Good Morning Simon and Everyone



Can't get the thought of roasted rabbit and prunes out of my head.............YUK!..........

Good Morning again –





Avoiding Johnny Tillotson -





HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD – Clifford T Ward





LONGFELLOW’S SERENADE – Neil Diamond





NOTHING RHYMED – Gilbert O’Sullivan





DESIDERATA – Les Crane





From Childrens’ Favourites - THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT – Elton Hayes

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



I have never eaten rabbit in my life - I have/had too many friends who have them as pets. Lovely blogger Sal for one...



#NationalPoetryDayOldies



SONNET - The Verve



CLASSIC - Adrian Gurvitz



POETRY IN MOTION - Johnny Tillotson



MORE THAN WORDS - Extreme



ROSES ARE RED MY LOVE - Jim Reeves (can we have Jim on DT two days running...?)



DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE - Mamas and Papas



~X~

Morning again



I won't avoid POETRY IN MOTION -Johnny Tillotson



I'll second Billie's HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD and NOTHING RHYMED - two of my favourites!



Work beckons!



T x

Oh, poohsticks - missed one that was on my list *waits patiently for 180 seconds to pass while someone else nips in and suggests it*



ODE TO BILLIE JOE - Bobbie Gentry



~X~

Morning Simon, team, NYM and rebellious bloggers,



When GoodChild#3 was younger and I walked with him to school, I would take great delight on whizzing back down the hill on his scooter. On the road. And in full view of other parents and children arriving. Natch. Gave me great pleasure to know that his classmates would go into the classroom and say “I just saw your Dad....” and imagine the look on his face. Happy days!



#nationalpoetrydayoldies Well you have to start here:



POETRY IN MOTION – Johnny Tillotson (had to look his name up!)



HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK – Ian Dury & The Blockheads



RHYTHM OF LOVE – Plain White T’s



SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM – Grace Jones



CEMETRY GATES – The Smiths

“....Keats and Yeats are on your side”



You say : "'Ere thrice the sun done salutation to the dawn"

And you claim these words as your own

But I've read well, and I've heard them said

A hundred times (maybe less, maybe more)

If you must write prose/poems

The words you use should be your own

Don't plagiarise or take "on loan"

'Cause there's always someone, somewhere

With a big nose, who knows







Have we been here before? Goes off to investigate.....

..calms down



WORDS - THE BEE GEES

Posted over the page and immediately a new blog pops up!



Good morning all - beautiful day here as well - the sun is shining brightly and "a gentle breeze is disturbing the leaves of the eucalyptus tree on the terrace" - well it is Poetry Day!!



JW

“I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree”



TREES – The Platters





For all the poetic imagery-





“Because the world is round it turns me on”, “Because the sky is blue it makes me cry” etc





BECAUSE - Beatles

Hi again everyone on this lovely sunny, autumnal day



POETRY IN MOTION ~ Johnny Tillotson



RHYMES ~ Al Green (or) Etta James



NOTHING RHYMED ~ Gilbert O'Sullivan



WORDS ~ The Bee Gees



POEMS, PRAYERS AND PROMISES ~ John Denver

RHYTHM OF LIFE - Sammy Davis Jnr



That's more than enough from me - work beckons...



~X~

WORD UP - CAMEO

POETRY IN MOTION - JOHNNY TILLOTSON must have been suggested



NOTHING RHYMED - GILBERT O'SULLIVAN



WORDS - BOYZONE suggested yesterday but still apt



JW

IF - Bread



RYTHM IS GONNA GET You - Gloria Estafan

Express Yourself - Madonna

love Letters - Alison Moyet

Mr writer - Stereophonics

Read all about it - Professor Green

read my Mind - Killers

really saying something- - BAnanarama

Sonnet - Verve

The Riddle - Nik Kershaw

These words - Natasha Bedindfield

Written to reach you - travis

Rime of the Ancient mariner - Iron Maiden

#14 Ooh Billie, what a reminder



IF -TELLY SAVALAS



*runs and hides*

IRON LION ZION - Bob Marley



Well, it's a short poem!

What about



IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON



JB

Good Morning All;



We seem to be suffering the condensation problem too... I need to get some of those things for the bottom of the window that soak it all up, or maybe an extractor fan.



I do love Autumn, it's lovely to see all the different colours on the trees, and I may have kicked a few leaves in my time!



Oldie suggestions...



A BAD DREAM by KEANE (based on the WB Yeats poem 'An Irish Airman Foresees His Death')



SUZANNE by LEONARD COHEN (a song and poem)



LIVE WITH ME AND BE MY LOVE by ANNIE LENNOX (A Christopher Marlowe poem)

....needless to say, will be removing the radio that plays near the bunnies cages.



Good Morning everyone, what a beautiful one too.



I may just go for a paddle!



Now whats the theme..... didn't get that far!

STAY ~ Shakespeare's sister ;o)

SHE MOVED THROUGH THE FAIR - Sinead

Hi All!



Good to be here to play. Been a busy week of getting cars to and from the garage for MOT, pesky cows high jumping into our field and making a mess along with a school assemby to attend. I'm looking forward to the rabbit w/prunes as I like rabbit and our village butcher offers plenty of it.



Tapestry - Carole King



Hey ho,

LB, x

Trains and boats and planes (rhymes doesn't it?) - Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas.

Shape in a drape - Joe Jackson.

Morning all !!!

Sun is shining around Wigan but a distinct CHILL is in the air. Brrrrrr

Apparently according cherub, there is nothing quite so embarasing as being the lollypop ladies daughter, particulaly when said parent likes to sing a certain Gene Kelly song at work whenever its raining. ;-)

What say we have a bit of :-

WORDS - FR DAVID

Dont worry, my coats already on and I shall close the door on my way out :-)

Cheerio !!!

~gill~

Morning All,



'Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick' Ian Dury and the Blockheads



Have a good day everybody

Morning All and what a glorious one it is too.



Not much springs to mind on't today's theme (nowt new there then, hehehe) except



The writer - Ellie Goulding



Me and Mr JPA are celebrating 15 years of wedded bliss today. He tried to pretend that he had forgotten but after 15 years I know him too well for that to work, :-).



Hopes you all have a great day



Maybes later



A.

Hi Simon and everyone.



Congratulations on all blog menshes from whichever direction! Storming!!



I think I have had a mention for Johnny Tillotson last time but it has to go on the list as it is the obvious choice.



Here they are:



1. POETRY IN MOTION - Johnny Tillotson

2. WRITTEN IN THE STARS - Tinie Tempah

3. IF I HAD WORDS - F R David

4. THESE WORDS - Natasha Bedingfield

5. NOTHING RHYMED - Gilbert O'Sullivan

6. OPEN YOUR HEART - Madonna

7. WORDY RAPPINGHOOD - Tom Tom Club

8. I WRITE THE SONGS - Barry Manilow

9. WORDS - Boyzone

10. LOVE LETTERS - Alison Moyet



Oh well back to job search.



Roast Rabbit? Awwww per Bugs Bunny!!!



Have a nice day



Laters



Mandy ;)

Morning Simon & lovely blog folk



Alternatively bright, sunny & foggy here.







Poets Problems – Blondie



Rave on, John Donne – Van Morrision



Strange Fruit – Billie Holliday or Jeff Buckley



A Poem on the Underground Wall – Simon & Garfunkel



Pagan Poetry – Bjork



Notes & Rhymes – The Proclaimers

I gots another one



A song for the lovers - Richard Ashcroft



A.

Morning all



LITTLE RHYMES - MERCURY REV

Good morning all



JABBERWOKKY - DONOVAN

CLASSIC - ADRIAN GURVITZ

TURN TURN TURN - THE BYRDS

(based I think on some verses in Ecclesiates)

Rhythm is a dancer - Snap



Soz ;-)



A.

The Waterboys recently did a whole album based on the poetry of WB Yates – An Appointment With Mr Yates – great live show too – the one below probably counts as an oldie and is a lovely song.





Stolen Child – The Waterboys (WB Yeats)



Lucy – The Divine Comedy (based on the Lucy poems by William Wordsworth)



Turn! Turn! Turn! – The Bryds (does it count as a poetry?)

Listen people - Hermans Hermits.

#2 Billie - you had your thinking cap on with Home Thoughts From Abroad



There's also a rather fine new version by RUMER.



I attended a reading by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy last year. The poems were rather good, but she did mumble terribly, so afterwards I went out to buy her book, so I could savour them properly.



*wonders now if that was all part of the marketing plan*

F R DAVID - Words ("Words don't come easy to me...")



TRAVIS - Writing To Reach You



WALTER CARLOS - Ode To Joy



HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT - Ode To Joyce



BUDDY HOLLY - Words of Love



SLY & THE FAMILY STONE - Poet



DAVID BOWIE - Eight Line Poem



LUCINDA WILLIAMS - Sharp Cutting Wings (Song to a Poet)

Rhythm delivery - Joe Jackson.

Poetry Man - Phoebe Snow



Willy the Shake

x

Express yourself - Charles Wright and the 103rd St Band.

Morning,





Ultra Modern Nursery Rhymes - Terry Hall



38 line Poem - The Wonderstuff



Cemetry Gates - Smiths



Sister I'm a poet - Morrissey



Everyday I write the book - Elvis Costello



Ode to my Family - The Cranberries



Shakespeares Sister - Smiths

WORDS OF LOVE - The Mamas & The Papas

Good Morning Each!



Seeing as I got wombled the other day for quoting poetry, I'd better tread carefully.

Anyway, poetry = Ivor Cutler, doesn't it? So, from the sainted Ivor...



'Fremsley'



'I Worn My Elbows' Both of which can be found on the album "Dandruff"



others...



'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised' by Gil Scott-Heron



'Iambic Pentameter' by Kenny Clarke



'Sonnet' by The Verve



'Mojo Haiku' by Little Feat



'Ode To Joyce' by Half Man Half Biscuit (HMHB, if not today, then when? Come on!)

I KNEW PRUFROCK BEFORE HE GOT FAMOUS - Frank Turner



Been listening to his music quite a bit recently. Would add him to one of those lists we used to post on a Friday recommending new music to the blog.



#commendittotheblog

Morning bloggers.



Lovely to see snippets of poetry doted around the blog. I regaled my Sixth Form girls this morning with extracts of Kipling's "The Female of the Species" .......



And She knows, because She warns him,

and Her instincts never fail,

That the Female of Her Species is more

deadly than the Male.



;)



Oldies:

Sonnet - The Verve

Rhythm of Life - Sammy Davis Jr

Ode to Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry

'Message Of Love' The Pretenders

DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE - MAMA'S & PAPA'S

#35 Amelia... being a big Waterboys' fan and having seen the Appointment with Mr Yeats tour that you also saw (on the night Mike Scott met up with Lindsay from his 'Bang on the Ear' song) I second your WB's choice and would like to add...



SWEET DANCER ~ The Waterboys (or FULL MOON IN MARCH)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zUd_JoH6VeM

I feel moved to second the final suggestion in #44. A fine choice indeed. ;0)

Dangling Conversation – Simon & Garfunkel



Ae Fond Kiss – Eddi Reader



Loch Lomond – Runrig



Paradise Lost – The Herd

A little punnage:



Eye of the Tiger (Tyger burning bright) – Survivor

She’s a Lady (of Shalott) – Tom Jones

Blinded by the (Charge of the) Light (Brigade) – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

Paradise (Lost) By the Dashboard Light – Meatloaf

Forever (To) Autumn – Justin Heywood

The (My Love is Like a Red, Red) Rose – Bette Midler

What a shame that Xanadu was played yesterday - surely we can’t have it 2 days running? :)



And one not pun, that I meant to put on my last post:

The Female of the Species – Spaced

Poetry:



IF I HAD WORDS - From the Babe Soundtrack (I love that film)



LILY THE PINK - The Scaffold (due to the fact its a poem really set to music and Roger McG is on it!)



THESE WORDS - Natahsa Bedingfield (you've got to have a No.1 in there although above qualifies also)

Happy Anniversay to Just Plain Alice! I hope you have a lovely day.



My, my, what clever song choices you are making today - as you do everyday.



There are a lor of fields in these parts and I'm off to visit another one this afternoon.



Good luck with the choons during the show.



Catch you later



Shona X

Many congrats to Mr and Mrs JPA :)



For those moments of frustration poetry related...



RIP it up and start again - Orange Juice.

#54 At the risk out sounding like Cilla Black with a lorra lorra fields, let's swap the "r" for a "t" then ;)

Afternoon all and a pleasant one it is too in Pudsey!



How about "40" by U2? Based on Psalm 40 of course and part of the Bible known as the poetry books. You know it makes sense.



GB

It is officially autumn in my world – long trousers & trainers for walking this morning – bit nippy even for me for walking sandals.



I’m hoping the blog title refers to our glorious leader getting better with age (obviously) and not being a bit mouldy round the edges?



Good show yesterday – enjoyed the variety - Sparks, Thin Lizzy and Jim Reeves.



Nigel’s recipe sounds great, sorry Shona & Sal, rabbit is lovely. Someone mentioned last week about an American thinking cooking on the radio was weird. I love Nigel and it is one of my favourite regular parts of the show; I think it works brilliantly albeit I am always several hours away from dinner and starving when it is on.



Alice – happy anniversary! Hope you both have a lovely day



Florence – I only discovered recently that a bang on the ear was a kiss (I’m not quite sure what I thought before!) It is a lovely song and how exciting to be at that show.



Shona – I thought “lor” was some weird Dundonian dialect!



Sal – I love your Orange Juice suggestion

wordy rappinghood-tom tom club



words-bee gees



words-f r david



poetry in motion-johnny tillotson



if i had words-scott fitzgerald



paperback writer-beatles(based on a novel by a man named lear he wrote the owl and the pussy cat)

gazza, hello - why the name change?

Hello,



Sorry, don't like rabbit. Normally would be the first one to jump on a shopping trolley but not today. Useless at remembering poetry. All good really.



As for the theme? I had 'poetry in motion' in my head. Looked it up, saw it was by Johnny Tillotson. Was confused. Thought it was by someone else. Am I going mad? Probably.



Oh well, please can I suggest:



POETRY IN MOTION - JOHNNY TILLOTSON

THE SHINING - BADLY DRAWN BOY



Sorry, not chatty today (probably not a bad thing). Very grumpy. Still no voice except a croaky 50-a-day high octave squawk. Nice. Have good days all. See you soon x

#58 Amelia.. I can't believe it was six months ago!



https://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/review-the-waterboys-festival-theatre-1-2224512



We also went to see Mike Scott with Ian Rankin the final week of the Edinburgh Festival when Mike talked at length and read several passage from his book 'Adventures of a Waterboy' - no music, just readings from both, also chat and a Q & A session in a small venue off the Cowgate in Edinburgh! I spoke to both after the show and Ian Rankin told me he's a 'failed rock star' and he too was at the Waterboys' Festival Theatre show as he's a huge fan of theirs and also of the Saw Doctors... good musical taste indeed!!

Like others on here, I also don't like the idea of Nigel cooking rabbit on tonight's show, but as my friend who keeps chickens, hens and ducks said, 'nobody bats at eyelid when chicken or duck is cooked, so why am I so concerned about rabbit being cooked?'



I suppose she has a point... but I don't like the thought of a soft furry bunny being eaten, yet I eat chicken and crispy duck!

A Hoffs family favourite:



Man fat

Top hat

Fell flat

Squashed hat.

I'm ill and fed up with the uk borders agency how slow can they be downloading dataSo io don't care if I am too late

Poetry ha



Cat Steven springs to mind

Morning has Broken

Lady D'Arbanville



As well as of course poetry in motion

a poem on the underground wall

by the rivers of babylon- Boney M

Somewhere Over The Rainbow / What A Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

Mad World – Michael Andrews & Gary Jules

Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley

Suzanne – Leonard Cohen

The Man Who Sold The World – David Bowie (many poetic themes childish themes

Puff The Dragon – Peter Paul And Mary

two little boys-Rolf Harris



Quite a lot there have a good sunny day abaff

Hoffs – sorry you are still not feeling well



Florence – I love Ian Rankin, I’m sorry I wasn’t able to see him at the Edinburgh Book Festival this year. His tweets are always very entertaining too – they tend to be about drinking and buying records!

Officially autumn as far as I'm concerned as well.



Sadly my favourite fleece, from the Yes symphonic tour, is not really fit to do another season of football watching. I think it may actually now have no fleece-like properties remaining. I suppose 11 years wasn't a bad return :-)

Can't think of a tune to suggest. Although is it OK to second Paul's HMHB choice? :¬)



But onto bunnies. People eat lambs too but most carnivores don't have a problem with that. They're just as fluffy and cute. (The lambs I mean.) Perhaps people don't see ducks or hens in the same way. They're characters but they aren't in the conventional sense cute, are they? Is that the issue?

#66 - Amelia - thanks!



Oh well, I suppose I could just go and spend the afternoon having a go at the BBC's new 'Predict the President' feature......

Smee the literature makes rabbits different. There is Little Bo Peep who looses her sheep pretty dim on all parts, Baa Baa Black sheep which now problematic.

For Rabbits we have Peter Rabbit and jemima puddle duck all interesting psychological characters?

Is it lunchtime yet?



Sorry to hear you're still not well, Mrs Sneezycross.



#44/50 PoS How very modest of you!



I love rabbit, but haven't had it for ages. Used to buy it from the place in the Chas 'n' Dave song (!), but they don't seem to have it any more. Would rather eat something that is healthy and fresh and free-range, rather than scary mystery meat.



Was wondering if it's too early for some punnery, but I see Autumn-Gale has already kicked things off at #52. So..



BETJEMAN GOLLY WOW - The Stylistics



SHELLEY BABY - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

#70 Probably adds to our collective concern I think. By characters I meant not those in literature but any bird really. People who kept chickens during the war had to get neighbours do to the deed with their hens as they simply couldn't kill their own hens. It would be hard to if the bird/s in q had scuttled over in a friendly manner to get fed or allowed you to pick them up. Likewise rabbits. We know enough people who have kept them as pets we see them as 'pets' still, even if they are wild.

METAPHYSICAL - ONJ

#50 (and indeed #44) - Paul of Sheffield - How about seconding the fourth suggestion in #38 :oD

#lunchtimepunnagery



STANZA FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS – Yazz



(Never ceases to surprise me how often Yazz gets mentioned here! And of course Sparks)

#73 JBG - that's dreadful *giggles*

#lunchtimepunnagery





HAIKU YOU DO WHAT YOU DO TO ME – Gerry &The Pacemakers



IAMBIC I AM – Gloria Gaynor









*Disappears quickly*

Punnery:



10CC - The Verse Band In The World



THE BEATLES - I'm Larkin' Through you



REO SPEEDWAGON - Keats On Loving You



KOOL & THE GANG - Get Down Sonnet

Arf'noon all,



Thanks Shona, Sal and Amelia. We will, at some point, go out for Dinner as soon as we find a slot in our kids social calendar, hehehe.



