Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

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Originally Posted by soundofmusic

My sister had given me a phone number, seems several years ago one of those makeover shows were going to be in my area. Of course, they usually choose mansions so that the place looks a bit better after the makeover than it did before. But after seeing one show where the woman plastered hay on the walls, I thought I might be better off waiting for my cash flow to come in:frown2:

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Yes - I don't like them anymore. I watched our first ones in the 90's, but I quicky got bored with them.

It's the same with cooking shows and quizzes. I would never watch any of them except as a social thing with Mrs P.

I've never lied soaps and I,m not keen on lots of detectives. My favourite one - Dalzial and Pascoe is the one Mrs P doesn't like. I like it because the two detectives are very miserable and it's set in Yorkshire.

We often have "Murder She Wrote" on and I marvel at the new clothes everyone wears... and the wigs...I don't like it though.

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Originally Posted by soundofmusic

Oh, god, that woke me up for good; I like counting sheep in pink tutoos...by the way, do you have any more gay tups?



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God man, that is so beautiful it almost made me cry.

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I only have one tup to buy this year, a Derbyshire Gritstone, to service my maiden gimmers. I shall flourishing my testicle tape in markets up and down the north of England (or at least I will until I'm invited to leave.) I just hope may Gaydar is in better working order than it was last year.

In our house, we like 'which of these people is the least likeable?' shows, such as Come Dine With Me and Four Weddings, and we watch them en famille, eating shish kebabs with our fingers while criticising the participants' tableware.

About the only show I'd watch on my own, apart from Match of the Day, is University Challenge. Sometimes my eight-year-old daughter sits with me and keeps my score.

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

I only have one tup to buy this year, a Derbyshire Gritstone, to service my maiden gimmers.

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Please can I have that sentence to use as the opening line of a novel?

of course you can, sounds like the kind of novel I would buy.

I do the score keeping on University Challenge too, (usually mid-teens,) but what I really like doing, is pouring scorn on today's students when they don't know something I do.

I'm crap at Uni Challenge. I like it better than other quiz shows though as it remains an aspiration to get more than two right. I'm too uncultured at most of it. No MOTD ths week. Bah.

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

Something happened to your avatar, Sound - it's turned into a small alien thingy.

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Ah yes, Jessica snapped a photo of me when I first got out of bed; I never comb my hair until I've had my kahluan coffee and I've found clothes that work well as both pajamas and day cloths.

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

Yes - I don't like them anymore. I watched our first ones in the 90's, but I quicky got bored with them.

It's the same with cooking shows and quizzes. I would never watch any of them except as a social thing with Mrs P.

I've never lied soaps and I,m not keen on lots of detectives. My favourite one - Dalzial and Pascoe is the one Mrs P doesn't like. I like it because the two detectives are very miserable and it's set in Yorkshire.

We often have "Murder She Wrote" on and I marvel at the new clothes everyone wears... and the wigs...I don't like it though.

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I miss all the BBC shows we had when I had cable and public broadcasting: loved Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett, The Miss Marple series, and when they ran the plays on the classics. I and mr sounds used to watch this old house; I began to realize that the home design shows were actually showing sets. Nowadays, I tend to like 48 hours mystery, South Park and I check out the newer movies at the library.

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

I only have one tup to buy this year, a Derbyshire Gritstone, to service my maiden gimmers. I shall flourishing my testicle tape in markets up and down the north of England (or at least I will until I'm invited to leave.) I just hope may Gaydar is in better working order than it was last year.

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They have testicle tape:ihih:; I think I might start carrying that with me when I go out of the occasional date.

This weekend we are entertaining my 7 year old Niece and Nephew (twins). Man I forgot how much work that can be.
I woke up at 5:30 am this morning thinking I was going to have a couple of hours of solitude. No chance!
They came down about 0600 asking to watch TV, play video games, etc.
Not in this house I told them, unless it's something like "Earth vs the Flying Saucers"
I managed to remedy the situation; no sooner than you could say SpongeBob, my Niece was watercolor painting and my Nephew broke out the "army box" full of my son's plastic militarys toys.
I played Dvorak in the background.
It's amazing when you give your imagination a chance.

