The Beach.
"Welcome to The Beach, a very special place on the PM Blog.
The sun shines, the drinks are free, there are more than enough sun loungers and hammocks to go round, and the camels are friendly. So, take a break from your day to day stresses and strains and relax.
There are only two rules; 1) be nice to everyone, and 2) don't eat the petunias."
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Morning all. I'll set up the breakfast nook...
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Morning FF, can I have coffee and crossaunts with a side order of black current jam. i am going to need all the energy i can get if i is to finish of the grouting today!
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Northampton here I come... awake or not!
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Well, well, well. I took a day off yesterday to go to London, and when I got back I found I'd had a posting on the beach removed - because it was 'off topic'. I am puzzled.
1) the same message, pretty well word for word, was posted by DIWyman and is still there;
2) as BrokenBronco so eloquently pointed out, this was one of a series of 'direct quotes from a pre-watershed and classic Radio4 comedy programme';
3) would someone please let me know what the topic is for this beach?
Many thanks,
Sulky Sid
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Crikey, wotz Northampton done?
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Mornin' all! The Naughty Step Extension has transferred to this Beach, just in case Samantha's fanclub decides to join us again...
Meanwhile, I've stocked up the bar with Le Frogger and Champers for later, and also brought a few party goodies so this evening we can properly celebrate the passing of whatsisname (brought to you by the letters either side of H on your keyboard).
And, as it's 08:30, I'd better log off and bog off to work...
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Sulky Sid, please don't sulk. I think a mod hadn't heard of ISIAC!
Here have a cup of Sprout Tea.
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..of course ISIAC was a spin off of ISIHAC!
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Thanks for the tea, DIY - warmed the heart of my cockles (I hope that doesn't sound too rude).
Anyway, this is what I wrote to the mods - not that they read such things:
"What do you mean, 'off-topic'? I wasn't aware that the beach had a topic!
And what I posted was one of a series of postings from a variety of posters, all quoting the late, great Humphrey Lyttelton, from his famous pre-watershed comedy programme braodcast on BBC Radio 4.
You really expect me to re-write his script?
I'm interested* to note that another blogger repeated the same line that I quoted - but his post is still there.
Come on, chaps - get a grip!!
Sid
*not all that interested, actually"
Too trenchant, do you think?
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Is there any coffee left please. And I'd like a croissant warmed if poss with lots of proper butter.
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A CrossAunt would be great. Can I have a Pain Au Raisin instead though.?
Sid, I too was modded for being off topic. Somehow, when I posted, I had that little feeling. I am going to temtatively slide off the naughty step and in an effort to keep on topic get some sand in my warm doughnut ;-o
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LOL....anyone seen Samantha this morning?
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I haven't seen Samantha yet, but I gather she's coming.
ANYWAY, here's hoping you're all going to continue to get on with each other in a nice friendly froggy way.
Or else ;-)
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Thanks, Marc - sounds like a good excuse for a party!
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Morning all.
Good grief, two successive days and two postings! That almost counts as a miracle the way work has been going of late. Can I just stay on the Beach please? It's so much nicer here.
Anyway, after a hurried cup of sprout tea (interesting texture - it has a lot of body, I'm just not sure whose) and a cross aunt, I'm off to the waterfall for a shower.
Save me a sunbed someone...
;o) []
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Bad news, I'm afraid.
Sadly Samantha can't be with us today. She's on a language exchange in Southern Spain, where she's hoping to pick up a little Andalucian and enjoy the local tongue.
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The sunbed with the 'Wood Beads' on is reserved for Wonko.
BB.....thats funny, as Samantha tells me she has to nip across to Regent's Park Zoo to help look for a missing snake, and she's promised not to return until she finds the keeper's adder behind the reptile house...!
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coffe and doughnuts at NC's for elevenses.
DiY :-?
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Can I just have coffee and nuts?
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DIY ;-? Finest columbian is it?
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I'd just like some dough, please.
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nuts to Big Sis and BB...doh.
Stewart M, yep, with reduced 'e' content.
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DIW (12)
I hear Samantha is fetching sandwiches to the beach. Her cheese and home made chutney are yummy. Yet I never object when she palms me off with relish...
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The first joke I read on the PMblog was new to me, but I suspect very old. It took me 5 minutes to work it out!
A guy walks into a Glasgow bakery.
"Scuse me hen, is that a donut in the windae, or a meringue?"
"Naw, ye're right enough, son, it's a donut".
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Well, now that you're all comfortably settled with your coffee, doughnuts, nuts, and dough, it's time for a little speech from me.
I really am very grateful to all those, on the Blog, who rose to my defence over the past few months when a certain person kept launching attacks of various kinds against me.
I have come to the conclusion that, given his particular problem with the concept of 'feminism', he had misconstrued my blog ID. I think he thought the 'Sister' bit referred to the Sisterhood. As it happens, that was a million miles from the truth. My choice of the name Big Sister was a bit of a joke: I don't have any younger siblings, and was really using the antithesis of Orwell's Big Brother (not to mention the TV programme of that name). I guess I saw myself as being somebody who might stand up for others, if necessary, and just be a friendly type.
I could never bring myself to explain this while JG was posting because, no matter what I said, he was dead set upon misunderstanding me. At the end of the day, he was distorting normal activity on the Blog.
Like others, I've found this to be a great place to hang out and have made some really good friends through it. Like others, I was finding the presence of the troll to be very depressing and a deterrent from visiting here.
I'll place it on record now that, despite having been slurred on many occasions by him, I very rarely complained about individual posts from him, mainly because I think he condemned himself by his own words. But, at the end of the day, his presence here was extremely adverse, not only to me, and the Blog is a better place without him.
So, my friends, thank you all again for defending me, and others, and finally defeating the forces of darkness.
End of speech ;o)
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Hi Joe....FOMCL!
Ok, planning permission to add another extension onto the already extended Naughty Step is being considered!
DiY :*)
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....this is far more fun than grouting tiles in RL!
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Marc - get yourself to the naughty step right now! Yes, yes, you can take a doughnut with you.
Is it lunchtime? I have spicy red lentil soup simmering on the stove along with some crusty bread and proper butter - plenty there if you want to share . . .
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Big Sis....wow..and only put that podium there while I grabbed a cup of coffee!
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Big Sis - :o)
Perky - yes please, a bowlful for me. Breakfast has just about worn off now, and even if it hadn't your soup sounds wonderful and will hit the spot!
Sun shining again and more blue skies with fluffy clouds in RL - we've had sunnier skies in October (and drier spells) than over the whole of the summer. Weird. Despite that, our colours really don't look autumnal yet, is that a Scottish thing?
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I feel sorry for Joe (24), he happens to pop by to join in the 'Samantha' fun and gets modded!
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Hello everyone, I heard it was safe to return......
Well said Big Sis, although I can claim no part in the victory seeing as how RL has conspired to keep me so busy lately :-(
The soup sounds delicious, I'll have a bowl please Perky.
It's certainly looking fairly Autumnal round here Val.
Right back to it for now.........
Fi x
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Now here's a funny thing - during a particularly sleepless night last night, I was listening to the World Service after 4 am. What should I hear but Nigel Wrench's interview with the painter from Glasgow? And complete with the introduction I heard Eddie say yesterday!But read by the W S announcer.This conjures up a picture in my mind of the World Service people trawling through the PM bins after the team have gone home for the night, taking out Eddie's crumpled scripts, smoothing them out and going "Yeah that'll do for 5 minutes worth. Great. Anything else in there we can use?"
