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[westgrandboulevard]

Indeed it is, Moe. Instead of pondering how the Universe was created, it's much easier to assume it has always been there....and leave it at that...

[moe]

I agree.........and wouldn't it be something to take the trip into space??

[westgrandboulevard]

In my mind, yes.

In reality, I'd be quite happy to wish you "Bon Voyage!"

[moe]

Sometimes you need to take that leap, westgrand!!;)

[144man]

I'm quite happy just using my imagination.

[moe]

No guts no glory!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

I'd rather my guts stayed where they've been quite happy for the last 60+ years, Moe....

[moe]

Well, that could be true. I'm sure some of our people in space have lost their cookies a few times!!

[westgrandboulevard]

I have enough trouble with cookies, just operating this computer.....which thinks it's operating me...

[moe]

It has been known to happen, westgrand!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Are we talking life support, Moe...?

[moe]

NO........but sometimes it seems our computers run us instead of vice versa.

[westgrandboulevard]

We give them a lot of attention, but they have a way of wanting more.

[moe]

And making us look stupid!!:[[

[westgrandboulevard]

The answer to that is right at your fingertips......

[moe]

Hopefully that answer isn't too complicated!

[westgrandboulevard]

Take it one letter at a time.

[moe]

Let's see: A-B-C.............;)

[westgrandboulevard]

O, i. C. - !!

[moe]

I'll bet you do!!;)

[144man]

My favourite letter: ZZZZZZZZZZ!

[westgrandboulevard]

Moe....translate this question into English [[British English and American English should be the same, in this case....!)

[[144man, you're excluded, as I'm pretty sure you will know both the answer,and the source!)

F. U N.E.X.?

[moe]

I have 2 dozen eggs in my refrigerator, westgrand.

[westgrandboulevard]

That's it! You have now made the initial step to in speaking posh British English....

[moe]

Sometimes I will surprise you, westgrand:cool:

[144man]

I. F. E. 10. M.

[moe]

You think I'm a waitress 144man?

S.I.L.L.Y.C.O.W.

[westgrandboulevard]

You two are much better at this than me....LOL

[144man]

Sometimes I will surprise you, westgrand:cool:

You certainly surprised Westgrand with your "S.I.L.L.Y. C.O.W." post.

[moe]

I try really hard to keep up with you two, my friends!!!!:D

[westgrandboulevard]

Looks like it comes perfectly easy to you, moe. No need to try, at all....!

[144man]

I can't always think of anything to write...like right now.

[westgrandboulevard]

Write now.....

[moe]

Morning fellas!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Morning m'lady!

So what's it like with you, today?

[[or..... just what are you like, today?!.)

[144man]

It's afternoon already.

[westgrandboulevard]

I don't remember having lunch....

[moe]

And yet you're probably sleeping now. That was fast!

[westgrandboulevard]

I'm becoming accustomed to it. I went on a time diet last week and lost a couple of days....

[moe]

I'd rather lose the pounds!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

I have a handful of pounds I could afford to lose......

[moe]

We might as well lose them together, westgrand!!

[144man]

I'm going to go on eating until I'm twice the person I was.

[westgrandboulevard]

And only half the person you could become.....

[144man]

Back later...my chair has just collapsed beneath me!

[westgrandboulevard]

You didn't have a leg to sit on.

[moe]

By the seat of your pants!!

[144man]

I'm not wearing any pants.

[westgrandboulevard]

Depending on the precise definition of 'pants' here, it could be a case of too much information....

[moe]

Very much so, westgrand!!! Does he wear a kilt or what???

[westgrandboulevard]

Watch this space...and prepare to avert your gaze.

[144man]

I was wearing my jimjams.

[westgrandboulevard]

You can come out now, Moe.....

[moe]

Are you sure????:eek:

[144man]

Would he lie to you?

[westgrandboulevard]

I'm awaiting the response with great interest.....:rolleyes:

[moe]

No.....he wouldn't'

[144man]

He's right. You're perfectly safe with me. Trust me.

[westgrandboulevard]

I remember similar exchanges to this being made in the playground....

[moe]

Cross your fingers, fellas!!!:D

[westgrandboulevard]

I remember running around the playground, seemingly aimlessly, trying to avoid being touched by someone who was 'it'.....

[moe]

.............and then you were "it"!!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

I know!! Oh....the horror of it. I then had to run as quick as possible, and touch someone else, so that they would then be 'it'.

It was like I had the bubonic plague or something.....

[moe]

Yes, I have experienced that as a child!!!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Just once or twice since, I've wondered if it's happening all over again...

