Strauss knows what he is doing, not forceing the follow-on.

I was just coming in to comment on this.

When did the rule book get thrown out?

Whenever I've played cricket, the rule book has been very straightforward and ALWAYS enforcing the follow-on was top of the list of things to do if one wished to continue playing the game in the foreseeable future.

Having been saved by some fantastic defence from a bollocking the first time around, passing up an opportunity to put his foot on Punter's throat may come back to haunt him.

Next couple of days will tell.

Where does he declare? 600?

[prendrelemick]

I think its all about time now rather than runs, a two hour slogfest in the morning then put them in.

About the follow-on thing, I wonder if Flintoff is 100% fit, perhaps his dodgy knees needed a rest.

[The Atheist]

I think its all about time now rather than runs, a two hour slogfest in the morning then put them in.

I think it's just a bob each way scenario - if you leave a big enough target, you can't lose and you might win, while if you let the opps build up a lead, you could still lose. Shows a distinct lack of testicular fortitude, I feel.


About the follow-on thing, I wonder if Flintoff is 100% fit, perhaps his dodgy knees needed a rest.

You'd hope one player never made a difference to a call of that size, but possible.

[The Atheist]

Great win by England!

Still, I bet a few pulses were beginning to get raised when the Aussie pair were within sight of a 200 partnership.

Parker is breaking out the 1958 Port.

Oh yeah, we finally decided on a name for the wee chap.

Quint.

[prendrelemick]

Is he your fifth?

[The Atheist]

Is he your fifth?

No; fourth.

But "Quad" just didn't sound right.

He's actually named after Quint in Jaws. (Played immortally by the fantastic Robert Shaw in the movie.)

[prendrelemick]

As he grows up, you must impress on him the folly of hunting large sharks in small boats.

[The Atheist]

As he grows up, you must impress on him the folly of hunting large sharks in small boats.

Oh, I'll have no trouble with that.

A few years back, I was fishing in an 18 foot fibreglass with my brother when I caught a 100 lb mako. After a huge battle, we got the bugger close enough to gaff, and even an hour after having a giant gaff straight through the head the damn thing was still chewing the steel. Even a little 5 footer managed to chew the trasom off.

Later on in the day, a mako that looked about ten times bigger leapt out of the water right next to the boat. Ten seconds later, my brother's reel screamed off - he'd hooked about a 500 pounder.

Discretion/valour?

We cut the line.

There's a time and place to play with big sharks.

[prendrelemick]

Jeez! I love fishing stories. What's a Mako? From your story, it doesn't sound like its short for mackeral.:lol:

[The Atheist]

Jeez! I love fishing stories. What's a Mako? From your story, it doesn't sound like its short for mackeral.:lol:

Dead right!

Mako shark. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortfin_mako_shark)

Very, very angry fish.

[prendrelemick]

It makes our little trout stream seem a little tame.

I've never been sea fishing, but one day, one day.

[The Atheist]

It makes our little trout stream seem a little tame.

I've never been sea fishing, but one day, one day.

Well, if you ever manage to get down this end of the world, we have some of the best-available fishing spots and I can take you to them!

[prendrelemick]

Well it may happen, I have a brother over there, near Christchurch and I intend to visit sometime.

[stlukesguild]

Well after a long day in the studio I finally finished my latest painting so its time to celebrate. Some good pizza, Duke Elligton cranked up real loud... and a slew of great beers: a Belgian abbey ale: Ommegang... quit nice... and kick-*** at nearly 9% alcohol by volume. After that the great German brew, Aventinus... areal spicy brew that has already numbed my tounge (and thank God for on-line spell check)... and I'll finish off with one of my absolute favorite beers... perhaps my absolute single favorite: Samuel Smith Imperial Stout. Damn! Duke just ended. Time for some true American bluegrass... perfect drinking music.http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2612/3763526351_c609fd0e4c_o.gif

[stlukesguild]

Oh to hell with blue grass... seven strong beers later and the only thing that'll do is the Stones' Let it Bleed... really LOUD!!!

[stlukesguild]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2515/3764579844_37bb3d4293_o.gif
I'm a cold Italian Pizza, I could use lemon squeezer.. would you do? I've been bit and I've been tossed around by every she-cat in this town... haven't you babe...? http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2515/3764579844_37bb3d4293_o.gif

[The Atheist]

Well after a long day in the studio I finally finished my latest painting so its time to celebrate.

