Flora Report post Posted July 10, 2006 Suze and marshmallow... Both goldfish died within hours of each other. I'd noticed after I cleaned the bowl out they were darting around as if they were distressed... I thought they would settled down but the next morning Furry Frank was dead.... I changed the water again and put in the stress coat and put Freddie back in but he died within hours I have been today and spent about an hour with someone in the pet shop who knew what they were talking about; I've set up the bowl with special stuff and all sorts of gadgets for testing the water and Luke and I are going after school to get two more. The boys are alarmingly unpeterbed by the demise of Frank and Freddie But I was quite upset... Not because I was attached to the fish.. but I felt I'd let the fish down by not providing the right environment Now I have gold fish guilt to add to all the other negative vibes I have floating around my psyche It's become a challenge that I can keep this next consignment alive for longer than 2 weeks and I will make it my personal goal to keep them healthy and happy Lauren Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littlenemo Report post Posted July 10, 2006 Daisy - if it was 'stiff', could it be a reference to Badders feeling his arthritic old age? And that Rose is too young for him? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bid Report post Posted July 10, 2006 Oh dear, Daisy! Do you still not get it?? Just think like BD, and you should get there! Boho Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted July 10, 2006 Thanks Sally for the clue but where do you insert the word stiff??..............can someone send me the rhyme complete???..........cos I,m not there at all Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted July 10, 2006 Fighting and fisticuffs here in the Cave? I shall have to ask you, young man, to behave Like myself: with more style, poise and decorum To protect the young innocents here on the forum. Charming young womenfolk are too dainty to hear Such testosterone boastings, I heartily fear So let us move on and out of the ring I hear dandy racquetball is now quite the thing. So let us adjourn to a nice shady spot Out of their sight and out of earshot And there we can get to the crux of the matter: Which one is older and which one is fatter? And when we conclude I guarantee without fail I'll surrender as ever to the great alpha male. oh look, a sonnet said NEMO unto BADDAD "I'm a lover, not a fighter" "Well I thought we were wrestling, Get off you cheeky blighter!" L&P BD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littlenemo Report post Posted July 10, 2006 "I never laid a hand on you Even I'm not that brave! So now i will abandon you And get back to the batcave." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted July 22, 2006 .................................Suze runs screaming and wailing into the Batcave ?????!!!!!!! AAAAAARRRRRGGGHHHH!!!.......................She yells "you,ll never believe this guys ...........I,ve just been down to Tesco,s for my weekly supply of mags .........and guess what I found on the Wines and Spirits aisle????..................." .............Suze is met with a few puzzled expressions.......... "you don,t know do you??..............o.k. o.k. .......I,ll tell you..........Tesco have only started doing Italian Pinot Grigio in a 3 ltr box ......... .............it,s brill news isn,t it ...........just think of all the trips to the bottle bank that,ll save .......we can just get Judgey to sit on the boxes and squash em instead eh voila!!............. Just then a loud knocking on the Batcave front door.................. "Wonder who that is " says Legs as she opens the door and is met by a smartly dressed man in a Tesco Home Delivery sky blue boiler suit..........."oh that,ll be my supplies " smiles Suze ............"no need for a cork screw now pass me a straw" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted July 22, 2006 ............"no need for a cork screw now pass me a straw" straw, STRAW??? Too much effort! You just put the box on the side of the coffee table, lay underneath it with your mouth open and sellotape the little plunger down!! Straws indeed! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keyholekate Report post Posted July 23, 2006 Just thought I'd mooch round the Batcave being a virtual virgin on this forum. What are you lot on? SCAREY Enjoy the parallell universe!!!!!!!! Greetings Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted July 23, 2006 .............................".did someone mention a virtual virgin??!!!!!!!!!!".....................judgey awakes from his saturday night session thinking he is hearing things.......................................quick as a flash Keyholekate is led to safety and a lovely mug of cappio cinio and a hobs nobs ...........The angels sit her down and begin to explain all........................about the cave .............................. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littlenemo Report post Posted July 23, 2006 Keyholekate (love the name - brings back happy memories) If you've ever tried cooking lentils or split peas in a pressure cooker without any oil, you should understand the batcave. The pressure builds and builds till it has to go somewhere, then suddenly there you are - no pressure and a weird sticky mess dripping from the ceiling Think of it as therapy for the people who scare therapists enjoy nemo (cinders) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keyholekate Report post Posted July 23, 2006 So anyone who enters the batcave is bonkers? I should feel right at home, I'll keep watching until I can understand what you're all on about. Do I see some innuendo or maybe it's just a bit too subtle? - being a good Catholic girl I find it hard!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the introduction. I'll be watching. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted July 23, 2006 .....................Judgey jumps up from his horizontal position beneath the Batcave coffee table, pinot grigio dripping from his mouth and a straw lodged betwix his teeth.................he lets out a loud .......................FNAR FNAR .............."NOW NOW ..............I know I,m hearing things............YAK YAK............did I hear someone say "a good catholic girl finding it hard??"...............he looks round suspiciously ...........Legs and Suze immeadiately take control of the situation and lead him off into the de-briefing room before he can cause any offense .................apologises Bat cave dwellers . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted July 23, 2006 "I have a weakness for Catholic girls" he confessed......... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiley Report post Posted July 23, 2006 I'll keep watching until I can understand what you're all on about. keyholekate................ I've been here for a year and the batcave still confuses the begesus outa me...... 'Anyone who enters the batcave bonkers??' - Yup, that about sums it up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted July 23, 2006 You don't have to be bonkers to post here, but it Yip Yip frazzle Frazzle hatstand (wibble) (and you just can't catch 'em when they do!!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted July 26, 2006 (edited) ouchie ouchie ouchie.... Well, first day of ben's summer hols, and what a lovely sunny day... soooo Cycled all the way to the local reservoir (about 5 miles - all downhill). Fed geese and were hilariously attacked much to our own and onlookers amusement... You know that scene in jurrasic park II where all the littluns are chasing that guy up the riverbed?? Luckily these geese only had the usual soft ridge'teeth' so we escaped with out lives - JUst! Then we did some tree climbing, general park apparatus and woods walking... and then we came home: 5 MILES ALL UPHILL!!!!!!!! After 20yds ben gave up cycling for pushing... 20yds further he gave up pushing for whinging, leaving me with two bikes to push uphill for 5 miles, he agreed to carry the 'backpack' (drinks) and did so brilliantly for the next 20yds, when he gave it back to me. 20yds further on, he took his helmet off and put that on me... So I've finished my day by dragging two bikes uphill for five miles wearing a backpack and a 'Hot Wheels' skid lid while being nagged by a sweaty nine year old who's 'feet, knees and ankles' ache... Every cockle-sized excuse for a muscle on my poor decrepit body is screaming for radox and an early night (and/or embalming!) and I feel like I've just taken a damn good kicking from 'The Muscles From Brussels' and his bigger sister Gerdha! And tomorrow it's going to feel like Arnie and Sly joined in too How many weeks to go? 6 and a half? i ain't EVER gonna make it L&P BD... I've got a bike you can ride it if you like It's got a basket, a bell that rings and things to make it look good I'd give it to you if i could But I've borrowed it etc etc Edited July 27, 2006 by baddad Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Report post Posted July 27, 2006 BD At least he didn't ask you to carry him too Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zemanski Report post Posted July 27, 2006 I love the batcave but I'm not quite bonkers enough to participate very often. I actually read the lot from the beginning when I first joined and still get lost in it all Zemanski Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marshmallow Report post Posted July 27, 2006 I love the batcave but I'm not quite bonkers enough to participate very often. I actually read the lot from the beginning when I first joined and still get lost in it all Zemanski You're not the only one! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted July 27, 2006 <'> Bads........did no one offer you a lift as they drove past you up the hill??...........If I,d have driven past I,d have stopped and given you a lift, you poor exhausted thing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zemanski Report post Posted July 27, 2006 Really, Suze? I'm not sure I'd stop for someone in that much lycra and bling, not without Nemo to egg me on anyway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted July 27, 2006 ..............hhhmmm had,nt thought of that......................and I bet he would have been really sweaty aswell......... .................lycra+sweat+heat+hill climb+baddad= ..........bads just think of all the calories you burned Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted August 6, 2006 Joke of the week - Just watched Roddy Doyles 'The Van' on telly... wonderful line where they're catering for a couples anniversary dinner... Dere callin' fer der wine Black or Blue? L&P BD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smallworld Report post Posted August 6, 2006 I've just watched that, took me a while to catch on, ie until that familiar shape bottle appeared, took me right back it did wac Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted August 7, 2006 ................sorry Bads but I,m having the same old problem again.........don,t get it .........is it irish and whats the black and blue? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flora Report post Posted August 7, 2006 ................sorry Bads but I,m having the same old problem again.........don,t get it .........is it irish and whats the black and blue? Me too Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiley Report post Posted August 7, 2006 BD I've been giggling at a card a friend sent me today... (the interesting thoughts of Edward Monkton...) Friendship. The garlic is a friend of the carrots the carrots are friends of the potato the onion is fickle and cannot decide where her loyalties lie and has hence formed a loveless but practical alliance with everyone except the broccoli. Do not ask about the broccoli it will only make you cry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted August 9, 2006 Suze Lauren... Before the British palette learned to appreciiate the intricacies and subtleties of (i.e.) the Pinot/Cabernet/Merlot grape varieities there was only one sort of wine that sold in any quantity, and verilly it was ######! The two top sellers were a rather tolkenesque 'tower' and a rather saucy but devoted divine bride... we're talking 'mother's milk' here! Smiler - Broccolli sad, but true...... And as for that onion HUSSY!!!! L&P BD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest hallyscomet Report post Posted August 13, 2006 (edited) Smiler - Broccolli sad, but true...... And as for that onion HUSSY!!!! L&P BD How sexist, the onion could also be a male a CAD, Edited August 13, 2006 by hallyscomet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted August 13, 2006 Hailey, it was a lady onion and her name was Diana... In the veggie rack there are another three : Carlo's (he's Spanish), Hiawatha ( a red skin) and Samson (very strong)....... One thing you can say about that baddad - he knows his onions!! Sorry.... I'll get me coat...... L&P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
something vague Report post Posted August 13, 2006 Hailey, it was a lady onion and her name was Diana... In the veggie rack there are another three : Carlo's (he's Spanish), Hiawatha ( a red skin) and Samson (very strong)....... One thing you can say about that baddad - he knows his onions!! Sorry.... I'll get me coat...... L&P Not to mention Percy - he was pickled Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
summertime Report post Posted August 13, 2006 ba bum tish and thats shallot ladies and gentlemen, thankyou very much,he'll be here all week Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest hallyscomet Report post Posted August 13, 2006 (edited) Hailey, it was a lady onion and her name was Diana... In the veggie rack there are another three : Carlo's (he's Spanish), Hiawatha ( a red skin) and Samson (very strong)....... One thing you can say about that baddad - he knows his onions!! Sorry.... I'll get me coat...... L&P Edited August 14, 2006 by hallyscomet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frangipani Report post Posted September 3, 2006 What is going on around here, can you believe I retrieved the Batcave from page two, the Batcave is very lonely where did everybody go Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaisyProudfoot Report post Posted September 8, 2006 I think it's the stress of getting the kids back to school! Anyway Tatters is still about - she's come out of summer hibernation all set for another round of school battles, homework meltdowns and packed lunch paddies. Ah joy Roll on half term. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiley Report post Posted September 8, 2006 Roll on half term. Well said! - nice to 'see' you back <'> Are the superheros coming out to play now.........? Could do with some entertainment whilst i drag my sorry behind through the proposed statement - it's like nails down a chalkboard..... ....watching paint dry......... IRONING "Save me Judgy and co - your my only hope" *Said with danish buns strapped to head......* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mel Report post Posted September 8, 2006 Tis lonely in 'ere. thought id don traffic cone and join the fun but i can barely get through the door fer cobwebs...come on ladies and JT, lets fire up the karaoke, grab the herb nerbs and pinot, and perhaps if we beg hard enough cinders might come through and get rid of the dust bunnies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiley Report post Posted September 8, 2006 Hmph - Mel, i don't think they want to play Shirley there has to be a 'swear'ing (geddit??? Sorry!) in ceromony for Mossie?? Does he get his own codpiece? Maybe a fetching pair of platforms?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mel Report post Posted September 8, 2006 This just isnt on....... where does Cinders keep vishnu-nu?? and does that codpiece have mould on it??? what on earth has the judge been doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
