Happun it's about linking time for ...
puns and links (absurd I know) to have a thread of their very own.
Everyone is very welcome.
Started: 5th Dec 2008 at 10:50
Last edited by jo anne: 13th Jun 2009 at 12:41:07
Hyperlinks
Copy and paste the http address of the page you want to link to:
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/poetry.php?opt=poetry
Immediately before it type: [url=
Immediately after it type: ]
Give your link a title: Local Poetry
Then close with: [/url]
No spaces in between -
as for the Wigan Times example below your post as you type.
Local Poetry
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A link about puns:
Many see puns as cheap humour, one-liners, or groaners ...
Others, like the writer Jonathan Swift, see them as a challenging art form :
'Punning is an art of harmonious jingling upon words which, passing in at the ears, excites a titillary motion in those parts;
and this, being conveyed by the animal spirits into the muscles of the face, raises the cockles of the heart.'
*A challenge to ww'ers to make a pun about links.*
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But wheer d'you nick the pictures from?
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Duff first link jo anne.
Have some of mine.
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Any road, Dostaf - how doh you call my link a duff.
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Sattire is not a major constellation, but can be a start
- such high profile people give trail blazing programme makers of our telly, scope to comment and entertain.
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Cheers, Dostaf.
Butt brrr! Sunbathing magazines! Where are the trunks on the cover?
It's a nesbit chilly here - time to wrap up and keep snug, warm and cosy or you're Russian to catch a cold - you'd be bond to.
Then it will be Bless you or gesunderheit, Dostaf ... goes-a-good-height (10th Dec 22:26) is more apt.
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I'll be brief ... No one wants to cop an
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All's well that ends well.
Glad it's only pants and you are law-abiding, Dostaf.
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I'm so relieved you've turned up dostaf. I was asking jo anne if she'd seen you.
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Bennie!
(He seems to be his usual self - being v cheeky over on the General Board.)
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Jo anne I thought I'd have a nosey in here and that's the er truth.
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Thank you kind people.
A linkless post jo anne? Not like you.
Bennie, pull up a bracket and link away. But beware, jo anne's system can't see certain stuff. Was it webshots images jo anne?
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I think so, Dostaf.
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I've been ferreting around for a link, Tonker.
Seth used a gun, as it happuns.
Replied: 16th Dec 2008 at 21:41
Was he a gamekeeper?
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He was a Very Nice Man!
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And a team player, no doubt.
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I'm impressed with that well forged link, Tonker.
You're milking Seth's real name there, Dostaf.
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I got the full collection as a birthday pressie Jo anne and that clip always tickles me. Its where Tony starts singing in a low voice and moving his head. Cracks me up everytime!
Replied: 21st Dec 2008 at 21:34
Men Behaving Badly was v funny. Franny.
Has everyone seen Brian's news?
"Next year will see wiganworld go from strength to strength.
Another new version is under way - no more blue links. There won't be red links either. You'll have to wait and see. ;) "
It's hard enough waiting for Christmas!
Replied: 23rd Dec 2008 at 16:27
I'll leave it to the experts, Dostaf.
(A blue violin can help with testing websites.)
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It was awreet, thanks, Dostaf.
I hope you enjoyed the day.
No turkey, just a Yorkshire pudding (they're easymeat!) and vegetables , but we were still full to bursting - luckily no truss required - we are careful with our colons, etc. full stop.
My youngest sent an email:
im so happy I could burst
Happily she didn't.
No jazz, but the children singing Busted with mic and PS2 Singstar.
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I'll do a signing if you will jo anne.
All proceeds going to the home for bewildered cliffy fans.
Replied: 28th Dec 2008 at 15:56
But the best-laid plans of mice and men often go astray
Add the best-made puns of *mine and many often go away ... (*not Dostaf's).
Even if I had the bottle, I'm not sure I have the write stuff ... no one will want a copy to behold and signed ...
Oh, Auld Lang Syne!
So rather than going into publishing, let's make it a happy new beer going into pub listings instead.
Replied: 29th Dec 2008 at 13:44
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Mumbling is not cool nor is mangeling.
"It is concluded that Burns probably only added a few verses of the song. The most compelling evidence is demonstrated in a letter from Burns to Mrs Agnes Dunlop in which he comments..
'Light be the turf on breast of the heaven-inspired poet who composed this glorious fragment! There is more of the fire of native genius in it than in half a dozen of modern English Bacchanalians' "
(They don't write letters like they used to.)
Singing ALS and linking is a tradition that will never be tired of - I hope.
I am making a pre-New Year's Resolution to learn the words to Auld Lang Syne.
Replied: 29th Dec 2008 at 20:41
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Have a smashing 2009.
Take care everybody x
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I try to be green.
We've wheelie bin spoiled in Wigan.
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(Dostaf - I can't find anything about the curse of the Green Lady print, but have found that of the Crying boy?
I hope he wasn't crying as Charley said, 'Don't have fun'.)
PS Wat-er grate punster Yu are.
PPS Have green men been visiting Wigan recently?
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It's no use crying over print mix-ups, Dostaf.
So Bernard Wrigley thinks Martians would be at home in Wigan?!
Possibly in Mars Green.
The creator of the 70's hit sitcom “The Fall And Rise or Reginald Perrin” is coming to Wigan as part of the Words ‘09 Literature Festival.
David Nobbs will take part in a question and answer session as part of next April’s three week programme of events.
*Words ‘09 will be the sixth Leigh and Wigan Literary Festival to be held in the borough.
(*5th post down - For Word Thank You .)
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And modest with it.
I've struggled to find an image of a chapel modesty board.
That's a modesty panel. Seen a lot of corsets though.
Replied: 5th Jan 2009 at 21:27
Of cors-et's inevitable you'd find the cheeky links, Dostaf.
I am the original Ms Modesty - see God's standard which seems to be at odds with **Gok's standard.
**I'll modestly point out how I've kindly spared you the trouble of googling 'How to Look Good Naked'.
So I've spared you the sights of people without attire,
or
the sites of people with spare air tyres.
Replied: 5th Jan 2009 at 21:38
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More lower limb links to follow:
A shapely pair of long bared legs, Dostaf.
And four bare legs - I hope they didn't give anyone paws for alarm.
Replied: 5th Jan 2009 at 23:20
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If so, I hope he has the appropriate paperwork.
That photo on the Toilet Guide is Charmin' - a Royle sitting on his throne to spend a penny!
I'd be deterred from using Encams Guide - the public conveniences seem a little too public.
Glad you found the modesty panel - it wood be useful to hide a bear behind.
Replied: 6th Jan 2009 at 20:32
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I'm still not able to find if the Victorians really did hide their furniture legs.
Replied: 6th Jan 2009 at 23:05
I've done a little research, not undercover and no leg work required (phew!), and I can now *proudly present to you:
Victorian Legs.
It appears you might sea (if you looked carefully) a piano laden with cloth in many middle klass homes.
*My modesty apparent then again.
Butt, pride comes before a fall ...
And I do not wish to break a leg at this stage.
Replied: 7th Jan 2009 at 10:33
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This is a grand video - if a lady had posed atop of Liberace's pianos, (he was a man of many grands), her slide would come before a fall.
Hey - he noticed the difference in spelling!
According to wikipedia, a bigkey difference in the two names is:
Joanna is a feminine given name, whereas Joanne is a 'common' given name for females.
'Common' indeed.
How pride does come before a fall.
Replied: 7th Jan 2009 at 21:08
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Oh write, so Dostaf is your Nom de plume!
Like the author (and Arthur) whose real surname I won't blurt out?
Might I ask - how do you pronounce Dostaf?
I always say Doh - staff to any likely looking chaps in Wigan who could be you.
Well there's miles of fog in the Wigan hair tonight - so I shall go and plait it - a likely tail and a trying misttake.
(Edit- Sorry, I'd used a word with a second meaning I wasn't aware of. I've just checked - too late was the cry.)
Replied: 8th Jan 2009 at 19:45
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What've I missed?
Was it a mispronunciation joanne?
Actally I dont pronounce it myself. I just type it.
If you see these chaps in Wigan, it's not me. I'm a little taller.
Replied: 8th Jan 2009 at 21:42
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What've you mist? Not much, Dostaf.
(A mispronunciation is (2.)barkering up the wrong tree.)
I didn't have the foggiest about a word's second meaning, but it soon became clear I should edit when I looked it up.
Are you stilted or dosty'af long legs?
**"Actally I dont pronounce it myself. I just type it."
**You must pronounce it in your head though - even if you don't say it outloud - many puns don't work otherwise!
Haha! I'd've missed the actally pun if it wasn't for copying it to quote here!
Please would you annotate your puns from now on - I believe that would be most helpful.
And before you can say, 'Wot no links?' with worry or hope (I worry it's not the former and hope it's not the latter) ...
Better late than never!
and (2.)
PS Such height might come before a fall. Take care.
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How frustrating!
This linking business can be laborious and make me crabby.
I now write involved posts on an email and then copy it, paste and post. If you click to go back, you still have the copy.
Such a sweet Clanger! Who would have thought they used bad language?
So actally was a Freudian quip.
Just a typo. Such modesty.
(Type O's are very common.)
Replied: 9th Jan 2009 at 20:51
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Who can beat The Beatles?!
Others can only ever be in their shadow. (For Bennie )
They definitely all had something about them.
One had a knack of seeing the pitfalls of life (amongst other things).
For another the sky's the limit too.
One who brought such calmer karma.
A Fab Four with a lot to tank for.
(I'm trying to drum up recognition where it is due.)
Replied: 10th Jan 2009 at 17:50
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Take care jo anne.
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Best wishes.
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Haha! You like liquorice.
But "*Musically speaking, my tastes are varied."
Yes, you have * sung of which sweets you like to eat, but I fair can't weigh up why you said Sweet Fanny Adams about music.
(Wat-erbout
this sweet, btw?)
Please name your tunes - Tout de suite!!
You don't get away with 'allsorts' that easily!
Replied: 16th Jan 2009 at 17:58
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I love music and would be able to find something I like in all *genres.
*That sounds good too - I'm not really an expert though.
I love CD's, youtube and the radio, but yesterday (all my troubles seemed so far away) until I heard something on the radio that made me almost go Ga Ga.
I settled down at my pc (with a cup of tea) and googled :
"While millions of people tap into RGoogle without considering the environment, a typical search generates about 7g of CO2.
Boiling a kettle generates about 15g."
So it's cowd water cuppas and a lessened likelihood of linking for this ww'er.
*****
Links - Where I would have linked, but now I shall just give clues.
R - Recycled Links (This one was used previously on 17th January, General Messageboard, Going Out Tonight thread.)
Replied: 18th Jan 2009 at 22:40
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Dostaf - you could have boiled four kettles with your last post - a WW tea party.
Well, I won't be aparty to such frivolitea.
Although ... there has been a new wave of animated smilies who reside and respire on ww ...
Sorry to be brew-tal - a link I waste not --> wave not.
Less WW CO2 if this link will C2U, wanton waver!
[I could breathe a sigh of relief if it does - an exhalent result! (Except .. oh no .. CO2.) I must teastrain-er myself - some ww'ers think is a blast!]
Edit: Serves me right - I should have sean it in my tea leaves. This smilie's wave won't break even for tea.
Brian's proposed Tonker Mode would make a refreshing alternative.
Replied: 20th Jan 2009 at 11:56
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Boils - sorely irritating and unsightly ... pusibly unsitely for some ww'ers.
Dostaf - RLanced boils don't matter ... we can safely pustulate it's in The Lanc-it - how green of us.
'Tonker Mode' will hairdress the problem coifferly - separating (but not *suppurating - ughh) wavy-haves and wavy-have-nots. Some hair might not curless ... I'm on a roller now ... but I'd still suppose 'WW Tonker Mode' shears are worth having a cut in.
(Out of site is out of mind - so each peace is worth quiet a byt.)
Sorry to be so sharp - I like you still.
(I don't mean to hurt - that isn't my style.)
****
*suppurate - vi. fester, form pus
I've started checking in my trusty (not crusty) old dictionary rather than boldy Googling where no ww'er may have started trekking before. There is ample space for us all to help our environment and wave goodbye to wanton waste (and waves).
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But what when the hamster's energy is sapped - it will paws for a rest, Dostaf.
And, even if it works, you've got to admit (not omit) that rodents emit CO2 too - so we're going round in circles. Oh cursors!
I've been puzzling over this
and now am nurserying a budding idea to redress the balance.
How about LD branching out and developing an ever green plant to convert our links' CO2 to O2 - its whereabouts being a closely-gardened secret and difficult to root out.
Photosynthesis - food for thought, not just for trees.
Replied: 22nd Jan 2009 at 20:23
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Careful jo anne. Laboratoires Dostaf have a good reputation.
I shouldn't like to be accused of talking hydroponics
Replied: 22nd Jan 2009 at 20:39
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Dostaf - LD's good reputation will only grow if my idea is nurtured and problems carefully weeded out as they arise.
'Hydroponics is also a standard technique in biology research and teaching' - it's not a dirty word or tactic.
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Yes, feel free to join in tracy. We don't stand on ceremony and nof funny handshakes are required.
Replied: 24th Jan 2009 at 22:34
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You are very welcome Tracy - I'll wave back .
(It would be rude not too Dostaf.)
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High up! I see you've met me half-wave, Dostaf.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 12:40
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Thwaaarted.
Tea break quickie;
I was so impressed by your semaphore link jo anne that I felt the least I could do was to give you a wave (also as a courtesy to tracy). Forgetting that some folk are looking at larger screens than me, I didn't think my practice wave would show up.
I had intended explaining this later.TTFN
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 15:02
i asked about doin that.tell me step by step.please
i like it
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No problem trixie.
The one I used (God forgive me) was taken from a free site and put into my photobucket account. More of that later if needed.
That account gives an address for the image, much the same as every other link on here.
For the time being (and for practice) right click on one of my wavey men and you'll get a box on screeen with a menu on it. left click on properties and you'll see info about the image.
In this case the address is
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f254/botoph/smiley-faces-80.gif
Are you OK with copy and paste to get the address on your screen?
To make that into an image you have to do the old bracket trick. Similar to the colour changes on your text, but a little more tricky. (Just a little, be patient)
I'll leave it there for the time being to see if you are OK so far.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 18:04
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I don't use photobucket Dostaf.
My method:
A free site: bestsmileys.com
From the waving category I've chosen , but Dostaf's is there too.
Copy & paste the text : [img]http://bestsmileys.com/waving/1.gif[/img]
Then alter it by 'changing' the : [img] to [img=
and
insert ] at the asterisk: gif*[/img] so it's gif][/img]
If that makes sense.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 18:21
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Better advice there from jo anne.
Easier to get an image address for your image ie. http://bestsmileys.com/waving/1.gif from.
PS jo anne, I hope you realise that my posting of a wavey is the on-line equivalent of something like this.
Shakespeare Display.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 18:25
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hello dostaf
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I'm trying to seee the link that didn't work. Hang on.
Or print the address on here and we'll sort it.
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="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fwww.smileycentral.com%252F%253Fpartner%253DZSzeb008%255FZUman000%2526i%253D36%252F36%255F33%255F7%2526feat%253Dprof/page.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_33_7.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D36%252F36_33_7%2526uiv%253D3.0/image.gif"></
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its smiley central supposed to be a parrot on a perch dont know the address..
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 20:27
[img]http://bestsmileys.com/pirate/2.gif[/img]
That, came from bestsmileys and needs adapting.
From here.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 20:44
(img=http://bestsmileys.com/pirate/2.gif][/img]
I've used a curved bracket at the begining to illustrate. Square ones create the link.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 20:47
"Hang on a mo."
Un happolly it's a long mo.
That smiley central link is too tricky for me.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 20:48
The same address line with a square bracket at the start made the image.
ie [img=http://
I know it's not a parrot. I haven't downloaded smiley central.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 20:50
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they seem like the ones i've got it transfering them to here thats the prob ,will have get some tuition,thanks
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 20:52
Can you copy and paste the address of the image trixie?
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 20:54
Sorry Trixie - I can't help - but I think some ww'ers do post smiley central images on the messageboards.
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Last edited by jo anne: 26th Jan 2009 at 20:58:26
Or try practising with bestsmiley stuff.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 20:58
i get all that bumf when i copy+paste,thanks for your help anyway.will try practising
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 21:07
Anyway Dostaf - "my posting of a wavey is the on-line equivalent of something like this." (Shakespeare Display)
I know where we would see the biggest rumpus in reality.
And I am not following suit.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 21:10
You're welcome trixie.
Feel free to have a go on here with some of the images. As I said earlier. The thing being, if we can see where the bumf starts, we can hopefully see what's amiss.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 21:12
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Where else would you have me present my attributes jo anne?
The Market Square has gone.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 21:17
Yes, but I can still picture it.
Why not go and look at the new heritage sculptures near Trencherfield Mill - there's a bargee and mill worker there, but I don't think they've had much media exposure as yet.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 21:25
How did you do it - I nearly fell off my perch when I saw it.
Just found the answer on the 'Est ever bin clemmed' thread.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 21:51
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Look at the clemmed thread. I just tried one section begining with http.and copied that.
(img=http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_33_7.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D36%252F36_33_7%2526uiv%253D3.0/image.gif][/img]
I'm so happy I could wave.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 22:02
Who said what on telly?
Go on translate please.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 22:07
Latin: "Who dares wins."
(Wikipedia said so.)
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 22:10
No wonder I was struggling.
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 22:13
Please excuse my French.
This should make you sit up: asseoir
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 22:21
I was taught that a Frenchman's auntie has lovely handwriting.
Or was that a Dutch uncle?
I forget. Blame the parrot.
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You've lost me there too Dostaf.
(I wouldn't blame the parrot though - he seems to have been through enough today.)
That peacock feathers he's quite a show off - he proudly displays his attributes.
(I do feel guilty searching for links these days, so like a pea-hen, I am quite dull.)
PS I won't be ww'ing for a while - keep up the good www ww work!
Replied: 26th Jan 2009 at 22:37
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Auntie's plume-age. Heard on the old magnetaphone jo anne.
Take care.
Replied: 27th Jan 2009 at 15:07
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Lol.... i cant believe it actually worked
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Have you clicked on the "testing do not disturb" picture Dostaf
im feelin reet clever now
Replied: 31st Jan 2009 at 19:34
Not half as clever as I'm feeling kid.
I was going to ask how you did it, but decided to try sticking an image in a link, instead of a title.
And it worked. Wheyhey.
D
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You clever little sod
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(Hello - I'm back again.)
I missed your hidden 'Testing Do Not Disturb' link at first, Tracy.
So I was deter-mined not to take Dostaf's post just on face-value. I'm pit-browed of you both, clever clogs (like me).
How's abar-t this then Dostaf?
Code it be you read my post without seeing a Tracy of a link?
(14th Nov 16:32)
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I think I missed it jo anne.