What colour did you do it?

[stlukesguild]

Primarily red... cadmium red... lots of gold leaf,,, and a nude.:D

[prendrelemick]

What! still concious st luke, perhaps Sammy smiths' does't travel very well.

[jocky]

Oh, I'll have no trouble with that.

A few years back, I was fishing in an 18 foot fibreglass with my brother when I caught a 100 lb mako. After a huge battle, we got the bugger close enough to gaff, and even an hour after having a giant gaff straight through the head the damn thing was still chewing the steel. Even a little 5 footer managed to chew the trasom off.

Later on in the day, a mako that looked about ten times bigger leapt out of the water right next to the boat. Ten seconds later, my brother's reel screamed off - he'd hooked about a 500 pounder.

Discretion/valour?

We cut the line.

There's a time and place to play with big sharks. Picture please! :)


Primarily red... cadmium red... lots of gold leaf,,, and a nude.:D

Madonna with the red and gold hat, inspirational. :p


Is he your fifth?

Good job its not Athiest's sixth, if you know what I mean, Sext just doesnt sound right for a bloke! :D

[The Atheist]

Picture please! :)

No, dammit. We were in a fishing contest and didn't take the camera. The 100lb mako won biggest fish, which we then ate and it was my intention to keep the jaws - not all that big, but reasonably impressive - but the head got eaten by one of the farm dogs!

I've got barracouta jaws and stingray stings, but no damn shark jaws until I get another.

I have another mako story as well. I was fishing on a charter launch, ready to kill anything when a huge mako (skipper's estimate 500lbs+) took the bait and the line sped off. I reeled the line in to find the bait fish - an 18-inch sea trout - cut clean in half behind the hook. Smart arse shark took the food and not the hook. Man, was I unhappy!


Good job its not Athiest's sixth, if you know what I mean, Sext just doesnt sound right for a bloke! :D

:lol:

[jocky]

Athiest, I reeled the line in to find the bait fish - an 18-inch sea trout .

An eighteen inch sea trout! Now in Scotland thats what we call impressive. Dont suppose you have got a picture of that? :D

[The Atheist]

An eighteen inch sea trout! Now in Scotland thats what we call impressive. Dont suppose you have got a picture of that? :D

Plenty of pics of them - here's one my daughter caught. Not 18", but a good size which we had for dinner that night.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s97/TheAtheist/baje20fish-1.jpg

[jocky]

Plenty of pics of them - here's one my daughter caught. Not 18", but a good size which we had for dinner that night.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s97/TheAtheist/baje20fish-1.jpg

Athiest, told you I had visited New Zealand before, that is a wee Jocky if ever I have seen one. :lol: Veni,Vidi, Rock. Nae to impressed with her Da's legs though :)

[The Atheist]

Athiest, told you I had visited New Zealand before, that is a wee Jocky if ever I have seen one. :lol: Veni,Vidi, Rock. Nae to impressed with her Da's legs though :)

That's my other kid - I was taking the photo.

If you want to claim ownership of that one, you can have her! Free delivery.

[jocky]

That's my other kid - I was taking the photo.

If you want to claim ownership of that one, you can have her! Free delivery.

No way Athiest, I have enough on my plate as it is, but thank you for the kind offer. I have been to hell and back with daughters. Just send me the trout. :lol::lol::lol::

[The Atheist]

Could be a little smelly by the time it gets there...

[jocky]

Could be a little smelly by the time it gets there...

There is no arguing with that logic Athiest, but at least it wont pop out of the package and demand instant cash and acceptance of the latest nutcase she is dating. We need to get back to the simple life, where, oh where is Prenderelmick when we need him most? :)

[Nightshade]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

and that is all... :D

[jocky]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

and that is all... :D

Nightshade, please tell me where I have messed up? It cant be on my intellectual comments, as far as I am aware I have yet to make one. Please tell me its not the toeshaving one on the girls thread, somebody told me to do it I think he was called Athiest, or was it Prederelmick. Oh, not the Ruskin one, I read it in the Ladybird book of art crticism. Please give me a break I am feeling fragile and unwanted. Love from unloved Jocky :)

[Nightshade]

hehe not aimed at you at all jocky, more a general :lol: that is really much too vauge to expalin. And the ruskin gibe was my fault, I opened that door and I knew the story even if I didnt get too detailed about it.

