Well, "Ginger" was a dead giveaway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Monty Python did Biggles well.
It's ok. We beat them at actual hockey this morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by gbrekken
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Well, "Ginger" was a dead giveaway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Monty Python did Biggles well.
It's ok. We beat them at actual hockey this morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by gbrekken
You're right. I think it was Monty and his mates who said that. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
[QUOTE=soundofmusic;855751]For once Soundo we have connected, I swore I would never discuss literature in the literature forums. Where was the passion which is palpable in the novel ? He takes her into his mansion, which has clearly been redecorated, and shows her his shirt collection, how could any woman resist ? Perhaps the book just cannot be be adequately translated on the silver screen. Now, Biggles that is something completely different. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
Bwahaha!
Now we have Enid Blyton book ads on this page!
Go Enid Blyton, Famous Five, Noddy, Big Ears, Mr Wobbly Man et al - get that Google working.
Gosh! How spiffing.
Good idea paul, you can't possibly redecorate during Lent. :hand:Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Infact you'd better wait until after Rogation Sunday.
And dont upset the druids by starting too near the Equinox
-Or the Solstice.
Have you checked with your Astrologer, it might not be propitious to start till
Autumn.
Best do a Feng shui asessment first
Perhaps if you wait till the january sales, wallpaper will be cheaper.:yesnod:
[QUOTE=jocky;856232]I'm amazed at your memory; I forgot the shirts...Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
I'll have to check out this Biggles fellow...I wonder if he's on youtube; everythings on youtube...
Yes, Redford always plays Redford. I'm trying to remember if he was passionate in "This Property is Condemed"
You need to read Biggles first.Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
Anything on Youtube will be corrupted or wrong.
Here's some information on the greatest British hero ever! (James Bond was a wimp compared to Biggles!)
Fantastic - a get out of redcoration jail/ hell card. I wonder if she'll buy it?.....Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Sounds like quite a fellow, and a blond as well:reddevil:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
I've been making the same excuses to myself and daughter; which is why my house has not been refloored, bathroom and kitchen painted, since 1984:hand:Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Another Bigglesesque British fictional hero was Bulldog Drummond.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwbdXWqNkbo
you see the kind of thing.
Now all we need is Billy Bunter to take the trifecta!
The lad's applying to Oxford to the "other" uni. He'll see that kind of thing every day...:DQuote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
:crash:I have a new hero:Angel_anim:Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
In case you gents haven't noticed, a broken nail breathed new life into the ladies thread:grouphug:
Hope he's got his pipe and Tweeds readyQuote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
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Originally Posted by soundofmusic
Shall we discuss our prostates on here?....No....Good!
No, we should!Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I want fake prostate medicine ads!
Pomegranate juice is good for prostates apparently. It's the rubbing it in that's the problem...:D
Pomegranates, hmm.
Aren't they the things with demon seeds? Thinking about my kids, I wonder whether they've eaten some at some stage....
:sick: Ooh, I'm glad I don't have a prostate; do you think they turn purple with the Pomegranate juice...:smilielol5:Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Don't knock it, the parents get a life long vacation home in a warm place:mad5: :)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
I reckon. My kids are 18 and 14 - that dismissive Dad's being a buffoon again stage where you lose complete credibility unless something has been run past their spotty mates.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
It does offer lots of windup opportunities...:D
I don't know but I can ask the doc who's going to "do" me when I get to that certain time for a compulsory checkup age. :rolleyes5:Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
Ah yes, the last vestage of power a parent has over their teenage kids, the power of embarrasment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
:sosp: You're a brave soul, My doctor is always suggesting the rollover exams; I tell her that I have an agreement with my bum, " As long as it leaves me alone, I leave it alone":hand:Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
I've noticed that when we get into our 7th or 8th decade; the kids remember all of those embarrassing moments and start telling on us:blush:Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Oh, my room has been booked for a long time.Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
If there's only one question all christians agree on - it's me going to hell!
Yes, I have a 19 yo who's been throught that, plus we had his mate living with us from age 15.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
I set them up one night and told them I wanted to have a serious word with, took them into the office, sat them down, looked them in the eye and said, "Right, man to man stuff here. I want to talk to you both about masturbation!"
They both just about swallowed their tongues.
The plot stopped there, as Mrs Atheist, who was listening in behind the door, dissolved into hysterics.
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Originally Posted by Paulclem
First off, we are not women, we do not have "compulsory check ups".
Second, the best tip I can give to any bloke is to find a Chinese woman doctor. NEVER, ever use a male doctor who used to play rugby for Caernarvon, whose dad died in the pits and has hands like sides of mutton.
Seriously, while unpleasant, it's not painful.
Yes, women can escape the home invasion most of the time, but after birth, I wonder how any woman has enough dignity to care about such trifles!Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
:D
Nah, I'm going to be one of those really crotchety old geezers who carves them up as useless layabouts!Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
Second, the best tip I can give to any bloke is to find a Chinese woman doctor. NEVER, ever use a male doctor who used to play rugby for Caernarvon, whose dad died in the pits and has hands like sides of mutton.
:yikes::biggrin5:
I think here in blighty they've started screening for prostate cancer from 55.
I think it was suggested by women after all they have to go through.
Or, more likely: started by some unscrupulous NHS ivort tower-builder seeking to build another administration arm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Fact is, prostate screening is a terrible idea. In a whole universe of medical problems, widespread prostate screening is both financially irresponsible and medically hypocritical.
If your prostate causes trouble, have it checked, otherswise, by far the best plan is to ignore it. (Ignore medically, that is; it should certainly be given a good workout frequently!)
:D
I'm all for such self medication. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Its no good Atheist, Google ads will not be drawn. Just the usual Plenty Offish advert on here (which is a very strange name for a dating service I think.)
Well, if you and your minions are going to hell; I'm coming too. I had half way considered a death bed repentance just in case:reddevil:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
I assume you covered any back talking for the next 50 years with that masturbation remark:yikes:
I chose a small statured gay man for my gynecologist; so he kept home invasion at a minimum and I went with general anesthesia for the birth; the first thing I remember is them bringing in a lizard with 3 or 4 eyes wrapped in a blanket:alien:
Yeah, I can see you crotchety, buying a love machine and picking up 25 year old blond strippers:smilielol5:
I don't know, the whole worlds gone :ciappa: crazy! I only let the doctor check what's bothering me. For some reason, they always want to test the most popular body parts or the ones they've read the most recent articles on:cuss:Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
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Originally Posted by The Atheist
I guess those ads wouldn't be popular; I just noted a point that medical research has found that men who have their testicles removed at an early age do not have prostate trouble:smilielol5: :yikes:Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I chose a small statured gay man for my gynecologist; so he kept home invasion at a minimum and I went with general anesthesia for the birth; the first thing I remember is them bringing in a lizard with 3 or 4 eyes wrapped in a blanket
ha
My wife had a dream whilst she was expecting our first that she gave birth to Charlie Drake. When he was born, she had had a general anaesthetic. As she came round I held the baby for her to see. She looked at him and said in a bleary way - OH it is Charlie Drake, and dropped off again. She denies it to this day, but it's true. :D
See Charlie Drake here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6paqi-oz3iA
:smilielol5: Don't you wish they had camcorders back then? You know, Charlie Drake does look like the famous Gerber baby:sosp:Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
I wasn't sure what to expect, since I thought I had "the flu" for 9 months:rofl:
Why do wives, nurses, midwives, doctors and mother in laws expect a man to WANT to be present at the birth of his offspring? Like its a treat for them or something.
I was there for all four of mine, and it was not life-affirming, nor did it aid paternal bonding. I think I was there to suffer, after all it was all my fault!
O horrible! Most horrible!
Good question, I didn't even want to "be there" for the birth experience. I tried to leave, but they wouldn't start the party without me:party::eek6:Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I've heard many women claim they want their husbands to "know what it's like"; they're lucky that libido overrides the post traumatic stress:arf:
The only time that birth seemed wonderous was when I saw a C-section (as a student), everything was all draped and I was watching through big mirrors ; the doctor placed his hand behind the sheet, and out popped a baby...just like a rabbit from a hat:hat:
HA!Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I keep getting the secret of a slim belly.
Is Google psychic?
Yes, men can save themselves from all sorts of diseases by removal.Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
Even better, we can use Propecia and have luxurious hair and guarantee no prostate trouble!
Or use.
That's where I am.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I have lots of friends who'd told me about the wondrous experience and how it changed their lives, tears in the eyes.....
After four birth attendances, I also felt nothing life-changing, no instant bond, no wonder at the miracle of birth.
Just a lot of tiredness and amazment that a woman can lose so much blood and not die! Oh, and an expert appreciation of episiotomy.
That was one thing which gave me a sense of wonder - here we are brought up on a diet of TV medicine with starched white coats and handsome, caring doctors. It just doesn't prepare you at all for some bloke in white gumboots grabbing a pair of scissors and cutting up your wife like a butcher trimming rump steak. Now, that was amazing.
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Originally Posted by soundofmusic
I'm sure every woman who's ever had a baby has asked to go home at some stage prior to birth. It is one of the [few] funny moments.
I see all this talk of births and prostates has scared jocky off!
