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Sausages! I smell sausages! Who's cooking?
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TiH, not me. I'm 'doing' the bacon and eggs.
Maybe it's Gladys?
Pitcher of chilled OJ on the bar if anyone wants a kick start to the day.
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..continuing....
..pmLeader, Beach changing, a shirt as a skirt, truly a master of disguise!
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Sausages
Sau-sage-s
Sau-sage-s
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Oh well
That's life!
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Morning all! Devilled kidneys anyone?
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I've got a plate of assorted pasties from a coffee shop here (In RL I'm sat in said coffee shop while my car goes through it's MOT). Pain au chocolat, anyone?
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morning Gladys, we thought you were down for sausages today, but devilled kidneys just as good.
FF, cheers and can I have a tea as well?
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One mug of builder's tea coming up...
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RL ? Ralph Lauren ?
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Royal London ?
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The woes of flying kites ?
And they looked such happy birds...
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Real Life!
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Righteo...supplies for Sunday...
Flour...check!
Eggs...check!
Butter...check!
Caster Sugar...check!
Vanilla essence...check!
Icing sugar...check!
Variety of food colourings...check!
I'm slightly surprised Eddie hasn't noticed the imminent arrival of a birthday / anniversary...
Anyone willing to cook the (virtual) cake?
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Mazawattee tea...check!
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mittfh...candles, you forgot the candles.
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I can let you have one!
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DIY (15) - In the early blog days, Whisht was a dab-hand at candle-making. Here's one of his.
(This will look silly if it doesn't work!)
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TiH, nice one!
can you do one of Feefs Pink Hot Pants?
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Gladys (5) : It's my liver that I worry about. It'll be thoroughly devilled by the time I get back from this weekend's camping!
"I did NOT pack my pink shorts..."
"I did not PACK my pink shorts..."
"I WORE them so I didn't need to!"
Have a good weekend everyone. I'm just going to cook some sausages for lunch. ;o)
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DIY: We'll need another from somewhere...
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Day One
Eddie Mair | 17 Aug 06, 12:22 PM
Testing, testing.
If this works I'll think about actually writing something tomorrow.
Thanks for dropping by.
Eric Muir
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It's quite interesting to read what we were writing back then (even though the first 164 comments have bitten the dust) - most regulars were in action by the time of the October reincarnation, although I evidently didn't discover the thread in time...
Now to scroll forwards in time, and discover when I first appeared on the scene...
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Feefs, i haven't forgotten, next time I visit Leominster I will get you the Wild Boar variety!
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Well!!!! It was a sight for sore eyes!!!
We went to see a modern Brazilian dance performannce at the Fringe - Balé de Rua - which featured 12 gorgeous young men dressed in black lycra speedos ;o)
I swear I spotted Guima and DIWyman on the stage!!!!
Here's an assortment of Shortbread for elevenses - plain, butterscotch and chocolate chunk, plus some of Val P's delicious pancakes.
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Fifi, I hope you have a lovely weekend. :0)
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DIY (17) - Nah! - can only do black & white.
Could someone move that windbreak so that Whisht's candle doesn't get blown out?
Ah! - too late!
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Horse (23), You should know to keep candles away from anyone who has had some of Sid's sprout soup...
Bedd (9), Thank you for that image, Fearless does look GREAT sipping cappucino in his Ralph Lauren suit, flicking through the dailies... *sigh*
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Parma Ham... check!
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I wonder who on the beach has too much time on their hands?
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me....still trying to test software in RL, but programmers have yet to compile an exe that does wot is says on the tin.
wotz for lunch?
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I have Westphalian Ham, Mushrooms and mozzarella pearls - lovely topping for any kind of pizza/bread type stuff.
Friday is slipping by too quickly - much to do in RL before another pointless trip to Leeds on Monday..... ho hum
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HORSE! Be careful with that candle or you'll singe yer tail. Yah ee-jit!!
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those Froggers that know of my roots will know that I was raised in Gods own county - Shropshire!
(ducks as various objects are thrown)
As a child we frquently had to go for 'family walks' of a Sunday afternoon. Where we went depended on the weather, if it was fine then one of our favourites was to climb up to the 'tower' at the summit of Callow Hill just north of Craven Arms.
My father always told us it was built by a shipping owner so that he could check which of his sailing ships where in Liverpool and Bristol docks. For years we believed him!
It was pretty much a ruin but we still wonderd what the view from the top would like. After all these years it looks I may get a chance to find out!
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After extensive Googling, I've discovered what appears to be my first post.
10:46am on 2 Feb 2007. "Serious talk? On this blog? Was that a pig I just saw flying past the window?"
Ho hum... thankfully since then, I have actually contributed to some serious threads. In between larking around on the Beach... And Camstreams...
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Wow They will give an ASBO for anything.
And who says BBC not dumbing down to the tabloid level!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7561166.stm
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Wow, Appy (24) :-) I'll have to visit RL more often if it has that affect on women!
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Stewart M (32)..LOL. Perhaps they should move to Hove.
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Stewart M (32) - Yes, but look at their excellent and straight-faced use of the phrase "banging in the night".
