The Beach
What is the Beach?
It’s a place to go when the stresses of your real life need relieving. Sometimes it is fairly quiet and you might feel like you’re the only one around, but you can leave your ‘footprints’ for others to find later on. Othertimes it is the home for a real party, with constant gossip, leg-pulling, rumour, innuendo, chit-chat and weirdness. If this were a forum (and it sort of is because we post responses to each other, not just to Eddie, hence our term for ourselves 'Froggers', a combination of forum and blogger) then the beach would be the off-topic area.
It's a tropical location, no matter the time of year it's always warm and pleasant there. Sunrises and sunsets are spectacular, the evenings balmy. It has a number of different locations; the Nick Clarke waterfront bar; the smokers corner; Fido's Run for the dog-walkers; the Naughty Step and many others.
How do you find your way around? There is no direct answer to the question. The beach is a moveable feast, literally. It will be renewed by our Lord and master Mr. Edward de Mair each Monday morning. This is because we have found in the past that when the number of posts exceeds about 600 the entire thing becomes unwieldy and unstable. A case of the beach turning to quicksand.
Froggers often leave bottles / glasses / trays of their favourite tipple on the bar for others to sample, not to mention big / small eats.
There is a herd of camels who frequent the sands, which froggers are very fond of. There are sun-loungers, so you can take it easy and catch some rays. Quite often the late-night attendees will have a barbie.
It's a fun place, with only one real rule; Be nice to each other; we are ALL chums here. New Froggers are ALWAYS welcome.
The real debate happens on the other threads. The beach is a place for banter, whimsy, relaxation and friendship, where jarring comments are not particularly welcome. There are certain very mild protocols, which you tend to pick up as you go along. So slip your shoes off, feel the sand between your toes, relax and enjoy yourself.
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This is, frankly, bizarre. I've just been allowed to comment on the latest thread, and that immediately after blasting off a complaint to the PM Team.
What the heck is going on?
Eddie, I don't mean to sound harsh or destroy Simon W.'s wonderful prose but I really think describing the beach as a place to go when the stresses of your real life need relieving deserves action under the Trade Decriptions Act at present.
It's definitely adding to my stress level at present, and clearly to that of others also.
I'm glad to see you are still campaigning for the hot seat, but are you sure you want it? Will it give you the power to make someone sort out the bloggages and remove the force field from around the Beach?
One last try!
Did anyone else hear David Davies on Today this morning referring to "middle class young girls in their early twenties" who run the restorative justice schemes (all in a very disparaging tone, needless to say)?
And the man wonders why he failed in his leadership challenge?
Personally, I'd like to see him put in front of the female population of this country so that we can get a bit of restorative justice, too.
D'you think they've set up barbed wire around the Beach because they know something we don't know? I'm thinking of a threatened invasion from, say, the Chris Evans Blog.
On another tack ...
Did anyone else hear David Davies on Today this morning referring to "middle class young girls in their early twenties" who run the restorative justice schemes (all in a very disparaging tone, needless to say)?
And the man wonders why he failed in his leadership challenge?
Personally, I'd like to see him put in front of the female population of this country so that we can get a bit of restorative justice, too.
yes he was a bit snide about young women. I was waiting for him to say Whipper Snappers or words to that effect.
I was also expecting a comment on Policemen looking too young also ;-)
Will this post?
gosspimistress (last weeks beach 212)
Yep Champagne will do. It'll go down well with my Lunch
(Apologies if this is the second copy of this posting!)
Lunchtime, and the power cut up the road at County Hall has been fixed.
Good news: I can do a spot of PM frogging.
Bad news: The pupils can wreck my hearing in "Games Club" (although it's a good indicator of which sites to block during lesson time )
Current favourites: "The Adrenaline Challenge" (a BMX-based platform game - but frankly, I've had higher adrenaline kicks watching paint dry), and the Prison Break game.
Oh well, I'll just imagine myself onto the nice sunny PM beach, relaxing to the sounds of the waves rolling in, whilst my pet yellow Labrador digs a little pit to dangle her front paws in (between racing off to enthusiastically greet every visitor and sniff out their lunch!). I'll buy a couple of ices (she's an enthusiastic fan of most foodstuffs, and whenever we go into the freezer she's waiting in [usually futile] hope that we'll dig out the carton of ice cream - so she can have some 'pudding').
How relaxing - a world away from noisy pupils, dead turkeys, John Reid talking about redecorating his house (sorry, office), rising sea levels, moans about "Eye-rarn" and "Eye-rark", and tabloid newspapers offering "exclusive" interviews with the former residents of a house with an excessive amount of CCTV...
(SB6, take 4 (1 - cancelled myself due to excessive waiting for it to submit, 2 - claimed I'd already posted, 3 - took two minutes to submit, then it decided I'd already posted) posted 13:31)
Umm, am I the only frogger who's having to go back to Jan then forward to Feb in order to see the new threads? I know I never bring my brain in to work on a Monday, but even so, I fear I may be missing something....
Okay, first time I tried to post this, the progress bar disappeared and left the page still with my comments in the box, so I'll post again...
Umm, am I the only frogger who's having to go back to Jan then forward to Feb in order to see the new threads? I know I never bring my brain in to work on a Monday, but even so, I fear I may be missing something....
Big Sister
I think that Ivor Grype has followed us from Dayone. Next thing the Council will be trying to evict us.
Oer, FUF! Well, they'll have a job, I can tell you. I'm too comfortable here to give up without a fight.
How about a glass of some very fine Rioja I found behind the dunes?
Um, hi all. Just thought I would come down for a paddle and maybe a wee snifter of something.
It looks quite quiet at the moment so I will just lay my towel over this recliner and see who pops by for a chat. Big Sis, good to see you again. I have a bottle of Wolf Blass cab sauv (yellow label) with me if you would like a glass ( I think that fearless could probably use one after the problems he has been having with the blog).
I have not seen the camels about. Are they alright?
I've just managed to post something in January. I've been barred from the Beach for days now ... can it really be true?
Have we got Normal Service at last??
I'll be so happy if we do!!!
Fifi ;o)
Hello everyone! I'm glad that the (enforced)satyagraha worked and the blog appears to be healing.
I'm told that we have a shiny all-powerful reconditioned Blog that now does exactly what it says on the tin. Can this be true?
I will now light the blue touchpaper stand well back. . . .
So - are we all here then?
Fearless: In a word, "Yes"
"Armistice (tentatively) declared"
Today it was announced that the ±«Óãtv frog had been miraculously healed.
Prospective ±«Óãtv Chair (other prospective furniture is available) Eddie Mair said:
'Now look. You know I didn't cure it. I'm a technical idiot. I'm probably to blame for the bloggages though and I apologise. That's what I do.
