The Crosby Channel

And by the way, in a different vein, when was the last time you heard "The Harry Lime Theme"? The fillum was on our telly last evening.
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Wed Oct 15 21:24:42 2008

Dear DJ, There's an abiding satisfaction in Venezuela whereby the colour matter is generally relegated to the level of speaking of skin shade almost like hair colour. You'd comment that this or that guy's negrito, morenito él, cafe-con-leche etc and I for one have got no idea whether my wife's (Corsican, about 1850 immigrant) background may include any 'infusions'; cetainly both our boys have come home with polygenetic birds and it's never been an issue beyond preference, as you might prefer blond or brunette*. Truth be told, a spot of native indian and n***o can make for a super complexion as, in the course of the foregoing, I have been able to observe. So, when I say Move-on time's at hand, I mean it: the situation you describe, apart from all the other obvious drawbacks, is a blind alley: it's practitioners lock themselvers permanently into a worldview that inherently precludes any solution. Pace John Kelly's sincere doubts, old O'Bam's well placed to make progress there; will he up to it? We can only hope and wait. [* In this connexion, here, they say that, "nadie aguanta los tres golpes", lietrally, "no one can stand the three blows"; in fact being "no family can go back three generations without finding what above, I chose to term 'infusuion'"]
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Wed Oct 15 21:22:35 2008

Latest figures show that only 58% of Canadians voted yesterday in the general election, the lowest turnout on record. Apathy has set in along with rigor mortis.
DJ <>
, , , Wed Oct 15 21:11:28 2008

Important facts that every Crosbyite & Crosbyette should know.................................... Average age of Crosby residents 42. Average commute of Crosby residents 9.9 miles. Female to male % -1.19. Population in good health 69%. percent of population that are students 4.4% . Average home price in Crosby ₤251.000 . ....And don't you forget it.
DJ <>
, , , Wed Oct 15 21:08:25 2008

J.J., I live close to a city that is very diverse in racial make up, in some quarters it is worth your life to make any satirical , witty,funny, well meaning sarcastic etc etc remarks that have the slightest hint of racial content, a result of canada opening up her doors and letting the whole world in ( including me) then saying "you better live with this or you are a racist".......... So I cringe when ever I hear jokes or puns about skin colour etc. Big brother Kanuck may be listening.
DJ <>
, , , Wed Oct 15 20:58:31 2008

Enough a'ready! Dee, We here, with a painful background of Mr. Glib&Charismatic, turning into other stuff, are leery of the O'Bamagh, with 'the change this country needs'; no one doubts the authenticity of the serious -- and I'd've thought -- actionable -- betrayals and shortcomings of the Bush charlies that provide the O'BamMan with such traction but the media's smiling acceptance of some PC unassailability á la "I thought my new broom swept cleanest until I saw Barack's" runs against the grain, in the wake of pretty horrid anti-anythingtodowith McCain-Palin, to the widespread and seemingly contagious snickers of what used to be called 'yuppies'. You mention there is anti-O'Bam stuff but had to Google it up! //// DJ, As for veiled hints: my hints aren't veiled: the O'Bamagh's being black and his (let's face it, felicitous) Afro-Irish route to the crib is ready material for satire; the TanHouse and Irish suntan are terms are harmless enough, as is reference to his dad's, being from Kenya: What's wrong with any of that? ALL of this stuff is harmless until some charlie claims that being a) Irish-anything; and/or b) being Black, is somehow reprehensible; inherently indicative of mediocrity; unlikely to be get anywhere in life etc. When one reflects that, of all black people worldwide, the healthiest, most propserous and best educated -- Harvard even -- are ALL in America, one wonders why there are still sick-in-the-muds on all sides still harping on a the past and, in Jesse Jackson's case (whose nuts are these Sir?), making a millionaire lifestyle of it. Moveon time is at hand! Will the O'Bamagh brand of coif and wiggery be up to the challenge (inasfar as, willy-nillly, he seems set to win) of carrying all Americans forward without himself betraying the trust entailed in accepting the tiller of the American Experiment?/// Bill, Where's the info on McCain's five wrecks: you have to be some lucky pilot to walk away from five wrecks afoot, a feat even. Besides, is being a questionable pilot a disqualifier for high office? Unless, of course, recklessness was involved. So, did O'Bam's mum ever tan his hide? Did she sing 'TooRaLuRaLulah' to her young fella? Has he any preference for the darker, Liffey-based, Guinness-style beer?
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Wed Oct 15 20:11:45 2008

The hairdresser home secretary is desperately clutching at straws. Still pathetically playing the racism/terrrrrsm card when the world has moved on. (I bet they are kicking themselves when they didn't try to try this ruse when everyone was more concerned with global financial meltdown). I suspect the Lords will throw it out as they have just dismissed the stoopid 42-days' detention attempt. If they don't, the west coast of Ireland seems even more appealing.
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Wed Oct 15 17:21:42 2008

Guys/Dolls beware of what you post, Brown Bread can even see you when one uses the can, see: //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7671046.stm
;O( <>
, , , Wed Oct 15 15:17:50 2008

But (particularly after the events of the last couple of weeks) does it really matter anymore to the outside world who gets in??
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Wed Oct 15 15:08:31 2008

Canada has survived another federal election and we are stuck with another minority neo conservative government, no change from before, all cleverly performed at the taxpayers expense. We expect another election within 18 months -again at the taxpayers expense. ''''''''Dear Mr Lurker, may I use your term for this situation ?
DJ <>
, , , Wed Oct 15 14:56:29 2008

For those out there who may just be the slightest bit interested in: a) Canadian Politics, and b) the continuation of BUSH, even as a clone, Steven Harper (our Furher) has returned to office as Prime Minister of Kanukland. Fortunately with the help of some of only 50% of those bothering to vote, with a minority of seats in Parliament. This snub, hopefully will bring his blood pressure to such a degree bringing on some sort permanent damage. The oposition Liberals, by promising a tax on all Carbon products, put fear into a timid and Tory brow-beaten population(scenes of BUSH). Sooner or later SOME party must be prepared to attack CO2 imissions - or there really is no futre!
Salty <>
, , , Wed Oct 15 14:53:02 2008

I would think that Obama's history should be read with a little more care and attention to details. In 1983 he moved to Chicago, the centre of black America as he wanted , as he stated, to work towards an end to poverty among America's black population. His time spent as a community activist brought some success but he wanted to do more, Using student loans he enrolled at America's most prestigious law school, Harvard and excelled in his studies and appearing as a very popular student as well as a conciliator of some renown. He then entered the Chicago political machine, one toughest rough and tumble political machines in the U.S. He learnt well and survived ,obtaining an excellent track record along the way . This chap is no slouch by any means. Keep your eye on him he will go a long way and maybe restore America's prestige in the eyes of the world. I find the veiled hints about his skin colour and his fathers roots rather distasteful and not worthy of this site.
DJ <>
, , , Wed Oct 15 14:47:13 2008

John - OK, let me see if I have this straight. Hugo Chavez was charming and messianic and turned out to be a hugely disappointing President. Therefore Senator Obama who is charming, intelligent etc. etc will also, if elected, be a poor President. Is this a syllogism? You may have observed little lampooning but I can assure you the good senator has been satirised more than enough to satisfy me. The first one I remember was the New Yorker magazine depicting the candidate as a gun toting terrorist. Now the cartoon was intended to poke fun at Obamas opponents but sadly, they didnt get it. Saturday Night Live and The Daily Show have also satirized both candidates. In addition the untruthful, racist, vitriolic, downright nasty spam emails I receive daily regarding Senator Obama would shock you .. yes it would! If you google Satire Obama you will get over twenty pages. In the past 8 years weve seen President Bush attack the Constitution , the Bill of Rights, and International Law.
Dee <>
, Dixie, , Wed Oct 15 12:18:41 2008

jj, As we put Henry the second to bed with his Canterbury Cocoa, I would ask your good self to point out the chinks in the democrat tickets armour, do you have any suggestions for material that a political saterist could employ which would have an impact, na, resonate with Joe public?Thats what I would like to know..I think that the time is ripe to nationalise all banks and keep it that way, as after all who are you going to trust to run them now, under the auspices of this phoney Labour government, who took money as a donation from Bernie Eccleston of one million quid, to allow cigarette advertising to continue with Formula One racing, Brown and Blair are up to there lousy necks in this and there are no grey areas they were complicit.
Hermes <>
, , , Wed Oct 15 11:44:34 2008

Prime Minister Moron Broon - saviour of the universe!! The world follows the 'Broon Model'. Never again must greedy fat cat casino capitalists gamble with our hard earned money in such a feckless way. The outrageous City bonus culture is immoral. blah, blah, blah. Sooo...what did Moron Broon say to these very same people just a year ago? ".......... "I congratulate you on these remarkable achievements, an era that history will record as the beginning of a new golden age for the City of London ... I believe it will be said of this age, the first decades of the 21st century, that out of the greatest restructuring of the global economy, perhaps even greater than the industrial revolution, a new world order was created."
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Wed Oct 15 07:37:23 2008

Dear Bill, My observations haven't been to urge support McCain or Palin -- who seem to be getting the sticky end of the media stick -- of but, living in a place where we've seen the messianic and charismatic intro pass into the second and third acts where things begin going south pretty fast, to counter a tide that seems to believe that the Irish-African solution can do no wrong, and must under no circumstances be mentioned awkwardly or lampooned, criteria that, in a land where all are equal under God, don't get equally applied.//// Dear Recently unbelurkéd Lurker, That 'who will rid me of this turbulent priest' take-off incited a famous assasination: you surely don't want that now do you? If you'd like to change the subject, knock not upon Bill and me but rather, post a new one of your own. TCC'ers can then follow suit or wander off, as we usually do, in all directions at once. Whaddya say?
jj <erc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Wed Oct 15 05:14:00 2008

Who will rid me of this babble ?
Lurker <>
, , , Tue Oct 14 23:19:48 2008

John, given what the current incumbent of the Tan Haus has managed to achieve during his turn, I think a child of five would be able to do a better job; it probably couldn't do a worse job. As for Big John "War Hero" McCain, he managed to wreck 5 planes during his career (we will, for the sake of level-headed political discussion ignore the fact that he too was a soldier in an illegal war)...O'B has wisely opted for a running-mate who does have the experience. One thing Dubyah did teach the world is that a vice-president is also perfectly capable of running a country...into the ground, in the case of Cheney...at least Barack should have the sense not to involve the US in yet another illegal war...
Bill <>
, Amsterdam, , Tue Oct 14 19:59:44 2008

Hair Shirt.
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Tue Oct 14 16:27:32 2008

The mention of the white house: Let's celebrate a special birthday! Monica Lewinski turned 34 last week. Can you believe it? It seems only yesterday she was crawling around the White House on her hands ans knees, putting everything in her mouth......They grow uo so fast, don't they?
;O) <>
, , , Tue Oct 14 15:40:21 2008

Dear Herm', Who said owt about opprobium'? I've not; I have expressed doubts about the man's suitability and underlined his 'off-limits' features, as practised the media in general, and especially the lampooning community, heretofore a common denominator of all political campaigns: no more common; one guy's privileged, I think unfairly. And all this for a first-term senator, who were he not Irish-African, wouldn't be running at all. How can that be deemed 'opprobium'? Or are you falling into the same trap, namely, 'messianic' cannot be criticised or satirised? Maybe he'll win; maybe he'll be a fine president; I just don't think that, were to win, he would make a fine PresMan and criticise those who'd normally be lampooning all and sundry, without giving out 'free pass to Go' as has been the case this time.
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Tue Oct 14 15:33:49 2008

Obama and Isolde
Wagner <>
, , , Tue Oct 14 14:57:44 2008

sb...'American to boot' - plenty out there today, start with the ceo's of the major US banks and finish off with residents of the House of Domestos.
Salty <>
, , , Tue Oct 14 14:25:40 2008

Dear jj, The only thing I know about Damascus is that it kills 99% of household germs including the AIDS. virus.Visa- vie the opprobium that some feel should be visited upon Senator O'Bamagh for no reason, I would say to those would be painters of the White house, judge a man by the strength of his charater, and not by the colour of his skin, so they can pick up their drop sheets and get the feck out of there.
Hermes <>
, , , Tue Oct 14 08:45:29 2008

Pomegranate.
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Tue Oct 14 07:22:45 2008