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TiH. I thought that, but perhaps if you live in Brighton, you can't go "banging" during daylight hours?
Mind you, I have heard anything goes in Kemptown!
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DIY - It's all old news now anyway. He's not staying in Brighton or indeed Hove. Off to Cumbria apparently. He said as left court that he was going to Cockermouth.
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TiH......I am stuck for words!
anyhoo....woe, woe and thrice woe. The programmers in RL have sent me a new exe to test......by Monday morning if you please!
it rhymes with rugger.
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DIY: Even if it works, pretend it generates a Null Pointer Exception at some random point in proceedings - let the programmers earn their money :)
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Ah mittfh, i have an even more cunning plan....I am going to complain that I keep getting random Exception EOSErrors, Code 1400........there are sooooo many threads running as I hop from window to window that they can spend a lifetime looking for the one that is 'not' responding.
Then I will say on Wednesday lunchtime "sorry guys, my mistake, i had the wrong ports blocked"....that will teach their sorry @rses to mess with a testers weekend!
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Surf's up!
() respect!
ed
(check the comments)
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Horse great one!
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Miffth just done a seach and found my first entry. Must do something constructive. Needless to say I still struggle with html!
# At 01:01 PM on 22 Aug 2006, Stewart M wrote:
ctrl+ :,a gives the two dots thingy's. Oh no not in this text box!! Need to play with HTML settings arrgh
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More pancakes anyone? This convo's getting a bit IT technical for me :-)
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If we're digging out first posts, then strictly speaking I should at this point be moaning pedantically about some kind of typo that Eddie made in today's newsletter - but since I haven't had one today........so what's new??
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That's odd Val. I sent it to the editor to send. I seem to remember it arrived in my inbox. But you know how they are. I need coffee. Anyone?
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I've just set the coffee grinder up on the bar, Eddie. Help yourself to some of this Kenyan Peabody I picked up in the Oxford Covered Market yesterday...
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Eddie and FF, If I had known you were already up you could have come shooting 'Woodies' with me!
Not a large 'bag' but a nice sunrise and not even a 'rigs chopper' to disturb the morning air.
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EdI (41), perhaps the Oven Chips man could try his hand?
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now *that* was a good swim!!!
morning all!! Mmmmm, smell of fresh coffee.....
just stick these under the grill:
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Daft Question I Know Valery P but have you tried Re subscribing? I bet you Internet Spam Filter is too good. Knowong how pointless the newsletter are (no thats not true, I glean lots of useful info from them)
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n-n.....the grill is NOT to be used for drying out yer Speedos!
Kindly hang them up on the clothes line behind the Naughty Step.
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....next to Feefs Pink hot Pants...
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Eddie - thanks for pushing your bottlebrush through the tubes of the Internet, yesterday's arrived this morning. I'd say that I average receipt of about 3 per week, very strange. It could indeed be the spam filter, but why it would take exception to Eddie, and yet persist in sending on CNN Alerts and MSNBC Breaking News, although kindly marking them as Spam, I know not. The cheek of it is that those other 2 insist that I subscribed to them - which I didn't!
Excuse me while I go and scream at the tv..................................................
yes, yes YES! We've won the men's 4 rowing thing! Fantastic!
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DIY,
like Ernie? It may be more gratifying than his plastic Sindy ;-) The mental image of McChip's pasty white man-boobs should clear any beach!As advised, any interested should scan the comments
which would send many a PM beach denizen to the naughty step, and, even as a confirmed hetero, I can see what they mean. Eat your heart out, Putin!
;-)
ed
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Ed I, your goin' to leave all the Beach girls hot n breathless!
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Mmmm, they've got a point though Ed I. Could we get our Eddie to post similar holiday snaps just for today's beach delectations do you think?
Right, I think I'd better go in for a cold dip in the sea!
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Morning all, radio silence has been lifted, documents have been signed, rehearsals start on Tuesday and I can revert to something vaguely resembling real life - on the beach ....??
Fresh tea, coffee and cream doughnuts on the bar.
Can't possibly read back over all the previous posts - what are we doing to celebrate the anniversary?
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Who fancies Lunch?
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Is it really the Blog's birthday? Or am I barking up the wrong tree.
Val P - I never get a newsletter now. I've given up trying.
Stewart M- I do! Suppose you'll tell me to get my own!
I''m feeling a bit left out today- need to catch up on everything.
See you later.....
Mollyxx
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What do you fancy Molly? We should have cake if its the blogs birthday.
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Hi Molster!!!
here, come over and let's have some lovely fresh salmon, bread and butter, with dill and mustard sauce to start with...
then we'll see what Stewart's having, or possibly try one of DIW's left over curries!!!
Are you still smelling sausages, Horse?!
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Horse sausages? Sounds bad.
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Ed (55), I am forever in your debt. That bloke is... *sighs*... Erm almost as exciting as Captain Sparrow. And not fictional!
Molly (60), Yes, the blog will be two years old on Sunday. It's walking and talking and everything now.
Valery (63), And what do you know about Horse's sausage?