[moe]

You're it!!! HAHA!!! Computer fixed............:D

[westgrandboulevard]

It's like having an old and favourite pair of shoes returned from the menders. Remember that?

[moe]

Oh yes, the shoe repair man. When repairing was more cost effective than a new pair!!

[westgrandboulevard]

They would have to be a very expensive pair now, to justify the cost. There are, of course, a lot of expensive shoes which, once bought, then see little or no wear at all....

[moe]

Of which I am guilty, westgrand!!

[westgrandboulevard]

...and at which I am not the least surprised, Moe!

[moe]

They can be works of art!!

[westgrandboulevard]

As in, admired by people walking around them, rather than walking around IN them?!

[moe]

Yes, I won't lie, westgrand..........;)

[westgrandboulevard]

That must represent a good 75% of the shoes sold to women.....

[moe]

That's a reasonable assumption westgrand

[westgrandboulevard]

Some of those shoe manufacturing bosses must be well heeled.

[moe]

It's based solely on your results!

[westgrandboulevard]

You could be tied into some crazy designs....

[moe]

That would cause painful feet:D

[westgrandboulevard]

And strange looking feet, too. And there are plenty around...

[144man]

No corny jokes please.

[westgrandboulevard]

I wouldn't want to be thought callous.

[moe]

Or a heel!

[westgrandboulevard]

No, of course. I can tell we are in instep....

[144man]

All together now: "The world is just a great big bunion...".

[westgrandboulevard]

There's mischief afoot here......

[144man]

I've never really been into shoes.

[westgrandboulevard]

Well, upon my sole!

[144man]

My shoes are falling to pieces. What steps should I take?

[westgrandboulevard]

Walk this way....

[144man]

If I walked that way, they'd arrest me...!

[westgrandboulevard]

That happened to my Auntie Vera. She had an addiction for shoes. Couldn't resist them. Was walking down Oxford Street, London, and saw a shop sign : "Giant Shoe Sale". Not five minutes had passed, and out she came, wearing a pair of stilettos, size 22. The police found her clinging to the shop front....

[144man]

Many years ago, the Queen was visiting the East End of London, when the heel of her shoe broke. Luckily enough this happened just outside the shop of a Jewish shoe-repairer, and he proudly mended the shoe. In fact, he was so proud that he put a sign in his shop window: "COBBLERS TO THE QUEEN". The next day, the owner of the shop next door put a sign in his window saying, "BALLS TO THE CHIEF RABBI".

[westgrandboulevard]

To say nothing of R. Soles, in Kings Road, Chelsea....

[moe]

Who's that westgrand?

[westgrandboulevard]

I've said it once, Moe...I'll not say it again....:rolleyes:

[moe]

No problem westgrand!!!:D

[westgrandboulevard]

On the subject of no problem, hope those bats were caught and released from your basement - !

[moe]

I am not making this up, westgrand: went down to the basement & the bats haven't been seen since............

[westgrandboulevard]

Probably just en-route for somewhere, used your basement as a stop-over, then decided they wouldn't make it permanent.....

[moe]

No room service for them, perhaps!!;)

[westgrandboulevard]

They're more accustomed to 'Food On The Go'....

[moe]

Fly thru no less.......................

[westgrandboulevard]

Maybe KFC should bring out a 'Bat Outta Hell' range, just for them....available 24/7.

[moe]

And put it in NE Ohio

[westgrandboulevard]

Anyone who can hang upside down gets one free....

[144man]

Maybe KFC should bring out a 'Bat Outta Hell' range, just for them....available 24/7.

I didn't know KFC sold meatloaf.

[westgrandboulevard]

It doesn't. There were never any flies on Meatloaf....quite unlike the "Bat Outta Hell" offer....now available in McDonalds Fly-Thrus....

[144man]

True fact. There was a newspaper report a while back about an argument at a McDonalds Drive-through because they wouldn't serve a girl who was riding a horse.

[westgrandboulevard]

I bet she got on her high horse about that.

[144man]

Riding it today; eating it tomorrow.

[westgrandboulevard]

Typical behaviour of the female sex.

[144man]

Just what are we talking about now?

[westgrandboulevard]

Speaking of those women, quite prevalent, who seem rather carnivorous in their relationships, and who then like to publicise how it has all gone wrong for them. Generally speaking, they are generally speaking...

[moe]

Women who constantly say what's wrong in their relationships better look in the mirror; they are the one constant in those relationships!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Even innocent Snow White found herself in a whole heap of bother caused by a mirror. They can't be trusted......

