Awww, I'm glad to hear that!:D I don't mind the work load Mr. Parker!:D Although, it would be nice to have a lil incentive... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
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Awww, I'm glad to hear that!:D I don't mind the work load Mr. Parker!:D Although, it would be nice to have a lil incentive... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Note for gentlemen (and others).
Swine flu is a pig.
I've had it all week and only just starting to come right now - I think & HOPE!
I have had worse viruses, but this little sucker is really resilient - it just loves hanging around and making you feel crook.
Get vaccinated as soon as the vaccine is available.
I hope it can't spread electronically.
just rest. I've known people who have had it. Hope you feel better soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Gentlemen,
I’ll have you know that for the past week or so, my mind, I use that term loosely, has been held hostage by the imagery and sound of those confounded Wurzel’s, crickets and wild turkey. A myriad of chaotic thoughts have been darting about in my head. Early this morning, the thoughts had finally coalesced into a eureka moment :
Are you a man’s man!? Do you spend your days slugging through the moors tracking stray sheep? Have your lungs turned into a couple of sandbags from breathing dust all day punching cattle in Paducah? Either way my friend, you’ve put in a hard day of toil and deserve a break and the best way to wash that dust down your gullet is with a Wild Wurzel! Wild Wurzel will warm the cockles of your soul and bring succor to the weariness in your bones.
I’m intrigued, do tell, what is this Wild Wurzel you speak of?
Well my friend, it is the twenty-first century rage among mixed drink connoisseurs. Sodbusters, Blokes, Neo-Mods and Bohemian Clods are all singing the praises of this nectar of the gods. It is an unfathomable blend of one part Wild Turkey 101, the finest Kentucky whiskey known to man and two parts Wurzel cider, a dram of jalapeño juice and one dried Gryllidae Nemobiinae.
So hurry up and finish that Sunday roast and Yorkshire pudding, throw a couple more chunks of peat or prairie Frisbees on the fire and let your mind take a walk on the wild side, try a Wild Wurzel today. You’ll be sing’n with the crickets tonight!
LEGALESE FINE PRINT:
Wild Wurzel has medicinal value particularly in staving off ailments such as swine flu, dry rot and moor rash.
Wild Wurzel is not to be transported or consumed beyond the borders of Texas or Yorkshire County.
Extreme caution must be employed in regards to the volume of Wild Wurzel consumed. Overindulgence will often lead to fits of rage or the welling up of a prideful tear while slurring sentimental battle cries from the Alamo or Towton.
It is strongly recommended that ONLY the species; Gryllidae Nemobiinae be used in the concoction. Any other specie will likely produce a horrific outburst in the presence of the porcelain god.
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...uka1/test1.jpg
Sounds like a cocktale to me.
Are you related to Jocky by any chance?
are pararie frisbees a bovine scatological fuel source.
No blood relation, but I believe we do share the same seamstress; he for his kilt and I for my chaps.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Aye, and a great fuel source they be. For campfire entertainment you can try the fire toss. get a few blokes to circle the fire about thirty paces away and see you can get their frisbee into the fire. Remember the old addage that "smoke follows beauty" so you better hope you're an ugly cuss, cuz that stuff stinks!
Tried it once (we were drunk) at a mates house, with dry (ish) horse dung. It didn't work. It nearly caused the fire to go out and made alot of smoke and stink. This was indoors in his fire place. When his wife threw us out, I noticed the night around the house had suddenly become foggy, a strange fog, that was rolling down the hill from his chimney engulfing the village below. People still talk of,"The night of the Great Stink" in these parts.
Hope you are better by now, Atheist!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Yes finally, thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Amazing damned thing - I posted that a week ago, and it's really only yesterday that I could claim to have shaken the blighter off. Strange virus; three times I thought I'd beaten it, but I can tell the difference now I feel 100% that I was only at about 80% and kidding myself.
God, it feels so good to feel well again!
Nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
I'm really glad you're feeling better Mr. Atheist!:D
Thanks!
It's bloody good to feel 100% again. One thing about being sick is that when you do feel better, you feel better than before because you forget how sick you felt!
:)
Absolutely true. I was sick for three or four days a couple of weeks ago, the first thing I did when I was better was to eat and drink with such frenzy, oh the joy to be able to taste again! I got hold of some great beer and cheese and relished every drink and bite!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
And speaking of great beer, I believe there is a wee Belgian waiting for me downstairs right now...:)
It's good to have you back 100%.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Great story!Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Not only should we "keep our powder dry", it would seem that we should keep our dung dry!
"The night of the great stink" sounds like the makings of a great campfire story or a movie.
Gilliatt
Been having a particularly blokey few days building the sprogs an outdoor playhouse.
Pics in the next day or two - the house has been alive with the sound of power saws!
In fact, here's the ground floor.
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s.../playhouse.jpg
Nice work Atheist! I'm sure the residents of that house will be quite pleased with it.