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Appy - no comment, still distracted by the holiday snaps.....
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Val, we need your pedantry, or I'll be alone - that and the spotty red shoes.
But on to greater themes that the yumness of Mr Obama.
(Do you think the US elections might be swayed by squillions of women in lust?)
It's the Frog's birthday tomorrow!
We must have a party.
Food, drinks, and fun - what are froggers going to provide?
Eddie, will you drop in for some champers to celebrate?
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Stewart-
By chance I happen to have a laarge Lemony Drizzl somewhere in my bag. seems to have drizzled over........ anway,...
No? Why?
n-n- can it be a late lunch....\
Yum-yum!!! (licks lips)
Appy- only two! Sooooo grown up.
mollyxx
ps Val- photos?
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Click on Ed I's "comments" on 55, Moll - and all will be revealed :-) Will you join us and the squillions?
FrancesO - partee, partee, I'm up for it, music, lights, drink, food, fun, you name it we've got it! I've stashed a crate or two behind the NC Bar already and they should be well chilled.
Where is everybody?
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It's now 11.51-ish p.m. and I've just made it back in time for the Blog Birthday tomorrow.
I even managed to get a card off to Dr. Mair from the Land of the Leek, which, by my reckoning, will have hit the News Centre today (that being the closest I could get to Sunday).
Of course, if Royal Mail are lagging behind, it may not arrive until tomorrow .... And then there's the postcard.
But - enough of all that! Time for a countdown to the Blog's second birthday (only the second? It feels more like a lifetime!)
Six minutes and counting ......
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Sorry, misread my watch
Eight minutes and counting ......
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Misread it again
Seven minutes and counting ...
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HURRAY!!!!! Midnight strikes - Happy Birthday, Blog!!!
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Hi Big Sis - Did you blog on the first day?
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Happy Frogging Birthday to us all!
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Happy Frogging Birthday to one and all :-)
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All together now:
# Happy birthday to you
# Happy birthday to you
# Happy birthday PM blo-og!
# Happy birthday to you!
And what could be more pointless than a postcard? Sending a blog a birthday card! Or at least, I will be in an hours time...hopefully the Royal Snail will get it to London sometime tomorrow!
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Happy Froggy Bloggy Birthday!
mittfh - do you actually have Sunday collections still? we lost ours ages ago.
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Horse: I thought you knew that I had - but, like you, I hadn't 'evolved' a Blog ID on the day (novice mistake!)
My recollection of the day is that it took an absolute age to make a comment, several abortive attempts, and as a result I ended up somewhere in the sixties .... I'll go back and check.
But - yes! definitely a Day One founding member.
Do the rest of you remember that the original Beach was the Day One Beach? And the first to return to Day One was Andy C, though 'twas I (blushes modestly) who coined the concept of a beach. It was in the grey months when we were all feeling a bit fed up and needed somewhere with sunshine.
Memories, memories .....
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Val P
Cor! ''Thanks for that.'' (I luuuurve it when He says that....)
Sqillions plus one, Val !
Dear Blog-
Happy Birthday to you!
Squashed tomatoes and stew!
What would we do without you?
Are you really just TWO?
Lots and lots more Blog birthdays please.
Mollyxx
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ps Is this the way for a grown woman to behave, I ask myself.
Answer-
''YES!!!''
Mollyxx
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Many Happy Returns to the Blog - though hopefully no more returns to Day One, September or 502 during its third year ;o)
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It's raining again in RL....so I will be sipping Birthday champers at NC's untill lunchtime.
(ponders if it is Feefs Pink Hot pants are the cause of the downpours)
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Happy Birthday Frog and froggers! I'm off to help thatching our compost loo. (Believe it or not, totally odourless due to well-inoculated chippings)
Happy birthday one more time!
xx
ed
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I remember it well, Big Sis (78). I think I even used my Blog ID from the get-go. I'll have to check sometime...
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Just checked back - it was later on than I remembered.
Anyone who wants to check out the first day's blogging can find it on the Refuge. AnneP carefully preserved the first day's posts. Hurrah for Anne!
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Hello all... I see the birthday celebrations have begun already!
Now we are two, do we have to start throwing tantrums when we don't get our own way, and refuse to eat our greens?
Me, I am just one big happy ball of relaxed Fifiness today, after a successful weekend's camping with punks. Such larks!
There was another festival just 2 fields away for a political party best known for its extreme right-wing tendencies ... so our festival was treated to a riot van full of policemen on Friday and Saturday. The smaller children were climbing into the cab and trying on the helmets! What on earth did they think we were going to get up to??
Oh, maybe something like this...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/7565354.stm
Fifi ;o)
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I am glad to know it is a birthday today, I had no idea, but being a virtual virgin I can escuse myself
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Oh, Thunderbitrd (87) me too! ;o)
Now then... did anybody remember to bring candles?
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Fifi (88) Horsey brought along one of whisht's candles - have a look at comment 16 ;o)
Does anyone have some balloons?
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I am always astounded by the inventiveness of candle makers... TIH I take off my hat to you!