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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle

This weekend we are entertaining my 7 year old Niece and Nephew (twins). Man I forgot how much work that can be.
I woke up at 5:30 am this morning thinking I was going to have a couple of hours of solitude. No chance!
They came down about 0600 asking to watch TV, play video games, etc.
Not in this house I told them, unless it's something like "Earth vs the Flying Saucers"
I managed to remedy the situation; no sooner than you could say SpongeBob, my Niece was watercolor painting and my Nephew broke out the "army box" full of my son's plastic militarys toys.
I played Dvorak in the background.
It's amazing when you give your imagination a chance.

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I know what you mean.We had our 3 year old niece over the summer holidays. When my wife said - Is it ok ? I said yes of course - foolishly thinking it would be a two or perhaps three nights. I turned out to be six nights!! We were completely exhausted at the end of it - even though she was as good as gold and slept for a solid 12 hours a night virtually as soon as her head hit the pillow. The 12 hours went from 6 until 6 of course, and so it was an early start.

I'll be writing a blog about it later when I get round to it.

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Originally Posted by soundofmusic

I miss all the BBC shows we had when I had cable and public broadcasting: loved Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett, The Miss Marple series, and when they ran the plays on the classics. I and mr sounds used to watch this old house; I began to realize that the home design shows were actually showing sets. Nowadays, I tend to like 48 hours mystery, South Park and I check out the newer movies at the library.

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The show Mark mentioned - Come Dine with Me is interesting. A group of four or five people have the group round to their place in turn. The others mark them on food, entertainment and ambience. It can be quite funny

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Originally Posted by soundofmusic

They have testicle tape:ihih:; I think I might start carrying that with me when I go out of the occasional date.

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Oh god, please put it on YouTube when you whip out the tape!

Speaking of TV; does anyone else watch "Balls of Steel"? Some of it's a bit droll, but the Bunny Boiler is comedy gold.

Cor blimey.

You want to know the worst thing about being in business?

When people don't pay their damned bills.

We have enough money owing to buy a couple of third world countries.

Lucky Parker runs a tab!

Drinks all round then. (Make mine a triple)

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

Cor blimey.

You want to know the worst thing about being in business?

When people don't pay their damned bills.

We have enough money owing to buy a couple of third world countries.

Lucky Parker runs a tab!

Drinks all round then. (Make mine a triple)

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Parker, if you would hold mine at a single; I need to get these bills out.

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Back from visiting the daughter in Devon. (It rained alot.) Had intended to collect photos for a book idea I've had, entitled "The Sheds of Devon", however the whole county has been so gentrified, restored and done-up, I only found gazebos, garden lodges and wendy houses.

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

Back from visiting the daughter in Devon. (It rained alot.)

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Drought over then?

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

Had intended to collect photos for a book idea I've had, entitled "The Sheds of Devon", however the whole county has been so gentrified, restored and done-up, I only found gazebos, garden lodges and wendy houses.

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England, oh England, wherefore art thou?

(Oop north, lud!)

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

Back from visiting the daughter in Devon. (It rained alot.) Had intended to collect photos for a book idea I've had, entitled "The Sheds of Devon", however the whole county has been so gentrified, restored and done-up, I only found gazebos, garden lodges and wendy houses.

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Was "Shed of Devon" going to be a pamphlet? Fascinating subject I bet. A bloke who knew a friend had turned his garage into a shed. He had a suite in there with a telly and his homebrew wine and beer.

He was a shed God.

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

I only have one tup to buy this year, a Derbyshire Gritstone, to service my maiden gimmers....

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Originally Posted by MarkBastable

...Please can I have that sentence to use as the opening line of a novel?

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

Back from visiting the daughter in Devon. (It rained alot.) Had intended to collect photos for a book idea I've had, entitled "The Sheds of Devon", however the whole county has been so gentrified, restored and done-up, I only found gazebos, garden lodges and wendy houses.

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That is a brilliant idea and wonderful title and you already have the opening line, unless of course Mark beats you to it.

Are gnomes common among sheds and allotments?

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Not common, though there may be some. They are not common in gardens either, but there are people who have them. They tend to be people who have lots rather than just one - odd in other words.:biggrin5: