Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

[The Atheist]

The crowds at Hedingley were a bit thin- there is talk of a financial crisis there. They paid alot of money to get the test, but ticket sales were poor. There is a large Pakistani community near by who turn up to the 20/20 games, but they didn't bother with the Test Match.

Bet they wish they had now!

15 years in the making.

[Paulclem]

The vista of a month off looms - and all those jobs I've got to do too. Painting - tiling the living room floor, sorting out the garage...Some of them won't get done. I'm always too ambitious.

We're not going away this year - it's going to be expensive when the eldest lad leaves for Uni.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

How have my blokey friends been doin?
It has been too long since I set foot in this joint.
The next round of Lonesome Gobble Goats is on me!
(That’s one can Lone Star beer, one cup Wild Turkey 101 and half cup Goat milk)

Athiest – belated happy birthday to thuh yung’ns

Prendrelemick – Is cricket season starting up? This year I must try and get a handle on this game!

Soundofmusic – You are as beautiful as ever. An Edelweiss to you.

Paul – your spuds are starch to my ears of corn.
Hey, you could market those spuds. Since they are from the allotment, how about “Allot - o - Spuds”, huh? What d’ya think?
Or “Clemintators”?

Speaking of corn, I’m shucking away the next few months in Illinois, working on a project up here. The company will be flying me home periodically though. In fact my first trip home is this Friday.
Since I’m here, I may as well see what they have in the way of Big Foot sightings or hunts I can take part in.

Jocky, where did you go this time?

It is summer. It is hot and I smell meatloaf…:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fAPE...eature=related


Gilliatt

[The Atheist]

Since I’m here, I may as well see what they have in the way of Big Foot sightings or hunts I can take part in.

Sasquatch steaks, mmmmmmm!

[prendrelemick]

I like your spuds Idea Gilliat. If ever you get sent up to Alaska, you could sell refridgerators..

Cricket is easy compared to Baseball I think.

[soundofmusic]

Soundofmusic – You are as beautiful as ever. An Edelweiss to you.

Speaking of corn, I’m shucking away the next few months in Illinois, working on a project up here. The company will be flying me home periodically though. In fact my first trip home is this Friday.
Since I’m here, I may as well see what they have in the way of Big Foot sightings or hunts I can take part in.

Jocky, where did you go this time?

Gilliatt

Thank you, Gilliatt, you put a smile on this old wilted face...actually, it has some color today; Jess insisted I get a weed wacker since the lawn is calf legnth. I'm out there with my 4 batteries (it's a battery charged trimmer) cutting those things down...
When I noticed, that little bit of poinciana that was growing into my house is now taking off a bit of the roof tiles...
Tonight, heard a terrible sound, a dove was trying to fly into one of the fallen screens in the fascia board...

I guess I might have to hire me a man!

[Paulclem]

Paul – your spuds are starch to my ears of corn.
Hey, you could market those spuds. Since they are from the allotment, how about “Allot - o - Spuds”, huh? What d’ya think?
Or “Clemintators”?

Gilliatt

Good idea - but I like them too much to sell. We have a baked potato company here called Spud-u-like so Cleminatatos is the one. If we combine companies it could be "The Dumpy Spud and the Corny Guy" perhaps.

[prendrelemick]

How did that happen? I ask myself. Yesterday we went looking for a car with my daughter and I end up holding Mrs Ps various coats, gloves, handbag, umbrella while she rummages in a remnants tub for suitable material to cover the piano stool.

How does she do it? I set off with the pleasurable anticipation of kicking a few tyres and shaking my head whilst noisily sucking in my breath and playing offer/counter offer with salesmen. However, the daughter finds something straightaway (She likes the colour - it matches her outfit. )and so shopping ensued. Worse, it was shopping without any particular need or object in mind. We came home with a packet of slug pellets and a piece of cloth. This took us all day.

[The Atheist]

Classic stuff!

You're not Del-boy are you?

[dafydd manton]

Gilliatt, Cricket is dead easy. Put simply, you have two sides, one of which is out in the field and the other is in. Those who are out try to get those who are in out. Those who are in try to stay in, but obviously some get out as a result of the work of those who are out. Once those who are in are all out, they go out, and the other side are in, until they are all out. At the end of the day, it is all a precursor to (a) spending the day away from the missus and (b) going down the pub to discuss a game that 80% of the players didn't understand in the first place. There is no better way of spending a day without having to dangle worms on bits of string in to rivers. Hope this helps.

[Paulclem]

How did that happen? I ask myself. Yesterday we went looking for a car with my daughter and I end up holding Mrs Ps various coats, gloves, handbag, umbrella while she rummages in a remnants tub for suitable material to cover the piano stool.

How does she do it? I set off with the pleasurable anticipation of kicking a few tyres and shaking my head whilst noisily sucking in my breath and playing offer/counter offer with salesmen. However, the daughter finds something straightaway (She likes the colour - it matches her outfit. )and so shopping ensued. Worse, it was shopping without any particular need or object in mind. We came home with a packet of slug pellets and a piece of cloth. This took us all day.

I can see that this is a big thing for you. I too was of your ilk until I started my own - "I'm just going over here/ into this shop/ meet you in ten shopping strategy. I now like shopping, because Mrs P appreciates a fellow shopper, (even if I'm shopping for nothing) more than a moping drag along.

[The Atheist]

Gilliatt, Cricket is dead easy. Put simply, you have two sides, one of which is out in the field and the other is in. Those who are out try to get those who are in out. Those who are in try to stay in, but obviously some get out as a result of the work of those who are out. Once those who are in are all out, they go out, and the other side are in, until they are all out.

Stolen!



It's still a good description, though. There's another that discusses silly mid-off and other cricketing positions, which is good as well.

I must try to find it!

At the end of the day, it is all a precursor to (a) spending the day away from the missus and (b) going down the pub to discuss a game that 80% of the players didn't understand in the first place. There is no better way of spending a day without having to dangle worms on bits of string in to rivers. Hope this helps.

Ah, fishing.

Work is the curse of the fisherman.

(also stolen )

I can see that this is a big thing for you. I too was of your ilk until I started my own - "I'm just going over here/ into this shop/ meet you in ten shopping strategy. I now like shopping, because Mrs P appreciates a fellow shopper, (even if I'm shopping for nothing) more than a moping drag along.

Thank god Mrs Atheist detests shopping!

[Paulclem]

Stolen!

Thank god Mrs Atheist detests shopping!

Coping. It's all a bloke can do.

[dafydd manton]

Atheist, my old, Plagiarised, please, it sounds so much more refined!!! Oh, all right, nicked, then. I actually wrote an artice putting all the various positions in German, which was a bit odd. Kurzer Bein, Dritter Mann, all that kind of stuff. If ever I can work out how to upload stuff from my computer on to here, I'll post it.

[prendrelemick]

I can see that this is a big thing for you. I too was of your ilk until I started my own - "I'm just going over here/ into this shop/ meet you in ten shopping strategy. I now like shopping, because Mrs P appreciates a fellow shopper, (even if I'm shopping for nothing) more than a moping drag along.

Paul you are a saint. I just can't stand it. Its the hours and hours wasted that gets me. If you need a pair of socks, why not just go into a shop and buy some? My Mrs P goes into several, and then returns to the first one and then buys some- why? Those slug pellets, we were half an hour choosing them, do the slugs care wether they are organic or not?. (She used to use some of my Newkie Brown to drown them in - they were getting more than I do) Anyway rant over, A large brandy please, Parker.