Dear Offended, Nothing like admiring a man in the public square who rightly exhibits robust sensibilities: one will surely show up soon, what? Besides, what would the re-name options include? Any suggestions? If 'Tan House' were to catch the public fancy, as the one living there, O'Bamagh'd be a Tan Houser, opening the door to myriad Wagnerian references --- "Barack's Journey Down The Potomac" --- and maybe a new wave of opera popularity. If things gravitate toward music, even the Beatles may get a look-in: Michelle and all. Like. Tan House. I like it. Does anyone else?
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Tue Oct 14 03:30:38 2008

Pumped up the tires sur la bicyclette and did a Tour de France round the trails of Uxbridge to work off my thanksgiving dinner, sacre bleu Je fatigue aujourd'hui.
DJ <>
, , , Tue Oct 14 01:31:57 2008

William R. Farr was pretending to read telegrams congratulating this year's award recipient, University of Colorado President Hank Brown, when he pulled out a piece of paper and said, "I have a telegram from the White House."Then he added, "They're going to have to change the name of that building if Obama's elected."
Offended <>
, , , Tue Oct 14 01:15:45 2008

You mean nothing fattening? Talk turkey? Cold turkey? Possibly the unlikeliest turkey mention was in the mid-30's by Evelyn Waugh's dad, Arthur who, on being told of a Middle-East specialist's book, entitled, "Turkey Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" retorted, "He could just have called it, 'Boxing Day'", which I thought was kinda cute.
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Mon Oct 13 22:32:21 2008

JJ, beware of what you gobble gobble
;O) <>
, , , Mon Oct 13 22:05:07 2008

salty. what is an american to boot. thats what i want to know. with examples.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., .., Mon Oct 13 21:38:28 2008

So, Gobble, Gobble, what?
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Mon Oct 13 21:35:57 2008

pps.....and I supose to all those turkeys still living - it really is thank-giving!
s <>
, , , Mon Oct 13 15:48:03 2008

Oh...and ps. Happy Thanks-giving to all our Canadian readers!!
s <>
, , , Mon Oct 13 15:46:23 2008

jj, to get the real insight to that question it should be put to one who noze,(or lack of), one who has obviously travelled the road to Domestos, one who has transformed from the Irish sunburn to something not quite the same, and being an American to boot - MICHAEL JACKSON!!!
Salty <>
, , , Mon Oct 13 15:44:04 2008

Dear Herm', Given that Domestos is a household bleach, I am wracking my ever more shrunken brains as to the symbolism behind your citing my own 'road to Domestos', a takeoff surely of St. Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus, when he got appeared to by... The Messiah. My translations: the Douai, Vulgate and several Spanish ones, plus a few codices thrown in for good measure are all bereft of any mention of a Celtic suntan. Please enlighten my unbleached perceptions.
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Mon Oct 13 14:34:38 2008

so who do support. hermes. thats what i want to know.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., .., Mon Oct 13 13:26:12 2008

JJ, I havn't seen John McCain lampooned of late, I think that you might be unhinged from the chronology of the presedential race. a distinction must be made betwixed the American satorists and their Uk counterparts. When Obamagh becomes anointed as the fourty somefing president of the USA, then he will receive the full monty of invective na vitriol, but all Americans will enbrace him as their leader, and my opinion for what it's worth he will be the the best President in generations,( come'th the hour come'th the man)and your good self will take part in a road to Domestos conversion and thank your lucky stars that he won.
Hermes <>
, , , Mon Oct 13 11:35:59 2008

Dear Bri', Hardly but, in the satire parameter-option stakes, a Black Irish-American in the White House has got to win hands down dontya think? Blarney: already emergent; garrulousness: apparent, apparently; I can see some charlie soon coming up with a term, along the lines of Irish suntan, or similar, what? Any takers for satire on Irish-American, with Kenyan overtones in the White House? And the colour juxtaposition of Black in the White One etc. Anyway, all my point sought was to highlight the unspoken ban on O'Bamagh cartoonery, next to nasty-smear on the other front. If we're all equal under God, why is one chap equaller than the rest?
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Mon Oct 13 02:06:33 2008

There you go again JJ, denigrating tripe!
BE <>
, , Sameold, Sun Oct 12 23:10:21 2008

DJ, it could be worse - they could elect a nag to the state of the Gods, but then I suppose whoever was elected would have to 'have' relations with a close relative - and these days that would not necessarily be of the oposite sex.
;O( <>
, , , Sun Oct 12 17:14:34 2008

Pistol packing Palin was found not guilty of using her position of Governor to have her b. in L. fired, this was the findings of the McCain/Palin election committee. A judicial committee in Alaska has found her to BE guilty and severely criticized her AND her husband who seemed to play a role in governing the state........ The Toronto Star has a full page article about Palins continual habit of mixing church and state, sometimes at the tax payers expense. I am astonished at the state of US politics and the calibre of elected and want to be elected candidates.......... I suspect that we are witness to a milestone in history; the rise and fall of the US.
DJ <>
, , , Sun Oct 12 15:31:51 2008

Dear Herm', Come now, sir! The man is the first black person to get anywhere close to the Casa Blanca; he's black with Irish ancestors(initially thought that was tripe, but no); he's one of those teflon charlies as the Reagan was; his wife, who'd be first Bird no less, has only recently discovered an appreciation for her country at all; he's one generation off the boat on his Dad's side, I gather; and some more. There's oodles of stuff right there for satire. If, as you say, caricaturists can't seem to 'penetrate his persona', it's because either: a) he's strictly off-limits (my conviction); or b) he's got no persona (hardly). No, it's kid gloves with him and his'n but gloves off and nasty, smeary, snooty and worst of all, overbearing pettifoggery of the worst stripe with anyone else, read the McCain and the Palin. Re same, it's funny how these guys never commented on the one-man Chinese Rescue Squad, Deng XioPing, in his prime at an age much older than the JohnMan today. Old Deng was rightly respected worldwide. Fortunate for him he was born outside the USA, what? And, in a jam, who'd you want on point, a Palin or a Biden? As I mentioned, the race factor, by being deemed unmentionable, dooms everyone to live some sort of a falsehood: even the Ferraro who stated a simple fact, were he not black, he'd be another young senator, not be the party candidate, quite unmeritedly, caught mollydoddle for being racist. Her comments weren't but then, fact has been the first casualty in this connexion.
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Sat Oct 11 23:51:38 2008

Nothing to add at the moment, except for confraternal greetings from a sleazy little internet café in the heart of Firenze on this beautiful sultry summer evening. Temperature outside is about 18 degrees and I'm finally experiencing summer. (Noon temp is about 26!) See you've also learned the secret of ☺, Dave. Well done buddy!!! Back in Hamsterjam on Wednesday XXX
Bill <>
, Firenze, , Sat Oct 11 22:56:09 2008

jj, why are you not telling us about the REAL news out of Ven - the closure beneath the 'Golden Arches'?...and the health benefits as a result! That Prez of yours is surely looking after 'his' children.
;O) <>
, , , Sat Oct 11 20:45:06 2008

J.J. I have always held an affection for Royalty until my later years. At one time I was a staunch supporter of the 3 primary kings: smoking.. drinking and you know. I still believe in the latter. Your lascivious thoughts about Madame Lagarde fall on deaf ears, after all she is only 59, I don't like the young stuff.
DJ <>
, , , Sat Oct 11 15:54:36 2008

jj,Part of the reason why I think that O'Bamagh is not parodeed or charicatured so much is that he is an innately good orator with a polished delivery and it is very difficult for the inpersonators to find anything to work with, they can't seem to penetrate his persona to produce a comedic outcome, and this is very unusual, I'm sure that they have tried but it's just to hard,Also his speaches seem to be relatvely flawless, no gaffs so the net result is that he enjoys nothing but gravitas in his public relations and just maybe he deserves it.
Hermes <>
, , , Sat Oct 11 15:33:31 2008

SiL...perhaps the reason for the 'front falling off', in Oz anyway?
;O) <>
, , , Sat Oct 11 15:21:30 2008

Dear Di', And I was a translator at their Caracas office for three years in the eighties too; small world indeed. I suppose those slippers'd be Gucci or something./// Dear Andy n Herm', I actually thought of those earlier cartoons in this case. That said, I wasn't complaining about the satire per se but rather that the Guardian had done such a rotten, pre-teen nasty, specifically artless, job of it. I hold to that. The other point was simply that, in the US race, everyone is fair game. Except the O'bam Man, who's untouchable because, regardless of his seeking to keep the race card out of it, is immune from popular mockery, á la cartoon community, for that very reason. He sounds to Venezuelan ears far too much like our own messiah (I actually saw a TV clip of one of O'Bam's dodgier supporters, Louis Farrakhan calling him 'messiah' dated February of this year).//// As for the parasitic house of Windsor, Herm', can you mention a royal house that ain't? It's a part of their job description. I'm for the Republic of Great Britain & Northern Island but, though hardly owt to be proud of, our royals, pace the Scandinavians, Dutch (Bill: any comment?) and famously the Spanish, aren't that much worse than the rest of that happily dwindling community. Again though, re your post, how any house can be the forerunner of another is beyond me: I mean, if I'm king and, in the turbulence of the times, you get the job after I'm gone, why should my style affect yours at all at all?
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Sat Oct 11 14:25:44 2008

Indeed the punch cartoons lampooned the Georges, depicting them as lazy, bloated,useless German pigs, and the prince Regent didn't escape ridicule, not suprising that they were the forerunners of the parasitic House of Windsor.....Re: The old cars I lived in New Zealand for a couple of years and that place had many vintage cars on the road,Iremember A man gave me a lift in a 1948 Hilman Minx, and at about 200 metres from where I was to alight he started to pull the hand brake up and down to bring the vehicle to a stop. They don't make them like that anymore
Hermes <>
, , , Sat Oct 11 13:13:33 2008

///not to mention having been the first female chairman, ahem, of Baker McKenzie./// What a small world jj..My SiL was lawing with that firm for 4years...
Diana <>
, , , Sat Oct 11 08:26:57 2008

JJ, have you never seen any old Punch political cartoons going back centuries? They make most modern day versions look very tame indeed.
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Sat Oct 11 07:28:05 2008

So that'd account for the Blarney, what?
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Fri Oct 10 22:51:37 2008

OOPS that should read interesting, some one has been spiking my tea. Hic
DJ <>
, , , Fri Oct 10 21:23:15 2008

For the quite intersting family history of O'Bama go to the following, jolly interesting: /w*w*w.irishorigins.com/Obama.htm
DJ <>
, , , Fri Oct 10 21:19:24 2008

PS: She's 52 and a champion synchronised swimmer, not to mention having been the first female chairman, ahem, of Baker McKenzie. Blimey Days, what?
jj <etc>
etc, etc, , Fri Oct 10 20:17:00 2008

Dear Andy, Pascal once said, they say, that, "great men bring greatness to all things in life, not just their major endeavours"; well, great cartoonists too and by no measure were those two examples great. And Sam somebody in Dickens once also said, "Twarnt the things he said; twar the nasty way he said them" (or words to that effect) so the cartoonist may have had something satirical to say but, frankly, he made a pig's eye of it. Material? Both the Palin' and the O'Bamagh exhibit plenty but late-developer teenage nasty isn't the way to go to make constructive fun (what are national paper cartoons for?) of it. The whole was double Gertcha-worthy. From afar, like. And anyway, looking closer to home and the big G7 finance-minister meeting just being held: gotta say, from that lot, I'd be pretty coy-demure about denying that I'd found the French representative's slippers close by early in the morning,... Any takers?
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Fri Oct 10 20:10:03 2008

Mayor old chap, it would also depend for which newsypaper you cartoon for?
Diana <>
, , , Fri Oct 10 18:10:11 2008

Ah come on JJ, imagine if your livliehood was as a political cartoonist. Who would give you more 'material' with which to be creative? O-bomber or Stirrer Palin.
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Fri Oct 10 17:30:46 2008

If that's the height of Guardian humour, God help us: both cartoons were pretty daft and implied that the cartoonist was engaging in a manifestly failed endeavour to speak to seven-year olds, in bad taste to boot. Without nittygrittying on the particulars, it poses -- once again -- the knotty question of what humour consists of (the cartoonist presumably felt his efforts qualify: I don't, in either case) but back to the general, what is humour? A cartoon artist, as much an artist as, say novelists (P.G. Woody anyone, with crumpets and prize porkers?), comedians and certain film-makers are artists, has to convey his message humourously, under pain of failure. And sarcasm remains the lowest form of wit, to wit, sarky-only. sarky with style and adjuncts can still be noblely presented. //// Re token black, not at all: he's deemed black and so, in the mockery stakes, where everyone else must run and take it on the chin, he doesn't e'en figure, on PC grounds. All equal under God, unless you qualify for exemption: the O'Bamagh Irish seem to do so, in rectangular digging implements. I have no doubt about his achievements, abailities or breadth of vision. I do have them about what that vision may be and whether it falls within the renit of the Amererican experiment at al at all.
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Fri Oct 10 16:58:58 2008

