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Fifi
Surely not the first!
Ah, lovely fresh sand and a sunrise to match Eddie's sunset! Coffee and tea on the bar. Have spotted those mangoes are nice and ripe so will rustle up a tropical fruit salad. With some nice organice yogurt.
And maybe a bucks fizz as its friday! xx
Clean beach, calm sea, blue skies, a gentle breeze in the palm trees and the chuckle of spring water over the waterfall. What more could anyone want?
Except perhaps for more time in September to catch up with everything.
Meanwhile here is some wonderful heather honey on the comb, acquired from the incomparable farm shop at Tebay services. Fresh toast and farm butter on the bar and I've boiled the kettle for tea and put the coffee maker on. Some time one of you must explain how our solar power system works.
Enjoy - catch you later.
A.
xx
Witchiwoman(1) Yes.....the first! And a great strapline too! I'll have a Bucks Fizz, please, to celebrate with you.....but without the orange juice, if you don't mind. I'll save that to pour over this yummy friut salad. ;o)
I can see a beautiful blue boat boating.
Gum awning all.
A, x.
Eddie- WOW!
Witchi-great strapline-wish it were mine......;-)
Anne P- September- catch up? Some hope! 4000 words to do by weekend!
Help!!
Time for a dip and a coffee first.....
Mollyxx
'Morning, gals!
uAppy - Did you dream of your house?
uWW - congrats on the strap!
uFifi - Do you want a lie in? (oh, and thanks for the email)
uAP - Thanks for that lovely honey. Do you happen to live near Tebay? I discovered that my grandmother's family originated from Ravenstonedale/Sedbergh ... how lovely to live up there!
uGladysFriday - Aren't you glad it's Friday?
uGillian - Where's the fruit salad kept? Is there any left for a fruitloving frogger?
Hope I didn't hit any of you with a coconut yesterday, by the way. It was such fun up there on the ceiling. But today is not a Bumbly day.
Hello Appy - some fizz to clear that early morning...stuff?
witchi and Gillian.....sorry, looks like Feefs stayed over!
Thanks for the coffee much needed.
DIY
....mmmmmmmmmmmm......
* rolls over *
Fifi
iBigSis (8) no live in Derbyshire but always call in at Tebay services when on the M6 - no other service station like it and it's on my favourite stretch of the motorway too.
We were on our way to Scotland ancestor hunting among other things - the Scottish half of my family were as far as I knew from Barrhead, but I now discover there were generations of weavers in Kirkintilloch, illegitimate births - one due to the death of the father just before the wedding and more. Fascinating stuff.
* rolls over again, sits bolt upright and blurts out *
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS GHOTI & SELKIUS PISCINUS!
* slumps back into hammock *
...zzz...zzz...zzz...snort...zzz...zzz...
Fifi
uAP: Yes, the family history trail does throw up some interesting stuff, doesn't it?
Watching John Hurt last night on Who do you think you are?, I just wanted to give him a hug at the end. If you saw it, you'll know what I meant. But it drove home that families (in the past) often covered up a lot of things and reinvented themselves, little knowing that, in the 21st century, their goings on would come under scrutiny and their lies exposed.
Poor John Hurt! He so wanted to have Irish roots, yet it was all a load of baloney.
Oh, gosh, yes, iFeefs!
"Mr. Fish Mr. Fish
Blow the candles,
Have a Wish!"
Happy Birthday to you, Selkius!
Another joke to cheer up Belinda. This one came from the delightful frogger now know as Mr Snow:
I rear-ended a car this morning...I could tell it was going to be a REALLY bad day!
The driver got out of the other car, and he was a DWARF!!
He looked up at me and said "I am NOT Happy!"
So I said, "Well, then...... which one ARE you?"
That's how the fight started...
Fifi ;o)
What are you all doing on the beach when there's trash television that won't watch itself 'goin' on home'?
This morning's gem:
'People don't change,
They just forget who they used to be.'
Got the coffee going. Fizz on bar for the Fishy birthday.
Can you hear the chimes? The ice cream van has just pulled up. Who wants a 99?
aaaah!
bath oil, gladioli, Miles Kington's book, lots of A4 paper, a home-made birthday cake...
and birthday wishes from the Beach. What more could I ask? Sunshine? on the Beach there is always sunshine!
Later today someone has said they'll organise another cake here, so that everyone who wants can have some for tea.
Oh, and I went to the doctor at midday for blood-tests and pointed out that liver malfunction didn't exist in my blood-tests this time last month, and that statins carry the warning 'do not take if you have liver damage', and that maybe I ought to stop taking statins and see what happens, and got told to go away and stop taking the statins, so I don't even have bruises to make me feel miz. Yes! Result!
* swinging gently in hammock, eyes open *
Stewart (18) : May I have a wafer please? Far more opportunity for dribbly chins and sticky fingers!
Fifi
fifi, Nougat wafer or ordinary? And do you want monkeys blood on it?
SP - wahey!! double congrats. What flavour cake? Butter icing or 'flat'?
Oh, boy!
England Nil, Germany Nil. What a great result.
What HAS got in to our women? Is it the Beach cricket training or the hammock relaxation time or the full time masseur (Italian style) or the G&T lubricated health diets (courtesy of Gary Linekar)
I don't think Beckham could get a place in that side. (But I suppose he might try).
SM (18)
can i have a 'Rocket' please....if only for the colours!
Bappy Hirthday to Birthday Froggers....have a good one and I hope you celebrate in style.
Selkius..re statins. I have been on them since my heart attack in 2001 and the doseage has swung between 75mg and 20mg since. I think it depends on the time of year and the tides!!
for godenes sake will someone please give Feefs a moist wipe, she can't possibly go about looking like that, what on earth will people think!
Feefs if Eddie could 'see' you now.....tut tut...next time stick with a cone!
witchi.....marzipan please
seeing as there are lots of liquidity problems going on in RL I vote that we never let the stock get too low at NC's bar!
To this end I have 'deposited' four grates of chilled Grols*h and a barrel of Bulmers W**dpecker ready for the birthday celebrations.
DiW - still waiting on SPs orders but will make some marzipan fruits up for you!
Happy b'day, Chris! A fellow Virgo, I see.
Happy Birthday, Fishy Chris - some of my special chocolate birthday cake on the bar - you get the first slice, and as big as you like.
A.
xx
witchi...thanks...i just lurve marzipan. Come Xmas I have to quality test Mrs DIY icing of multiple Christmas cakes. Layers of apricot jam, marzipan and then royal icing!
Roll on December!
iBigSis (14) I did see John Hurt and rather felt they should have given him a get-out clause. Although his inheritance through the Brownes was invented there was nothing I could see that would have prevented Emma's mother from being Irish even if not aristocratic. They didn't seem to want to pursue that at all, although I understand that the ward in chancery bit makes it difficult.
** Maliciousness fairy is very twitchy this afternoon...third time lucky? **
Any chance of a c*rnetto?
Happy Birthday Selkius! Shall we have a paper plane race to use up some of your paper?
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DIY No Rockets left, will a FAB do?
Has anyone recorded an ice cream van chime for Sounds of summer? Mine used to play the happy wanderer.
Hammock, shadow,..... and a book. Beach is better if you have something good to read.
My book of the weekend is:
"The Looming Tower. Al-Qaeda and The Road to 9/11"
By Lawrence Wright.
Don't forget cold coconut water.
Guima
Stewart M (21) : Well, that was a bit of a disaster wasn't it? Serves me right for not giving you my preferred wafer options.
1. The nougat wafer stuck my teeth together.
2. Trying to free my jaws with my hands, I accidentally crushed the top wafer as well.
3. The monkey's blood then got all over my hands and the lower half of my face, causing me to look as if I had just eaten somebody without cooking them first.
4. My visitor arrived before I had a chance to tidy myself, and will have to dye his hair black again having had it turn instantly white at the sight of me.
5. As it turned out to be proper Italian ice cream, not that nasty plastic shaving foam rubbish, I took my time licking off as much as I could rather than just asking my visitor to hose me down quickly.