[prendrelemick]

There is no arguing with that logic Athiest, but at least it wont pop out of the package and demand instant cash and acceptance of the latest nutcase she is dating. We need to get back to the simple life, where, oh where is Prenderelmick when we need him most? :)

I may be leading the simple life, but I have three of those "daughter" things

Have you been exfoiliating Jocky? I find wearing wellies all day does the job for the lower leg

[Nightshade]

...wait exfoliating? :lol:

[prendrelemick]

Have I got my girly beauty-speak wrong?

[Nightshade]

well Im not sure depneds what you are on about and dnevr had the dubious pleaur eof exfoliating ( unless you count the time my sister got 'revenge' by emptying half a tub of salt in muy bed- she was annoyed because it didnt bother me in the slightes truthfully I didnt even realise, except to think huh?but I havent been to the beach how did I get sand in my bed! :lol: )
Mind Id think that the wellies affect would be more like the affect of knee high cheapo thick nylon socks in 42 degrees + celsius (thats like 105 f I think) in that it kills off all the hair follicles and gives you a free fairly painless wax.... :D

[The Atheist]

I may be leading the simple life, but I have three of those "daughter" things

Have you been exfoiliating Jocky? I find wearing wellies all day does the job for the lower leg

Yeah, that's always a funny one. Six months in gumboots and your calves are like a girl's.

[jocky]

I may be leading the simple life, but I have three of those "daughter" things

Have you been exfoiliating Jocky? I find wearing wellies all day does the job for the lower leg

I empathise with you completely and without reservation. Prendrelemick, not only have I been exfoiliating I have also been losing body hair as well. Thank you for the welly advice it is much appreciated. :lol:


hehe not aimed at you at all jocky, more a general :lol: that is really much too vauge to expalin. And the ruskin gibe was my fault, I opened that door and I knew the story even if I didnt get too detailed about it.

Your being mysterious and cryptic Nightshade. I hate it when you women do this. :)

[Nightshade]

Your being mysterious and cryptic Nightshade. I hate it when you women do this. :)
But I am not being cryptic you just aren't following there is a difference. :p
Id like to say its because you are a male and obviously cant follow my superior thought patterns, unfortunately its more a case of needing a special night interpretation gene which is non-gender discriminative...:D

[jocky]

Id like to say its because you are a male and obviously cant follow my superior thought patterns, unfortunately its more a case of needing a special night interpretation gene which is non-gender discriminative...:D

I am so glad you didnt say that! ;)

[The Atheist]

She knows you're Scots and was being polite.

;)

[Nightshade]

what has being Scottish have to do with the price of tea? :confused:

[jocky]

[QUOTE=The Atheist;756487]She knows you're Scots and was being polite.

;) See what you have done now Athiest, imagine starting an argument about tea. Honestly, you could create a row in an empty room. Do you prefer Typhoo or Earl Gray? :lol:

[Niamh]

both are gross in my opinion. :sick:

[Nightshade]

Earl grey is ok nice even especially with cake, or when its ridiculously hot. ( though most people find iot disgusting that I like milk in mine sometimes) Typhoo is the pits, te stuff tasts like dirt! now Morrisons own organic fairtrade is NICE then again the co-op 99 tea is also quite nice. HUmm twinings is nice not fairtrade. Yorkshire tea is good but quite strong. Irish breakfast tea ( what was the brand you got me niamh?) is yummy. Masala tea has a nice kick to it. Most herabal teas are OK. lipton is muck. PG tips I can just about stand when I am desperate!

[Niamh]

It was irish tea but it was a gold blend not a breakfast. :) although what is classed as Irish breakfast abroad is bog standard here. you want a really good Irish tea, go for a pryamid, gold blend reserve. Bewleys clipper and green label are also very nice.

[jocky]

both are gross in my opinion. :sick:

Agreed, but mixed with a generous pouring of Glenfiddoch and imbibed frequently one tends to forget all about the acidic taste of the tea. ;)

[The Atheist]

what has being Scottish have to do with the price of tea? :confused:

I'll get tae tea soon, but the Scots are nae known fur their great intellect, lassie*! Note jocky's use of quote tags!

