Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

[Techno II]

That makes more sense, Forbes !!...Ta !

But while I'm here....what has happened to the perforations on loo-rolls and kitchen towels ?..Do the manufacturers never sharpen the blades ?

Cheers - Phil.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

That

But while I'm here....what has happened to the perforations on loo-rolls and kitchen towels ?..Do the manufacturers never sharpen the blades ?

No just in case you use them Phil ! 

[Orcs]

That makes more sense, Forbes !!...Ta !

But while I'm here....what has happened to the perforations on loo-rolls and kitchen towels ?..Do the manufacturers never sharpen the blades ?

Cheers - Phil.

We have no problems with the Lidl stuff

[Techno II]

I'm going to start a "Letters to the editor, thread".....

For silly moans....

Along the lines of "Sir, I notice with dismay....."

Yours...Col. Buffington-Tuffington (deceased) Tonbridge Wells.

[FierceKitty]

Dear Sir,

I am disgusted - disgusted, sir - at the ongoing disrespect for the authority and example of those who stood firm against invasion in 1066, who gave their all to keep Morocco English, who showed Johnny Dervish who was master at Khartoum, and refused to bow down to Czechoslovakian pressure in the matter of peace for the next year (nearly). When, o when, will the people of the other Eden, demi-Paradise, as the Swan of Avon sings, when not giving it to the Martians for some reason, learn proper attitudes towards authority? Answer me that, sir!

Yours faithfully,

Major-General Sir Percy McHogg, MA oxon (failed), KCB, VC (almost), GG, GG, GG.

p.s. And the milk for my kippers was delivered late again this morning!

[Techno II]

PERFECT, Alexander....

Right....everybody leave this one alone.

New thread in a few minutes.

Cheers - Phil 

[Heedless Horseman]

Halloween. In MY day... just a Turnip (Swede to the southerners!) lantern at the door... with another on a string. LOVE Turnip!  A quiet walk down street with Grandma and Boxer dog... looking for Witches flying. Maybe a Toffee Apple on return. And that was it  
No U.S imported Trick or Treat' and Pumpkin rubbish and annoyance! That came in in the 70s with U.S TV.
Kids main efforts were 'Penny for the Guy'... for Guy Fawkes in the U.K.

As a kid, I wouldn't have been seen Dead ( !) in a silly Halloween costume!  And as for the 'adults'...

Oh, well... just a Grumpy Old man... with a Wicker Man ready for importunate 'Trick or Treaters'... they should 'keep' until 'Bonfire Night' !  

Ps: We go back in time ... so... an hour which never existed... Ha , Ha  , Ha ! 

Seriously, the 'Fun' years are memories for the future of kids, grandkids... someday, they will look back... 

[Techno II]

Ps: We go back in time ... so... an hour which never existed... Ha , Ha  , Ha ! 

And that extra hour is going to be taken up clearing the Olympic sized swimming pool just outside the back door. 

(Not a problem...just that the storm drain can't cope when we get that much rain, as it has to cope with LOTS of water coming from four different directions from various downpipes. A quick bit of adjustment to one 'cover' and then the water whooshes down 'the plughole'.....glug, glug, glug....very satisfying when it does that !)

Cheers - Phil.

[steve_holmes_11]

And that extra hour is going to be taken up clearing the Olympic sized swimming pool just outside the back door. 

(Not a problem...just that the storm drain can't cope when we get that much rain, as it has to cope with LOTS of water coming from four different directions from various downpipes. A quick bit of adjustment to one 'cover' and then the water whooshes down 'the plughole'.....glug, glug, glug....very satisfying when it does that !)

Cheers - Phil.

If ever a post cried out for before and after pictures, it's this.

[fred.]

Even a video, with sound.


Go on Phil, give it a go!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Dont clear it, rent it to swimmers

[Techno II]

Even a video, with sound.


Go on Phil, give it a go!

Arrange these words into a well known phrase or saying......
Off blank die and.

Mr Narnia was playing such truly awful painful silly sods, I had to ask Von to call an ambulance, earlier.
Four to seven hours wait..(apparently)...Von started driving us over..
Do I really want to go to casualty, at this time ?......Not on your life.
I just kept pushing at the lump.....and FINALLY after around five hours.....the cricket ball sized bastard went back.

Better than anything you could imagine.

I hope I'll sleep for 36 hours.

P

[fred.]

Not good Phil 

Hope it behaves and you can get some rest

[mmcv]

Sounds like you've had your own Halloween horror Phil!

No U.S imported Trick or Treat' and Pumpkin rubbish and annoyance! That came in in the 70s with U.S TV.

Technically trick or treating is reimported... Comes from an old Scottish and Irish tradition known as guising. Though the kids are supposed to show off some skill or talent in exchange for the treats.

The whole pumpkin thing as well is just because there were no Turnips/Swedes in the Americas, though have to say the smell given off by a candle in a pumpkin isn't quite as bad as a candle in a turnip smells!

I remember as a kid Halloween seemed to involve a lot of apples at my grandparents. Bobbing for apples, apple on a string from the doorframe (you had to bite it without using your hands and without breaking your teeth) and an apple pie with money in it. Toffee apples too. It's any wonder I made it through with my teeth intact.

[Orcs]

Arrange these words into a well known phrase or saying......
Off blank die and.

Mr Narnia was playing such truly awful painful silly sods, I had to ask Von to call an ambulance, earlier.
Four to seven hours wait..(apparently)...Von started driving us over..
Do I really want to go to casualty, at this time ?......Not on your life.
I just kept pushing at the lump.....and FINALLY after around five hours.....the cricket ball sized bastard went back.

Better than anything you could imagine.

I hope I'll sleep for 36 hours.

P

That sounds incredibly painful Phil, Its making me wince just reading it. Hope your ok now