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Thread: What did you do while the Ship went down?
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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Created doggerel to mark the occasion, while chatting in the café
The ship went down, one cold dark night
When Kelly took her axe to fix the board
She meant to do a gentle tweak so slight
But her great blunt axe was far too broad
Her gentle tweak made a drastic change
Shut down the boards for hours and hours
Stopped all Shipmates from further challenge
But also stopped all hostly powers
Sorry forgot to say, that's to the tune of O Waly Waly
[ 04. November 2012, 21:49: Message edited by: Curiosity killed ... ]
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Mugs - Keep the Ship afloat
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Barefoot Friar
Ship's Shoeless Brother
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I went and taught a Bible study at church. Turned out to be a great discussion, too, about what we can do in our community to serve others.
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Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. -- Desmond Tutu
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Ruudy
Shipmate
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Kept hitting refresh.
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The shipmate formerly known as Goar.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Originally posted by Ruudy:
Kept hitting refresh.
![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Huia
Shipmate
# 3473
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I was probably asleep/ We keep different hours in this part of the world.
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Charity gives food from the table, Justice gives a place at the table.
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Boogie
Boogie on down!
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It said 'closed for maintenance' so I imagined Kelly scrubbing the bilges.
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Garden. Room. Walk
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Cripes, it was only off for a few minutes. How would you have coped when it was off for days?!
Being the good host that I am, I was half-way through checking the Circus posts when Cthulhu ate the Ship (thank God he vomited it back out again, finding it completely indigestible), so I reacted as anyone would when unexpectedly let off work for an hour or so - let out a big WOOHOO! and waltzed off to rediscover what this strange thing called 'Real Life' was....
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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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I have news for you. This computer is addicted to ship of fools and refused to connect to the internet while the Ship was down. My other one worked just fine!
Jengie
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Back to my blog
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Originally posted by Chorister:
Cripes, it was only off for a few minutes. How would you have coped when it was off for days?!
Being the good host that I am, I was half-way through checking the Circus posts when Cthulhu ate the Ship (thank God he vomited it back out again, finding it completely indigestible), so I reacted as anyone would when unexpectedly let off work for an hour or so - let out a big WOOHOO! and waltzed off to rediscover what this strange thing called 'Real Life' was....
It was about 45 minutes! Do not minimize the pain of the addict!
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Adeodatus
Shipmate
# 4992
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I read a book. It was weird. There were pieces of paper, all bound up together. They had words on. It didn't have a keyboard. I guess it was a bit like using a Kindle, only fatter and heavier, and without a search facility.
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"What is broken, repair with gold."
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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I shrugged and went off to make a large pot of rice. When I remembered to come back in, it was there.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Wanna know what-the-hell I was doing? I was frantically chatting with Spike as to how to undo the stupid thing I had done, which I will spare you.
I need to have pease on my speed dial.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Wanna know what-the-hell I was doing? I was frantically chatting with Spike as to how to undo the stupid thing I had done, which I will spare you.
I need to have pease on my speed dial.
Poor Kelly! ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif) ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
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mdijon
Shipmate
# 8520
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Originally posted by PeteC:
I shrugged and went off to make a large pot of rice. When I remembered to come back in, it was there.
Denial. Or abreaction.
Of course I didn't notice. Really. And no I can't explain why my nails seem a bit shorter now.
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mdijon nojidm uoɿıqɯ ɯqıɿou
ɯqıɿou uoɿıqɯ nojidm mdijon
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Albertus
Shipmate
# 13356
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Played my ukelele, of course, like Captain Brown of the Nancy Lee.
Reminds me of Julian and Sandy telling Kenneth Horne of their experiences in a sinking ship:
KH: Did you manage to drag yourselves up on deck?
J&S: No dear, there wasn't time, so we just went casual, sweater and jeans.
[ 05. November 2012, 14:51: Message edited by: Albertus ]
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My beard is a testament to my masculinity and virility, and demonstrates that I am a real man. Trouble is, bits of quiche sometimes get caught in it.
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Scarlet
Mellon Collie
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I watched a DVD of Paranormal Activity.
That may seem dire, but the alternative would have been the TV, which is littered to a sickening degree with political drivel. Like, 24 hours a day... ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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They took from their surroundings what was needed... and made of it something more.
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Lucia
Looking for light
# 15201
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I went to bed. Which is what I should have been doing anyway if I hadn't been tempted to a little look at the boards... So at least I benefited from an early-ish night.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Originally posted by Scarlet:
I watched a DVD of Paranormal Activity.
Seems like it would be a really good substitute. The ship equivalent of methadone. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Oh I also was chatting in the cafe, where several other people besides Curiosity Killed composed folk songs in honor of the event. Hopefully they can be nagged into coughing them up.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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I missed it completely. if my time calculations are correct, I was bossing around a bunch of lazy actors and making them do scenes over and over and over...
DO IT AGAIN! Only this time, don't suck!
they can't help but love me...
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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Palimpsest
Shipmate
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For some reason, the song "The Reuben James" about a US convoy boat that was torpedoes in WWII comes to mind.
Tell me what was your thread, did you have a thread on the good Ship of Fools.
Tell me What did you did instead when you lost your thread on the good Ship of Fools
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Drifting Star
Drifting against the wind
# 12799
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Did anyone go down with the Ship?
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The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Heraclitus
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Originally posted by Palimpsest:
For some reason, the song "The Reuben James" about a US convoy boat that was torpedoes in WWII comes to mind.
I had Woody Guthrie in my head as well -
It was sad when that great ship went down
It was sad when that great ship went down
The cold ocean floor will now be their home
It was sad when that great ship went down
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Nenya
Shipmate
# 16427
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Did the Ship go down for a while? ![[Confused]](confused.gif) ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Nen - a bit busy with life at present.
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Percy B
Shipmate
# 17238
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I seem to remember a prominent millionaire, don't know who now, was seen standing smoking on the first class deck as the Titanic went down...
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Mary, a priest??
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The Weeder
Shipmate
# 11321
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I did not notice. Does this mean I have a Real Life'? (TM)
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
# 473
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It never occurred to me that the cafe might still be going when the boards were down.
Fond memories of the liferaft the time the ship was down for aaaaaages....
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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
# 2522
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I had logged in before hand.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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Originally posted by Chorister:
Fond memories of the liferaft the time the ship was down for aaaaaages....
I was trying to find that fun thread we had about "What I did while the Ship was in drydock", or whatever it was really called! Good times!
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
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It went down?
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
# 2522
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Like a toothless-- yeah, it went down the other day, for about a half hour or so.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
# 14333
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
I had logged in before hand.
Of course you did, so you could chortle with glee as the rest futilely attempted to access the ship.
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I put on my rockin' shoes in the morning
Hallellou, hallellou
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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OH, God, no I was mortified. And everyone there was laughing at me. I mean, really laughing at me. Mercilessly. Smug bastards. ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
(The folk song thing was my idea, though. )
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
# 11770
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Why do you think we wrote the doggerel? There was a lot more from other people in there. Riffs on D'ye ken John Peel? and a few other folk tunes. Mine only survived because I wrote it in gedit, the café 255 characters window being not wonderful for playing around.
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Mugs - Keep the Ship afloat
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
# 2522
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Doublethink wrote a great "Tom Dooley" parody...
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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