:)


;) See what you have done now Athiest, imagine starting an argument about tea. Honestly, you could create a row in an empty room. Do you prefer Typhoo or Earl Gray? :lol:

That's been said about me in a few different places, although this is probably the first time it's meant tongue-in-cheek!

:lol:

Tea?

Black lychee.

If Earl Grey is the nobility of tea, and I do like a cuppa the old fella, the the chai lychee I drink is not just king, but all the gods of taste as well. I'd like to be able to describe it in the normal male manner of comparing the taste to certain things best portrayed by angels, but the mixed company forbids me!


both are gross in my opinion. :sick:

That opinion will only be acceptable if you have an alternative.

Otherwise I shall have Parker fetch the doorman to have you ejected!

(I hope you're an anti-tea person; we haven't had someone forcibly removed from the premises since jocky's mam tried to barge in a while back)


Most herabal teas are OK.

Oh my god, looks like you'll be next on the list.

Herbal infusions are NOT tea!


PG tips I can just about stand when I am desperate!

Best adverts in television history. Damn the tree-hugging, politically-correct, anthropocentric do-goodedness which caused them to disappear.




*besides the fact that just about everything useful ever invented was invented by a Scot.

[The Atheist]

Agreed, but mixed with a generous pouring of Glenfiddoch and imbibed frequently one tends to forget all about the acidic taste of the tea. ;)

Funnily enough, I don't like scotch in tea, while scotch in coffee - a substance I usually rate right next to used sump oil on the drinkability scale - is great.

Maybe it's that 6:1 ratio I use?

[jocky]

Earl grey is ok nice even especially with cake, or when its ridiculously hot. ( though most people find iot disgusting that I like milk in mine sometimes) Typhoo is the pits, te stuff tasts like dirt! now Morrisons own organic fairtrade is NICE then again the co-op 99 tea is also quite nice. HUmm twinings is nice not fairtrade. Yorkshire tea is good but quite strong. Irish breakfast tea ( what was the brand you got me niamh?) is yummy. Masala tea has a nice kick to it. Most herabal teas are OK. lipton is muck. PG tips I can just about stand when I am desperate!

That critique on tea was unsurpassable and should be the definitive last word on the subject, however, I have this terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach that we have not heard the last of this. :(

[Niamh]

well! you obviously missed my last post athiest! :p

[Nightshade]

It was irish tea but it was a gold blend not a breakfast. :) although what is classed as Irish breakfast abroad is bog standard here. you want a really good Irish tea, go for a pryamid, gold blend reserve. Bewleys clipper and green label are also very nice.
SO why idnt I get this wonder tea then ? :p ;)

Herbal infusions are NOT tea!

This is also my opion if you are talking only herbal infusions. Im talking arabic based in black tea mixed with fresh herbs like mint , or sage , or cloves.



Best adverts in television history. Damn the tree-hugging, politically-correct, anthropocentric do-goodedness which caused them to disappear.


Hey They still have pretty good adverst, johnny vegas and sock monkey! NO patch on the BT soapsyle adverst though!

[jocky]

Sorry I was gone for a while, I was just getting my steel helmet and flak jacket from the loft as I had this strange feeling that the thread was getting a wee bitty dodgy. Arguments about tea have a habit of getting out of control. Tea has never had the same resonance with me since they invented tea bags. :)

[Nightshade]

Tea has never had the same resonance with me since they invented tea bags. :)

Wow are you THAT old?!!

[jocky]

Wow are you THAT old?!!

Yes, my mammy was 127 when she passed away, only two days after Athiest booted her off the Blokes thread. :bawling::bawling:

[Nightshade]

So you were drinking tea over 101 years ago?

:confused: he isn't serious about his mam being deadis he??

[jocky]

So you were drinking tea over 101 years ago?

:confused: he isn't serious about his mam being deadis he??