Hope you feel better soon poorly blogpoppets.



A.

Afternoon Warmth Ter Mayo Man & ALL In This Area Of The www. ...



Bingo Star 'ere...



Mayo Man - Yes the time of year when nature leaves us a sea of gold on the pavements!!!!!!!!

Firstly let me start with my angry side of this... Then my nice of this issue:



What makes me angry ter do with the wonderment of golden leaves????



LEAF BLOWERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Seriously a do think a would like ter do something a might regret ter the IDIOT who invented the leaf blower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Ave lost count of the amount of times ave been woken up by a bafoooon from the local council walking down the street with a machine that firstly creates lots of noise, secondly is not eco friendly as it burns fuel..... And all for what????

A will tell yer>>>

Ter blow leaves that fallen on the pavement off the pavement next ter the pavement.... Only for the wind ter blow the leaves back onter the pavement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1



What is wrong with the VERY simple age old invention of a brush connected ter a stick.... Silent.... Not needing fuel.... Cheap.... And good excercise for the operator!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Ter me leaf blowers are the ultimate in 'uman madness: A device of lazyness... Noise pollution.... Fossil fuel using.... And expensive ter buy..... All ter do.... Nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



The nice part of leaves a fully agree is kicking through deep drifts of them!!!!!!!!

Brings back memories of being near Kew Gardens from me childhood!!!!!!!!!!

Although like Simon says above.... A RISK is attched as ter what yer might find undernear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A can remember a few occasions of finding dog deposits underneath.... But the good thing about this time of year nature kindly leaves noot only leaves for us but nearby puddles just in case urgent cleaning of shoes is needed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



One incident a remember in leaf kicking that firmly sticks in me mind is an incident in which a found out risk is VERY much attached ter leaf kicking.....

A once kicked a VERY nice BIG pile of leaves.... Only ter find a tramp 'aving a kip under them!!!!!!!!!!



Noot a good situation all!!!!!!!!! Noot good!!



Gives a new meaning ter trampling on leaves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



PS Tunes For the Si Gig later:



Cameo - Word Up!!!!



Or



SuperTramp - Child Of Vision!!!!!



Or



Oasis - What's The Story Morning Glory!!!!!



Bingo Star... Striving For A Substantially Sustainable Future Of Substantial Sustainabily Of Substance ;-)

#74, #50, #44, #38, #68. Can I fourth or fifth any/all of the above.



Oh, and smee (syou). Did my answer to your question of last Friday help?

Stolen a cookie from PSL. I wonder if she'll notice. 🍪

#82 PoS I heard you've been pinching her dumplings too.

#81. Yes it did thanks.

Afternoon all!

Stand by your beds - finally cleared the desk from having last week off - yay.

Sometimes wonder if it's actually worth it!

Yes, course it is.

Tweeted some choons this AM when the sleepy dust was still in my eyes, and my first coffee undrunk:

Nothing Rhymed G O'S; Fruit tree Billie H; and Suzanne by LC...now back to the foray - what's this about POS's dumplings!?

Must say I was reclining in the tub with a G&T when I heard her purring about her dumplings - and nearly choked on a ice cube!

They look delish by the way - or LOOKED should say.



Re Rabbit, eaten it out and made it in, never quite the sum of it's parts IMHO.



RE leaf-kicking, yes Lord Ammo, my mum also warned me about 'what lurks beneath the leaves' (esp in an area where lots of dogs are walked if you get my drift..) but if they are dry crisp and scrunchy they are IRRESISTABLE!!

Mind you I feel that way about puddles..



We used to get loads in our front garden from the lime trees (now sadly had to be felled) and we would 'build' the leaves up from the ground into sort of vehicles (like a Noddy car then, if you will) then sit in them and pretend to drive about.



Happy innocent days - can't imagine today's Nintendo-wielding kids thinking that was 'cool'



Off soon for dinner and drinkies with a girlie friend, so won't hear the show so good luck all with the menshes...