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Balloon, candles are all well and good, but a good party must invollve Jelly, ice cream and maybe the odd stripper or two
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Thunderbird (91) : Pervert!
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Wheeeeee! Streamers, gaudy flashing lights and balloons just distributed. More cake and fizzy drinks of all types on Nick's Bar.
Oh, and this is Janosz. He strips paint, wallpaper and wood. Say hello to the froggers, Janosz!
Janosz: Hellloooo!
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Oh - and a message for Horsey and peej, if he's around - hope you're staying dry in that awful weather.
I'm just going to light the bonfire, so come and get warm and dry.
Marshmallows to toast later.
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Just to make it perfectly clear, my candles posted earlier were just 'cut & paste' jobs from Day One and originally posted by Whisht.
Been back to have a look at 17 Aug 2006 and of the present contributors, the only ones that I can find and recognise are Frances O, Fearless Fred and Big Sister (under her own name). There may be others that I couldn't find. Although I read on the first day, I didn't post until the second, 18 August 2006.
And Frances - I'm dry, thank you.
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Glad to hear that your particular field didn't flood, Horse. And the positive side is that it will remain verdant well into the autumn ....
It was wet in Wales - some of the time - but some beautiful days, too. And today in Sussex was lovely. Just good enough to get on with some guttering work before the next rain falls. Does anyone have any tips, btw, about how to make guttering click together? At a guess I'd say that a third of our day was spent swearing and cursing at gutter ends, joints, etc., which wouldn't volunteer to do what they're supposed to do. So, still more guttering ahead of us, I fear - but we hope to finish before the next downpour!
Night night, peeps. xx
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Happy Birthday Blog and FrogPeeps! No I didn't post on the first day either, but I did lurk.
So hard to believe that was 2 years ago - and so many friends have been and gone, but glad that so many of us are still around. See y'all tomorrow, bags me the sparkly hammock with this glass of sparkly in my hand, d'you think I can manage?
ps FranO - I'm wearing our shoes :o)
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ValP: Do you need a pair of shoes of your own? It must be very tiring having to share with FrancesO ;o)
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Oh no, I forgot the blog's birthday! And now I've had a glass of wine - really can't type. But i did have a frog friend over for lunch, so I guess we celebrated in a blog-type spirit, even though we didn't realise why!
Happy Birthday Blog!
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ValP and I have a special sort of shoe, Big Sis, which became a prerequisite for visiting the planet Pluto in the early days of the Frog. It's all Stephen, Master of STROP's fault.
And as for thinking of The Beach - stroke of genius!
Gosh...
It all seems a long time ago.
Glad you're dry, Horsey.
Wonder what Eric did with his spare time before the frog? And the PM team? I bet they never imagined what would happen.
I bet we didn't, either...
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me, too, Horse, been looking at all that water and wondering about your fetlocks - hope all stays in good shape.
I well remember my first forray onto the beach too ... I was dressed up in a towel and thongs, and peered out from behind one of those palm trees, barely daring to venture further!!!!
coffee on the bar....
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n-n, I also remember my first visit to the beach.......disguised as a Palm Tree......I still have nightmares!
DiY:-)
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G'morning Beach People. Yet another grey day in RL, so I've scurried down here for a quick indulgence.
FranO - where is our leader? Stephen, are you out there? That Pluto bound bus is willing to do a detour via the 3rd sand dune from the left. Come and see us.
Spare time, what's that??
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I can't believe I missed the birthday drinks. Had an under the weather weekend and didn't want to infect everyone at the NC. Please be patient on the air tonight as I try to focus. In the meantime, could I have a strong coffee please?
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Eddie 104, Got Beijing belly?
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Costa Rica be ok Eddie? I've got a cafetiere on the go.
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I'll dig out some Jamaican Blue Mountain for you, Eddie
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And I'll whip up the latte .....
Should we lace it with some brandy to lift your spirits, Eddie?
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Big Sis - I don't think he's in the mood for the whip. Do you want the number of that F1 chap?
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No thanks, Horse, I only do whips for Eddie.
But I'm wondering what happened to the birthday card I sent us? It was (I thought) highly appropriate, particularly for the 'Laydeeze' of the Beach. And there was a pointless postcard too ......
Perhaps Eddie is confusing me with David McN?
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Oh, while I'm here (I do need to get on with RL!), I just wanted to add that, looking back at Day One (as we were yesterday) I spotted that Johnny Depp was mentioned very early on, indeed was the first celeb to be mentioned on the Blog. So, does this make him the Founding PinUp?
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Thank you for the coffee. No sign of a card though. Will check the mail shortly.
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I think we should club together and buy Eddie a big bottle of echinacea to boost his immune system.
Sorry to hear you've been under the weather, Eddie.
Card clue: Two women in hats were involved.
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Big Sis (113) - How would a big bottle of starfish boost his immunity?
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Or indeed hedgehog?
;o)
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Tih (114), he could pop them down the front of his thong?
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The mail is here. Stand by.
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Fifi - Why would he want to boost his hedgehog?
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TiH...to make it Sonic.....
..i fank u..
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Isn't anybody sending in straplines any more? Today's is one of my favourites but it's ancient now!