Hey, you don't think WW tracy, and Sainsbury's "Sarah 42" are connected do you?
Have you been baking recently tracy?
Replied: 31st Jan 2009 at 21:26
Aren't there spy wares to protect internet connections?
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DOH!!! i thought id beat Jo ann at summat
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I love that aspect of The Face, Dostaf - it would be great to see Rick Kirby at work.
I also love seeing other faces of Wigan when people first come face-to-face with the sculpture. I have seen expressions of sheer delight and sheer horror too.
And where for art you, the Wiend Children's Library?
I have read it's wending its way to The Galleries - how things shop and change in our town centre.
(Even The Face will have to head off elsewhere one day.)
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Then cover your eyes tracy.
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Great photo Dostaf - more starey than scary from that view.
Don't worry Tracy - the Face is moving, but where to and when remains to be seen - we'd best keep our eyes open.
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Was that the Tony Robinson, do you think?!
All artists must face criticism as well as (hopefully) praise.
I love The Face of Wigan, but my Mum is appalled by it.
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Without sounding like Les Dawson's pervy character, I wouldn't mind a closer look at Kirby's metal missus.
You get some idea of the work that must have gone into it by looking at the eyelids and nostrils on the Lincloln face.
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I agree - that's beautiful Dostaf.
That magazine article - '10 subliminal tricks that make people adore you' is scary - like Derren Brown's mind tricks.
I wonder if that copy of Cosmo is still available.
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Worry you not, Dostaf.
I only noticed that one and it must have captured my imagination...
(I once saw Derren show how **strategically-placed vocabulary in a piece of written work could have subliminal e/affects on readers.)
I wonder if that could work in a post to stop the WW boom of boogie-ing boogers.
[PS Picture a heap for sheep in black & white.]
[PPS More WORDS I've herd.]
Replied: 2nd Feb 2009 at 19:35
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We've had WORDS about Reggie's writer before Dostaf - 4th Jan - the post with Nobbs on.
Here's some pied pipers Dostaf - I wonder if they reely would help on Wiganworld?
(Note to self: the subliminal message didn't work - must e-mail this chap for a more derrin plan.)
Why did you pose the question about the whereabouts of the WW webcam, Dostaf? Just a casual moontion in passing?
(Agh - I've just seen some photo's on my last google ... please stick to the virtual WW equivalent.
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Are you *tellying me off Dostaf?
Just joking - I liked the *pun, in fact I'll telly you I think it's good enough to repeat.
I know there is a remote risk of you switching over to another messageboard now...
I am trying to Google less, and with more care, but whether my efforts will help remains R2B-Ceen.
If I had to be Google-less altogether, well I'd have to resort to drastic measures and use another search engine. It would drive me crazy otherwise.
Re. recycling - sometimes I do feel like saying, R'On yer bike!' to it all. It can be tyresome.
(But please don't repeat that to anyone else.)
And re. Carol Thatcher - I won't link, but please think of the thread on 'General' (this may require using more brain power, mind you) ...
I really like that lady!
Boo to the RBeeb or at least the blabber who thought Carol had bloobed and said something to be bleeped out!
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PC Nonsense (in black and white)
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They are definitely being taken for a ride.
From not behaving PC to PC not behaving.
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Mr Thompson's people certainly seem to have double standards.
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I fear political correctness can, and is used as a tool for bullies.
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That is a fair insight into how political correctness is used and sometimes people are just blinking daft.
It needs *reining in before more good people come a cropper.
*Recycled pun
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I'll drink to that.
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What a Rovering eye you have Dostaf.
First Tracy and now Hayley ... you are a bit of a Soap's anorak really, aren't you?
Go on, come clean!
(You won't be barred from WW.)
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Rover?? Anorak??
Could you possibly be referring to this mon?
Is anoraknophobia a fear of trainspotters?
Replied: 7th Feb 2009 at 17:51
Well played Dostaf.
A hot dog - I hope it never rolls over on The Street as there's plenty of nosy parkas who dish the dirt there.
Is anoraknophobia a fear of trainspotters?
Norris far as I know, but you might be on the right track, Dostaf.
'Anorak?-no!-phobia' may be a fear of rain-spotters though.
I thought that pun, 'brolly?-good!'.
Eeeh, in't it great how many times you can stick your tongue out at others on ww!
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There are plenty of lines on The Street that transport viewers to Soapland though, Dostaf.
And it's Rcobbles that soap 'addicts' all wear anoraks, but possibly some do when they're catching the omnibus.
(Don't some characters have a Rbumpy ride in Soap storylines?)
So ... *which is your favourite soap?
I think I can name the barmaid of soap you'd like to hug, but *you're not allowed to answer with the name of a bar made of soap.
No flannel!
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I like Coronation Street best of all - there's no real competition.
This is Auntie's favourite.
And don't forget the Neighbours.
I didn't see Moving Wallpaper, but I like Jason R.
(Great Scott - I have even read a little of his autobiography, but I think it'd be much better chatting to him instead.)
I loved watching The Sullivans when I was in primary school and then Neighbours - we went home for dinners, which is quite rare for children nowadays.
I don't watch much television any more - but my eyes are still quite squarish.
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'The nostalgic drama set in North Yorkshire has been an ITV Sunday night staple since it first aired in 1992.'
A decade is rhea-lly, writely stretching longer than it really, rightly did.
(I hope Heartbeat isn't *decadent - I haven't watched it for years and years (and years) but know Greengrass is(was?) a card and codologist, and not a cardiologist.)
'ITV suspends Heartbeat production'.
But it will still be bouncing back onto our screens ...
'Be still, Dostaf's beating heart'.
*****
*dec'adent a. deteriorating; morally corrupt
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PS Dostaf - (I never miss a beat).
As a regular contributor to ww you have made 6030 posts to date.
This post is my no. 3863.
(And as Safety is my middle name, I always mind the gap.)
Please would you be kind enough toi let me catchup a little?
Thank you in advance.
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And
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I'm
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boldly
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not
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taking, "NO!" for an answer!
(3868 now!)
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Worse than counting calories. And you can gladly have some of mine. Post counts and calories..
PS The post count is partly due to some rapid-fire banter thet sometimes goes on and the fact that this is the only place where I do post.
Replied: 12th Feb 2009 at 13:16
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It was one of my children who noticed the difference - I don't count posts (or calories) really, Dostaf.
you can gladly have some. Post counts
Thanks you, that is more than kind.
I'm not greedy ... how about 2,500 (a nice round figure.)
Of course, it's quality, not quantity, that matters - happily we can count on you for both in ww.
(Sorry, as before, I don't mean to make you .)
Replied: 12th Feb 2009 at 18:03
I hadnt heard of Mr Button jo anne.
Interesting concept.
Replied: 12th Feb 2009 at 22:40
I hadn't heard of Benjamin Button until I saw the film being reviewed recently.
It is a lengthy adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's story - a tall order which the reviewers felt fell short of hopeful expectations (even though Brad Pitt's in it.)
The name Benjamin Button is sew wonderful.
(Indeed, perfectly preferable to Deed Poll - I hope it isn't too late to recommend it to you.)
I liked the short story and think it's entertaining, informative and thought-provoking.
Here's another *short story you may also enjoy.
(*Sorry - that's a tol-story.)
*****
LOST.
Has anyone seen this cat?
He's managed to lose himself on the General Messageboard.
(18:56 Friday 13th)
Replied: 13th Feb 2009 at 16:37
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Not lost jo anne.
Just doing a bit of light reading.
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That's a piece of good news.
Wiganworld needs you!
It's 17:18, Friday, People arguing like mad.....
There's been so much flak here recently, Xrh has even invested (and vegs) in a helmet...
With your timely (long timely) studying, you can bring peace in our town.
So fear we not in Wiganworld!
All is not lost as neither is Dostaf!
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I think he is in the top-left, Dostaf. I didn't know who Paulie was so I missed Xrh's joke yesterday.
Were you burning the midnight oil (and the early hours oil too) to read War and Peace or did you decide not to battle your way through it?
I'll need some Nytol tonight. There's a good treason, too. My naughty quip on the Chip Pon thread - I did edit, but was it in time?
I will be worrying my head about it, and about my head.
I worry there are no nits about my head, too. Might I still use nit-oil with my usual shampoo to make my hair unsqueaky clean?
I'll rest a little easier if it does. .
Recently, near the Pier, I felt like Victoria Meldrew (but not quite so old, mind you.)
A WLCT spokesperson said: "Police have stepped up patrols in the area of the thefts and are continuing to offer their support and help.
"However, everybody has a responsibility to stop vandalism and make Wigan a nicer borough to live in.
"This is a community project and as such everybody has a vested interest in ensuring these statues remain a source of pride for the benefit of people across the borough."
Accordingly, I have stepped up my patrols on foot, with my dog on paw, along the canal. But can you bank on us to step in if we see anything untoward happening to the heritage sculptures?
Out on 'a patrol' we came across three chaps, who came across as well-dressed, decent, congenial middle-aged gentlemen, enjoying a stroll along the canal path, possibly in their dinner hour. They were near the mill-worker and exuberantly talking about her; as my dog and I drew closer we heard their banter. Such words as *c*ap were uttered ... (*the unasterisked version is in my official report). It was too late to cover my two year old dog's ears, or protect the mill-worker from such mockery.
One of the 'gentle'men went further and firmly grasped the mill-worker by her head and knee and rocked her to show how light-weight and ill-secured she was on her seat.
And your vandalism vigilantes? We six-legged it away, briskly.
What an absurd farce the whole heritage sculptures' episode has become - I don't believe it!
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I haven't seen the statues myself jo anne, but from what I can gather, they don't seem to be strongly made or securely placed.
"One of the 'gentle'men went further and firmly grasped the mill-worker by her head and knee and rocked her to show how light-weight and ill-secured she was on her seat."
I'm afraid I would probably have given a rather curmudgeonly appraisal of the situation myself.
Replied: 15th Feb 2009 at 21:01
You'd have got up to your neck in it then, Dostaf?
As I approached them, I did plan to engage in their cheery banter and ask the chap to leave the mill-worker alone, but I wasn't brave enough.
(My dog is an even bigger scaredy-cat than me.)
But that I even considered it shows my daft banter with strange men on ww is helping me gain in confidence.
Replied: 15th Feb 2009 at 21:14
Afterthought:
(Actually, it might have been better if I'd have put 'men who are strangers on ww'...
no, I think I was right the first time.)
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I meant I would have agreed (probably) with the description.
I talk to anyone me.
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Lots of reasons, Dostaf.
Fear, low self-esteem/confidence, shyness, not having heard, illness, preoccupation with a serious life event ...
or something more entertaining.
No response might not actually be a deliberate negative response.
I try to have the attitude that it costs nowt and it's a bonus if someone is friendly back.
Replied: 15th Feb 2009 at 23:06
I'm mindful of those various reasons you cite jo anne. I'm careful what I say and who I say it to, as I wouldn't like to impose. Hopefully I manage to gauge it right. Obviously I wouldn't attempt to engage in conversation with someone who appeared somewhat shy.
I know it's hard to really judge the situation and one can never really tell. I just try to be pleasant and polite with the bleedin beggarin so-an-sos.
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Have some of mine, Dostaf - I think I've got too much at times.
Possibly because there are times when I've been the bleedin beggarin so-an-so.
and the world smiles with you, or is more likely to.
Pollyanna Syndrome
Replied: 16th Feb 2009 at 00:40
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I gladly suffer these fools, but I don't understand what you mean?
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Mind you, they probably think the same about me.
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I'm not quite old enough, Dostaf.
If only I was a little older (and wiser) - well, wiser at least.
Sage the Owl – An irate owl who was almost always in a bad mood. He also fell out of his nest a lot, and hated getting his feathers wet. He couldn't sing if his life depended on it, and was roped into helping to hatch Tarragon's egg. His song was "I'm a rather fat feathery owl called Sage / I'm not happy now in fact in a rage!"
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Another clever dickie bird for you then.
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(Another Dickie Bird for you - I know this sport doesn't bowl you over.)
Wooden woodpecker book-end Professor Yaffle.
I remember him well, but I couldn't remember his name.
What a fine name!
(Did a little dickie bird tell me? There is no link to one this time.)
Replied: 17th Feb 2009 at 21:10
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Harold is actually well known for displaying certain stereotypical Yorkshire traits jo anne.
Allegedly
Deep pockets and short arms seems to be fashionable over there.
Replied: 17th Feb 2009 at 21:27
*WARNING - Post contains mildly horrific allusions*
Whereas some Wigan men are quite generous with their underhand compliments about their neighbours.
Don't you think you should give it a rest.
I know you think Yorkshire is a corking place really.
This naughty streak in jest may one day falsely attest that you don't.
Yorkshire might bowl maiden overs and it will be you who helped them get a head.
There could be a new Wigan myth for the 21st century.
Replied: 17th Feb 2009 at 22:14
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Not cutting, Dostaf, though I am sharp enough to see the object of your ♥♥l'amour♥♥, no matter how you might object.
There are clues (22nd Aug 2008 at 14:48) along the way.
(Watch you don't have your chips with a red herring.)
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"I am sharp enough to see the object of your ♥♥l'amour♥♥, no matter how you might object."
Duff link jo anne? Unless I've been foiled. (again <21.44>)
Or are you suggesting I like the odd battleaxe.
Edit 01.39. Sorry jo anne, not a duff link was it.
I was expecting a nice piccy of a certain Yorkshire lass who's found fame with Sainsbury's.
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Yay! A Rlink and you modestly omitted the R (unlike me).
'delightfully potty' - that has more than compensated for 'odd battleaxe'.
An endearing English *eccentric.
*eccentric -n. odd, un*conventional person
*conventional - synonyms: accepted, common, ordinary..
We all want to be accepted, mostly, but who wants to be common, ordinary?!
*****
2008 was The Year of the Frog - well it was a leap year.
I was going to link to the life-cycle of the frog, but there was **Rfrogs' pawn.
**R Recycled pun (from ww forum)
Notice I was modest enough to admit to it though.
(Not modest enough to omit that it made people - unless they were just being kind.
Either way, it's best not to encourage me.)
Replied: 19th Feb 2009 at 21:47
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Christine is a self proclaimed battleaxe jo anne.
Though myself, I think she's more jolly hockeysticks.
And I don't think her hubby's as daft as he acts.
Replied: 21st Feb 2009 at 19:56
Sorry Dostaf, I didn't know:
Christine is a self proclaimed battleaxe.
Indeed, Christine even became Mrs. British Battleaxe.
"Neil is delighted as he says he’s now married to a new woman."
Both do put on a jolly good show.
In reality, I would not be myself if the cameras were rolling.
Some find it a scream, but it would be my idea of a nightmare.
What about you?
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It's Pancake Day almost every day at my house.
One of my children would eat them on Shrove Tuesday and in droves on every other day of the year too.
The milk is organic, the eggs free-range and I don't use white flour but wholemeal ... the children like them that way ... now.
They put up with the healthier option.
I never flip my pancakes - a trusty fish slice does the trick. Sugar is only sprinkled sparingly and I always worry about lemon juice squirting in the children's eyes.
All these health & safety issues.
You can imagine the exciting lives my family lead.
And it might even be risky even talking about flipping pancakes in ww.
(I was only joking before - where there's a Will, there's a way to make me smile. He's lovely.)
Replied: 22nd Feb 2009 at 20:50
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I love pancakes and my thoughts were purely innocent. The potential for misinterpretations never crossed my mind. (Have you ever met her, nice girl own teeth etc.)
But since you mention it.
Crepe Suzette.
Replied: 23rd Feb 2009 at 01:04
Yes blush, Mr. Dostaf.
I see you're blaming the French again - how mean of you!
They can be quite delightful ... I even partake in them myself in ww.
And, what's worse, I don't even blush.
(I do really.)
Who might I blame? I'm tempted to link to a Cat With A Fishbone et al in ww, but it's all my own naughty work.
And so, to redeem myself, here is an intellectual discussion giving an insight into the serious side of Mr. K. Williams. I found it fascinating.
(Please don't mind me, but carry on being yourself and thinking those purely innocent thoughts.)
(And three photo's of the mill-worker - one with a terribly cheeky comment. (Top row, 6 across))
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Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. John Milton
How dull the days without daftness and debate. Jo Anne
A good argument can bring people to life. (4 minutes onwards)
I rarely have cause to argue with my good friend, Google, who says:
stone jug is London Cockney rhyming slang for prison
and
milk jug for an easily duped person (mug).
(I hadn't heard of either until I looked up stone jug.)
But I could fall out with another online friend - 22:10.
Very droll.
I've been laughing about it ever since.
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The Dickens link with Victorian fears about using the T word tickled me jo anne.
Re the Hitler stuff.
Voluminous trousers are often referred to as Blackpool Tower pants.
See bracketed part of mein thread title.
PS I too have been chuckling all day about the Mien Holiday Kamph line.
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I rarely say the t word, I was brought up to call them pants.
I had noticed (what the brackets contained), Dostaf.
Mein Kampf means My Struggle - my 'O' levels in History and German do come in useful still.
My was actually genuine - I didn't feel comfortable making puns about Hitler.
Hitler giving orders that made nonsense militarily so he could holiday in Blackpool.
***
I wonder what became of the bargee - I've looked, but haven't found it anywhere yet.
I love the word "gongoozler".
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I did actually hesitate before using that man's name on here jo anne.
Although it is commonplace to make light of evil in times of adversity, perhaps we modern people have no real comprehension of the fear he put into our ancestors.
The fact that it was good old Blackpool added to the levity.
Had it been a more genteel place he had designs on, the attitude would have been no doubt different.
I thought a gongoozler was a berry.
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Dostaf, are you saying, "It's better that Devon, you know."
(Hitler did like to hear the cry of Sieg Heil.)
Gongoozler is quite a bamboozler.
If you had a word with canal enthusiasts in Wigan, many would think it berry funny.
Lots of locals love walking/cycling near the canal, but it is often quiet.
The water is quite scummy in places and there is more rubbish floating on it than when I was a lass.
One of my teachers in junior school was a gung-ho gongoozler.
At times he took our class out and we sketched the nearer canal locks.
In secondary school our cross-country route ran mostly along the canal ... the route ran, but I didn't, mostly. Those canal-path hills are killers.
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I'm loath to call people scum, but I'll let it wash over me.
I don't remember that certain womble, Dostaf, but I have seen 'rubbishing' (collecting rubbish) going on along the Leeds Liverpool Canal ... now I just see rubbish collecting there.
It's still a peaceful, scenic place with wildlife to watch and watch out for though.
It's just a shame there are no Wigan water wombles.
2009 Words Festival
I haven't been able to give my links a colour up till now - I've seen you do it, Dostaf.
I'm trying putting the (b][/b) (all square brackets) either side of the link title - I have tried at the beginning and end of the link notation, but to no avail.
Yay!
