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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Thankyou very much :)
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Originally Posted by Paulclem
Well the current trend is to add Y onto the end of the name so it should become Marky, Marky boy etc. The only exception is when 'dawg' is added and the Y is dropped to become just Mark Dawg.
What happens to the big, tough guy whose nickname is Dog? Doggy sounds a bit poofy, and Dog Dawg doesn't work...Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Dante
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Originally Posted by jocky
It was a response to the post about SoM. If you were from Wales, I'd've said Welsh. If you were from France, I'd've said French. If you were from Nigeria, I'd've said Nigerian.
I have nothing against the Scots. And I have nothing for them, either. None of my best friends are Scots; but neither can I think of a Scot I dislike - at least, not for their Scottishness.
So - y'know - let's not fall out over my perceived attitude to Scottish people, because I haven't really got one.
On the other hand, I find your landscapes profoundly and unremittingly depressing. I've never got that 'sweeping grandeur' thing. Scottish vistas always look to me like headaches made geological.
I was in Fochabers last week. I liked it. Rather than adjust my attitude to the whole of Scotland, I've decided to regard Fochabers as an independent village state, and therefore not Scotland at all.
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Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Aye, well at least admit you like our whisky. Cheers!
Then Big is added in front of the name. Hence Big Dante. Dantey and Dante Dawg did not work therefore it became Big Dante. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
How about Deputy Dawg surely we can all relate to that. I am getting too old for this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Dante
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F85BCzo1F_8
You can never be too old for Deputy Dawg :hand:Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
This show single handedly pioneered half the lyrics of rap music.
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Originally Posted by Big Dante
Then there is that endearing Aussie tradition of adding 'o' on the end of a name, like Thomo and Billo. Course it would make Mark sound Mediterranean. but anything is better than Marky.
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Originally Posted by Big Dante
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The gopher in Deputy Dawg has the second best cartoon-character name ever - the first being the crazy inventor in Wacky Racers.
Looks like you just rescued her from the 7 dwarfs, Mark. I've always wondered if the prince carried mouth wash, I really wouldn't want to kiss someone who had been sleeping that long.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Now you see, it's comments like this and Jockeys incredible literature range tht has sometimes had me thinking Mrs. J has taken over his identity.Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
Oh, my poor lads, I see I've left you too long and you are again fantasizing about the boobless wonder...I must admit, those are great stilts though.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Okay, what is the attraction of Agassi, money or a long tongue :hand:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
[QUOTE=MarkBastable;1053536]Alright - I have another idea for a thread. Like the flowers thing, it has a slightly non-hairy-arsed element, but I think there's enough swinging dickery about it to be worth a shot.
So - women in representational art whom you would oblige.
Nudes are obviously allowed, but I'll start off with an ethereal floaty hippy one.
http://madameguillotine.files.wordpr...-blue-silk.jpg
The model for this was Jane Morris. She and the other great pre-Raphaelite muse - Lizzie Siddall - were both total knockouts, if the pictures they sat for - and contemporary accounts - are anything to go by. They certainly appeal to the adolescent bit of me that will forever regret having been born a bit too late for Woodstock and the Stones in Hyde Park.
And while I'm at it...
Heineken don't make late Victorian outdoor jacuzzis, but if they did, they'd probably be the best late Victorian outdoor jacuzzis in the world...
http://www.canvasreplicas.com/images...Waterhouse.jpg[/QUOTE}
Love the nymphs, never noticed Sidal had such a big neck, I wonder if she had an adams apple too
If I were to list those who had the greatest influence on my childhood, and therefore my entire life, I guess my Mum and Dad would take the top two slots, but vying for the number three position would be, amongst very few others, Fred Quimby.
However, it's not going to be much of a thread if I suggest we all put forward our favourite producer of short cartoons, so instead we'll go for our favourite cartoon characters.
It's a tough choice, actually. But, until I change my mind, I'll nominate this one ...
http://www.nonstick.com/sounds/Daffy.gif
A metal image of Daffy hangs from my keyring, in just this pose. I really ought to be embarrassed about that, I suppose.
I think as far as cartoon movies go....
http://www.wwischoolofanimation.com/...auto-30117.jpg
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Originally Posted by MarkBastable
I've just bought a DVD of Porky Pig cartoons to watch woth the niece who''s coming next week. I hope to be able to master Porky's stutter in that time. th eh-th-th-eh-th-th-eh that's all folks.
What a fantastic opportunity to annoy the family - especially if it's an inadequate version- which it will be.
Well you see, its difficult, I think Daffy is one of the greatest ever characters in any discipline in the entire history of The Arts.
However, I grew up with these two - who just make me laugh.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k7...omandjerry.jpg
They were a Fred Quimby I think.
These are all impressive but this guy was the daddy:
http://www.chiropracticlifeblog.com/.../04/popeye.jpg
So cool. So collected.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vV0Zao8y7T...DroopyDog2.jpg
The best ones were, yes. The later ones were Hanna-Barbera, and they were crap, and the early ones hadn't found the right balance.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I have to say I never found Popeye in the least funny. Same goes for the Disney stable. My feeling it is that, at a push, I could separate the people I like from the people I dislike along a Daffy-Donald axis.
I may have mentioned this before but it's written into my will that as my body is committed to the flames, the accompanying music must be the sting from Warner Brother cartoons, timed so that as the furnace doors close on my coffin the mourners are advised that 'Tha-tha-der-der-that's all, folks!"
Here's where I start (or should that be continue) boring everyone on here by mentioning the test series against India. Great win for England today, but I would like the little God to get another 100.
Tom and Jerry were brill - you're right Mark. The later ones were crap.