Perhaps lunch would inspire you... requests please?
* whips out notebook, licks end of pencil *
Yuck! I recommend NOT the pencil.
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Afternoon all. Here's a big hug for Eric as you all seem to have the coffee and medicines covered already:
((((((((((((((frug))))))))))))))))
I'll have a nice poached salmon salad please Feefs. I'd better not have any wine though -- got to drive soon.
A, x.
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Horse and Feefs, you are so wildly wrong!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6231190.stm
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Bis Sis - I was being facetious! :o)
But now that you mention it, I'll see your evidence
and raise you a counter claim
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Ah, Horse, but my evidence is four years after your counter claim.
And, yes, I was aware ;o)
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fifi Pencils have high carbon content.
But remember its what a mathematician uses when constipated.
Do you need the puchline?
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YES PLEASE!
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Big Sis ... all I remember is making a bad pun on echinacea/erinaceous and taking lunch orders. Unless you're fundamentally opposed to the pun, how am I THAT wrong??
Hope the salmon salad met your expectations, Appy. I myself had some of the meatfree chilli that didn't quite get eaten over the weekend at Lumb Farm.
Did I tell you we thought there was going to be a drugs raid on the festival? Life is never dull!
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Feefs: I was punning back, didn't you spot? ;o)
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DIY, He works it out with a pencil.
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Oh
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If oor Eddie is having echinacea, we'd better make sure it's been grown in ericacious compost ;o)
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Stewart (125/129), that is the most disgusting thing I've heard all day. Ewww.
Fifi (127), Lunch was divine, thank you :-)
Who's for a big mug of Italian hot chocolate? Whipped to a creamy consistency without being milky -- yum!
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me please Ap....can i have hundreds and thousands sprinkled on top as well please?
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Gillianianian...LOL ericacious compost.....very good!
DiY:-)
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Aperatif, Sorry! Its Diy's Fault!!
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Wot did I do?
(wanders off mutering....)
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Morning all !!
Hope youre feeling up to it again, Eddie!!
Fresh coffee here, and doughnuts, bagels and cream cheese.... we've all been working hard, and to be honest, quite frankly we deserve a break!!
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Morning all.....
Gosh it's been a long time since I paid a visit to the beach, so I've brought some freshly baked crusty baguettes and a range of yummy French cheeses for anyone who fancies a wee snack.
Is it just me (the old grey matter is getting greyer and rustier by the day I think!), or is the blog getting harder to follow. Think that's partly why my visits (or at least my contributions) are less frequent now! For instance the glass box used to be a discussion about the programme just aired - now it seems to be a random collection of comments some of which are just too complex or intellectual for my poor wee brain to digest. And there seems to be more and more threads to try and keep up with..... As I said, it could just be me.......it probably is!
Anyhoo - there's a pot of coffee brewing, help yourselves folks - I'm off for a paddle and then back to RL
Fi xx
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SM 129, And engineers work it out with a sliderule.
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littleFluffyFi....good to 'see' you back.
re comments 'bout Glass Box I think that because the PM Frog is quite 'organic' it grows so you have come back to the Frog that has matured?
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As we slide towards autumn and winter we need to start preparations for Christmas lunch, specifically Sprouts!
So as we wait for the first frosts to harden them off we need to prepare for the festivities.
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Why is it you can't just buy a tent any more?
SO and I looked seriously at tents yesterday, with a view to being able to stand up inside next year's festival accommodation ... but they all come with sleeping bags, inflatable beds, lamps.... huh????
We've got all THAT stuff already. We just need the weatherproof bit!
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Be-bop-a-lula, He's My Significant Other...
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I know what you mean Fifi - even the 'serious' outdoors shops in Glasgow have been flogging 'festival packs' comprising tent, sleeping bag, blow-up mattress etc.
But if it's space you're after try this lot (they might be almost local!)
http://www.futuretents.co.uk/marquee_ranges.asp
;o)
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Thanks Trossachs (gross) ... I was aiming to sleep 4, not 50-100!
Perhaps the organisers could buy one of those jobs and flog indoor camping instead as part of the deal?
;oD
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Feefs......try these tents
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Fifi you can borrow mine. we use it about once a year. Reminds me. Must check I can still build it for annual camping weekend.
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Toptastic tip DIY!
He do you DO that html embedding thingy?????
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UTT,
He do you DO that html embedding thingy?????Try this and then this.
And welcome to cowboy country!
;-)
ed
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Now Then Now then
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UtT....Ed I has kindly shown the way, thanks Ed I.
And welcome to Cowgirl country!
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UTT (148) - Also have a look at this that Big Sister wrote a long time ago.
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Quick everybody, down to the shoreline, the Beach Dolphins have leapt into RL!
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So if I get it right you should see
my excursions
eek! fangle-dangle!
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UtT......ye gods mate! Buy a car, it's a lot easier AND quicker.
DiY:-)
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Got to do something to prepare for the next big event DIY!
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While you tech-heads have been going giggly over embedded html wotsits, I have been researching tents.
Oh dear.