Aye, my great grandma used to sip it with me regularly while passing on her words of wisdom, in fact she is still on the go. ;)

[Nightshade]

Bloody Nora! what do they have in the water in scotland?? :eek2:

:rolleyes:

[jocky]

Bloody Nora! what do they have in the water in scotland?? :eek2:

:rolleyes:

Usually whisky. :p

[jocky]

Athiest, I have not forgot the Quote quip, you should know us Jocks have long memories, what were we talking about again? ;)

[The Atheist]

well! you obviously missed my last post athiest! :p

I certainly did.

(Although........ Irish tea? It just doesn't sound right. Where do they grow it?)


That critique on tea was unsurpassable and should be the definitive last word on the subject, however, I have this terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach that we have not heard the last of this. :(

Correct, the cudgels are drawn and all other cliches standing by!


SO why idnt I get this wonder tea then ? :p ;)

This is also my opion if you are talking only herbal infusions. Im talking arabic based in black tea mixed with fresh herbs like mint , or sage , or cloves.

Ah, that's ok, then. I was a bit worried that that curried grass gunge some people drink and call "tea" is what you meant.


Sorry I was gone for a while, I was just getting my steel helmet and flak jacket from the loft as I had this strange feeling that the thread was getting a wee bitty dodgy. Arguments about tea have a habit of getting out of control. Tea has never had the same resonance with me since they invented tea bags. :)

Tea bags?

What are they?


Athiest, I have not forgot the Quote quip, you should know us Jocks have long memories, what were we talking about again? ;)

Long memories? Is that why you wear kilts?

Tea, mate; tea!

[jocky]

Athiest, this was a good nights work, we have vanquished the women without breaking sweat and reclaimed our thread. The stars are in heaven and all is right with the world, hopefully! So whats on the agenda for tomorrow? See you can argue about 500lb Mako sharks, but mention tea or lipstick and all hell breaks out. :D

[The Atheist]

So whats on the agenda for tomorrow?

I keep trying to get out for a fish, but a combination of weather & baby are conspiring to keep me home. I'm sick at hearing what people are catching - we're having a peculiar winter down here where the fish haven't gone away because winter forgot to arrive this year. Friend of mine caught a 40kg kingfish at my spot last week.

His funeral's on Tuesday.

[jocky]

I keep trying to get out for a fish, but a combination of weather & baby are conspiring to keep me home. I'm sick at hearing what people are catching - we're having a peculiar winter down here where the fish haven't gone away because winter forgot to arrive this year. Friend of mine caught a 40kg kingfish at my spot last week.

His funeral's on Tuesday.

I know exactly where you are coming from, I hope you made it look like an accident! As a matter of interest when Global warming strikes, will New Zealand go down before Scotland? :lol:

[The Atheist]

I know exactly where you are coming from, I hope you made it look like an accident!

Yeah, he got run over on the street.

The bloke who did it backed over him three times by mistake after the intital incident. Damnedest thing...


As a matter of interest when Global warming strikes, will New Zealand go down before Scotland? :lol:

Actually, you will want to move here. I believe that the Gulf Stream is going to dissipate and Scotland will become one big glacier, while the warmer South Pacific will turn Auckland into a tropical paradise. We love global warming!

[jocky]

Actually, you will want to move here. I believe that the Gulf Stream is going to dissipate and Scotland will become one big glacier, while the warmer South Pacific will turn Auckland into a tropical paradise. We love global warming!

What, a glacier again? We will get through it as we have through the ages, freezing our nuts off is part of our psyche. When it comes to the worst just remember your pal Jocky and his extended family, three hundred tickets to Auckland should just about cover it. :)

[Nightshade]

! So whats on the agenda for tomorrow?
IM sorry I can't resist the similarities...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJPFSNu_QNs
Only in this case its more a case of tryng to take over a thread but tough luck mates!
:p

[jocky]

IM sorry I can't resist the similarities...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJPFSNu_QNs
Only in this case its more a case of tryng to take over a thread but tough luck mates!
:p

I knew it, I have had this terrible foreboding all night. Nightshade you are deadly. :) Right if you give me your address I will send down a few quid, but for God's sake keep it quiet! You have been a witness to a few male atrocities, personally I can forgive you, but I am not so sure about Athiest. These Antipodians are an unforgiving lot. Go while the going is good. Tomorrow I shall be mostly eating humble pie. :D

[Nightshade]

Nightshade you are deadly. :)
OOh I must be having a thick day I almost missed the pun! A few quid wont cover it I'm afraid but I will take a life time supply of vegetarian haggis!