Ah, the Austin 7, such a sweet little car. I never owned one, but I owned an 193_ Austin 10, cable brakes and all. When I wanted to stop, I pulled on the hand brake and waited!
BE <>
, , Sameold, Fri Oct 10 16:39:56 2008

O,I never have to the best of my recollection sat in an Austin Seven, but they are very small,.Your trip to London sounds as if it was some time ago, and if it pre dated the M1 Motorway then it would be interesting know what the trip was like, I'm sure that it would have followed a Roman road like Watling street,of which Edgeware road is the final sector...JJ Are you suggesting that O'Bamagh is a tokan black,and that the media is walking on egg shells?I can't see it myself.
Hermes <>
, , , Fri Oct 10 15:24:02 2008

Mayor, I like this cartoon better guardian.co.uk/world/cartoon/2008/oct/04/sarah.palin
Democrat J <>
, , , Fri Oct 10 15:14:28 2008

John, I think that Obama's " messianic" style comes from his Irish roots , that bit I mentioned about Irish wigmakers is true, as quoted in "Family Tree" magazine Oct edition. Perhaps his name should be spelt thusly so: O'Bama.
O'DJ <>
, , , Fri Oct 10 15:11:21 2008

In fact it's already begun. (Although rather poorly methinks) guardian.co.uk/world/cartoon/2008/aug/26/obama.biden.uselections.usnews
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Fri Oct 10 07:35:02 2008

jj, I can confidently assure you that the Guardian will get round to extracting the michael out of O-bomber. I shall keep you posted.
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Fri Oct 10 07:27:48 2008

Dear DJ, Absolutely; I suppose that, if your Mac's made of synthetic material as are most PC units, it'd be a plastic mac, what? Anyway, that said, who's makeing headway in the US election? I saw one chap here on TCC highlighting a mocking-Palin cartoon in a Brit paper and realised that, actually, NOBODY can make fun of the O'bam because it'd cause ructions, being politcially incorrect, and thereby attract that primeval visceral hatred we see so much of on telly: it's worth remembering that visceral specifically excludes any backdrop of thought. So, as things stand today, you simply cannot josh a messiah who's teflon black. You can impute all sorts of awful things to his legitimate opposers (open season for 'snide' writ large on religious persuasions for instance -- and his do seem to be murky at best) but never owt about him. He seems to have taken on an aura. Well, without being a McCain supporter, I do think that known and solid beats young & glib bearing gifts ( I bring you CHANGE!) with a lady in tow (no candidate is only 1 person: it explains how Hilary didn't get the no 2 spot) who only recently thought that the USA was wasn't worth a plugged nickel. One guy's reflexions, admittedly from afar, and with more proximate desperate problems to be dealt with, what?
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Fri Oct 10 03:42:14 2008

I gained a pound just reading about that bread pudding☺
DJ <>
, , , Fri Oct 10 00:08:19 2008

J.J. I was looking in the dictionary and thesaurus that comes with my MAC, and as you know Macs speak differently that the rest of the world (and their owners march to their own tune also) So I will have to take your word for it however I do like that word and may find a use for it in the future .
DJ <>
, , , Fri Oct 10 00:03:54 2008

DJ, not as old as Bread pud! see w*ww/joyofbaking.com/BreadPudding.html
* <>
, , , Thu Oct 9 22:33:08 2008

Dear DJ, Look at w-w-w.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/messianic where you'll find it's been around since before I was even born,...
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Thu Oct 9 21:24:01 2008

Hermes, recent ref: 'Austin seven', did you ever have/get a lift in one of those contraptions? My old man had one, not long after 'the last War'. I can assure you it was no fun squashed in the back with two other siblings, especially on one trip(like the Wittington moggie) to see the queen. It took for bluddy ever - so did the fights! A trip to the Liver would have been a pleasure, especially with it's monkey on the yard wall.
;O) <>
, , , Thu Oct 9 16:38:24 2008

The word " messianic" could not be found in my dictionary or thesaurus but I assume it is a derivative of the word messiah. I see nothing negative about that, it is a style of speech making . Remember Martin L. King,, " I have a dream" or A. Lincoln " four score and twenty years". or Basil Faulty " Madam is this a piece of your brain ?"
DJ <>
, , , Thu Oct 9 15:08:57 2008

Bit quiet this morning, .......can we take it that the tides still flow in and out of the Mersey, cough, cough, ...covering 'their' nudity on Crosby Beach?
Salty <>
, , , Thu Oct 9 14:53:13 2008

Diana, we should have saved our UK visit until after 14 Dec. Back in June, without the Family Rail card, we would have paid 61 pounds each for a one way ticket....Euston to Lime St.TTFN
Elaine <>
, , , Wed Oct 8 15:43:09 2008

or the frightENED look in Hovis's eye?
. <>
, , , Wed Oct 8 14:19:34 2008

O-Bomber messianic jj?i He's an amateur in that department. Did you never notice that frightening gleam in B-liar's eye?
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Wed Oct 8 07:36:38 2008

VIRGIN Trains fares between Liverpool and London are being slashed to mark a new improved timetable. From December 14 the cheapest advance single ticket will be cut to £8 reflecting extra capacity on the route. Two extra trains will run during morning and evening peak hours providing a half-hourly service. Normal weekend services with an extra train on Sundays will be reintroduced from December 14. The Liverpool/London service will stop only at Runcorn and Stafford, cutting 20 minutes off journey times to about two hours 10 minutes.
Diana <Source. Crosby Herald>
, , , Wed Oct 8 06:57:52 2008

Brian, for an answer to your question, go to gp.org/index.php
Bill <>
, Amsterdam, , Wed Oct 8 03:01:46 2008

If he's the beneficiary of an Irish background, there's doubtless a great deal that more you can say about his mother and her Irish roots. Irish Wigmakers eh? Are we to take it that such wigs are woven into the odd Irish yarn? Tress of the d'Urbervilles, maybe?
JJ <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Wed Oct 8 01:54:58 2008

Carefull J.J. cause Barack Obama is directly descended from the Kearneys of Shinrone and Moneygall, County Offaly Ireland, from a family of profitable wigmakers. The decline in wigmaking and lowering family fortunes, led to the line emigrating to America. I assume that his irish roots would be via his mother. True
DJ <>
, , , Wed Oct 8 00:37:40 2008

Ralph Nader
Senator Foghorn Clegghorn <>
, , , Tue Oct 7 23:53:42 2008

J.J. You forgot John Cleese
DJ <>
, , , Tue Oct 7 23:52:42 2008

JJ: even if one doesn't like Obama, who else is there to vote for?
BE <>
, , Sunshine State, Tue Oct 7 23:52:15 2008

Brian, mills..bills, smills, what's a few zero's anyway ( spoken like a true politician)
Senator Foghorn Clegghorn <>
, , , Tue Oct 7 23:51:25 2008

jj, in fact he sounds just like the chappie your priest might just follow?
Salty <>
, , , Tue Oct 7 20:55:40 2008

Dear Dee, I can't claim the insights that you guys have of your candidates but, from what I've seen of the O'Bam, he's in the messianic mold where much enthusiasm is dispensed and a new horizon is sketched (no more than that) not a great deal of nuts&bolts is explained. It's always very inspiringing and the man's got lotsa charisma. It's catchy but we've had a case of that and, as old Ray Boggiano used to say, 'one's un oeuf'. For whom would I vote in the USA? Were I voting in the US, I'd be looking a lot closer than I am before deciding but, with a demcratic congress and financial oversight (Barney Frank's "Homes for those who will never be able to pay for them and amn the consequences!!" etc) bringing us all the sorrow savings and home-ownershipwise that we're seeing, I'd be wary of voting for more of that lot.
jj <erc>
eetc, etc, & God Bless, Tue Oct 7 20:31:50 2008

DJ, it's $700 bill, not mill. $700,000,000,000!
BE <>
, , Sameold, Tue Oct 7 19:38:54 2008

For real British insight during the time when most of us "growed-up", try and get a old copy of "A private funtion" with Maggie Smith and the real Palin! Watched it again the other night - and like any good filum found lots missed the last time.
Salty <>
, , , Tue Oct 7 17:11:33 2008

Dear John - UNTIL I've seen, heard or read evidence to the contrary I plan to continue my 'dodgy' practice of accepting at face value, Senator Obama's statements. It doesn't mean that I shall stop learning all I can about him and other candidates. Am I to assume you would vote for McCain were you eligible to vote here?
Dee <>
South Carolina land of, smiling faces and beautful places, , Tue Oct 7 16:59:56 2008

Re: 10-4 Car 54 where are you? With the actor who later played Herman Munster?
Ash <>
Crosby, , , Tue Oct 7 16:35:24 2008

Dear Dee, a) My feeling is that it's pretty dodgy practice to take those statements at face value; and b) if my messianic socialist ruminations have any foundation, then you'd expect him to say that about our Boy: he could hardly come out upfront now could he?//// Re 10-4: all Kojak fans must recollect the telly's Telly surely? And I gather he was also a really nice guy.////Dear Jay, Can we assume that your script writers' hold over Hollywood explains why comedies from there are well made, detail-perfect but very humour-challenged? Gotta say too Jay, that American late-night comedy chat falls miles short for any charlie raised on Goons; Clease; Gerard Hoffnung (qG); even Jimmy Edwards, Wilfred Pickles, Arthur Askey ("Ar thang yew"), Ben Lyon, or the BBC Home Service Shipping Forecast (Sea area Rockall: gale force winds,...etc ) for the Lord's sake!///// Dear Herm', 'Room-temperature IQ' eh? What Ho!
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Tue Oct 7 16:02:10 2008

The US is spending 700 Mill to bail out banks etc while the CEO's of these banks and investment houses were doling out millions to senior managers as rewards. They were risking other peoples money to make millions for themselves Shame. . .. .. .. .. .. ..Canada's neo conservative gov allocated 400 mills to beef up canada's military. Our capital city Ottawa is now being termed "The Pentagon North".
DJ <>
, , , Tue Oct 7 14:56:01 2008

Doug: OCT 2 20:01/04/09:43 - say no more, say no more, know what I meeen?
Les ? <>
, , , Tue Oct 7 14:07:25 2008

Les, do you hack into the Crosby Channel under another name, I can not think of anyone else that would know that we have have been to your part of the world three times for three months each visit.Could not make Liverpool for any length of stay this time over, will have to leave it until next visit. Cheers Doug
Doug <doug@downunder>
, near Melbourne, Australia, Tue Oct 7 13:21:54 2008

Yerwashup, google ten code.
BE <>
, , ....., Tue Oct 7 13:13:40 2008

Dear mayor, Ten Four is CB band/ American Police jargen /parlence/ speak, for message received and understood, over and out good buddy, smokey bear on Crosby road north, just in case you are jumping into the Austin seven to go for a pint @the Liver
Hermes <>
, , , Tue Oct 7 12:38:33 2008

"ten four Mayor" Hermes? Over my head I'm afraid.
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Tue Oct 7 12:26:30 2008

Jay, you you seem to have a tabloid mindset coupled with a room temperature IQ for christs Feck Off.
Hermes <>
, , , Tue Oct 7 12:00:34 2008

"Barack Obama is now denying that he is email pals with the beautiful actress, Scarlett Johansson. Remember that story? They were saying that Scarlett Johansson and Barack Obama were emailing each other. He says no, it's not true. In fact his exact words were 'I did not have textual relations with that woman."
Jay Leno <>
, , , Tue Oct 7 11:47:51 2008

"It was quite a weekend, politically. Yesterday, an estimated 75,000 people attended a Barack Obama rally on the banks of the the Willamette River. ... And if you believe the media, listen to this. After the rally, Barack Obama fed them all with just five loaves of bread and two fish."
Jay Leno <>
, , , Tue Oct 7 11:40:19 2008

"I'm sure you know by now, Jesse Jackson was overheard saying, and I'll put this more delicately, that he wanted to cut Barack Obama's testicles off. And Jesse has been on several news programs the last couple of days, explaining what he meant by those comments. Do you need to explain that?"
Jay Leno <>
, , , Tue Oct 7 11:36:50 2008

"The other day the plane that Barack Obama was on had some mechanical difficulties and was forced to land. Well, the National Transportation Safety Board did an inspection on the plane, and you know what they found? The bolts on the plane were fine, but apparently Jesse Jackson had taken some of the nuts off."
Republican supporter <>
, , , Tue Oct 7 11:33:51 2008