[moe]

Even Angela Lansbury in "The Mirror Crack'd"

[westgrandboulevard]

Angela Lansbury's version is a good version, but heavily customised for your American market. There are those in the industry who feel that , without it, you [[our friends over there) would never understand what was being said, or happening. I suppose they knew what they were doing, but it doesn't give much credit to the intelligence of American viewers.

For what it's worth, over here, Joan Hickson is still considered the quintessential Miss Marple. If you've not yet seen it, check out her 'The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side', from 1992...it might seem quaint and really dated, but it is fully authentic, and true to the original novels, and their timescale.

[moe]

Angela Lansbury will never hold a candle to Joan Hickson

[westgrandboulevard]

Interesting to learn you think that. After I posted the comment, I then wondered if authenticity was only more important to me, simply because Agatha Christie was from this side of the Atlantic. Time moves on, and most people watching TV wll not relate back to the novels, or even read them.

To be fair to both ladies :

When starring as Miss Marple, Joan Hickson was in her first ever leading TV or film role, and was also in her 80s. She was always really a character actress.

Angela Lansbury is a leading lady, and was much better suited to 'Murder, She Wrote' than Joan H. would ever have been.

Takes all sorts......:)

PS. do you ever have trouble understanding any of the regional accents from productions from the UK?

[moe]

No...........that's why DVR's were invented for me!!! Rewind, repeat, again.......;)

[westgrandboulevard]

As long as you enjoy doing it.....:)

[144man]

Angela Lansbury's grandfather, George Lansbury, was leader of the UK Labour Party in the mid-1930s.

[westgrandboulevard]

Then, evidently, he had quite a large number of followers, as has his granddaughter.

[144man]

Not enough to become Prime Minister though.

[westgrandboulevard]

I never knew that Angela Lansbury had ever hoped to become Prime Minister...:confused:

[144man]

She always denied it, but if it had been forced upon her...

[westgrandboulevard]

.....then Beatrice Arthur would have been her deputy....

[moe]

Beatrice Arthur, ha! a good choice!!

[westgrandboulevard]

I can imagine those two in Parliament, at Prime Minister's Question Time.

If questions from the Opposition had become a tad tricky, Angela and Beatrice could have just launched into 'Bosom Buddies'......

[arr&bee]

Do-de-do-de..hmmm i can see those voices hiding behind that treble clef,and outta tune too.

[westgrandboulevard]

You got the wrong key baby, and it's flat.....

[144man]

I'm getting out of here sharpish.

[arr&bee]

Do-de-do-de...who goes there???

[westgrandboulevard]

There goes WHO....?

[moe]

Isn't WHO on first?

[arr&bee]

Who isn't on first,he goes there.

[144man]

Exterminate!

[arr&bee]

Do-de-do-de..i won't stay til i go but if i plant a fig it would be still laugh at this earth.

[westgrandboulevard]

I need a strong coffee....

[144man]

I need some hooch, and all I've got is an incomprehensible formula that R&B just teleported to me.

[westgrandboulevard]

Perhaps see if the buses near you go out to Bletchley Park? Or let the train take the strain, as it's almost opposite the station....

[144man]

I don't have the intelligence to get there.

[westgrandboulevard]

OK. Best ring them, and tell them you can't come. Got a code....

[moe]

What code?

[westgrandboulevard]

A common code, a code in the head. Makes you sniff. Usually results in a blocked node. :)

[moe]

Which node? SA Node? AV Node?

[westgrandboulevard]

I don't node....

[moe]

Darn, I thought you had the answer, westgrand!! Maybe R&B does...

[arr&bee]

Of course i have all the answers...i just don't know the questions.

[westgrandboulevard]

I won't question that.

[moe]

...and neither shall I.........

[westgrandboulevard]

If we did, we'd need a full-time enquiries desk.

[arr&bee]

Awwh you guys i'm getting misty over here.

[westgrandboulevard]

That's strange. I thought it was full sunshine :)

[144man]

I don't know the code either. I'm full of reMorse.

[westgrandboulevard]

On-Off tones, lights and clicks. That Morse Code was similar to some of those bad, old vinyl pressings.

[144man]

You mean those Aliens weren't leaving me secret messages after all?

[westgrandboulevard]

Only if there were three of them, all female, and calling themselves 'The Andantes'.

[moe]

What about the area codes?

[westgrandboulevard]

Do we need them any more, now that we all seem to be mobile....?

[moe]

No, I guess not. And we can all cover a lot of territory on our own.;)

[westgrandboulevard]

One day, we won't even need a mast. When that time comes, maybe we will have evolved into winged creatures.

[moe]

History repeating itself.......

[westgrandboulevard]

It does, and frequently...especially on this forum....