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We Had better start listening to other BBC stations see what else is re-cycled ;-)
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Big Sister, :-)
"May you never lay your head down without a hand to hold
May you never make your bed out in the cold
Cos you're just like a big strong sister of mine, and you know that I love you too
You ain't got no knife to stab me in my back, and I know there is them that do..."
as the bard had it. Or I think he did, that might be the verse about a big strong brother. :-)
Do come and have a look at the sea-anemones in the third rock-pool from the left, they seem to have formed themselves into a word and I think it is 'hurrah!' but it's a bit wobbly and I'd like a second opinion.
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Also (forgot to say before) please can we have more on the Japanese story of the woman who's been arrested for killing her "virtual" husband? (an avatar - so she hasn't actually killed anyone in RL).
Bizarre or what? I heard it on the W S this morning. Tell me it wasn't a dream!
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Annasee!! - I heard that too and couldn't figure out if it was a nonsensical story or if I was having a dream and making it up!
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Valery P (30). re our colours really don't look autumnal yet, is that a Scottish thing?
nah! all the fir trees round are still green as well.
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Annasee & BB, the story made it over to the US *news* (aka Fox) as well. Aparently the woman is being charged under an anti-hacking law...
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@36 - good job whatsisname isn't around - he'd be claiming the arrest was A Good Idea (TM), and blaming the internet for "feminism" infiltrating society and causing the world as he (thought he) knew it to disintegrate into chaos!
Now he's gone (hurray!), it'll be refreshing if we have a thread on the pensions story to engage in sensible discussion, not heated debate, for once!
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peeps, the Big Stiff one at NC's is for The non stick Cat. I have managed to confuse her with Big Sis on a nuvver fred.
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It's alomost Archers time......tum te tum te tum te tum.....
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Big Sis - I wasn't around at the time due to work pressure but I am both concerned to hear of the mistreatment you suffered, and glad to hear it seems to have been resolved.
To celebrate I have made biscuits; Shrewsbury biscuits in the blue tin and ginger snaps in the red one.
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PS Samantha has just popped by to let me know she is seeing her new Gentleman friend. He's a blacksmith with his own forge at home. Samantha tells me she's really looking forward to getting a grip on his hot rod and going at it hammer and tongs...
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DIY - well before SSC gets here, you'd better get your sexes sorted out! He's a he!!!!
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damn the 'e' and 'r' for being sooo close to the 'i' and 's'!
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I just spotted - that's my strapline today, my first one! Proud. ;o)
Funny how such a simple thing can literally bring a smile to your face!
;o) []
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Diy (42) Remember the alomo st!
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Here's the story, reprinted from Wired.com:
A 43-year-old Japanese woman, angry over a sudden divorce in the virtual online game Maple Story, has been arrested on suspicion of hacking into the game where she killed her once-virtual husband, authorities said.
Authorities said the Miyazaki woman illegally accessed the game with a password she hijacked from a colleague. That made it appear as if her coworker committed the online murder.
According to The Associated Press, the woman told police: "I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry."
The hacking allegation carries a maximum five-year prison term.
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25.
A great joke! (For the Beach is for non -serious matters).
Para 4 is not give an excuse , though it may give a reason, for not telling JG about the the content of para 3.
But then it's only JG you were keeping in the dark, eh!*****
mittfh tells us JG invokes Goodwin's Law when he talks of Naziism.
That is not to invoke any law at all. It is to do something consistent with the Law and perhaps perovide evidence for it.
But category mistakes like that don't matter, do they, mittfh, for you are a scientist and it's only JG you are talking to, eh!
Fifi says JG should apologise to the memory of the holocaust victims.
The sort of view that were it directed at anyone else except JG would bring down an avalanche of criticism. (That you can only apologise to sentient beings, etc)
But its only old JG isn't it, eh.
I flicked through some old posts last night.
I lighted on a JG Comment in the middle of a discussion about evolution.
All it said was (in effect)
Genetic diversity is of great value when the environment is hostile, it produces only decorative value when the environment is friendly.
That may be a well known dictum he was quoting. Or something he found on the blog.
My point is that it is a startlingly interesting thing to say.
So much more interesting than the regurgitated Wiki quotes we get from many who criticise him
So much more interesting than the contributions from many who criticise his. which merely longwindedly tell us they agree with some earlier non -controversial post.
You've got rid of him, have you?
Well, you've made the blog more mundane and mediocre.
***** Since it's you Big Sister, I'd better spell it out that the rest of this post does not have you specifically in mind. Okey Dokey?
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I see frequent references to Simon Worral/White Rat/ Fabio recently.
Is he coming back, you ask?
Given his heavy defence of markets during the early stages of the sub prime affair, I expect that's him with his head deep in the sand on ostrich hill over there
This is a joke, of course, 'cos the Beach is for non serious matters.
Like the FTSE being down 9 percent at post time.
Which is certainly a jolly good laugh, if not a joke as such.
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peers out from under sunshade, looks like a storm brewing!
anyhoo, T at 3 to go with the biscuits Wonko has provided.
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There's only one thing to do;
a song
{singing}
The sun has got his hat on...
come on join in
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Thanks for the tea - here's cheese on toast and date and walnut loaf, courtesy of the Country Market (or the WI stall as I still call it)
Two slices for Wonko, for his strapline debut ;o)
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Mmm, Cheese on Toast! Yum!
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Tea, cheese on toast, date and walnut! Could the Beach get any better? I know...
Pimms O'Clock anyone? I realise it's a bit early, but it's Friday and the Sun's over the yard arm somewhere!
;o) []
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Wonko! Me! Me! *holds out very large tumbler*
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Can you pour me a pims for 2 hours time, please, Wonko? Thanks!
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and me please!
I have dun some canopies if anyone fancies a nibble.
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Update on our virtual "murder" case:
Other news sites I've read report that the e-husband had given her his password when they were in the throes of e-marital bliss, and the "murder" was simply the e-wife logging into the e-husband's account and deleting his character.
Now, if I recall most online Terms and Conditions of Service, then it's the e-husband that's committed the e-crime by sharing his password...
Logging onto an account with a password you have been given is not an e-crime or a real crime!
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DI_W 58, But if we eat the canopies, what will we shade under?
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we could try sitting in the shade of the Naughty Step extensions!
BTW, has anyone seen my whip, Gillian?
DiY ;-)
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DI_W 61, I thought I'd eat up the street, but didn't want to get asphalt between my teeth.
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DIWyman - I think Ffred's keeping it in a safe place for later ;o)
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DIY (61) - Why do you call your whip Gillian?
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BB 64, I was, however, able to hear Tinkerbelle.
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BB 64, PS I think you missed the comma in DIY's post. Maybe it fell out of your cheap computer onto the floor.
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D McN - have you met my brother, Robert?
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it's all getting silly!
let's press the reset button and enjoy the Fish - n - Chips wot I have got for tea.
pass the salt and the sprout vinegar please Sid!
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Sid, please could you reset the Fish - n - Chips wot DIY has for tea -- they make me nervous...
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Talking of resets, I finally caved into Windows' demands to restart after installing a couple of updates...
"Windows is restarting"
(wait ages)
Ctrl + Alt + Delete. (three finger salute)
(nothing)
Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Delete. (four finger salute)
(nothing)
Hold power button for 5 seconds.
(Pup! Powers down).
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind :)
So, now I've persuaded Vista to hang (whilst shutting down - I thought that was a Win 2k problem...), I've just got to work out how to persuade Vista to give me a BSOD...