[prendrelemick]

One haggis per lifetme is enough.

[jocky]

One haggis per lifetme is enough.

predrelemick, you have sneaked in under the radar again. I can safely say that I speak for the whole nation of Scotland and its 5 million inhabitants, by pointing out we all hate the bloody stuff. Burns has got a lot to answer for. :)

[Niamh]

I certainly did.

(Although........ Irish tea? It just doesn't sound right. Where do they grow it?)



Well, obviously not here, but its distinctive leaf blends that make the tea "Irish". We are connoisseurs of Tea... which is only to be expected from being the country with the highest tea drinking % (per capita basis) in the world. :) It is after all the answer to everything. :D

[jocky]

Well, obviously not here, but its distinctive leaf blends that make the tea "Irish". We are connoisseurs of Tea... which is only to be expected from being the country with the highest tea drinking % (per capita basis) in the world. :) It is after all the answer to everything. :D

Niamh, I never fully recognised the significance of tea to the western world until now. I dont suppose you can give me the ratios for guiness in the Emerald Isle, that may throw up some interesting statistics. ;)

[prendrelemick]

Well, obviously not here, but its distinctive leaf blends that make the tea "Irish". We are connoisseurs of Tea... which is only to be expected from being the country with the highest tea drinking % (per capita basis) in the world. :) It is after all the answer to everything. :D

Last winter we got snowed in. By day 5 , It was a Scott of the Antartica scenario in our kitchen. the wife thought I should dig a way out for the quad bike, We were running out of supplies.

Vegetables, -"not to worry open a tin of beans"
Milk,- "meh we 'll use powdered."
Coal,- "we can chop up some old fence posts."
Sugar,- "there's always treacle."
Tea, " where's me shovel! I'm going out, I may be some time."(I was, about 3 hours)

[The Atheist]

Ahem!

I would just like to draw the gentlemen's attention to the link in my signature.

I have put my head forth for shaving for charity and it seems to me that some of the esteemed members ought to stump up a dollar or pound to assist the cause.

I'll even send you a lock of hair!

:D

[Niamh]

Thats Brilliant Ath! we'll have to see a before and after. :) I'll throw a few coins your way. ;)

[prendrelemick]

Ahem!

I would just like to draw the gentlemen's attention to the link in my signature.

I have put my head forth for shaving for charity and it seems to me that some of the esteemed members ought to stump up a dollar or pound to assist the cause.

I'll even send you a lock of hair!

:D

I didn't realize that was a link! You should check out the Coffee thread they are always going on about unwanted hair removal. you could try waxing.

[Nightshade]

I had noticed meant to ask when is the deadline/ when do you intend to do it? only Im skint till the middle of the month....

[The Atheist]

I didn't realize that was a link! You should check out the Coffee thread they are always going on about unwanted hair removal. you could try waxing.

OWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

I think not!


I had noticed meant to ask when is the deadline/ when do you intend to do it? only Im skint till the middle of the month....

All through August.

Good on ya!

[Niamh]

How about plucking each hair? ;)

[papayahed]

Are you just shaving your face and head? Wouldn't it show way more commitment if you did the whole body?? I'd throw in some cash for that..

[Nightshade]

Are you just shaving your face and head? Wouldn't it show way more commitment if you did the whole body?? I'd throw in some cash for that..

Not forgetting toes and fingers of course! :lol:

[The Atheist]

Are you just shaving your face and head? Wouldn't it show way more commitment if you did the whole body?? I'd throw in some cash for that..

:lol:

Well, I had to do, shall we say, "certain parts" prior to my vasectomy a while back and I'm not doing that again!

Plus, if I do my body, people will have to look at it.

:eek2:

[Stargazer86]

:lol:

Well, I had to do, shall we say, "certain parts" prior to my vasectomy a while back and I'm not doing that again!

Plus, if I do my body, people will have to look at it.

:eek2:

Is it too cold in New Zealand for that?

[The Atheist]

Is it too cold in New Zealand for that?

Only in the South Island.

Up here - Auckland - winter isn't cold by any usual standards. For most of the winter, you're down to t-shirts in the afternoon.

