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I sincerely hope so - his sage advice is missed. Wishing the old stairlift/lift shaft inventor all the best.

I wondered that earlier with the amount of Globby catnip on the bored today

Slick wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:14 pm I wondered that earlier with the amount of Globby catnip on the bored today

What, you mean all the jokes he wrote for Barry cryer?

We were swapping emails from our respective hospital beds. He is having an issue or 3 but is hanging in there.

He moaned about hospital food so he does still have some of his senses.

Enzedder wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 3:58 am We were swapping emails from our respective hospital beds. He is having an issue or 3 but is hanging in there.

He moaned about hospital food so he does still have some of his senses.

Didn't know he'd been re-incarcerated, Enz. Please pass on my best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Happyhooker wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:21 pm

Slick wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:14 pm I wondered that earlier with the amount of Globby catnip on the bored today

What, you mean all the jokes he wrote for Barry cryer?

Yes, and didn’t he invent a new cave diving technique that was the complete opposite of perceived wisdom?

Enzedder wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 3:58 am We were swapping emails from our respective hospital beds. He is having an issue or 3 but is hanging in there.

He moaned about hospital food so he does still have some of his senses.

Hope it’s not too serious?

Is it back/hip/etc issues rather than anything … gulp …

Enzedder wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 3:58 am We were swapping emails from our respective hospital beds. He is having an issue or 3 but is hanging in there.

He moaned about hospital food so he does still have some of his senses.

Shocking. All the pressure on beds and they let a locum brain surgeon cum morgue attendant kip in one. Or is he there to find a cure for Covid or restructure the NHS?

Lady P wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:34 am

Enzedder wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 3:58 am We were swapping emails from our respective hospital beds. He is having an issue or 3 but is hanging in there.

He moaned about hospital food so he does still have some of his senses.

Shocking. All the pressure on beds and they let a locum brain surgeon cum morgue attendant kip in one. Or is he there to find a cure for Covid or restructure the NHS?

I see what you did here.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 9:01 am

Lady P wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:34 am

Enzedder wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 3:58 am We were swapping emails from our respective hospital beds. He is having an issue or 3 but is hanging in there.

He moaned about hospital food so he does still have some of his senses.

Shocking. All the pressure on beds and they let a locum brain surgeon cum morgue attendant kip in one. Or is he there to find a cure for Covid or restructure the NHS?

I see what you did here.

Ironing is too long for Wordle.

Hey Enz, do you keep in touch with Hong Kong, if so how is the old bugger these days?

Happyhooker wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:21 pm

Slick wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:14 pm I wondered that earlier with the amount of Globby catnip on the bored today

What, you mean all the jokes he wrote for Barry cryer?

I've known Barry Cryer for quite some time. Never rang his land-line! Horrid news in my camp.

It was in the Greek Street days with the folks from Private Eye. Peter Cook et al. Loads of them.

Loved Bill Tidy. Got an original of the Centurion at the head of his cohort, meeting the aged hag.

Made a few contributions with bouncing ideas off a few. Happy days.

Golf Ball Striking

A Richard Hammond - straight down the middle like a rocket then veers off into the rough at the last minute
An Arthur Scargill - a great strike but a poor result
A Kate Winslett - a bit fat but otherwise perfect
A Rodney King - over-clubbed
An O.J. Simpson - somehow got away with it
A Condom - safe but didn't feel real good
A sister-in-law - up there but I know that I shouldn't be
A Jamie Oliver - you really want to smack it but you can't
A Glen Miller - didn't make it over the water
A Gerry Adams - a provisional
A Sally Gunnell - ugly but a good runner
A Paula Radcliffe - not as ugly as a Sally Gunnell but still a good runner
A Bobby Sands - a bit thin
A Princess Grace - should have taken a driver
A Princess Di - shouldn't have taken a driver
A Robin Cook - just died on the hill
A Michael Jackson - gradually fading
A Paris Hilton - an expensive hole
A Ladyboy - looks like an easy hole but all is not what it seems
A Blondie - a fair crack down the middle

Putting

A Dennis Wise - a nasty 5 footer
A Salman Rushdie - an impossible read
A Rock Hudson- thought it was straight, but it wasn't
A Cuban - needed one more revolution
A Douglas Bader - nae legs
An Elton John - big bender that lips the rim
A Gynaecologists Assistant - just shaves the hole
Bunker Play
An Adolf Hitler - taking two shots in a bunker
Saddam Hussein - from one bunker straight into another
Yasser Arafat - ugly and in the sand

Anyway, been in hospital for a while but escaped. It was like Colditz but being on the fourth floor meant no tunnelling as I'd have gone through one of the MRI scanners and one of the operating theatres below.