"Barack Obama now says he is open to offshore oil drilling. So, apparently, when he promised change, he was talking about his mind."
Republican supporter <>
, , , Tue Oct 7 11:31:52 2008

Ten Four Mayor.
Hermes <>
, , , Tue Oct 7 11:30:52 2008

And to see Stirrer Palin put bang to rights, check out the Guardian's 'Hockey Mom' cartoon: guardian.co.uk/world/cartoon/2008/oct/06/sarahpalin.republicans
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Tue Oct 7 09:10:05 2008

Congressman Dennis Kucinich recently attempted to have President Bush impeached over various grotesque constitutional abuses. Sadly, neither Democrats nor Republicans have the stomach for criminal proceedings against high-ranking current or former officials who still retain some public support. Meanwhile, no international tribunal is ever likely to have jurisdiction over the U.S. participants involved in the abuses. I am thinking Nuremberg here. I am sure, if elected, Obama will be under strict scrutiny and accountability. Are you fearful of collusion between Mr. Chavez and Mr. Obama? I am surprised, John, that you think Obama will lead us to “socialist heaven”. Here is a quote from Obama that I am prepared to accept at face value. **Demagogues like Hugo Chavez have stepped into this vacuum of a failed US Latin America policy. His predictable yet perilous mix of anti-American rhetoric, authoritarian government, and checkbook diplomacy offers the same false promise as the tried and failed ideologies of the past.**
Dee <>
, South Carolina, , Mon Oct 6 23:54:19 2008

...warming my nightly milk?
Jewemy Fortisque-Smythe <>
Blundelsarrhnds, , , Mon Oct 6 22:43:13 2008

jj.....he would never get to be like your 'local hero', what do you think heat is for?
. <>
, , , Mon Oct 6 22:05:10 2008

Dear Dee, It's as flagrant as you say, then the man ought to be indicted the day he leaves office. And he and Rummy and the Chainman should be firmly put in their place, preferably Leavenworth. Will they be? That said, will there be as rigourous a monitoring of the O'Bam as he leads you all to socialist heaven -- beaming in photo ops with emblematic 'democrats' like himself, such as our local Boy -- at the White house?
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Mon Oct 6 21:16:01 2008

Hermes and others - eight years of torture, cronyism, abuse of power, flagrant disregard for our Constitution, and now what could be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and what do the Republicans offer us but candidates of such mediocrity it's an embarrassment. I truly dont know why we cant find good guys to run. We are supporting Obama and hope he wins but the dirt is really flying around now. Sarah has her gloves and her lipstick off. If Obama does win or should I say, when he wins, he will be inheriting one heck of a mess and it will take time for things to get better. ------- No more fish since the last photo we sent you, DJ. We may go out later on as it is beautiful weather here right now
Dee <>
, South Carolina, , Mon Oct 6 17:54:01 2008

Think..... I wish they would get the darned election over with.
DJ <>
, , , Mon Oct 6 14:42:45 2008

...and on a lighter note: if 0nly Supt. David Ben Harosh had been around when I was a kid at the Corona on a Saturday morning, we could have cleared the place out! see://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7646894.stm
;O) <>
, , , Mon Oct 6 14:38:16 2008

Dee, There are times when I feel that I should not be critical of your adopted country but because what happens south of the border effects Canada I do take an interest in American politics. The total lack of intellectual wealth willing to step up to the dais is confounding me, it seems one has to be a movie star or a "character" to get elected. I think that I can bundle the whole thing up in a ball and call it " What is wrong with America"..............BTW Dee, catch any more big ones ?
DJ <>
, , , Mon Oct 6 14:35:53 2008

....think .....MONEY!!!
s <>
, , , Mon Oct 6 13:48:51 2008

pps.........think "Arnold of Colli-fornia"
s <>
, , , Mon Oct 6 13:47:39 2008

ps..........think "Ronald"
s <>
, , , Mon Oct 6 13:46:49 2008

How Hermes, How ------- "BUSH" !!!!!!
Salty <>
, , , Mon Oct 6 13:45:26 2008

Dee, How can a country like yours with such a wealth of talent and brains throw up an absolute gobeshite like Palin to run for high office, I just don't get it, I am very fond of Americans and I love visiting America but I can't understand this diconnect between the ruling elite and the average American, it seems gobsmackingly stupid, but I hope that O'Bama gets the blessing of the Irish vote as well as that of the Afican Americans.
Hermes <>
, , , Mon Oct 6 12:22:57 2008

Sarah Palin is scary, in a big way. She clearly didn't know what she was talking about in answering several questions put to her in recent interviews. She is so under qualified – I wouldn’t want her in my car pool! I am hoping that she is a massive trick, a diversion, and will never hold office even if McCain is elected. Once inaugurated (if elected) McCain could choose to replace her with whoever he wants with the advice and consent of the Congress. I don't think they've thought this part through since McCain would be facing an overwhelming opposition party-wise in Congress. But there are many tricks ahead, I predict. She didn’t know how money for basic scientific research is appropriated. She said that being so close to Siberia gave her international credentials. I think a one-eyed man could easily be made king around here right now.
Dee <>
, Deep South Y'all, USA, Mon Oct 6 11:54:03 2008

O-bomber the Noo messiah? Not in Burbo. Go Stirrer Palin!
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Mon Oct 6 11:19:14 2008

Brian, I just read that Chicago Tribune article about Palin and her religious orientation. The implications of this women ever getting close the being the pres is alarming, The U.S. seems hell bent on destroying itself.
DJ <>
, , , Mon Oct 6 09:46:27 2008

Christianist as in religious right, world created in 6 days etc. etc. Retard as in comments such as "we have won the war in Eye-rak and God told us to do it"etc. etc. Go Retards!
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Mon Oct 6 09:11:27 2008

There is no such thing as a good politician, they're all are out for what they can get.Its an ego trip.No exceptions to the rule.
Observer <>
, , , Mon Oct 6 09:04:15 2008

JJ,I have seen Dan Quayle on TV, I have heard his speaches, I watched the film that he appeard in"Full Dinner Jacket"JJ, she is no Dan Quayle.
Hermes <>
, , , Mon Oct 6 01:30:35 2008

So, overall, is it to be gathered that the concensus is for the Messiah?
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Mon Oct 6 00:50:04 2008

...just Google-up: Palins religious beliefs, possibly will open some eyes to dangers of the loonies out there in possitions(or hopes) of power.
. <>
, , , Sun Oct 5 21:04:37 2008

JJ, if you wonder about Palin's religious background, here is an article of interest..........chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-palin-religion_06sep06,0,3371419.story There is a Saturday Night Live spoof on the debate at......... swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/10/palin_saturday_night_live_with.html...........Cheers!
BE <>
, , Sunshine State, Sun Oct 5 19:28:03 2008

not very well, even if Danny boy couldn't speak Latin - especially when he visited south America
;O) <>
, , , Sun Oct 5 17:57:11 2008

Dear Herm', Has the Palin been monickered a Bible-belt fundamentalist, 4K years etc? I hadn't seen it, though from my vantage point, the view's not first class. And she's an air head too, you say? How would she stack up against Dan Quayle?
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Sun Oct 5 16:14:53 2008

O.J. just got convicted, 13 years to the day that he was acquitted of hacking is ole lady and her friend to death. Taking into consideration the quality of Pres. candidates at present is it to late to enter O.J. into the race?
DJ <>
, , , Sun Oct 5 16:01:29 2008

But what about the hockey dads, thats what I want to know.
Ex Hockey Dad <>
, , , Sun Oct 5 15:23:36 2008

jj, I presume that it is a reference to the 'relatively modern' aspect of many world leaders taking their orders from some voice or dreams, concocted during the blackness of the night. We also have a 'Bush clone' trying to gain a majority government here in Canada - but most of us are quite content with this "Christianist retard" running the country within a minority goverment. God save us (if he/she/it is listening) if the fellow ever becomes our exhalted Furher.
Salty <>
, , , Sun Oct 5 15:23:33 2008

jj,The Mayor may well be expressing his concern that if John McCain dies in office then some Bimbo, Air Head who believes that the world was created only four K years ago will have access to the codes that will destroy the world, and instead of global warming we would have to be concerned about nuclear winter.
Hermes <>
, , , Sun Oct 5 14:06:53 2008

Dear Andy, Please elaborate on the Christianist retard term there. I failed to grasp it properly.
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Sun Oct 5 12:55:20 2008

Perhaps the best outcome would be for McPain, Stirrer Pailin and the rest of the Christianist retards to win the election handsomely. Then the rest of the world can finally accept that the Forces of Noo joke is over, cut their apron strings, and the world will be a better place. Go Retards!!
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Sun Oct 5 09:25:48 2008

Perhaps the best outcome would be for Srirrer Pailin and the rest of the Christianist retards to win handsomely. Then the rest of the world can finally accept that the Noo joke is over, cut their apron strings, and the wirld will be a better place .
Mayor <>
, , , Sun Oct 5 09:23:31 2008

Dear Herm', I gotta say that you're far more rink-current than I and must swim unerringly in that environement to be able to assert so unconditionally that all hockey Moms in America are warmongers. Specially as those same Moms would have to provide the children to do the fighting. That said, I'd move ahead to observe that young Barack seems to me to be too close to the messiah mold for comfort: here, we know all about that phenomenon.
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Sun Oct 5 03:21:32 2008

You go ask any Hockey Mom on a Saturday at the rink, would they nuke Russia or invade Eyeran? and I tell ya that they would all say yes.How is your health John? Sarah Palin ex Miss United Laundries.
Hermes <>
, , , Sun Oct 5 01:35:51 2008

You betcha!
BE <>
, , Sameold, Sat Oct 4 22:10:14 2008

be. was that a get or a g it that you want discarded. is discarded equivalent to whacked. i mean. do we understand you like the uncheyneyed melody better.
sb <att@ease.edu>
crosby, .., .., Sat Oct 4 22:05:25 2008

Discard one get.
BE <>
, , ..., Sat Oct 4 21:31:25 2008

I noticed that Biden called Chaney "the most dangerous Vice-President in history." Shucks and doggone it, A'll get get back to ya.
BE <>
, , ....., Sat Oct 4 19:06:23 2008

I watched it DJ. Biden was very lenient. Annie Oakley gave a good set of answers, but they were to a different set of questions.
BE <>
, , Sameold, Sat Oct 4 18:59:59 2008

Brian, Did you watch the great US debate featuring pistol packing Sarah. She did better than I expected but imagine her as the pres if John died.
DJDemocrat <>
, , , Sat Oct 4 18:18:15 2008

....and where's my gin and tonic?
Salty <>
, , , Sat Oct 4 15:34:40 2008

...talking, as we were, about old queens...
Bill <>
, , , Sat Oct 4 13:33:41 2008

Must admit that this news left me totally gobsmacked. The only thing I can assume is that Mandy knows where the bodies are buried - literally!
Bill <>
, , , Sat Oct 4 13:33:00 2008

Desperate times call for desperate desperados, enter Mandy,AKA Prince of darkness, just the ticket for a government that is bankrupt in every department as it goes back to the future.
Hermes <>
, , , Sat Oct 4 12:50:43 2008

Bill , I thought you were talking about Elton John.
DJ <>
, , , Fri Oct 3 23:05:00 2008

Thanks Bill, a bit dark but still visible.
Salty <>
, , , Fri Oct 3 21:16:18 2008

Salty, if you want to see the old queen, go to wirralcam.org/waterfront.shtml - but be quick, she's only there for a few more hours. Incidentally, is it me, or is it typical of Merseyside that, all over the world there are live streaming cameras (some even have sound - earthcam.com/timessquare/!) but nowhere on Merseyside?
Bill <>
, , , Fri Oct 3 16:57:32 2008

nor i.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., ., Fri Oct 3 15:39:21 2008

correction, she wasn't actually IN , but rather alongside AT.(got to be so careful these days - a*ss hole/s)
s <>
, , , Fri Oct 3 15:19:43 2008

I see that the QE II has made it's last visit to the Mersey. Did anyone out there see this event. I last saw her in Quebec City several years ago - what a fine looking machine she was.....and that horn could actually be felt miles away.
Salty <>
, , , Fri Oct 3 15:16:03 2008

Doug, that last comment wasn't from me.
BE <>
, , Sameold, Fri Oct 3 14:55:17 2008

Doug, Doug, Doug, what is it you don't understand?
. <>
, , , Fri Oct 3 14:08:27 2008