[144man]

It's lucky I'm nostalgic.

[westgrandboulevard]

That, combined with your love of grammar, leaves you finding the present tense, and the past perfect.

[moe]

Just don't dangle the participle:D

[144man]

I'm quite happy to sometimes split the infinitive....just because I can!

[westgrandboulevard]

We have to really admire you for that....

[moe]

I thought it was "to infinitive and beyond."

[westgrandboulevard]

My word, I bet that gave you a Buzz...

[144man]

That's another story.

[westgrandboulevard]

Light years from now....

[moe]

Doesn't compare with the potato head!!!

[arr&bee]

Now moe,someone is gonna get peeled off at that remark.

[westgrandboulevard]

French Fried on sight....

[arr&bee]

As you know by now i'm running for something,so get out the vote,my hoodlums[opps-err-ahem-hehe]humanitarums will be casing[opps-err-ahe-hehe]canvesing your city looking for bribes[opps-err-ahem-hehe]contributions together we can turn things around[which way?].

[144man]

How many potatoes will you give me to vote for you?

[arr&bee]

POTATOES??WELL I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY,BUT TO GET YOUR VOTE I'LL HAVE MY HOOD[OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE]HUMANITARIANS GET SOME FOR YOU...[be down at the back of the potatoe farm at dusk and ask for shady].

[westgrandboulevard]

If there's going to be 'a situation' down on the farm, then I'm coming along, too.

I'm bringing a camera crew, and my stylist. If anyone's going to look bad, I want to look good.

[arr&bee]

UMM[GULP]CAMERAS???[YIKES!!!]WAIT A MINUTE THERE WEST,THIS IS SORT OF A SPECIAL THING I'M DOING FOR THE POTATO FARMERS[yeah that's it]YOU SEE THEY DON'T LIKE PUBLICITY,SO IT WOUD EMBARASS THEM IF PICTURES WERE TAKEN AND BESIDES MY PAROLEES[OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE]PATRONS ARE SHY.

[westgrandboulevard]

No they're not. I just paid them a whole lot of money to be most un-shy...
[[if you know what I mean.....:mad:)

[arr&bee]

Yep,but you paid em in pounds,we use dollars in the u.s.so as soon as those pounds become dollars they stay shy.

[westgrandboulevard]

No, I paid them in dollars. Your dollars [[they're worth much less than our pounds) Check your bank account. I like to talk to people in the language they understand.

[arr&bee]

Bank account???i sorta kinda keep my cash close at hand no banks,well all they gave me was some funny looking money with a dame on a mule in front of big ben.

[westgrandboulevard]

Oh, don't mind her. That's the old lady of Threadneedle Street....

[moe]

I want to be paid with lettuce!!!

[arr&bee]

Moe i'm appointing you tresurer of something or other,look into this .

[westgrandboulevard]

Sounds like the only thing Moe would want to look into...is a vegetable garden....:)

[arr&bee]

Look west this campaine is about to be biggger than ever,get out the votes...[and the cash]i got payoffs to make..all for the people of course.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'll get you spots on ABC, CBS & NBC.

[moe]

I'll throw in Fox & CNN.

[westgrandboulevard]

So there you are, Arr&bee. Full coverage. Your face known everywhere, yet we still won't understand a word...

[moe]

He might be better off drinking some of his hooch to be understood!!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

That makes sense! ;)

[arr&bee]

I don't need to be actually seen the people know me and my word is as good as something or other.

[westgrandboulevard]

Hmmmmm....do you perhaps see yourself as Moses?:confused:

[moe]

Special effects please!!!! Part the Red Sea take 1

[westgrandboulevard]

...and can somebody please do something with all those plastic carrier bags floating on the surface....

[144man]

...which are quite degrading.

[westgrandboulevard]

..and, for those of us who value our health, are probably carriers for something quite horrible.....

[arr&bee]

WILL YOU TWO QUIT CLOWNING AND GET MY MONEY..[jeez I gotta be outta town by sundown]THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S MONEY AND I GOTTA GET OUTTHERE ON THE CAMPAINE TRAIL,FOR THE PEOPLE.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'll phone for a taxi.

[144man]

Don't forget to bring a soapbox.

[arr&bee]

[boy as slow as these guys work i'll never get this loot]...OH ARE WE BACK ON GOOD I WAS JUST THINKING THAT MY WORKERS HAVE TO GET GOING WITH THESE CONTRABUTIONS FOR THE PEOPLE.

[westgrandboulevard]

It seems your Hotline is turning rather tepid....

[moe]

Uh huh, R&B.........and I got some swamp land to sell you:rolleyes:

[arr&bee]

I'LL WRITE YOU A CHECK MOE...[hehehe good luck with that].