Do you remember Arthur The King of Camelot? I always got a profound sense of disappointment watching it.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=8995
But I did like the Hair Bear Bunch.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=8997
I also thought you'd like to know that i got the kids a little treat tday. We're a long way from Christmas, and so I thought I'd bring a little cheer into their lives.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=8996
They are just like the chicken ones except you do get a flavour of stuffing... and then noodles in an indeterminate sauce, but hey - they were only £1.20 for 3.
I also wanted to upload some flowers from ages ago. Yes - I bought a micro SD card converter from the pound shop again. I'm sorry they're late. they were good this year though - the roses.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=9000
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=8998
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=8999
That's an interesting question - who was the greatest influence - and you started me trying to figure out who it was. My parents were old alcoholics by the time I came along and the last of my siblings had left home by the time I was 9.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
I always tell people I brought myself up, which isn't far from the truth.
Yes, great win! Even better to see England actually holding form.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
You spoil them kids Paul.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
By the way, I was in your old stamping ground yesterday. We went dahn t'pit at the National Coal Mining Museum. Thank god daddy was a farmer!
I know - there were no Pot Noodles when I were a lad. It were a vesta meal.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Yeah - nightmare job. the thing was you couldn't get a job down there even if you were mad enough to want one. You had to have family in the "business" to get a look in. Talk about inverted snobbery.
My relatives were - amongst others - cow herders from County Durham. My Grandad left and became a shepherd. My other Grandad was a sailor from WW1 to just before WW2. My Great Great Grandad was a miner.
Time for something completely different. I wonder what Machiavelli, Hobbes and the rest of the gang would have made of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xd_zkMEgkI
"Just beacuse some watery tart threw a sword at you..." - I use that line around the pool side or when I'm taking a bath.Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
Something along the same lines (?) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP3VA...eature=related
That blonde in the front is starting to set my trip wire.
I'm getting caught up:
Looney Tunes were the among the best and to think that one person, Mel Blanc, was the voice behind so many of those characters. Fog Horn Leg Horn was perhaps my favorite.
Here is another favorite of mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WT-fxBNKs8
My paternal grandfather worked in the oil fields of norther Oklahoma. Here is a picture of the connecting crew taken in the early 1920's. He is the one directly above the "C" in "Connecting":
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...ectingGang.jpg
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Great idea, Mark. I learned my first concepts of the dating world from Popeye, Olive and Brutis...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CXcm...eature=relatedQuote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Oh, can you get someone to record that, I want to see it hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
I loved Marvin the Martian too:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A4He...eature=related
Yeah, Daffy was the greatest; particularly, when he was put with Bugs. I don't remember much with Tom and Jerry; they were a bit after my cartoon days.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
[QUOTE=jocky;1055682]These are all impressive but this guy was the daddy:
http://www.chiropracticlifeblog.com/.../04/popeye.jpg[/QUOTE}
I remember mom bringing this slimy canned spinach out of the can and trying to tell me that Popeye got his stregnth from that; I always thought popeye was a bit scrawny though.
Your flowers are gorgeous, I never had any full blooms like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Nothing like bad role models to haunt our dreams for the rest of our lives, make us change all of our parenting concepts only to later make the same mistakes our parents did.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
That line, "Help! Help! I'm being repressed", became our school day mantra in the 5th form.
Also when asked any question at all by the repressive regime we would answer with the same question eg, "Is that the African value of PI or the European one? We were dithspicable, as Daffy might've said.
Loved the Three Stoogies vid which I have never seen before and the photo of your Grandad's rig outfit, he looks a man of character. Given the heatwave you are experiencing I thought you and Soundo might appreciate this from the Captain and given Mark's Zappa poster he might enjoy this as well:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqRHr5pEIFU
Delightful!Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
That's a great picture Gilliatt.
We're rather bereft of pics in our family. There are some of when we were kids, but hardly any of the family other than my parents. I don't suppose they were'nt great photo takers.
Sounds like me - there are few photos of me anywhere, and I'm pretty sure none at all from the ages of 12-17.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
People valued cameras in those days.
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Jocky, I bow in your general direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
That is one for the wall of shame and to think of the time and energy wasted on pondering the question of whether Lennon was a genius or who was the better poet; Morrison or Dylan? We know who the genius is!
Don't look now fellas, but looks like someone may have gotten lost on their way to the coffee shop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Varenne Rodin
Welcome Varenne !
Parker will get you fixed up in short order.
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Originally Posted by Paulclem
Thanks Paul and you're right Atheist, we have hoards of photographs from the family past.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
I'll see if I can get a couple more to share, perhaps my maternal grandfather. He's the one who inspired my fetish for the smell of old books ...and reading.
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Feels like the 60s or a interview with John Lennon:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
Did the little broad with the glasses pull at her bloomers, or was I imagining things. I seem to recall building up alot of static when I was a young thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Okay gents, speaking of Daffy, I am confused about something, Why don't Shakespearean actors spit anymore. Remember, they used to spit all the way through King Lear and HamletQuote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Who's the hot broad...welcome, fellow sexy woman...Quote:
Originally Posted by Varenne Rodin
I'm sure there were alot of pictures taken of you, it's just that like mums eyes at the time, they were out of focus. I think my mom took alot of pictures of her thumb about that time:out:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Well, aren't you a peach? Thanks, dollface.Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
Well, there is nothing wrong with being a strong confident woman. You go Sugardoll!
What's happening? we're knee deep in women! Have you been auditioning pole dancers again Parker?
Intriguingly specific estimation of depth, that.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
How many Greeks does it take to customize a software application?
None. They all go for default.
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Nah, he's just interviewing them. He wants private lessons. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick