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by Wildfowler Lounge
Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:33 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Dangerous things we did when young
Replies: 22
Views: 9986

Re: Dangerous things we did when young

Eeeeh noooooo....... :D

At least, I can't top those two stories by a long shot. (poor pun, I know)
by Wildfowler Lounge
Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:28 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Disgusted
Replies: 6
Views: 4090

Re: Disgusted

a guy was halfway through the door of the tube and he collapsed with what turned out to be a heart attack. An off duty nurse and I ended up lifting him off the tube and onto the platform (at the insistence of other passengers - lovely people all in a hurry to get to work) That is just one step away...
by Wildfowler Lounge
Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:06 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: I liked this!
Replies: 1
Views: 978

Re: I liked this!

I remember seeing this performed live at a student Christmas party, using an overhead projector: the Rector's face was the last slide up. :lol:
by Wildfowler Lounge
Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:33 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Old ads
Replies: 17
Views: 3556

Re: Old ads

Brilliant marketing strategy! Play on the fears and social stigma of the sufferer to pay cash for the hope of a cure without having to face a possibly judgmental GP. And when it doesn't work how likely were they to be sued....?
by Wildfowler Lounge
Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:01 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Three Towns Haiku
Replies: 69
Views: 11526

Re: Three Towns Haiku

For incautious youths
In imprudent excitement
Merciful relief

:oops: :oops: :oops:
by Wildfowler Lounge
Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:04 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: 'Good news to the afflicted', 1838
Replies: 21
Views: 4778

Re: 'Good news to the afflicted', 1838

I would guess that that big plook saved me from an awful lot of imprudence or at least took away the opportunities. Had I gone to Kenya at the time, poachers might have darted me and sawn it off to sell on the black market! :(
by Wildfowler Lounge
Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:50 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: 'Good news to the afflicted', 1838
Replies: 21
Views: 4778

Re: 'Good news to the afflicted', 1838

morag wrote:I'm all for prevention rather than cure. I'm odd that way... : )
Nothing odd about that, BUT where prevention has failed the remedy has to be applied :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
by Wildfowler Lounge
Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:08 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: 'Good news to the afflicted', 1838
Replies: 21
Views: 4778

Re: 'Good news to the afflicted', 1838

Disagree. Icy water only douses the "imprudent excitement", boiling water cures the underlying problem permanently and not an antibiotic in sight.
by Wildfowler Lounge
Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:56 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: 'Good news to the afflicted', 1838
Replies: 21
Views: 4778

Re: 'Good news to the afflicted', 1838

I had plooks and no one was "suspicious at home."

I believe a good dousing with a pail of boiling water is the best remedy for the affliction in question. :D
by Wildfowler Lounge
Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:44 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Scots Wiki
Replies: 2
Views: 1170

Re: Scots Wiki

Well, I wouldn't want it made illegal or anything :wink: but I just can't get too excited about the Scots revival. I consider it my own first language (English second, Gaelic third), but I have a number of issues with it from a historical perspective. It really is a homegrown development of Northumb...
by Wildfowler Lounge
Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:28 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Auchanshangan and Saltcoats?
Replies: 20
Views: 6122

Re: Auchanshangan and Saltcoats?

Sounds like someone with no Gaelic just plucked entries out of a Scots dictionary down at the library headquarters! My money is going on what has been said already: achadh na seangán = antfield (field of ants) achadh - field na - definite article in the genitive plural seangán - ants, genitive plura...
by Wildfowler Lounge
Thu Jan 14, 2010 2:09 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Unusual railway passenger, 1851
Replies: 1
Views: 1220

Re: Unusual railway passenger, 1851

Manchester Guardian? More like the Sunday Post! :D