'Let the healing begin.'
As this bulletin went to press, the storm troops were standing down and there was talk of a celebratory party on the Beach.
Hospital A&E units around the country were standing by for the inevitable casualties.
- ends -
Issued at 15.34 by Fifi ;o)
All together now *sings* Oh, meet the gang cos the boys are here, the boys to entertain you. With music and laughter...
*Fades into an embarrassed silence*
Ahem. Right. Moving on, anyone fancy a drink?
Having to repost - Malice abounds again!
Thanks, Mrs. T. That Wolf Blass will go down nicely - how well you know my little vices! And the Rioja's good too, a Faustino I from 1995. Just like the one SO and I drank on the night we became engaged in Seville. A little restaurant near the Plaza de Toros.
Carmen: eat your heart out.
Goodness, what have i stumbled into here? This looks nice, a wide and sandy beach dotted with smiley, happy people? May i pass around my cocktail shaker with a strong but delicious shaking of blue bonbay sapphire and just the tiniest suggestion of dry indian tonic? twist of lime anyone?
Goodness, what have i stumbled into here? This looks nice, a wide and sandy beach dotted with smiley, happy people? May i pass around my cocktail shaker with a strong but delicious shaking of blue bombay sapphire and just the tiniest suggestion of dry indian tonic? twist of lime anyone?
Ahhhhhhhh....! i knew it must be too good to be true, a default message - i'm rejected.
Oh well, i'll try on the serious page.
Still there everbody?
For what it's worth, I've just rebooted the router which has allocated me a new IP address and now I no longer get the:
"You are not allowed to post" error.
Any IT buffs explain that one for me ?
Good to be back guys! Now if only you had left me a glass of that Cab Sauv, Sis....
Ah well, into my hammock and catch the evening rays and some zeds.
Poke me if you want conversation but it's been a hard day.
zzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Well, I for one am ready to celebrate. And MartinFatGuts, with an attitude like that you're going to fit in perfectly here!
;o)
Now, I made a huge pot of Big Sister's no-meat Chilli yesterday, intending to serve it to my friends one evening this week.
On the other hand, we could just boil up some rice, bake some potatoes in the barbecue, and pig out!
I also have some lovely creamy Cornish vanilla ice cream and chocolate flakes for after.
If someone would like to get the cooking started, I'll just pop back home for my guitar and song sheets....
Fifi xxx
Big Sister: Are you suggesting I cannabalise myself?
My word but it's good to be back. Now that Big Sis and myself have finished the Wolf Blass I thought I would bring a bottle of Rosemount shiraz. It's a particular favourite of mine (cheap and very nice) although I have been described the same way;o)
Still no sign of the camels though. Any ideas, as I am missing them. No, really.
Oh B'n'B, I have some Liffey with me if you are in the mood
I'm marinading some salmon fillets in white wine, tarragon, lemongrass, and dill to stick on the barbeque later. Let me know when it's ready to cook!
I'm brought some very nice unoaked chardonnay for those after a glass of white tonight. It's cooling under the bar at the moment.
Ah! I see the camels are returning from behind the dunes. They're looking a bit more relaxed that last week, I think. The poor things must've been stressed out not having our food and alcohol around to snack on...
Fearless: Fear not, the camels were helping themselves to a bottle of the Rioja .... Relaxed? They're p*ssed!
Hum, my previous appearance here has not registered....error 502 first time, but not the second.
Anyway, seeing the blue Bombay...here's some mixers, lemon etc, and a suprisingly good value Rioja (I brought one to make a Game Casserole, but went back for more).
Dear all
How relaxing it is when the blog waves of chaos have obviously been crashing on the beach and I'm no longer the blog editor. I abused my former blog ed status to email current blog ed, Marc, with an email the other week complaining about that irritating message that stops you posting more than once an hour - I got it after my first post in about 3 days.
And what sort of customer service did I get? A message saying that he was off to Kosovo with Mark Mardell!
In fact from the blog, it looks like everyone in the PM office has gone abroad since I moved up North.
Hope you are all well.
Lx
Hello again, Mrs T (and welcome back)
All new comers are always welcome but I, for one, miss the regulars when they go missing. Also there are signs that the blog may be recovering.
{sings}
"We're riding along, on the crest of a wave,
And the sun is in the sky . . ."
{okay, that wasn't really singing, even in gang-show quality type singing}
H.
p. s. I forgot to say "Welcome back, jonnie!" so welcome back, jonnie! I hope that you and Simon had a good time; despite the bite.
H.
MartinFatGuts (23) I take my Gin pink. or with tonic and a slice of lime.
Pink gin is Bitters slowly swirled around the glass, Gin and water.
Or if you are a real man you go easy on the water.
Favorite cocktail is probably Brandy Alexander. Only problem is the amount of cream in it. ANd its years since I had one. Must find some ingredients.
Hi Lissa! I've got to say that I've just received a 503 or is it 502 message. We never had this trouble when you were in charge!
I'm going to snooze on the beach for a while and hope that there are no more messages like that for me!
Mary
Lissa I fear they were waiting till you left before sharing out the travel jobs - I mean, France (2 of them) Kosovo (2 more) China (another 2)... and what have you got? Manchester! And you've had to pay for it yourself, while they'll be on expenses. Sometimes life just isn't fair.
I guess there's always the chance they might come back with some interesting disease picked up from their exotic locations. Then you could do a documentary on them and their disease.
I thought the NBP had been very quiet recently, but thought he might just have retreated to an armoured cell somewhere out of reach of the froggers. Oh, silly me, that's exactly what he has done!
FFred what lovely cooking. No wonder you aren't short of dates. Or girls to go out with for that matter.
I'm a bit worried the camels may have had some of your Chardonnay as they're doing a bit of a Bossanova round the back of the barbecue.
And is that Mrs T orchestrating their moves?
Aunt Dahlia where are you? I think we need someone to instil a bit of authority......
Well I think the blog is working better now but if there are still problems, I've set up an alternative makeshift called 'Froggers refuge' at the pmblogextra site whilst the Beeb get the probs sorted. It's at :-
It's instant but unmoderated, however I / we can remove posts if necessary.
Thanks Humph,
It's actually nice to be back again - and even better that the blog seems to have recovered!
It may be a strange thing to say but I missed you lot whilst I was away.
Thanks to all of you who made me feel welcome to return.
We have a very special blog here don't we ?
Ahhh, that's better. Warm sand between the toes, old friends gathered around, some good jokes on a February thread, and I'm at peace with the world.
Mrs T - yoo hoo, leave those camels alone and show me where you hid the last of the Wolf Blass please?
Has anyone seen B'n'B? Are he and Ed I. over behind that dune with some extra special Liffey Water again?
