Esmeralda

The brilliance that is Tom Verlaine’s Television with.

@Sir Actor wrote:

It was a shock to me.
Ever since I was a kid I was proud to share the same birthday as him.

..and your role in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid was legendary :wink:

@PP1 wrote:

With all the enrollments Pats has made to her team it seems she has more members than is legal – we have 6 she has more like 30 is that not cheating. Lubs ya really Pats but you cant keep snaffling all the people who want to join in send some to the professors team please to make it a fair contest, or we will have to dock you at…

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@Sir Actor wrote:

I will post a picture from today’s game in a bit.

We lost.

Aww..never mind..
“The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.”
(Robert Green Ingersoll)

This would be an opportune moment to introduce Chic Murray the well loved comedian of the land of my birth whose droll style and unique delivery had ’em rolling in the aisles..

“This friend of mine had a terrible upbringing. When his mother lifted him up to feed him, his father rented the pram out. Then when they came into money later, his mother…[Read more]

Les arbres ont grandi & Alan Stivell – Grand Echiquier

@rubyred wrote:

@bon bon wrote:

this silly half hour is all very well but.
where are your suggestions :evil:

we dont have any cos were a bunch o lazy bastirds :)

I’ll have you know I’m always up at the crack of afternoon teatime 8)

@rubyred wrote:

@Esmeralda wrote:

@Pete wrote:

ok now ya just getting silly :lol:

Is silly related to billy?

DONT mention that word !!!!

Okay then…have a TIM.. he he he :P

@rubyred wrote:

@dee wrote:

bombay sapphire 8)

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !

it looks all bonny in the bottle but yeuch, hoots mon im not a gin drinker at all. !

Pink gin was my poison once uponcey time…accompanied by a black sobrani smoking gently in my cigarette-holder.
The poncey was intentional btw! :twisted:

@Pete wrote:

ok now ya just getting silly :lol:

Is silly related to billy?

@ForumHostPB wrote:

@~Pebbles~ wrote:

what happened to the egg thread? :?

I deleted it as it became a vehicle for inter-member abuse.

Maybe those who wish to post RIP type messages can post them on this thread without the other unnecessary comments

Not guilty your’onour!!

I was a big fan of T.Rex and played these two until I wore a groove in ’em..

T.Rex- Metal Guru

@lil fek wrote:

Yayyyy at last an answer to that question.

Tuesday

Have you ever been hit on by someone of the same gender?

Yes..on many occasions..

Are you evenly featured/footed/breasted or are you lopsided?

@bon bon wrote:

I have four alarms..

One is a teasmade, which I never use, but has the loudest alarm ever
another is a clock that wakes you up to the sound of a cockerel crowing
the third is my phone
All next to my bed

The fourth alarm is the girls at work who ring me 30 mins before I am due to start
This morning my eldest came to my room to wake…

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So I didn’t just dream it then, pebbles…thank feck for that..thought i had finally lost my marbles. :P

@pikey wrote:

@Esmeralda wrote:

I pointed out that she never provides the title or the author, I said NOTHING about her pretending the works were by herself.

No you didn’t. Quite true. I take it back. It’s just you and plagiarism are forever entwined in my appreciation. I think it’s because for months every time you pretended to write something…

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A new little life is always a precious thing,
Here’s to a long happy and healthy future
for your beautiful baby.

@toybulldog wrote:

The Legs

There was this road,
And it led up-hill,
And it led down-hill,
And round and in and out.

And the traffic was legs,
Legs from the knees down,
Coming and going,
Never pausing.

And the gutters gurgled
With the rain’s overflow,
And the sticks on the pavement
Blindly tapped and tapped.

What drew the legs along
Was the…

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Now, Janos Pilinszky I AM familiar with, and Fable is a heart- rending piece of work. To anyone moved by it, I would recommend following up by getting hold of a copy of Desert Of Love (again..translated by Ted Hughes, whose own recommendation was all I needed to inspire me) most probably from your nearest substantial library, as I think it may…[Read more]

Cath, I love you with all my heart, and Toybulldog, thank you for the magnificent poems, I’m not familiar with the work of either of those authors, but will make a point of seeking them out where possible.