Thanks Mr Mayor with your comment about Jimmy, although I don't think he would appreciate my including him in any emails to the Channel. Went out to water part of the garden this morning, couple of hours later it started raining and still is twelve hours later. B.E. I must be missing something regarding the 9 months can you put me staight, maybe I am not reading it correctly. Cheers Doug
Doug <doug@downunder>
, , Australia, Fri Oct 3 14:06:03 2008

DJ, are they driven by gardin knomes?
;O) <>
, , , Fri Oct 3 13:45:41 2008

Di, what a great movie that was, I always remember it whenever I hear the R/R name.
DJ <>
, , , Fri Oct 3 13:32:18 2008

John , this was a new "used" tractor, Deere equipment is too expensive to buy new. BTW these are not full sized machine but garden tractors. I will post a picture of my newest aquisiosion (oops) very soon on the other Crosby message board soon.
DJ <>
, , , Fri Oct 3 13:30:33 2008

John , this was a new "used" tractor, Deere equipment is too expensive to buy new. BTW these are not full sized machine but garden tractors. I will post a picture of my newest aquisiosion very soon on the other Crosby message board soon
DJ <>
, , , Fri Oct 3 13:29:20 2008

BAFTA Award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern is to make a BBC daytime drama series (which partly takes its inspiration from the Ingrid Bergman movie The Yellow Rolls-Royce. The 1964 movie featured three stories about the lives and loves of those who owned the Rolls-Royce). Each 45-minute episode of the five-part series, with the working title of Moving On, will take place in a house and involve a family or individual moving in or out. The BBC said that the Liverpool-based series "will explore contemporary issues facing Britain."
Diana <>
, , , Fri Oct 3 12:03:05 2008

Doug: "English summer", this year at least, is an are oxymoron. And by the way, your esteemed cousin is a superb writer.
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Fri Oct 3 08:51:48 2008

DJ, Did you hear about the Magic John Deere Tractor ?.................................................................................................................................. It turned into a field
Diana <Smile, its Friday...>
, , , Fri Oct 3 08:24:34 2008

DJ as young lad was totally into tractors. He subscribed to the latest magazines, he knew the latest models etc. One day however, he sees a tractor kill a dog and he becomes less and less interested in tractors because every time he thinks of them he is reminded of the poor dog. years pass and the lad (now a man) walks into a bar with SWMBO. SWMBO comments: God I hate it when its so smoky in these places? DJ takes a deep breath and much to his wife's amazement he then proceeds to breathe in all the smoke in the bar. SWMBO : Wow, how did you do that?? DJ : Didn't you know that I'm an ex-tractor fan!!
Diana <>
, , , Fri Oct 3 08:21:43 2008

Dear DJ, how come a new tractor was supplied with a faulty fuel gauge? Tat's what Id be after wanting to know.
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Fri Oct 3 01:44:01 2008

just another frustrated farmer who through no fault of his own, had to become a wire puller to make ends meet!
... <>
, , , Thu Oct 2 22:26:44 2008

Duh!
.. <>
, , ...., Thu Oct 2 22:12:40 2008

My newest tractor came to roost yesterday. I immediately sprayed it in all areas, nooks and crannies with my pressure sprayer to ensure is was sanitized for my use. Then guess what ..it would not start, I had to push it up hill into my side of the garage. After testing everything and dismantling half the power plant with still no results.... Then the light went on...... maybe its out of gas... Yup it was. (gas gauge does not work )
DJ <>
, , Its true, Thu Oct 2 21:27:09 2008

So that makes 9 months altogether, right Doug?
BE <>
, , Sameold, Thu Oct 2 20:21:39 2008

Just returned from three months back in the mother country, went there for your summer, slept in one day and missed it. Back to Oz and the wonderful sunshine, mind you we have got no bl..dy water.Just started to plant all of our summer vegies and fix up the flowering plants and baskets, thank god we have installed water tanks (the gods I refer to is me, not some Roman or Norse individual).We need to have a god of Pommie Summer, at least we can blame someone else for something rather than Gordon Brown.Liverpool has a lot to offer, even my esteemed cousin( and a very nice person) Jimmy Mc Govern, but the weather and the lack of anything happening there would help me stay here in Oz or as in Jans case stay in Kent , the weather is better and things are not so busy.No matter Liverpool is as it has always been a great city, especially Waterloo and Crosby. Cheers from Oz ex Coronation Road School Pupil,Sorry I am Not an M.T O.B. Not sure how many times I have sent this message,have to correct the spelling evey time I look at it.
doug <doug@downunder>
not far from Melbourne, , Australia, Thu Oct 2 20:09:22 2008

Just returned from three months back in the mother country, went there for your summer, slept in one day and missed it. Back to Oz and the wonderful sunshine, mind you we have got no bl..dy water.Just started to plant all of our summer vegies and fix up the flowering plants and baskets, thank god we have installed water tanks (the gods I refer to is me, not some Roman or Norse individual).We need to have a god of Pommie Summer, at least we can blame someone else for something rather than Gordon Brown.Liverpool has a lot to offer, even my esteemed cousin( and a very nice person) Jimmy Mc Govern, but the weather and the lack of anything happening there would help me stay here in Oz or as in Jans case stay in Kent , the weather is better and things are not so busy.No matter Liverpool is as it has always been a gerat city, especially Waterloo and Crosby. Cheers from Oz ex Coronation Road School Pupil,Sorry I am Not an M.T O.B.
doug <doug@downunder>
not far from Melbourne, , Australia, Thu Oct 2 20:04:37 2008

Just returned from three months back in the mother country, went there for your summer, slept in one day and missed it. Back to Oz and the wonderful sunshine, mind you we have got no bl..dy water.Just started to plant all of our summer vegies and fix up the flowering plants and baskets, thank god we have installed water tanks (the gods I refer to is me, not some Roman or Norse individual).We need to have a god of Pommie Summer, at least we can blame someone else for something rather than Gordon Brown.Liverpool has a lot to offer, even my esteemed cousin( and a very nice person) Jimmy Mc Govern, but the weather and the lack of anything happening there would help me stay here in Oz or as in Jans case stay in Kent , the weather is better and things are not so busy.No matter Liverpool is as it has always been a gerat city, especially Waterloo and Crosby.
doug <doug@downunder>
not far from Melbourne, , Australia, Thu Oct 2 20:01:43 2008

Pick up a bottle of Barbaresco for The Mayor while you,re over there Bill.
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Thu Oct 2 13:18:01 2008

I hop u dont meen Hermes is the virgin?
:o) <>
, , , Thu Oct 2 12:58:55 2008

That should read Hermes below.
Hermes <>
, , , Thu Oct 2 09:22:55 2008

Twenty two religions or belief systems have/had an Iconic woman who gave birth whilst being a virgin, One or two of them may well be Greek.
h <>
, , , Thu Oct 2 09:02:54 2008

I suppose the main reason for opting for Greek gods is that you don't get Ancient Greeks trying to kill you if you extract the urine from their former deities...I think that makes them unique...Gotta go, I think Plato's at the door...
Bill <>
, , , Thu Oct 2 02:59:27 2008

So he divinely fingered him? And why the Greek god obsession: they ain't the only people who're godded up yer know. In India, they say "See Ya Shiva" all the while, and he's fingered up if anybody was, added to which, he was the one with the Liverpool connexions. We had scones but Shiva? As an authentic associate scouser, he'd avatar. Ahem.
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Thu Oct 2 01:35:57 2008

Hephaestus? Don't think so. He was the god of smiths, technology, volcanoes and all other stuff that relates to hard work. Give me the god of wine, ecstasy and pleasure every time. His followers were also a bunch of fun people...Mind you, Hephaestus was married to Aphrodite...then again, Dionysus was raised by Hermes, which wouldn't have been so bad, would it? (points divine digit in the direction of the eponymous TCCer)
Bill <>
, , , Thu Oct 2 00:07:23 2008

mr whoha. wow. we may not have opened that bar. but we cud close it. and gnats a fact.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., .., Wed Oct 1 22:41:57 2008

by..by..the width of a knats 4sk*n
. <>
, , , Wed Oct 1 21:20:11 2008

mr whoha. is that a conscious choice. between. run of the mill drollo. fairly drollo. quite drollo. ruddy drollo. very drollo. and most drollo. and. if so. by how much did i miss out on. most drollo. thats what i want to know.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., .., Wed Oct 1 21:08:50 2008

very drollo
. <>
, , , Wed Oct 1 17:26:09 2008

headline. roman god mars opens bar.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., .., Wed Oct 1 17:06:36 2008

Bill, I am familiar with the greek god syndrome, don't let the local wags deter you. I liken myself to a Zeus type of chap, while I envision you as a composite of Eros and Einstein ( he is not entirely greek, theres a bit of Hun in there somewhere) Thank goodness your not like Promethius, chained to a rock with the birdies plucking out your peepers every day, that would get so boring.
DJ <>
, , , Wed Oct 1 16:49:47 2008

Bill....'Body of a Greek God' yerr right, try "Hephaestus" - sound about right?
;O) <>
, , , Wed Oct 1 16:29:09 2008

Dear Bill, Body of a Greek God, you say? Maybe that's why I've seen so few of late; you should be ashamend of yersel', give it back to Him riught away and start using your own mate, since otherwise, you may be open to accusations of obtention of favour(s) under false pretenses.//// Dear JanLad -- if indeed, you're a Lad, a detail not apparent from your post -- welcome to the club, as it were. In regard to Liverpool, I'd discretely discrepanise with Bill: when I've 'gone home' (I've been in Caracas for 40 years) I've always taken time out to walk alone about the borough and 'osmose it in' as it were. There is actually a virtually palpable something that on-the-spot Crosbegians don't realise so, whilst Bill's point is valid, it's not the whole story; I'd love to be able to go on a galliavant back home and sense that ambiance again. And, like you, before I'm to old...
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Wed Oct 1 16:12:53 2008

darn you. bill. and me with me jumping boots what i just put on.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., .., Wed Oct 1 15:10:17 2008

Bill, any comment: belonging to "the Red Thread" in Eindhoven seems to pay two ways - services rendered and for being a good girl (very strange).
Salty <>
, , , Wed Oct 1 14:46:36 2008

...and before the wags jump in, back then it was Apollo, now it's Dionysus...but I've still got the body of a Greek god ☺
Bill <>
, , , Wed Oct 1 14:32:21 2008

BE The average CEO compensation used to be 27 times the average wage of workers under his/her management this as risen very fast to 400 times the wages of the average worker. Nobody is worth that kind of loot (Except nurses, did you hear that SWMBO? )..................... Jan, I left Crosby in 1952, leaving lifelong friends and family behind. I had dreams of going back but after returning for visits many times I realise that I could never return and be happy but Crosby and the UK still have a special place in my heart and I still enjoy visits.
DJ <>
, , , Wed Oct 1 14:29:36 2008

I used to be nostalgic for the old days in Crosby until a few years ago when I realised that what I really missed was being 17, having gangs of money, no (real) responsibilities, lots of sex, a body like a Greek god and the immortality only a 17-year old can have. After that, it was just the place where my mum lives and I could get on with my serious love-affair with France...Mind you, next week I'm off for a week to Firenze and Pisa with my daughter. It's my first time in Italy and I'm frantically trying to learn the language... Thank FSM for Vic McLellan and his Latin lessons ;)
Bill <>
, Amsterdam, , Wed Oct 1 14:29:09 2008

Jan, I think that it's a trueism to say that the Souffle' doesn't rise twice, and things can never be the same as they were two decades ago, and without doubt yo will find this to be the case if you relocate back to Liverpool.
Hermes <>
, , , Wed Oct 1 01:49:52 2008

Jan, most of us know the feeling well, but families grow up in all sorts of out of the way places, and there lies the draw! Please write again.
Salty <>
, , , Wed Oct 1 00:01:51 2008

i moved away from crosby in 1988 to get married and move down to kent. I have been in kent for 20yrs now, but still liverpool will always be my home as my friends and family are all still there. Very sadly unfortunatley my precious mum died 2yrs ago.I hopefully would like to move back to liverpool one day, before i get too old, im only 42. HAHAHAH.
jan tyndall <bud_@hotmail.co.uk>
sittingbourne, kent, uk, Tue Sep 30 22:49:21 2008

be. not to speak of clout.
sb <att@ease.com>
c, .., .., Tue Sep 30 22:11:46 2008

DJ, greed is right. That's why part of the proposed legislation addresses the issue of CEO compensation, golden parachutes, etc. Many other countries are planning similar legislation. In Ottawa, they have added a clause to ensure that "no household shall be permitted to own more than two (2) JDs". SWMBO must have a reach!
BE <>
, , Sameold, Tue Sep 30 18:28:17 2008

