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  • SarahTSarahT Time ... space ... joy South Coast, UK Veteran

    @federica said:
    Im-wearing-Ede-and-Ravenscroft

    Great answer! Got to be the best way to show how ridiculous such questions are?

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Can you imagine a male Barrister being asked that? I thought it was the kind of question you only hear on sex lines.... :angry:

    Rowan1980
  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran
    edited January 2015

    @federica said:I thought it was the kind of question you only hear on sex lines.... :angry:

    I wouldn't know anything about that, ;)

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    then, if you wouldn't know anything about that, how could you respond to something you know nothing about....? :dizzy:

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    I just wondered if you did!

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    I did what....?!

  • lobsterlobster Crusty Veteran
    edited January 2015

    @Hamsaka said:Cows kill 22 people a year

    Yeah but people kill an awful lot of cows.

    Moo Jihadees. Free the Udder. Beef Power. Grazers Liberation . . . :p

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    Tomorrow I am going on a walk with a group of Quakers. They will be wearing sensible clothes and not turn up looking like something from a Quaker Oats packet ( I hope so anyway ).

    Rowan1980nakazcid
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Somehow....disappointing..... :lol:

    Vastmind
  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    I hope I don't get roped into a barn-raising afterwards, because I might be tired from the walk.

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    Only kidding, they're lovely and quite normal! Good friends actually.

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    @SpinyNorman said:
    I hope I don't get roped into a barn-raising afterwards, because I might be tired from the walk.

    I think you may be making Amish-take about your Christian sects, here...

    Rowan1980nakazcid
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Oooh! All together now!! HEEEEAVE!! (I'll play, as long as I'm not relegated to the kitchen with the rest of the wimmin to do namby-pamby chores...!)

    lobster
  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    Get yer hammer and nails then gal!

    lobster
  • lobsterlobster Crusty Veteran

    Quakers after a shaky start :wink:
    seem one of the more contemplative Christian groups.

    As a mark of solidarity you could have porridge for brekkie . . .

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    Yeah, they're on the liberal end of Christianity, some of them don't even believe in God.

    Hamsaka
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    @SpinyNorman said:
    Get yer hammer and nails then gal!

    Screw that....

    No, I mean that, literally.... My former BiL used to work as a builder (I'm sure I've mentioned this anecdote before...) and there he is, up on the preliminary skeletal construction of a roof, on a new build, whacking his hammer down....

    "Murray!!" yells up the foreman, "What d'fuq are you doin'...?!"

    " 'Ammerin' these screws in!" he yells back...

    "Whaddya mean, 'ammerin'..?! What d'ya think them slots in the end are for?!!?"

    (Wihout a pause) "Takin' 'em back out agin!"

    HamsakaSarahTnakazcid
  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran
    edited January 2015

    Yes, I used to do quite a lot of roofing, usually as part of renovating older properties. Most people won't climb a ladder to see what you are getting up to, it's quite nice. Also great views from the top of a roof, it's a whole different world up there, Mary Poppins chimney sweeps and such!

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    ~Cue the devotees of the Dick Van Dyke School of Advanced Cockney.... B)

  • SarahTSarahT Time ... space ... joy South Coast, UK Veteran

    @federica said:
    Can you imagine a male Barrister being asked that? I thought it was the kind of question you only hear on sex lines.... :angry:

    Well ... this is quite an interesting article on when a male actor was asked the questions a female actor would be!

    http://www.upworthy.com/a-reporter-talks-to-an-incredible-actor-like-hes-an-actress-and-he-doesnt-like-it-so-much?c=ufb1

    But then, some are interested in fashion. When I see something I like, clotheswise, I do tend to ask where it came from ... :scream:

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    @federica said:
    ~Cue the devotees of the Dick Van Dyke School of Advanced Cockney.... B)

    No word of a lie, we were on a roofing job at a terrace house, a woman came out from next door and said "Could you please remove that scaffold pole from my back passage."

    anatamanSarahT
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    And like true gentlemen, you all looked at one another, thought it, but didn't say it..... :silenced::blush::lol:

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    We couldn't help but smile. Fortunately the neighbour saw the funny side of it too.

  • anatamananataman Who needs a title? Where am I? Veteran

    Cars and soldiers kill a lot of people too!

    Sorry just jumping on the bandwagon...

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    Amthorn
  • AmthornAmthorn Explorer
    edited January 2015

    @Bunks said:
    There is an open range zoo about twenty minutes from where I live with giraffes, >ostriches, hippos, lions etc. I take my kids there occasionally.

    I want to go to there!!!!

    Bunks
  • anatamananataman Who needs a title? Where am I? Veteran

    Hey a new advert for 'free online art classes' just popped up in that last video - perhaps I have a hidden talent that I don't know about but the ad men do... Might investigate that, cos it's free!

    Bunks
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    I downloaded 'adblocker'. It's utterly brilliant....