Tarra

I had a lovely leaf kicking moment yesterday, then reflected how happy I had been to see the new green shoots, that were to become these crunchy leaves, I'm sure it was only last week!!



Oh my, how time flies.



Nevertheless, Happy Days :)

I have spent the afternoon pickling shallots - I promised a good friend a jar of my very own home grown shallots and a promise is a promise!



I am also cooking a stew and Mr is insisting on dumplings to go with it - do I have the willpower to just cook him some and not myself? Would one do much harm?mmmmmmm We'll see. ;0)



JW

Jennie, you can get (if you didn't know) Light suet now, made by the same folk as the full fat one.



Its a shame when you have to give things up, I know.

PS ALL - Sorry a couldn't blog yesterdee.... A was 'Keeping Schtum!!!!!!'



A forgot ter add ter the above a love driving me 44 tonne truck near the kerbside, kicking up a swarm of leaves from the wind turbulance!!!!!!!!!!

Would look cool on film with the sun shining through it... Also equally find puddles fun ter drive through!!!!!!

If yer get the distance just right yer can use the kerb as a second launch pad for a vertical blast.... The force of the water shooting from the tyres inter the kerb sends it sometimes 30 foot 'igh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great for washing me truck..... And everything else in sight!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#87 #88 you could try making savoury scones (or cheesy ones) instead and adding them to sit on top of your stew towards the end - they have less fat and you could use flor* light?

#89 Ahhh you're the lorry driver who goes past me on me bike and showers me with a puddle tsunami, are you?

Pfft

You may have noticed me giving you a cheery wave - in the form of 2 fingers!

:-/

Thanks Suzieeeee - they sound nice! I will experiment and let you know the results.



JW

Yikes Bingo, rather you than me. I've been dragged out of flood water by the fire brigade.



This is the wrong coloured truck, so I know its not you, but yikes once more...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=4Sq0O7zDsYQ&NR=1



I think I'm correct in saying, from seeing other footage that its a fineable offence to deliberately soak someone Suzie, if you have had that done to you. Yuck for you.

#71 - Thanks JBG x



Erm, Simon, 'Hiawatha' - tedious?! Come on!!

Anyone else find the idea of Simon and Ken Bruce fighting over the song 'in my life' amuseing??



Just me then.

~gill~

Didn't know a couple of the songs played tonight and only heard menshes for Mandy, Flo and Billie (with a Liz thrown in). Well done ladies!



Tears were welling up at Nigel's talk of rabbits so I just hope the nation doesn't go out on a killing spree ;( It's no different for me with chickens etc. I can't stand the thought of killing animals...........even down to the tarantula I have in the bath tonight..YIKES!



On the subject of scones, I had a very interesting olive and black pepper scone last week served with butter and cream cheese.

Hmmmm!

I decided to do the usual dumplings and the suet I used was the 'light' version, Sal. I made myself a little dumpling and Mr was delighted with his two plumptious offerings - oooeeerr!.



Basically, anything with fat/flour in it is forbidden on this diet so tonight was a bit of a treat for me and I enjoyed it, which can be half the battle I think. If you keep depriving yourself of something you want, you're fighting a constant battle; if you have a little of what you fancy every now and then there is no battle and you feel proud of yourself for only having a small portion - well, it works for me.



I had altercations with ELH today over their delivery times and them arriving anytime they fancied really; 1 or 2 hours early hasn't been unusual and I am fed up with it so am going to investigate the store which has a flower that waits.



JW

Have had a quick look at various large, supermarket web sites and am wondering why I stuck to the same one for so long - convenience, I suppose. It takes a while to do the first shop but after that things improve so Richard Allinson (via iThingy ©JBG) and I will be venturing into pastures new next week - life is one big adventure for me!! ;0)



See you tomorrow, if there is anyone out there.........................



JW

And it would be rude not to go for it - will 3 mins be too long?



JW