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mittfh.....keep pulling out the power plug when the pc is booting up will probably do it for you.
(LOL...thinks.....mittfh needs to get out more!)
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that's funny?
i'm sure i had ate all me tea up! i have now got a plate full again. ahhhh, I see, some one pressed the wrong reset button.
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Petsitting is brill. I recommend it.
Lucy's owner (who owns a flower shop) has just presented me with the most enormous bouquet (2 big vases full) and a couple of bottles of wine. Isn't that nice?
And now that the other pet owners have also returned home, I am relieved of Late Shift duty, so can happily report that the first GandT slipped down really nicely thanks. Have we enough tonic for another?
* holds out pint mug *
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I think we can rustle some up...
Meanwhile, there's some leftover champers from the celebrations of whatsisname's eviction - anyone got some cider so we can rustle up Witchi's favourite brew? :)
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just sending a gallon of me best Scrumpy over right now!
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btw, best not to spill any on painted surfaces.
..can also be used for removing nail varnish and stains in lavatory bowls...
...but goes really well with fresh bread and a good strong real chedder cheese!
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.....pickled onions....i forgot the pickled onions...
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DIY would gherkins do? I have a jar as yet unopened.
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Diy my fish supper was good too.
Though the good lady had a battered Sausage.
I like fish shop haggis but you can't get them south of North Northumberland.
Mittfh I have had to do hard resets on vista on a few occasions and often give up waiting for it to power down at bed time.
Have been using an small laptop with linux on which is great but I've managed to loose an icon. It seems to be a nightmare getting a Linux icon back. Off to the message boards I think. (nah beer)
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Talk about being hoisting by your own petard!
Quoted for the first time on PM this evening, really in support of Peter Mandelson, but made to sound like I was backing George Osborne.
Can't complain really, as the point would hold true for Tory or Labour.
But, Grrrrrrrrr, anyway.
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BB - hee hee!!! Will have to listen again now, just to hear that clip!!!
More champers? I am feeling a little in need....
(49, 50 - I dont want people banned from a public blog any more than you do. And it is not a happy event when anyone is banned. But the decision rests in another place, not here on the beach!!!)
n-n
xx
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Here you are n-n:
* glig glig fzzzzzzzzzzz plp! *
and one for me I think:
* glig glig fzzzzzzzzzzz plp! *
Bit of stilton to go with that?
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Fifi have you got the plink plink fizzz to go with breakfast??
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You mean the poor man's jacuzzi? (Other soluble headache suppressants in a bath are available.)
Why naturally, there's always a box of those on that low coffee table in front of the bar, every morning, along with the jug of iced water.
Now... who's for a game of late night beach volleyball while it's quiet?
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Well, I guess I lost THAT point! Let's try that again...
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How'd I do??
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How about 'Outlast the Moderators'
I've got two referred posts from the 9th and 10th of October still with them!!!
Can you beat that?
Isn't there a statue of limitations, here?
If the person who refers a post says s/he's relented, by email to the mods, is that enough to restore it ('Charges dropped') ?
Can the same post, having passed a referral get re-referred? If so, how many times?
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Y.....A......W...........N..................
* switches off the light *
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Y.....A......W...........N.......!
switches on light can't sleep. rosie (cat #2) has insisted on showing us what she has brought home.
is there no end to the supply of small creatures!
oh well perhaps a mug of warm milk is called for.
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.....now the dishwasher has just fired up....
(Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)
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Morning Froggers and peeps!
I have put the kettle on, can someone else do 'breakfast'. I'm tired before I have even started!
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A joke to pass the time while I wait for breakfast!
One day in the Garden of Eden, Eve calls out to God
'Lord, I have a problem!'
'What's the problem, Eve?'
'Lord, I know you created me and provided this beautiful garden and all these wonderful animals, but I,m just not happy'
'Why is that, Eve?' comes the reply from above.
'Lord, I am lonely and I'm sick to death of apples.'
'Well eve, in that case, I have a solution. I shall create a Man for you.'
'What's a Man, Lord?'
'This man will be a flawed creature, with many bad traights. He'll lie, cheat and be very competitive. All in all, he'll give you a hard time, but, he'll be bigger, faster and will like to hunt and kill things. He will also look silly when aroused, but since you've been complaining, I'll create him in such a way that he will satisfy your physical needs. He will be witless and will revel in childish things like fighting and kicking a ball about. He won't be too smart, so he will also need your advice to think properly.'
'Sounds great' says Eve, with an ironically raised eyebrow, 'but what's the catch Lord?'
'Well - you can have him on one condition.'
'What's that, Lord?'
'As I said, he will be proud, arrogant, and self-admiring - so you'll just have to let him believe that I made him first.
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'But just remember, it's our little secret - you know, Woman to Woman.
(Any resemblance to any man you might know is purely coincidental)
DiY :-)
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Sid 67, Robert Sid?
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BB 80, You have a horrible voice. You should get a stand in. Maybe Tinkerbelle.
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D_W 89, If one of my autumn photos ever appears, you might see my cat Rosie.
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'David' likes being sixty. A young woman recently referred to him as a sexagenarian, and he figures at this stage of his life, that's the closest he'll get to flattery.
I fank u
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D_McN (95)
If mine ever appears you will see my 'Nuts'.
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So while Samantha pops out to French polish her tall boy........I'll pop the coffee on!
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DI_W 97, I guess your 98 was ruder than your 97.
You talking about me in 96? Huh? Are you? ARE YOU!!??
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D_McN, don't flatter yourself, I am 'quoting' David Minkoff!
Mods.....Re my post 98, it came from , here broadcasted by R4 from live Brighton on 8th June 1996 by Humph on ISIHAC!!
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The sun has come out, so while Samantha gets to grips with an unexpected warm front I'll be carrying on with fitting the new taps in the bathroom!
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I am rustling up my favourite warming soup again, which will hopefully arrive with fresh warm bapps (hands off Samantha!!)...
Look here, yesterday I was donated two halves of duck, and separately, 12 pots of lavender and half a ton of wood. I am taking next week off, what else can a chap ask for?!!!
n-n
xx
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n-n, oive got an Orange if your interested!
could go with your duck?
re, the wood, that would be for that blast furnace of yours?
peeps are still glowing about it!!
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Eek! Saturday again!
Just time to stretch out for a quick snooze before lunch.
Then a dash to Sa****b**** before a quick *disco nap*.
Then supper on the beach- how about a barbeque- and then, an extra hour in bed tomorrow!!!! Not bad !
Trouble is, RL not quite so easy to organise....
Well, who''se freeeeee?
Mollyxx
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n-n, bad news I'm afraid!
That dinner party you woz planning tonight, Samantha tells us she's off to a gourmet evening, where her favourite French chef has prepared a nine course dinner. Looking at the menu, she says she's not so keen on some of his traditional dishes, but she's spotted something tempting between the Frog's Legs and the Boeuf En Croute, which also looks nice...!
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Molly, I'm free, well not actually free - just not terribly expensive!
...you should see my plumbing!.....
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DIY-
Too silly.........
Now , what will you contribute, apart from an orange?
I can't do everything, you know!
Mollyxx
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Molly, some spare ribs....
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Hello, hello, RL has kept me away for some time, but hello again -- I've come for a little lurk in a hammock.
DIY (106), We've all seen your plumbing rather often. (Well you will insist on aering those speedoes on your head!)
Mr Noodle (102), What a strange and pleasant collection. What are you going to o with it all. And what's the difference between (two halves of a) duck?