Lissa-a - how glad are you that we aren't flooding you with emails and imprecations to get the blog sorted out :o) ?
I don't think it's stramnge you missed us Jonie; it's amazing how quickly something like this becomes part of your life.
now I wonder if this will, unlike my last two efforts, actually appear. If it does, mine's achampagne cocktail in celelbration if we have the ingreds.
We do indeed Jonnie, and long may we able to be together in it.
I'm going to sling my new hammock over here, push me over (but not out) if I snore, please.
Hello Everyone,
Just dipping my toes in the water. Is it all nice and smooth around here now?
Oh Lissa, we do miss you.
Oh! admin annie,
Just your last two efforts!!
To get that last post published has taken me two hours.
It has to be something to do with the blog AND my Internet service provider ?
I know others have had probs but all I seem to get is no response when I press submit --
or that I can't post a comment!
Oh well
You may see this..
Yes, and as you said annie -- we do become friends in a cyber sort of way.
Valery (with a y)
You are always welcome to snuggle up!
However I may snore as I managed to find annie's Champers (not the extra ingredients though)
At least you know I won't be a threat in the night :-) :-(
Now I'll turn over this way so the champagne is in easy reach...
Let me tell you about the Elephants we saw in Sri Lanka ... actually reminded me that I haven't finished of my novel yet .. D'you mind if I leave the Calor gas lamp burning for a while .. sip sip!
B'n'B - come out , come out wherever you are - This Is Your Strapline! Hearty Congrats, the sound of it whizzing over my head broke through the snoring and woke me up.
Now if I could only see those darn camels I could count them to get back to sleep.
Re: Eddie Mair and Molly
Thank you both for your words of sympathy when I was away in Sri Lanka
Alas the dial up service didn't allow me to check through all the posts.
Re: Molly, who said her Father used to wade in the water with a large stick! Alas I didn't have one available!
Re: Eddie, who asked :-
How hot is it on local beaches there? Bet they're not littered with goodies ?
Well Eddie? Around 32 Degrees, alas not much in the way of goodies!
Thanks everyone else for the nice comments, It sounds a little like an Oscar speech but nice looking back tonight -- first time I'd done it.
What a super blog -- especially now it's back to normal ---- Fingers crossed.
BTW Where is Jason and Ed I ?
Valery - Count jonnie's elephants instead.
Belinda (15) - satyagraha
What a knowledgeable woman you are. I love learning new things - thank you.
Re: Valery and RJD
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Jonnie: Jason has turned into a Black Sheep. EdI is making occasional appearances in a vagrant kind of way. (And no, I don't mean he's sleeping on park benches!)
Who gave the camels the wine? They've kept me up all night with their singing, shouting and snoring. And no, I didn't fancy trying to tape a nutmeg into their backs to get them to sleep on their sides! Has anyone ever seen a camel sleeping on its back? Bizarre....
I think they are practising a routine for the return of Strictly Come Dancing.
I don't know about restorative justice, but I could do with a restorative something. Any suggestions? No rude ones please!
Where is Jason these days? He was such a prolific contributor. EdI too. Maybe they are both one and the same and the tree house washed away during those storms a fortnight ago? And the tent blew away? I feel almost bereft without Ed around. Nobody to argue with.
Just going to take a stroll in this soft morning light. Thank God I got all those parakeets. Can you imagine what the noise would have been like if they had joined in the camels post-dance booze-up? It doesn't bear thinking about.
Si.
Well, you've all had a good time while I slept, haven't you? And I'm glad to see that I've returned to normal (well, what passes for normal in my world) and hope to have dropped the Bionic bit for good.
Jonnie and Val are obviously getting along v. well, and the camels have taken to wine luck a duck to water. So, ducks are TT, camels (on the other hand) are dipsos. Which would explain why the former are usually wide-eyed while the latter look at you in a rather strange, sidewards way. Just like my father in law, in fact ;o)
And a quick wave to Lissa. Lovely to see you, m'dear. And the Frog Prince is off on a jolly without even so much as a by-your- leave. With behaviour like that, he doesn't deserve a princedom, so I hereby demote him to FrogSerf.
Simon, don't you mean 'Strictly Camel Dancing'.
I've spent my week off round the hump teaching them the tango. Thought we'd give that woman at Crufts a run for her money.
Well OK they're not exactly dogs, well other than the one with a squint. Could try entering them as a breed of Great Egyptian Tripe Hounds. I'm sure GMx wouldn't mind putting her professional rep on line by letting the Kennel Club know they're a new breed.
If this disappears or appears twice - IT WASN'T ME
xx
Well, you've all had a good time while I slept, haven't you? And I'm glad to see that I've returned to normal (well, what passes for normal in my world) and hope to have dropped the Bionic bit for good.
Jonnie and Val are obviously getting along v. well, and the camels have taken to wine luck a duck to water. So, ducks are TT, camels (on the other hand) are dipsos. Which would explain why the former are usually wide-eyed while the latter look at you in a rather strange, sidewards way. Just like my father in law, in fact ;o)
And a quick wave to Lissa. Lovely to see you, m'dear. And the Frog Prince is off on a jolly without even so much as a by-your- leave. With behaviour like that, he doesn't deserve a princedom, so I hereby demote him to FrogSerf.
Aunt D - As you're around, can you please let me know how you intend to offend me strapwise?
RJD - I love my Ghandi. In the camper van which toured North America (see previous postings about my hippie past), I had a picture gallery of Ghandi, Joan Baez and Hawkeye Pierce on the wall. Which is probably the only time that these three were in the same room together, I imagine.
Lissa-With-an-A: We miss you!! I'm so glad that you posted. how are you settling in in Derbyshire? (That sentence doesn't look correct to me, but I don't know how to fix it, sadly.).
Jonnie, I think I'll be pitching my parasol at your alternative blog today. Can't post on DayTwo, and I'm pretty confident I won't get much joy here either.
Never mind, at least the temporary lull in the storm has brought a few of the regulars out of the beach huts again.
This box of Ozzie Red and I will be over at Jonnie's Shack, if anyone wants me...
Fifi
Hi all,
Nice to be noticed by absence. Haven't been sleeping on park benches, but on the treehouse platform, well duvetted and wakened by frosty birdsong and squirrels. Great to be outdoors again after more than a year sleeping inside.
Limited blogging partially due to battery life on the laptop, but also the irritating messages and go-slows. If we want an argument, Si, we could always discuss Melanie Phillips and the Rabbi last night on Newsnight or pathetic views on the Palestinian situation.
And, of course there's to put the situation into some perspective.
ed
06/02/2007 at 11:08:20 GMT
(perhaps this is for the Brow, but it's a wee bit early for a Liffey.)
Jonnie ... I've just been over to the Froggers' Refuge.
