Tell Us Something Really Trivial About Your Life (Vol 33)

[bongtom]

Patrick magooagain said:

Knowing there are a few mini experts on here,then may I present to you for the sum of €5,850.

This gem!

All that work and you end up with what looks like a convertible Micra.

Savage. (And not in a Ford Cortina way)

[Bobberoo99]

'ere, who you callin' a savage??!?


It's the loincloth and the bone through the nose isn't it????

[slopes]

What the fut is with the futtin goats?
Have you lot been at the sheep dip again?

[Bobberoo99]

I was wondering the same slopes, but was too afraid to ask!!!

[slopes]

Bobberoo99 said:

I was wondering the same slopes, but was too afraid to ask!!!

A man of your size girth build calibre being afraid??
Give them a bare hug Bobbers, they wont be expecting that

[DickyC]

slopes said:

What the fut is with the futtin goats?
Have you lot been at the sheep dip again?

It's okay, we were only gargling.

[ApOrbital]

Patrick magooagain said:

Ow doo chaps. Frosty er'e.

Come here and work out side with me you northern tt

Btw oh ist.

[anonymous-user]

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[DickyC]

V6 Pushfit said:

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I'll see your ' and raise you a

[anonymous-user]

DickyC said:

I'll see your ' and raise you a

Did you nod knowingly by the statutory 2.5mm ?

[slopes]

DickyC said:

slopes said:

What the fut is with the futtin goats?
Have you lot been at the sheep dip again?

It's okay, we were only gargling.

good good, I'd hate to think you were swallowing.

[DickyC]

V6 Pushfit said:

Did you nod knowingly by the statutory 2.5mm ?

I believe so. There were no adjudicators available outside the newsagents when Mr Macklin the elder and I exchanged our customary acknowledgement of one another. Though, I must say, as he has got older, so I have started to replace the knowingness of the nod with a more sympathetic visage. It's a gradual process and all still mute, of course, as per tradition. And unsmiling as custom expects. I've always hoped our silent shared greeting sets him up for the day.

[Bobberoo99]

V6 Pushfit said:

DickyC said:

I'll see your ' and raise you a

Did you nod knowingly by the statutory 2.5mm ?

[fatboy18]

I'm lost here?

[Bobberoo99]

fatboy18 said:

I'm lost here?

Sat nav died?

[DickyC]

fatboy18 said:

I'm lost here?

No, no. Not lost, bemused. Perhaps you dozed off during the briefing?

This all started some mornings ago with ApO's customary, "Good morning all," at ridiculous o'clock. His rallying cry was taken up by several interested parties who attempted to abbreviate the greeting more and more with varying degrees of success.

"Good morning all" became, in stages:
Morning
'ning or Ning
'n or 'N
and finally
'

When I attempted to abbreviate it still further with a blank space Pushfit interpreted this as a silent 2.5mm nod which led me to The Land of Whimsy where I painted a picture of several decades of silent greeting between me and Mr Macklin the elder outside the newsagent. I was tempted, as I chronicled the development of this - imaginary but all too possible - scenario, to commence it even longer ago with an accompanying grunt (ie a nod and a grunt) but decided this might lead to the world's least successful three reel epic and chose instead to explore the silent nodded greeting alone.

Any questions?

[glenrobbo]

Morning all [-][/-] erfunctoryknowingnodnotexceeding2.5mm:

fatboy18 said:

I'm lost here? :getmegoat:

Fatboy, how can you be lost if you know you're here?

Slopes: it wasn't sheep dip.

It was goat dip.


Why is Bobbers going up and down like that?
Somebody should apply some sort of lubricant. We don't want another fire starting.

[glenrobbo]

Regarding
erfunctoryknowingnodnotexceeding2.5mm:

Please note: For the Luddites more senior members amongst us, 2.5mm equates to a little over 3/32" in old money.

( Not to be confused with thirty-two shillings and thruppence, which equates to a sum approaching a King's ransom.)

[anonymous-user]

DickyC said:

No, no. Not lost, bemused. Perhaps you dozed off during the briefing?

This all started some mornings ago with ApO's customary, "Good morning all," at ridiculous o'clock. His rallying cry was taken up by several interested parties who attempted to abbreviate the greeting more and more with varying degrees of success.

"Good morning all" became, in stages:
Morning
'ning or Ning
'n or 'N
and finally
'

When I attempted to abbreviate it still further with a blank space Pushfit interpreted this as a silent 2.5mm nod which led me to The Land of Whimsy where I painted a picture of several decades of silent greeting between me and Mr Macklin the elder outside the newsagent. I was tempted, as I chronicled the development of this - imaginary but all too possible - scenario, to commence it even longer ago with an accompanying grunt (ie a nod and a grunt) but decided this might lead to the world's least successful three reel epic and chose instead to explore the silent nodded greeting alone.

Any questions?

I have championed this abbreviated greeting on the basis of least effort to convey the message. It can be construed as 'good morning dear boy' and need not solicit more than the same back from the recipient for the sake of completeness of 'dialogue'.

An oft used type of mutual greeting round these parts, it has developed into an art form of minimal movement but at the same time conveying a complete unspoken dialog.

I have further developed this to a 4.5mm movement of the middle index finger and am working on a prototype 12 degree rotation of the raised wrist, all to convey other messages used regularly during the day.

[glenrobbo]

DickyC said:

fatboy18 said:

I'm lost here?

No, no. Not lost, bemused. Perhaps you dozed off during the briefing?

This all started some mornings ago with ApO's customary, "Good morning all," at ridiculous o'clock. His rallying cry was taken up by several interested parties who attempted to abbreviate the greeting more and more with varying degrees of success.

"Good morning all" became, in stages:
Morning
'ning or Ning
'n or 'N
and finally
'

When I attempted to abbreviate it still further with a blank space Pushfit interpreted this as a silent 2.5mm nod which led me to The Land of Whimsy where I painted a picture of several decades of silent greeting between me and Mr Macklin the elder outside the newsagent. I was tempted, as I chronicled the development of this - imaginary but all too possible - scenario, to commence it even longer ago with an accompanying grunt (ie a nod and a grunt) but decided this might lead to the world's least successful three reel epic and chose instead to explore the silent nodded greeting alone.

Any questions?

Dicky, your erudite review of the development of the ' ' greeting was most impressive, and reminded me of those halcyon days ( and nights ) when one could spend many a long hour digesting the remains of the day whilst reading the critique by dear old Quentin Biggleswade of the previous evening's performance by Fanny Golightly and Agnes Thrump in "What the Butler Did Next" at the Finchley Playhouse.
Yes, Halcyon Days indeed.

Have you ever thought about becoming an arts critic for the Sunday Telegraph?

Edited by glenrobbo on Tuesday 21st January 10:28