Nothing that you can stand up in, that sleeps 2 couples in 2 separate rooms, for around the 100 nicker mark.
Drat and blast!
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"My nicker mark is fading....thanks to New Improved inVPL"
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UtT. good luck!
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Feefs, re tentage, try here, there is a review section.
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Or try here Fifi
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Thanks again DIY and Trossachs. Currently looking at options ... is a sewn-in groundsheet a great idea because it keeps out the creepy-crawlies, or a terrible idea because water collects in the bedrooms?
Staying at home is starting to look more and more attractive! ;o)
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Or try here FiFi
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n-n, (158).....try buying a size smaller so that they really dig in to give the extra visibility.
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* rumble, growing louder.... *
!!!!!!!POP!!!!!!!
Sorry about the mess. Brain explosion with intent.
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SELLERS: (music hall type voice) I say, I say, I say, you look like a sporting man. I'll place my half a crown here. Now then can a lady with a wooden leg change a pound note?
SECOMBE: (music hall voice) Can a lady with a wooden leg change a pound note? Of course she can.
SELLERS: No she can not.
SECOMBE: Why not?
SELLERS:She's only got half a nicker.
FX: CHORD AND CYMBAL CRASH.
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Wot, like this DiY?
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UtT.. you are so going to get it from the Beach ladies.
(stumbles off muttering "what is it with cyclists and lycra?")
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Utt, You've gotta watch those line-breaks in links. Make sure it's "url" with no spaces...
;-)
ed
Nice pic, though
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Fifi have you tried ebay yet?
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UTT - Null points.
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DrFF 166, Now do the Cook and Moore one-legged Tarzan routine for us.
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Dearie me. All of this linking business just means I miss a lot of what's going on. Or maybe that's just me..
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Don't worry Ap, we were trying to help Feefs buy a tent she and her SO could stand up in at the SO swapping festivals!
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Appy-
I agree- I'm the same. I've been lurking around all morning trying to keep up with the linkers- bobbing around . At least we know abou tents now...
Gosh, I'm hungry. What's on the menu today then?
Mollyxx
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Molly, there is some left over Shepherds pie in me fridge if you want to warm it through!
But then I will have to have Fish and Chips for tea.
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greetings to the small wee fluffy one!!
And I wonder - from where do the Bedouin source their tents....?!
LUNCH!!!! Mmmmmm, cor that smells delicious
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How about sharing my lunch with me? We called into the Farm Shop at Tebay services on the way home from Edinburgh, so I'm having Cumbrian Farmhouse cheese, Scottish oatcakes and home-made Runner Bean chutney. DIWyman, have you got any scrumpy to go with that?
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Gillianianian.....one jug o' Scrumpy at NC's, chilled and ready to go!
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n-n (178), probably the Bedouin tent shop!
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Bedouin tent shop
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Not exactly a Bedouin Bargain at £1200 plus!!
Is that Fifi I spied lurking by the tent in the moonlight?
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DiY-
Left over Shepherd''s pie?
Warm it up myself?
Do you mind! Not exactly what I had in mind, DiY....
Gillianian!!
Wait for me! ''Cumbrian'''did you say?
That's more like it- crikey!! Here comes Diy......
Mollyxx
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DIY (175) : That's closer to the gossip than you realise. Seeing as how, owing to SO's previous bellringing commitments for the Saturday, I was obliged to spend Friday night in the tent alone with a man who was somebody else's husband!
(Will this startling revelation make it past the profanity filter, I wonder?)
Anyway, of course perfect propriety was maintained - but we came in for some odd smiles the rest of the weekend!
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Molly - my mistake - should have said Cumberland, not Cumbria.
Made by our very own Farmer Sid, I suppose ;o)
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Feefs (185)..as long as The Pink Hot Pants came to no harm then perhaps your modesty has been preserved!
DiY:-)
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Molly (184)......OK, curiosity has got the better of me!
Just what did you have in mind?
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Feefs.....owing to SO's previous bellringing commitments for the Saturday.....so the was your SO at the All England Nude Bellringing, Pastie eating, Scrumpy drinking and Ferret worrying championships 2008!
I must say he was rather good, well except for the Bell ringing, Pastie eating and Scrumpy drinking...but the Ferret was sure worried.
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DIY (189) i cant type for laughing...
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...to bring laughter into someones day is all i asks....
DiY:-)
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Whiting in breadcrumbs, with a nice creamy caper sauce, boiled spuds and green beans, lemon wedge on the side. Hold out your plates, please bring own cutlery.
No wine with it though.. not till after the Committee From Hell's AGM anyway. Wish me luck for later!
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Good luck Fifi.
And can I have some of that please?
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There you go, Apps. Mixed the breadcrumb coating myself!
See you later. xx
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Okay, peeps, it is now time for the next event in the Beach Olympsomethings. The competitors are now all ready and so could I ask anyone who wants to watch the next event to make their way to Dune 3.
Just a reminder that the aim of this event is to pick up the hoodie and throw her the furthest distance possible. There are no additional points for style, in this event! And so, without more ado, let us make a start with the Chav Lynn throwing contest!