Sorry if my behaviour is considered unbecoming for the Beach, DIY. But you should realise by now that one thing Fifi can be absolutely relied to do is lower the prevailing tone.
Just off for a quick dip, to wash the last of it out of my hair. Do camels have a sweet tooth? I don't like they way they're sneaking closer whenever I'm not looking...
Fifi ;o)
Ah, home from work to a quick splash in the turquoise sea ...
Happy Birthday to the birthday boys. Do you know how many people you have to get in a room before it's probable that two of them share a birthday? (I'm not asking - but I can tell you if you want to know.)
I was going to say something else, but I've forgotten what it was ...
Oh, I remember - thanks for your joke Fifi - I've forwarded it to my daughter, who is always tickled by such things. (I was going to say something else, but it wouldn't be PC, I don't think.)
Sid
Well, I'm still ploughing through Alan Hollinghurst's 'The Line of Beauty' (oops, first wrote 'The Lie of Beauty'), Guima. Which I started weeks ago.
This was my chosen holiday reading cos I thought it would rain for a fortnight and I'd finish it. It didn't. I didn't.
Ah, home from work to a quick splash in the turquoise sea ...
Happy Birthday to the birthday boys. Do you know how many people you have to get in a room before it's probable that two of them share a birthday? (I'm not asking - but I can tell you if you want to know.)
I was going to say something else, but I've forgotten what it was ...
Oh, I remember - thanks for your joke Fifi - I've forwarded it to my daughter, who is always tickled by such things. (I was going to say something else, but it wouldn't be PC, I don't think.)
Sid
Stewart M (21) : Well, that was a bit of a disaster wasn't it? Serves me right for not giving you my preferred wafer options.
1. The nougat wafer stuck my teeth together.
2. Trying to free my jaws with my hands, I accidentally crushed the top wafer as well.
3. The monkey's blood then got all over my hands and the lower half of my face, causing me to look as if I had just eaten somebody without cooking them first.
4. My visitor arrived before I had a chance to tidy myself, and will have to dye his hair black again having had it turn instantly white at the sight of me.
5. As it turned out to be proper Italian ice cream, not that nasty plastic shaving foam rubbish, I took my time licking off as much as I could rather than just asking my visitor to hose me down quickly.
Sorry if my behaviour is considered unbecoming for the Beach, DIY. But you should realise by now that one thing Fifi can be absolutely relied to do is lower the prevailing tone.
Just off for a quick dip, to wash the last of it out of my hair. Do camels have a sweet tooth? I don't like they way they're sneaking closer whenever I'm not looking...
Fifi ;o)
Mods have gone a bit silly again ... originally that posting was sent to Room 502, hence I sent it again. Grrrr!
Sid dear, SAY IT ANYWAY. If you're scared of the pixies finding out, whisper it via the weblink in my name and I'll share it only with froggers I know to be robust of constitution...
Quick plug, and something I never thought I would catch myself saying:
You are all invited to visit Phrasebook (or whatever it's called) and hunt for Lying Scotsman. 12 froggy friends is lovely, but you could be so much more!
Fifi ;o)
..and now malicious. I'll give 'em malicious!
Happy Birthdays, Chris and to all others who share the day.
DI, I hope you remembered a few drops of Liffey, but worry not, 'cause I'll bring along another barrel, just in case Bill 'n Ben show up.
Great strap line, WW!
Anne, I remember when Tebay was a wee place with de3licious (and inexpensive) steak sandwiches. Still great, but no longer cheap. The older truck stop at Tebay (Jct 38, I think)n used to be the REAL DEAL, with a trucker's sausage casserole and friendly large ladies serving. Free showers and all. Worth a look-in, if passing.
Local sausages (loads of 'em) by the BBQ. He'p yersels.
Slainte
ed
Happy Birthday Selkius!
(And who is the other birthday boy?
Quickly, someone, before he hears.....)
Some champagne truffles for Selkius and some real, genuine 'cupcakes'- one each!
Rugby?..........hmmmm..........Rounders anyone?
Mollyxx
Happy Birthday Selkius!
(And who is the other birthday boy?
Quickly, someone, before he hears.....)
Some champagne truffles for Selkius and some real, genuine 'cupcakes'- one each!
Rugby?..........hmmmm..........Rounders anyone?
Mollyxx
Thinking of mac (17), I once heard:
Old buildings don't subside - they simply find a more comfortable position to rest.
-oOo-
In honour of the birthdays I've given the camels some minty snacks to try and disguise their, er, "unique", breath odour.
It's been a while since I last brought some Pimms down to the NC bar, so I have, together with practically any mixer you can think of.
If you look hard enough, you may find a bottle or two of unopened champagne left over from the blog birthday last month.
Now to find a spare hammock...
HELLO!!, I'M BACK!!!
Ed I, you're a magician, I just about heard the word Liffey, I ripped out of non-curved jacket, and then the cell door, back on day two, swung open. So we got back over here as fast as we could.
Cor, could I do with a Liffey.
I hope you don't mind but I've brought a few friends. Can I introduce Harvey, he's a big rabbit, funny thing is that he doesn't seem to say a lot. I think he's shy. And then there's my little friend Baldrick, don't mind him he just mumbles about cunning plans.
Right where's that Guinness.
Cheers.
B'n'B
HELLO!!, I'M BACK!!!
Ed I, you're a magician, I just about heard the word Liffey, I ripped out of non-curved jacket, and then the cell door, back on day two, swung open. So we got back over here as fast as we could.
Cor, could I do with a Liffey.
I hope you don't mind but I've brought a few friends. Can I introduce Harvey, he's a big rabbit, funny thing is that he doesn't seem to say a lot. I think he's shy. And then there's my little friend Baldrick, don't mind him he just mumbles about cunning plans.
Right where's that Guinness.
Cheers.
B'n'B
I just knew it would happen. Room 502 already.
Selkius and other b boy-
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
My other thingy got lost, it seems- along with the HUGE box of champagney truffley things for you.
poem instead,? (from my a. book)?
hem-hem!
Tommy Rose sat on
A pin and
Tommy Rose.....
coat,Selkius....?
Mollyxx
Happy Birthday for yesterday Mr Fish! (Sorry I seem to have missed yesterday completely, I'm not sure quite where it went....)
Welcome back B&B!x
Guima! I've got my coconuts in cold water, What do I do now?
Selkius and other b boy-
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
My other thingy got lost, it seems- along with the HUGE box of champagney truffley things for you.
poem instead,? (from my a. book)?
hem-hem!
Tommy Rose sat on
A pin and
Tommy Rose.....
coat,Selkius....?
Mollyxx
Well Met, B'nB!
Glad you heard the call. Hope you're keeping in the light when it's not too blinding. Gorgeous full-fat milky way tonight and feeling definitely autumnal.
I was referring to Selkius' slippery personality(ies), although, for all I know there may well be others born on this day (in the rather arbitrary earthling calendar).
Imagine an autumnal character assuming piscean guise!
Oh, but it's good to hear from you again B 'n B!
God bless everyone!
Slainte!
ed
Bill'n'Ben - Well it's been a while but welcome back. As it happens I've just arranged a little jaunt to Dublin - the home of the Liffey water - and I have a huge smile on my face. I'll not be drinking Liffey or any other alcohol but I'll be intoxicated nevertheless.
morning peeps, and a fine morn it is....off for a swim. Coffee and dunkin doughnuts on the bar, catch u later.
DIY
well that was glorious, warm water, gentle waves, camels frollicking in the surf!
just going to catch up with some quality time with my towel wake me for froopy elevenses...ta
DIY
Welcome back Bill'n'Ben...I hope you can stay for the weekend.
Thanks for the doughnuts, DIWyman. Here's a selection of flapjacks for elevenses. Oh dear, I think we'd better have a salad for lunch!
whoops.....over dozed but at least I am a froopy sort guy again!
Feefs thanks for flapping jacks, just the job.
Salad for lunch.....wow.......just as in RL!
My grandson, Ethan, will be four next Tuesday and all the family are heading over here for a get together and a pre Birthday Party this afternoon. And we are doing the biggest salad selection for tea that you have ever seen.....will try to remember to take pics and flicker them.
Right onwards and upwards....