My wife was lucky to have had the caesarian section. One emergency one, at which I wasn't present, and a planned one at which I was, and so was she - having had the anaesthetic wear off. They soon topped her up again - local - spinal it was then. But I quite agree - a very horrible experience. Fortunately my wife is very tough.
The birth itself is an ugly and horible event to watch - much much more horrible to go through. (I'd worked in a slaughterhouse, and so was used to gore - but many are not).
It was after with this little helpless baby in your complete care that the realisation of what it all meant came through. My wife was out for the count, and they had wheeled in my first, and just left us. He started crying and I had to deal with him. That was the realisation - it's up to you - no excuses or getting out of it - yours to deal with.
:willy_nilly:I don't know, Propecia is supposed to make your boys hurt:yikes:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
So, how does google say I can get a slim tummy:piggy:; jogging is just making my legs thinner:banana:
I planned the whole birth thing around my OB's golf game. Those OB nurses are horrid, they get you on an IV drip and then come after you with razor blades, enemas...I fully expected to leave the hospital with a mohawk:boxing_smiley:
Nah, Jocky wouldn't run at a few caboose stories, would he:Angel_anim:
[QUOTE=Paulclem;858733
It was after with this little helpless baby in your complete care that the realisation of what it all meant came through. My wife was out for the count, and they had wheeled in my first, and just left us. He started crying and I had to deal with him. That was the realisation - it's up to you - no excuses or getting out of it - yours to deal with.[/QUOTE]
I never realized what this stuff was like for the dads. I think I'd sneak in a bottle and a few valium:)
It is amazing that you felt so comfortable with your first. My daughter cried everytime I picked her up. I couldn't quite get the hang of holding those squirmy, big-headed, floppy, skinny -legged things:conehead:
I never realized what this stuff was like for the dads. I think I'd sneak in a bottle and a few valium
It is amazing that you felt so comfortable with your first. My daughter cried everytime I picked her up. I couldn't quite get the hang of holding those squirmy, big-headed, floppy, skinny -legged things
I was lucky in that I had four siblings all younger than me.
Now as Easter approaches, the birds are singing and demanding food - and I've been putting together a faux lampost birdfeeder thing for my Mother in law. I managed to stab myself with my crossheaded screwdriver in the palm. I rejected the idea that this DIY stigmata was a religious sign, but it did remind me of the pain-fun we used to have as irresponsible young men.
Did you do a lot of that - inflicting funny pain on each other? I remember fondly my mates going through a phase of giving each other kidney punches - God knows why - and the laughter that ensued.
I remember another instance when a friend of ours - Slazzer - declared that he was physically unable to make himself sick. I laughed and laughed as two of my brutal friends attempted to make him spew. Neither punching in the stomach nor five of my mate's meaty fingers down the throat could gain a result, so they gave up. We did laugh.
If you are reading this Soundof, then please don't be shocked. It is normal for young men to act like this.
Which brings me to Jackass. It's probably a good job that we never saw anything like this when I was younger. It still makes me laugh, and makes me think that despite being a pillar, (pillock my wife says), of society, that I miss this blokey raucousness a bit.
Don't watch this link Soundof, it is truly disgusting.
It is Steve-O's face that cracks me up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv_eUI9cF40
Do you guys miss the fun-pain thing? Note - I have never been into SM. That is quite different.
Not really Paul.:D Me and my mates had a phase of knuckling each other on the top the head. Intensley painful this male bonding.
We also had some sadistic teachers- like Stan the maths teacher, who would gentley take hold of your sideburns and pull upwards. Or Mr (Kill or) Cure, who would stand you on a chair take a good grip of your hair and invite you to jump. At least Thommo, the deputy head, just gave you an honest roughing up.
At a younger age we used to play Splitsies, a game of few rules which involved throwing knives at each other's feet.
Perhaps I'm looking at it with rose tinteds. We played stretch -a version of your splitsies. I remember the sadistic teachers too. Mr Clarke - our form teacher used to hang around the classroom door and drag in unfortunate kids he caught running to wallop with his pump. He was like the ogre out of the three billy goats gruff, just in a classroom.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
The music teacher would do the sideburns thing. He looked like the Milky Bar Kid as well. Perhaps he'd been bullied at school.
I keep remembering male- bonding- friendly- pain episodes. There was the phase of dead legging, stabbing hands with pencils and scraping metal combs across the knuckles.
But sneaking up and knuckleing each other on the top of the head from behind was favourite. My mate Simon once did this to someone he thought was me, but was actually someone bigger and harder and NOT his mate. He was subsequently beaten up. -Laugh! we nearly died.