Molly (104), A disco nap? I should've thought that would be quite difficult???
A, x.
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nn 102, Foie gras? Minkoff will bring the baguettes.
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DIy (108)
Spare?
To you, maybe....
Appy (109)
I was wondering where you were!!!
Have your nap befere you go- about 5 pm- enjoy the disco!!!!
I do the naps. Disco? No way...
Mollyxx
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Hymie’s golf club is giving a prize for the best toast of the evening. When it’s Hymie’s turn, he raises his glass and says, "Here's to spending the rest of my life between the legs of my wife!"
And that wins him the top prize and everyone at the club congratulates him. When he returns home, he tells his wife Sadie, "Guess what, darling? I won the prize for the best toast of the night."
"That's nice," says Sadie, "So tell me already. What was your toast?"
Hymie replies, "Here's to spending the rest of my life sitting next to my wife in shul."
"Oh Hymie," says Sadie, "that’s a really beautiful toast."
The next day, as she’s going to the local supermarket, Sadie meets one of Hymie’s golf club friends. When he sees her, he smiles in a leery fashion and says, "Hi Sadie. Did Hymie tell you he won first prize last night with a toast about you?"
"Yes he did tell me," replies Sadie. "But I was a bit surprised because he’s only been there twice in the last six months. The first time he fell asleep, and the second time, on Yom Kippur, I had to pull him by the ears to make him come."
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Hmm, I wonder if the events are connected. Yesterday in RL, SO and I were guests of the president of a rugby club at their pre-match lunch. That was out of the normal for both of us, but quite fun. Then, last night (or perhaps early this morning) while the world slept, I dreamt that I, and a couple of other faceless froggers, were the special guest of Baron Mair in a rather posh Italian restaurant in New York (not a rugby shirt in sight, mind!). I would like to say that it all went swimmingly, but I got lost on my way to the ladies and couldn't find my way back to the table afterwards. You can, fellow froggers, imagine the frustration and the disappointment.
Ah well, it was only a dream.
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PS Presumably because he was busy wining and dining virtual friends, I note Eddie wasn't up and about in the wee small hours putting the clocks back ;o)
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Morning Froggers, we have put the clocks back in Norfolk, so will have to revert to using sundials again......boom boom.
(geddit ?)
Anyhoo, kettle is on, pot is warming, give me three minutes and you can all have a cup of tea.
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Big Sis, I think Eddie has bent the BBC space time continyumthingy!
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Nah, DiY, I reckon he's having a much deserved and all too rare lie in.
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'ang on I don't pay my license fee so that Eric can lay about in bed all day!
DiY ;-)
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Morning all whose for coffee?
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I think Eddie might like one, Stew. I'll stick to herbal tea.
Wet and dreary in West Sussex, lads, but a long day of painting and other diy jobs awaits, so I'll love you and leave you til later. xx
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Was the blog not an hour out way back in march? I think I broke the text version of this. I will be back in a few minutes to see if have
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Hey, has anyone met Betsie?
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Well as it's elevenses here, I've brought some treacle scones, honey and clotted cream - or cheese scones and cream cheese and chives if you fancy the savoury version.
It's dreich here in RL too, Big Sis ;o(
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Stewart M (122) No....she's either gone for a swim, or she's hiding behind the dunes.
Oh wait a bit - those aren't her legs sticking out over there are they?
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Woah.....nice legs!
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Guess what we are mixing?
Yep Christmas cake.
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Stewart M, nice one! You start off with the mixing of the Christmas cake at the end of October.
Next year me and Lord Sid of Sprout will let you prepare the veg known as the 'GREEN ONE' for Christmas 2009.
Are you free for February 2009?
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Now that bit of bold has surprised me. I did not do it.
Is it because of the spaces?
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Nope! Betsie is what you get with error messages on the text only part of the bbc wesite. I think it may be broke!
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I is drinkin Scrumpy in RL. Now I knows woi DIY talks loike this!
Pass me that ploughman, will ya? I feels like a bit of a nibble.
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Oi, ouze bin nibblin on me Ol' Ploughman?
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Oi, ouze bin raddlin' me Ol' Ewe?
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2hours till christmas cake will be cooked. About 30 mins to roast chicken. The joys of a double oven.
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Have you tried the new BBC on-line news stream?
These up dates are invariably duck up fates. (Spoctor Dooner, as quoted in Leaders' Digress)
pmLeader
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131: S'all right mate. Took me teeth out first, obviously. Lasts longer that way.
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As a service to you all, (and because I know we all worship at the church of St Eddie), can I just point out there's a rave review of PM on p. 15, Observer review section today.
Sorry it's so late but I've only just found it after dealing with the roast lamb I'm in charge of this evening, and working this afternoon. People are still getting married, despite the credit crunch, I'm glad to report!
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thanks Feefs (135), Ol' Ploughman now in a state of extreme ecstasy.
He'll be no good behind the wheel of the old John Deer in the morning!
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136
Are you serious? (This is the Beach, isn't it, 'cos Fifi's here and it's Sunday?)
Praise from the Observer? The newspaper that has trashed every left movement there ever was? Usually at a vital moment after lots of apparent, but hypocritical support.
Check it, on CND, on Vietnam, and so on, and on
In a Section that says Warren Buffet is where it's at and has Naomi Alderman praising Sarah Silverman (don't their writers go ON and ON!?!?), and in a newspaper hiding away Will Hutton's prediction of the hell to come this week, praise is a busted flush.
(How come PM's coverage of the collapse of capitalism wasn't covered? Was it 'cos the one bloke interviewed wasn't Varsity or was it 'cos the reviewer was doing something else during the week's too few minutes of analysis of the crisis?)
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I always rather fancied myself as a ploughman, DIY, having grown up driving tractors. A nashie and an ancient massy, nothing as modern and fancy as a deer... not even synchromesh!
To this day, in hot weather I still maintain you can't beat getting your laughing gear around a generous ploughman's lunch. Washed down with Scrumpy, of course.
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Anyhoo try this link if you don't buy the paper annassee mentioned.
mirander
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Oh, thanks Stewart (140). Yes, as Anna says isn't it a shame she missed the handover from PM to iPM and the point right along with it!
And what the dickens is a talkboard anyway?
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Stewart - I would like to clarify that I didn't actually "buy" the paper myself (what, in this credit crunch?) - but there were a lot of free copies floating around the hotel...
Thanks for the link too. I was hoping someone would know how to do something clever like that.
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Gawd bless The Observer! Now there is a right proper newspaper if there ever woz one!
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Free newspapers (someone, probably the guests, are paying for them).
Thanks to Ed I for the way to do that posting thingy
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DIY (gross minus one): can you pass me your copy when you're done with it please? There should be a crossword in there somewhere.
Not a crossaunt. A crossword. A thing we NEVER allow on the Beach!
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here, fi - have mine... I've been sat over in the hummocks for at least an hour struggling to get one across
maybe you'll have more luck....
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I think I might have got this one, though:
6 down, Busy postman, resorting by hand
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Frances: That is a very smart strapline! One of those "I wish I'd thought of that" ones.
Impressive!
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What! No breakfast? Where's DIWyman this morning?
Okay.....poached or scrambled eggs/baked beans/mushrooms/marmalde on toast coming up, if you'd like to put your order in ;o)
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Scrambled eggs, mushrooms, on toast, if I may, Gillianian. I'll get the coffee and tea started...
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Sorry about breakfast this morning, RL has got in the way!
