Just a chime....or??

[westgrandboulevard]

If he's passing, I'll tell him to give you a wave....

[144man]

After those last call sales I ended up in the red, see!

[westgrandboulevard]

Up to your neck, in wet debt! :[[

[144man]

What's good enough for the country is good enough for me.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'll write a cheque.

[144man]

Will it be made of rubber like mine?

[westgrandboulevard]

Well, what goes around, comes around.

I always think it's nice to keep an eye on my money each day - with the exception, of course, of when someone else brings it to my attention....:[[

[144man]

If money is the root of all evil, let me relieve you of your sins.

[moe]

Confess, guys....................:rolleyes:

[westgrandboulevard]

Well, I can come here and offer up whatever is troubling me, and I still don't see who I'm talking to :)

[144man]

On your way out, you are supposed to put money in the collection boxes. The box that says "FOR THE SICK" is not for vomiting in.

[westgrandboulevard]

I may need to bring that up later.......

[144man]

And why does it always contain tomatoes whether you've been eating them or not?

[westgrandboulevard]

Have you undertaken a detailed study, then?! :eek:

[144man]

It's the result of saying "I'll just have one more hooch for the road".

[westgrandboulevard]

Only one hooch is likely to have that result for me!

[moe]

That, in itself makes me vomit!

[144man]

But you'll feel better for it!

[westgrandboulevard]

Seems a bit drastic to do that, just to lift one's spirits...

[moe]

...........right out of the mouth!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Nil By Mouth! Intravenous only.....

[144man]

Not a good idea. Applying hooch intravenously would have the same results as embalming.

[westgrandboulevard]

Sounds good enough for me. Cheaper than Botox.....

[144man]

Heaven preserve us!

[westgrandboulevard]

Preserved, pickled..it's all the same....:)

[144man]

Is that why you're wearing a fixed smile?

[westgrandboulevard]

No, that's due entirely to the facelift.:D

[144man]

That's a strange-looking tie you're wearing.

[westgrandboulevard]

Oh, just some old thing that's been hanging around for years.

[moe]

Facelift? That looks like duct tape!!

[westgrandboulevard]

You could be right, but I do think the knots on the top of my head lend rather an artistic touch......

[moe]

Pully-strectchy, westgrand!!;)

[westgrandboulevard]

I like to keep my chin up, moe... LOL

[moe]

You do that, and I'll keep my eyes on a lookout for R&B, who has been MIA!

[144man]

There have been UFO sightings. Maybe he's been captured by aliens. On the other hand, one hooch too many and he might even be mistaken for a UFO.

[moe]

VERY TRUE, 144man!!!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Might he make a very useful satellite?

[moe]

That hooch could be an excellent transmitter!!

[westgrandboulevard]

...but rather subject to intermittent signals, of course! LOL

[144man]

Last time I misread the signals I ended up with a slapped face and a night in the slammer.

[westgrandboulevard]

Well, of course, if you do have a particular attraction to anyone in a Police uniform, you must expect that to happen once in a while...

[moe]

It must be his cologne, westgrand!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

An arresting fragrance, moe!

[144man]

I used to wear cologne to make me feel good. It helped to disguise the fact that I had an inferiority complex. True it wasn't a very big inferiority complex, but still an inferiority complex nevertheless. Then I had some treatment, and now I've got the biggest and best inferiority complex in the whole of the known universe.

[westgrandboulevard]

Yours must be the most superior inferiority complex ever known.

Many hearty congratulations on all your lack of hard work, and may we wish you every failure in the future.

If anyone was never going to do it, we knew it would be you! :)

[144man]

At my last session I was given some good news and some bad news. The good news was that I didn't have an inferiority complex after all; the bad news was that I really was inferior.

[westgrandboulevard]

Nice, always to have someone to look up to....:)

[144man]

I look up to you, wgb.

[westgrandboulevard]

Ah. How much are you wanting to borrow, then?? :)

[144man]

Can you lend me a tenner? I shall be forever in your debt.

[westgrandboulevard]

You will, but it won't be for just a tenner, or for long...;)

[moe]

This is getting deep..............wading boots, please!!:p

[westgrandboulevard]

While we're about it, may I borrow a fishing line from you, moe?