And there's nothing there yet.
Shall I bring some loungers and a sun brolly?
Fifi
Jonnie ... I've just been over to the Froggers' Refuge.
And there's nothing there yet.
Shall I bring some loungers and a sun brolly?
Fifi
Great beach.
Well, everyone seems to be in good spirits today!
Lovely to be able to talk to jonnie who must have some lovely photos . I'd love to 'view' Ceylon through his eyes - that would be nice!
I've left a huge basket of Mara bars for you all to finish up. Apparently there's going to be a shortage after all this 'publicity'!!!
(I do hope Eddie likes Mars Bars...!)
RJD 49-I know not why, but this posting has really made me giggle and giggle- (starts sniggering again!)
Byeeee
Mollyxx
Aunt D, I've been on to the Kennel Club and we can indeed register our Greater Egyptian Tripe Hounds, but they said to remrmber that when hunting the Tripe with dogs, it's only legal if you finish it off with a firearm.
Off piste message to Froggers:
I've sent to Jonnie the lovely doggie musings from last month, collated but not really edited. There may be some I've missed, in which case I apologise, and it may be that other dogfroggers may want to say a bit more. Do feel free.
Jonnie will try to find a place to post on the 'alternative' website set up by regular froggers, as a storeroom and playground off the ±«Óãtv blog.
I've suggested to him, and I hope you agree, that any froggers who'd like to send in their dog photos should feel free to do so for inclusion on the doggie testaments, which I suggest we name Fido's Corner (in honour of Fido's Run on the Beach).
Jonnie, did you get the vaccine? And is the leg healing nicely or nastily?
Nice strapline from BnB, pity he's not around to see it.
FFred, did you mention you'd had another date? I'm wondering whether it was Lady Number 1 for the second time, or was it Lady Number Two for the first time?
I've put some Gazpacho on the bar if anyone fancies some.
HELP PLEASE - COMPUTER EXPERTS!
I've been trying to email 2 photos to the programme, but the ±«Óãtv system is quarantining my files.
I have Norton up to date Virus scanning and did a full system scan last night which was fine.
I sent the same message to 2 other computers (with McAfee on) with no problems, and the pictures displayed fine.
I have tried embedding them in the message and also sending them as attachments. I haven't tried sending one picture on its' own.
I use Outlook Express with a Braodband connection and Tesco.net. My computer does seem to break large messages up into smaller ones and I got between 2 and 5 'autoreply' messages from PM when I sent them.
The pictures are jpegs and I have made them smaller (whole picture visible when message open).
Has anyone got any idea what I am doing wrong or how to correct it? Any ideas very gratefully received! GMx
No matter what I do I seem unable to post.
As others have said before me, one last try.
If this does get through, it's been fun while it lasted. The wait for moderation and the uncertainty of if/when your own and others' posts will appear is just not worth the effort I'm afraid.
But we at least have the radio show.
Oh dear time for more syrup of figs, methinks.
Nothing new for hours on any thread I can find.
Until someone either puts this blog out of its misery, or fixes it properly, Jonnie has set up a temporary Refuge at
It's not as well-furnished as our usual haunts but it's quick and several of us are already there. Consider yourself invited, lurker or frogger alike. ;o)
By the way, most recent postings are at the TOP ... I got very confused!
Fifi xx
It seems to me that prospective Chairperson Sandie, or was it Eddie?, is due for a ±«Óãtv limo trip to the beach. I recommend Durdle Door in Dorset, there's currently an empty and apparently unwanted oil drum all there for you to sit upon and contemplate life?
Testing Testing !
Just popping by to check on the camels. Needn't have bothered. They're still nursing hangovers after mixing white and red. I've left copious supplies of water to help them rehydrate. (Yes, even camels need it!)
Did we move ALL the drinks into the life raft?
Ah, water. Well it will make a change.
Dare we paddle back to the old Beach yet, do we think?
I'm very nervous about this.
Fifi
Hi Molly,
When I have time I'll stick some Ceylonese photo's up on Flickr.
My laptop is misbehaving -- so just about to do a reformat and try the much heralded Vista.
What'dyou reckon Ed :-)
See you all next year :-)
Fifi - The places are so close together that I am just going to swim between them until things settle down.
Did you know that Valery P can swim with Tupperware containers strapped to her head, making deliveries for a well known DIY chain? We have a lot of hidden talent on this site!
I think we should organise a "Strange Things I Can Do" evening where people demonstrate their unique and individual expertise. I, for instance, would love the opportunity to demonstrate that it is possible to lick your own elbow.
To my practised eye, there is now no difference between the performance of the Blog now, and how it was before the Big Freeze.
I think it might be safe to return.
RJD (78), I await that demonstration! Also, I have to say that I smiled at your post at 49 when I first read it, but when I read Molly's 64 (hello Molly!) and checked back to see what 49 said, I found I saw it in a whole new light and it made me snigger too.
Molly, you have led me astray!!! :-)
RJD-78
You are a laugh!!
Not so sure about that though- might be fun.....
Mollyxx
Appy (80) and Molly (64)
I'm glad that I make people snigger - it's my purpose in life. Now, tell me why.
I haven't a clue why that is so funny but I suspect I have unintentionally said something that might be construed as rude. I wasn't sure when Molly commented, but when you have a good snigger Appy, I know this must be the case.
Go on, tell me. I'm not easily shocked.
Molly. I hope that you read the last comment in Appy's (80) in conjunction with RJD's (82) main para. Any suggestion that Appy can be led astray is a cart & horse race in which the cart wins everytime!
H.
Its still quiet over here. Refuge seems to be poorly also. Is that cos the internet can't deal with this frog idea??
Must look at some corneal maps now. I'll pop back later with some Red of some sort
Wow less than 15 mins to post last comment. When it works this is great. Pity I'm talking to myself :-)
Stewart M - Everybody is watching TV at the moment. They'll come back when Newsnight starts.
RJD, Humph, I tried to let you both know how shocked I am at the aspersions you cast, but I don't know whether it posted or not... And also that I just thought "Count jonnie's elephants instead" could sound very suspect depending upon how it was said, rather than it meaning anything in particular.
I just don't know where you boys get your ideas from...
For those with a sweet tooth there is a plate of mixed mataii on the bar.
Yup the tv must be good - still no-one here?
I was going to teach you all about the fun that can be had with a tupperware container too - ah well. Another day perhaps?
Molly and Appy - you weren't in the hammock with us and the elephants, that would have made you snigger.
Mmmm, I think I'm cross-posting with that last reference. If you haven't been to the Frogger's Refuge, then you won't know that the hammock scenario was entirely innocent. And no tupperware was involved, honest guv.