But thanks to Gillianianian for coming to the rescue.
BTW, I see the space time containerthingy is still adrift. Perhaps Eddie needs a full English?
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I bring sad news about Broken Bronco.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/3254505/The-week-in-pictures-24-October-2008.html?image=14
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Morning, all! Real Life has been a bit intrusive lately, but I'm skiving off to say hello.
Stewart, was it Stir-Up Sunday yesterday, then?
I used to love 'helping' my Mum make the cake (ie lick the spoon - afterwards, I hasten to add).
Big Sis - blush! Thank you.
Gillianian, oh, that's hit the spot, scrambled and mushrooms with toast n marmalade. Brown toast, if I may be so fussy?
I'll put the kettle and the coffee on.
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DI, I wonder if Eddie'd prefer a full Scottish?
;o)
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Is this the beach? Sun got in my eyes for a minute there...
We were all in need of cheering up in RL this morning, so I popped out and bought cream cakes. A couple of eclairs and a cream and apple doughnut left. Quick! If you're not fast, you're last....
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Ooh, while I've been reading this, the times have reverted back to GMT!
At 12:18pm GMT, post 155 was described as arriving at 12:17pm, now it's 11:17am.
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Frances, In RL it was stir up sunday. It tasted nice when taken out of the oven. On the blog I leave the stirring to others -)
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I wonder if Bronco's got his head out yet? :)
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Big Sis - You wouldn't believe the speed I was doing when that tree jumped out in front of me!
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The good news is that the horse is making a full recovery, I believe - perhaps BB can confirm this? ;o)
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drat RL, I missed the sticky bun run.
Frances_O, you're probably right re breakfast needs!
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There's a rumour that Bronco's got his head out ... so avert your eyes, and come for a putter round the bay in my newly refurbished little cabin cruiser. I've been working on the binnacle all week (as Fifi will confirm) and now it's as good as new ... come on, step aboard ladies ... and gentlemen (not that I can actually see any of those).
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"1908: Parliament approves old age pensions by passing the Old Age Pension Act, championed by the Liberals."
Good old liberals! May I propose a toast?
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Ah Sid, so it was you she was going to meet:
Samantha has to nip out to meet a sailing friend who's a bit down in the dumps. She says he's not been feeling himself lately, so she's going to get him to take her out in his little boat. When she feels there's a swell on she'll know his pecker's up again.
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And a toast to Cristiano Ronaldo ...
Query: if a list has 55 members, can it really be called a shortlist?
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I can always use a bit of toast, Sid.
* holds out plate *
Sorry, was that not what you meant? ;o)
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What ho!
Did someone say toast? Yum, butter and seedless raspberry jam on mine please! I'll put the kettle on (I know it won't suit me), tea anyone? We appear to have:
- Darjeeling
- Assam
- Mint
- Builder's
- and Earl Grey
Milk or lemon?
;o) []
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this RL thingy is no good, I have now missed T at 3!
Mind you there is an up side to coming back to work, I can claim my lost holiday days back cos i was poorly and Dr De-ath had signed me off!
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Returning to Kidderminster over the weekend, I noticed in the local rag that Sealine are feeling the pinch, so you probably won't see as many yachts "sailing" down the A449...
No, that's not a misprint. Although the factory is next to a river and a canal, neither are suitable for the boats the company produces, so they are lifted onto low loaders and driven 20 miles down the A449 to Worcester Marina...
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What a day! Time for some fun.
Laydeeeeez and gennlemen, pray silence for the late arrivals at the News Ball!
And all the way from Mother Russia, Mr and Mrs Akh and their son
wait for it....
Oleg
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And on his arm, his on-off friend of four years' standing, the lovely Mandy.
My Lord! What's she wearing? Her robe seems to be trimmed with vermin! (checks script)
And who's this cute little fellow? It must be Mandy's son, Peter.
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btw, Stewart, ;o)
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... and here come Mr and Mrs Bennet, how thick do you have to be to be in the shadow cabinet, and their son Gordon ...
Hmm ... needs a bit of work, that one ...
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Will you pray be upstanding for the Lord Bishop of Beeby and his wife....
aside - whispering - not coming????
...ah, apparently there's been a phonecall, and here's an apology from the Beeby see....
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Uxbridge! (Cobbled from the 'net, as I am useless at linguistic rearrangements)
Aspiration - snake breathing
Avoidable - what a matador tries to do
Balderdash - rapid hair loss
Dilate - live long
Enlightenment - losing weight
Fairy - not cloudy
Fortunate - a very expensive meal
Germinate - sneeze or cough on someone
Isolate - me not being on time
Legend - a foot
Liposuction - weird kissing
Locomotive - insanity plea
Marscapone - disguise a small horse
Summer - a mathematician
Virtuoso - exceptionally moral person
Warbling - military medals
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Yawn! Nobody else up yet? Here's some hot coffee and tea (Earl Grey and builders') to get us all started. Quadlatte, Eric?
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Coffee please. I was up late last night reading another thread. I think I need the caffeine.
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Stewart M - I was up late last night watching Spooks.
I need sweet tea and a blanket wrapped round me ;o)
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Stew and Gillianian - I was to bed early last night, but can't say I feel any the better for it. More caffeine for me please :o)
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Hmm, did I know the blog doesn't like ampersands? Still, at least it was a polite message - unlike those horrid shouty ones they give for other misdemeanours where they offer to excommunicate you and so on.
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Stewart: It wouldn't be the thread with 452 comments (and counting!) in it, by any chance?
Meanwhile, I notice the latest Autumn thread is in danger of becoming an extension to the RB/JR/AS thread, with five bloggers commenting on that story and only two (me and Jonnie) contributing Autumnal options.
Perhaps Eddie could prefix future posts today with a link to the RB/JR/AS thread, to avoid comments on that issue spilling out all over the blog?
And heading back to the subject of Autumn, it's a beautiful day here IRL, and the trees in the work car park have started changing colour - I'll have to get snapping at lunchtime :)
And from Autumn to Summer, I've brought a few items to help with the Beach soundtrack - chips to attract the gulls, sausages to attract the camels, sprouts to attract DiY, plus buckets (both round and crenellated) and plastic spades to attract sand engineers :)
Oh, and a roll of parcel tape - in case anyone spends too much time wittering on about RB/JR/AS...
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Gillianian, I too was watching spooks. What an explsoive start tothe season! And I'll be up late watching it again tonight. BBC threes got next weeks episode on.
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did someone mention Sprouts?
Oh, good man that mittfh!
RL Helldesk is busy, busy so not much time for a Frogging, so here is a bag of Raspberry jam filled Doughnuts to be going on with.
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Hey, there's a bag of doughtnuts here. Mmmm, doughnuts...
;o) []
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Crikey o' Riley - I think I need a doughnut, pass the bag Wonko.....
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Doughnuts - oh yes please. Just what's needed as an antidote to a driech day (never could spell Scots). I'll put the kettle on.
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Oooh, yes indeedy, mmmmm, doughnuts....
mittfh @ 181, it might help new bloggers not to get confused if every third thread didn't seem to be called 'Autummn'!
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I know what you mean about the preponderance of Autumns, Mr Fish :o(
Mind you this week the autumn colours have finally started to come into their own around here (RL that is), we were obviously some way behind England.....
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oh, i don't *believe* it! Andrew Sachs is on 'Running Away' on Radio 4, right now, in London Zoo!
What a pleasant man he manages to sound. Maybe we ought to invite him to join us on the Beach and talk to us about the camels (or perhaps talk to the camels about us).