Do you need a more expensive licence to link in colour?
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I'm surprised you had problems jo anne.
I know you are now sorted, but this was one of my latest coloured link, for anyone else who may be curious;
Out!!
(From International Pool thread)
Created from this;
(url=https://secure.thelifeguardstore.com/productcart/pc/catalog/60.5Thunderer.jpg](b]Out!!(/b][/url]
NB Curved brackets in red (for illustration), should be square ones [
I have suspected that some folk (new people) aren't actually aware that the underlined words are linked, hence my usual choice of purple lettering.
There's another interesting link in your last post too.
Being a clean sort of Gongoozler myself, your mention of a good wash, has had me scratching my head.
See 'General'.
Replied: 27th Feb 2009 at 16:55
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Yes, even I have problems, Dostaf.
(Where were your (b] before Out!! and (/b] after it - replacing ( with [ for actual links?)
It can be very tricky explaining, but hope no colourful language is evoked.
The underlined links are a little too modest, so it is possible to miss them , as you say.
I've seen General - sorry, I dont know about when the Leeds Liverpool canal 'burst its banks' in the region near the B&Q Superstore.
Hope you're not scratching your head for too long - have you run out of Nit Oil?
I do love the compass in the path a little further away from Wigan - just thought I'd point it out.
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Yes, it does look right (at last), Dostaf.
I love playing with the brackets etc. in WW.
"Parva leves capiunt animas" as they probably used to say in Wigan.
So now I know the whereabouts of Lime Pond.
That's NEWS to me - thanks for directing me to it, Dostaf. I'll look out for it the next time I'm there.
For invisible ink, it's (ii] (/ii] where ( = [, I think ...
Now you see it,
(Now I just have to work out how you make the last part of the sentence re-appear.)
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It's funny that you should bring flies up jo anne.
Googling Miry Lane sewage pipe Wigan for my flood question got me that.
I gave up trying to find the relevant part as it is very old.
Replied: 27th Feb 2009 at 20:50
An interesting subject to swot up on, Dostaf.
You haven't been deluged with information about the flood as yet, but it does seem quiet on ww tonight.
Replied: 27th Feb 2009 at 21:05
I found the 'A' in R A O B an interesting word.
According to QI (I think) the animal in the image is actually wrong.
Replied: 27th Feb 2009 at 21:10
159 Carriage of Disease
"Copeman (1906), In a report to the Local Government Board dealing with epidemic prevalence of infantile diarrhoea at Wigan, says: 'At the Miry Lane Depot there is always stored (awaiting removal by farmers) an enormous amount of night-soil mixed with ashes which, in hot weather especially, is not only exceedingly offensive, but is beset by myriads of house flies. As the result of personal enquiry at the various houses in the neighbourhood in which, during the year 1905, deaths from diarrhea had occurred, I learnt that considerable nuisance from the foul odours was apt to be experienced during the prevalence of hot weather, especially with the wind in the south or southwest, blowing from the Depot to the special area, so much so on occasions as to render it necessary to shut all the windows, while the inhabitants of houses nearest the Corporation Depot stated that at certain times of the year their rooms were apt to be invaded by a veritable plague of flies, which swarmed over everything of an edible nature on the premises. This being so, it would appear not improbable that these flies, some of which have doubtless had opportunity of feeding on and be-coming contaminated with excremental material of human origin, may have been a means of carrying infected material to certain foodstuffs, such, more particularly, as milk and sugar, and so, indirectly, of bringing about infection of the human subject.'
Replied: 27th Feb 2009 at 21:15
I had to google R.A.O.B., Dostaf.
I had Noah idea what antediluvian meant.
What should the animal be, do you think?
Replied: 27th Feb 2009 at 21:27
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Cheers for the fly piece jo anne.
I think many people assume the 'A' stands for ancient.
I'm sure that this lad is a bison. And this lad is a buffalo.
A misconception which appears in the song 'Home On The Range'
♪♫♪♫"Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam....etc"♪♫♪♫♪
I'm pretty sure it was featured on QI.
Incidentally, Mr W Oddie (in what now seems like an antediluvian Goodies book wrote;
"Give me a home where the buffalo roam....
and I'll show you a house with a very messy carpet".
Funny how rubbish like that sticks in me head like wotsit to a blanket.
Replied: 27th Feb 2009 at 21:41
Last edited by dostaf: 27th Feb 2009 at 21:47:55
Wigan is ancient, but I'm not sure about antediluvian.
I can't see the water buffalo on my server.
I saw Bill on The Wright Stuff a short while ago, and, from what he said, the antediluvian period would not be interesting in his book.
Rubbish!
It's a good tip to keep ahead and retain all the quips to entertain ww.
WW'ers are not antediluvian or even ancient (unlike many of your jokes).
Replied: 27th Feb 2009 at 22:13
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Who's the bird with him?
They might sewage you, Dostaf!
Replied: 27th Feb 2009 at 22:23
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Brummies have ways of making people talk, Dostaf.
There are others who would like to know the whereabouts of your secret headquarters too.
Instead of making enemies who want to make you sing, I suggest an easier and more convivial approach - do not *accentuate others' differences in naughty jest.
I am NOT saying *accent you hate*, I must stress.
(I'm sure you wouldn't like to be sent to elsewhere in the West Midlands either, Dostaf.)
Replied: 28th Feb 2009 at 22:09
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Yes Dostaf, I think you would be hot in the West Midlands - one and all would bellow 'Hello!'
I often wonder who put the oven in Coventry.
I don't know who was responsible, but at least they thought on and put a vent in it, too.
It also seems there is mystery surrounding Lady Godiva herself in the days gone by, confounded by people making up stories (as people love to do).
How very taxing.
She does seem like a warm-hearted lady, who would not want any Tom, Dick or *harrying.
Lady Godiva is possibly depicted in church windows which shed a little light on her holy respectable character.
I have never visited Coventry, but it seems a place worthy enough not to be ignored.
For Xrh.
Incendentally, Dostaf - the procession was to raise money for ... the Spitfire Fund.
*harrying vt. harrassing
PS Do you think she was one of the first divas -
after issuing a proclamation that all persons should keep within doors and shut their windows, she rode through the town
- bravely without .
Go Lady, Go Diva!
Replied: 2nd Mar 2009 at 11:13
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Nakky pictures and divas jo anne? Not very high brow, but I suppose Spring is on it's way.
I don't know if you're familiar with the Dad's Army 'Spitfire Fund' episode, but the way the Town Clerk explained that the lady taking the 'Lady' role would have her modesty protected by "Fleshings"was one of the classic DA lines and is mentioned here.
"The way Eric pronounced the word gave a whole new meaning to it: prim but, at the same time, lascivious. He would roll back his front teeth from his gums and smack his tongue against the roof of his mouth, and out would come the word, with a fine spray of spittle, 'flesh... ings!' ""
Raisinig the tone a little and returning to equestrian statues;
Did you see Mr Fry debunk the myth (popular belief paragraph) about horse-statue legs on QI?
Replied: 3rd Mar 2009 at 15:49
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I did watch Dad's Army, but have forgotten much about it.
'flesh... ings!'
(I had to look up lascivious a. lustful )
Spring is almost here, but whether you agree with the Met. Office or tradition, the Wigan weather isn't agreeable with one today.
I missed that particular QI, as I don't legularly watch it, but an actress who I like is appearing this Fryday so I might actually see it.
PS pejorative a. (of words etc.) with disparaging connotation
A Diva is a celebrated female singer.
----->
The term often used to imply that a star is arrogant, difficult to work with, high-maintenance, manipulative, fussy, highly strung, privileged and demanding.
See Semantic change - it reminds me of the 'telegraph pole' you thought of.
Pejoration of meaning: Loss of quality.
Sweetheart --->(shortened to)---> 'theart ---> tart.
PPS I've been on the trail of Walmsley Pond today.
Blimey Charley, there was a lot of legwork involved, but it's good to be able to put a name to a place. Thank you.
Replied: 3rd Mar 2009 at 17:21
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Looking at the Little Britain link, I thought you'd put more nakky pictures on for a moment jo anne. I'm not a great fan of the show but it certaiinly seems popular
If you wish to see Ms T in all her glory on QI, I suggest you try to catch QI XL, which I think is screened on Saturday. (it's a repeat but with an extra 15 minutes viewing)
Ms Thompson had her own show in the Eighties (I think), but it didn't catch on.
Speaking of semantics, I can't find nakky pictures, in the nak, or nakky women anywhere. But I can find in the nip etc. aphrase used on 'Father Ted'.
Whenever I hear the word Diva, I never think of dear old Cheshire.
For some reason my rosy fascination turns my thoughts to here. Hence the DD.
So now you know where the lime pond is. There was a time when you could walk around it, but I think it's now fenced off.
At least you can still see the wildlife from the canal towpath though.
Replied: 4th Mar 2009 at 22:54
Last edited by dostaf: 4th Mar 2009 at 23:05:04
So you think Little Britain isn't Great.
(I'm sure you're not the only guy in the World.)
Many of the catchphrases have certainly caught on, even if we're not all hooked to the comedy series.
I didn't know "The Roman name for Chester was 'Deva'. Named after the goddess of the River Dee. The Roman name was pronounced Dewa because the Romans used the letter V to represent a W."
Of course, the name Chester is derived from the Latin for a Camp 'Castra' - I didn't know that either.
But, we ww'ers do know how your mind operates by now, Dostaf - seeing as you've mentioned Yorkshire whereever the slightest chance arose.
(We can county on you doing it again - it's garretteed.)
Aye up - he's at it again!
You expected to uncover more naked pictures.
Let us bring that subject to a close - it is too naughty.
PS I wouldn't walk round Lime Pond by myself anyway - the canal tow path is just about safe enough.
Replied: 5th Mar 2009 at 22:19
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What about ... Wigan?
Doesn't it have the wow-factor for you?
I like Manchester and Bolton too.
I love Liverpool too ... that's so last year you might think, but my love will last years anyway.
The River Douglas starts originally from here.
(Wot - not Wigan?!)
We often make a Point of going here and unreservedly run along the sands, but the hills are our dunefall.
I like many places, but can't say there is nowhere I would not like to visit:
No-wear? - No way!
Replied: 7th Mar 2009 at 20:03
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The naked truth is that I love Wigan jo anne.
Of course it's good to visit other places. But it's also grate to come home.
The coal fire image links nicely to something I saw on the news this week.
During a piece about the miners' strike a local lady recounted the felling of the head-gear towers at Parkside. She said that when "you" saw them coming into view, "you" knew you were home. This is what I've always said about our own Wigan landmarks that are no more. I actually miss them.
Oh, by the way, I recently noticed your first post edit.
I decided to have a google and got a shock
I wont be visiting Newcastle in a hurry.
Replied: 8th Mar 2009 at 20:26
Last edited by dostaf: 8th Mar 2009 at 20:31:09
(Dostaf, you are far from ^angellic, but why would you be dragged across the coals in Newcastle?)
^Created by the same sculptor as Another Place we have discussed on ww.
I shall return to Wigan later - where is she now you might wonder - but there is a more pressing issue to fairly address here.
Cherchez la femme.
Dumas's character unfairly inferred that no matter what the problem, a woman (one of the fairer sex) will eventually be found at the root of it.
Annie Mosity See the starter post:
animosity - synonyms ... *malevolence
*malevolent a. full of ill will - malevolence n.
I have not read Dumas's 'The Mohicans of Paris', but wonder did Miss Ogeny feature in it?
Replied: 8th Mar 2009 at 23:35
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Never mind ladies and hairstyles missus.
Thanks to your "I just googled and there is one elsewhere.." comment I became curious.
Have you seen the lovely Anna, who claims to be 21 and from Newcastle?
I'm not linking to Anna.
Replied: 8th Mar 2009 at 23:55
Last edited by dostaf: 9th Mar 2009 at 00:10:52
Thanks to your "I just googled and there is one elsewhere.." comment I became curious.
I think you'll find it is of no thanks to me that you became curious.
I did find an Annie Mosity - a username on a forum, but didn't look for further details and also made no link to Anna.
(Edit - ahem - where has your gone?
Later Edit - it's back! Thank you.
Even later Edit - please don't there if it was a mistake in the first place. Thank you.)
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 00:02
Last edited by jo anne: 9th Mar 2009 at 00:30:28
When I say curious I mean inquisitive you understand.
She (Anna M) looks like a nice boy actually.
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 00:06
We don't need to say Anna More about her.
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 00:08
Indeed, back to Wigan please.
Edit put back. It was misplaced in the first place, should have been at the end. But as you clocked it I'll return it.
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 00:09
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I too saw the owd egg cups bite the dust.
It's only by seeing photo's on here that you remember how big they were. Someone posted a photo taken on the old railway by Scotman's flash with them in the background.
I loved the way the colour seemed to change on them according to the weather. Very dark when wet, but bright when the sun shone on them. Flipping heck, I'm waxing lyrical about what many would consider an eyesore.
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 00:30
Please see 9th Mar 00:02.
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 00:32
Never mid jo anne. Have another.
Or even two (or is that now three)
One day I may become reckless and throw in a couple of {:W] s.
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 00:49
The cooling towers were a distinctive part of the Wigan skyline we could see from home. One of my family now lives very close to Fiddlers Ferry.
I love this high soar.
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 00:50
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NB - No s in my last post.
Misplaced or otherwise.
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 00:53
Booger trapped again jo anne. One of the Fiddlers' towers came down in a gale some years ago.
There was a 999 SOS type show which featured the air ambulance in Yorkshire. they attended a pile-up on the M62 near the power station at Selby after a hailstorm. The road was clear in either direction not far away. They said the towers actually affected the weather. Fiddlers often seems to be a cloud factory.
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 01:11
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You could be asking the wrong person that one jo anne.
But go on, I don't know, what did the big chimney say to the little chimney?
PS I can't find anything about the towers affecting weather. apart from one forum comment about "Power Station Snow" in Yorkshire. The TV prog was "Helicopter Heroes" (ep 11)
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 19:05
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Now I've had piff paff puff in my head earlier. (Wrongly I might add)
.....Edit ... ............ ............... ..... ..... ..... ...... ...... ..........^^^^
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 19:42
Last edited by dostaf: 9th Mar 2009 at 19:51:14
Are you a bit dotty tonight, Dostaf?
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 19:53
I couldnt get me Red Arrows under The Great Soprendo.
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 19:57
I will point out ^there is no need to ^
^ ^^^
The WW Red Arrows are newly-formed and just need more practice.
^^ ^^
Have they got a motto?: Éclat.
^^^ ^
Now I've had piff paff puff in my head earlier. (Wrongly I might add)
.....Edit ... ............ ............... ..... ..... ..... ...... ...... ...^^^^
Whoops - they flew in their undercoat that time.
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 20:54
Last edited by jo anne: 9th Mar 2009 at 20:59:09
I was trying to stick my arrows under the Great Soprendo jo anne.
All this talk of chimneys had me thinking of puffs of smoke.
Piff paff puff was Mr Victoria Wood's catchphrase. I wrongly previously brought it to mind when I heard of Ali Bongo's death earlier today.
A very clever man by all account.
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 21:48
Last edited by dostaf: 9th Mar 2009 at 21:51:01
I hadn't heard that Ali Bongo has died. It seems he excelled in doing what he loved for the best part of his life, which is magic.
****
A mischievous magician who is stacks of fun for children.
****
As a daft aside - I've been shopping for cards today and found some delightfully humorous pundigrions.
Unfortunately, I didn't need a 'Thank You' card, but I'll sheepishly admit I loved the card with 'Thank Ewe' on the front and 'Baaaaa very much' inside. (The sheep was a lovely character too.)
There is money to be made with puns - we should take care of our (better) originals - they could cause a furore.
Replied: 9th Mar 2009 at 23:00
Last edited by jo anne: 9th Mar 2009 at 23:03:27
I hope you're not suggesting what I think you are jo anne.
Punning for money?
We'd be called Charlotans . Or something very similar.
Replied: 10th Mar 2009 at 21:16
Last edited by dostaf: 10th Mar 2009 at 21:20:07
I know: "The Orlons made South Street famous with the lyrics of their 1963 hit 'South Street'."
Philadelphia
This reading mon scored a literary hat trick , - and it just so happuns he's appearing at
*Waterstones, Saturday 21st March at 1pm*.
PS It's sad to see the Wiend Children's Library all boarded up.
Replied: 11th Mar 2009 at 20:09
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I'm skirting round that , Dostaf.
Thinking back to this Rlink ...
Did you know there is a Terminal Building in Wigan?
Built originally in 1777 by The _ & _ _ Co.
Rebuilt in 1984 by Albert Leonard Gibson (I think).
If you haven't got a clue, then here is one for you:
There is a very up-to-date image of the building on WW (but this might keep you in the dark for now).
PS Are you now sold on the idea of doing something punny for money?
(If there was anyone charitable enough to pay for our puns.)
Replied: 12th Mar 2009 at 19:58
Last edited by jo anne: 12th Mar 2009 at 20:03:35
Yes jo anne. I know it.
I remember it being partially removed.
It was ruthlessly left roofless for a while before it was saved. I'm sure there was a convenient place at the opposite end to the arches. I may be wrong though.
Replied: 12th Mar 2009 at 20:09
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Here's a photograph of the Terminal Building - it reminds me of this house.
Built originally in 1777 by The Leeds & Liverpool Canal Co., here is the up-to-date WW image.
I don't remember the Terminal Building when derelict, Dostaf.
I didn't even know its name until today when reading the plaque on its wall - the other side of the building to that shown on ww's webcam.
I don't know about the public conveniences.
I'm off to sell my puns now.
Replied: 12th Mar 2009 at 21:23
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Worry ye not, Dostaf.
I'm off out tonight, but will be quite punderstated.
Replied: 14th Mar 2009 at 16:14
Thank you, Dostaf.
We all had a good evening out, but not one pun have I sold.
Though one pun I have stole.
There was a sign in Liverpool city centre saying Busk Stop.
(Had it have been Pun Stop there might have been no stopping me.)
This a.m., Adam and Joe requested homemade humorosities, but unhelpfully for free.
A&J also had the audible audacity to freely give the game away:
'What is it about sometimes not being able to get rubbish wordplay out of your mind?'
'Well, it's because it's fun.'
I hope this **doesn't get out - it might encourage ... competition.
**That I heard A&J is sound proof that it did.
PS There are institutes for prosestitution and poetrytution to book.
Punstitution - I wish I had a body of work worth selling.
I worry I haven't, as yet.
Please cheer me on.
Replied: 15th Mar 2009 at 00:43
Last edited by jo anne: 15th Mar 2009 at 19:09:26
Going by your puntuation (and previous comments) you are obviously a fan of Lennon and Lennonland jo anne.
As for being a punstitute; going commercial would take some of the fun out of punning
Also, what about writer's block?
That would put the brakes on entering the commercial vicinity.