[144man]

She doesn't have one any more. moe sold it to me for the tenner you're about to lend me.

[westgrandboulevard]

If moe is selling a fishing line, and I'm stumping up the tenner, then the fishing line is mine until I'm repaid - and yours on loan in the meantime.

Now, where can I find a tenner, to pay for something I didn't know I'd bought....:confused:

[144man]

I was hoping you'd fall for my little ploy hook, line and sinker so I could make a net profit somehow.

[westgrandboulevard]

Fish ain't biting. At least, not this piranha.

But I still have to find a tenner. I wonder if moe can help....

[moe]

Did you hear about the fish that got away?

[westgrandboulevard]

Even the Great White in Jaws got caught, eventually....!

[moe]

With an oxygen tank in its mouth!!

[westgrandboulevard]

moe, I'm wondering if you may not be selling a fishing line to 144man, as he'd hoped..?

You'll have noticed that 144man has gone very quiet.....

[moe]

Maybe I got him, hook, line, and sinker...........

[westgrandboulevard]

Can you see any bubbles rising?

[moe]

Nary a one!

[westgrandboulevard]

He must be very proficient at holding his breath!

Make some sandwiches, and let's just sit here a while....

[arrr&bee]

Hey gang,i been on a fact finding mission to find facts[facts are very shy and you have to sneak up on em]of course the folks that run the mission told me not to come back without a fact...[one of em said not to come back even with a fact]everyone's a critic anyhow gotta get back to work,there goes one of the little devils now...bye!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Moe, was that a mosquito, or did somebody say something?

[moe]

Westgrand, did you ever see that emoticon where the smiley face keeps shaking its head?

[144man]

He must be very proficient at holding his breath!

Make some sandwiches, and let's just sit here a while....

...You'll be pleased to know I've just resurfaced.

[westgrandboulevard]

You couldn't resist the crumbs we were throwing, I know....

[moe]

Well, he was hungry!!

[westgrandboulevard]

I guess so, otherwise why go fishing by lurking under the surface of the water...

[144man]

Of course I'm still hungry. I haven't had a bite yet. And all because I'm still awaiting delivery of that fishing line one of us owns.

[westgrandboulevard]

And on the subject of 'that fishing line', what about that tenner which one of us owes....

[144man]

It's still in circulation.

[westgrandboulevard]

Together with thousands of other rumours :)

[moe]

Did you hear the rumor that 144man and R&B are one and the same?

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes. They're never seen together, are they?!

One is more sensible and one is more wacky - but it's not necessarily the same one, each time.

Two sides of a coin. Just like Marv2 and Roberta75.....

[144man]

And Moe is Wonder Woman.

[Just noticed there really is a member called Wonder-woman.]

[westgrandboulevard]

She puts a good spin on things, changing them for the better.....!

[144man]

..and then Wondering what to change next.

[westgrandboulevard]

There are a lot of Wonder Women around, looking to change Supermen...

[144man]

...more devastating than kryptonite every time.

[westgrandboulevard]

It appears the heightening of one's powers becomes extraordinarily effective simply by removing spectacles - in direct contrast to the effect experienced by the rest of us...:[[

[moe]

When one removes one's glasses EVERYONE looks good!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Except after trying to wet-shave my face in the mirror. Where did that blood come from...?:confused:

[moe]

You need some of that hooch to do a better job of wet-shaving!!

[westgrandboulevard]

I already proceed with caution.

The aerosol can warns that 'solvent abuse can kill instantly', so I try hard not to inhale....

[moe]

Not to inhale? That's what some said about marijuana............

[westgrandboulevard]

Those who did inhale, have nothing to say......

[moe]

..........but they are very hungry!:D

[westgrandboulevard]

...and with a strange look in their eye.....

[moe]

:DAnd boy, could they giggle!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Couldn't remember their own name, but could giggle, yes. Peace........

[144man]

I can still remember when LSD was money [[pounds , shillings and pence).

[westgrandboulevard]

It was reassuring to have a nice large bag of Libra Solidus Denaris.

It came in handy for telephone boxes....

[moe]

Libra? You want a bag of libra? What about a bag of Scorpio, or Leo, or Aries??

