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Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: MartinB (155.232.128.---)
Date: April 01, 2007 06:45AM

<has found a very cute and wonderful 19 year old if it helps...>

__________________________________
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: Zambezi_Bushbaby (155.232.128.---)
Date: April 01, 2007 09:10AM

<wonders if she can have some raspberry cake>

<pulls squirrel out of peacan nut pie>

<places it on shoulder with a handful of almonds>

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"I've always believed that it would be up to the young people to save the Endangered Wildlife for the future." - George Adamson.

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: nemades (---.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk)
Date: April 01, 2007 06:47PM

<sets up Scottish zone in corner to sulk in>

<sulks>

<eats shortbread>

<plays bagpipes>

<cute and wonderful?>

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.union.edu)
Date: April 02, 2007 05:27AM

<Points out to Martin that actually I'm 21, not 19, but it's an easy mistake to make.>



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/02/2007 05:27AM by MuseSusan.

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: Zambezi_Bushbaby (155.232.128.---)
Date: April 02, 2007 06:34AM

<goes and pokes MartinB, Nemades and xmorpheus for no reason>

<starts a poking fight>

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"I've always believed that it would be up to the young people to save the Endangered Wildlife for the future." - George Adamson.

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: April 02, 2007 09:02AM

<cries>

<"Ow ow ow ow ow ow OW">

<"what did you do that for?">

<pokes ZB with the leg of Nem's bagpipe>

<offers Nem a sausage supper with a single sausage and a can of Irn Bru>

<thinks about setting up an Irish corner, but decides that with Irish property pricing being what it is, she can't afford a corner>

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: April 02, 2007 10:08AM

<Sympathises with xm about property prices>

<reminds her that outside of Dublin, things get better>

<realises that the above is no help when you need to commute into Dublin>

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (---.static.dsl.dodo.com.au)
Date: April 02, 2007 12:59PM

<Decides to specify *male* on the next order>

<Eats imaginary black forest gateaux. Offers spare fork to anyone that want in on it>

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: nemades (---.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk)
Date: April 02, 2007 09:12PM

<yup male is definitely a good start!>

<tucks into the supper and can xmorph very kindly provided!>

<offers short bread around>

<picks up clarinet again, much easier on the ear!>

<NOBODY and I mean NOBODY tell Skids I said that!>

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: DisturbinglyAvidFfordeWorshipper (---.kpunet.net)
Date: April 02, 2007 11:52PM

<arbitrarily beats down a midget>

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (---.static.dsl.dodo.com.au)
Date: April 03, 2007 06:18AM

<Midget drops that t and inflicts painful bite in revenge>

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: April 03, 2007 07:25AM

<wonders who has a clarinet balanced on their ear>

<decides he doesn't mind>

<agrees that it is so much easier to balance than bagpipes>

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: April 03, 2007 09:05AM

<thinks that cruelty to midgets should be banned>

<thinks they're lovely cars and they handle very well at hillclimbs and sprints particularly>

<casts a magic spell on the bagpipes and then flies them around the room>

<falls off and discovered that they're not bagpipes at all, but a small, soft Hamish that is NOT impressed with being used as a beast of burden>

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: nemades (---.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk)
Date: April 03, 2007 06:47PM

<shows Skids that clarinets are shaped especially for ear balancing (ta-da), pipes are more for intimidating other people, killing midges and balanding on noses>

<gives xmorph a cup of hot chocolate and a bottle of bicarbonate of soda, drink the hot chocolate and have a bath with the bicarb - tis very good for post fall relaxation!>

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: April 04, 2007 02:22PM

<politely thanks Nem for the chocolate and bicarb>

<puts the bicarb in the hot chocolate and watches the brown foam slowly start to take over the floor>

<is reminded of the Quatermass experiment>

<cackles>

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: MartinB (---.cache.isnet.net)
Date: April 04, 2007 06:53PM

<suggests that bug spray works better on midges than pipes>

<wonders whether to hurt Muse's feelings by pointing out that the wonderful and cute comment was not directed at her but at ZB>

<decides that, on further reflection, if he can see whether Muse is cute (:P) e might amend that comment to include a 21 year old>

__________________________________
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (---.static.dsl.dodo.com.au)
Date: April 05, 2007 01:59PM

<Decides MartinB is quite the dark horse> :P

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: April 05, 2007 04:17PM

<wonders if we're getting into new thread territory again>

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: DisturbinglyAvidFfordeWorshipper (---.kpunet.net)
Date: April 05, 2007 04:48PM

<AWKWARD INTERVENTION>

<lets elephant out of bag>

Re: Meanwhile over at the wreck of the treehouse
Posted by: MartinB (---.cache.isnet.net)
Date: April 05, 2007 06:45PM

<wonders why BK would say something like that>

<defends point of view by saying that it is true that he has not seen Muse and is therefore not in a place to judge>

__________________________________
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

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