Hello from Sussex

[Roy]

I've gone back through my copies of Tacitus and Suetonius and nowhere does is state "Centurio est viridis"? is it an off batch of garum?

Hello there.  

I don't know why nobody else has remarked on the above, I thought it was hilarious!  

[Fenton]

Hello there.  

I don't know why nobody else has remarked on the above, I thought it was hilarious!  

That's because none of the rest of us knew what it meant

[Westmarcher]

That's because none of the rest of us knew what it meant

I did (honest). 

Salute, Vam.

At long last, after 45 years, "O" Level Latin becomes useful.

[Ithoriel]

I'm still going through my copies of Tacitus and Suetonius to see if he's right

Romanes eunt domus!

[paulr]

I'm still going through my copies of Tacitus and Suetonius to see if he's right

Romanes eunt domus!

Romani ite domum

100 times 

[FierceKitty]

And if it's not done by tomorrow morning...

[Leman]

Oh dear, I assumed this esteemed body would naturally know all about rotting fish sauce.

[Orcs]

though I am reliably informed that "the thunk of toy soldiers landing on the doormat is not "as exciting as the pitter patter of tiny feet".  

Welcome Vamboozle,

I am afraid to advise you that you have not been reliably informed. I would even say they are fibbing, but I will give them the benefit of the doubt as they are probably a female and have no conception of what "the thunk of toy soldiers landing on the doormat " actually means to us and how we feel about it

going back to the pitter patter of tiny feet, they bring:-

Sleepless nights
Smelly nappies
Severe lack of marital bennefits
Severe depletion of cash for the next 24+ years

Its just a clever way of sucking you in to responsibility and the obligation to pay for the said female for at least the follwing 18 years - (Bitter and twisted ? Me?? Never!!)  

[Techno]

And if it's not done by tomorrow morning...

No...No....No !
Poor chap's only just joined !

(Vambo....A mix of Santa Claus and Spiderman....I shall be humming that all day, now.)
Cheers - Phil

[getagrip]

Poor chap's only just joined !

He started it...

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

More bloody suferners.......

Moaning

ianS

[Hertsblue]

Welcome, Vamboozle. You have now met a good cross-section of the lunatic fringe on this forum. And you're still here! That is either high courage or total bewilderment.  Tin helmet and riot shield over by the door.

[Ithoriel]

Hi Vamboozle,

I have to say I always find the thunk of toy soldiers landing on the doormat considerably more exciting than an infestation of mice ....

... what are you lot talking about? Wrong end of the stick? What?

Seriously, my kids are the best thing in my life, may you have decades of enjoyment of yours!

[nikharwood]

Welcome 

[Vamboozle]

Well thank you for the very warm welcome everyone - I already feel at home (like that relative that won't go home after Christmas)

More bloody suferners.......

Moaning

ianS

I suspect you are just jealous as it's a well know fact that it's "grim up North" (and by North I mean where the arctic tundra starts so Dorking upwards) 

Welcome, Vamboozle. You have now met a good cross-section of the lunatic fringe on this forum. And you're still here! That is either high courage or total bewilderment.  Tin helmet and riot shield over by the door.

Trust me - I've done nearly 30 years in IT and those techie types are their own special kind of strange which makes everyone here seem quite normal to me.

For a start you all seem able to articulate a sentence without lapsing into l33t speak (wtf n00b) and you all appear to have spoken to a woman who isn't related to you.