[144man]

Scorpio or Leo or Aries might escape from the bag. Libra would just weigh too much.

[westgrandboulevard]

But at least it would be balanced :)

[moe]

Aha! The scales of justice.........

[westgrandboulevard]

'Justitia' - Lady Justice, no less.....

[144man]

"Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices." [Edgar Argo]

[westgrandboulevard]

Hear, hear....

[moe]

No..............here, HERE!!!!!:)

[144man]

There, there!

[westgrandboulevard]

Where, Where....?!

[144man]

Here, There and Everywhere.

[westgrandboulevard]

Which could mean it's neither here nor there......

[144man]

It might be at the East Pole.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'll take your word. I'll not go to find out....

[moe]

East Pole? I didn't know the Poles were in the East.....I thought the Poles were in Poland!

[westgrandboulevard]

Christopher Robin believed the East Pole exists, so I imagine that any Poles there must share the same belief :)

[144man]

Poland is definitely east of the UK, but it's also west if you go the long way round.

What does Christopher Robin know? He's delirious in hospital after he went down with Alice.

[westgrandboulevard]

Stories of Christopher Robin being unwell are no more than Alicious rumours...

[144man]

They may just be rumours, but Pooh sticks.

[westgrandboulevard]

Upon My Sole!

[moe]

But Alice doesn't live there anymore...........

[144man]

No, she's moved to The House At Pooh Corner.

[moe]

With the corner bar?

[arrr&bee]

What time was it next week????

[westgrandboulevard]

Whatever time we tell you, it's like the hands on a stopped clock. It's correct twice each day....

[144man]

Not even just a chime then. Ask not for whom the bell tolls - it doesn't.

[westgrandboulevard]

We should repeal that decision.

[moe]

"Not even just a chime?" Those swine!

[westgrandboulevard]

Any stopped clock leaves me completely ticked off.

[moe]

Well, you'll just have to face it, westgrand.......

[westgrandboulevard]

The hands of time, and all that....

[moe]

Like sands through the hourglass so go the Days of Our Lives..................:rolleyes:

[westgrandboulevard]

While the Years Of Our Lives go like an express train though a station!

Still, we must have been up to something during all that time, so not so bad....

[144man]

If only I could remember what I was doing last week...

[westgrandboulevard]

You were here. I hope that comes as good news :)

[moe]

..........and I was here.............and someday I shall have to catch up with both of you!

[144man]

I'll be waiting.

[moe]

I can't run that fast!!:o

[westgrandboulevard]

What makes you think you're not already ahead, moe?

[arrr&bee]

This discussion seems to be right on time.

[westgrandboulevard]

Chime Time, y'all....

[moe]

There will be no rhyme before its time....................or whatever:p

[westgrandboulevard]

'Whatever' sounds good to me.

The thought of a number of possibilities often sounds more attractive than certainties :)

[arrr&bee]

Well that certainly sounds possible!!

[144man]

Is that a definite maybe then?

[westgrandboulevard]

Definitely and absolutely. I think....

[moe]

It's all quite possible!!

[westgrandboulevard]

That's what I like to think, even if there might be quite a difference between 'possible' and 'likely' ! LOL

[144man]

You're possibly right about that, but I don't think it's likely.

[westgrandboulevard]

I like the possibility of being right.:)

[144man]

I suppose in an infinite number of universes it's certainly probable in at least one of them.

[westgrandboulevard]

And this is the one :)

[moe]

Which one?

[westgrandboulevard]

If you have to ask,moe, there is definitely uncertainty here....

[moe]

It won't be the first time, westgrand........

[westgrandboulevard]

Well, if you're sure...

[144man]

...and if you're sure you're sure...

[westgrandboulevard]

I'm sure I'm ashore.

[moe]

Ahoy mates!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Well, I'll be damned. I thought this island was deserted....

[144man]

You might be surprised by Friday.

[westgrandboulevard]

Not as surprised as he will be!

[moe]

No kidding................especially if he shows up on Thursday!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes, that's another weak day....

[arrr&bee]

If possible is unsure then maybe is a question or not???who knows is the question but not the answer for which we are seeking to find but we have to know the question before we can seek the answer,but what if there is no question to answer then we have a mystery which is just a fancy question,does anyone know what i just wrote here...it's a mystery...i think???????