DIY
ooooh
I just been snorkling, and have found *this*!! It's not as heavy as it looks, but I think it is solid!!!
What shall I do with it?!!! (tee hee!!)
n-n
xx
(belated birthday wishes all round, i think!!)
In case anyone's interested, the answer to the birthday question is 23. (When you get 23 rndom people in a room, it's more likely than not that two of them will share a birthday.)
Hmm. The beach isn't really the place for probability theory, is it? Off for another swim then ...
Sid
nikki noodle (57) - I think you are going to have to put that back where you found it. That's the sonar/sound-emitting thingy (I don't want to get too technical) that keeps the sharks away from the Beach!
Hello all,
I'm off to do a wedding in the real world, or is this real and the other just a figment of my warped imagination.
Anyway keep smiling all, and I'll see you later.
Bill'n'Ben
ps Thanks for the Liffey Ed
Only 23 people, Sid? That seems improbably low. But then, there are shared birthdays in frogdom. So maybe it's true.
Feefs - I can't email you via your site cos I use a web-based email. Any suggestions?
Large jugs of Pimms on the bar at Nick's. Might be the end of our lovely Indian summer in September.
Just out of interest, does anybody else occasionally have something appear called Movable Type Publishing Platform when you click on this blog?
David (62) no not me! But then I'm not that observant..
Off out soon for some very posh nosh. I might just bring a doggy bag back laterx
Frances i (61)
Yes, it does go against our intuition doesn't it? But if I may quote from Wikipedia (is that allowed on the beach?' "The key to understanding this problem is to think about the chances of no two people sharing a birthday: what are the chances that person 1 has a different birthday from person 2 and that person 3 has a different birthday again and person 4, etc. Each time another person is added to the room, it becomes less and less likely that their birthday isn't already taken by someone else. If one has a sample space of n people, the first person has 365 possible birthdays to choose from. The 2nd person would have only 364, the 3rd would have 363, and so on and so forth."
I haven't mentioned the problems that arise from the fact that births are not equally spread through the yaer (or the week) - but in fact that unevenness makes the original proposal even stronger.
I could explain, if anyone's still awake ...
Sid
Sid (64) - I believed you the first time and thought that it was somewhere in the 20's.
I remember many, many years ago having the exact same question and answer both demonstrated and then explained in a bio-statistics lecture, where a mathematics professor was teaching us probability theory.
I've forgotten 99% of it, but remember being fascinated by the seemingly illogical suddenly becoming logical.
This from a fellow frogger...
Scientists have discovered that most woman at some point in their lives contain intelligent DNA.
Unfortunately 85% of them spit it out.
...needless to say, a male frogger!
Fifi ;oD
PARTY!!!
I like Northern Rock
You got my whole bank roll
Move it to a safer place
So I dont lose it all
Let's have a party
Let's have a party
Send King to the bank note store for this
I'll buy no more of it
We're going to have a party tonight.
Lets put the Northern Rock mangers in charge of the wine. They'll serve a cool half million of us with just half a dozen bottles from reserves.
Drink from the Northern Rock widow's cruse tonight and drown your sorrows.
(Life guards available along the whole beach).
imac (67) I find your comment extremely cruel, and in bad taste, and if you want to discuss it, then I suggest we move to another thread.
Mac (67) : There are some things it's not right to joke about.
:o(((
Fifi
Gillian - I'm afraid mac/imac has a bit of a problem - social inadequacy/booze/whatever. I think that conversing with him will only encourage his sometimes meaningless but more often offensive drivel. I think that he is best ignored.
Gossipmistress (63),
Next time it happens I'll copy the link.
Gossipmistress (63) Thanks for the doggy bag...posh nosh indeed! I particularly enjoyed the mini caviar blinis, and that was the first time I had tried quails' eggs. I hope you enjoyed your evening.
Bill'n'Ben, how was the wedding?
I've just made some cheese on toast....help yourselves from the bar.
RJD - what a great strapline! I admit defeat - you win!
DIWy(56) - have you flickered yet? I hope there's a pic of you - I want to see what ''froopy'' looks like! I hope you all had a lovely day.
Sorry one and all. It was my version of Always look on the Bright Side of Life.
I agree with RJD, its best ignored.
Sorry anyway.
I won't give the post numbers I refer to. Lets treat it like a land fill site that's been landscaped over and is rotting away discretely.
Here's 100 year old brandy for everyone.
Pity we're one glass short of a full round.
Ah, an act of abstinence in contrition for me. Every cloud.... I stand alone without a glass in hand.
I salute you all.
(Hmm.. better not swig from the bottle I suppose. (Squints through green glass. Hey, ho, none left anyway. The Gods of sand sea and sun are not mocked).)
Gillian - No defeatist attitude allowed! At least they are keeping to their word and are putting up new straplines every day in September thus far.
Now I'm going to watch MotoGP and F1 for a few hours. There's a big screen behind the NC Bar and beer, wine, crisps, dips and other sorts of unhealthy eats and drinks available. I'd love to see a McLaren 1-2!
RJD, you are a prince among strapliners!
* bows deeply before blog greatness *
Pass the pickled onion flavour crisps, mate?
Fifi ;o)
Anyway, Fi I said to him,''If you think I'm .........
(NNNNEEEEEEOOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!) another think coming! You don't really think I'm ...........
(SSSSSHHHHHHRRRRRRRREEEEEEKKKKKK!) I don't know who told you that '' - Excuse me, Fi....
(DDDDDDRRRRRR!)
RJD TURN THE VOLUME DOWN PLEASE! FIFI AND I ARE TRYING TO HAVE A QUIET GOSSIP OVER HERE!!!
Anyway, Fi.....pppssspppsss...
Hi Gillian glad you enjoyed the nosh! Yes lovely evening thanks, unfortunately curtailed at 12.30 as had to be in work by 08.30!
RJD - your strapline is even better than your sunrise!! :-)
Are we barbie-ing tonight?
Gillian - OK! OK! - I'm switching to my earphones!
GMX - I'm on for a barbie!
Sounds of Summer chez Fifi:
* grunt ... ching! ... flap ... grunt *
(dismantling of gazebo)
* step .. step .. trip! .. smack .. clatter *
(carries pegs into kitchen to wash, falls over fly curtain blowing in breeze, lands on wooden floor on knees & elbows)
* loud swearing, including death threats to stupidly designed fly curtains *
If only someone had recorded it all... hilarious!
Fi (ouch!) Fi
Don't laugh... having signed up to Phrasebook, which I swore I'd never do, I am now trying out the flickering place!
Does anyone know if they'll let me set up a gallery of my own and other's pics with permission, specifically so that people use them?
It's for a charity I work for. If what I'm planning isn't compatible with the flickery ethos, I'll dump the account and persevere with Phrasebook which isn't ideal.
Fifi
As it's my birthday tomorrow, anyone fancy cocktails at NC's?
I have discovered another assignment that's due in but I've got AGES on that one. Well, until Friday...
I'm having a Rubber Chicken!
Thanks Karen - make mine a Cuba Libre please.
What are your plans for tomorrow?
Fifi (81) I guess the best thing to do is ask them directly, by e-mail, through the ''Help'' link on the homepage. You may even find a FAQ which covers your query. Good luck with your plans, anyway.
Cheers! *chink!*
Some idiot messed up the rota so I'm working all day!! Still, I'll get it right next year and give myself the day off...
I've not really planned anything 'cos all the plans I've made in the last 2 weeks have gone awry. I planned to work a couple of hours yesterday morning and ended up at work all day! If all goes well I'll have an easy day at work, get home in time to listen to PM and then go out with friends for a relaxed evening.
If all goes normally the day will go to rats, the computers won't work, someone will phone in sick, I'll work late and collapse in a heap at about 6pm with a glass of something alcoholic and no energy to do anything other than "Listen Again" to PM. I will have the satisfaction of having finished my assignment though!
Karen (82) : My favourite is a rather pedestrian Black Russian.
Happy birthday tomorrow Kaz!
Fifi xx
Congrats RJD - as, I think, others have said, that strapline wins hands down!!!
Simply Excellent!!! I just had to read it out loud!!!