Its nothing more than Greed Greed Greed.
DJ <>
, , , Tue Sep 30 14:38:17 2008

This financial situation must give some creedence to the school of thought that thinks a sinister one world government aided and abeted by the poweful rich, World bank, United Nations, The seven sisters et al. Have they plans for this planet that we are not privy too?. as the specter of these governments wishing to socialise banks makes one think.
Hermes <>
, , , Tue Sep 30 12:19:21 2008

Be fair, Andy, it's Rosh Hashanah AND Ied al Fittr (the end of Ramadan). At Christmas they'll close down for a few weeks...
Bill <>
, Amsterdam, , Tue Sep 30 12:08:41 2008

Don't worry Di, the Noo American Congress has shown its amazing ability to take decisive measures to head off global financial meltdown - by going on holiday for two days.
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Tue Sep 30 10:35:10 2008

youtube.com/watch?v=UC31Oudc5Bg How did these comedians see it coming when financial reporters did not? Another example of humor that is deadly accurate.You will all definately enjoy this clip..
Diana <Many a true word is spoken in jest.>
, , , Tue Sep 30 08:20:05 2008

I accept defeat, 2 of my JD's will go to responsible, caring, deep pocket owners........ I just realised my initials bacwards says JD, Thank you God, its an omen !
DJ <>
, , , Mon Sep 29 23:43:08 2008

Trade in the tractors, Dave...
Bill <>
, Amsterdam, , Mon Sep 29 23:29:55 2008

Put a woman in charge and the job gets done.
Mother Teresa <>
, , , Mon Sep 29 20:58:56 2008

After one SWAMBO once over, I'd say, without blinking a single time, that a) you've lost the battle; and b) you are to be congratulated for grace in what can only be the most accommodating of defeats. So There!
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Mon Sep 29 19:54:49 2008

JJ just to show you what I am up against in my battle for JD freedom I have posted an image of Swmbo on the other Crosby site.
DJ <>
, , , Mon Sep 29 19:24:17 2008

Yes Bill Britain won and almost went broke doing it, rationing lasted in Britain until at least 1950. When Britain went to France, cap in hand, saying could you lend us some of your bullion that is held for safe keeping in Montreal , after all we did help you, France replied NON.
DJ <>
, , , Mon Sep 29 19:22:07 2008

Your point about occupation is valid John. What also affects the British attitude is that we "won"...
Bill <>
, Amsterdam, , Mon Sep 29 18:17:11 2008

Dear Bill, I must say, when I arrived in Delft in '65, I was pleased to see a shopfront which still proudly exhibited a British flag (actually, I think the troops in question were Canadian) commemorating their own liberation. That said, I was surprised, as one who'd learned to drive on a VW, about how intense the hatred of all that was German truned out to be, "so long after the war". It was only later that I began to appreciate that there was a fundamental difference between having the jerries as dirty-rotten-stinker enemies, bombing my street etc and living through an Occupation, as you so acutely point out, that doesn't leave much leeway to exercise unadulterated principle. No Bill, neither do I know how I'd've been in the circs., a comment I made to Magalí on leaving the picture house here. Still 'n all, I always feel those things dog you until finally exorcised, seemingly, not yet, in the Dutch case, you say. Still, the movie was a great step in that direction and, like the counterfieters one, I'd strongly recommend it.
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Mon Sep 29 17:06:48 2008

Sorry, it's Koch who plays Muntze...ach, es ist doch alles scheissegal...(fur mich, im jedenfals)
Bill <>
, , , Mon Sep 29 17:04:27 2008

Incidentally, John, virtually any film with Carice van Houten is worth watching...and a bit of showbizz goss; she now lives with Ludwig Muntze who played the role of "Sebastian Koch" in the movie...
Bill <>
, , , Mon Sep 29 17:01:58 2008

Yep, John, I'm familiar with the book and the film. There was not that much "true" resistance in the war, relatively speaking. Due to co-ck-ups in London, many members of the resistance were picked up by the Gestapo (google "Englandspiel")... In February of '41 the dockers and the transport workers came out on strike to protest against the ill-treatment and deportation of the Jews but the ring-leaders were arrested and many were later executed. The Amsterdam City authorities also had a policy of "least said, soonest mended". See : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_strike Another typically Dutch "handicap" which lead to problems was the fact the the religiously-motivated resistance wouldn't work with the Communists. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_resistance...the greatest shame of the Dutch people, which lies just under the surface even today, is that more Dutch men died on the Russian Front in S.S. uniforms than ever fought in the resistance, whilst of the 120,00 Jews put onto the transports 104,00 died in the camps...Of course I can be scornful with hindsight, but I don't know if I'd be a hero if I or my children were threatened with summary execution were I to resist the whims of the oppressor...we could also wander along the path of whether the members of the resistance were freedom-fighters or terrorists, but we'll save that for another life...
Bill <>
, Amsterdam, , Mon Sep 29 16:50:54 2008

Just because some bird hunts moose doesn't mean that that constitutes the be all and end all of her Weltanchauung. I don't think either that, standing alone, it constitutes a reason to assume that the person in question is unfit for public office, high or low. //// In another vein, let's be fair about the financial meltdown too: it wasn't the system -- which meanwhile has provided the greatest prosperity in the history of the race -- it was the human failures, meaning the blinkered benighted s******s who failed in their duties, being both those of oversight, Barney Franks SEC et al, and the greedy sods thereby given a free rein, never intended as part of the overall. What was done was wrong from the outset, under the system itself. Fact is, the German Money Minister was on telly the other day telling of his warnings (in January, 2006!!)to the Brits and Americans about what could potentially hit them. they p*o-pooed his comments saying the capital markets ought to be left to sort themselves out. Well, they did: all the way out. Now the free-market capital of the world has got what is virtually a nationalised finance sector and the very b******s responsible (Chriss Dodd and Barney, inter alia) have found religion. AARRGGHH! Tragic altogether: there were options in place that remained unexercised so the house came tumbling down. Because thei pratitioners fell foul of 'alll the ills that flesh is heir to': hardly unpredictable what?/// And has anyone seen that movie, the Black Book, that I mentioned. If so, whaddya think?
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Mon Sep 29 16:39:51 2008

I need money first, DJ
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Mon Sep 29 16:39:42 2008

Morning sicko limerick: there was a hermit named Dave, who kept a dead wh*re in a cave, its a little bit thick, but stop and think, look at the money he saved.
DJ <>
, , True, Mon Sep 29 14:47:55 2008

Ee buy gum, (and not wrigglies) even the Bradford and Bingley! What next, me little Post Office savings?
;O) <>
, , , Mon Sep 29 14:46:51 2008

Mayor ,your way with words is truly a gift, could we hear more
DJ <>
, , , Mon Sep 29 14:44:55 2008

Just what the US needs; "Annie Oakley" for vice prez.
DJ <>
, , , Mon Sep 29 14:42:58 2008

Hermes, maybe we'll get a noo Noo 'War against terrrrr'. The terror everyone's feeling due to the financial meltdown started by the Noo Retards.
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Mon Sep 29 13:32:55 2008

Has someone received a dear John? as the mood abroad on the channel for fun and excitement seems a tad moribund,and God forbid somber.Cheer up we can now look forward to Wall Street your street and miss United Laundries, Sarah Palin, now don't you all feel a little better.
Hermes <>
, , , Mon Sep 29 11:54:57 2008

Hunta hunta, stick it up your junta
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Mon Sep 29 07:12:00 2008

dear DJ, Re your two last, and about time too, I'd opine -- in the strongest equivocal terms, natch
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Mon Sep 29 03:50:07 2008

If a chap can't have a few John Deere's tucked away ,whats coming next. No , the worm has turned,it's time to stand up for all John Deere types.
DJ <>
, , , Mon Sep 29 00:14:53 2008

'windborne hunta hint' sounds rather odious and threatening. I will change that to Uprising, revolt,mutiny, revolution,insurgence, riot, disorder,unrest, disobedience,rebelliousness,subversion,resistance,anarchy,coup d'etat ......or a Putsch
DJ <>
, , , Mon Sep 29 00:09:19 2008

I just saw that the Spanish for 'black' was netnannied out of the text. Gotta ask what the collywobblinghell's going on these days. Now, to go along with the school, we've git a colour that dare not mention its name. Sacrosanct Toledo!!
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Sun Sep 28 23:56:28 2008

DJ. Since 'j' in Spanish sounds like our 'h', that comes over as a 'windborne hunta hint' and somehow, some TCC'er somewhere, maybe wordman Mayor, has got to be able to make something of a windborne hunta hint; it could be the name of a mystery movie, "Windborne Hunta-Hint" where just such a phenomenon hits the East Coast; thousands die as Russian biowarfare lab leak wafts in over North Sea. Dr. Cholmondley Childers-Smythe, played by a famous Scotish Scot, is pulled in, under tight security -- no panic chaps --, because he's the country's only hunta-hint expert alive owing to an unusual genetic makeup, due to his Venezuelan-Irish heritage,....////As for movies, we've just returned from seeing what here is billed as 'El Libro N***o', being the Dutch Zwartboek: Holy cow!!! What a magnificent, dreadful tale, wonderfully told. After that and 'Die Fälscher'(The counterfieters') the previous week, we're up for a decent comedy, I can tell you. We came out, drained. One details was that the film touches on the 'onderduiker' Dutch resistance people during the war and my first boss in Delft, in 1965 was on Ko Rellage, who had been a prominent one of them. For me, all emotional stuff it was, though the Dutch don't come out too well. What say, Bill? You surely know the fillum.
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Sun Sep 28 23:51:48 2008

DJ, advyz eating a little less curry!
;O) <>
, , , Sun Sep 28 20:42:40 2008

J.J. There is a hint of a Junta in the wind
DJ <>
, , , Sun Sep 28 15:03:05 2008

DJ, It's beginning to look as though the MBO part of SWMBO is wearing a bit thin, with these last posts and all,... Has SWMBO been duly apprised, one muses...
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Sun Sep 28 02:04:07 2008

possibly a few more dits and dars in the belfri!
;O) <>
, , , Sun Sep 28 01:20:46 2008

SB, kettle on........... BE. If SWMBO moved to the garage I would have her den and half the master bedroom to store even more JD's.. Am I missing something here ?
DJ <>
, , , Sat Sep 27 23:30:43 2008

DJ, if SWMBO left, you would have the whole garage to yourself. Just think of all the JDs you could store!
BE <>
, , Sameold, Sat Sep 27 23:09:12 2008

dj. if really mint condition. i will pop by after eight.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., .., Sat Sep 27 18:07:28 2008

Completed a deal yesterday on another J/D. Bringing my total now to 5. SWMBO says some have to go. Will do as ordered. Any body want to buy a series 210 ( 1975 - rare model) Mint condition
DJ <>
, , , Sat Sep 27 17:01:44 2008

dj. i can connect the dots like any1. but i did not characterise my postings as in dotdash code. u did. so i dont see why i shud accede. morse the pity. but i did look yours up. and got a string of letters. but could not grasp the gist. mayor. short sentences to copywriters. you exhort. why so. i enquire. copywriters cornered the market. i ask. or is it only a matter of stile. like they out past virgins lane. in the country.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., .., Sat Sep 27 15:09:54 2008

Hermes, it may surprise you to know that the short summers in this area are somewhat on a par with Italy. I believe, some years ago the local vitners pulled most of the old 'Reds' out of the ground, replacing them with what was the fashion of the time 'Whites'. However, not too sure, but I think the money's on 'Red' again and so more of the latter has sprung up! 'They' tell me they are quite good - much improved from the 'Old Plonk"!...........DJ, will you please tell us what R D K O D U mean, and then perhaps a relpi may be forthcoming. Salty <>
, , , Sat Sep 27 14:47:31 2008

Salinitations Salty,Look I have heard of love in a cold climate but in the the name of Bacus how can a pluralistic viniculture,happen in Canada with that climate, from a laymans point of view you should be able to produce some fantastic whites Riesling ect,but what about your reds I'm interested to know, more info please.
Hermes <>
, , , Sat Sep 27 13:32:25 2008

Leave. The short sentences. To the copywriters.
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Sat Sep 27 07:41:49 2008

SB ........dot dash dot, dash dot dot, dash dot dash, dash dash dash, dash dot dot, dot dot dash, pleze replie
DJ <>
, , , Sat Sep 27 01:17:03 2008

j. you seem capital. suddenly. and alright. plees. plees. but do not pushluk.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., .., Fri Sep 26 20:04:13 2008