    Rowan1980lobster
  • anatamananataman Who needs a title? Where am I? Veteran
    edited January 2015

    I have it but youtube seem to get round it on my mac - maybe I'll look at the settings - looked at settings - ad block has been removed? Now how did that happen, I paid the guy $20 - got a thank you but no haiku - reinstalled!

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    I'm listening to the Podcast of Radio 2's 'Friday Night is Music Night' which yesterday evening, celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Light Programme.
    Sorry, but it's sheer bliss... Hancock's Half-Hour, Norman Wisdom, 'Take it from here', Flanders and Swan... Ah, such fun!!

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    They don't make 'em like that any more!

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    If they did, nobody would listen. But because it's 'nostalgia' everyone loves it. We're such a weird bunch....

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    A relatively new term it pays to be familiar with....

    Bunks
  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    @federica said:
    A relatively new term it pays to be familiar with....

    LOL, I know one of two of those. They try the patience of a saint!

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited February 2015

    From THIS thread, so as to not steer it O/T:

    @SpinyNorman said:
    @lobster said:'Well,' explained Paddy, ' . . . you don't want to be starting from here . . .'>
    >
    Yes, it's a lovely way to wind up tourists.
    >

    My elder brother used to have a mean tick...

    If anyone ever asked him, "Excuse me, do you know where ~such-and-such-a-place~ is..?"

    He would reply, "Yes, I do thanks!" and keep walking....

    OR - He would stop someone and say,

    "Excuse me, do you know where (e.g.) Langtree Road is?"

    "No, sorry..."

    "Well," he would continue, "Go to the end of this road, turn left, 1st right, and it's the second on the left!"

    Oooh, he was such a card.... :D

    (Aaand, yes, it seems the quotes facility is completely F'd.....!)

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    I'm movin' to Texas! Sounds like such a fun place... I mean, it gived us Bush, dinnit...?

    Bunks
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    This looks interesting... It's a map with the countries proportioned according to their population size...

    This is the accompanying article....

    Hamsaka
  • lobsterlobster Crusty Veteran

    @federica said:
    I downloaded 'adblocker'. It's utterly brilliant....

    I hate ads . . . I also sometimes watch them on YouTube (best of ads). So it must be a love hate relationship.

    You are learning the way of the geek young cyber walker. Trust the Force. Do not give into the dank side. :p

    . . . m m m . . . talking of Jedi Geeks and ads: Today the incredible Geekery of the Raspberry Pi entered its second serving. Slice two.
    http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-2-on-sale/

    It will even run Windows 10 from MicroSith >:)

    nakazcid
  • HamsakaHamsaka goosewhisperer Polishing the 'just so' Veteran

    My boys (human ones) created an inadvertent IQ test for my ducks and geese by digging much needed drainage ditches through their yards and pastures (we live on five acres, four of which are wetland swamp). They took old plywood pieces and made 'bridges' across them, and it's been my job to 'instruct' my lima bean sized brain beloveds how to navigate their oddly changed landscape.

    So far the chickens are 'winning', if you include creativity and daring (flap madly over ditch). Geese and ducks cannot see their own feet, which has become a handicap. They have 'faith' that their feet follow somewhere along the back two thirds of their bulk but this faith has been challenged as they bravely step forward (me literally pushing them across the bridges, over and over and over again lol).

    We got it down to at least ONE goose or duck taking the first risk and then suddenly they ALL 'get it' and cross the bridge behind them. This works fine, except most of the time, they don't know WHY they crossed the bridge, and have to go back without the ringleader, who has moved on. I've had to keep an eye on them all day since awake for the sound of "I'm lost, Mom!" and haven't gotten a lot done . . .

  • SarahTSarahT Time ... space ... joy South Coast, UK Veteran

    The wonders of UK elections ...

    Sample FUKP policy: revalue the Pound at £1.10 to make it worth 10p more. “Common sense.”

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11388906/Sketch.html

    Hooray for a bit of humour!

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    My H has received a new gizmo with which to test his blood... now all he has to do is enrol in Uni again, and gain his PhD in reading the damn instructions.... "Well, it's not rocket science...'

    You could have fooled me...! :lol:

    anatamanRowan1980
  • anatamananataman Who needs a title? Where am I? Veteran
    It's probably very simple - you press the button on the right, move 2 steps to the left and say yeah or is it duh! prick your finger and faint at the sight of blood only to wake up in 100 years by true loves kiss!

    It is the Disney glucometer he's got right?
    Rowan1980
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited February 2015

    If I read one more comment about Whitney Houston's daughter, and how her condition 'puts other news into the shade'.... :rage:

  • SarahTSarahT Time ... space ... joy South Coast, UK Veteran
    edited February 2015

    Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    lobsterRowan1980
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    To the power of 10 - !!

  • lobsterlobster Crusty Veteran

    Wonderful news. Congratulations. Has made my day. <3

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    It is pretty splendid news. We could hardly believe it when he was telephoned, to hear he had the job.... sigh of relief all round.

    Now awaiting news regarding my application.
    Wouldn't it be great to have the double-whammy!?

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