[and is a Mclaren 1-2 a bit like the foxtrot? or more like a fandango??!]
GM - hope so, I've just bin and got my bananas wrapped in foil, ready to fritter!!! aaah, a nice bit of chicken too, marinading (sp - probably?!) since the year dot.
And Karen, I've brought my rubber chicken too, but is that *really* what you want me to do with it??!
n-n
xx
I did find a couple of other cocktails too! A Bull Frog and a Screaming Virgin. I think they both had gin in though and I cannot stand it!! My favourite would result in me being banished to the naughty step and that just wouldn't be fair!
RJD,
I also recognise the genius of your strapline - swine!!!
;-)
Karen (88) : I love gin so pass that Bull Frog to me please!
I wouldn't know what to do with a Screaming Virgin though ... however much gin was in him/her!
Fifi x
RJD
Brilliant strapline-almost missed it, didn't I.......
10.30 already- bed time for me.
'night everyone!
Mollyxx
Fifi - Flic*r lets you choose not only who sees your photos but whether they can use them freely or not at all. You can choose per photo or for the whole batch. Is this what you meant?
I know it's a bit late but I've just got the barbie going! Mr N-N your chicken & bananas are sizzling nicely - are you going to eat them together - wasn't that a recpie from 'Fo*r Wed*ings'? Sausage bap, anyone? Oh well, they'll do for breakfast!
Karen - Happy Birthday in anticipation!
Oh, Feefs (66, I think) that is an old joke. Your fellow frogger has been scraping the bottom of the camel.
RJD - fabby strapline!
Am typing in the near dark as the overhead light has kaput. Will do my best to avoid typos.
Karen - happy birthday, and I rather think I should try a Bullfrog just because it seems the right thing for a frogger to do. Ouch, my arm behind my back.
Meanwhile - two important questions -
1. ififi, hen, how do I contact you?
2. I've just been out gathering an abundance of cobnuts. Are they edible? (like hazlenuts)
I'm going to repeat my questions, cos they are important (to me)
1. ififi, how do I contact you? I use a web-based email and it won't let me email you through your site.
2. I've just been out gathering an abundance of cobnuts. Are they edible? (like hazlenuts). I've got a bagful.
I've seen them in the local market, but these ones are small and the ones in the market are bigger and longer.
Night Molly (91).
And night everyone else. I've finished my Bull Frog and am wondering whether I was too hasty to turn down that Screaming Virgin......!
Fifi ;o)
Many thanks to everybody who congratulated me on the excellence of my strapline. I realise that you are all only saying it because it is true! :o)
Thank goodness we're free of that blinking strapline. Oh cripes, now there's one from Fifi.
Is that Marc ever going to stop making us grin?
btw, I posted a couple of serious questions earlier and they've not come through yet.
Apols if they're just held in the bloggage.
Morning all, usual drinks and nibbles for breakfast lined up on the bar....
btw, Feef, I think what you need for your flickering idea is a Group page. This allows you and anyone else who you nominate to post photos into the group page. By playing around with the rights that are assigned to each photo, you can allow or disallow various rioghts for people to use the photos (search in the site foir Creative Commons licence)
right, just off for a stroll around the island. See you all at lunchtime :)
Morning, peeps! A very large pot of coffee and some warm croissants at Nick's.
Mondays, eh?
Francesurgently: Yes, they are edible, and very nice I have them in abundance every year from a hazel in my garden. Only thing you need is patience to crack them, and acceptance that they won't all contain an edible nut.
I roast mine. They're lovely.
Re contacting Feefs: Right click on the link on their webpage, copy shortcut, then you can paste that and all will be revealed.
Frances O - mondays indeed. But hey, we have the Frog! Bring on the coffee and pastries :)
Karen - oink! oink! xx xx
Hogs and kisses on your birthday!
Thanks everyone! As predicted the PCs are down but I did get a card with a camel on it from my colleagues!
Sometimes there just doesn't seem to be enough caffeine in the world....
Hippy Boinkday, Karen! And glad to see your colleagues are getting the hang of Beachlife!
Time to cheer up Karen - I know! we can conga around the Beach. Come one, guys! Karen, you're in the lead
>>>>>>>>>>I came I saw I conga'd I came I saw I conga'd>
>conga'd I saw I conga'd I saw I conga'd I saw I>
>I came I saw I conga'd I came I saw I conga'd>
>conga'd I saw I conga'd I saw I conga'd I saw I
>I came I saw I conga'd I came I saw I conga'd>
>conga'd I saw I conga'd I saw I conga'd I saw I>
>I came I saw I conga'd I came I saw I conga'd>
>conga'd I saw I conga'd I saw I conga'd I saw I >>>>>>>>>>>
Hey BigSis. I'm very happy!! The systems being down means that I get a nice relaxed day here today.
The only site I can actually get onto is the PM blog. Could be much worse.
Happy 21st Karen!
I posted my joke of the month here earlier this morning but I guess it was just a few degrees over the naughty limit - shame - because it was very funny.
Anyone got any idea as how I can double the number of hours in the day? Not even on the beach? Oh well, I rather thought not.
Meanwhile there's some home-made autumn vegetable soup and shop bought olive bread on the bar, seeing as it has turned very autumnal in September.
Karen..Bappy Hirthday....have a good one..
DIY
Hippo Birdy Karen!
Gillian (73).....
never before in the field of a 4 year olds pre-Birthday Party was so much food consumed by so many guests in such a short time, followed by so much ale, cider, wine and lemonade over the following evening!
I recall taking some pictures and when I have got my head to work again i will download them and see IF there any worth flickering!
I am now going to climb into this hammock and go into re boot mode!
DIY
*peeps out from behind sandune*
*sidles over to bar*
*removes scarf, sunglasses & large trench coat*
Yipppeeee!!!! I'm back on the beach!!!!!!
Oh, I have missed you all. Even the new people that have arrived since I left. If you see what I mean. Have brought large hamper of celebratory drinks and eats - dig in.
Now, I'm off for a long-overdue swim and then I'll pay my respects to the camels.
Happy Birthday, Karen. If you are having computer problems, the following might help to point in the right direction as to what is going wrong.
The User-machine interface
User-friendly:
C:\ DUR
Command not found. Try retyping
User-helpful:
C:\ DUR
I don't understand DUR. Do you mean DIR ?
User-hostile:
C:\ DUR
Ha! A mistake! I'm sure you meant to say FORMAT, so that's what I'll do.
User-indifferent:
C:\ DUR
DUR?
User-patronising:
C:\ DUR
Now, that's not quite right is it? Let's try again, shall we, and this time use the manual that the nice salesperson gave you when you bought me.
User-obsequious:
C:\ DUR
I'm so very, very sorry but I don't understand that. I'm sure it was my fault, but if you would please try again I'll do my very, very best.
User-sarcastic:
C:\ DUR
Well, look who's made a mistake then. Very unusual, I don't think.
H.
When I worked in IT many years ago we used to refer to certain problems as PEBCAKs
Problem Exists Between Chair and Keyboard.
System is up and running again in the same way as a three legged spider runs. We're not optimistic and may just knock off early!
Perky (112) Wow! - Seems like months since you've been here!. You've missed quite a bit, you know. Just a few of the highlights:
- Gillian was deported from Ibiza for annoying innocent Spanish residents by trying to sell them timehares on OUR beach.
- Gossipmistress stood in for the lead soprano at Last Night of the Proms and sang Land of Hope and Glory - reggae style!
- nikki noodle is trying to get Lottery funding to establish an Academy of Excellence for his 鈥渞ock-spring and hang about鈥 sport. We鈥檙e all crossing our legs for him - sorry, I mean fingers.
- DI Wyman was up before the Magistrates on charges of Speedo abuse - he was sentenced to 6 months Bermuda shorts.
There are few other stories but I'll let other relate the more shocking ones.
yawn....stretch......turn over.......thud, falls out of hammock.
oh well may as well have some olly bread and soup for lunch now that I am up.....thanks Anne P......yum yum.
DIY
Karen,
and a Hippo Bathday from me too! When are we bringing the birthday cake out?
