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PF - The Omnibus Edition [1502]
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of songs—and wars—and well stacked racks—
Of sausages—and pleasure enhancing rings—
And why my tea is boiling hot—
And whether llamas have wings"
A little bit of poetic license there but Lewis Carroll is well gone so I should be safe from the legal beavers (Yes Shawn, beaver has the same meaning over here too. I remember a much loved pub called the Crown & Shuttle that was renamed the Beer and Beaver when the dancers became more adventurous. The things I have done in the name of client entertaining.)
Having been away from here for a while with only the occasional fix of a post or two, I must confess to having struggled to get back up to speed on what is going down on here (apart from Southern who still appears to be going down on anything that moves). The sheer volume of threads has forced me to review only the more popular topics. So, more for my benefit and/or sanity, here is the much delayed Omnibus Edition.
At this point I must draw to your attention the sad passing away of Ed. We here were in shock at the nature of his demise – knocked down by one of those eco-warrior cycling fiends that have terrorised London’s street for far too long now. That he was knocked down was not shocking, it was the absence of alcohol in him and the mysterious absence of his gaggle of pretty Ukrainian ‘nieces’ that left us stunned. We clubbed together to have his ashes scattered across Soho and then made our way to the Rose & Crown to get wasted and insult the memory of the evil little beggar.
Llamas – What’s it all about.TZ (who I think may have been Randall in a prior life) has started a whole Llama thing that confuses the hell out of me. At first I thought it was in honour of these cuddly South American beasties but then I did some research that implied that Llama was a coded insult of some kind – hence the Obama Llama references. Just when I thought I had cracked the liberal thing the thread went off into all sorts of different directions, to the point when I thought it really was just a cuddly mammal appreciation. Mind you, I’m with dtaylor on this one, llamas do not deserve our love. There is a dark side to them. Never turn your back on one is my advice. You’re safer with an alpaca believe me.
Wikileaks – we love itWell many of us seem to at any rate and many of us are concerned that the leaks will dry up (apart from the Aussies who can’t wait for the leaks to go) Actually the debate on this thread is quite informed around the freedom of information in totality versus the need to protect us from ourselves. In fact I’d go as far as to say that there is a real quality to some of the arguments here, unlike on the usual gaggle of mixed race relationship, my country’s women are sexier than yours and I’m not a racist but type threads that still seem to spring up quicker than a red blooded male’s appendage on here.
Music is my first loveWell second if I’m honest. Make that equal second with Guinness. The old what are you listening too right now thread has been very lively of late. It seems that Ashley’s Mind, Natasa, Sascha, Teffle, Pennboy and AJ are trying to replace Youtube with PF as the user interface of choice for music vids. I’ve enjoyed a lot of their selections and some of the memories. I mean Roxy Music for example. The music was OK but to a youth at the time it was the album covers. Even Southern would have drooled.
So I have a lot more catching up to do and may even be moved to pen another Edition some day. In the meantime I wish you all well.
PS – where is pgtx these days? I have a bone to pick with her. I was in virtually every bar in Krakow for a week looking for her meetup gathering. Cost me a fortune in beer (all expensed thank God).