Do you plan to shingle the roof of that play house?
This thread was started at 12.49am on the 4th December 2009 by The Atheist.
Those of little faith & even less bottom said it would fade away.
As of today, there have been 1,578 contributions & the baby appears to be in robust health.
The early 10 pages covered the subjects: beer, rugby, tennis babes, surfer babes, marking out ones territory, Chuck Norris movies, tools, boobs, butts, flatulance & fishing.
The last 10 pages covered: exfoliating, body hair loss, tea, haggis, The Atheist contributing hair for charity, beer, The Ashes & swine flu.
A definate sign of maturing from all concerned!
Whoops. 2008 !
*belches in agreement*Quote:
Originally Posted by MANICHAEAN
Nope; roof put on today, one whole sheet of 3rd grade 3-ply.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Comedian
Go blokes!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MANICHAEAN
Stage 2, the second floor.
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...playhouse2.jpg
Looking good.
Looking good.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Going back to the first photo, I noticed the footwear on the sawhorse. Seems kind of random. You aren't using that as a hammer are you?
You left out the dry dung fire kindling.Quote:
Originally Posted by MANICHAEAN
Gilliatt
Grade 1 wasp-swatter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
We have a plague of them.
Any further progress on the playhouse?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
We have our share of wasps too. This past weekend I eliminated three nests out of the kids fort in the woods.
Not much progress, unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
It was supposed to get finished on Sunday, but it poured with rain and since then I've been flat out working. This weekend at the latest.
It seems like we English chaps have a charitable streak towards those less fortunate Austrailians. Now that we have regained the Ashes, our sense of fair play has come to the fore. We have done the decent thing and lost the one day series in spectacular fashion. Well, it means so much to them, its the least we could do.
Sounds like sporting talk. Cricket by chance? Ashes? I'll do a little investigating myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Over here it is fall and that means one thing; football (the oblong kind).
The Dallas Cowboys are playing their first home game in the brand new stadium which is being qouined as the "Death Star".
I noticed that.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I presume the chaps were still hung over. ODI must be near its use-by date with the introduction of 20/20.
Start here:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
http://www.cricinfo.com/
Swine 'flu.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Why do you call it football when almost the entire game is played with ball in or passed by, hand?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
I admit that's one hoopy stadium.
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Ok, here's the almost-completed playhouse.
Apparently it's a treehouse, despite the lack of a tree. Accordingly, you'll note the tree in the background which is about to be attached to the treehouse.
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_1534.jpg
And for those who magnificently donated to the excellent cause of helping drought-stricken Kenyan water supplies, here's the result of the shaving!
(Warning for small children and those with weak stomachs!)
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/IMG_1535.jpg
great picture Atheist! (snigger)
I found this specially for Gilliat.
You have two sides: One out in the field and one in.
Each man that's in the side that's in, goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.
When they are all out the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When both sides have been in and out including the not outs,
That's the end of the game.
Simple, huh? ;
Of course in proper cricket it isn't the end of the game you repeat the whole thing again. Unless there is a follow on, then the team that is out, stays in, and the team that has been out stays out.
You are a brave man! Nice mug and playhouse.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Well...uh... I uh... think I'm just begininning to come to grips with this Cricket.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I now understand that the "Ashes" is the term used for the series played between England and Australia apparently derived from the ashes of burned balls (that sounds uncomfortable) in a terra cotta ash urn.
Gilliatt
It's actually the ash of one stump which was burnt to signify the death of English cricket. It's also probably the world's smallest sporting trophy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Just as well nobody watches that horrible one-day cricket.
Looks like both of our Nations representative teams will be going through to the next stage, in South Africa.
Well played sah!
Your not nations, your abominations. The bad news is jocky's back, the good news is, there is no good news. Standards are slipping Atheist when mere Texans think they can take over. The 50cc Vespa remark has not gone unnoticed. Hey, what about the Tsunami? I waited up all night to see if N.Z. was going down, what a bummer! Did you miss me Prend? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
A perfect explanation of the unexplainable, there is genius afoot here! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
There is ,of course, another meaning attached to the Ashes, it sometimes refers to what's left of countries who Dubya and his old man dont like. This can be left to entymologists and historians for future debate. Is it true that Ozzy pissed in the Alamo? We are going through changes :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
There was actually a tsunami warning issued.Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
Everyone went to the beach to watch it, but it had gone after 3000 miles of ocean.
Great Scott; Jocky is back !!Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
I was afraid my seamstress comment may have been the last straw.
RE: Ozzy - yes, it is true that he soiled sacred ground and was soon followed by the bat head incident. (or was it a chicken head?).
One down one to go. :lol::lol::lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
As my old sergeant major said to me: ' Jocky you are going nowhere in life ' He was Nostrodamus like in his foresight, a week later I got posted to England. ' We are as flies to the Gods '.