Welcom back Perky :)
Happy Birthday, Karen.
Party later?
RJD-
erm!....have you seen....erm!...*105*?
(I think it's worse this time........!)
Mollyxx
It depends, Fifi-The-Turncoat (81), upon what you want to do with the site. If you want to make the pictures available to the whole world, then FlickR is probably better as no-one who is not already registered need do so. You would be able to pass on the user name and password to trusted other people so that they can upload their pictures without having to pass them on to yourself first. Someone (was it Fearless Fred?) did that here to set up the Froggersfriends site months ago although many people have since decided to set up their own accounts.
If you want the photographs to only be viewable by a certain group of people, and they all have Phase(rSetToStun)Book accounts already, that might be an option; otherwise they will have to sign on for an account. If that approach is of advantage to the group, for example it makes passing on details of what is happening and when, then that could sway your decision about how to proceed. I get the impression if you want to post pictures on FlickR, and then restrict the viewing of these that again FlickR accounts would need to be setup as it appears that it only uses other FlickR accounts as validation of friend of family status.
Just remember that some people, when they say that they have no intention of joining Phase(rSetToStun)Book, are true to their word.
H. :-(
The road menders are setting decibel records outside and driving me potz in here.
Still, soon they'll be back to re - laying the paving slabs.
I suggested a couple of them came down on to the beach. (A bit of peace and quiet for me and maybe they'd be knocked down by a iBiGi iSiSi conga reel (with luck))
Well, two of them did show up. They looked up and down the beach at 3 miles of sand. One turned to the other and said
'Let's get out of here before the cement arrives.'
PS What is (21/23)**364 and why?
Molly(118): Is that the conga you don't like?
Come on! Join in! It's fun!
Welcome back Perky, we have never met, but I am doing time for abusing RJD's Speedos, so I have to wear these Bermuda shorts made by Gillian out of some old curtains she got off of jonnie........wot u mean pull yerself together!
Molly (118) I'm hoping the conga line will pass through the NC Bar later for cocktails.
Hi Perky!
Karen - are you having a fun day?
My throat is very sore and I have no gargley asprin at work :( Am going to vegetate in the hammock for a bit as DiW has thoughtfully fallen out of it. Oh...strapline inspiration, quick detour to RL!
witchi (124) i am now entralled! How can me falling out of a hammock inspire a strapline....do tell!
iDIY
Karen, I'm glad the computers are giving you a day of comparative rest!
Can anyone tell me whether there is a difference between Karen's machine not being 100% and the frog being unable to accept things for hours on end, and spattering 50thingies like flydirt? I can't even remember what I tried to post now!
Drink?
[Yells] Doctor!!! Dooccttooooorrrrrrrrr!!!!!!! Someone has been entrailed here (125) and the smell is something awful. Is there something that you can do to help?
H.
Happy B'days from me too!!!
Did someone say "drink?" !!
Big "eye eye" Sis - that's the way to do it!!! gosh, everyone enjoys a conga - eventually!!
Right, my rubber chicken is nearly done....
n-n
xx
hmm third time lucky? Or am I just repeating - a bit like a sardine sandwitch???
Big Sister(121)
Oh, alright then- hope i don't trip you up.....
-2-3-4-....>>>>like this?>>>>we'e going to Karen's partywe're going to karen's party>la- lala la-lalala>>>>la-lalala>>>> ;;-)
Where is everyone....?
Mollyxx
Big Sister(121)
Oh, alright then- hope i don't trip you up.....
-2-3-4-....>>>>like this?>>>>we'e going to Karen's partywe're going to karen's party>la- lala la-lalala>>>>la-lalala>>>> ;;-)
Where is everyone....?
Mollyxx
~~~~~~~The drinks are on the Bar-Bar, the drinks are on the Bar-Bar, dee dah dee dah dah, dee dah dee dah dah ~~~~~~~
Oh, I AM enjoying your birthday conga, Karen!
Is that the Northern Rock Conga Reel that iBiIiGi iSiIiSi is leading?
This is La Dulce Vita for real (virtually) without Paparazzi.
We are SO entitled to a party, things have been SO worrying!
Thats all over now! So lets party! Its everybody's birthday today! We're piling every penny we've got into NR tomorrow, so lets live tonight!!
And its all above board! NR is paying us the interest from business shareholders aren't going to make a penny piece from.
And the best bit is, we say its the government that is rotten from top to bottom, dishonest to the core!!!
Do you think we should get some barbed wire to run along the groynes each end of the beach to keep the American homeless out? They might start washing up on beaches like ours like the dispossessed rich on the run from Cuba on Miami beaches.
Just as a matter of interest, is someone collecting these straplines? It would be a pity to lose them ... wouldn't it?
Sid
Hi Perky! Good to see you! (Laand -Chicka-of-chicka-ho-ope - chicka -a-and - chicka - glo-ooo - chicka - oor - chicka - reee wow this reggae version is groovy)
What RJD failed to tell you is that he has spent th entire few months chained to the Naughty Step. He's not the (strapline) messiah, he's a very naughty boy!
Hello Chums, and sorry I missed your birthday Mr Fish -- hope it was swanking.
Happy birthday to you too Karen.
And welcome back Perky.
I think I've caught up with goings-on since Friday. So much work to do this week as I'm out of the office all next week. Hardly any time for frogging :-( Still, I'm sure you'll all still be here at the beginning of October. You will, won't you?...
Morning all - hot lemon and honey for me this morning but have turned the coffee maker on. Anyone for cappuccino?
DiW (125) - inspiration strikes at the funniest times. Normally about half 3 in the morning, or halfway through making bread, so falling out of a hammock makes perfect sense (even if this post doesn't...oh dear, its not starting well today!)
Welcome back, Perky!
Hope you enjoyed your party, Karen - sorry I missed the conga, but I was at the theatre last night. If any of you are within easy reach of Brum, go and see Rough Crossings at the Rep - wonderful!
DIWyman, re your Bermudas....you do realise there's a drawstring in the pocket? You can raise the legs like Venetian blinds!!
RJD - have you made your mind up yet about which plot you'd like? You'll have to hurry if you want a beach-front house!
Morning all - tried to join you for a drink last night but just got 502'd - frustrating evening for the blog.
Well, we have clean water here without having to process it, so I've just made some fresh Ceylon and topped up the coffee maker.
Catch you all later - toodle pip.
A.
xx
Humph (127) re (125)
dysloctic keybard!
Thanks
iDIY
huff...puff...huff...puff....huff.....
.....sorry bit late with the elevenses, RL is getting in the way....
....any way a fine selection of 'sticky buns' are now on the bar, can someone keep a lookout for camels, you know hoe they lurve sweet sticky things...
POOSH!
re newsletter. Is something polish that peppered vodka that has appeared in the fridge behing the bar?
iBigSis (108): (The start of the conga)
Were you listening to "All Gas & Gaiters" the other night too?
I'm back at work, so I really shouldn't be transporting myself to The Beach. Still, most people down on the Third Floor are away on holiday, so who'd notice if I took a break?
*strolls up to the pebbly end of the Beach*
*crunch crunch crunch*
Anyone up for skimming stones?
*bounce*
*bounce*
*bounce*
*plop*
Cat (143): No I wasn't - but now I know it was on, I wish I had!
The conga is, for me, inextricably linked to parties. As a child, when we lived in South Africa (no telly, but lots of laughs), there were lots of parties held by one lovely couple, and we all used to conga round their flat, kids and grown ups alike. God knows what the people living underneath thought - if they weren't at the party, that is!
i see that a certain city in the west of scotland that starts with G, ends in W with lasgo in between now has a sea plane service!
do you you think we could have a zero carbon emission sea plane service at the beach?
it would make it a lot easier if we wanted to quickly nip off somewhere!
I seem to be being silenced on the beach today!!
I'll just lie down in this hammock.
DI (145):
Yes, we have a seaplane, and if you click on my link above and then click on the "Photos - Glasgow August" link at the top of that page, somewhere down the bottom of the resulting page, you can see my photos of said seaplane.
Warning: I'm no David Baillie...
DIYman. We could have a person powered flight competition. That would be reasonably carbon neutral!