[The superior man] acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.
confucious <>
, , , Fri Sep 26 20:02:39 2008

repet plees
J <>
, , , Fri Sep 26 19:59:09 2008

s&j. i think that. with a creative use of full stops. you fellws might be onto a new fashion trend. with licence neede for more than. two fourletter words per sentence. in tcc words. go. s&j.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., .., Fri Sep 26 19:39:56 2008

mor lik out lik lite
j <>
, , , Fri Sep 26 18:28:25 2008

mor lyk newt
s <>
, , , Fri Sep 26 17:01:46 2008

so salty. in present vein. you are. out with a lite.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., .., Fri Sep 26 14:28:36 2008

Hermes, bit early in the morning for such insght to brevity. We are into the wine festival here and thing are not as swift first thing. Seew:*ww:niagarawinefestival.com.....hic
shalty <>
, , , Fri Sep 26 14:18:31 2008

No time for idle chatter today, I'm on the trail of a good deal on a used John Deere.... lookout grass and snow.
DJ <>
, , , Fri Sep 26 14:15:07 2008

How many TCCers does it take to change a light bulb?.Well first of all, the bulb really has to want to change.
Hermes <>
, , , Fri Sep 26 14:03:53 2008

Smiley, Just as well she was a student in psychology, not industrial effluents...
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Thu Sep 25 20:30:29 2008

Mayor, what happened to Doug and Jim (England)?
BE <>
, , Sameold, Thu Sep 25 11:36:56 2008

Akshully, Dave, I always thought that sb wrote as he did in an "homage" to the great poet e.e. cummings (for clarity, go to : www-scf.usc.edu/~thier/ee/ ) sb. i believe than cummings was also.shy...
Bill <>
, , , Thu Sep 25 10:32:59 2008

Virgins Lane will never be the same again. Shortly due to open is a naffly-designed Aldi supermarket on the site of the old Tom England's garage.
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Thu Sep 25 10:15:31 2008

DJ, Too late for the obesity I'm afraid. Too many pints of Threlfalls bitter in THe Crosby, The George, etc and also the chip butties have done their worst!
Mike <>
Asker, , , Thu Sep 25 07:35:23 2008

A very shy guy sb goes into a pub and sees a beautiful woman sitting alone at the bar. After an hour of gathering up his courage (remember he's a shy guy he finally goes over to her and asks tentatively, "Um, would you mind if I brought you a drink?" She responds by yelling, at the top of her lungs, "No, I won't sleep with you tonight!" Everyone in the pub is now staring at them. Naturally, the our sb, being the shy guy that he is,is hopelessly and completely embarrassed and he slinks back to his table totally red faced. After a few minutes, the woman walks over to him and apologises. "I'm really sorry if I embarrassed you just then. You see, I'm a graduate student in psychology and I'm studying how people respond to embarrassing situations." sb responds, at the top of his lungs, "No I will not pay 200 pounds!"
Smiley <Is sb the shy guy or gal? Thats what I want to know?>
, , , Wed Sep 24 22:27:06 2008

Southport Beach 79 ? Just exactly did you reveal ? Thats what I want to know.... BTW, Salty told me that I know you from Crosby days.... well scratch my fiddle if I can put a name to S.B.other than my pal Sandy Bottom.
DJ <>
, , , Wed Sep 24 21:03:44 2008

after southport beach in 79. my selfrevealing days are gone. never to return. i am just a few words and punctuation challenged. type of person. shy.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., .., Wed Sep 24 19:42:35 2008

sb, why you send message in morse code like sentences. Thats what I want to know. Reveal self to us.
DJ <>
, , , Wed Sep 24 17:30:52 2008

I am so annoyed with these girls I don't even spell their titles correctly. Here we go again: "Virgins"
DJ <>
, , , Wed Sep 24 17:27:51 2008

Back off sb, I am trying to save Mike from obesity and if that happens he will never get a girl Virgin or not................Incidently ; to all the virins in this world... thanks for nothing
DJ <>
, , Get It ???????, Wed Sep 24 17:22:24 2008

Saint Peter was manning the Pearly Gates when forty scousers showed up. Never having seen anyone from Liverpool at heaven's door, Saint Peter said he would have to check with God. After hearing the news, God instructed him to admit the ten most virtuous from the group. A few minutes later, Saint Peter returned to God breathless and said, "They're gone." "What? All of the Scousers are gone?" asked God. "No" replied Saint Peter "The Pearly Gates!"
Diana <>
, , , Wed Sep 24 16:49:07 2008

a. re cornflakes. not calory but choke index when faced with ex-sheilagh surprise depictions. in virgins habitat. b. not cross culture . but. vexed. aintit.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., .., Wed Sep 24 15:55:29 2008

Bill, It's the Dagenham girl pipers for me, I can't be doing with those sweaty socks(Jocks)in skirts"See you Jimmy)take that ya bas. Hermes <>
, , , Wed Sep 24 15:31:35 2008

Mike, one bowl of cornflakes with milk = 250 calories, sb is trying to warn you..... Bill, that reminds me of a visit that I had with my cousin in Scotland. her hubby to me to a remote pub and everybody was dressed as cowboys/girls. Turns out they were having a "fast draw" contest, something I had never heard of before. The hubby ( a fellow with a sense of humour) introduced me to the crowd as the N. American fast draw champion which put me on the spot. Thinking quickly I explained that I had strained my wrist in a recent bout. Talk about cross culture.
DJ <>
, , , Wed Sep 24 15:02:56 2008

mike. cant be too careful with them cornflakes. yknow.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., .., Wed Sep 24 14:09:23 2008

Hi Diana, Many moons ago I used to go out with a girl from Seafield! This romance lasted a few months, much to my surprise. However growing up takes its toll. The Crosby Herald at the time was running a feature picturing girls sitting on the street sign for Virgin's Lane(If anyone wishes to check it out I believe it was the summer of '63). One Friday morning I nearly choked on my cornflakes for there sitting on the afore mentioned sign sat my ex. Apparently I was not the first nor the last!
Mike <>
Asker, , , Wed Sep 24 13:46:33 2008

Dave, until you've seen the "Mitsubishi Pipe and Drum Band" marching in full Highland Regalia, and playing "Scotland The Brave", you haven't lived! I had the dubious privilege of seeing them in France at the Festival Interceltique some years ago...It wouldn't have been so bad if they'd all committed seppuku when they didn't win...
Bill <>
, , , Wed Sep 24 13:10:00 2008

sb. man who speak like Confucious talk velly funny
Charrlie Chan <>
, , , Wed Sep 24 00:01:38 2008

Diana: sp
... <>
, , ..., Tue Sep 23 20:18:44 2008

"Did they try Virgin's Lane in Thornton" asks Mike // Gosh Mike, I knew a girl from there...Her name was Virgina, Virgin for short, but not for long...;-)
Diana <>
, , , Tue Sep 23 19:26:49 2008

DJ, I spent two years in Halifax, finally graduating from Nova Scotia Tech, which is now a part of Dalhousie. I'm glad to hear that the people are still straightforward and friendly. Did you visit Peggy's Cove?
BE <>
, , Sameold, Tue Sep 23 17:10:32 2008

dj. culture spreads. so why grave roll. on the contrary. you should be very plaid about it.
sb <att@ease.edu>
, , , Tue Sep 23 16:27:45 2008

BTW Di, While I was in the fort in Halifax there was a person in full Highland gear playing the bagpipes, on a closer look it turned out he was Chinese. I must send a picture of this to my cousin in Scotland, A chinaman in highland gear playing bagpipes in a British fort in Canada. She and her hubby will have a fit and I'm sure that Robbie will be rolling in his grave
DJ <>
, , , Tue Sep 23 14:49:08 2008

Mayor, I see little or no connection between Crosby and the stone circle on the beach in Nove Scotia, however it is still in the realm of possibility as I "come over all funny" as I was standing there. ... Yes Di, Halifax is a great city, loads of history and a truly great harbour. We traveled all through Nova Scotia took the car ferry to New Brunswick, crossed the incredible bridge to Prince Edward Island ,took another ferry to Cape Breton and back to Halifax. We drove about 3000 klicks. The Maritmes are filled with friendly helpful people but Newfoundland is still top of the list.
DJ <>
, , , Tue Sep 23 14:43:21 2008

too. poses a question. pse advise.
sb <att@ease.edu>
cc, .., .., Tue Sep 23 14:29:04 2008

'They' also say that the liver bird wings flap when one goes by too!
;O) <>
, , , Tue Sep 23 14:11:28 2008

how do you tell an odd virgin from a regular one. thats what i want to know.
sb <att@ease.edu>
c, .., .., Tue Sep 23 14:08:31 2008

Hermes, Did they try Virgin's Lane in Thornton!
Mike <>
Asker, , , Tue Sep 23 13:52:47 2008

To some extent it does, a Henge was intended for the area now known as Crosby, for the specific purpose of sacraficing the odd virgin on high days and holidays, but they went cool on the idea as they could never find one...Thanks for the link Di, I enjoyed it.
Hermes <>
, , , Tue Sep 23 12:28:46 2008

DJ, does the stone circle have any connection with the ancient civilisation that built the Crosby Beach pyramids?
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Tue Sep 23 07:55:48 2008

Thanks for the felicitaions Elaine. Time does go by so quickly these days..Seems only yesterday we were collecting coloured jewelry beads and swopping them between lessons at Junior school...Do you remember that phase at school........? DJ, mentioned St Nicks, gosh I can see the classrooms so clearly, but I can't remember what I had for Brekkers yesterday....Hugs and thanks for the XX.How are the repairs going to your roof after the recent Hurricane around your neck of the woods?..My that must have been pretty scary for you love? Take care Wacker, love to the brood....XX
Diana <>
, , , Tue Sep 23 06:12:41 2008

Salty, Hermes, you will probably enjoy that link I posted, not necessarily for the Halifax History, but for some very intresting articles for seamen......h.t.t.p://piratebook.blogspot.com/2007/12/halifax-explosion-of-1917.html
Diana <>
, , , Tue Sep 23 06:02:25 2008

DJ, so you have been galavanting in Nova Scotia? What a lovely city Halifax it is.The Fort and Castle...I have been there so many times..I love the waterfront and some of the old buildings which are still in tact...One could feel the former Colonaism in the very atomsphere there...Lovely people...Those old bars, with some of the original features...Did you ever read about the two ships which collided in Halifax Harbour..//quote:1917,A mushroom cloud like no had ever seen before filled the sky above Halifax; the Mont Blanc disintegrated into 3000 tons of shrapnel worse than anything seen in the trenches of Europe; the buildings on shore were flattened, ships were thrown on their sides and most every window in the city was shattered. Over 1600 people died instantly; within days the toll would rise to 11000 people seriously injured or killed. It was said that for a moment you could see the bottom of the harbour as the water exploded upward. The devastation was beyond comprehension.//I read a book about it and it brought me to tears....I have pasted the link..
Diana <h*t*t*p://piratebook.blogspot.com/2007/12/halifax-explosion-of-1917.html>
, , , Tue Sep 23 05:53:13 2008

J.J.,In the event of rain or the odd hurricane we usually move our Sunday activities indoors, it gets a bit crowded but who's complaining..... BTW - While in Halifax, Nova Scotia I was aboard the last remaining WW2 corvette, she's painted in Atlantic duty camouflage , This was a a special event for me. She is tied up in the harbour and is drydocked every 3 years in order to preserve her.
DJ <>
, , , Tue Sep 23 00:11:56 2008

Dear DJ, and God Bless you too! I hadn't sought to imply you were 'of the faith' but rather, the whole being a reference to activities on Sunday, the day of the Lord, that you get your spiritual fill before any other(s) since you appeared to have such a full programme for the day. I realise that if it rains, that'd put the kibosh on the day's pillaging and possibly flogging, complicating the overall picture so, like I said, better to get your spiritual fill sorted out before untoward circumstances opaquify the picture. And, before I forget, Dominus vobiscum to you & yours.
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Mon Sep 22 20:04:25 2008

is that a fairy ring behind you? , That sentence is my morning giggle, many thanks. Acutaly I was starting to build a castle and that was the basement.
DJ <>
, , , Mon Sep 22 18:22:36 2008

Hurry B. I'm getting older by the minute. ..h*t*tp://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/crosbycontactclub/
DJ <>
, , , Mon Sep 22 18:17:36 2008

DJ, how do I get to this (ahem) gorgeous image?
BE <>
, , Sameold, Mon Sep 22 17:51:33 2008