And what of the time wasters like these gentlemen browsers? "Just looking". They remind me of those beggars who use supermaket news stands as libraries. I reach politely past them.
Replied: 15th Mar 2009 at 22:23
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*Warning - nakky picture
I love not only Liverpool, but lots of other locations too.
And I can't imagine why you would think I think a lot of John, Dostaf - I shall try to be more discreet in future.
A great artist who thought and shared,
Ideally cared,
And *bared (a bit too much)
Good with words,
Good to be heard,
And who dared to try,
But did not think he was always right.
I could go on about John, but I'll stop.
****
I see. Right then.
Or rather don't write then.
You've certainly put paid to me punning for pounds.
Such a good job of encouraging me - I find myself at one block and you spur me on by putting another before me.
It's a good job I'm only playing.
Although, a red light to one, can signal the go ahead to another.
Where's the police when you need them?
Standing browsing at supermarket newspaper stands - I won't stand for it!
My cheeky sister and husband readfully take no notice of me though.
PS I see you would be made up to meet Ms. Moss.
Replied: 16th Mar 2009 at 11:07
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I lived in student accommodation in Gateacre, just a bit North of Woolton - pretty posh parts of Liverpool - for a few months.
But I felt homesick at 22(!) so commuting commenced :
a ten minute bus ride, forty minute train journey then half an hour walk and I was miles happier.
Liverpool's beautiful parks are worth a mention:
Both Calderstones and Sefton
would make Mesnes green with envy, but Wigan just hasn't got the space.
(I lived in another part of Liverpool, not quite so posh, for two years when first married.)
PS Sorry the *nakky picture was a disappointment.
*I find this one quite tateful.
And John's painting quite amuseing.
And thank you for the encouragement and for pointing out the possible pitfalls of punning for pay instead of play.
Replied: 17th Mar 2009 at 17:48
Last edited by jo anne: 17th Mar 2009 at 18:28:33
Are these folk bunging you a fair wedge for that tower of plugs?
I'll quickly put a stop to that idea, Dostaf.
I just love Liverpool.
I've certainly said my tuppence worth about it.
Any road, I wander why pots and kettles spring to mind.)
... I hope you don't get a cut from your Tykeland talk.
PS Hello! I see you've been mischievous - I won't let you get away with that one.
If you can't be kind, please (she pleas) keep your own council.
Let's decree not to decry.
It's time to shout about Wigan and all the belting, appealingthings about our borough.
Replied: 17th Mar 2009 at 23:39
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Last edited by dostaf: 18th Mar 2009 at 15:52:04
Well spotted re the mischievous link. I knew there was no clue in the link address...
It was no big feet of observation, Dostaf.
The link location was pair-fectly apparent to me as we used to take our children to the 'Mischief' shop. Of all the photographs to shoes, he thinks!
(No mischief is soled - our children are adept at making their own.)
Of course I have been on something, but not ferry recently. *Unlike my sister and her family, who could not have been appier.
Funnely enough, all thanks to someone's good suggestion (insistence) to go - whose, I frogget.
*My clan had a wonderful time.
Replied: 18th Mar 2009 at 19:02
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Leave it out.
"Do they still barter, or is cash the norm."
Please give all the places in our borough credit where it is due,
don't discredit them.
An ex-*pedition - not really.
Leigh isn't that far away for us.
And we saved on shoe leather for sales of shoe leather (but not on tyre treads.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ped- (Sorry, I can't link to it.)
*associated with children and foot.
Watch what you do - do you not worry you will put your foot in it yet again!
Those Leythers will tan your hide - I'd duck and I'd hide if I were you.
(I wonder, Kenya be the 'Lesser Spotted Dostaf'?
So rarely sighted/sited/cited, that people outside of WW haven't seen nor even heard of him.)
(So-far-he has got away with wit, but what happens if they catch up with him... )
To be continued ...
Replied: 20th Mar 2009 at 00:04
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Cont.
Hide thought of saying, 'Beware the Ides of March,' but, with Ides-sight, I now know it is too late for that.
But I don't think it is too late for seeing:
Beavers - the hides of Martin Mere.
"Beavers, the world's second largest rodent, are one of nature's engineers excavating *canals and building dams and lodges of branch and earth."
*Naturally, they are not just of interest to gongoozlers.
"Entirely vegetarian, the beavers are members of the Vegetarian Society..."
Don't you think there are some daft people about!
Replied: 20th Mar 2009 at 10:57
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Don't worry about any reception I may receive in Lobbieland jo anne. I know them well
They have been the butt of many of my jokes for years. And vise versa I might **add.
I've even been known to socialise with them.
The beaver tale is a good one. I wonder if one day they'll spread to Wigan?
** Image reproduced by kind permission of Lord St Laptops.
Replied: 20th Mar 2009 at 20:11
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Unlike you, I am not all that familiar with Leigh, Dostaf.
Apart from spending enjoyable times at Pennington Flash and spending money at a shoe shop.
Affectionate terms such as Leythers and Lobbieland are relatively new to me.
As you just jest, I suggest it's likely you like this lady and these ladies too.
It would be magic having beavers in Bottling Wood - Martin Mere's beavers and baby (is-he Wizzy?) look wonderful wildlife to watch. (It'll be a dam sight easier there than in the wild).
A gongoozler link.
There are now lovely new signposts along the canal towpaths - about time too!
They point out nearby places and give approximate times taken to reach them by ^bike.
^Is it on your bike to walkers then?
I don't know if you heard about this business, but I noticed a post about it yesterday.
On a forlorn fallen fence post, not far from the scene, someone had penned:
'Note to self - next time I'll pinch a Fiesta'.
Great graffiti. .
PS Have you seen this?
Replied: 21st Mar 2009 at 14:04
Last edited by jo anne: 21st Mar 2009 at 15:32:35
Not familiar with Leythers jo anne? Then I feel it's only right that I should give you a few pointers
Leythers (their proud description of themselves) don't always seem pleased to see Wiganers and often struggle to hide this.. Some learned people put this down to the fact that they had to shoulder the indignity of being directed from a higher place.
The Lobby-Gobbler name is probably a retort to their 'Pie Eater' slurs.
more follows
Although they talk like us there are a few things you should know.
They ofter use the phrase/word barnt.
Don't worry, this only indicates an intent to do something.
"I'm barnt have lobbies for me tea" or "If I win t'lottery I'm barnt bey owse i wiggin" Are phrases often heard
Also, it's worth noting that words containing arry are pronounced erry. So, Barry becomes berry, marry becomes merry and so on.
In short, I use the following coping mechanism:
Leythers aren't Tykes,
Tykes aren't Southerners, Southerners aren't French and
the French aren't Leythers.
The beaver story is good news, but I wonder if we'll ever see these chaps near the JJB.
RE the canal links, do you remember this? The flood occurred here. So if they attempt to harness the power of the bywashes, they'd better keep them unclogged.
Oh, I almost forgot. The "ladies" you mentioned can sling their hooks.
Replied: 21st Mar 2009 at 20:45
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Thank you for your helpful pointers, Dostaf.
The "ladies" you mentioned can sling their hooks.
I'd say, and you can quote me on this, it is just these "characters" that can sling their hooks.
(You knew I was ^barnt tell you off about that comment, Dostaf.)
^barnt - colloquial for bound to(?) - was/is often said where I grew up in our borough.
So, I think, its usage might be nowhere nearly as restricted as you thought.
Thank you also for sharing your cop*ing mechanism.
I won't be copying it - *here I add y:
Someone dear to me was originally from Yorkshire - how-den can I not like Tykes?
Some of my family are Southerners.
And Ooh la la! - I love frogs!
To sum up, I think:
Where a person comes from adds to, rather than detracts from, who they are.
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PS I ot-ter point out that a sign on the canal towpath points to the stadium and depicts it is only one minute away (by bike).
Though otters like to play and romp about, if I suggested they cycle I suspect they'd say, 'Pack it in.'
Your idea is lovely, but I'd like to put a holt to their stay near the stadium, Dostaf.
Otters eat ... frogs.
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I like John, but I missed Countryfile today, Dostaf.
Did you see the item on geocaching a few weeks or so ago?
Sorry, I can't find the actual footage with Michaela.
Geocaching is outdoor treasure-hunting where participants use GPS to find containers full of “treasure”, but the pleasure is in the chase.
It's even happening here!
And this writely, or wrongly, made me think of starting a ww geocach game - without GPS.
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A cache must be carefully hidden, Dostaf.
This was downwrite entertaining, but I'll be a bit of a kiljoy by saying (and please mark my words) that kind of 'cache' would be soon wiped out.
I agree, the geocaching could prove too dear, even with clever marqueting not taking off. (Of ^course, ww'ers are not stingy).
^1:50 onwards - an idea which does not require splashing (and stashing) too much cache.
*Log books* - finders write their name in them to prove they have found the cache.
We could have a hidden book(s) + pens and give clues to their whereabouts on ww - if a ww'er searched for and discovered one, they could write their username in the book, before re-hiding it.
Of course, there are caches with this plan ....
Would you still say, 'Geo-ver?' and think this idea should be shelved?
PS (25/3) Further to:
On a forlorn fallen fence post, not far from the scene, someone had penned:
'Note to self - next time I'll pinch a Fiesta'.
The fallen fence post has since 'fallen' into the canal, complete with the concrete it was embedded in, so that it is almost upright. You can see the top of the post and make out the fiesta of the graffiti.
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After watching that clip jo anne, I think geocacheing (sp) looks interesting and not just the preserve of the upwardly mobile.
Perhaps it will catch on with guide and scout groups etc.
If you look at the bank opposite to where the bus went, but not too far from the railway bridge you may still be able to see the remnants of a wooden structure.
If you can, It's what's left of another pier.
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I'll see if I can see it, Dostaf.
(It must be in a sorry *staithe if it's still there.)
*'Staithe' means landing place, or quay.
I've noticed the pier is not well-preserved.
Tomato thought it would be restored given how WLCT are going to town with the cobbles on the bridge near the pier.
It was rotten luck that the pit brow lass and boat builder disappeared.
(I still haven't seen the bargee - I wonder where ee is while about my Wigan waterway wanderings.)
I agree; plainly-speaking, geocaching has exciting possibilities and could well take off in Wigan. It's like high-tech orienteering.
This man is one of the main men in Mesnes Park.
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Update:
I e-mailed WLCT - to see where the bargee could be:
To confirm that the Bargee Sculpture is at Changeline Bridge (opposite Orwell Pub) at Wigan Pier.
It is however currently closed off as there are works taking place on the Bridge.
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I looked for the other pier yesterday Dostaf, but didn't spot it. If it is still there, I think the reeds may be hiding it.
****
A bit of nonsense from John lennon's book:
In His Own Write
Alec Speaking
He is putting it lithely when he says
Quobble in the Grass,
Strab he down the soddieflays
Amo amat amass;
Amonk amink a minibus,
Amarmylaidie Moon,
Amikky mendip multiplus
Amighty midgey spoon.
And so I traddled onward
Careing not a care
Onward, Onward, Onward.
Onward, my friends to victory and glory for the thirtyninth.
And for Spring - A.A. Milne's:
Daffodowndilly
She wore her yellow sun-bonnet,
She wore her greenest gown;
She turned to the south wind
And curtsied up and down.
She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbour:
'Winter is dead.'
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Re. A pier - it might reappear in winter - one might reseasonably expect.
I can always hold out till its wintry cold out again.
Me barge along and tell the water weeds off! People think me *daft enough already.
Of course, some do have the bared face beak to habitatually sing their praises. Reedly rude!
*I have been cheerfully chatting to my dog, daftly forgetting about people possibly being behind the B&Q fence.
My candid canine moments are one thing ... how would people react if I remonstrated with the reeds?
Where would it all lead?
PS John Lennon said of Liddypool:
Shout Airborne is handly for places if you like
That the airport was re-named after him spekes volumes about how highly John Lennon is thought of.
PPS
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Nowt wrong with talking to animals jo anne.
"♪♫♪♫ And God I kno..ow I'm one♪♫♪♫"
Those new signs look the part. I hope they'll last.
Forgive me if I lower the tone a little, but I got a gon-googling about sewage. (The "other pier" was for that.)
I remembered F Dibnah being on this. I also remembered reading about Manchester sludge boats being beautifully presented on the MSC, despite their function. (no pun intended. note pre MSC solution)
My gon-googling found this.
Not everyone's cup of tea perhaps. But social history to me.
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no pun intended.
And why not?!
You weren't lowering the tone at all.
Social history is interesting.
From that wikipedia page, I looked up Great Man Theory.
"Many historians believe that a history which only follows around single persons, especially when their significance is determined primarily by political status, is a shallow view of the past, and that sometimes such a view excludes entire groups of people from being parts of the study of history. A broader view is provided by a people's history approach."
We're all in this together.
note pre MSC solution
-prior to the construction of the canal this had been dumped directly into the Irwell!
Irwell, at least that is all water under the bridge now.
(1974 Davyhulme Sewage Treatment Works -
"A stench by any other name is still a stench.")
Information available online is amazing, people have worked hard and achieved much.
Time *flies, and there is still much to be done.
*Terminal buildings are mentioned.
There are still 73 beaches in Great Britain where raw or semi-filtered human sewage is pumped into the sea.
Staithes is in a poor state.
Definitely not anyone's preferred sup of sea.
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Great men.
These were strong smells, about which everybody knew except the people being paid to know. They made sure that they kept a long way off. The report talked about a complaint in 1966 and again in 1967 and said that ASP1 went out of action, and that caused it. I do not know what "ASP1" means; all I know is that there was a smell!
The report continued: At the beginning of October 1969, sludge for marine disposal was received from an outside local authority, in this case Bury"—
§ Mr. Frank R. White (Bury and Radcliffe) Oh!
Not funny really.
I have often wondered what the water quality must have been at Blackpool-Sur-Mer at the height of it's popularity.
I wonder if that was what these were really for?
After-all they didn't have these to keep the (ahem) sand from between thir toes as they walked down the beach
If you've ever gongoozled here you'll have seen the farm below.
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"...I received a long report from the Middle Mersey Effluent Treatment Unit which really was absurd. It talked about "allegations of odour". These were not allegations. These were strong smells, about which everybody knew except the people being paid to know. They made sure that they kept a long way off. The report talked about a complaint in 1966 and again in 1967 and said that ASP1 went out of action, and that caused it."
There seems to be an Hansard for everything - even if it stinks.
The information on Mr. GJ Fowler was interesting - he was bestowed with quite an honour.
Whoops - I was making a gravy error there: mixing up Bovril with bestow.
This flipping link was a flop - your gon-googling left me ^high and dry.
(^The Pontcysyllte aqueduct towers 126 feet above the River Dee - I haven't ever gone gongoozling there.)
Btw Henry Gee was mayor of Chester in 1540. He cancelled the Traditional Shrove Tuesday football game and replaced it with a horse race. His surname is where we get the informal name for race horses - 'Gee Gee's'.
I know it aint really linked to gongoozling or sewage, but I will try to get round that to keep you on Merseyside:
You can fly around the fences without the fear of falling here..
PS - Re. The Pontcysyllte aqueduct
- from what you say, it seems to be a cut above the *cesspit.
*I'm not sure if cesspit is the correct terminology for sewage farms.
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A helpful tip - be careful with those tactics. (*What an actor or cat!)
"Running around a table full of hot things can be dangerous. As shown in one of the funniest Charley ads. The scalded cat cracks me up every time."
****
I Rrarely have a ^flutter, Dostaf.
(^From here - beautiful photo's)
So, I'll never be a Pundit.
And I can't be counted on for tactics - my word, I would mix anyone up.
But I will wisely say:
"You don't need bags of money to be happy.
And bags of monkey's will soon have you dancing."
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PS Here's a clue for my prediction.
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Poor old Charley. You shouldn't laugh jo anne.
I hope you noticed how he often came a cropper while the kid got away scot free.
I'll just say agents and contracts. Not me.
I got your prediction. Which now means I'm in a predicament.
I won't start a new ** habit though.
Then again. What if?
** Contains nuns.
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if
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... is a very big word, so I gave it a post all to itself.
(I see you risked fitting it in one post - with other words as well. That was a gamble. )
Here I'll safely ad some of your *favourite things.
There was neither science nor art involved in the making of my prediction. This happuned to make me think of the saying, 'Always coming up smelling of roses' ... looking at the race **runners I picked a name linked to roses.
It might be a bit of a lucky guess.
Of course, it is equestrian of chance.
*contains nuns (artificial)
**contains a nun/cracker
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My tip was rubbish, Dostaf.
I shod have kept my trap shut.
Good gongoozling news:
I've found the bargee.
He's on Changeline Bridge (just to the left of the photo'), looking over the wall across to *here.
*Where stables were once sited.
He's a cheery caricature with an interesting panel of very well-presented information.
(It's a shame the sculptures and panels weren't around when the Way We Were was.)
There is bad news about the bargee though.
He has a sizeable crack at the back of his head and in his back.
He stands amidst rubbish too and there's smashed glass near him.
It was still great to see him.
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dump the tipping lark
It is a safe bet I will, Dostaf.
Siting the bargee near the nightclub is surely asking for trouble?
So it would appear ... though it may not have been nightclubbers who were responsible for the damage or rubbish.
PS 'The Way We Were' - it was sad to see it go.
Happy Eastertime.
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Happy Eastertime to you also jo anne.
Which, incidentally is a sad reminder of one of my visits to TWWW.
The visit was great. Even the refreshments at Mr Blair's place were palletable for a change.
I think it was on a Good Friday (could have been the Monday) Sadly it's now gone.
I say visits (plural) as I went around three or four times. Many folk I know, never went once.
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Speaking of trees, jo anne.
One of the biggest causes of dischuffment to me, is dead and discarded items on the streets at the end of January.
Always a sad reminder that the festive cheer has gone.
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I don't really pine fir Christmas time, Dostaf.
It doesn't really bug me, but I like everyday days when happy things happen as much as special occasions.
(If you know what the Dickens I'm on about.)
I can't believe how soon this present time has arrived.
PS This reminded me of a winning production I saw a few years ago at Wigan Little Theatre.
I haven't been for ages, but the musical this Summer looks fun:
Little Shop of Horrors
Wednesday 17th - Saturday 27th June 2009
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How strange jo anne.
Yesterday I couldn't catch (google) that bus for another thread and you bring it up.
Not only that, but I nearly mentioned a Nearest & Dearest catchphrase RE WLT.
I was going to say "I've been" with a N&D link.
I decided not to do so thinking it was too far before your time. I forgot that we'd discussed the show here. (7th Dec 2008 at 23:46)
Weird.
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Not so weird, Dostaf.
"*one may turn up that you don't want to miss.
*You missed it yesterday!
7th Dec 2008 at 23:46"
(*I read your post where you mentioned you couldn't catch site of the bus and remembered your previous link to it here.)
Nearest & Dearest was before my time.