Run Run run, Flap Flap Weeeeeeeeeeee! Splash!
Stew (147)
I am really impressed.....now can you do it carrying me as I need to nip down to TesBury's and get some for coffee.....
Oh.....saw this.....
Bless me Father for I have sinned. I have been with a loose woman.
The priest ask, 鈥淚s that you, little Johnny Parisi?
Yes, Father it is.
And who was the woman you were with? I can鈥檛 tell you, Father. I don鈥檛 want to ruin her reputation.
Well, Johnny, I鈥檓 sure to find out her name sooner or later, so you may as well tell me now.
Was it Tina Minetti?
I cannot say.
Was it Teresa Volpe? I
鈥榣l never tell.
Was it Nina Capeli?
I鈥檓 sorry but I cannot name her.
Was it Cathy Piriano?
My lips are sealed.
Was it Rosa Di Angelo, then?
Please, Father, I cannot tell you.
The priest sighs in frustration. You鈥檙e very tight lipped, Johnny Parisi and I admire that. But you鈥檝e sinned and have to atone. You cannot attend church services for 4 months. Now you go and behave yourself.
Johnny walks back to his pew, and his friend Nino slides over and whispers, What鈥檇 you get?
Four months vacation and five good leads鈥..
You know, I've been on this Beach the best part of a year now and I've never tried a hammock - usually preferring to just drop down on the sand or sit under a tree.
So, I think I'll give it a go. But two questions:
Given my not inconsiderable proportions, which is likely to be the strongest?
and
Is there an elegant way to get in and out? Or is it on and off? Or is it mount and dismount?
Sorry that turned into four questions, but you know what I mean.
RJD
the Purple 4 up Mk II Xls GTI is the one and may I sugest a hop, a skip and a JUMP?
DIY
Thanks for that DIY. Your advice was just one element short of being perfect; you might have told me that it is prudent to check if anybody is already occupying the hammock!
Ap - I'm really, really sorry! Are you OK?
Ouch! There was a rude awakening! I've heard of being "jumped" but that wasn't quite what I'd imagined!
RJD - gosh, never seen you in a hammock before! well, I say "in", but it all looks a bit hokey-cokey, I mean, your left leg's in....
...out...
..in...
...out...
NOOOOO!!! Don't do the "turn around" bit!! That's not what it's all about!!!
oh well.
The classical "dismount from hammock" scores nil points!!
n-n
xx
DIY - Nice strapline a la John Lewis. BUT it is so close to one that I sent in a few weeks ago that I may demand a recount!
RJD (155)
thanks....I sent that one in on 2nd of August at 11:37!
Are the hammocks safe again? Cold is currently occupying my brain cavity so not expecting much in the repartee/insight/higher functions department today. Can manage a coffee run though!
Ahoy!, everybody, how be you today?
Well shiver me timbers, if it isn't Cap'n Sparrow whose I sees lurching out from yonder dunes.
DIY - We obviously responded on the same day to a request for new straplines. This from me to PM also on the 2nd August:
"News 鈥 Never knowingly under told"
Great minds think alike, eh?
Ahoy, there, DIY and RJD, so I did meself send in like strapline, many months back, yet did not see it appear.
Now, buckos, let's down to the bunghole to grab us some vittals. A pirate could murder for a bacon butty.
Pirate iBigSis (158):
Arr! Tis "Talk like a Pirate Day" right enough! Any landlubber who brings up that scurvy calumny about the names o' Cap'n Pugwash's men will be keelhauled round a camel. Arr!
Now, where's me lads? I'll be off to find Bluebeard Mair's Treasure quickr'n you can say "pieces of six" (that's the scurvy interest rate drop for ye!)
Now, what be I forgettin'?
Oh yes... arrrr!
Good Morning!
Bit chilly today so I've warmed up some Bath buns to have with your coffee.
Can someone rermind me of the address for the strapline chappie- some 'postmaster' or someone has sent thm back!
Cheek!!!
Mollyxx
Big Sister - I say, if there is one thing that I don't do - it is lurch!
Have you seen my parrot?
Morning all, could do with a neck and shoulder massage - must've been doing something wrong at tai chi yesterday - stiff this morning.
Not too stiff though to set up some fresh teas - good selection of herbal ones this morning for those so inclined, peppermint (good for settling dicey tummies), camomile (very calming), also a red berry one, elderflowers and lemon and redbush.
A.
xx
Sail ho! Begad, it's the Jollyboat Frogger. Ahoy! What's yer booty? Tea, grog and grub! Splice the mainbrace, and gi'e us a shanty!
RJD (159) & Pirate ibBig Sissy (160)
ahh arrrr....just goes to show..great minds think alike
and Jack yer parrot was in last nights pie.. ahh har me hearties, 'twas a tasty old bird 'e wos....
Anne P - step right up, I'll just pop the gunpowder over there and grab the oils!
Please be *sensible* for a tiny mo-
I am a maiden in distress- please answer my cry for help-
or are you afraid of the competition, methinks.......
Mollyxx
Please be *sensible* for a tiny mo-
I am a maiden in distress- please answer my cry for help-
or are you afraid of the competition, methinks.......
Mollyxx
Shiver me timbers, Seaman DIWy (166)- ye'll be kissin' the gunner's daughter then, Matey!
Sink me! If I didn't cut me a slice o' that pie when I broke fast - 'twas mighty tasty, Cap'n.
AyeAye, Gillian, matey - here's a shanty for ye!
"Oh, poor old man your parrot will die
And we say so, and we know so
Oh, poor old man your parrot will die
Oh, poor old man
We'll hoist him up to the main yardarm
We'll hoist him up to the main yardarm
Say, I old man your parrot will die
Say, I old man your parrot will die
We'll drop him down to the depths of the sea
We'll drop him down to the bottom of the sea
We'll sing him down with a long, long roll
Where the sharks'll have his body
and the devil have have his soul"
Mind, looking at some of the froggers this fair morn, p'raps I should be singing "What shall we do with the drunken sailor"?
Hey PirateibBigSis,
Did you hear about the pirate with two wooden legs?They caught fire and burned his ARRrrrse to the ground!
Molly - ahoy there! (that's as far as the talk like a pirate effort goes from me). You can send your straplines into the PM programme(usual pm email address), but just put "strapline" into the subject of your email.
The others are just trying to keep you out of the competition, I fear. Elbows at the ready. You can see how seriously the boys take this sort of thing...
Good luck!
Parrot?
No parrot in my galley.y'll be arskin fir fruit next-
Buns and Redbush not good enough?
Now, where's the Cap'ns shift- was here last night....
Arr' tis crib time, pasties and finest smuggled rum await' in yonder chest
Annasee
Thank you- I've sent stuff before (don't say you've missd my gems, Annasee!)- gone clean out of my head....
''senior moment''?.......!
Mollyxx
Arr, Powder Monkey, heave to and join me in some grog .....
Oh I say! This yacht club seems to be for a different class of sailor. I think I shall suggest to the secretary that there be some sort of notice about this. After that, a letter to the Thunderer may be called for!
Ha harr me beauties, and belay me with a strapline. Let me hoist me pennant on one o them there camels - (they're ships of the desert). The Jolly Dromedary I reckon I'll call er. And a fine beast she is too - a better companion than a parrot any day, although 'tis a bit sore on the old shoulder after a bit. Let me steer a course around those people standing up agin that large boulder to the norr'ard. Why people would want to queue outside a Northern Rock is beyond me. Well stap me vitals, they all be carrying gold doubloons and the like. Good pickings fer the loikes of me I say. Lay me alongside master mate........
(Adjusts eye patch):
FearlessFred the PM Corsair, lower yer flag and heave to. And there'll be a tot of grog (undiluted) on Cap'n Clarke's Bar for ye to warm yer vittles.
Fred (178):
Arr! Prettily spoken me proud beauty, but you bain't foolin' us.
You be Admiral "Fearless" Fred o' the Royal Navy and I claim me five dubloons. You be here to reclaim our fine booty, but we ain't finished shakin' it yet.