Jason Black Sheep, if you're still lurking, and surely you must be. Please don't throw your teddy out the pram too - we'd all miss you terribly :o(
Appy, Molly;
The best of it is that RJD can lick his elbow with his arm extended in front of him.
And wait until you see him licking his own eyebrows...... Is it any wonder the ladies love him?
Just dragged in from a nightmare drive up the motorways from Guildford to Stockport. Utterly spent. And shooting a wedding tomorrow near Preston. Feel like death. Must get a good nights kip. Anyone got a really good Grappa? That's a guaranteed knock-out drop.
Si.
Ooh, ooh, everybody. EVERYBODY. Listen up.
Our lord and master is returning to TV this Friday for a one-off factual programme. Just spotted the following listed for this week on ±«Óãtv Four TV, loyal froggers may well wish to wait up for it, or video it for later viewing;
"Gay MPs: Pride and Prejudice in Politics
Eddie Mair looks at the history of homosexuality in the Houses of Parliament, from the days when the press connived to hide the affairs of MPs to the present era of 'outings'.
Fri 9 Feb, 1:55 am-2:45 am 50mins Stereo Widescreen"
Can we get the widescreen flat-panel plasma thingummy set-up in time?
Si.
I should have made clear in my last posting about Eddie's TV documentary.
It's in the wee-small hours of Friday morning. Not late-night Friday-into-Saturday.
Also discovered that Green Gartside (remember him?) thinks that Eddie is the worst person on radio. Interviewed last June. Quote "He drives me nuts". Unquote. I always thought that Scritti Politti were cr*p.... now I know it.
Si.
Appy (87) I just don't know where you boys get your ideas from...
When I was at school, looking at what happened in the past to tell us about the present was a subject called "history". I am not sure if they still teach it in schools today but I felt that it was jermain to the present discussion about you being led astray. I agree that the idea to "count jonnie's elephants" may be an innocent suggestion but I hope that you agree that there is some history here! :-).
H.
Hej froggers! How are you all this (apparently) snowy day?
Hi Belinda
Not a flake of snow here!
How ironic.........I just posted a message to say I haven't been around these last few days, partly due to the sickly blog - and I got a 502 error message on it!
Anyway morning all........its very snowy here in deepest darkest Surrey. As I said haven't been around for a few days now for the aforementioned reason, plus being too busy - at work and in life in general - and also suffered a nasty case of frogger's block! Couldn't seem to summon the brain power to think of anything remotely interesting or intelligent to say! Still have it really but thought I would wander by just to say hello all.......
x
How ironic.........I just posted a message to say I haven't been around these last few days, partly due to the sickly blog - and I got a 502 error message on it!
Anyway morning all........its very snowy here in deepest darkest Surrey. As I said haven't been around for a few days now for the aforementioned reason, plus being too busy - at work and in life in general - and also suffered a nasty case of frogger's block! Couldn't seem to summon the brain power to think of anything remotely interesting or intelligent to say! Still have it really but thought I would wander by just to say hello all.......
x
Appy (87) - "depending upon how it was said" OK, I'll give you that. What made me LOL though, was Jonnie's very precise and concise reply at (51).
Si (90) - Why did you go and tell them all that? I was saving that for the encore at the "Strange Things I Can Do" evening.
Anybody else interested in demonstrating a unique and individual expertise?
Hello RJD!
I just looked up the price of the holiday I wanted to take this year and it came to over £3000. I think I am going to have to sell my peerage on ebay to pay for it. Any takers?
RJD 81 ish
Could not possibly say -(could you Appy?!!!)
Suffice to say that your humour translates into a visual feast......love it!
Humph- hope you haven't upset Appy- say sorry now.....
Posted last eve but vanished into space so hope my reply isn't elsewhere!
Si- are you going to organise the comp. then?
Mollyxx
RJD 81 ish
Could not possibly say -(could you Appy?!!!)
Suffice to say that your humour translates into a visual feast......love it!
Humph- hope you haven't upset Appy- say sorry now.....
Posted last eve but vanished into space so hope my reply isn't elsewhere!
Si- are you going to organise the comp. then?
Mollyxx
I like this story. Has anyone got a spare painting in the back of the beach?
Belinda (99) - Please tell me that you're not really Lady Kilbracken, who is campaigning for the return of Hereditary Peers on the "Made it in" thread.
Humph, you're suggesting the history of my posts led you to a belief which accounts for your insinuation that I don't need to be led astray?
Fair enough.
But I didn't notice how it sounded until Molly pointed it out (Molly, I'm sure you can handle the weight of the blame!)
And can any more of you do the things with your tongue that RJD can?
(Thank you Si for the information -- on both counts. Although the ±«Óãtv4 stuff isn't much use to me -- no digital coverage. If it's windy I don't even get watchable ±«Óãtv2...)
I like today's strapline -- crisps and Eric in the same sentence -- yum!
Hi Molly (100)
I would certainly apologise to Appy if I said anything wrong but I am not convinced that I have. She said (87) that she was shocked that I should cast a spersion but I totally refute the idea that I have. Spersions are, as I am sure you are aware, a highly specialised form of casting used in fly fishing and it takes years of practice in order to get them right. If you do not get them right, which is usually because of a miss-timing of the flick movement, then they are known as perations.
As I have never fished in my life I have never had the time to get the correct action. Also spersions are, by their very nature, extremely dangerous and I would never cast one in the direction of a person even if I knew how to. I cannot speak for RJD in this matter as I do not know whether he fishes or not.
Appy, if I have upset you in anyway please let me know and an apology will wing its way to you post-haste or at least with as much haste as the present condition of the blog will allow.
H.
RJD (103): Good Lord, no! The day I start campaigning for hereditary* peerage is about the same day as I'll say: "You know that George Bush, he's a great leader and did the right thing with Iraq. He's just misunderstood by those bleeding-heart liberal tree-huggers...".
Plus, chances are that if my name was "Lady Kilbracken" (be it a frog-de-plume or otherwise), I would probably be able to afford that Holiday I was whining about before.
*It took me 7 attempts to get the spelling right there.
A little something to share with the regular froggers.
A few days ago I contacted BH to see if Paddy would like to comment on the circumstances of his encounter with Eddie, the subject of what, for me, is the best clip on the Blog (see audio file). Today I heard from Paddy himself, who gamely gave me the following insight into the occasion. I've checked with him and he's happy for me to share with the Blog:
Paddy says:
Basically I have a problem with Eddie Mair. He makes me smile, and
frequently, laugh. The prospect of sitting in a room with him to record
something tests my nerve. When doing these things live, some element of
professionalism in me seems to kick in.
But at one point, in order to make it better for me, he lowered his head
beneath his computer screen, so that I could not see him. This just
made it worse.