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........where we've just had our first snow, Val (at least, the first in my bit of England)
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Snap, Selkie, I commented on this in the latest 'Brand' thread.
I think this intelligent-sounding man, with his varied experiences, could tell the camels a lot about the humans...
...perhaps the humans should eavesdrop?
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we need a picture of this snow
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...is this a record, Gillianian?
(possible cue for Samantha joke?)
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On cue . . .
Record researcher Samantha spends many hours down in the gramophone library, and she's recently found that the archivists have become very snooty about this low form of musical entertainment, and have been making protests to have it stopped. However, Samantha says she's more than capable of handling enormous snobs and standing up against them.
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Stewart (192) I did take one, but it came out too dark ;o(
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It is now raining in St Albans. Can't go out and take ottum photos. Too dark as well.
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No recent comments anywhere, Guess I'll go get a glass of wine.
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Hey, Eddie must have heard me say that. He said we might be reaching for a corkscrew or a glass of wine. Must get my computer checked for bugs.
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Hi Froggers!
Just thought I'd dip my toe in the water at The Beach and see if anyone remembers me??
It must be a year since I frogged... had to stop for various reasons, and got out of the habit =(
Hope everyone's well and enjoying this smashing autumn weather (ahem...)?
I'll have to reply to a post on the Brand/Ross thread; I'm steaming at the blogger who has compared Brand to Bill Bailey - how VERY dare he!!
Croak
Chris the Pickle
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Hey, Chris the Pickle returns!!!
* does little dance *
Can't wait to see what it was you said, once you've passed through the mods, Chris!
I have made a round of GandTs to see us through to when it is judged a decent hour to ... er ... start tippling. EATING. Start EATING I meant...
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While we're waiting, David, would you like a GandT or can I share your wine?
* flutters eyelashes in a fetching manner ... whilst eyeing the bottle *
;o)
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Ugh, it's cold and rainy in The Other Place.
Let's have a bit of a party. Chris TP, you can be the excuse (as if we needed any).
Now, where are my mulling spices? Seems like mulling weather.
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Mulled wine? Oh yes please! I have plenty of cloves and cinnamon sticks to offer, and orange juice.
No actual wine, but lots of the other stuff!
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Good eve Froggers, can I have stiff one please? RL Helldesk is really, loike really really giving me grief!
Oh...look, Chris TP is about...good on yer son, welcome back!
Pull up a hammock and tell us wotz goin' down!
I'm going to have to go....'Stella' demands T!!
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oooooo please F_O !!!
I love a steaming mug of mulled wine!!! I have just purchased my crop of spice-sachets from the 'not so super market' and am getting in some plonk and a few oragnes!!!
Welcome back C the P!!!
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Are you going to use your oragnes with your duck too, Nikki Noo? ;o)
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Reeeeeemarkeable....lots of new ways to spell oranges!
and there wuz me thinkin it woz just me!!
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* reluctantly gives up on David McNickle who clearly is NOT sharing tonight! *
Guess I'll have to resort to my own Ozzie red then?
Pass yer glasses, peeps. Starting with Chris the Pickle, a prodigal frogger returned to the fold*.
*other mixed metaphors are available ;oP
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oooh, hello C the P!
I think I shall just lie around in the shallows here and hope for occasional bottles to wash up around me with some nice Shiraz still left in them...
it's getting awefully heated out there.
Which might be no bad thing when it's sleeting in Real Life, of course, but even so I definitely need a nice relaxing place to be for a bit.
If anyone eats a petunia and causes a rumpus, I shall *cry*.
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Izzy - oooh, now there's a Grand Idea!!!
DIY - I thought every one spelled them that way. orag nes. Praps it'll catch on?!
I say, this mulled wine is good!!! I'll have another!!! Who's counting??!!
oop, sorry!!! no, it was me!! tee hee,
Right. I'll just squeeeeeeeeze another drop out of.....
...ah.
no, totally my fault. I'll get a cloth.....
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Chris T P!!!!
Hello! Good to see you back!
C'mon, Fifi- share whatever you have...
Is it too late for donuts?
Just a tiny one would do.
It's been a GORGEOUS day here in East Sussex- but v.nippy.
Winter draws on as my daddy used to say- we so did laugh!!!!!!
(Get it? Draws/drawers.....hmmmm! )
Fifi- that such and such in you know when wot i mentioned .......Anyfink???
Mollyxx
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Hi, Chris the Pickle - nice to see you again.
Any mulled wine left? A mince pie would be nice with it.....
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nikki nood-
what a mucky pup you are!
P'raps I'd better just take this.......ooops!...Now look what you've done!!!!
An early bath for you, It seems.....
Mollyxx
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Gillianian
I cannot tell a lie; Mr nood has(whispers)-
FINISHED the mulled wine. AlL ON HIS OWN!!
Mollyxx
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Goodness me, how do I get rid of jackpot joy jingo that is popping up everywhere on my machine (firefox and ie)?
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OH well!!
They''ve all gone to bed, I expect....
'night jon-boy!
Mollyxx
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pmL sorry can't help
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Morning All! :-) Coffee, teas, fruit juices, smoothies, croissants, pastries etc are on the bar. I'll start the bacon, scrambled eggs, poached eggs, mushrooms, grilled tomatoes, toast, etc going. Tuck in everyone!
I'll bring a big cake later ;-)
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!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday FFred !!!!!!!!!!
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FFred-
What a lovely Birthday Breakfast!!!!!
Lots please.....
Have a lovely day.
xxxx Mollyxxxx
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!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday FFred !!!!!!!!!!
Please help yourself to the loaf of bread by the solar powered toaster. It's Polish - half wheat and rye. I'll pop down later with some coffee.
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FF, have a very Happy Birthday!
I will pop a flaggon of Scrumpy on the bar later!
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Thank you, Ffred - Happy Birthday xx
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Oooh, FF, thank you. Just what's needed this very cold morning.
Snow last night! In October! I blame that global warning [sic].
Fred, Happy, happy burpday!
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ooh ooh ohh! I just noticed I got a strapline, on today of all days! Thanks, Eddie! There's a glass for you on the bar for later...
Thanks for the burpday wishes everyone :-)
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Icing on the cake, FF!
[whispers] Better hide it from him - and those pesky camels
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Happy Birthday FFred.
H.
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F_O 224, We had about an inch of snow over night in St Albans. I sent a photo.....
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pmL 215, Get a provider that either gets rid of that stuff or puts it in a spam folder.
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jonnie 221, What color Polish: black, tan, brown?
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Happy Birthday Fred!!
Thank you for the lovely welcome back efforts - I'm all warm and glowy now...
Fifi, I hope you're not disappointed by my tame Brand comment - my first attempt was quite vitriolic, and not very becoming of a reborn frogger; also, it would have probably been modded out, so I chickened out!
Some nice bottles of whatever you fancy are waiting for you Fred... Happy days!
=)
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pmL 215 - get a Mac!!!
=)
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Fifi 208, I thought it best not to share as they were boxes of S African Cabernet Sauvignon (?sp)-Merlot that were on sale in S'Bury's because somebody had been playing football with them.Only 8 pounds, but seem OK to me.
Sorry, I don't mix with metaphors. I've never met a phor I liked.
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Did I miss the cake?
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I'll be dishing up the cake about 4-ish, Jason, so you haven't missed out on it yet...
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Happy birthday FF!
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Molly (211): That fing wot weez talkin about, I sent you on Oct 19. Didn't you geddit?