Avast, me hearties! Off yonder jetty lies HMS Pedalo, cannon trained on this fine Beach, but round the headland comes me own fair ship, The Black Frog, sails a billowin', me crew wavin' their cuttlefish (ed. cutlasses surely?), water pistols primed and ready to scoosh!
Haharrr!
Avast - who be that brigand a hauli' hisself round you bay. Arrhh, 'tis the twice accursed Cap'n Mair the Maurader!
Good grief. I've just strolled down (with cat-like tread, as it happens) for a quick snooze and a glass of Shiraz, only to find the whole beach has been taken over by the G&S society. I'm guessing it's The Pirates of Penzance?
Hmm ... a quandary ... shall I join in, or shall I withdraw discreetly ...
A bottle of your best rum, barman!
Oh, when a blogger's not engaged in his employment [his employment] - come on everybody!
Sid
'Pieces of Six',
and
'Parrot Pie'?
Then i's knows exactly which parrot it is in the pie.
'Pieces of Six',
and
'Parrot Pie'?
Then i's knows exactly which parrot it is in the pie.
Parrot Pie, guaranteed not to repeat on aye - aye.
(This post is deli - icious).
I tought Wylliwaw was the only ship in the warf. Now I see pirates, wooden legs, parrots, black flags.
"wylliwaw calling... wylliwaw calling.... please go to channel 6...... Roger...."
"wylliwaw calling...can't read the name of your chip.....Roger..."
"Wylliwaw calling...Cap's inviting to a glass of rum on board....Roger..."
Guima
still with 2 eyes
Sid (183):
"A wand'ring camel I,
A thing of humps and kneebones,
An eyepatch and big headphones,
For listening to-oo PM,
For listening to-oo PM."
"Three little mates from school are we,
Second in command and awfully twee,
We'll slit your gizzards and have them for tea,
Three little mates... from school."
Ach Curses! me fine disguise 'as been seen through. Ahoy, there, mateys! I be thinkin' that we be missing an important member of the fleet. none other then Cap'n Sequin 'erself. She be marooned onshore, but I'll wager a chest of dubloons she's here afore long...
RJD (155) (Mi ol' Hearty 'n al that!) Sometime in Dec 2006 I sent in 'PM: Never knowingly unresolved' which they never used, but then again it's not as good as either of you two's!
By my stars! Some scurvy dog 'as made off with me finest baccy! But tis mighty strange how they camels 'ave started to foam and swagger.
Sorry chaps, I can't for the life of me understand a word that you are saying.
And can I also say that you are all doing a pretty miserable job of celebrarating" Talk like a Parrot Day". Shouldn't you all be saying "Pretty Polly" or "More tea, Vicar?" or something equally parroty?
Ah Guima! Just been looking at the Webcam panorama of Porto Alegre from yesterday - what a lovely sunny day! Can you send some over to Liverpool please?
Jack!!! :-) (163 & 190) Where have you been! I hope you brought me back some treasure! Come this way -- the little cave at the far end of the beach is just the place for you to rest your weary head and tell me about your adventures :-)
*sigh*
Ahoy Aperitif, me darlin', I be sorely missin' ye, these last months. I be on the account ye see, a sailin' an a fightin' all o'er with my fellow gentlemen o' fortune. An' I be mighty weighed down with dubloons and pieces o' eight and I looks for a lass to help me wisely waste me profit.
I do in truth be havin' lots of adventurous tales for ye to hear. So let's away to that thar cave an I relate all to thee and we may discuss how we is to pass the time until my sweet trade a calls be back. Shiver me timbers! - let's away!
Ahoy Jolly Gilly, by god yer a fine looking wench with the eyepatch and that cutlass strapped on.
What say you to mooring that barnacle encrusted old pedlo over here and giving us a quick fondle of yer doubloons...oohhh arrrrr.
Now that the scurvy Jack has gone, I'll hoist the Jolly Roger and claim this beach for Cap'n Eddie.
Begads, there'll be merriment here tonight, I can feel it in me bones.
Powder monkey, what ails the camels, dost thou think?
Lest we forget.....Fifi:
Pirate Rhea was shaking the gunpowder off her skirts after loading the cannon.
'Gunner Rhea!' Captain Jonny Depp shouted!
'Yes!' she shouted back 'but how did you know? I'm down wind of you'
PibBS -
Ah, I fear tis scurvey! Or they camels pilfered the baccy and tis playing 'avoc with'er tongues!
A pirate walks into a bar with a peg leg, a parrot on his shoulder, and a steering wheel down his trousers. The barman says, "Hey, you''ve got a steering wheel down your trousers."
The pirate says, "Arrrr, I know. It be drivin' me nuts."
Pirate ibBig Sis
arvast there me scurvy matey, that be not the Jolly Roger, that be my spare bermudar shorts wot Jolly Gilly spliced from a pair of old curtains....
A seaman meets a pirate in a bar, and the talk turns to their adventures. The seaman notes that the pirate has a peg leg, a hook, and an eye patch. "How did you end up with the peg leg?" he asks.
The pirate replies, "I be a swept o鈥檈rboard into a school o鈥 sharks. As my mateys be a pullin鈥 me out, a great giant shark bit my leg off - damn 鈥榠s eyes!"
"Wow!" says the seaman. "What about your hook?"
"Arrr," answers the pirate, "We were a boarding a swaggy when a scurvy dog hacked off my hand."
"Incredible!" says the seaman. "How鈥檇 you get the eye patch?"
"A seagull sh*t in my eye," the pirate replies.
"You lost your eye to a sea gull dropping?" the seaman asks.
"Aye!," says the pirate, "It be my first day with the hook."
Bad luck Bigi Sisi, Cap'n Eddie was elected Premier of the Caribs years ago!
All your piratised 'possessions' from the Cape of Good Hope to Baffins Bay (where the whale fish blow, aye), all your privateered annexations have been handed back to the aboriginals and the freed slaves and indentured labour you press ganged here.
So break open the rum Big Imperial Sis and drink your last!
You'll walk the plank tonight or my name is not really Captain Really (pronounced limp).
johntheredknows: I'll be drawing yer gizzards if ye keep with thy blathering. Cap'n Eddie will be here aye long and 'twill be thee who walks yon plank!
Gossipmisstres ( 191 )
We have sun in excess. Take some rays, but promise you'll send me some snow next winter.
More rum please...
Guima
Pirate ubBig Silly,
Cap'n Eddie is renown across the waves for his cunning and his loyalty to his reel friends like i.
You'll swing from the yard arm before sunset, ye washed up scurvy piece of contraband, then you'll walk the plank, then you'll be keel hauled, then be made to eat the Parrot Pie and then buried alive with Cap'n Eddie's treasure. All afore the 10 oclock news.
jtrn:
'Tis up yer own gangplank ye'll be going!
Now, tis time for another shanty!
What shall we do with the drunken sailor ...
Arrrr!
No, I've stopped talking like a pirate now, that's heartburn. Anyone got some of that peppermint stuff?
johntherednose
it is you damned scurvy son of a sea dog that will be a swinging from the yard arm if thee dont serve my grog..blast yer eyes.
now get thee to the bar of NC and serve your masters afore we splice ye to the mizzen mast....
....Wind Southwesterly 5 to 7, decreasing 4 at times.
Sea State Moderate or rough.
Weather Rain or showers.
Visibility Moderate or good.
..... a good night for bringing rum ashore me hearties....
Guima..thanks for the rays, some have spilled over to Norfolk.
forget the rum matey....have a pint of...
...on me.....cheers..now where's me cutlass?
That scurvy dog, johntheredhonker has spiked me gro......
Anne P (164) - I know how you feel. I went out without my scarf one night, and came home with a stiff neck. Next thing I know, my wife's sent me out with no trousers on ...
Cap'n Steel Cat (186) - those'll be going through my head all night, now ...
Sid
Seaman DIWyman (194) Just wait til I get me 'ands on yer crusty barnacles.....and get yer 'ands off me doubloons, ye addlepate!
What's all this then?!!!
I recognise thee, tha' scury knaves, the lot o' yers. It'll be sixty year hard labour for thee or the colonies if I don't get a pint o' rum in me hand within the space of 6 bells....