[westgrandboulevard]

I know what you wrote - but what it meant, is indeed a mystery :)

[144man]

Wasn't that a quote from Chapter 9, verse 37 of the Great Book of Hooch?

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes, and a translation of which has now become the standard response from all head waiters, when asked if it was a vintage year for any particular bottle of hooch which comes to hand.....

[arrr&bee]

Very good...class dismissed..or displaced???dismantled???discombobulated???disasse mbled????

[moe]

Class committed!

[westgrandboulevard]

And we should be, if it's not already happened.....

[144man]

Groundhog Day. Imagine having to keep on doing this thread till we got it right.

[westgrandboulevard]

Easier to imagine that everyone else is getting it wrong....

[moe]

Quite right, westgrand!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Innocent until proved guilty, moe!

[moe]

Not us, westgrand!

[westgrandboulevard]

We'll be OK until people in uniforms or white coats show up...

[144man]

Remove all your doors. Then they won't be able to get in.

[westgrandboulevard]

I never open any of my doors unless I'm wearing either a uniform or a white coat.

[moe]

I have too many animals in the front yard for anyone to come to my door!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Better that, than in your front room. Wild animals, or domestic?

[moe]

A lot of deer and such

[westgrandboulevard]

Perfect for anyone planning a real-life remake of 'Bambi'...

Mind you, if I were 'a critter' but not a deer, I might balk at the description 'and such'... LOL

[moe]

Speaking of "Bambi".........
Ever see "Bambi vs. Godzilla?"

[westgrandboulevard]

Can't say I have, moe. What would you say about it?

[144man]

Speaking of "Bambi".........
Ever see "Bambi vs. Godzilla?"

Who won? I might have ventured a bet on the outcome.

[moe]

There's a "Bambi vs Godzilla" and then a "Bambi's Revenge."
I take it neither of you are science fiction fans.........

[westgrandboulevard]

Well, certainly not me. Some of the everyday facts in my own life are more involving than I'd like, at times...although I'd still say "Let's hear it for Bambi!"

[144man]

I am as big a science fiction fan as I am a fan of 60s soul music, but I prefer reading SF books to watching movies. I like too many authors to mention but I read everything by Orson Scott Card and Terry Pratchett.

TV series I have been watching regularly are Big Bang Theory, Fringe, Vampire Diaries, Teen Wolf, Supernatural, Continuum, Once Upon A Time, Grimm, 666 Park Avenue, Revolution, Arrow, and Doctor Who.

[moe]

"Bambi vs Godzilla" and "Bambi's Revenge" were staples at the Sci-fi Cons, 144man.
Ever see "Hardware Wars?"

[westgrandboulevard]

Was there scope for a romantic lead in a film called 'Hardware Wars'.....?

[arrr&bee]

I bet that none of you know dr.who's real name...i'll be over here by the electrocardiagram machine just buzz me when you're ready!!

[westgrandboulevard]

It's not yet been proved that even Dr. Who knows his real name:)

[144man]

I don't think Godzilla was as popular in the UK as in the US. I think the films were X-rated as Horror, so I was too young too see them.

I do believe Dr Who's real name is "Diana" or possibly "Diane".

[westgrandboulevard]

There are several current members of SDF who seem to have had many more incarnations than even Dr Who...

[moe]

Who????????

[westgrandboulevard]

In the SDF 'Who's Who', that's who...:)

[moe]

So who is who???

[westgrandboulevard]

Who, indeed.....

[144man]

When I find out, I'll let you know a couple of years ago.

[westgrandboulevard]

Remind me,when I'm on rewind....

[144man]

Ring out the bells for Andy Murray, Wimbledon champion at last!

[westgrandboulevard]

I can tell you're ringing out the bells in celebration on all channels here...

[arrr&bee]

I got another pig joke...let's go to commercial!!!

[moe]

I'm listening.......or am I? What? What?

[westgrandboulevard]

The reviews of this are going to be terrible.

[144man]

What do they know?

