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From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 27 Nov 2009 04:39 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, CT <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> typed >ginge wrote: > >> Hang on, this child, playing under the bridge, therefore in the middle >> of a fast flowing river, is it some kind of mermaid? > >No, they're swinging across between the abutments on tyre suspended >from a length of rope. Probably. Well, that's easy. You find the person they stole the rope from, prosecute them for failing to keep it securely away from children, and then hang them with it. >> I reckon it'll be fine, as mermaids can probably only be killed by a >> unicorn horn. > >You know a bit more about mermaids than is healthy, you know. I think it's nice that freaks of nature look out for each other. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" can you see the light of need shinin' in my eye?
From: Champ on 27 Nov 2009 04:57 On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:39:25 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: >>> I reckon it'll be fine, as mermaids can probably only be killed by a >>> unicorn horn. >>You know a bit more about mermaids than is healthy, you know. >I think it's nice that freaks of nature look out for each other. You're on thin ice there, dugong-boy. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 27 Nov 2009 04:58 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> typed >On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:39:25 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel ><wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > >>>> I reckon it'll be fine, as mermaids can probably only be killed by a >>>> unicorn horn. > >>>You know a bit more about mermaids than is healthy, you know. > >>I think it's nice that freaks of nature look out for each other. > >You're on thin ice there, dugong-boy. Damn! -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" can you see the light of need shinin' in my eye?
From: steve auvache on 27 Nov 2009 10:51 In article <xn0gi49nu1zxae0001(a)news.virginmedia.com>, steve robinson <steve(a)colevalleyinteriors.co.uk> writes >Sean_Q_ wrote: > >> ginge wrote: >> > Oh my god, people putting their own lives at risk. >> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8381395.stm >> >> The authorities seem very slow dealing with the problem >> considering that the Viet Cong repaired bombed bridges >> on the Ho Chi Minh Trail overnight. >> >> SQ > >The army engineers could sling a Bailey bridge accross there in less >than 24 hours i'm sure I happen to have contact with a two striper in the bridge building bit of the army so I asked him why he wasn't doing it. Two things apparently. First they would but all their helicopters are being used to kill ragheads and they have none to spare for domestic emergencies and second there is the trauma they are getting over what prevents them doing anything but writing letters to the Sun. I have a feeling he wasn't being entirely serious with his reply. -- steve auvache
From: Tim on 27 Nov 2009 11:45
In message <aDxBqKAAW$DLFw8M(a)auvache.force9.co.uk>, steve auvache <dont_spam(a)thecow.me.uk> writes >In article <xn0gi49nu1zxae0001(a)news.virginmedia.com>, steve robinson ><steve(a)colevalleyinteriors.co.uk> writes >>Sean_Q_ wrote: >> >>> ginge wrote: >>> > Oh my god, people putting their own lives at risk. >>> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8381395.stm >>> >>> The authorities seem very slow dealing with the problem >>> considering that the Viet Cong repaired bombed bridges >>> on the Ho Chi Minh Trail overnight. >>> >>> SQ >> >>The army engineers could sling a Bailey bridge accross there in less >>than 24 hours i'm sure > >I happen to have contact with a two striper in the bridge building bit >of the army so I asked him why he wasn't doing it. > >Two things apparently. First they would but all their helicopters are >being used to kill ragheads and they have none to spare for domestic >emergencies and second there is the trauma they are getting over what >prevents them doing anything but writing letters to the Sun. > Can't be _all_ of their egg-beaters because two CH-47s pass overhead on a regular basis. -- Tim |