If you are writing from some part of the wider world that is looking for
blame, then it's mine, and mine alone!
Warm wishes,
Paddy O'Connell
Presenter,
Broadcasting House
Have you tried the newsletter?
It's better than spam.
[Love the end bit btw - This man's got the kind of humour I go for!]
He, too, is a big fan of the PM Blog. So, where's he lurking, I wonder? :o)
Upset? Moi? Only that my earlier post, which seemed to have gone through OK hasn't appeared!
Humph, you are as ever, most entertaining.
A, x.
RJD (98) : Strange Things I Can Do
I can play Cock of the North on the ocarina.
(That's a Scottish dance tune, just in case anyone was wondering whether to snigger...) ;o)
I also know all the words to lipsmackinthirstquenchinacetastinmotivatingoodbuzzincooltalkinhighwalkinfastlivinevergivincoolfizzin... but I can't remember the product name, obviously.
Beat that, anyone?
Fifi
I'll try that again:
lipsmackinthirstquenchin
acetastinmotivatin
goodbuzzincooltalkin
highwalkinfastlivin
evergivincoolfizzin ... nope, still can't say the product though.
House rules.
(except someone needs to tell Hugh Laurie how people actually use walking sticks)
Fifi
I have to go out soon and be a parish councillor for the evening. All very serious (not!) and means a long distance commute of 1/4 of a mile.
Tomorrow I will be out all day, just for a change.
So, do not worry about me when I go all quiet. I'm fine. I'm just ... out there for once.
See you at the weekend maybe?
Fifi xxx
Si 92
"Green Garside' ?!!!!!
Who?
Mollyxx
Just been G**gling Lady Kilbracken and she really does exist, seems to get into the gossip columns so I have backed out of copying any of it here - would hate to get Eddie involved in a libel case if I got it wrong!
The only Lord I was ever acquainted with was a specialist computer buff and not at all lordly. Don't think he'd have wanted a seat in the House.
Now if the waves of spam have stopped lapping over the Beach can I offer anyone some of this white Burgundy I was given?
Anne P,
If it's still going....been a traumatic day today, what with managing to bluff a customer who owed us thousands (see my blog)
Anyway, hopefully I can get to the NC bar.... and I've got these rather nice take-aways (rather superiour type) I grabbed on my way....rather late to light the BBQ tonight, methinks.
Deep John W Thought,
May I ask -- what has been your deepest thought to date?
Hi all - well that was an entertaining ding-dong going on up there. I don't know what I started, I'm sure. If you want to check on Froggers' Refuge you can find the whole story of the hammock! Thinks - unless the blogmeister has removed it?
Didn't we have that strapline last week??
Valery p 116
What ding dong? Am I missing something?
Also' I can't get to the Refuge any more. I'm lost! Can someone point me in the right direction.
Thankee.
Mollyxx
Molly - I wish I could do that linky thing - but it's at
I suspect you'll have to cut and paste that, it's Jonnie's site. It's his birthday today, so take a candle for his cake!
Molly - the link is at Fifi's 71 or Jonnie's 39!
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy brithday dear Jonnie,
Happy Birthday to you!
Mm, I see Eddie's eaten the cake and hidden the champagne .....
Val (121 ish)
I'm sure that Jonnie will be delighted to learn that you think he's only 39 but if I were you I'd reconsider mentioning the figure of 71 to Fifi!
Happy birthday Johnnie!
A, x.
RJD - ha ha, I'm sure Moll knows what I mean!
Orders taken here for marmalade btw. I had a bit of trouble corralling enough jars together, but if you don't mind an unattractive exterior......
This will probably not get through but IF anyone is interested - I'm snowed in. Can't get out of the village - really...no traffic on the minor minor road and none on the less minor that goes down into a steep dip. Well there is now, a small pughjow in the hedge at the bottom. B*M
Did someone mention champagne?? Any spare fizz for a fresh faced frogger?? (am I allowed to call myself that or must it be bestowed by a higher power?)
Aunt D - can you take us a photo of the pughjow and send it in? I happen to know Eddie's quite keen to have yet more photos and I'd love to know how you identified it? What colours are the feathers? How many humps does it have?
witchiwoman - I gave you a glass of champagne and a welcome as a frogger ages ago but I think the message has disappeared up its own . . . . (finish this sentence yourself)
I proffer another one in the sure knowledge that the first one will miraculously appear as soon as this is posted!
whichiwoman: You are most welcome to help yourself to some champagne. Earlier today I sent two magnum plus a Devil's Food Cake here, to help celebrate Jonnie's birthday. I'm not sure if the messenger was mugged or Eddie consumer these items, but they failed to show up here.
I had, however, taken the precaution (knowing how things can be on the Blog at the moment) of keeping spares to hand, and have personally installed said goodies behind the bar. One magnum, you'll understand, is put by for Jonnie and Simon, the other is available to all. Don't eat all the cake, though!
Witchiwoman, if you frog you are a Frogger -- no bestowing required. Welcome. I'll share this Moet with you if you like?
It's bucketting down with snow again here. Apparently it's going to continue over the weekend......lovely, so long as it doesn't freeze over.
Hi witchiwoman, come and share this bubbly with me and tell me how I can avoid developing an unattractive exterior, as mentioned by Valery P. I would so love to have a fresh face.
Valery.....I'll have a pot of marmalade, please, and I'll bring some warm brioche to go with it for tomorrow's breakfast.
You know what it's like - it's nearly going home time, its bean a LONG week and you're bored (well I am anyway), so I thought I would "google" myself! Interesting to see that I am a doctor of pyschology in the US and have a short story published........but what really surprised me, was that there - no 3 on the hits returned - was actually the REAL me! My WOYW entry.......hey I'm on Google, wow!
.....as I said its been a very long long week!
Think I need to head to over to the bar for a nice glass of something chilled and white. Care to join me? Oh and did I hear the sound of champagne corks popping for Jonnie's birthday???
Valery p
Dare I suggest that RJD has obviously lost one of the ......... !!
Don't tell jonnie bieng as it's his birthday and everything!
tee! hee! hee!
jonnie-Have a LOVELY birthday!
Mollyxx
Aperitif (115),
Me? How deep is a puddle?
I used to have nicknames from the robots from early '70s sci-fi programmes, especially the grumpy or sulking ones. So I've been called "Orac" and "Marvin" in my time.
So Deep Thought is simply the robot/computer I had come across which I have the most empathy for. He appears in Douglas Adams' "Restaurant at the end of the Universe".
I tried posting this earlier, but kept being slammed into room 502.
Molly (135 ish)
What is this ......... !! that I have lost? And should I be unduly worried if I have only lost one of them?
I tried to thank you all for your wishes earlier -- but it didn't appear.