Will send again...
* sweeps cloak of mysteriousness over head and vanishes into enigmacity *
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What ho chaps!
And a belated Happy Birthday to Fred!
I'm just going to occupy a sun lounger for a while, wake me up if anything exciting happens. Or there's food. Or drink.
;o) []
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Okay, the cake's here. Line up, all those wanting a slice :-)
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I'm awake, I'm awake! Did someone say cake?
Yes please! [holds out plate]
;o) []
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Wonko - wake up! There's cake ;o)
Oh, Ffred, you're a marvel. Look at that -it's a pity to cut it - but you insist?!
Oh, go on then.....
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Beat you to it Gillian!
;o) []
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You must have rolled off your sun lounger, Wonko - I didn't see you there ;o)
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coming through, make way, I have just got to set up a stiff one at NC's for David_McNickle!
he is miffed 'cos Eric won't post any of his Autumn pics!!
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FF, can I have my cake AND eat it?
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Happy Birthday FF!!! I was going to leave a message on your answerphone, but, as I had a couple of friends round, I thought better of it.....
n-n
xx
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Chris The P (231) : Why would I ever be disappointed in another frogger's comment about anything? Especially as my own tend to be equivocal, on nearly every subject - I would make a terrible columnist!
Cake, scrumpy and ... what's this I see behind the bar? ... a case of champagne!
It's a well known fact that you can never get drunk on.. er.. scrumpy, so I vote for polishing off the champers first. (Who was it that said on Room 101 that it makes your breath smell like baby poo?)
Glasses please... there are extra large champagne flutes on the side table for those who normally just swig from the bottle.
;o)
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DI_W 244, Outta the way, here I am! Being ottum, make mine cider, Addlestone's. (I guess I told that Edward guy.)
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D_Mc.....you will have Scrumpy and like it!
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DI_W 249, Don't want no scrumpy. I got better taste than that. Calvados? My homemade apple wine? Maybe I should take a photo of that.... Oh, I did, with the plate of slugs on lettuce.
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(250) : I sense an 'extra scrumpy for Fifi' situation brewing here...
DIY, don't waste it on those whose taste is too refined... pass me that flagon instead!
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...meanwhile, I has brought champagne, for to mix with thy scrumptious scrumpy...and, having taken the liberty of tasting said brew, hereby pronounce it asp-nibblishly-delicious....
burp!
Pardon!!
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Fifi
All clear as mud, now....
I sometimes think it's my 'raison d' etre'-causing total confusion amongst the sane....(!!!!!)
FFred-
did you save a piece for me?
Hope you had a nice day.
mollyxx
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There's a slice just for you under the napkin on the bar, Molly :-)
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Am I too late to join in birthday wishes for the Lad?
Only just returned from the Land of Leeks and exhausted from heaving furniture around, so just a quick wave ..... tomorrow morning I have to be up with the lark as SO and I have two heavy sofas to carry. Better eat my spinach ;o)
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Ooh, hope you had a luvly day Ffred! Is there a crumb of cake left purlease?
CtheP - hiya, welcome back!
Goodness, is it really that time? That's what I get for having 2 early nights in a row, now I'm all raring to go....
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Hi Fred - late, but Happy Birthday
Nice to See Chris the Pickle back and really glad they are going to have a go at the one who compare %*@*%*** to Bill Bailey.
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Nipping in before it's not FF's b'day for a quick swig and a slice of that still remarkably quite large cake.
Long, hard day.
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Molly,
I think I has found your raison:
Here it be!!!
n-n
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I'm looking at this black vinyl disc with a hole in the middle and a very fine spiral groove on each surface ... and I'm wondering, 'Is this a record?'
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nn 259, That's her raison d'Etre.
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FLASH!! I have been informed that I will have an ottum photo appearing after 10:30. Hope it wasn't the last, boring one. I'll have that scrumpy now.
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David - be glad, be very glad :o)
Much frost in RL today, but none of that snow stuff they've got down south and up north of here. Is it waiting for me to make my road trip to the Midlands tomorrow? Perhaps I should spend today on the Beach doing limbering up exercises, in case I'm going to spend the weekend building snowmen?
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Mr McNickle - whey-hey! I'll put a bottle of Calvados on the bar for you when it appears ;o)
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It's all clear here, Val - not even a frost! Mind you, no sunshine either ;o(
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Very strange - I was in London yesterday, and there were cars with snow on the roof ...
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Thanks Gillianian, good to have spies in the camp ;o)
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Nnnwaa? Oooh, I seem to have fallen asleep on a sun lounger last night. [Yawn]
Any coffee going?
;o) []
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Hold out your cup Wonko *pours quickly while still piping hot*
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I see there's a vacancy in the tardis - anyone interested?
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Morning froggers and peeps and frogging peeps!
Feefs, you OK? I didn't think you would manage to drink that much Scrumpy!
Double Expresso for Wonko.
It's the same here Gillianianian, overcast and drizzle.
D_McN...good luck with trying to get a pic posted.
......and roll on elevenses!
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Hi Gossipmrs - to our shame last night, when we exchanged expressions of regret that David T wasn't going to "be it" for ever - neither of us could remember who was "it" before. The one about whom we were equally vexed to hear he wasn't going to carry on for ever...
Are we getting senile, or does it not really matter. Answers on a, erm, thingy.
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Hi Val!
I thought it was just me... takes me ten minutes to remember anyone's name these days. (Lucky everyone's here is at the top of the message!)
How about William Shatner for the role? After all, he has experience in the area
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Nah, not s*xy enough ;o)
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Hope you had a great holiday btw?
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The next Dr Who? I think Russell Brand's diary has a few gaps in it now - he might be available.
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Actually, one of the names mentioned this morning re the vacancy in the Tardis could be a go-er; Patterson Joseph. If he were to do it in the style of his memorable turn as the Marquis de Carabas in Neverwhere in the nineties, he really could make an interesting Doctor...
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ValP - it's good to be back!
This senility thing is driving me bonkers - I actually answered the phone at work saying "Hi, Work Based Learning, Mary speaking... oh, actually, I'm Chris"...
Um... I think hope is fading.
How about Daniel Craig as "it", then we could feast our eyes every week...
=D
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As promised, there's a bottle of Calvados on the bar for David McNickle.
I wonder if he'd mind if we sloshed some on apple pancakes for our elevenses?
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Val.... where in the Midlands? ;o)
Dr Who (1) : Christopher Ecclestone, and I too was upset to hear he wasn't staying on. And look how well that turned out!
Dr Who (2) : A bass player of my acquaintance is hoping John Lydon gets the role.
DIY.... phaaaaaart! s'guid schtuff, that thquwumpie!
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ChrisP - lol! the first, and further each time I re-read it, of my 17 laughs for the day :-)
Gillianian - mmm, pancakes and calvados, yes please.
Fifi - N'cle under Lyme. John Lydon? Sex Pistols? Or am I have another senior moment? *thinks, why don't I google like everyone else*
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Yes Val, Johnny Rotten himself. Who needs google when you've got a mind like a steel trap!
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FFred-what a nice thought and thank you BUT....I think youknow what I'm going to say, nikki nood- under the napkin (how posh!)- Crumbs, FF...
I leave the matter in your hands.
I think that the proof lies in (259)-and we allknow about spellings, don't we n-n....
Mollyxx
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Val P
Got me going now.....
James Nesbitt?
MXx
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I think it is time that they had a female Dr Who.