H.
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Humph we will have to get things ready for the closing celebrations.
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Fluffyfi - hiya to you, hope you had a wonderful trip.
Appy - I'm with you on the link thing, I find it so distracting dotting back and forth so I try to ignore them until curiosity gets the better of me......
Humph - they might then like to move on to Dune No 5 where they'll be thrilled by the banter in the Discuss, all the time watching out for low-flying objections of course.
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At Dune 2 you'll find ladies wriggling and writhing as they attempt to be the first to get into their corsets - the Women's Girdles.
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In Lane 5 here we have the rather cold men grouting in any artistic form they please, in the Men's 250m freeze tile.
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Wouldn't that be frieze tile?
xx
ed
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Morning all - this morning's breaking news is that after starting the Modern Pun-tathlon, Humph is now in for the High Jump.
Poached eggs, anyone?
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It is getting very exciting, here, in the safe-breaking competition using equipment supplied by the Bank of Warsaw. And the question that many people are asking at the moment:
"Who will be first in the Pole vault?"
H.
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Last night I went down to the cellar underneath the NC Bar to change a barrel, only to find that an Eastern European family have taken up residence - beds, tables & chairs, everything. Anybody know who organised this Pole Vault?
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hee hee!!!!
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Oh moderators! Do get a grip!!
Have you all had a 'sense of humour' by-pass?
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Now now horsey-worsey. Have you been eating sour grass again...?
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Congratulations to the Japanese paramedics team who formed an almost perfect very long line and won gold in the 100-metre splint.
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I hear that ex-Beatle Mr McCartney is starting his own wind-farm. This will of course, supply Paul-volts.
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But then again, there are those who seem to turn against their sports, like the French Discus Shun team.
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I wonder whether Raula Padcliffe will finish the Snickers?
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I hear the Chinese are rather disappointed at their poor results in the water sports. But apparently Say Ling wasn't available for comment.
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From the gymnasium, Mr and Mrs Ontalbars, and their son, Horace.
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I'm not playing any more!
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Horsey-worsey, I'll sprinkle your straw with some sweet Namosa tea. :0)
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Horse - now, of course, I'm dying to know what you said! Silly moderators are like those parents who consistently ban children from doing things and who end up with the badly-behaved children. Non?
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Val P (216) - It's on the August FBeach.
Apparently I'm racist.
MrsEff (215) - Is it Golden Namosa?
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And fresh from winning the first medal for Turkey in the gymnastics arena, would you please welcome Mr and Mrs Metrikbaahs and their daughter Aseem.
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I'm sure I read that we got a medal in the Intermittent Pommel Horse???... we must be in with a great chance for the Moderators Pentathlon...
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Look! There's Mr and Mrs Letesfoot, and their son, Arthur.
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Its Mr and Mrs Dredmetressprint and their son, Attila The Hun ...
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Can we keep a watch out as Mr and Mrs Minton arrive with their unruly son, Bad.
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The chinese family from Cardiff have just arrived, so can we please welcome Mr and Mrs Ving and their son, Di.
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and his Auntie Cling has brought his niece Cy.
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Observations from the bridge across the freah water stream.
Security has been very tight at these Games. Fifi vigilantes have made sure very few Trolls get through.
But should the Trolls be given meddles,too? After all, they invented the term.
Should Trollism be given the recognition it deserves. (Hem!!) Just as heckling and destructive questioning of politicians are recognised as political art forms?
Even goats say anyone can be a Troll and one person;'s Bril Blogger is another's Terrible Troll
So I award the Fifi Troll Gold Meddle to.......aaaaah!!!!
(Leg gets caught from below bidge by a Troll looking remarkably transatlan...........tic.
Gets swallowed whole by careerist bloggers)
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And who's this shabbily dressed athlete? He's the trampy Leening.
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It's taking them all day with that huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge net to catch the 500 metre Butterfly.
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Fifi (227):
That is no buttlefry! That is Mothra! Aieee! Send for Godzilla!
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MrsEff (221) - S'not fair - I got modded for using the word Hun!
Although she didn't make into the final six, would you please welcome from the Greek delegation, Mr & Mrs Xerces and their gymnast daughter, Flora.
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Rather embarrassingly, Britain has won yet another gold medal in that most distasteful of events... soiling.
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And as we're all here, a lovely big warm welcome to the ex-serviceman, warming up over there, on the gym equipment, that's Para Lellbars.
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Fifi 230, And rowing. Can't even behave themselves at the Olympics.
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Please welcome some of the Olympians' and their families:
Ma Rathon,
Walter Polo,
Bea Emmecks,
second-generation Russian emigre, Bea Tchvolly-Ball and her rather wet cousin Soft Ball,
Ray Tsling,
the man who was a bit cranky, but is a lot more balanced now; that's Stable Dennis,
Fi Ldhoughey,
and arriving early for the Winter Olympics, it's
Bob Sleigh,
Al Pines-Kiing and
Lou Juh.
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SSCat (233) and not forgetting:
Annette Ball
Dennis
Trip L Jump
Wynn Surphin
... think I'll stop there.