However, I've been acquainted with it before on ww - 23rd Nov 2008 at 19:53 and 20:02.
But I have to own up.
I too have sometimes missed a comment/*witticism in your posts on my first reading.
*Look who is amongst the Famous Wits.
And there have been a few occasions where I've read a post and thought, 'I was going to put that!'
Copy Cat!
Replied: 10th Apr 2009 at 00:17
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Ringo took some stick, but he was not dull and helped keep The Beatles going.
"Starr's affable nature and sad, expressive face provided a strong counterpoint and complement to the other group member personalities. This same quality was an essential element in the group's celebrated wit and collective comic persona. He was later a calming, cohesive force when group tensions and conflicts arose."
A tentacular link follows:
Octopuses also have eight arms, and are highly intelligent, likely more so than any other order of invertebrates. One of their defences is (writefully) a closely garden secrete - so keeping predators in the dark.
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Yes, octopodes have arms rather than tentacles all along, yet are all eight-footed! You have to hand it to them for being cleverly confusing with suckers.
(It is too harmless a mistake to worry about, but I wish I had six quid for every time someone said an octopus had tentacles ...
they only have eight.)
Re: cycling toilet issue...
dave© found a cracking link:
Above all, though, we need to talk about this issue. There are serious environmental considerations at issue. The fact that it is so difficult even to mention this subject is down to our Victorian prudishness...
This should be the next area where massive environmental gains can be made with very little downside, except for Kimberley Clark and those irritating puppies that waste a forest of trees in every Andrex advert.
Due to our social history, we are too ply-t to talk of sheets - 'tis a delicate tissue. That's why I'm a bit flushed.
We ought to put all that behind us.
Then toilet rolls may soon be wiped out.
(You might save *one for posterity - but not for posteriority.)
*Handy if The Antiques Roll Show visits Wigan in the future.
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Ugh, Dostaf.
I'll stick to toilet rolls and be kind to my mind.
Those puppies make a good job of advertising a product for unpleasant purpose. I say, roll on their next advert.
I can't find a clip of either Fred or Adam discussing ancient *faecal facilities. Aghh! Quick - 'Here, puppy, puppy'! Phew, that's a relief.
A visit to Adam Hart Davies' home really could be the slashed straw.
If you've got to go, you've rot to grow.
(*Sorry - where there's muck, there's brass.)
Not the best subject to get bogged down in.
Bad news:
The mill worker no longer has a hand holding her jackbit - vandals have sawn to that.
Replied: 16th Apr 2009 at 17:14
Whoops - I've never had that happen before.
-
I'll own up to the above being all my own work.
But I can't edit any of it, even if I wanted to.
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What a turn up for the
books, Dostaf.
(I am aghast at what happened at a gas station.
Sorry for delayed response.)
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'Ow 'do, Dostaf.
Plenty of people are going back to their roots these days.
(Brassically turnips are best when brassic.)
(Some say nothing beats beets for butties.)
"E: Baldrick, I've always been meaning to ask: Do you have any ambitions in life apart from the acquisition of turnips?
B: Er, no.
E: So what would you do if I gave you a thousand pounds?
B: I'd get a little turnip of my own.
E: So what would you do if I gave you a million pounds?
B: Oh, that's different. I'd get a great big turnip in the country."
Script - just before halfway through.
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Who would that be, Dostaf?
I've done a little digging and unearthed Mr. Maynard was also Sergeant Beetroot.
"you can't beet a good beertoot butty."
My Mum once took me, my brother and sister along to the doctors as we all went a little pink.
(Evidently, eating too much of a good thing was the root cause.)
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Reminds me of the storyline in District Nurse years ago.
Some farm kids became tinted after practically living on their crop.
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This isn't just a pigment of people's imagination, Dostaf.
(This cropped up on youtube - I wonder hues idea it was.)
This Hughes was a Liver bird.
And this Slug is a filament of a *man's imagination. (A man who's a *Liver bard.)
Slug
A 15-amp slug
you are likely to find
in the garden under a rock
Be careful
how you pick it up
You might get
a nasty shock.
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Naughty Roger. Giving cats a bad name . I wonder if he's the reason for the re-branding. No surprise that he didn't get the top job if that's the case.
Perhaps the Cat Mafia conspired to keep him away from that free plonk.
My research into carrots uncovered this mad site. And I thought the whistle and siren fans were bonkers.
If carrots have a national anthem, they must have a nation. Be careful jo anne. You don't want to get drawn into a carrot sect (or segment).
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My eyes lit up when I looked at that sight, Dostaf.
Beware - *cornea jokes may follow - of course, it is possible these won't cause big belly laughs..
(*Medical terms related to the cornea often start with the prefix "kerat-")
The people who made www.carrotmuseum.co.uk are not short of a carrot in their five-a-day. A grate bunch!
Sirens and whistles?!
Flutenveg are even more bananas!
A Carrot Clarinet or Carrotinet.
(A bit boring at first / wholly grewsome to carrot lovers.)
Carrots help eyes to see in the dark.
And it helps ears to hear if you hark!
Quotations:
Will Rogers (1879-1935) "An onion can make people cry but there has never been a vegetable to make people laugh"
***
Roger McGough has twice won the Signal Poetry Award: first in 1984 with Sky in the Pie, then again in 1999 for Bad, Bad Cats.
I don't think he is a bad bad bard though. His poem is playful and publicity for the Cats Protection (League) charity.
"A trickster you can trust" seems true to me.
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I'm sorry jo anne but the right royal ribbit revelation reminded me of another story in the news recently.
Even though I'm trying to be a sensitive sort, there is no way to soften the blow.
There seems to be an Australian version of this. Except that the 'Grand' is replaced by this.
Proceed with caution.
Not for Cane fans.
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The cane toad would have been sweeter if only it had eaten the right grub.
Dostaf, they eat frogs, mice and even ...
They are well-bred (6:46 onwards) and live in Queensland but do not seem to have friends in regally high places.
Cane Toads should not have ever been bound for Australia. Natural history would have said hop it to the half-baked idea. The people who made the toads leap before they looked into things properly should have been toad off good and proper.
Toad Day Out knead not have arisen.
"Critics of the toads blame them for the deaths of crocodiles that may have feasted on them, inadvertently poisoning themselves."
Those crocodiles are great at spin.
Let's gribbit its due;
in its defence,
(not to everyone's delight)
a cane toad puts up a good cull-inary fight.
That is why crocodiles croak it.
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I am never eating toad in the hole again on a mondayIt will have to sing for it's supper
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I don't think toad in the hole is toxic, Doc.
It's only bangers in batter.
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Interesting {:D] way round to the toad in the holewas that an Auntie Betties T.I.T.H.
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The two gentlemen, Cook and Denton, look unbeleaguably similar, Dostaf - it is toadally uncanny.
My husband sometimes buys Aunt Bessie's, Doc, but my batter is better - if I (only) do say so myself.)
I wouldn't like to try this Cook's toad in the hole.
(Frogs in the throat.)
Even Darwin might not make head nor tail of how ww threads evolve - an interesting species of pc's.
Replied: 9th May 2009 at 16:43
Theres nowt wrong with Yorkshire puddings.
Those poor frogs must have a mouthful.
Speaking of frogs;
Your Blackadder Cook link didn't seem to work jo anne. Did you mean the famous Mrs Miggins?
She knew how to cook frogs.
Edmund: Ah, good morning, Mrs Miggins.
Miggins: Bonjour, monsieur.
Edmund: What?
Miggins: Bonjour, monsieur -- it's French.
Edmund: So is eating frogs, cruelty to geese and urinating in the street,
but that's no reason to inflict it on the rest of us.
Miggins: But French is all the fashion! My coffee shop is full of
frenchies, and it's all because of that wonderful Scarlet
Pimpernel. [an odd squishy noise is heard occasionally,
starting now]
Edmund: The Scarlet Pimpernel is >not< wonderful, Mrs Miggins. There is
no reason whatsoever to admire someone for filling London with
a load of garlic-chewing French toffs crying "Oh la la!" and looking
for sympathy all the time just because their fathers had their heads
cut off.
I'll have a cup of coffee and some shepherd's pie, please.
Miggins: [put off] We don't serve >pies< anymore! My French clientele
consider >pies< uncouth.
Edmund: I hardly think that a nation that eats snails and would go to bed
with the kitchen sink if it put on a tutu is in any position to
preach couthness.
So what >is< on the menu? [he picks up the small menu and flips it
over looking at it casually]
Miggins: Well, today's hot choice is Chicken Pimpernel in a Scarlet Sauce,
Scarlet Chicken in a Pimpernel Sauce, or Huge Suspicious-Looking
Sausages in a Scarlet Pimpernel Sauce.
Edmund: What exactly is Scarlet Pimpernel sauce?
Miggins: [she uses her hands to demonstrate as she speaks] You take a large
ripe frog, squeeze it [one of the squishy noises is heard as she
makes this motion, giving away what the noise is] --
Edmund: [putting up a hand] Yes, yes, all right. [several words are covered
entirely by laughter (anyone out there have a closed-caption decoder,
since the commercial-release tapes are closed-captioned?).]
[Edmund goes to the door to leave, just as a Frenchman enters.]
Frenchman: [bowing] Ah, bonjour, monsieur!
Edmund: Sod off.
Blackadder III (Nob And Nobility)
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Mrs. Miggins - a sauce of fright for frogs.
Please see Blackadder Goes Forth Episode Captain Cook.
My children love watching the pair from Rotherham- But if I'm watching too, my chuckle bothers 'em.
PS Something has bamboozled this gongoozler.
I recently noticed along this stretch of the canal, fifth photo' down, every so often there is a metal plaque screwed into the top of an 'edging stone' - number 1 is nearest the bridge in photo' 2 and number 16 is found just after you've passed the B&Q fence -photo' 6- on your left.
Why do you think the stones are numbered?
Now is a terrific time to go boat spotting.
I missed spotting Brian's boat, but I have noticed some other nicely named narrow boats.
Senior Moment
The Kids Inheritance
Witchcraft
They all look magic, too!
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I am familiar with Captain Cook (Blackadder) jo anne.
And I like the Chuckles
I didn't really need to google Witchcraft and little numbers.
But
I think you'll find the numbers on the canal are actually fishing peg numbers.
These are used by an angling club.
The one in the image is also known as a priest.
See Friday 22 May. Link
Crooke boats beer & folk music. There's an article in today's WEP.
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Thank you, Dostaf - I knew you would have it pegged.
And you can be counted on to craftily find a saucy *witch.
*Number 3 - what a pair!
And number 1 - what a pear.
***
Crooke Cruising Club - Folk, Boats and Beer
Profits to Derian House Children's Hospice.
Friday 22nd - Sunday 24th May
***
Cruising and boozing all in a good cause.
I'm sure there won't be any crooked cruising, off course.
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I hadn't noticed that, Dostaf.
What leapt out at me was Frog Lane will be carrying more traffic - both the Deanery and Wigan tech. will be affected.
Re the proposed new bridge near the railway bridge, just past the Seven Stars - I think the latest bridge (2006) to be built in the area is a beauty.
But bridge building means diversions - hopefully not tow awkward and another bridge makes the path a little less safe.
Henhurst Canal Bridge has lighting and is fenced off almost totally on one side (though some people do manage to hang about there still.)
(PS I saw a fishing 'peg' numbered 56 near here today.)
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I'm impressed with the pictures you have found jo anne.
You may remember me writing about an alternative pier.
Well, if you look at this and imagine a line across the top of the stones with "gibby" and "pey" written on them, going over to the right.
That's where you used to be able to see some old woodwork on the canal edge. I can see from the pic that it may possibly be overgrown all year round these days.
Henhurst bridge is certainly easy on the eye. It's a great improvement on this.
Though prior to the early/mid 1970's this was the only bridge over the canal in the vacinity.
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Brian's photographs are brilliant.
That graffiti has come in write useful - I have looked where you directed and it does appear the reeds are rudely in the way.
This bridge is barely a match for the part of the departing crowds that cross the canal on their way home. I wonder if there will be changes afoot there one day?
Replied: 15th May 2009 at 20:40
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I'm told that bridge can indeed be a bottleneck at certain times.
However, it's a damned sight better than it's predecessor.
Do you remember it jo anne?
It was just a few feet away from the pipe bridge. You can see where the canal narrows.
Incidentally, Barley Brook emerges from underground at that point and joins the Douglas.
Replied: 16th May 2009 at 18:52
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I don't remember its **predecessor, but I have recently seen fans teeming over Pagefield footbridge, Dostaf.
Your knowledge of the area is streets ahead of mine.
**Is this it?
Replied: 17th May 2009 at 14:39
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That's the very one jo anne. The comments on the page give a good account of the place.
The barrier to the left of the photo is where the brook emerged.
Barley Brook also emerges behind the tennis court/bowling green pavilions in Mesnes Park.
I think it's source is in the Whitley/Stanish area.
It goes under the railway near the Spencer Road West bridge. (behind Milliken)
Though it must go back under (the railway) to get through the park.
Time for a google.
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Comment:
15th April 2009
The water level today is very low allowing good views of the wildlife ie Asda + B&Q Trolleys also an old motorbike as well as tyres etc. I .. never realised there was so much rubbish in the "Cut" here, actually it's amazing that the barges can pass so many obstructions.
I have seen Asda trolleys and a B&Q trolley, but haven't seen the motorbike and I never tyre of the canal.
(I once saw a motorpike but I might have been just seeing things.
And last winter I saw an upright car tyre that had been rolled out onto the middle of the frozen canal. The weather warmed before I next walked by so ice thawed I'd never see it again.
Being frank, I can't find my road around the area, Dostaf.
Milliken is beyond my ken, I think.
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If you look at the pice of land on the West side of the railway opposite Westfield Grove and Crowhurst Drive (under the title banner on the photo) you can make out the brook.
Also, if you look lower down, you will see that Barley Brook Street is on t'other side of the railway in the area of the crazy golf course.
Speaking of aerial pics of the river;
See aumc39's post. 17 May 19.38.
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I'm not really cut out for map reading, but I have been able to look at the brook (if I'm not mistook).
aumc39's annotated photograph is very clear and interesting.
ON THIS DAY 18th May 1898
Visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to Wigan.
ON THIS DAY 18th May 2008
I know you don't as a rule, but please would you give us a wave to celebrate?
I once waved to the Queen.
All my primary school lined the main road with our chairs, watching and waiting then waving our Union Jacks as the royal car went by. I think we impressed the Queen as she's coming back to visit Wigan this very week. I'm not sure if their car will be going along the same route, but any road...
PS Why was Frog Lane called Frog Lane?
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Perhaps the lane took some navigational co-operation when the brook was in full-flood jo anne.
Go-on, go-on.
How could I possibly refuse your request.
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It's this Month's short-lived special offer.
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I see, Clever Clogs - it was merely a lonk.
I'm throwing (p.2) my hands up now.
The Journey of a Bean -
"an exclusive two part short film shot last week when our cameras were allowed into the top-secret food processing plant - the biggest in Europe."
- otherwise known as spilling the beans.
I bet Thursday's visit by the Queen means Heinz will be full of beans. )
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Being a clever clogs myself - I was 'inactive' in my last post but the little stick man kindly did his dance in the hope you wouldn't notice.
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Feel free to join in trixie.
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You would crush a turnip jo anne?
You're not thinking of another thing are you? Or even this.
I recently read a comment on WW (Ian Mcl I think) about the pub name which suggested a two-headed swan. Seems the name is a corruption of two nicks. from the notch markings made on their beaks.
I just wish the beaks could bring down the full weight of the law on those who would harm animals.
We seem to hear about swans being abused each year.
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Well missus, I trust your culinary skills are to international standards.
But not too continental.
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My Mum's home cooking is wonderful, Dostaf.
I am not really a chip off the old block.
But Swan carvery?!
That would be chips off the cold block.
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It would appear that a lot of gear is available to ice carvers.
Ever thought of trying your hand at it jo anne?
I saw a chap doing it on telly once and he used an electric iron to smooth out the ice. He reckoned it was a special one for the job, and said not to try this at home etc.
I gave it a little thought, but decided that any attempt could prove problematic.
Pluss I only have small icecubes.
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I only have small ice cubes.
Work with what you've got, Dostaf. Don't worry if they are just little swans.
Carve out a name for yourself with a signature cube.
I think there's no need to sing your 'Swan Song' if you're careful.
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Ever thought of trying your hand at it jo anne?
In light of what you say, I've put a block on it. .
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How good is Wigan?
I read about him a while back jo anne, and I'm sure one of his little sculptures disappeared during construction.
I'm sure it was suggested that Mr W could have inhaled the figure.
I know matchstick modelling can be hazardous also.
Now this looks interesting. But I bet the preparation needs serious dedication.
Replied: 29th May 2009 at 18:07
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From striking to stricken.
And from ship in a bottle to swigging a bottle.
What model behaviour, Dostaf.
...I'm sure one of his (Wigan's) little sculptures disappeared during construction.
It was poor Alice who snuffed it, Dostaf.
"I was just putting her in position when I breathed in at the wrong moment and she disappeared."
Yes - Alice was no longer through the looking glass.
Sorry..
...off from school one day, he was hiding in the family shed when he became fascinated by the antics of some ants. "My mum encouraged me to make a little house for them, using little splinters and bits of plastic," he recalls. "It went from an ant house to a whole ant estate. I don't think the ants were that grateful because I had to lure them in with grains of sugar."
(That Viggers! )
Seriously, it is little wonder Willard Wigan's works are so captivating.
Replied: 29th May 2009 at 22:11
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Poor old Alice. I suppose she must have met a nasty end.
Unlike these characters.
It must have been frustrating for Mr W to have all that work end up down the wotsit.
Many years ago there was something on the TV about a chap who carved things out of matchsticks, including a palm tree which had a canopy much wider than the match stem. But I can't find the beggar on google.
It was very impressive but not as hi tech as Mr W's stuff.
Replied: 1st Jun 2009 at 00:04
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I haven't seen those, Dostaf.
I did try to find information on the 'net, but didn't alight on a link either.
Do you have time for model-making or do you find it all too much of a chore and a bit of a bore?
Hey! -I love *these,
But I wouldn't make my mark, on the bark, of trees.
*after 1:04 remaining
If I did this at Haigh Hall, I think I'd be in lumber, too.
(Did you know a female lumberjack is called a lumberjill.
I hope you didn't as I feel like showing off - it's all this sun.)
It is a bit warm in Wigan today.
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Haigh railroad and stones that gathered no moss.
Just a stone's throw away, there is Thursday evening cycling.
And it's very nearly National Bike Week.
'The challenge from the UK’s biggest mass participation cycling event this year is to get families to swap four wheels for two and explore new places. '
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Two wheels instead of four you reckon?
That's a good one jo anne.
What about this pair?
I don't know if their dad "had a bike" but midwives used to.