[moe]

With invisible ink??

[westgrandboulevard]

Mud, more like.....

[moe]

Yep............clear as mud!!!:p

[arr&bee]

OK I GUESS YOU WANT CASH[DON'T YOU TRUST ME?]IF THERE'S ANYTHING LEFT IN THE TRESURY TAKE WHAT YOU NEED...[i'll be long gone...hehe].

[moe]

You better be careful that someone doesn't put a locator device on you, R&B.

[westgrandboulevard]

Arr&bee has spent a lifetime selling furniture for a living. His own.

[moe]

He may prefer to sit your comment out, westgrand.

[westgrandboulevard]

He has my support.

[arr&bee]

Oh now i get your support,i tell ya what west we can both make some cash[you do like money don't you?]good now i want you to stand in front of big ben with you loch ness suit on and direct tourist down to loch ness where my goons-opps-err-ahem-hehe..my salesmen will be waiting you'll get a slice of the pie,trust me.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'll wear a smart suit, as if I've just come from the Houses of Parliament.

You can wear the Loch Ness costume. It's more your style....

[arr&bee]

No west no smart suits,but i got a nice imitation almost wilted wool[i know you english like wool]sweater just for you one size fits all,and i'm gonna let you have it at just 75% above factory cost[plus shipping of course]these overseas rates are murder,so how many do i put you down for?

[westgrandboulevard]

I could buy a whole flock for the price you'd charge.

[arr&bee]

Now west don't be cheap[i know you english are loaded]i know you have a charge account at lloyds of london so i know you can afford a couple of the sweaters[do you know how many imitation wools are running around naked today just so you could have these wonderful sweaters at only 150% above factory cost-plus shipping]cmom west you know you want one or ten,

[144man]

Yes, we're loaded...loaded with debts.

[westgrandboulevard]

Indeed we are! I've just changed my Will, and have left all my debts to my heirs...

[moe]

How bout a smart car for the smart suit??
Morning westgrand!

[westgrandboulevard]

A nice Mercedes Benz, with high seats...and I'd look and feel good, even with a cheap suit.

Morning Moe!

[moe]

A very smart fellow you are, westgrand!!

[westgrandboulevard]

You're too kind, Moe, but I generally do a great job of not letting it show.....

[moe]

Very humble............I like that!!!
But when it counts..........you deliver:cool:

[westgrandboulevard]

If we were sat side by side, I'd be likely to actually say very little.

Mind you, when in the mood, if I start talking, I never stop.....:rolleyes:

[arr&bee]

Ahem...if you two are through i'm trying to conduct some business,now west you were about to order some fine almost imitation wilted wool sweaters one size fits all,and for you west and i don't do this for everybody..i'm gonna let you have em at only 250% above factory invoice plus shipping..and they say that honesty is dead.

[westgrandboulevard]

You can't pull imitation wool over my eyes. Honesty is not dead, merely stunned from time to time.

[moe]

I have some swamp land I want to sell you, R&B......

[arr&bee]

My dear moe,i've come across a lovely almost imitation mood ring[that's still in the mood]as soon as i stole-opps-err-ahem-hehe..saw it i thought of you,and i'm gonna let you have it for only 175%above factory invoice..no need to thank me what are friends for.

[144man]

I can't afford to buy anything because...

Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home,
And when he died
All he ever left me was A LOAN.

[moe]

I'm not in the mood, R&B, but thanks............

[westgrandboulevard]

That's all we need. Moody items for sale, and moody customers.

[144man]

What's a mood ring?

[westgrandboulevard]

It means when you're sad, your mobile phone cries when someone is calling you.

And, when you're happy, it laughs maniacally when someone is calling you.

[144man]

Shouldn't that be on the "Just A Chime" thread?

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes, of course - I knew something about it rang a bell.....

[moe]

Some bells here need fine tuning..........

[144man]

One less bell to answer...

[arr&bee]

Ok moe if you're not in the mood then you need a pick me up and i'm selling those too when do you wann pick it up so it can pick you up...and because it's you moe only..275%above factory invoice.

[moe]

Such a deal, R&B!!!!!!!!!!
I think my bells have been rung enough!!

[westgrandboulevard]

..and are starting to lose their a-peal.....

[moe]

Where are you, 144man to chime right in???:rolleyes:

[westgrandboulevard]

144man has better things to do than endure the bombardment of Arr&bee's price offers....:rolleyes:

[144man]

144man has better things to do than endure the bombardment of Arr&bee's price offers....:rolleyes:

The sad thing is I don't...:[[