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[144man]

When do I get my medal?

[westgrandboulevard]

After you're dead. It seems to happen so often with others, it must be a less expensive undertaking.

[arr&bee]

Yeah,what west just said...put it in the script,i tell ya another golden turkey for us...death valley here we come...oh and we're filming in antartica because those birds know how to dress.

[westgrandboulevard]

They are always appropriately attired for a formal dinner, even if a little overdressed in summer....

[144man]

The film has been retitled "Wizgirls!" and as well as Diana Wilson, Mary Ross will have a starring role. The director has invited me along to the filming, and I am telling you I'm not going.

[westgrandboulevard]

I assume the money offered was insufficient....

[144man]

I might have a subsequent engagement. Remember I'm hoping to be in Hawaii with the money you've raised for me.

[westgrandboulevard]

Arr&bee has disappeared with the funds.

[144man]

In that case I'll just have to go to Bournemouth instead.

[moe]

Let's go to Blackpool!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Oh, Moe......!!

144man displays considerably more discernment with his choice of destination..LOL

[moe]

But they have a roller coaster westgrand!!

[westgrandboulevard]

You've not been on my 'Welcome To Bournemouth!" guided tour, have you, moe.....

[moe]

If you're hosting then I will come.....

[westgrandboulevard]

Well Moe, I can tell you Bournemouth is beautiful this Sunday morning. The sun is bright, the birds are singing, and there is a light breeze.

Earlier, I drove Barry across town to neighbouring Poole Quay, to take part in a Major Incident 'Mayday' Exercise.

It's a multi-agency exercise based on what is required from the emergency services in the [[hopefully!) hypothetical scenario of a disaster taking place within the Bournemouth/Poole conurbation. This time, it involves a Condor Ferries Passenger Ship which has approached Poole Port, and then been involved in a serious collision, gone aground, caught fire, explosion, etc...

There are 500 people assembled on the Quay, from police staff and volunteers, fire service [[I saw at least four fire engines and crew), ambulance and paramedics, Red Cross, St John Ambulance, right down to pastors and leaders from various faiths to counsel traumatised survivors.

'Exercise Mayday' is an annual event. Last year, it was at Bournemouth Airport [[Hurn)and simulated a plane crashing on arrival. [[the extended runways were left after WW2, and are long enough to take re-routed flights from London Heathrow, which in the past included Concorde)

Actors play various parts, ranging from dead at the scene, walking wounded/unconscious/disabled/hysterical/dementia sufferers, etc - and all personnel are assessed on how they deal with the survivors.

I expect you have these events carried out near you, but the general public is largely unaware of them. There is no publicity given to it here.

Maybe arr&bee should come over next time with a megaphone! He could replace the actors with us playing 'ourselves' as passengers on a 'Soulful Detroit Friends Across The Ocean' flight on a plane carrying a cargo of hooch, which crashes on an English coastal town.

I must hire a good stylist....

[moe]

And I'll come with a good hair/makeup person!!

[westgrandboulevard]

A good idea although, if arr&bee is directing, it may not make any difference whatsoever!

[moe]

But it'll make us feel good!!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes.....I suppose....but I'm not sure about being nominated for a Golden Turkey performance

[arr&bee]

Haaaaaaaaaaa,it's always good to see creative minds at work,an west don't worry if ya don't have a tux to wear to the golden turkeys the penquins always have some hangin around,i gotta get back to work getting sponsors,the salvation army is putting up 25bucks of course we have to mention em in the movie...it ain't gonna be easy getting a penquin into one of those uniforms.

[westgrandboulevard]

Does the Salvation Army know the connection with hooch?

That will be a definite no-no with them......

[144man]

Does the Salvation Army know the connection with hooch?

It's an open secret. [The Joy Strings]

[arr&bee]

Maybe i should put out a disclaimer...no penquins were drunk during the making of this movie.

[westgrandboulevard]

The penguins were sober, but nobody else was.

The only thing swallowed during this production was hooch.

[arr&bee]

True but we're the only folks walking around in burmuda shorts in 75 below temps...ahhhh this wonderful elixir does it again...quiet on the set!!

[westgrandboulevard]

OK, we have quiet on the set.

Now...what next?

[moe]

The March of the Penguins!!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Central Casting will have a real problem, telling them apart.

[arr&bee]

We'er only filming croud scenes.

[westgrandboulevard]

But they won't be expecting crowd payments. Each of those penguins has a bank account.

[arr&bee]

Shhhhhhh not so loud,they'll be trying to unionize.

[westgrandboulevard]

I know. Unlike everything else in their world, they don't want their accounts frozen.

[144man]

They don't want any cold cases investigated either.

[westgrandboulevard]

They just like to chill.....

[144man]

When two penguins go on a first date, how do they break the ice?

[westgrandboulevard]

They p-p-p-pick up a penguin....

[arr&bee]

It;ll be a cold day on the southpole before i let em unionize,now they're giving me the icy stare.

[westgrandboulevard]

Like waiters in an empty fancy restaurant, when you haven't booked...

[144man]

...and then they give you the table next to the kitchen.

[westgrandboulevard]

So much less distance to bring you some barely defrosted prawns...

[moe]

At least the service should be speedy

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes, the ambulance station is right next door.

[moe]

No need for an alarm, then.............just yell!!

[westgrandboulevard]

When you're carried out on a stretcher, through a completely packed restaurant, you raise yourself up on one elbow and cry "It was the food!!!".......

[moe]

Maybe you need hooch for the cure!!

[arr&bee]

I've been telling you this for years moe,hooch is the cure and the answer...[what was the question???]

[westgrandboulevard]

It was "Does hooch cure you before you're dead, or after?"

[arr&bee]

Well after you're dead,you'll look better than ever,and if you're still alive then you're already cured.

[westgrandboulevard]

You mean, like ham?

[arr&bee]

Wasn't he cursed?