Hi Di, A very happy 43rd (WOW) anniversary!!! Love to you both.
Elaine <>
, , , Mon Sep 22 17:26:15 2008

is that a fairy ring behind you?
;O) <>
, , , Mon Sep 22 16:33:29 2008

For the sake of clarity and for my public, an image of me appears in the Crosby Connection in the Crosby Canuck file. Adoring and positive comments will be recieved with extreme pleasure.
DJ <>
, , , Mon Sep 22 14:10:11 2008

J.J. I am not of that faith John even though I worked for the Popes boys after my first retirement, I'm an old St Nicholas lad who would attend morning and evening services mainly because I had a school boy, puppy love,pimply faced, slightly chubby crush on my sunday school teacher...... I wonder where she is now.....did she wait for for me......did she save herself for me ?
DJ <>
, , , Mon Sep 22 13:55:46 2008

sorry, thought you meant ears!
;O) <>
, , , Sun Sep 21 22:23:17 2008

but even the one would allow for a zoobie doo.
sb <att@ease.edu>
crosbee, e.., .., Sun Sep 21 21:34:27 2008

My, Charles IS well blessed with TWO Zoobies.Most blokes have one.
;-) <>
, , , Sun Sep 21 19:01:03 2008

Ah Diana, but is Prince Charles an African, with or without his oversized Zoobies?
;O) <>
, , , Sun Sep 21 16:44:59 2008

Dear DJ, I can only recommend you opt for early Mass because otherwise, with all that other stuff, you'll be late fer yer tea.
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Sun Sep 21 16:00:44 2008

its Sunday again, time for more pillaging, drinking,flogging and wenching, just another day in Uxbridge Ontario. Same thing in Crosby I imagine.
DJ <>
, , , Sun Sep 21 13:28:51 2008

Why not compromise and call her "Dickie Bird".Best suggestion yet Hermes ;-)........She must have b*lls to take on that job....
Diana <>
, , , Sun Sep 21 13:15:45 2008

Why not compromise and call her "Dickie Bird".
Hermes <>
, , , Sun Sep 21 12:28:08 2008

BTW ask hubby if he's familiar with the expression "el andeen'omac"...///////Correction.."el andeen'omac" means in Arabic cursing.."I curse your Mother's religion and education"........Cus'Omac is cursing "Your mother's private parts"
Diana <>
, , , Sun Sep 21 09:06:02 2008

Mayor, yes he did belong to what the Brits called a terrorist group...That was over 60 years ago...I am sure if we start digging into some of the roots of a few British and Irish Politicians we will find the same results...Its what is today, and not what her Father's background, or that of her grandfather ..We have to look forward and hope that maybe with a woman's touch we can go forward to peace and bring some future to the world......She is a clever woman and I think I made a comment here on TCC to that fact over 9 months ago..that I hoped she would get into office...She not there yet....
Diana <>
, , , Sun Sep 21 09:01:09 2008

BTW ask hubby if he's familiar with the expression "el andeen'omac"...Bill/////////// "el andeen'omac" is a very rude curse meaning something to do with ' Cursing your Mother's private parts'.(Although you Bill, as an Arabic scholar should knew that.)....I am very familiar with Arabic too, but these swearing and insulting expressions are not used in my families lexicon and not used in my household....
Diana <>
, , , Sun Sep 21 08:45:02 2008

But wasn't her dad a terrrrrrst?
Mayor <>
Burbo, , , Sun Sep 21 08:25:20 2008

Bill, in Arabic the P is pronounced B and the TZi would be pronouced ZOO in Arabic..Hence a Willie in Arabic is pronounced ZOOBI not TZIPI...ZOOBI being the actual Willie bit.....Something like the Chinese people pronounce FLIED LICE instead of FRIED RICE......Interpretation of the word is how others want to take see it.....In the couple of years that I have been posting here, I must admit that I used to feel offended, but with age,observation and more knowledge of the net (and certain people's behaviour) I realize that I don't give a Zoobi as to what you write and other offensive posts.....Its water etc etc......You forget that I have Scouse gene's and I had forgotten them for a while...
Diana <>
, , , Sun Sep 21 08:15:19 2008

John, it was a case of "the wrong person pushing the wrong button on the wrong day". My comment about the Israeli PM was meant facetiously. My reaction to Diane's post was probably inappropriate (especially for people who DO speak Arabic!!!) but I'm having a "I hate (nearly) everybody" weekend...
Bill <>
, , , Sun Sep 21 07:06:39 2008

Talking of Prime Ministers, it's interesting to know how accessible the Dutch PM is, even in these troubled times. Take a look at this album of photos taken by yours truly during the annual celebration of the emancipation of slaves in Amsterdam: picasaweb.google.com/Groen.Links.Amsterdam.Centrum/KetiKotiOosterpark# The Harry Potter look-alike with the prominent teeth is the PM. The balding chap with the sympatico face is our Lord Mayor, (and my hero) Job Cohen...The term "Keti Koti" is Surinamese patois for "cutting the chains"...
Bill <>
, , , Sun Sep 21 07:00:13 2008

Dear Bill, Come now: Di' was merely reporting her husband's gut response: she was reporting a third-party opinion and, to do so, could hardly have cited otherwise. She makes not even a tangential reference to anything else but cites the issue in support of her claim about there being widespread political divisions in Israeli households and the concomitant difficulties. I really don't see the putative equivalence between that reporting process and any opinions diretcly expressed on TCC.
jj <etc>
etc, etc, & God Bless, Sun Sep 21 04:51:04 2008

Salty, It's apparent that the Bromide they placed into your tea during the war, is begining to ware off.
Hermes <>
, , , Sun Sep 21 03:48:07 2008

Interesting place, the ol' TCC; slag of George W, no probs, chastise Tony Bliar, "right to free speech", they're none of them so great that we can't take a facetious swipe...but aaaah, do it about an Israeli politician and suddenly it's "...the usual derogatory remarks expected from retarded radicals who are not looking for peace.". Actually I'm not really surprised; in fact the only thing that did surprise me is that the "anti-semite" card wasn't played. After all it's the usual strategy...I've never claimed to speak "fluent Arabic" (too modest and it'd be a lie ☺) but can claim to be familiar with Saudi (considered by speakers to be the arabic equivalent of "Queen's English"), Masr'een (Egyptian) and Maghrebi (Moroccan/North African). I even have a passing acquaintance with Shilli'ah (Berber). There are many radical variations in the languages, especially sweary-words. Where most arabs would use the word "cus" (as in "cus'omac"), Moroccans would use the prefix "T'ban-di"...However ALL the above languages use "tzipi" for "willy"...but then, who am I? Somebody who is such a fan of peace that I don't think anyone has the right to illegally invade a country just because they blatantly ignore UN resolutions and may or may not have, or be developing, WMDs...(just as well really because if I did, Iraqis wouldn't be the only folk in the Middle East with a problem...) but I do draw the line at ethnic "cleansing" and genocide...BTW ask hubby if he's familiar with the expression "el andeen'omac"...
Bill <>
, , , Sun Sep 21 03:47:04 2008

Hey Salty (Superstud), it's known as priapism!
BE <>
, , Sameold, Sun Sep 21 02:09:59 2008

Its easy for Salty, he lives near Viagra Falls, Ontario
DJ <>
, , Get It ???????, Sat Sep 20 17:40:13 2008

BE,only four hours - you must be showing your age?
Salty <>
, , , Sat Sep 20 17:16:28 2008

Di, we don't need it. Have to be careful of the "more than 4 hours" deal.
BE <>
, , Sameold, Sat Sep 20 16:34:52 2008

DJ, its the likkle blue pills with the V stamped on them that are the important ones...V btw is not for vitamin..But maybe you lot over the pond haven't heard of THAT wonder drug.......
Diana on the rant <>
, , , Sat Sep 20 15:51:42 2008

Bri have to agree with you about politics being part of all our lives, but it mustn't become an obsession.....We all have to come up to take a breath of fresh air now and again to try to put the sh*tty way this world is being run behind us for a little while, even if its only for a few hours.......
Diana <>
, , , Sat Sep 20 15:46:15 2008

Di, I take a little pink pill but my Dr says I don't need them any longer due to my return to a Greek godlike stature ( thank God for weight watchers)
DJ <>
, , , Sat Sep 20 15:37:27 2008

Di: Agreed that life is too short, but politics is an integral part of life, because it affects us all!
BE <>
, , Sameold, Sat Sep 20 15:25:43 2008

ps, did I not mention, Reilly is me middle name.
s <>
, , , Sat Sep 20 14:37:01 2008

Di, like the poem...........but aren't we pickie, oh pools eh? well I could probably get you all into the barn - if I put the horses out to pasture!
Salty <>
, , , Sat Sep 20 14:34:53 2008

SPECIAL POEM FOR OLDER FOLKS A row of bottles on my shelf Caused me to analyze myself. One yellow pill I have to pop Goes to my heart so it won't stop. A little white one that I take Goes to my hands so they won't shake. The blue ones that I use a lot Tell me I'm happy when I'm not. The purple pill goes to my brain And tells me that I have no pain. The capsules tell me not to wheeze Or cough or choke or even sneeze. The red ones, smallest of them all Go to my blood so I won't fall. The orange ones, very big and bright Prevent my leg cramps in the night. Such an array of brilliant pills Helping to cure all kinds of ills. But what I'd really like to know........... Is what tells each one where to go! There's always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to look for it. For example I am sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt...
Diana <FORGET POLITICS ..LIFE IS TOO SHORT>
, , , Sat Sep 20 08:15:14 2008

Bill you have been mis-informed as far as P*ick being Arabic slang for Tzipi.(Maybe in some dialects, but not spoken Arabic here).(My husband being himself a perfect Arabic speaker) said its new to him, but he reckons quote:"that those comments would be the usual derogatory remarks expected from retarded radicals who are not looking for peace".(Her name is Zippora)Hebrew meaning a (BIRD giving light)( Lets hope she will be the Bird to get things under control)....We can but hope that Tzipi will manage to bring peace to the region, but unfortunately I personally don't see anyone, be it a p*ick or p*ssy being able to bring peace to the region...The Palestinians themselves, are in turmoil and divided, Hamas and Fatah killing each other on a daily basis in Gaza, so with whom can one deal with......Most homes of Israelis are politically divided, even my home, my husband would be very happy to see the strong hand of BIBI in office,(G*d help us all) but then we would be back to stage one.....I don't doubt that Israel can protect itself, but its the not too distant plans of Iran that bother me considerably.......I can't see that Iran will sit quietly when foreign forces will eventually pull out of Iraq..The Iraqi S****s (radicals like Iran) being the ruling government in Iraq will join forces with Iran and BINGO all the Sunni's will be at war with the S****s and so and so on......Its one r*ddy mess, and those friends of yours Bill know it too.....The Credit Cruch is just the beginning, cutting off oil will be the next move and I believe an entre to world war three...God help us all..
Diana <>
, , , Sat Sep 20 07:32:59 2008

If they get the lady in question, the Palestinians will be greatly amused. To appreciate this, you have to know that the Arabic slang word "tzipi" means "p-rick"...Mind you, that's a reasonable description of most of her predecessors...
Bill <>
, , , Fri Sep 19 23:39:38 2008

Di, Do you think that you will have a lady P.M. in the future?
DJ <>
, , , Fri Sep 19 23:13:04 2008

Brian, Plurals please. I keep my summer JD, my winter JD and my current restoration JD in my side of the garage. SWMBO will not yield one inch of her side.
DJ <>
, , , Fri Sep 19 23:11:28 2008

DJ, where do you keep your JD?
BE <>
, , Sameold, Fri Sep 19 21:39:14 2008

Di, you could sleep in my screen porch, but I'm not sure where Wilma put it.
BE <>
, , Sameold, Fri Sep 19 21:37:09 2008

//I suppose now that we have closed the pool// My,my, Salty, POOLS, we do live the life of Reilly...!!!!
Diana <>
, , , Fri Sep 19 20:28:24 2008

Di, I suppose now that we have closed the pool you could sleep on the cover, no doubt the sloshing around, would take you back to your sailing days. Should you be motion sick however, I would expect you to mop it up - mops would be extra!
Salty <>
, , , Fri Sep 19 15:32:11 2008

Was glancing through the Crosby Herald and came accross this article..Worth a click..My my, we even have the Brooke on show...
Diana <h.t.t.p://crosbymemories.merseyblogs.co.uk/>
, , , Fri Sep 19 15:30:36 2008

Di, I have a mini barn that would be suitable for a stay. It has lights and water and I could ins