So Thank you all again. And remember to look out some pics of the cats and dogs for Fido's corner. We only have Dafydd there at the moment and he's looking a bit sad.
I'll get Rupert up there tomorrow, he's our mini schnauzer.
And Molly I won't forget about the Sri Lanka photo's. I'll put them up on Flickr and alert you.
Elephants?
Off to "the Pictures" in the village hall now - wish me luck on the plastic bucket seats. See y'll later, save me a glass of bubbly?
Apologies for my garlic breath this evening, dear froggers. Lunch consisted of slightly stale sandwiches so I couldn't resist kievs for tea -- anything to get some flavour!
Other foreign-inspired poultry products are available, with or without cold symptoms.
I'll have some of that champagne please, if there's any left. And I've brought an entirely predictable case of Shiraz, for those who like their plonk full-bodied and fruity. According to Liza Tarbuck it's good for our hearts.
Enjoy!
Fi xx
PS Welcome to the Beach, Witchiwoman. You sound like a lovely person, and I hope you like us too. Pull up a glass and dig in!
Hell, how did my previous entry suddenly appear - I was consigned to room 502 every time I tried!!!!!
I even put the comments on my Blog so they were recorded somewhere!
Val P,
I'm trying to find the time to make some marmalade. I've got the Sevilles, the lemon and the sugar, but somehow the time eludes me.
Jonnie - courtesy of my niece and nephew, as sung to me last year...
(other, more polite versions are available):
Happy Birthday to you
You're a hundred and two
You still wear a nap-peeeeeee,
and you've just done a p**
I think they make them up as they go along. In fact my nephew has a plethora of rhymes for p**, it being one of his preferred nouns....
I know, John W, I know. Fuh-fuh-frustrating.
And it has taken me two tries to get my comment posted on your Blog ... including an explanation for why I have never taken to your Deepthought persona.
Not sure if it's worked, even now.
Ooooooh!
Fifi ;o)
My mate Pete suggests these for those who still commute to someone else's premises to earn a living...
Rules For Work
1. Never give me work in the morning. Always wait until 4:00 and then bring it to me. The challenge of a deadline is refreshing.
2. If it's really a rush job, run in and interrupt me every 10 minutes to inquire about how it's going. That helps. Even better, hover behind me and advise me at every keystroke.
3. Always leave without telling anyone where you're going. It gives me a chance to be creative when someone asks where you are.
4. If you give me more than one job to do, don't tell me which is priority. I'm psychic.
5. Do your best to keep me late. I adore this office and really have nowhere to go or anything to do. I have no life beyond work.
6. If a job I do pleases you, keep it a secret. If that gets out, it could mean a promotion.
7. If you don't like my work, tell everyone. I like my name to be popular i n conversations. I was born to be whipped.
8. If you have special instructions for a job, don't write them down. In fact, save them until the job is almost done. No use confusing me with useful information.
9. Never introduce me to the people you're with. I have no right to know anything. In the corporate food chain, I am plankton. When you refer to them later, my shrewd deductions will identify them.
10. Be nice to me only when the job I'm doing for you could really change your life and send you straight to manager's hell.
11. Tell me all your little problems. No one else has any and it's nice to know someone is less fortunate. I especially like the story about having to pay so many taxes on the bonus check you received for
being such a good manager.
12. Wait until my yearly review and then tell me what my goals should have been. Give me a mediocre performance rating with a cost of living increase. I'm not here for the money anyway.
Fifi
Fifi - that's a doozy! and the strapline too.
Gillian, I've left a few of the more attractively bottled jars on the NC Bar (there are several still here in February with that nasty mess that's left after you steep the label off, and it won't go away!) Dig in!
Deep T - I made mine in stages, as usual. For some unknown reason no matter what time of what day of the week I start preserve making, I always get interrupted by something or another. I'm delighted to return from the Flicks in the Village (it's a Community Movie Association thing) to find that it has set, but not in the glue-like way that last year's did :o)
Jonnie - foto winging its way to Fido's Corner. Hope all your guests were well-behaved and didn't have you running around daft tonight.
Ugh. Persistent insomnia. It's a problem for us were-voles.
I feel the whiskers growwwwinnnngggg...
the tail elongatinnngggggg...
oh, no, not the cute nose, oh, that's IT!
Gimme water!
Now!
And keep an eye on those camels. I'm hungry.
Val P (146) there some great stuff called with huge imagination 'Sticky Stuff Remover' which takes off most label gunk. You can also use lighter fluid. Both have petroleum derivatives, but I think the former also has citrus oils which makes it better. You can get it from Lakeland.
Fi at C 145 - did your mate Pete realy work for my old boss? Sooo familiar.
Have a nice day - I have to go and try to retrieve my rover (actually its a pughjow, but that doesn't alliterate) from all the 17 other motors abandoned down the hill.
Exits left, singing
'A tractor for me, a tractor for me, if you're no a tractor you're nae use tae me'
Frances (147) now what are all those chisel-shaped toothmarks down the side of the NCM bar? And where is the missing camel?
Aunt Dahlia (149), do hope Rover started up OK and came home like a good dog should. In Feb. just off to check on aged father-in-law in Birmingham. Brother-in-law couldn't get to him yesterday evening from less than three miles away - total gridlock.
We were lucky and got home just as it was starting. Watched the cars slipping and sliding up our hill and at one point retreated rapidly as I thought one was about to hit the front of the house!
Hot chocolate on the bar in case anyone needs warming up on arrival, though the water's lovely and warm today thank goodness. I'm off to hale the young Macallan to watch over me as I swim. Anyone care to join us?
Fifi (144),
No, nothing appeared on my blog from you, but one from jonnie, so it appears to be working. You do need a name and subject, but not email address or web address to be able to post.
Which reminds me, Jonnie asked the name of the Robot in "Lost in Space". I don't remember, either.
Anyway what is wrong with my deepthought persona?
Sorry I wasn't here to join you in a swim Anne. Beach is deserted now. Just a few camel whiskers beside the empty hot chocolate mugs on the bar. Hmmmm.
I've been researching love songs for a St Valentine's gig I'm doing next weekend and found this which I'd not heard before:
Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off
~ Joe Nichols
She said 'I'm going out with my girlfriends'
Margueritas at the Holiday Inn
Oh have mercy my only thought
Was tequila makes her clothes fall off
I told her put an extra layer on
I know what happens when she drinks Patron
Her closet's missing half the things she bought
Yea tequila makes her clothes fall off
She'll start by kicking out of her shoes
Lose an earring in her drink
Leave her jacket in the bathroom stall
Drop a contact down the sink
Them panty hose ain't gonna last too long
If the DJ puts Bon Jovi on
She might come home in a table cloth
Yea tequila makes her clothes fall off
She can handle any champagne brunch
A bridal shower with Bacardi punch
Jello shooters full of Smirnoff
But tequila makes her clothes fall off
She'll start by kicking out of her shoes
Lose an earring in her drink
Leave her jacket in the bathroom stall
Drop a contact down the sink
She don't mean nothing
She just havin' fun
Tomorrow she say 'oh what have I done'
Her friends will joke about the stuff she lost
Yea tequila makes her clothes fall off
Oh tequila makes her clothes fall off
Oh tequila makes her clothes fall off
Fifi ;o)
Well, John W, I tried to post it twice but it wouldn't 'take'. Hey ho. It was a deep, deep secret about why the name John W means something to me.