I once read that the invention of the bicycle led to a spreading of the gene pool in the UK. Previously there was supposedly a more parochial lifestyle which was not altogether healthy. Cycling was an affordable way of travelling to nearby towns & villages etc. (apparently)
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Bikes were quite a revolution in evolution then, Dostaf. In the distant past, anyway.
Though it is all still a gamble.
And Liverpool to Wigan is a long way.
Even if I'd have got my bearings, I don't know if I'd have got into gear and pedaled all the way to Liverpool. Too tyring.
Two wheels good, four wheels better. (Over longer distances.)
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Cheggers on a bike!!! jo anne, did the consultant have another speciality?
I presume you can smile about it now, but what a cheeky beggar. (And I don't mean a facial expert )
Wasn't one of Hylda Baker's malaprops a comment about seeing a medical man in his "insulting rooms"?
Though it could have been Cissie.
May not have been a malaprop after-all.
Just checked to see which was which in the Les Dawson C&A sketches and found they had surnames
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Cissy and Ada - Naughty, but nice.
As authentic characters of their day, they spoke some words aloud but only mouthed others, particularly those pertaining to ...These female characters were based on those Les Dawson knew in real life. He explained that this mouthing of words was a habit of millworkers trying to communicate over the tremendous racket of the looms, and then resorted to in daily life for indelicate subjects.
(I won't pooh-pooh - it is often a great asset to have when getting to the bottom of medical problems.)
"insulting rooms" - very well said.
I have been badmouthed a good number of times. (And there's room for more insults, problably.)
There was , and then there was , and on yet another occasion , and not forgetting ... but I'll say no more about it now. You've not heard enough!
Professionals are only ever people.
Now, I'll quickly steer from pole position to poll position.
I don't know who will win, but I do know it is spectators who often feel best placed to comment & criticise.
Politicians are only people.
I wouldn't like to be in the driving seat.
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A ballot everyday, Dostaf?!
That would certainly get my youngest's vote and make me cross - no more school.
I have cast my vote too today.
You shall go to the ballet, Dostaf.
With the magic of the internet you can see one that was once on the box.
PS As it's nearly National Bike Week, I've decided to get on my bike and try to pedal my puns, too.
I particularly like this part:
(cyclists) fitness levels are equivalent to being ten years younger.
So, I'm thinking, if I keep at it, I'll soon be as fit as I was in my late-twenties.
Oh, if only I'd been a keen cyclist then ... I'd be as fit as an older teen.
A chain reaction.
Any way, just you watch.
I could do with a brake.
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Don't overdo it jo anne.
Have a good un, catch you later.
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I'm full of aches and pains that appeared from nowhere, Dostaf.
Ouch! - mi belly, Ooch! - my back and Aw! Ooh! - my two sides.
I don't suffer in silence.
I hope the darned things turn round and disappear from here now.
So my bike will have to stand waiting a while.
I will walk with my dog still.
And my cycling skills aren't *too rusty really.
(*On Friday afternoon, I happened to see three lads chuck one of the frames into the cut and run away quick sharpish. How nautical of them.)
Both daftness and seriousness have a role to play in life. We all have to work at achieving the ride balance.
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Could be growing pains jo anne.
Perhaps the answer would be a flying bike like the other Eliot. Or a back seat on one of these. (You could put your feet up and your co-cyclists needn't know )
I often wonder how some anglers know exactly where to fish. Strange how some will land a good one yet continue in the hope of more of the same.
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.............. older .....
growing ^^^^^ pains
Though I'll go to great pains to point out I'm not that old really, Dostaf.
A flying bicycle would be magic.
It would be good fun to be saddled with Bill O., Graeme G. and Tim B-T for a while.
(B. T. phoned from home.)
Did Eliot and E.T. keep in touch since E.T.'s *flown home? Do you think there are space *mobiles on E.T.'s home planet?
E.T. was the one that got away.
I wonder why anglers show off with extra-long rods?
Why not sit on the opposite bank (there might be a catch if it's overgrown) and use a shorter one that's much easier to tackle.
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Eee jo anne, when I were but knee-high to this mon mobiles had a different meaning.
Speaking of ET, I remember at the time it came out these lads did a great skit on it. Theirs was set in Northern England and a visitor was found in the coal shed. They called their production T A (th'alien).
Fishermens' antics can often be perplexing. It's something to do with the angle of dangle.
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T A was a Grumbleweeds' wheeze then, Dostaf.
I belonged to a mobile library as a child.
The new Children's Laureate is A.B. - C!
Anthony Browne - Hughs work I love.
"Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older.
"The best ones leave a tantalising gap between the pictures and the words, a gap that is filled by the reader's imagination, adding so much to the excitement of reading a book."
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"I often wonder how some anglers know exactly where to fish. Strange how some will land a good one yet continue in the hope of more of the same."
Hope you haven't been waiting with baited bread for a reply, Dostaf.
I'll keep you hooked by saying I shall respond to that later - I won't wriggle out of it.
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If I have bad breams I'll know who to blame, Dostaf.
"Catskill Mountains"
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Well, I've tried my best to fathom out this fishy business, Dostaf.
To some degree / extent, my thoughts are all guesswork.
They run along the following lines:
Despite landing a good catch, an **angler should not stay in a daze for days.
(Otherwise, **one might flounder when the tasty dish wasn't actually a fluke. )
^Shoaly there are plenty more fish in the C.?
It is understandable that **one might get hooked to the same place.
If further catches don't match/ measure up, then **one must carefully let them off the hook.
Of course, ^there are also plenty more fish in the sea.
A change of scenery may do an intrepid **angler good, as it aponds.
A change is as good as a rest.
One should always bear in mind past achievements.
Butt not rest on one's laurels - I have noticed while undercover something more seatable is required to perch near the water's hedge.
(**angler - My most protracted use of a Rlink!)
There's a lot to be said for 40 's!
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Please accept this for your efforts jo anne.
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"Marks are awarded for amusement and lack of effort, and competitors are frequently disqualified for applying too much effort."
I'll accept the prize jo anne.
The Turnip Prize looks proper bonkers.
This had me laughing;
In 2005, Ian Osenthroat, a 69-year-old former photocopier salesman, won with Birds Flew, a bird's nest with a flu remedy box. He commented, "I have entered this most coveted art award on several occasions and I really feel that the lack of effort this year has really paid off."
Brilliant.
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I thought you'd appreciate that, Dostaf.
And you don't have to polish up a Turnip Prize, but you can polish it off. (Not so dusty!)
Winning the Turnip Prize is not easy! The trophy consists of a turnip mounted on a 6 inch rusty nail.
As a condition of winning the winner must replace the turnip for next year and is allowed to keep the dried remnants of the one mounted on the nail at the time of presentation.
I know of someone who covets the art award.
How does he hope to nail it?
He has a punning plan.
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What about this lady's latest work of art jo anne.
I caught a quick glance of your angling links last night (early this morning), but they have since vanished. I was suggesting that the bike-catcher may have known exactly where to look.
A trawl through the Wigan Observer reveals that a Grizzled Skipper has been found in Platt Bridge.
This is not an old salt, but a butterfly.
Low Hall nature reserve.
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Another old salt. I'll pipe up and say, Happy 'Bert's Day.
Thinking of rusty old bikes. 1st row, 4th down.
Joanna's new art work is mocking the madness of the contemporary art world.
Thinking of The Turnip Prize - there was also a link to this.
What's that got to do with the price of fish?
I recently watched Wah Wah and loved it. There was a scene that reminded me of you and Xrh, when characters were listening to and laughing at the wireless.
The Noah and the Whale Virtually Surreal link reminds me not to always trust wikipedia - hook, line and sinker.
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I haven't seen it jo anne. But some time ago I saw Mr Grant on an interview, where he recalled his father shooting a pye-dog
It had to be done, but the poor animal lay wounded. Richard's father approached it to finish it off. He explained that as he neared, it the dog wagged it's tail and looked trusfully at him. The dog was shot outright.
Sorry for not putting any links in that bit, but it still brings a lump to my throat to this day.
On a lighter note;
RE Wikipedia don't you remember a certain WW member raising the issue of some mischief on there?
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I suppose sad incidents such as that often happen in the working week of vets, and in animal lovers' lives, Dostaf.
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don't you remember a certain WW member raising the issue of some mischief on Wikipedia?
Could it be you, Dostaf?
I don't know, but I searched WW to find Tonker (15th Mar 2009 at 19:11) taking issue with it. I know, it's quite beyond the bounds of WW'ers' imagination for Tonker to take issue with something, but it's in black and white on the internet. Can't be disputed.
I've discovered today that all four of Wigan's historic sculptures are now history.
The last two remaining - the Boatman and the Mill Worker- were sadly in a sorry state.
All that remains of them now are cleanly sawn stumps of metal rods sticking up from the ground. The interesting information panels are still intact though.
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PS - Email in response to my query.
The remaining sculptures were removed at the request of Wigan Leisure Culture Trust. This was after two of the four sculptures were stolen and the final two were vandalised beyond repair.
It is a real shame that a few people have spoilt a scheme that was intended to be enjoyed by many. When the scheme was first introduced we had many favourable comments. It seemed that our efforts to celebrate local heritage was appreciated by the majority.
We have been offered further funding from Heritage Lottery to replace the sculptures. However, we have decided to hold off any works and investment until security around the site improves and vandalism and anti-social behaviour reduces. In the meantime, the interpretation boards will remain in place.
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Not I jo anne. Here's the piece I referred to.
Although the Wikipedia article seems to have gone. There was a mention in the article of a body of work, with a suggestion that it amounted to little more than a couple of pages.
Within a few hours of the WW post appearing, the Wikipedia article had been edited.
It is a pity about the canal statues and a sorry example of our society. But, I'm sure it was on the cards.
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Even though each statue is no longer there, I hope the plaque on it 4 across, 2 down stands the test of time.
I scrapped those angling links as they were rubbish.
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Rubbish links jo anne?
Never!
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I see your last link isn't out of this world either, Dostaf.
Man on the moon?
They've yet to land one on yon BGT singer.
That's a bit cruel for a *cat, to me - aw!
A person may have a public profile, but catty comments about them should be kept private.
*Kenny - "A semi-colon will be dropping in for a brief pause."
"We can't land on the moon now so how the hell did they do it 40 years ago ? asked Rocket.
Grand Prix soon - British Formula One makes some people happy. (I don't really rev-el in watching it. )
I'm toying with the idea this chap may be related to Benjamin.
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Yes jo anne, the comment was rather catty.
Not only that, but it was a re hash of an old line about this lady. (I like Miss W and would have liked to see her become The Speaker) I would also like the moon landing to have been a huge conspiracy. Such intrigue etc.
Kenny was a national treasure and his very artistic dance ensemble had some lovely moves.
Not really a motor racing fan, but those model cars were certainly well made.
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I do recall a link of yours to a photo' of a lady when Moodysue started a thread about unconventionally handsome men.
I refrained from comment at the time, but, remember, Big Bra*h is watching you, Dostaf.
Don't drop that h anywhere or my new name won't fit.
The moon landing - just think how much of a stir would result if we found out man has never taken steps on the moon.
Pretty hot gossip there.
Not really a motor racing fan
How's work on your autobiography going? Please keep us up to speed.
And yes, sterling work went into making those model cars.
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Yes I think I remember that one jo anne.
Please don't let on to Ann. She'll not think my link was bitchin' and throw the book at me. In turn, blocking any hopes for my auto biography. (No, I've never owned one )
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I am sorry, Dostaf. I know I am a right royal pain in the neck. And my puns are punishment enough.
There, we're friends again ... so please get a move on with your auto biography! I want my share of the royalties when your story becomes a movie. Might I suggest a TriCar Production?
Your Cultural Appeal has made a leap and landed here.
Those pearly kings & queens have put their best feet forward and are now really putting their backs into their work.
These Cockneys also know how to have a good knees up in another town. They do have a smashing time as they keep dropping their plates. Mind you, they are quite slippery.
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The cheeky chirpy chappies sometimes have an effect on me jo anne.
Probaby a Norf and Sarf fing.
And speaking of royalties the cockerknees-up brigade seem to claim the 'buck house' lot as their own.
PS I read some of the comments on the Knees Up link. They show the good old cockney spirit.
"A great war time song to cheer the British up when the Nazis were bombing us! "
Gawd bless 'em all.
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"The effects of treating a trying flatmate in this way are not known" Didn't link jo anne.
Please take care along the toe path.
I don't mind the old currant bun but I'm not really a worshipper. I think Winter can often be aesthetically pleasing.
But I despair at the damp (1 Dec 21:29) grey days.
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"The effects of treating a trying flatmate in this way are not known" Didn't link jo anne.
No, Dostaf.
It's not on.
I do watch where I'm going normally, Dostaf.
The hook was hiding in the grass until my shoe fished it out. I was quite perturfed.
Damp wool coats do smell - I'll sheepishly admit mine used to when I was at school.
I don't mind damp, dull days so much.
I don't like too much sun. I head for shade.
Replied: 27th Jun 2009 at 16:48
If my most inpawtant furry friend was hurt, I would have wanted to tackle the fisherman.
Feathered friends would tickle giving you a peck.
We saw a hoppy friend today amongst the clover.
When it saw us, it hopped it.
Just our luck.
PS Winter can be athletically pleasing *too.
*I've been sporting and chosen an ice link you'd be likely to pick.
PPS We've finally tracked down the carvings and tree sculpture here at 1:04 remaining.
Wood you believe I was looking out for three trees - I hadn't worked art it is just the one.
Replied: 27th Jun 2009 at 19:49
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I was expecting to see an image of a foot on your luck link jo anne.
I'm sure they used to sell them on keyrings in the tat shops on a certain promenade. Not quite PC these days. but a damned sight better than the plastic 'novelties' on display now.
That was an interesting link to post on a hot day.
Cooled me down anyway.
I'm glad you foun the chainsaw sculpture.
PS There is a pond (not actual photo) nearby which is covered in weed at this time of year, and many dogs run onto it, thinking it's grass. It's actually called the Swan Pond.
But the name does not relate to birds. The place had practical uses.
I often wonder how much it would cost to build such a feature today.
Replied: 29th Jun 2009 at 00:41
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Phew, Dostaf.
I'm really not a fan of the heat today.
(I've seen a lady walking under umbrella. They keep up well with this change in weather, not only keeping the wet off, but sweat off, too.)
I've seen three bunnies today.
They bounced away (as they're bound to) when I asked which key ring they'd prefer ...
I often find rabbits unreliant at replying as they rarely stop to .. to pause.
I'm sure they're glad that sales of rabbits' paw key rings have petered out.
Unluckily, I was once given one as a present. I cannot think of a horrider holiday souvenir.
It reminds me of this tale: .
I know Swan Pond. It is the place our dog took her first swim - she ballet flopped in. We were as shocked as she - it was a winter's day and in the mist we'd missed it. Our dog soon recovered and was in her element!
It was well disguised yesterday, but our dog would still have had a field day swimming there. We didn't risk it.
We used to go and watch the model boats there - if that's the same Swan?
How much it would cost to recreate today, I wouldn't like to guess. I think there'd be less call for muscles though these days.
Replied: 29th Jun 2009 at 12:22
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Yes jo anne it's the same location.
Cars used to park on the far side of the photo, where the railway embankment can be seen.
I think the council built it (railway) in the early 80's. I don't know if that's what saw the boats off though.
PS Are you familiar with the kitchen maid pond?
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Are you familiar with the kitchen maid pond?
Not by name, Dostaf, but by nature my dog is likely to get along swimmingly with it.
Is it in one of our favourite haunts - Haigh Hall grounds?
Replied: 29th Jun 2009 at 16:28
Many a true word jo anne.
The pond is behind the track just (20 metres) upline from here ie. towards the Hall.
It is said to be haunted by a young maid. (The google gang sent her. To me I mean, not the pond )
Apparently she was left in the family way by one of the toffs and drowned herself in the pond.
Replied: 29th Jun 2009 at 18:17
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The google gang sent her.
It's time that google gang cleaned up their act.
Again, many a true word.
Replied: 29th Jun 2009 at 18:33
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Piste off with the heat.
Sorry, I typed that in the heat of the moment.
Back to the pond - we do know that one very well.
In fact, our dog made a real splash there yesterday and disturbed another's cooling dip.
The generous spaniel gave our dog a growl and, with that, she left her friend to cool off some more.
Replied: 29th Jun 2009 at 19:20
That's where the tractor turned around jo anne.
Also around that point, you can see some the original golf course railings in the hedgerow.
I suspect that years ago there was more respect for boundaries , and the iron railings only needed to be a few feet high.
Replied: 30th Jun 2009 at 19:20
I never went on the tractor, Dostaf, but I did see the attraction. Awwww!
Do you know anything about the old railway lines that ran through the plantations?
We sometimes climb under an old railway bridge, which is rather splendid.
(There's a great graffiti there - a silhouette of a man in a doorway - possibly not Banksy's work - but that of Wigan's own Artful Dodger.
Winder's photo's remind me of some of the railway remnants still to be seen in the area.
Trains are my favourite way to travel. Now I'm going to make tracks myself.
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Replied: 1st Jul 2009 at 11:56
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Coincidentally jo anne, if I'm thinking of the right bridge, you can see that the parapet on the Whelley side of the bridge has been replaced.
The line is known as The Whelley Loop-line and was a means of allowing goods trains to bypass the station on the NW mainline. The last time it saw any proper action was around 1971 (ish) when mainline trains used it to allow full closure of the NW track through Wigan for the installation ov the new overhead power system.
It did have some later life, but the rails were removed late 70's early 80's. It has since been cleaned up and used as a footpath.
I think it was in the 80's when some vandals found a way to trash the Victorian ironwork.
Replied: 1st Jul 2009 at 22:23
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Here's a good map of the line jo anne.
In my earlier post I mentioned work on "NW track".
I should have said electrification of the West Coast main line.
As I copied this link to point it out to you, I noticed you had already posted on it.
So I linked it anyway
Replied: 2nd Jul 2009 at 14:51
I seem to have been excommunicated. (see above inactive)
"Chain pulling is rampant on the Indian Railway where miscreants use it to make unscheduled stops near their destination."
Oooh err missus.
Replied: 2nd Jul 2009 at 14:57
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And after you saying, 'Maybe there is a God after-all!' recently.
When I've posted as (inactive) I've found it to be most embarrassing ... when you think of some of my puns I have made on WW then that is saying something.
I don't blame you for being inactive today though, Dostaf.
It's too hot.
Replied: 2nd Jul 2009 at 15:05
Yes, if you post as inactive you just have to carriage on.
A punnet would be champion and with cream ... purrfect.
So long as there isn't a racquet involved.
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I don't mind the odd mixed double jo anne.
But without the straw.
Sorry if that was bit predictable
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That fine Flagcracker has gone this morning, Dostaf.
But rain won't stop play on WW.
Jo anne you are now a dancer but first would you do a little audition please?
