My profile login | | Directory | Search | FAQs | Board home   Printer-friendly view   » Ship of Fools   »   » Oblivion   » δy/δx (Page 12) Email this page to a friend or enemy.   Pages in this thread: 1  2  3  ...  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  ...  35  36  37    Source: (consider it) Thread: δy/δx Lyda*Rose Ship's broken porthole # 4544 Posted                        When you are a woman who is five feet tall, many standard length dresses turn out to be maxis. So I just put on my boots and deal. -------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano Posts: 21377 | From: CA | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged Spike Mostly Harmless # 36 Posted                        Boots is a really good pharmacy. It's amazing the meds you can get there. -------------------- "May you get to heaven before the devil knows you're dead" - Irish blessing Posts: 12860 | From: The Valley of Crocuses | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        I once thought of staying at a Club Med but decided against it in the end. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Piglet Islander # 11803 Posted                        Club Wafer biscuits were a favourite in our house when I was growing up - lots of lovely thick chocolate ... -------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006  |  IP: Logged Latchkey Kid Shipmate # 12444 Posted                           In Australia, the closest equivalent to Penguins are Tim-Tams. -------------------- 'You must never give way for an answer. An answer is always the stretch of road that's behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.' Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner Posts: 2592 | From: The wizardest little town in Oz | Registered: Mar 2007  |  IP: Logged Lyda*Rose Ship's broken porthole # 4544 Posted                        IMO, Opus of Bloom County was more of a puffin than a penguin. Just look at his schnoz. -------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano Posts: 21377 | From: CA | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Orlando Bloom was born in Canterbury, but I don't think that we should hold that against him, it was hardly his fault. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                        The Keys of Canterbury is a rather sweet folk song, rather on the lines of No, John. -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Do people still send Dear John letters or are they all Dear John e-mails these days? -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Smudgie Ship's Barnacle # 2716 Posted                        Goodness, thank goodness you reminded me: if I don't get my Christmas letters written soon, they'll never be there in time for Christmas 2012. Posts: 14382 | From: Under the duvet | Registered: Apr 2002  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        I think my natural and obvious goodness is what attracts people to me. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Loquacious beachcomber Shipmate # 8783 Posted                       When I was a very young teenager, I longed to find a way to attract Ursala Andress to me, but did not find one. Now, her picture in that white bathing suit and belt, complete with "camel toe," is flooding the Internet and newspaers as the James Bond franchise hits its 50th year. -------------------- TODAY'S SPECIAL - AND SO ARE YOU (Sign on beachfront fish & chips shop) Posts: 5954 | From: Southeast of Wawa, between the beach and the hiking trail.. | Registered: Nov 2004  |  IP: Logged Spike Mostly Harmless # 36 Posted                        I was still a teenager when I passed my driving test. That's when I bought my first car, a 1971 Hillman Avenger. It was 11 years old at the time. -------------------- "May you get to heaven before the devil knows you're dead" - Irish blessing Posts: 12860 | From: The Valley of Crocuses | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Joanna Lumley has come a long way from her days in The Avengers - and she is still a huge star! -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged jedijudy Organist of the Jedi Temple # 333 Posted                        The whole time I was growing up, I had no idea there were stills hidden in the surrounding hills. As far as I know, none of my fellow young-uns were privy to that information, either. -------------------- Jasmine, little cat with a big heart. Posts: 18017 | From: 'Twixt the 'Glades and the Gulf | Registered: Aug 2001  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        In Bolton Castle in Wensleydale there is Queen Mary's private privy, or garderobe, from when she was imprisoned there. Her rooms have great views. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Piglet Islander # 11803 Posted                        I'm partial once in a while to a piece of Wensleydale cheese with cranberries in it. -------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Carrying a piece seems to be de rigeur amongst certain groups in the USA. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                        I'm still waiting to experience the full rigors of a Cotswolds winter. [ 10. November 2012, 06:08: Message edited by: jacobsen ] -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged Lyda*Rose Ship's broken porthole # 4544 Posted                        Did Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale have that much to do with winter? It seemed more to do with huffy male royals and aristocrats who got happy endings despite themselves. -------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano Posts: 21377 | From: CA | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        I haven't heard of Huffy, the British comedienne, for years, has she dropped off the radar? -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Chorister Completely Frocked # 473 Posted                          No need to get Huffy, I said I'd give you a hand. -------------------- Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change. Posts: 34626 | From: Cream Tealand | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                        I tried high fiving one of my students, and her hand was larger than mine! -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged Spike Mostly Harmless # 36 Posted                        I once met a very famous person who had large hands. He drove a 1968 Alfa Romeo. [ 10. November 2012, 18:36: Message edited by: Spike ] -------------------- "May you get to heaven before the devil knows you're dead" - Irish blessing Posts: 12860 | From: The Valley of Crocuses | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Piglet Islander # 11803 Posted                        I have quite small hands, which is my excuse for not being able to play Chopin's Military Polonaise on the piano. -------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                        What other instrument would you chose,as a matter of interest? I'm not convinced it would work on the concertina. -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged Latchkey Kid Shipmate # 12444 Posted                           I was hoping that the Reserve Bank would reduce interest rates this months, but they didn't. -------------------- 'You must never give way for an answer. An answer is always the stretch of road that's behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.' Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner Posts: 2592 | From: The wizardest little town in Oz | Registered: Mar 2007  |  IP: Logged Lyda*Rose Ship's broken porthole # 4544 Posted                        When I was a kid I didn't want to break my piggy bank, but I wanted some of the change in it. So I learned to slip the coins out of the coin slot with a bread knife. -------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano Posts: 21377 | From: CA | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                        I broke the tip off my big butcher's knife chipping ice out of the freezer section of the fridge. I also stabbed the fridge lining, necessitating a new fridge. Moral - allow fridges to defrost naturally. -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged Smudgie Ship's Barnacle # 2716 Posted                        Don't talk to me about the need for new kitchen appliances... it's bad enough saving up for a new laptop so I stand a better chance of getting a good score on the Crew's Quiz. -------------------- Miss you, Erin. Posts: 14382 | From: Under the duvet | Registered: Apr 2002  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                        Once I tried cutting a seagull's feather into a quill pen. it was OK to write with, but my teacher said the result was too untidy. Just occasionally it would be nice to go back to the old ways. less frenetic altogether. -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged jedijudy Organist of the Jedi Temple # 333 Posted                        You do know the results of not practicing for your piano lessons, don't you? No, you won't learn by osmosis. -------------------- Jasmine, little cat with a big heart. Posts: 18017 | From: 'Twixt the 'Glades and the Gulf | Registered: Aug 2001  |  IP: Logged Spike Mostly Harmless # 36 Posted                        I once spent a weekend moving pianos. It was an interesting experience. The week beforehand I'd been surfing with some friends of mine who I met through the Hillman Avenger owners club. -------------------- "May you get to heaven before the devil knows you're dead" - Irish blessing Posts: 12860 | From: The Valley of Crocuses | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Piglet Islander # 11803 Posted                        I thought about applying for membership of that club, but as I've never owned a Hillman Avenger* I abandoned the idea. * Not likely to now either, as they haven't been made for about 30 years. -------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        In his book KIM Kipling wrote quite a bit about hillmen. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Mamacita Lakefront liberal # 3659 Posted                        When my kids were little, I used to read Kipling's "The Elephant's Child" to them, using a different voice for each animal. -------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. Posts: 20761 | From: where the purple line ends | Registered: Dec 2002  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        One of the neighbours goats had kids recently - and they are bounding about all over the place! -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                        I've never had goat curry. is it good? -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged Angel Wrestler Ship's Hipster # 13673 Posted                       I imagine if you curried a goat, it would enjoy it. But don't try to curry your long-haired dog (speaking from experience) *sorry accidentally hit "post" before finishing. [ 12. November 2012, 15:48: Message edited by: Angel Wrestler ] -------------------- The fact that no one understands you does not make you an artist. (unknown) Posts: 2767 | From: half-way up the ladder | Registered: May 2008  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                        Currying a cat, on the other hand, is likely to elicit moans of pleasure and a few scratches. -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged Latchkey Kid Shipmate # 12444 Posted                           I've heard that when you open a bottle of champagne, it should not produce a large pop and fizz all over the place, but it should 'sigh like a woman'. -------------------- 'You must never give way for an answer. An answer is always the stretch of road that's behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.' Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner Posts: 2592 | From: The wizardest little town in Oz | Registered: Mar 2007  |  IP: Logged Loquacious beachcomber Shipmate # 8783 Posted                       Speaking of someone who would like a woman, I think it was W. C. Fields, or maybe Henny Youngman, who said, "This morning I woke up at 7 am and felt like a 20-year-old, but where was I going to find a 20-year-old at 7 am?" -------------------- TODAY'S SPECIAL - AND SO ARE YOU (Sign on beachfront fish & chips shop) Posts: 5954 | From: Southeast of Wawa, between the beach and the hiking trail.. | Registered: Nov 2004  |  IP: Logged Hedgehog Ship's Shortstop # 14125 Posted                        As it so happens, I am currently using a W.C. Fields line as my sig line. The film it came from also starred Mae West. The story is that West and Fields hated each other--possibly because they both were veteran scene-stealers always trying to grab the limelight from the other. The film has lots of funny lines, many of which were written by either Fields or West as they tried to outdo each other. Apparently, the rivalry got so bad that the director filmed as few scenes as possible of the two of them together because it was a nightmare on set of they were both present. -------------------- "We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent are worth it."--Pope Francis, Laudato Si' Posts: 2740 | From: Delaware, USA | Registered: Sep 2008  |  IP: Logged jedijudy Organist of the Jedi Temple # 333 Posted                        When I was a wee child, I used to put sunflower seeds on my hand and hold it up so chickadees would land on it. Mom hold a seed with her lips, and the little birds would land on her chin and take the seed. -------------------- Jasmine, little cat with a big heart. Posts: 18017 | From: 'Twixt the 'Glades and the Gulf | Registered: Aug 2001  |  IP: Logged Lyda*Rose Ship's broken porthole # 4544 Posted                        They used to call life jackets "Mae Wests" because they added inches in the same areas Mae had extra inches. Like this. ETA: Poo. Cross-post. [ 13. November 2012, 00:48: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ] -------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano Posts: 21377 | From: CA | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged Piglet Islander # 11803 Posted                        The life-jacket on an aeroplane's going to be a fat lot of good if you're heading vertically towards Manchester at 500 miles an hour. As Billy Connolly put it, I fancy a parachute myself. -------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music Posts: 20272 | From: Fredericton, NB, on a rather larger piece of rock | Registered: Sep 2006  |  IP: Logged Latchkey Kid Shipmate # 12444 Posted                           "What Colour is Your Parachute" was a book put out to encourage people to get prepared for organisational change and redundancy. -------------------- 'You must never give way for an answer. An answer is always the stretch of road that's behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.' Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner Posts: 2592 | From: The wizardest little town in Oz | Registered: Mar 2007  |  IP: Logged Mamacita Lakefront liberal # 3659 Posted                        I once worked for a bank whose CEO coined the term "right-sizing" as a euphemism for redundancy. It was one of the more laughable examples of corporate-speak. -------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. Posts: 20761 | From: where the purple line ends | Registered: Dec 2002  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                        Corporate speak is just another term for lies. -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Hilary is a rather obscure term for a Term. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? 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