Bit different in SI, where it might be -1 C, snowing, and a 40 knot southerly. Not too many t-shirts down there!

[Stargazer86]

Only in the South Island.

Up here - Auckland - winter isn't cold by any usual standards. For most of the winter, you're down to t-shirts in the afternoon.

Bit different in SI, where it might be -1 C, snowing, and a 40 knot southerly. Not too many t-shirts down there!

Oh you're in Auckland? I have a bunch of cousins who live there.

I don't know celsius :P but anything negative or snowing sounds too cold for me!

I checked out your shave the athiest link. That's a really great cause that you're working for! I only wish I could give more. I've bookmarked the page though just in case I'm ever able to in the future.

[stlukesguild]

95-degrees today (35 Celsius) Time for burgers on the grill... medium rare... with some good beer. I started with this (the raspberry):

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3806385056_5c92a3b658_o.jpg

Not bad... but I prefer the Belgian fruit ales. Then I moved on to my old favorite:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2576/3805567053_da5955c0bd_o.jpg

Yummmmm!:banana:

I'll finish off with a few of these:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3806404162_3397e0909b_o.jpg

Summertime... and the livin' is easy...:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N090STPx-2M

[The Atheist]

95-degrees today (35 Celsius) Time for burgers on the grill... medium rare... with some good beer. I started with this (the raspberry):

Very nice!

We need to organise the planet so it's summer all the time.

[stlukesguild]

Since your down in Australia I might as well admit that I actually started the evening off with some good ol' Aussie pi**-water:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3560/3805934723_b703660aaf_o.jpg

Don't tell anyone though... it'll be just between us. Next thing you know they'll think I actually go about swigging Budweiser and Miller Lite.:eek2:

[The Atheist]

Since your down in Australia I might as well admit that I actually started the evening off with some good ol' Aussie pi**-water:

Australia?

You can get shot for making that mistake down here! New Zealand. I know we virtually own Aussie, but you must make the distinction.

And that Foster's stuff is just about never drunk in the Southern Hemisphere.

[stlukesguild]

Oops my bad... I suppose I would take equal offense if you mistook us for our Canadian neighbors.:D Or perhaps I should have phrased it as my old studio mate used to: "Ukranian... Russian... Polish... they're all the same, aren't they?" If you consider that we are a country of immigrants... mongrels, if you will... you'll understand why we have problems relating to the Irish bit**ing that they are not English or why the Israeli's can't get along with the Palestinians. I (a true Aryan: blonde, blue-eyed and of German heritage) eat with my Jewish studio-mate in a Palestinian diner... unless our Chinese studio-partner shows up... in which case we go out to the Thia-Vietnamese restaurant.:lol:

By the way... you'll note that I am well aware that Foster's is "pi** water" but as "pi** water" goes it actually tastes a hell of a lot better than most American versions of the same.:(

[The Atheist]

Oops my bad... I suppose I would take equal offense if you mistook us for our Canadian neighbors.:D

And I always thought it was Canadians who got upset being mistaken for Americanos.


... you'll understand why we have problems relating to the Irish bit**ing that they are not English ...(

Everyone loves the English!

[jocky]

And I always thought it was Canadians who got upset being mistaken for Americanos.



Everyone loves the English!

Apart from the Scottish! They tried to invade us and steal our wives. Prendrelemick knows exactly what I am talking about! Dont you ever try to give her back or I will return all our hostages, including Uncle Walter, unfortunately I cant return Aunty Val, she loves it here, she says the scenery is wonderful. Besides that she does not want to witness you losing the ASHES again. :lol::lol::lol:

[prendrelemick]

Ok Jocky, thats fair enough, but please come and take Lorraine Kelly back.

[JuniperWoolf]

And I always thought it was Canadians who got upset being mistaken for Americanos.