That's good news and I missed it first time round!
Never say never.
(It's 20 years to the day since John Craven started working on Countryfile - I just heard it on the radio. )
I'll need some Dutch courage for my audition - they're a rum lot.
Cheers!.
'Very economical'- You are a treasurer.
Good job it's only fun and nonsense.
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Posted by: dostaf (10000)
K K K K K K K K K K
This post is something of a milestone for me jo anne.
As those little black numbers by my name will indicate for a brieftime. no [url=http://www.edwardsite.net/_/rsrc/1231673983352/Home/Krentenbol.JPG]sun?
I've certainly had a rum old time, with plenty of laughs. Also there are some great people on here.
Cheers
Replied: 3rd Jul 2009 at 15:20
Edit
I've copied it for posterity. (mistakes an' all )
Replied: 3rd Jul 2009 at 15:23
You have plenty of creative gumption, Dostaf.
Your K's can brighten rainy days.
WW is certainly a grand place with plenty of grand people.
It's virtually priceless really.
A picture is worth a thousand words
I'll say it with flowers.
From Wikipedia:
The phrase has also been spoofed by John McCarthy, the famous computer scientist, to make the opposite point:
"As the Chinese say, 1001 words is worth more than a picture."
You are blooming lovely.
Replied: 4th Jul 2009 at 08:57
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Quick! - Where's there a whiff?! .. ^ there's a ..... wave!
After all that wavering.
And now I am bothered.
To what purpose should I put my once latent and now patent powers?!
I would want to further the movement that is pacifically prized throughout the world.
Frédéric Passy - a wonderful name for a pacifist.
Replied: 5th Jul 2009 at 20:59
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I was only kidding, Dostaf and merely feigned a faint.
Just acting the goat. Sorry.
Now, about this couch - what about the rest of WW?
Is it hard reclines for them?
Please would you make it a multi-piece suite?
Thank you.
You have made WW a cheerful place.
(Seeing if I can have my wave again.)
Replied: 6th Jul 2009 at 20:16
Sorry, Dostaf - I bumbled before.
I meant I was hurt as I'd hoped to have stacks of waves from my cheerful friend.
(^^I seek 'em here, I seek 'em there.)
^^I fear my daftness filter is faulty.
You might well wave your hands up ing the air in despair.
No, not really, Dostaf.
I am not that greedy.
And I can always watch your *WW waver whenever I want to.
But, then again, Can you tell the tide to turn and edit a WW waver away?
I don't think you would do that as a rule.
(I've had a go at copying & pasting the booger, just in case - he doesn't stick around.)
Yesterday, I heard !Stuart Maconie on BBC Radio 6 Music talking about tomorrow.
(I've given him a black mark against his name as he didn't speak at hall highly of Platt Bridge.)
I wonder what Mr D would have made of modern madness.
Please can I come back to that question? I have put a lot of thought in to an answer, but please feel free to pip me to the post.
(I will say my reply has a new twist in the tale.)
Replied: 10th Jul 2009 at 13:31
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What larks jo anne.
As Mr Gargery would say.
I love the scene where Bumble berates Mrs Sowerberry for feeding poor Oliver meat.
Replied: 10th Jul 2009 at 22:33
I wonder what Mr D would have made of modem madness.
Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.
Charles Dickens online (A great site)
Replied: 11th Jul 2009 at 20:20
*Time moves on and fashions change, but people have perpetual peculiarities and curiosities.
[*Listening to another CD reminds me it is all relative though.]
Dickens was a wonderful writer and, despite the harshness of their settings, his stories have an ideally optimistic ending to book.
Just Humbug! some might say.
But, sometimes, it's better when art doesn't reflect life, but deflects us from it, for a bit.
You've made me very interested in Mr. Dickens.
Replied: 12th Jul 2009 at 15:13
I was usure about "quaintly dated" jo anne.
As soon as I posted it, it didn't seem quite right. Mr Dickens is obviously from another time but there is a certain charm to it. Though sometimes it can be twee there are many laughs to be had. (Probably funnier due to the old fashioned language)
Probably before your time, but there was a great sketch featuring these men in a Dickensian type scene in a tavern. The joke being that as more and more characters were met, the names got dafter. It started with a Mister Fezzypeg and a Mister Chizzelbum and ended up with confusion between Mister Rum Tiddly Um Pum and a chap named Mister Rum Tiddly Um Pum Pum-Pum.
There then appeared a Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible image on the screen, with the continuity announcer apologising for the "outbreak of silly names".
The Google Gang have been no help in finding the sketch though. And I tried repeatedly.
Speaking of the gang, they helped me with a new word.
Whilst looking into motorway construction, I looked at this song.
"The spike"?
Workhouse
Replied: 13th Jul 2009 at 15:42
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Whilst looking into motorway construction, I looked at this song.
The speed at which ground can be covered with a vehicle nowadays is remarkable.
I've learned 'The vagrants' and casual workers' ward of a workhouse was colloquially known as a spike, from the tool used to unpick oakum.'
Alas, I didn't see the Smith and Jones sketch, but I did see them in a sharpe comedy.
****
Charles John Huffam Dickens
An unnamed writer (January 1849):
"Mr Dickens, as if in revenge for his own queer name, does bestow still queerer ones upon his fictitious creations."
Some people are quite creative when thinking up agreeable online names.
Mine was a split decision.
PS The JJB stadium has been stripped of its initial oval name plaques today (Wednesday).
I am now duly waiting to see them wheel in the new name plaques.
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So the chap doesn't half go on about things to you - that must be a weight off his shoulders.
(I bet it's you who utters, 'I don't believe it!' when you see him heading pointedly in your direction.)
A groaner smiley for fellow WW'ers'?!
Perhaps it should be green.
Punus envitas.
I think it preferable to roll with the puns and to not disparage a punner when they've seemingly reached jocular *bottom. They may gain moonentum.
*I was so proud of The gravity of the moon pun.
Do you think that's a sign of punning lunacy?
Replied: 16th Jul 2009 at 20:33
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I meant a groaner for all to use jo anne.
I hope you didn't think I meant for my use only.
Your lunar crack was indeed a good un and deserved a few stars for originality.
Even though it isn't rocket science.
I think we can do just as well, if not better, than these. So no envy there.
The moaning bloke is quite pleasant and usually speaks first. He often just comments about something (normally rugby) and walks on grumbling about it to you from twenty yards away.
Not really a conversation, more of a statement.
Replied: 17th Jul 2009 at 20:22
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I know word play isn't quite up there with rocket science, Dostaf.
But I still feel over the moon when someone comes up with a good pun.
(Especially if it's me.)
Not really a conversation, more of a statement.
I tend to be a bit reserved when out and about. And I'm prone to understatement.
I'm quite talkative at times with close family and friends, not to mention on WW.
Anyway, I'm not as bad as a lad and his Staff. We often meet along the canal, his dog on a lead and he on his bike. My dog and I get out of their way, near a *wall or on to the grass, but he is never on the verge of saying anything.
Not so much as a word or wuff of thanks. For some reason they are quite rude.
Another young cyclist cheerily shouts his 'Thank you! as he listens to his tracks - music to my ears, too.
A fellow gongoozler recently asked me where the water had gone, but I didn't know. I did discover the weirabouts of some missing towpath paving stones though. I was daft enough to think an opportunist had tried to get away with them for their own landscape. It had escaped me that people would just cut these losses - slutch *alases.
Replied: 18th Jul 2009 at 16:54
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Ive tried & Ive tried But still cant get anything to appear.
cant even get colour writing on.HELP
Replied: 19th Jul 2009 at 17:50
Hello Cindy
For coloured writing, type:
{b]red[/b} {p]purple[/p} {g]green[/g}
but replace the { and } with [ and ]
Good luck - it just takes a bit of practice.
Nobody minds mistakes.
Replied: 19th Jul 2009 at 18:18
No problem cindy.
It's all done with instructions in bracketts really. But make sure you use the right sort. They must be square ones [ and ] not the other types on the keyboard like { or (.
If you want to do coloured writing you type the instruction in brackets before the bit you want coloured and then you cancell the instruction when you want the colour to stop.
(p) gives purple and (/p) stops it being purple. (b)and(/b) for bold (red) and (g)(/g) for green.
please note, I used the wrong type of brackets. If I'd used sqare ones it would have given the colour command and you wouldnt have seen it.
Have a bash and don't be afraid to ask.
PS if you do it wrong but something (typing)appears on screen, leave it on and it may be possible to see where the mistake is.
Replied: 19th Jul 2009 at 18:23
test its magic
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Just seen your post cindy.
Do you know that you don't need to type the code for a smiley? You can just click on the one you need and it appears in the message box.
Replied: 19th Jul 2009 at 19:06
2nd testThanks jo anne Thanks dostaf
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3rd testAOK
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4th test
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Cindy - you're welcome. It is like magic.
Dostaf - I come across lots of friendly and polite cyclists. As well as the young lad who speaks at top vocal volume, another one who made me chuckle was a fellow who didn't have a bike bell and so sang out 'ding, ding! on his approach.
Mathematics, Dostaf.
Coincidentally, last night I had a bad dream about school and woke up in tears. Aww!
(I was very impressed by your dreams of flying over rooftops.)
Now, back to more down-to-earth matters.
Have you solved the problem of what to wear to complete your outfet?
Replied: 19th Jul 2009 at 23:29
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'Listen' to your dreams jo anne. They often reflect our inner feelings. Obviously school is prominent in many folks minds at this time of year. Especially those poor devils doing exams. A testing time indeed.
On the other hand; As this fellow said, it could just be down to a mouldy bit of cheese.
There have been several rubber links in the above. Could something be on my mind?
Though I have been thinking about forming a rubber band.
Replied: 20th Jul 2009 at 00:45
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So would this be how you fly over the rooftops, Dostaf?
I hope you don't go too over the top with your outfet.
And please macc sure your *pun band is not indecent. It could have a good chance of being popular in Wigan.
(TheM Lads are clearly not PC.)
(PS On tonight's One Show - Arthur Smith looked at the history of the *pun 12:12 onwards - they are not the lowest.)
PPS Uh oh! Tell me the old toad story ... another psyllid idea?
Replied: 20th Jul 2009 at 20:19
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Been a little tied up recently jo anne, hence the flying visits to WW.
When I say tied up, I don't mean I've been practicing a particular practice.
I enjoyed watching The One Show piece I think old Arthur has a face that looks lived in.
As Messrs Smith and Vine say we shouldn't apologize after delivering a corny pun, perhaps some of us shouldn't suggest getting our coats after a groaner of a post.
Re the eco issues, those boffins must be on the horns of a dilemma when it comes to releasing an alien species into the wild.
Speaking of aliens. I had a mad dream last night;
I was at a street party/carnival thing in Wigan and a tribute act based on this pair were performing on the top of a bus.
The point of the exercise was for the locals to shout and jeer at them in a jolly banter sort of way as the bus travelled along.
As they started singing one particular song, I joined in and repeatedly shouted out a word not unlike this.
Now what's that all about?
Replied: 23rd Jul 2009 at 14:44
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Whatever your ties, Dostaf, I hope all is well.
WW is a great escape at times, but it's great to see you're not here quite so much.
After all, I am a WW lass who aims to catch up to your post count.
Btw - People are not able to walk on The Way We Were's wooden walkway any more as it is fenced off. I think it might be due to safety concerns.
So, over to the business of a bedtime beverage (a good malt for a night cap) and barmy busking!
'Now you is just the kinda girl to break my heart in two,
I knew right off when I first set my eyes on you,
But how was I to know you'd bend my ear holes too?
With your incessant talking,
You're becoming a pest...'
I swear I'd tell CaD to get knotted and hop it too.
Could it be:
You want to say - in fact, ^^bellow - what you really believe, without worrying about what others think and before the chants-es pass you by.
(^^It goes without saying, eloquently, of curse!)
Replied: 24th Jul 2009 at 20:04
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All is well thanks jo anne.
You wouldn't happun to know about one of my other dreams on the night I praised Chas and Dave wood you?
In another dream that night, I was trying to get across the canal by using a strange sort of bridge.
The bridge consisted of wooden beams coming out of a stone wall. The wall being something like the stone face at the mouth of a tunnel, and the wood only attached at one end. (See here.) There was no walkway as such, just horizontal beams.
Anyroad, these spars seemed less than structurally sound. Not only that, they were very unevenly spaced and hard to step across. The last I remember (probably too much information), was being sick into the water below.
So I think you can imagine why I found your link somewhat spooky.
I do hope the place is fenced off for security reasons rather than structural ones.
Incidentally, my third dream that night was most unpleasant with this sleeper waking suddenly after being confronted by a gang of hooligans. And no, they weren't C&D fans or Leythers.
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The rotten wood and putlog images, may have come as a result of reading an article about this building.
There was an article in the paper about it. The sails are in disrepair and a local artist has done a painting of how it probably used to look. This image included a balcony going round the mill. Can't find it online though.
Replied: 25th Jul 2009 at 18:09
You wouldn't happun to know about one of my other dreams...
No, I'm afraid not, Dostaf,. Tha' rest is mystery.
No need to be spooked - I think it's just a big coincidence really.
I only saw I would not be able to go along the walkway on Thursday 23rd Jul 2009 - the day following your dreams.
I do hope the place is fenced off for security reasons rather than structural ones.
Possibly both reasons apply, Dostaf. I often went along the walkway with my dog, taking care, as some of the planks are rotten (or got at by rotters) where they are fixed down. Also, part of the canalside wooden barrier is missing.
(I have done a little internet research - not all in vain - look what I happunned apun!
However, the only way to derive possible meanings from a dream, is by going over the dream yourself and reflecting on it in the light of what's currently happening in your life. And you've already given too much information here.)
And finding the Haigh Windmill painting hasn't been plane sailing - hopefully things will turn around and it will be put online soon.
Another bad dream...
Perhaps a change of diet might help.
PS Went to see a play last night. It certainly wasn't in the mould of a Dicken's work.
No sentimental optimism at 'Rex Bingo Hall' - downright deprexing.
Replied: 27th Jul 2009 at 00:57
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"Running time
21/2 hours - depending on length of Bingo game"
Sounds like you took a chance with that one jo anne.
Apologies for bingo pun. See 70's kids show.
Speaking of chances What are the odds of getting a mystic pun from the other side?
I don't know about a pact case. More of a nut case if you ask me.
"The white suitcase may be a dream pun. Your mother's bags were packed (pact). We certainly believe that our spirit friends can communicate through dreams. Your mother fulfilled her pact."
For all we know, she could have a new career selling dodgy discs in the afterlife.
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Were I to be nautical, I may suggest bollards and rowlocks jo anne.
I learned something there. (Sounded like a Wiganism for shutting the door. )
I wonder how a medium would handle a case full of puns?
From what I gather they often use spirit guides.
They often seem to be American, which must result in confusion during translation.
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Nautical, nautical, Dostaf!
A little further along from Photo' 5, the canal towpath runs alongside the road to the DW Stadium car parks.
There is a warning sign:
Caution
Raised bollards
But no moor of that!
(People would think you were off your hinges, putting a door in a rowing boat, oar wood they?)
I sense you are a sceptic, Dostaf.
But what doesn't rest easily with some, is a tonic to others.
It isn't an open-and-shut case.
You seem quite level-headed ...
So I think you can imagine why I found your link somewhat spooky. (25th Jul 2009 at 15:44:11)
I wonder how a medium would handle a case full of puns?
Golly, Dostaf. I don't know is about the size of it.
PS I watched this packed film yesterday - it is quite sentimental. I loved that this lady
swimmed on when at an age which helps sustain the old adage.
(Watch it and sea!)
PPS Our adjoining neighbours are upset as one of our *teenager's mates has burned a hole through our shared plastic downspout. Water daft thing to do.
[*A source of wrinkles - though these do include smile and laughter lines, I must stress.]
To make amends (of course, we're replacing the pipe too - a drain on our resources), I wheeled their emptied bin back. They were out, and their drive car free, and now they can care freely drive onto it on their return.
And when I was on my good deed drive, returning the rubbish receptacle to its routine place, guess what I saw, but didn't hear. No croak!
It was there to make me glad for the trouble I'd taken, I imagine.
So stories make me feel better at times.
This man was relatively clever.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
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It could have been Post Post Post Script - but I'll make it a post on its own:
How spooky that looking here for 'never too old' took me back to here.
It's a small world!
Replied: 31st Jul 2009 at 14:12
Raised bollards reminded me of this jo anne. A reminder that what goes down must sometimes go up.
A burnt pipe? Perhaps you could copper-up and replace it with something like this. Although that looks like it would cost a pretty penny. I hope the culprit's family put their hands in their pockets. And give said culprit a smacked behind.
The Dad's Army episode you referred to was interesting, as it was the only one to use the 'fourth wall' method, where the actors address the audience.
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PS
Could have been worse.
. Will delete later.
There's a local name for it, but I cant remember at the moment. Never seen it done and only heard of it in adult life. Shouldn't like to ask too much about it, as it may give 'da yoofs' ideas.
Replied: 31st Jul 2009 at 19:08
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C-u- Dostaf! Copper would cost a pretty penny, as you put on your post.
But it would turn our humble abode into an humblinger. (What a facade!)
And someone might Yank it off and nickel it. Such conduct ...
And more coppers may not be here in the nick of time to nippily nick our nickers.
(Our parish church currently has scaffolding around it for restoration work - this has led to the lead being stripped from the roof and that won't be restored. What mettle that mut have taken.)
Our pipe has been replaced and it is all sorted.
And the lad in question - you'd think butter wouldn't melt in his mouth, let alone think of him and a gutter melt on this house. Lovely, but a bit daft if left to his own devices.
Could have been worse indeed!
Qwick - censor your incendiary post - or the name will be up for you.
There is metal in your madness! You con do it (to your own conduits) if you want to.
Replied: 1st Aug 2009 at 17:37
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Then, copper is a metal that, to *coin a phrase, proves someone's mettle.
(*Please alloy me a little leeway - I haven't got a copper-bottom.)
Britania!
It is imperialative that you spell Britannia correctly. It isn't good to make waves, as a rule, if you wish your course of UK citizenship to be all plain sailing.
Now I understand why this character's name was chosen.
Rodney Copperbottom
And another nakky picture has slipped through the 'net.
Replied: 15th Mar 2009 at 22:23
I am concerned that your spate of spelling ^^mistakes is due to your sheer over-work, censoring all those nakky pictures the Gang send or bring.
I have had a word myself with the Gang. (This spells trouble, you are thinking - just as I feared - as your thought reaffirms how over-worked you are at this time.) The Gang have been very good and have agreed to redress the balance.
No more nakky pictures for you - how decent of them.
Admiral Keppel made a remark upon copper bottomed ships. He said they gave additional strength to the navy and he reproached Lord Sandwich with having refused to sheath only a few ships with copper at his request, when he had since ordered the whole navy to be sheathed.