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Isa Haughey
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Feefs....here is their team anthem...
I am soiling, I am soiling,
Home again cross the sea.
I am soiling, smelly speedos,
To be near you, to be free.
I am f@rting, I am f@rting,
Like a bird cross the sky.
I am f@rting, passing smelly wind,
To be with you, to be free.
Can you hear me, can you hear me
Thro the dark night, far away,
I am f@rting, forever f@rting,
To be with you, who can say.
Can you smell me, can you smell me,
Thro the dark night far away.
I am stinky, forever stinky,
To be with you, who can say.
We are soiling, we are soiling,
Home again cross the sea.
We are soiling smelly speedos,
To be near you, to be free.
Oh lord, to be near you, to be continent
Oh lord, to be near you, to be continent
Oh lord.....Pharp....toooo late.
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I needed to buy a couple of new pens, this morning, and so I went to the local stationary shop. Whilst I was there, I decided that it would be a good idea to get a new reel of sticky tape, as I was getting abit short of it in the office, but the seller told me that he had already sold out. "How come?" I asked. "There was a guy who came in at the start of the day and he needed 23 reels." the shop-keeper said.
I: 23 reels? You only stock 23 reels??
SK: Of course not!! But that was only the start of the day. Later another person came to buy 15 reels. Nothing unusual about that in this buisness.
I: But that is still only . . . only . . .
SK: And then Alison, from the office block across the road, came in for her usual collection of 25 reels. 25 reels a week! Honestly, I do not know what they use it for!
I: Hmm! Seems like it has been a busy day for sticky tape.
SK: But that was not the end of it! Five minutes ago another lady comes in and asks for 50 reels of sticky tape. I tell her that I only have 37 left and so she says that she will take them. She said it was really urgent and so I let her have the remainder of the stock.
I: So that means we have four buy one hundred reels, eh?
H.
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H.....that is.....well it may be a.......it is amongst.....perhaps even......a Gold
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Feefs...I got modded..
..the first verse woz...
I am soiling, I am soiling,
Home again cross the sea.
I am soiling, smelly speedos,
To be near you, to be free.
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etc
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Oh lord.....Pharp
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DIWyman (236) I presume you came up with another luge remark?!
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DIY (239) ... good, so you should be!!
I can tell the sprouts are coming along nicely?
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oi bin naughty miss diane....oi bin sent to the nughty step...miss diane..oi 'as.
(shuffles off in 1970's mode)
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any 1 wont the second verse..i rekon i can squeeze 1 out past the mods!
DiY:-)
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Go for it DIY! I wont the second verse two!
;o)
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Relate counsellors have turned up and raised objections to the rowing heats...they'd prefer competitors to take part in the discuss instead...
Actors are busy rehearsing Hamlet's "Alas, poor Yorik" scene - the double skulls...
Bakers have arrived to try and beat the world record for the largest toroidal mint - what a polo!
An unusual beauty contest is taking place, for those with ten neices...
In response to intensive lobbying by a sponsor, the long distance road race has been renamed the snickers...
I've also heard rumours that hot air ballooning will be a new event in the 2012 olympics, and the politicians are having a rest before their annual bout of training...
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2nd verse..jus' loike the fust, only a little bit louder and little bit wurse....
I am f@rting, I am f@rting,
Like a bird cross the sky.
I am f@rting, passing smelly wind,
To be with you, to be free
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tee hee!
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3rd verse..jus' loike the fust, only a little bit louder and little bit wurse....
Can you smell me, can you smell me,
Thro the dark night far away.
I am stinky, forever stinky,
To be with you, who can say.
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and we finish wiv..
Oh Froggers, to be continent
Oh Froggers, to be continent
Oh Froggers.....Pharp......tooooo late
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DIW - needa cawk?!
You is disGusting you is.....!!!
Can you do this:
Phbbbbbbp Pharp!!
hang on, I'll get it right in a minute
Phbbbbbbbbbbbbp Pharp!!!
(Oooh, that's better)
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DIY ... ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
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wot....it's Friday and no new Beach!!
anyhoo, coffee and OJ at Nc's for those in need.
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On my way into work, this morning, I noticed the following sign in the local Sorcery shop:
"Due to exceptional demand over the last couple of days, we have sold out of wands made of the traditional oak! We apologise to all our customers for this inconvenience. Will a teak one do?"
H.
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Yup, I think I must need DIY's coffee, it took me several reading's to work out what you were on about there Humph - good when you get it though ;-)
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Eddie! Get a wiggle on with the new Beach.
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Mr and Mrs Diver and their daughter Muffy.
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DMcN - I think you'll find that the IOC hasn't yet ratified that as an Olympic event.
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The gymnasts, whilst relaxing in Beijing's bars, have claimed they're falling victim to subsidence, with the unfortunate result of uneven bars...
Meanwhile, the German contingent have locked themselves in their room, and have dropped the exit pass into a wine bottle - hock key...
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TIH 257, Just wanted to see if it would get modded. The real term did when somebody posted it.
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It's SO warm ...
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You mischief maker, you!
;o)
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