Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 If its neither windy nor rainly there I could be tempted to buy them and have a go! Just to get some flying in. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
001 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Rainly, a good word. That reminds me of the true story of a man named R.B. Jones, he had to explain to everyone he met, and wrote to, that his name was in fact just the initials.R & B. He used to get letters addressed back to him as Ronly Bonly Jones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 I had a mate who's name was Paul Christopher O'Donovan. He regularly got mail from an insurance company that specialised in offering insurance to policemen addressed: Dear PC Odonvan! Even funier was a colleague whose full handle was Dr. Andrew Kaldos - my secretary used to regularly take calls asking to speak to Mr Drakaldos! Actually one of my students - who was good at that sort of thing - pointed out that Andrew Kaldos has an amusing - if unfortunate - anagram. One I could not possibly reveal on here, but if you want to work it out well that's up to you! Finally, my sister worked in a bank where they had a customer with the unfortunate name of Pauline Ennis. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted May 27, 2011 Author Share Posted May 27, 2011 Yes - "rainly" - I like that! Its a bit Edward Lear isn't it. The slivy toals were rainly cumberling...." yes I can see that working. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spice Cat Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Doth gyre and gimble in the wabe...... Beware the Jabberwock my son. Thought it was Lewis Carrol, who must have been smoking something truly stupendous to come up with that load of ........... BEB; get some sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted May 27, 2011 Author Share Posted May 27, 2011 Is indeed Lewis Carroll! Sleep? What's that? We learnt yesterday that we had won a major new research contract - £1.5 worth - so things like sleeping came fairly far down the list of "things to do" BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Big Bandit Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 BEB, At the college I used to have regular communication with an architectural consultant who's name was Richard Head, and round the corner we have a guy who doe's plans for extensions and such for the local area, deals with the local planners ect. His name is Less Christmas, names his daughter Mary. How can parents be so cruel when giving their offspring names. Talking about Jabberwocks built the Don Stothers original 40 sized back in the 80's, brilliant model. Cheers, Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klippy Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 I once worked with a guy called Ian Colin Coulle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bandit Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Flugtag 2011 Anyone going to this. It's a free event at Roundhay Park Leeds 17 July. Cheers, Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence Lynock Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 When I was a kid I found the Alice in Vunderbarland a bit scary somehow, talking rabbits, a cat wiv more teeth than he was decently entitled to, a queen determined to decapitate all and sundry, and a raving loony with a stupid hat and an obsession for tea parties. Sound for all the world like a parliamentary debate in the house of ill repute, on the other hand just up the road a tad from where we lived was the abode of Ms Ellis Peters authoress of the Cadfael series, she looked the typical little old lady that nobody takes much notice of when she was doing her shopping in Madeley, for all her fame she lived in a smallish detached house at the top of Park Street, painted white and right opposite the Park Inn, such a shame she is no longer with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence Lynock Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 I did a commission job for a model of HMS Indefatigable 1784 for a partner in Morgan Stanley Dean Witter a few years back, anytime I want investment advice I can have it free of charge whereas anyone else would have to pay around 270 dollars an hour for his time, hia name? Noah Walley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Where my wife works they had a patient called Gordon Shed and once she had to call out to find a gentleman actually called Cumdan Singh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence Lynock Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Somrwhat ireverant I suppose but every christmas we make a trip to Witton Cemetary to take some flowers and tidy things up as many families do. I can never go to my parents without something of a rye smile when I look at my parents neighbours headstone cause her name is Helen Stiff......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted May 27, 2011 Author Share Posted May 27, 2011 Following the Germanic theme Terry has set - something peaceful for Saturday evening... BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted May 27, 2011 Author Share Posted May 27, 2011 Posted by Big Bandit on 27/05/2011 18:01:18: Flugtag 2011 Anyone going to this. It's a free event at Roundhay Park Leeds 17 July. Cheers, Chris. Looks interesting - might take the family! See if I can get them fired off in a cannon - be cheaper than feeding my eldest who is built like a stick insect and could eat for England! BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence Lynock Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence Lynock Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 And if you prefer something you may never have heard before........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly P Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Have taken plunge, in order to get practice for greenacres I've bought a wot 4 foam e, arrived yesterday, need to assemble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Vrandecic -Mes Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Hi All , while most of forumiters watching the final mach (Man.U-Barca),I send my contribution to Dear Chris and others who like bikers . The first time ,in Croatia ,we can see a few thousand owners of Harley Davidson ,from all the world.Event location is small city Biograd (on the sea of Central Adriatic). UK Team Happy Generation Cheers Jo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted May 28, 2011 Author Share Posted May 28, 2011 Hi Jo, I was browsing through your photo album last night - you have some great photos, really interesting stuff old and new. And obviously a wide range of interests as well. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence Lynock Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Which reminds me, a MacMillan nurse named Tamara Knight, I thought it was a joke but it is actually her name, she is based in Cardiff but works in the Bridgend area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Vrandecic -Mes Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Thanks for you time ...lads ... Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowerman Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Bill was admiring a line of Harley Davidsons, he turns to the stranger standing near and says ' Harleys are the Massy Fergusons of the motor bike world' The stranger knocks him to the ground. Bill gets up and asks if the stranger is a Harley owner. 'No' says the stranger ' I'm a Massey Ferguson owner'Edited By Mowerman on 29/05/2011 10:52:23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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