How about:
The keppel calling the man slack. ?!!
Edit - Whoops!
Butty should rhyme with pot and be the one calling the keppel.
^^What an idiom.
I need to hold it together here.
Replied: 1st Aug 2009 at 23:55
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Alas the Gang have covered the nakky women situation jo anne.
They said it was for my own good.
They sent another load of n's for the ongoing problem.
I hadn't heard of Rodney before. I know of C U Jimmy though. And I remember a dandy looking lad
I wonder if the Keppel you called upon is realted to another?
Replied: 3rd Aug 2009 at 01:20
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An eggsellent 'ending!
The GG have kindly cooperated, acting in your best interests, and you no longer have free range. I eggspect impeckable spelling from hence forth.
Otherwise, you might have had to tie this:
(Next to Search Images - Preferences)
Judith Keppel is related to Alice. (Alice, who the Nell is Alice?)
Alice's father was an Admiral in the Royal Navy - C19th.
Judith certainly won a princely sum.
(And her third cousin won a Prince's son.
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I remember an aftershave called this jo anne.
Speaking of which, I recently watched an old film and noticed the certificate that appeared before the film started. do they still do that, or is it all warnings about pirate stuff.
I was always quite impressed to see an actual signature up on the screen at the pictures. I was even more impressed by the bloke who got to sign all the dosh.
Those jobs were my idea of being famous.
Replied: 5th Aug 2009 at 19:23
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The last film I went to see was Coraline - a captivating animation (I was hooked from the start), certified PG. (A bit scary for me - I was glad I had my children with me for guidance.)
I think classification certificates are still shown, but the tradition of an intermission has long since ended (without parting shots).
Coraline is also to be a stage musical - the samples have great merit.
This man has currencly found *fame. (And what *fortune if worth-he of notes with his name on.
(PS We have Kes here at the moment, having read Rbilly's thread. Subtitles are helpful, with Hinesight.)
Replied: 6th Aug 2009 at 00:24
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Having just commented elsewhere, I'm reminded of the old adverts at the pictures. They were made for anywhere in the country but with a local business's details tagged on the end.
One featured an old banger with a blowing exhaust. The voice-over asked if your motor sounded similar, followed by a recommendation to visit a local garage.
Unfortunately all the local wags shouted out and drowned part of the advert out. (not me honest jo anne)
Voice over "If your car sounds like this. (blowing exhaust noise) Then..."
Audience interrupts "IT'S SOMEWHAT DAMAGED"
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not me honest
I believe you
... are blushing.
"IT'S SOMEWHAT DAMAGED" in^deed, Dostaf.
^Meaning n. 1. and not n. 2.
The first film I went to see at the pictures was The Fox and the Hound.
There were lots of wags, but no fowl language - just good conduct, both on and off screen. And, of course, lots of goodies.
Replied: 7th Aug 2009 at 00:37
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Those shoes do look amaizing, Dostaf.
Butt if clodhoppers trod on feet covered in corns - they would not be a pairfecttreat meant for feet.
And, it cud get my goat (one peticularly fond of maize) as it corn't taste sweet if you nibble it.
Only kidding - we haven't got a goat really.
Though it would be great to have a nanny for the kids this summer. As they shoot up - any help would be grazefully received.
Replied: 8th Aug 2009 at 19:45
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How the l did they get there, Dostaf? aww!
I told one of my punsters I was a bit worried about what Ian might say and she wisely said, 'You're not frightened of a Cyber man, are you?'
I'm afraid I am.
It is smashing fun on WW, but we need to spare a thought for the GG who will be going spare - see previous post Replied: 18th Jan 2009 at 22:40.
Edit** - sorry - there is a technical error to the original story at The Times.
Here's another the GG kindly found for me.
Was the original story all a storm in a teacup?
**Making my post look a little greener.
Replied: 10th Aug 2009 at 14:44
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Replied: 10th Aug 2009 at 19:20
"Calm down"! "A few googles"!
Well, I just hope you put your foot down with your PC circuitry and save the Google Gang expending so much energy.
I appease myself by taking more care and thinking as I'm hyper-linking.
(I will have words 17 March 11:20 with you about that later, if you like. )
I'm not afraid of anyone on WW really - but I am concerned I might drive some round the bend.Who can blame them?
Replied: 12th Aug 2009 at 10:30
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I read prior to 17:02 jo anne but have only just got round to replying.
No, I don't think you're daft. Far from it.
You may have noticed that I don't particularly go in for serious stuff on here. Don't get me wrong, I can be very serious, It's just that I like to be more jovial here. I think it may be to do with broadcasting to many people.
When debating face to face you can see how a recipient takes your words. And if need be you can clarify something immediately.
I still sometimes find myself relatively new to this messaging stuff. I often wonder how people went on without the 'smilies' to help express the way a few words are intended.
I don't mind playing devil's advocate sometimes in real life, but I'm not one of those who will try to start an argument for the sake of it. I've seen too much of that in the past.
I know people who actually thrive on bother.
Listen me.
I'm talking/writing as though any serious discussion would lead to handbags at Dawn. I know that's not the case.
Speaking of Dawn; I happened to catch a repeat of an episode from her 'Murder Most Horrid' series the other day (well it was on in the background). As she did an opening introduction, she mentioned doppelgangers and asked if they are so common, how come only the Germans have a word for them?
Anyroad missus you just do what suits you.
I bet you was expecting this. A frequent mistake made, the phrase is "suit you" not the often misquoted "suits you". (Just to end on a lighthearted serious note.)
Replied: 14th Aug 2009 at 18:07
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'I like to be more jovial here.'
Then I think a fitting WW name for you would be Moan the Leaster, Dostaf.
Looking back, I used to make quite a spectacle of myself; talking of ideals and, oh! religion, too.
But now I don't like to expose myself quite so much and try to find a happy medium here.
But it does upset me when I see people being disparaging.
I might not say, 'Si'thee here, you!' but I do see things and am seething here, too. Bully for them, eh?
"No, I don't think you're daft. Far from it."
That's because you can't see me when I'm on my PC.
Replied: 15th Aug 2009 at 20:00
Not that long ago it was frowned upon if folk taked about religion or politics in pubs jo anne. The landladies/lords used to threaten folk with a chucking-out if they persisted.
I wonder if the King Street Debating Society have that to contend with?
Replied: 17th Aug 2009 at 01:09
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The landladies/lords used to threaten folk with a chucking-out if they persisted.
Is that a soar point, Dostaf?
I think there are sound arguments against debating in King Street. I'm not sure you can even hear yourself drink.
The volume can be too much for some altogether.
And a few are all brawl and no brains.
It's a long time since I went out in King Street. No heavy drinking or thinking for me.
I liked dancing, but I wasn't really a right royal raver.
Replied: 18th Aug 2009 at 22:12
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(That swinger not only swung, but swum and won.)
two left feet - Must people harass you before you take to the dance floor?
Or do you hop to it?
The crowd just looked like youngsters to me.
I'm old enough to be the mum of some, Dostaf.
In fact, I soon will be when my children join those flocking to town.
They don't seem to want to follow in my footsteps and I can't keep them wrapped up in cotton wool.
Seriously, I do worry about *intoxicating influences in a night out.
Which might get some people's goat.
*2. "a man whom life intoxicates, who has no need of wine" (Anaïs Nin).
I'll try to convince my children of this, but I suspect they'll be having nin of it.
Replied: 20th Aug 2009 at 01:22
I don't think King Street is as bad as it once was jo anne.
There certainly seeems to be more security staff than there used to be. Also there are speakers to help keep order.
It was weird to hear a siren sounding with no vehicles in sight. Then a voice informed some ne'er do wells that they were being filmed and the cops were onto them.
I think it was a couple of would-be brawlers. They dispersed.
The place is not 100% safe. But where is these days?
Replied: 22nd Aug 2009 at 22:23
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Prevention is better than viewers.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. Einstein
I haven't been in King Street since the new-angled CCTV's + speakers were put in place, Dostaf.
I suppose it's Orwell that ends well for a night out, if some are unplucky enough to be ^^caught and so disperse.
However, I think people will feel more policed to see the police in person.
^^How riotous of the GG! . I was quite alarmed to see such an alluring link.
(About your running joke - 22nd Aug 2009 at 20:02.
I am still stony-faced.)
PS We went to Camelot yesterday - a ride royal family pun day out.
At the jousting tournament, Merlin told the crowd, 'Mordred likes BOO's!'
So the crowd resoundingly, 'BOO-ed!'
Merlin: 'No, booze. Mordred's a fine fellow, if you buy him a pint.'
PPS We've dicovered this - Aha! Ha! Ha!.
Replied: 23rd Aug 2009 at 13:43
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I thought that lot had gone bust (no GG link ) jo anne. As for the joke about the runner, I'll cease. Unless she turns out to be a proper cheat. It is a sad story really.
Anyroad, herself never actually complained. At least that's what I've just been told.
I'm most impressed by your discovery.
I hope it will encourage the youngsters to take an interest in history.
I wonder if the Roman God group could help the WW members.
Replied: 24th Aug 2009 at 00:51
At least that's what I've just been told.
Oh deary me - those tell tale heretics.
It was just Hear'say - sorry, wrong local.
Hurray, no mayor bust-ups over cheeky GG links.
Camelot is open, but for how long is another story, Dostaf.
I think it would be a myth-take to close it - the jousting tournament was auspicious - I do not joust.Certainly money matters amount to much here. Long term investment is needed or King Arthur's theme park will need to find a new home.
(We only paid £10 each - a half price offer - so the theme park must be operating at a loss? In this recession, it is hard to make trends meet.)
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Might I Sir Jest, Dostaf, it's my linking pal made me do it.
(What an affront!)
And that, long ago,
I should have created a WW alter ego.
So, being incodnito,
WW'ers would think, 'It won't be Jo!'
But it's too late now - they already know.
Alas, also.
PS A damsel with this tress is plaitively less fun than a damsel in risky dress.
Haven't women's images changed with time?
There was more reality telly in those days than there is now - hair brushing, but no ^^air brushing.
^^It seems many are intent on that now.
But not everyone has gok it wrong.
Replied: 28th Aug 2009 at 13:44
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Speakiing of women and time; I couldn't help but clock Ms Windsors rather large kettle.
Well you did use the link thrice jo anne.
If I remember rightly, there was once a lot of speculation when the late Princess Dianna was photographed wearing a man's wristwatch.
It was suggested that ladies are often given them by their lovers as mementos. ie a woman wouldn't actually purchase one new or receive one (new) as a gift.
Replied: 29th Aug 2009 at 22:07
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'a man's wristwatch - It was suggested that ladies are often given them by their lovers as mementos'
That might be the way some people tick.
What if the lover had not put time into buying their lady a gift and presently fobbed her off with something to hand?
Treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen.
rather large
For one brewstered, the watchword is small[2].
PS We went to a musician's concert on Friday night.
His stage name is a phonetic reversal of his real name, Jim.
He was more lark than bite, but some lyrics in his songs were a smidgen ^^depressing.
A wonderful artist though.
^^The concert seemed even more downbeat due to the support act - two lovely, good-humoured Irish lads, notable singers and acoustic guitarists - who did make us laugh when they apologised for their sad songs and promised the next would be more optimistic ...
So, achordingly, they started to sing, 'Cry me a river of tears'.
And this place looks like it might be responsible for more laughter lines in Wigan.
Replied: 30th Aug 2009 at 18:53
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I'm not really a fan of midges jo anne.
There was an article about them recently on Country Wise.
Culicoides Impunctatus pronounced "mid-jeez" by the Scots.
It was said that if you can find a solution to the problem, you'd be very rich indeed. Perhaps they could introduce frogs.
I quite like the idea of bringing a frog to Wigan.
I may even hop along for a pint and a
wotsname.
Replied: 31st Aug 2009 at 20:51
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Sorry to take so long in replying, Dostaf, but my mind has been busy mulling kintyrely over the Scottish mystifier.
I have no 'Get Midge Quick' solutions as yet - not even swarm.
A former historic ^^grain warehouse, The Orwell at Wigan Pier ... The management team has no plans to change the historic name.
^^
I hope the Comedy Club brings a new leaps of life to the area.
There are Laughing Cows at Manchester's Frog and Bucket.
I herd these are not a-moos-ed.
With their expressions, they put the cow in scowl and milk in bottles.
I like the name of the comedy act, One Man and His Frog.
Will it be a little heckled frog, do you think?
PS I have been to Wigan Little Theatre tonight and watched a 'gentle comedy'.
A Month of Sundays
Take the time to go and see it, if you can. It is brilliant.
Replied: 5th Sep 2009 at 00:28
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Did you doubt it, Dostaf.
A friend of mine went to the Manchester Comedy Club years ago and said the compere was the funniest of those on stage that night.
Of course, not every comedy act will be up your street.
(My sister has a great German friend who tells of humorous escapades that are certainly foreign to us - at fifteen, the fraulein and a friend light-heartedly pretended to be working girls to see who would be offered the most pay. The actual workers did not find it funny.)
*Quality Quotes*
"A person without a sense of humour is like a wagon without springs-jolted by every pebble in the road."
And who said:
If I had no sense of humour, I would long ago have committed suicide.
A man who was the salt of the earth - I didn't have a clue till I googled today.
*Quantity Quote*
Just the one, from a man of many talents.
PS I watched The Chives Catch Colds clip and didn't catch what was said about the farmer.
The humour is Bond to make you smile, if not Rollings about with laughter. It is delightful.
Replied: 10th Sep 2009 at 00:05
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Please don't say you had me down as a doubter jo anne.
I was concerned about my links disappearing again. I've been having a few mishaps with my posts recently.
Those german girls sounded like they were playing a very dangerous game.
Getting back to comedy, and what's up my street. I found The Herbs clip amusing in my own daft way.
See (or rather hear) 7:30. Mr Rollings questions what's going on with the sheep. I wonder what the poor lambs would have made of auntie. Or more worryingly, vice versa.
Replied: 11th Sep 2009 at 18:19
The humour in The Herbs is delicious, Dostaf.
I dread to think what Auntie might have cobbled together with the lambs.
(Don't worry - a stitching time saves knives and the little woolly jumpers will keep warm. )
Though sheep had to dye in the making of the chives' yarn - not who dunnit, but how, is all a little woolly.
I am in two minds about indecent innuendo.
It can be wickedly funny, but distasteful too, sometimes.
It takes skill to pull it off perfectly.
I like what Brian has set his site on.
I'm thinking of being a bit more modest (of course) - rather than having my own 'vanity domain' (I'm a bit unable to do it) - I'm going to make my own 10.1 things in 101 days (almost to Christmas) list.
^^What would you put on yours?
(PS Marcus was a little lamb)
^^PPS Under Random Ideas - Grow an indoor herb garden.
Replied: 12th Sep 2009 at 14:47
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As I said on general, I have been thinking about this for a while jo anne.
I don't really go in for lists. I think if I did I may list too far and find myself floundering.
I'm actually struggling to come up with realistic stuff. There are things I should be doing, and thiings I shouldn't.
There are things I fancy trying, but it's the old 'getting round to it' thing. I read somewhere that procrastination is a thief of time.
What the heck. I may just get myself one of these.
I may even get 100 other cars. And one of these
Replied: 14th Sep 2009 at 01:10
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A car? And another 100 cars?!
They won't do a lot of good.
'T'is fuelish folly, I'm afraid.
(And just think of all the auto biographies you'd have to write - I don't think we can be reliant on you to even start the one.)
Don't worry, there is no need to be listless, Dostaf.
I'm sure you can find the drive (and that's without any of those cars) to think of realistic stuff, if you put your mind to it and stop monkeying around.
Procrastination is the thief of time
Replied: 15th Sep 2009 at 14:59
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in a bit of a pickle.
I hope you're able to preserve your sanity, Dostaf.
It's too soon to think of Father Christmas.
My head often gets in a pickle here.
I'd like to write a ^^story - a short story as, to cut a long story short, I love those the best.
Something I keep saying, but never do.
There's no time like the present.
Replied: 19th Sep 2009 at 17:42
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Sorry, Dostaf - you're right - he does keep getting in the way.
Replied: 19th Sep 2009 at 17:45
Perhaps you could take up graffiti jo anne?
You could brighten up the borough with a spray here and there. I recently saw an article about that Banksy chap's home town. There seems to be a divided opinion about art and vandalism . There is a part of Bristol which is a conservation area, but one argument suggested the whole point was to conserve the 'Art Quarter' , so by allowing graffiti to be left in place, the artistic tradition would be maintained.
Some stuff looks great and skillfully done, but I think most of it looks like vandalism.
tag the taggers say I.
Replied: 21st Sep 2009 at 00:28
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The problem is where can I practise properly on property?
Seeing as it was your suggestion, Dostaf - thank you btw - I'm sure you will help me to address that problem.
Yes, you might go up the wall, too, if my earliest work is not a masterpiece, but *it doesn't worry me.
*I'll asterisk it when you won't **catch me - when you're a world away from home.
Incidentally, I can help you with 'your' 1. too. If I see you make the smoke signal (which of course means help!) then I'll spray your way before making a clean getaway.
(**I told you Replied: 22nd Mar 09 at 21:07 someone dear to me came from Yorkshire - she knew the inventor of the cats' eyes. She also met Churchill in WW2.)
An old memory has tagged along here - of me being quite a distinguished extinguisher once.
My Grandad smoked a pipe and when we were little, my brother, sister and I helpfully blew out his matches for him ... before he'd lit the tobacco.
We only meant to be good when we were little ... whats must my Grandad have thought?
I didn't see Bennie's Bahama Puzzle duck today - I hope it's flown home, or stowed on a Bahama boat.
Replied: 21st Sep 2009 at 13:59
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You mustn't have disturbed your grandfather's peace too badly jo anne.
With such helpful measures I'm surprised you haven't suggested the old accupuncture method.
Apparently, if you stick pins repeatedly into your smokes it's easy to packet in.
You dont think blc's duck has ended up eaten do you?
Replied: 22nd Sep 2009 at 22:32
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I sincerely hope there was no fowl plate involved in the duck's disappearance, Dostaf.
In fact, I hope that it didn't meet any sort of *duck doom.
*Much worse than a duck do.
Replied: 23rd Sep 2009 at 23:07
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I've seen the dabbling duck, safe and sound and having its beakfeast this morning.
I'm going to try to stop ducking out of writing my story now. I'd love to quacked it.
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That senses pic was a bit unnerving jo anne. I almost had to have a lie down. Speaking of down, does the pintail need a new needle?
Thanks for the picture of the nakky woman.
Sweden is indeed the place for pumps.
I hope your initial steps to painting, don't involve daubing on numbered bridges.
Good luck as you crack on with your writing.
Replied: 25th Sep 2009 at 18:39
Thank you, Dostaf.
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The number of times I've tried to break away from WW and then come right back, Mache.
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