Nice to have a wee dip back here. When I get sorted, I'll chuck a few things up.

Best wishes all.

Always been a crossword and anagram fan, Here's a few.

PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER:
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER

THE EYES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE

THE MORSE CODE :
When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES:
When you rearrange the letters:
CASH LOST IN ME

ANIMOSITY:
When you rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY

ELECTION RESULTS:
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES - LET'S RECOUNT

SNOOZE ALARMS:
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S

A DECIMAL POINT:
When you rearrange the letters:
IM A DOT IN PLACE

THE EARTHQUAKES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THAT QUEER SHAKE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO:
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE


AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:

MOTHER-IN-LAW:
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER

Welcome back Globster

Like raising the Kraken one might say.

Stay safe Globby

yep - just keep on breathing

All the best Sir!

This is a bit more like it.



The young lady at 1.40 is mustard. I went to school with one of the Colman family.

Good to see you up and about, Globby.

sefton wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:13 am Hey Enz, do you keep in touch with Hong Kong, if so how is the old bugger these days?

Yes, he still participates in the Messenger chatroom we have. He's good.

Enzedder wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:01 pm

sefton wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:13 am Hey Enz, do you keep in touch with Hong Kong, if so how is the old bugger these days?

Yes, he still participates in the Messenger chatroom we have. He's good.

He’s all good, and speaks from his own free will. Just hanging out freely with Peng Shuai.

Enzedder wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:01 pm

sefton wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:13 am Hey Enz, do you keep in touch with Hong Kong, if so how is the old bugger these days?

Yes, he still participates in the Messenger chatroom we have. He's good.

Give him my best.

Good to hear you're on the mend, Globus.

Globus wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 4:56 pm This is a bit more like it.



The young lady at 1.40 is mustard. I went to school with one of the Colman family.

How can Globby be anything other than a wind up merchant?

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 9:03 am

Globus wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 4:56 pm This is a bit more like it.



The young lady at 1.40 is mustard. I went to school with one of the Colman family.

How can Globby be anything other than a wind up merchant?

I like to put the wind up some people.

Good old Globus! What does the Management think of your interest in shuffling twenty something birds?

I must admit to having occasional concern for Globby while he was MIA even though he boiled my piss on PR.

That occasional concern instantly evaporated and was replaced with a burning hatred of a thousand stars once i read his posts on this thread

He truly is a master troll

HighKingLeinster wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:38 am I must admit to having occasional concern for Globby while he was MIA even though he boiled my piss on PR.

That occasional concern instantly evaporated and was replaced with a burning hatred of a thousand stars once i read his posts on this thread

He truly is a master troll

And that's still my leaning too. Whereas several posters are convinced he's real. Maybe it's a bit of both?

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:42 am

HighKingLeinster wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:38 am I must admit to having occasional concern for Globby while he was MIA even though he boiled my piss on PR.

That occasional concern instantly evaporated and was replaced with a burning hatred of a thousand stars once i read his posts on this thread

He truly is a master troll

And that's still my leaning too. Whereas several posters are convinced he's real. Maybe it's a bit of both?

All i know is i want to rip my own arm off as soon as he appears just so i have something to throw at him!!!

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:42 am

HighKingLeinster wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:38 am I must admit to having occasional concern for Globby while he was MIA even though he boiled my piss on PR.

That occasional concern instantly evaporated and was replaced with a burning hatred of a thousand stars once i read his posts on this thread

He truly is a master troll

And that's still my leaning too. Whereas several posters are convinced he's real. Maybe it's a bit of both?

I'm one of those convinced he is real. As are a couple who have met him.

Slick wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 11:24 am

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:42 am

HighKingLeinster wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:38 am I must admit to having occasional concern for Globby while he was MIA even though he boiled my piss on PR.

That occasional concern instantly evaporated and was replaced with a burning hatred of a thousand stars once i read his posts on this thread

He truly is a master troll

And that's still my leaning too. Whereas several posters are convinced he's real. Maybe it's a bit of both?

I'm one of those convinced he is real. As are a couple who have met him.

Everthing's all about him
Repeat, rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat, bullshit, bollocks ad nauseum.

SaintK wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 12:14 pm

Slick wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 11:24 am

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:42 am
And that's still my leaning too. Whereas several posters are convinced he's real. Maybe it's a bit of both?