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If it's one thing I've learnt from many years of watching the Time Lord's adventures, it's that the next Doctor is never who everyone thinks it will be.
When the show was first announced as coming back I remember speculation on the following actors:
- Alan Rickman
- Richard E Grant (who did go on to voice the role for an on-line animated story)
- Lenny Henry, and
- Helen Mirren.
I won't be placing any bets, or holding my breath. That double dose of coffee is wearing off now, think I need a top up.
;o) []
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Hello, hello, hello ... a bottle of Calvados on the bar ... hmm, smells good ... slurp ... tastes better! Anybody else want some?
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Agreed BB - how about Diana Rigg?
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How about...
* Bill Bailey
* Olga Sosnovska (played Adam Carter's wife Fiona in Spooks)
* Noddy Holder
* Jaye Griffiths
* Sean Bean
* Zoe Wanamaker
* Lloyd Owen (played the last Monarch of the Glen... alongside Tom Baker, a nice touch?)
...for the next Doctor?
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I think it is about time Dr Who had gender change!
So how about Jennifer Saunders?
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Sid @ 260, you are Spike Milligan and I claim my five pounds.
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Val P - yes thanks, really lovely and relaxing, although different from the break I'd planned!
How about John Sergeant?
Alright, well how about
Noel Fielding or
Julian Barrett or
Tom Ward?
I'd rather watch a bloke realy, is that so very wrong?
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GM (292) : It's not wrong... but I think it's the writing of these new series that has made them so special. The excellent casting merely didn't waste any of the brilliant lines and visual flourishes.
Therefore I'd be happy to see a female Doctor, and some gorgeous male companions, for a wee change!
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Here you are, Selkius - here's five pounds for your trouble. What do you mean, you haven't got any trouble? You have now, that note's a forgery!
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Who mentioned Zoe Wanamaker?
I'm not going to be able to concentrate on work now!
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Not many of the new posters here, you lot
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My vote is for Zoe Wanamaker! However, we do have the "Sarah Jane Adventures".
What about the twins James and Oliver Phelps. You could have a Time Lord hiccup and have them each saving the world and specials when they join forces. Give them a slight misbalance in behaviour.
Back to the RL. I forgot what shivering is! Brrr!
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How about Jo Brand as Dr Who and Rupert Penry-Jones as Sarah Jane?
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Good idea Sid!
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Julian Rhind-Tutt?
Clive Owen?
Matt Lucas?
Pimms O'Clock anyone?
;o) []
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pmL 296, The green ink brigade will all disappear after the R&B kerfuffle settles down. I heard Russell was Jo Brand's son.
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300 - yes please Wonko.
*slurp!*
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Julian Rhind-Tutt - oh be still my beating heart. Give me a moment alone please :o)
Yes, yes let's have him and then my saturday nights would be complete.
BB - are you sure you wouldn't prefer Felicity Kendall?
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*Rushes in, panting and dribbling*.....did someone mention Felicity Kendall?
I'll just pop me best 'meeting and greeting' Speedos on and chill this jug of Scrumpy!
Don't 'spose anyone has got any Cheese and Onion Crisps? Then I could really impress her!
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Valery P on The Beach, eh? Too much Calvados?
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DI_W 34, Felicity Kendal.....WOOOOOOO!
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See! All you have to do is mention FK's name and all those of a certain age group start drooling. Lol!
DMcN - not enough Calvados recently, too much coffee and that's more of a diuretic...
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How about Keira Knightley? She seems a bit quiet these days, give the girl a job.
Or - Kate Winslett? She actually looks like a woman, not a string bean
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Er - those two remarks were unrelated, btw. Just in case m'learned friends read the Beach.
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Bill Bailey? He'd be good.
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How about Trevor Eve. A person with a good sense of humor is needed.
Johnny Vegas?
Charles Dance?
That chubby guy with the grumpy face who I can never remember, but is in everything.
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ValP (303) - Nah! If I can't have Zoe Wanamaker I'm not playing any more!
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Exterior
A wild bush-like scrub area, (possibly Camden)
The Tardis lands, billowing smoke and emitting that strange whir whir sound
The doors open, and out steps Dr Who...
"What? Now, where are we....?!"
"Blast - and me a Time Lord - the irony" says Tom Baker gazes at himself in the dusty windows
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David_McN...do you mean Adrain Chiles?
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I know!!!...how's abaht Mitch Benn, now..he is funny.
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....can I have a glass of wot n-n is drinking please?
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coming right up, DIY - there you go!!!
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Given all the drooling on Facebook regarding a certain actor's appearance in Spooks, why has no-one suggested Richard Armitage yet?
Meanwhile, according to the article I linked to in the Glass Box, here are the favourites amongst bookies/fansites:
Paterson Joseph (bookies favourite)
David Morrissey (The Other Doctor in the Christmas special)
Sean Pertwee (strong contender amongst fansites)
James Nesbitt (apparently not interested in the role)
Russell Tovey (RTD's favourite)
James McAvoy
Although it's very unlikely they'll ever cast a female Doctor, the first few minutes of the script following a transgendered regeneration could be very interesting to write / watch...
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You want an energetic character actor for The Doctor... I stand by Zoe Wanamaker!
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Marcus Brigstock - he's great.
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Can I have a glass of what DIY's drinking please?
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Marcus Brigstocke IS great ... drool ... but he's not an actor. Although I did catch him in a kiddies' TV thingy this week which he was quite good in.
However... Zoe would be my choice.
More Scrumpy, anyone??
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Move along now everybody. This beach is closed for repairs and a new one has opened up the road.
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Normally I don't get trick-or-treated, as there are no kids nearby. So, it would be hard to say who was the more surprised, when I opened the door last night to what I thought was my lift to the pub ... the 3 little witches on the doorstep were greeted by one big witch in the house!
I'm off for a swim, to see if I can get the last of the greasepaint off. Anyone coming along?
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Gosh it's quiet here... is it a bit late then?
* looks scared *
* gets over it *
;o)
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testing
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I feel like celebrating. The committee from hell didn't stand a chance tonight!
South Ozzy cab sauv shiraz anyone?
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Just me then? I shall repair to the Nick Clarke Memorial Bar, where I happen to know there's a case of Black Stump with "FIFI FRED NOODLE" stamped on it... must've washed up at the last high tide or summink.
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Bacon rolls coming up! Your choice of seasonings, condiments and garnishes on the side. Huge cauldron of Builder's Tea bubbling on the barbie.
Separate tray of sausages sizzling nicely, to distract the camels (you know what they're like...) and a big bowl of carrots for the reindeer who must be due in any time now.
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Who put salt in the sugar bowl? Who put fireworks in the coal? Who put a real live toad-in-the-’ole?
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Umm, folks, this is the previous Beach! Is there any reason why you're not on the Halloween beach instead?
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Fred - It's all Fifi's fault. She gets confused and wanders off muttering to herself and then asks people to join her here. I'm not sure if it is down to age or drink or a combination of both.
Anybody seen my BrokenHorse about?
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Joe_Palooka (330) Wasn't it the same guy who locked Grandad in the loo? And made real caterpillar stew?
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hi Eddie
I live in the Rossendale Valley, in a town called BACUP. Not only have we lost our electricity and gas supply over the last 4 weeks but we now have no water supply. I have spoken to Unitied Utilities within the last 30 minutes and they are unable to give me any information about the lack of water. If you wish to contact me my mobile number is [Personal details removed by Moderator]. I am looking forward to a rather cold evening spent at home so will be available to take your call at any time.
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