Nothing wrong with Deepthought, don't get me wrong! But DT was massive, scary and not very communicative.
How could that be anything to do with a dear Frogger with the same name as my first Valentine???
Oops, wasn't going to say that here.....!
Fifi * cringe *
What's this? Fifi and Apertif both liking the name John?
Well, nothing wrong with that. I quite like it too. There are various other Johns around, (anyone seen John H after his brief visit?)
But "Deepthought" sums me up so...well, better than "Marvin, the paranoid Android" did... took ages before people let me live that one down. And "Scary" is one adjective that no-one, in or out of the skulls at the time, would use to describe me.
Anyway, Fifi, and anyone else around, more of this surprisingly good value Rioja on the NC bar, along with some Tapas. And to start a non-serious discussion - this is hardly FB material.
We hear a lot about Hugh, Yvonne, Nigel et al, and we hear from them during PM. Why don't they Frog as well (OK, I know, Hugh answered a few questions recently)... or do they, under pseudo-frogs?
Deepthought (152) Was it Robbie the Robot? ''He'' was definitely a TV character, but I'm not sure if it was in ''Lost in Space''
Anne P.(151) Hope you enjoyed your swim. I trust the Young Macallan was both hale and hearty!
Quiet down here on the Beach isn't it Gillian!
Yes, I thought it was Robbie the Robot too. He turned up in the film and TV series -- same robot, different plot and characters.
I have, and this is VERY unusual for me (!), opened a bottle of Shiraz. Do partake of a glass or three while you're here. Always nicer shared!
Fifi x x
Are people hiding?
Heyho - another 502. I'm off. Sorry folks - see you in the morning.
No, not hiding, just busy practising madly for tomorrow. A final check of the blog before I go to bed. I'll be sane again by tomorrow night (I hope). See you all then. Goodnight!
Yes! I'm hiding over here!
I don't seem to have been down to the beach for ages. Any Shiraz left Fifi? The Black Stump's finished now.
I was just thinking about John H yesterday and wondering if he had changed his name, or just got busy.
I'm going to go for a paddle along the shallows and see who's still here when I get back.
Not hiding either, but recovering...from a s****y day at work! Is there any of that wine left? Oooh that's better, sand between the toes, a warming fire and a troupe of dancing camels. What more could a girl want......:-)
A deserted beach......I'll leave this brioche here, with some of Val P's delicious home-made marmalade. Thanks, Val.
I'll go for a swim now, to freshen up. We were nearly kippered last night in a restaurant with an open fire and a chimney that needed sweeping!
Ahhhhh, the smell of the sea......Where's the Young Macallan?
OK so now I too have suffered a lost posting - nothing deeply significant, just saying I was not hiding and accepting Fifi's offer of a Shiraz last night - but it resulted in a 502, commented on in a posting which did get through at 159. It really would try the patience of a saint, and that I am not.
I commented that we were not hiding, just getting stuck into the tequila, that didn't appear, and now I'm told I am not allowed to post......
Just popped to the beach to reply to you Gillian. This was my comment :- Hi Gillian, Not deserted but I saw your comment on the blogextra site so thought I'd give it a whirl today. Didn't have much luck yesterday and BigSister was even getting upset and becoming reclusive :-) I managed to dent somebody's wing last night in negotiating out of our car park -- anyway no damage to my car and have just told the poor guest and exchanged details. Lucky for him that I'm honest as all my little knocks and bumps seem to just appear on a regular basis in the Asda carpark.
Had a not allowed to comment message before so testing this from another PC - but on the same ISP
Statement issued at 11.28h 11.2.2007
Good Morning Froggers
My colleagues and have been perturbed of late by the disgraceful conduct of the beach monitors. We are not sanguine in the matter of the promised 'New Beach'. To us this implies tearing up the beach, resurfacing it, remodelling the bar to resemble a public lavatory and insisting on CCTV under every palm tree, an alcohol ban and speed limit.
My camels and I have decided we need to regroup to a better place, whence we can influence this barbarianism.
We understand it is permissible to peer from the gallery at the Hice of Lords. This we have elected to do. We have practised the required background noises and interjections and find they match our normal vocalisation so we shall have no problems fitting in.
Should you wish to lob us with your concerns we will treat them with the arrogant disdain we gather is required - that expression, too, is one we use frequently.
When not peering we shall continue the tango lessons.
Good Speed to you all
Statement Ends.
Just popped to the beach to reply to you Gillian. This was my comment :- Hi Gillian, Not deserted but I saw your comment on the blogextra site so thought I'd give it a whirl today. Didn't have much luck yesterday and BigSister was even getting upset and becoming reclusive :-) I managed to dent somebody's wing last night in negotiating out of our car park -- anyway no damage to my car and have just told the poor guest and exchanged details. Lucky for him that I'm honest as all my little knocks and bumps seem to just appear on a regular basis in the Asda carpark. Anyway when I tried to post the comment this came back :- Your comment submission failed for the following reasons: You are not allowed to post comments. Return to the original entry
Thata's interesting -- It worked after I rebooted the Router -- thereby allocating me a fresh IP address (as I am Dynamic)
Here Here Cammellia, Lady Dromedary
I wonder if I'll be allowed to comment now that I've done my chores. Earlier just couldn't get anything through....
Fifi
I'm off to yet another folk club tonight.
A live feed has been fixed up between the pub and the Beach, so you can listen if you wish to.
Any requests? It is nearly Valentine's Day... not that I shall let that influence my natural avoidance of the sloppy and sentimental.
Unless you ask nicely, of course!
Fifi ;o)
First look in today. By the cringe, it's quiet though - what on earth are the camels doing on top of that sand dune?
Well there's interesting audio coming from the NC bar, and I was shocked by an unwarranted Morris Dancing display earlier this evening, so I've had to pour myself a drink. Anyone else around... I'll be in that hammock recovering.
Cammellia, Lady Dromedary, I'm with you; the sound of the word "New" in these circumstances, such as "New Blog: tough on Spam, tough on the causes of Spam" does not fill me with unalloyed joy.