I was going to say that. Don't Americans put OUR flags on their packs when they go to Europe, so that people don't give them sh*t? ;)

[JBI]

Oops my bad... I suppose I would take equal offense if you mistook us for our Canadian neighbors.:D Or perhaps I should have phrased it as my old studio mate used to: "Ukranian... Russian... Polish... they're all the same, aren't they?" If you consider that we are a country of immigrants... mongrels, if you will... you'll understand why we have problems relating to the Irish bit**ing that they are not English or why the Israeli's can't get along with the Palestinians. I (a true Aryan: blonde, blue-eyed and of German heritage) eat with my Jewish studio-mate in a Palestinian diner... unless our Chinese studio-partner shows up... in which case we go out to the Thia-Vietnamese restaurant.:lol:

By the way... you'll note that I am well aware that Foster's is "pi** water" but as "pi** water" goes it actually tastes a hell of a lot better than most American versions of the same.:(

Don't worry - nobody can mistake an American for a Canadian, or an American beer for a Canadian one for that matter, though you guys most certainly win when it comes to wine (and I wonder why?).

Though, Americans saying Australian beer tastes like Pi** water is a bit hypocritical, no? This calls for a Bud Light?

[jocky]

Ok Jocky, thats fair enough, but please come and take Lorraine Kelly back.

You are not on there Prend, we hate her in Scotland as well. I will try to help you out here though. Middle order crap, get rid of Collingwood and Bell. Should you bring back Ramprakash, he has brilliant figures at the Oval? All is not lost and, believe it or not, I have watched every ball of the series, but you do need a fit Flintoff. There is no Warne or Macgrath and they are beatable, but someone has got to stay at the crease in the middle order. Aunty Val says she is not up for it, but to remind you that you are due her a favour. Seriously I do hope you win, I saw The last Ashes in England when you beat the greatest cricketers in the world and as a Scot I hope you do it again.

[Niamh]

"Ukranian... Russian... Polish... they're all the same, aren't they?" If you consider that we are a country of immigrants... mongrels, if you will... you'll understand why we have problems relating to the Irish bit**ing that they are not English or why the Israeli's can't get along with the Palestinians. I (a true Aryan: blonde, blue-eyed and of German heritage) eat with my Jewish studio-mate in a Palestinian diner... unless our Chinese studio-partner shows up... in which case we go out to the Thia-Vietnamese restaurant.:lol:


Thats because we are not English. :)

[AimusSage]

The best beer is from continental Europe, although the English and Irish do try, they fall just a tad bit short. Whiskey's on the other hand, the Scottish are the masters of that. Irish are once again pretty decent too. American Whiskey's? Well, I'm not a fan, but I guess you can always drink it with some coke.....

And now I must be off, I'm going to the cheese shop and wine store to get some good wine and cheese for tonight. :D

[jocky]

Athiest, where are the bandages, I have just been given a metaphorical doing over on one of the God threads. My crime! to stray from the point. I think you may find that you didnt get away unscathed either. :)

[LitNetIsGreat]

Don't you just love the first drink of the day? Don't get me wrong I'm not an alcoholic or anything, but that first rush is pretty cool. ;) Better still if you are really thirsty and you make yourself wait for it...ah!

[jocky]

Don't you just love the first drink of the day? Don't get me wrong I'm not an alcoholic or anything, but that first rush is pretty cool. ;) Better still if you are really thirsty and you make yourself wait for it...ah!

That is the difference between us Scots and you sassanachs, you have total self control, while we clearly do not! :)

[The Atheist]

Athiest, where are the bandages, I have just been given a metaphorical doing over on one of the God threads. My crime! to stray from the point. I think you may find that you didnt get away unscathed either. :)

Piece of cake - come out swinging!


Don't you just love the first drink of the day?

Depends what time it is.

I find beer on the cornflakes works ok.

:)

[LitNetIsGreat]

That is the difference between us Scots and you sassanachs, you have total self control, while we clearly do not! :)

:lol: One must endeavour to keep a dignified air at all times.

[stlukesguild]

I was going to say that. Don't Americans put OUR flags on their packs when they go to Europe, so that people don't give them sh*t?

Na... "Real Americuns" don't go packin' cross Europe. We're all rich, remember? We rent a car and strut about in our sh**-kicking boots and cowboy hats listening to Johnny Cash turned up way loud. Shania Twain...? Sheeee....eeet!.:lol:

[AimusSage]

I was going to say that. Don't Americans put OUR flags on their packs when they go to Europe, so that people don't give them sh*t?

Na... Americans don't go packin' cross Europe. We're all rich, remember? We rent a car.:lol:
And then you get stuck in traffic with the car :)