....aaaaaaahhhhhh, tha's better!
And another, one pint o' rum's no good for no man!
Seaman DIWyman - to the front! Fetch vitalls withall, and make quick about it! Plump juicy ones too mind!
Jolly Gillianianaiannanaa (aaaaaaah!) me wench wot left me, go round up all the gals, we be having a jolly shanty tonite and no mistake
Pirate iBig Sis (Capt rtd) Good to see you again me old shipmate - a place for thee - and a toast!
Where be powder monkey?! I need me dose of snalps
Is the norn iron here? What? resting in the hammock? On Strapline duty?! Avast, and up and at him, he's needed for the booze up, and tell him to bring Capt Jack Sparrow too ....what? is he, begad!!! Fine fellow too.
Strike up the band, fellows strike up!!
"ohhhhhhhh
In every port that I as been
I has a little lassy
and soon as I gets off my ship
she gets off with me!
hooray and up she rises
hooray and up she rises
hooray and up she rises
thar's too long at sea!
Evening all!
Gosh! yes please, pour a large one for me, ta!
n-n
xx
Leave me be ye scurvy knaves! I'm about to have the barnacles scraped off of me rudder by the sleekest schooner I e'er sighted.
Hard a port, hard a port!
We be pirates Admiral of the Fleet, loyal to Cap'n Mair across Severn Seas (we're Bristle lads), not your sailors.
The Admiral, known as 'All Mouth and Trousers' from Spit(it out)Head to Whoresmouth is well known to be too fat 'n' slow for real women. Wants 'gals' does he and 'little lassies' to titilate him?
We'll string him up if he goes near our young 'uns and roast his sweet meats on cocktail sticks.
We know him of old. Boasting of women who wouldn't go near him unless press ganged, even idsguising his voice in the dark to sound romantic and attractive. Pretending to be an Admiral when he's none but a scurvy Petty Officer.
Its not often I calls for this but in this case I have no option. Lets drown him in rum and burn his body on the beach and dance round it till dawn.
:-), I think, but I were just gettin' into it there!
morning peeps / pirates / sailors et al.......off to Holt in N Norfolk this day to do business with book merchants.....coffee (care of Jamaica Jim) and dunken doughnuts be on NC's bar....oh ar.
Urrr... (Not "arrr")
Where am I? Why is there a parrot here with its head stuck in a rum bottle? Whose chest is this and how many sailors has it attracted?
What's going on?
Urrr... (Not "arrr")
Where am I? Why is there a parrot here with its head stuck in a rum bottle? Whose chest is this and how many sailors has it attracted?
What's going on?
Love the strapline Mr Noodle :-)
DI Wyman (215)
Do they have books in Norfolk?
Ow! Who left that gangplank in the hammock?
502'd so they may have multiplied!!
gangplank...hammock...502....
Is there some rum left?
HH (219)
yer scurvy sea dog, Seaman DIY is standing by with his rusty cutlas to give ye a keel haulin'..
Witchi (221) Pass the rum, please, I have a sorrow to drown....I've missed my chance to go to AQ tomorrow in a location very near to me :o(
All donations of alcohol, chocolate and cake will be very gratefully received - just leave them under my hammock.
Gillian (223) - have combined all three, one chocolate rum cake for you! So sorry you're going to miss AQ, no chance of cancellations?
Random afternoon thought - does anyone know, on average, how much fluid is lost when one blows one's nose (especially during a heavy cold). That sounds a little posh on reading it back; sure I'll make up for it later!
Witchi - less than when one blows someone else's nose!
Gillian - have you been on the phone yet to get on the waiting list?
I am NOT malicious!!!
Yes, I've been on the phone, but as the venue is a large Secondary School there are lots of parents/staff/friends of each already in the queue. sighhhhh
witchiwoman (224) - An awful lot I'd say!
"Non-malicious" GMX (225)- We only have your word for that!
I have a few questions:
Where do they get the seeds to grow seedless oranges?
Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?
Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
Sneezy (227), I'd add:
How do you throw out a dustbin?
DIY Haven't been to Holt in ages! I'm sure it's somewhere I've got lost or drunk in at some point...
I'm going to have a nice sleep here and completely chill after the day I've just had...zzzzzzzzzz
FF - Sorry, I was Sneezy. But your question is much, much better and made me LOL!
Gillian: Perhaps you could just hang around outside until Eddie arrives, tell him who you are, and ask if you can hold his microphone for him?
Alternative suggestions include pretending you're Margaret Hodge (you're about the right height and hair colour, though I think she's a bit older than you - so just add a few grey hairs),
pretending you're an Ofsted inspector and need to 'check up' on the hall facilities, pretend you're from Health and Safety (ditto), or just plead that you've lost your ticket.
Still might be ringing up again tomorrow, anyway, as - well - you never know!
Gillian (226) just slip in by the back door and say your Eddies make up artist / hairstylist / Speedoes guardian / minder?
I am sure you could blag it!!
and
Karen (229), yes they still laugh when they recall a visiting Karen all lost and tiddly!
DIY 8:) (got new specs btw!)
tee hee! thanks Appy (218)!
Is it Dumbledore's hols again this week? I thought he was off last week...maybe he's making way
witchi - that is THE most disgusting question (224) I have ever read on this blog - about 15cc I should say, on a bad day, overall, [not, i hasten to add, that you should aim to spread it out over all...] or about a tablespoon a go....
Gosh, I've even managed to disgust myself, now. I am going straight to the hammock, and may well be some little time recovering!!
n-n
Witchi (224) Mmmm, fank oo berry mush por da
chocrum cake. Its gooey, but soooo good. I fink oo put too much rum in, dough. I need a lie down.
How many life saver bottles can ye ship to Bulawayo Town?
In time to Save our Souls, to slow this chaos down
Death by thirst here is no rum soaked myth
We know its not Berlin nor yet Ladysmith
And none of us here be lily white
But a mouthful of fresh water is assuredly our God given right
So forget your mainbrace, your planks and all your lusty drinking
And contribute to Tearfund to sober up your thinking.
Thursday night on the beach is a bit like a sort of weekly new years eve in that almost inevitably, the tide shall wash in and dada!!! there will be a new beach in the morning!!
Which being the case, I think I might pile high a few old driftwood trunks, and with a bottle or two from the NC bar, I might gently baste first one side of myself and then, possibly the other, in the light of a warming fire!
oooof.
DIY (232)
I can get anywhere as long as I only have to remember three road numbers! From Ipswich you can get to Portsmouth, Soton, Durham, Blackpool and Leicester (If you're careful) only having to remember 3 road numbers. More than that and I'm trying to follow directions from a routeplanner and they never have useful landmarks on them to help me.
Space for me and my Freddy Fudpucker at the bar?
DiYman, I've been flying my self powered plane for two days, Couldn't let the pirates steal the technology. But legs now knackered. Is it safe to land yet?
Chocolate anyone with rum?
Do you know what? The highlight of today (it was a really rubbish day at work) was getting an abusive letter from someone whose name meant nothing to me referring to me as an antichrist.
I'm still getting over that. They barely know me. Written neatly in brown ink. (Sniffs)
I have no idea why or whether they've even got the right person. Even in my hormonal moments I wouldn't think I was that bad.
Hi all!
Seems I didn't get much time to play on the beach this week, and haven't even read the logfile.
Just popping in to evidence vital signs and hope everyone is well and relatively happy. Sitting down (well, sitting up in bed) to enjoy a glass (or two) of Liffey before the snoozes take over.
See y'all later!
Nice fire, Nik! Save a little wood for these breakfast sausages....
xxxxx
ed
Is that the vicar's daughter over there
Sitting by the fire
Making contraceptives
From an india rubber tyre?
Mmmm, recycling.
Thurday night is dream lover time.
Every lover falls asleep by the fire and their dream lover comes to them and they kiss and caress, entwine and embrace till dawn.
Then the dream lover offers a parting kiss so perfect, so full, that waking is painless and all day you KNOW that your lover will be back in your arms as soon as you close your eyes that night.
Friday night,
Say, everythings right
For the weekend
Hey, you guys
You don't have to wear ties
This weekend