[westgrandboulevard]

These days, everyone is a critic. Can't be long before we're all posting online reviews for everyone we pass in the street :[[

[moe]

Now there's a thought............that sounds like something R&B would say.........did you find his hooch, westgrand?

[westgrandboulevard]

Haaaaaaaa, and then the keyboard said to the printer, careful with that hullucinagenic magic elixur of alcoholic abomination called [[hooch) cos...oh we're back live again???

[144man]

Some people certainly have a way with words. Other people... not have way.

[westgrandboulevard]

Confucius, he say...but then, he was always saying.....:)

[moe]

He was always saying, never doing!

[westgrandboulevard]

...and if there ever was a Mrs. Confucius, I bet she said the same!

[moe]

Indeed, westgrand! Mrs. Confucius complained he never picked up after himself! She said his "sayings" were all over the floor! What a mess!!:rolleyes:

[144man]

Yes, Chinese was always written down.

[moe]

There's a column of truth in that 144man!

[arrr&bee]

Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great,well you get the idea[he was great]granddad hung out with confucius[what you thought that he said all that stuff sober?]see the dude's name in english means[confuse us]and he was saying all kinds of stuff til the old man mixed up a special batch for him and the rest is history or as confucius himself might say...man with hooch on tongue not to be taken just let him sleep off!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Some of Confucius's contemporaries are still alive, sleeping it off,and waiting for the next batch......

[moe]

.........that's how much your hooch preserves everyone, R&B!:p

[westgrandboulevard]

And it also speaks volumes about the length of time they've been waiting.

For myself, I'm sat here in hope, all the while ageing with a vengeance:rolleyes:

[moe]

You might age better if you had the hooch!!

[westgrandboulevard]

It would certainly help pass the time away!

[144man]

Does hooch taste better with age?

[westgrandboulevard]

I'll let you know on my 100th birthday.

[144man]

I meant the hooch...but of course you knew that.

[westgrandboulevard]

Of course. But I will make 100, if life and/or hooch doesn't kill me.

[moe]

.....and I will be right behind you, watching!

[westgrandboulevard]

Very wise to stay behind me, moe. If I make 100, you'll have a hard time trying to stay ahead of me for long :)

[arrr&bee]

Haaaaaaaaa,you guys are nuts!!

[westgrandboulevard]

It's not called the human race for nothing....:rolleyes:

[moe]

Look who's talking............someone with an imaginary shed that makes imaginary hooch who is consistently pickled [[I prefer dill myself) and is so selfish he never offers any to the rest of us!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

But he does offer us his imagination, which is very rich, so that is a plus [[of a sort!) LOL

ps. Pickled walnuts are my own weakness

[144man]

It's strange. All fish and chip shops sell pickled eggs, but I've never in my life seen anybody buy one.

We could ask Moe to brew the hooch, but I hear that a woman's work is never done - which might explain why they don't get equal pay with men.

[westgrandboulevard]

I think I'll leave you to hold the fort, for when moe next checks in.

I will be standing well back for a while.....

[144man]

Another bottle job!

[westgrandboulevard]

With no message in it, I suspect....

[144man]

I ran out of invisible ink, I think. The ink-bottle looked empty......

[westgrandboulevard]

I see! I think....

[144man]

...therefore you are.

[westgrandboulevard]

Ah yes, I are, and most definitely are...!!

[144man]

I think you're going to have to pay a syntax.

[westgrandboulevard]

Before incorrectly sentencing, I hope to have some fun in the process.

[144man]

Just don't leave your participles dangling.

[westgrandboulevard]

I most certainly wouldn't - if I knew what they were....

[moe]

Working, brewing, drinking............

[144man]

Having missed school that day, the meaning is unclear.

[westgrandboulevard]

As unclear as arrr&bee's hooch.....

[moe]

Noooo, I think R&B's hooch is clear [[see right thru it). BUT...........the after effects are unclear!!

[westgrandboulevard]

...as in, through the mists....

[144man]

Not like the foggy Mountain Dew then.

[144man]

I think I'll leave you to hold the fort, for when moe next checks in.

I will be standing well back for a while.....

Don't shoot the messenger.

[westgrandboulevard]

No chance. These days, they just leave cards: "Sorry you were out...."

[moe]

How awful..............they litter!