I'm one of those convinced he is real. As are a couple who have met him.

Everthing's all about him
Repeat, rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat, bullshit, bollocks ad nauseum.

Yes. But that does not inform us whether that's really him or if it's all part of a gigantic (and successful) wind up.

All I can add to that is a) I'm glad he's okay despite my antipathy towards him, and b) I've known enough people who've known him in real life to be confident that this isn't some sort of internet persona, it's Just Him.

JM2K6 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:53 pm All I can add to that is a) I'm glad he's okay despite my antipathy towards him, and b) I've known enough people who've known him in real life to be confident that this isn't some sort of internet persona, it's Just Him.

I know that you and the London cabal are convinced that is the case, but it beggars belief that anyone could seriously believe in such yarns. Eric Olthwaite has nothing on this. For example, I've seen his house and Chatsworth it absolutely is not .

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:29 pm

JM2K6 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:53 pm All I can add to that is a) I'm glad he's okay despite my antipathy towards him, and b) I've known enough people who've known him in real life to be confident that this isn't some sort of internet persona, it's Just Him.

I know that you and the London cabal are convinced that is the case, but it beggars belief that anyone could seriously believe in such yarns. Eric Olthwaite has nothing on this. For example, I've seen his house and Chatsworth it absolutely is not .

I don't think anyone is suggesting that the self-aggrandising stuff is actually true, just that it's what he's really like.

JM2K6 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:30 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:29 pm

JM2K6 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:53 pm All I can add to that is a) I'm glad he's okay despite my antipathy towards him, and b) I've known enough people who've known him in real life to be confident that this isn't some sort of internet persona, it's Just Him.

I know that you and the London cabal are convinced that is the case, but it beggars belief that anyone could seriously believe in such yarns. Eric Olthwaite has nothing on this. For example, I've seen his house and Chatsworth it absolutely is not .

I don't think anyone is suggesting that the self-aggrandising stuff is actually true, just that it's what he's really like.

No, I get that. But the issue over whether it's a wind up or not hinges upon whether he believes the stuff or not? And since much of it is easy to disprove, that leaves troll or unhinged?

{EDIT} The only posters I know who met him were Calendar Blue and Fat Albert (I think: he is the one who's the global warming conspiracy theory believer?) and I lost contact with CB after she left FAAM, so can't get a steer there.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:35 pm

JM2K6 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:30 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:29 pm

I know that you and the London cabal are convinced that is the case, but it beggars belief that anyone could seriously believe in such yarns. Eric Olthwaite has nothing on this. For example, I've seen his house and Chatsworth it absolutely is not .

I don't think anyone is suggesting that the self-aggrandising stuff is actually true, just that it's what he's really like.

No, I get that. But the issue over whether it's a wind up or not hinges upon whether he believes the stuff or not? And since much of it is easy to disprove, that leaves troll or unhinged?

{EDIT} The only posters I know who met him were Calendar Blue and Fat Albert (I think: he is the one who's the global warming conspiracy theory believer?) and I lost contact with CB after she left FAAM, so can't get a steer there.

OS.

and bolded

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:35 pm

JM2K6 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:30 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:29 pm

I know that you and the London cabal are convinced that is the case, but it beggars belief that anyone could seriously believe in such yarns. Eric Olthwaite has nothing on this. For example, I've seen his house and Chatsworth it absolutely is not .

I don't think anyone is suggesting that the self-aggrandising stuff is actually true, just that it's what he's really like.

No, I get that. But the issue over whether it's a wind up or not hinges upon whether he believes the stuff or not? And since much of it is easy to disprove, that leaves troll or unhinged?

{EDIT} The only posters I know who met him were Calendar Blue and Fat Albert (I think: he is the one who's the global warming conspiracy theory believer?) and I lost contact with CB after she left FAAM, so can't get a steer there.

Surely the wind-up suggestion is that he posts this stuff knowing it'll annoy people vs him posting this stuff in a genuine attempt to make people think he's as important as he wants to think he is. Like, he knows he didn't actually pronounce someone dead, but he wants to sound more important than he is, so that's why he said it. As opposed to him saying it just to wind people up.

FA is the climate nutjob, yes. IIRC he's moved on to some other conspiracy stuff now too.

Honestly who cares? He is an internet persona who may have led a highly colourful existance, or be a complete blowhard, either way it has exactly zero relevance to my life or anything connected to it. If it gives him pleasure to regale stories, true or otherwise, what harm is there in it. Of course if it becomes like junk mail, then action may be required.