The Night Mail

[Hroth]

54 minutes ago, polybear said:

What did the two foxy young JW’s say to the naked Hippo?

 

Answers on a postcard….

 

Where's the nearest shower...

 

[Oldddudders]

Sherry is due to share Jill's joy with a week's heart-monitor - but supply has so far fallen short of demand! I have had to wear similar things for 24 hrs before, but never for a week.

 

My dental appointment yesterday went ok-ish. Despite his best efforts for an hour (!), Eduardo only managed to get part, albeit the larger part, of the tooth out, but is confident the remainder will be easier to get in a few months. I hadn't told him that my last extractions, in 1967, were my wisdom teeth (yeah, yeah, yeah) under GA at hospital - and it took hours and I had to lose one other tooth in the process. The other blokes in the ward thought I'd died! So I'm under orders to take it easy today, no hot drinks, nor even rinsing of my mouth yet, while the gum recovers. There is a soluble stitch to help. Survival remains likely. 

 

Meanwhile the cryptosporidium issue remains a concern, because no-one now trusts anything that SW Water say, so their reassurance that the bug is limited to certain areas is taken with a pinch of salt. The MPs have got in on the action, and SWW heads are being threatened. And a tourist area does not need bad news. Apparently bookings are being cancelled all over Devon, despite the affected supply being in this part of South Devon, so Exeter, Plymouth, North Devon and Dartmoor are as safe as usual. Compensation will be claimed all over the county, no doubt. With Thames Water and Severn & Trent in recent news, the water companies are in bad odour all round. 

[DenysW]

2 hours ago, polybear said:

What did the two foxy young JW’s say to the naked Hippo?

I got the (more standard) one old and one middle-aged representative recently. Out of courtesy I asked them which heresy they were (they didn't know), and reassured them that the local Church of England no longer burns heretics at the stake. On a quick check on the internet-thingy they have so many heretical beliefs that it isn't possible to say which are most important.

 

Better trained they'd have replied with the more subtle "We don't regard ourselves as heretics, but, actually, correct."

[zarniwhoop]

1 hour ago, DenysW said:

I got the (more standard) one old and one middle-aged representative recently. Out of courtesy I asked them which heresy they were (they didn't know), and reassured them that the local Church of England no longer burns heretics at the stake. On a quick check on the internet-thingy they have so many heretical beliefs that it isn't possible to say which are most important.

 

Better trained they'd have replied with the more subtle "We don't regard ourselves as heretics, but, actually, correct."

Interesting - you caused me to look it up on google - found a book on their heresies by a coptic pope, starting with arianism (with i not y) : wikipedia was slightly easier on that part - but I'd get into Python's Spanish Inquisition if I tried to understand the details of what any of that or their other beliefs actually means 😬

[Dave Hunt]

A mate of mine's stock opening line when confronted at his door by religious groups of any stripe is, “Oh, you must be the Morons.”

 

Dave

[Compound2632]

18 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

A mate of mine's stock opening line when confronted at his door by religious groups of any stripe is, “Oh, you must be the Morons.”

 

"Do come in, as it happens Fr. Murphy's here" was recommended as an effective deterrent.

[polybear]

6 hours ago, polybear said:

What did the two foxy young JW’s say to the naked Hippo?

 

Answers on a postcard….

 
After a ponder….

 

”Ooh, Mr Hippo….do give us a twirl…..”

 

Big mistake….

[Happy Hippo]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

 
After a ponder….

 

”Ooh, Mr Hippo….do give us a twirl…..”

 

Big mistake….

That would have been the one handed twirl, not the tail spin.

[Dave Hunt]

Went for a walk early this afternoon and asked Jill if she’d like to come with me . “No thanks,” was her reply, “ I’m having a rest, I’ll go for one on my own later.” My walk, though only for about a mile and a half, was in lovely sunshine and was most enjoyable. Five minutes after Jill later set off the heavens opened and a very wet and bedraggled creature eventually reappeared. Laugh? I nearly could’ve bought a round.

 

Dave

 

 

Edited May 18 by Dave Hunt

[Dave Hunt]

Further to my last, apparently I shouldn’t laugh as the thing that worried Jill was that her heart monitor thingy may have got wet and stopped working.

 

Dave

[PhilJ W]

6 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

Meanwhile the cryptosporidium issue remains a concern, because no-one now trusts anything that SW Water say, so their reassurance that the bug is limited to certain areas is taken with a pinch of salt. The MPs have got in on the action, and SWW heads are being threatened. And a tourist area does not need bad news. Apparently bookings are being cancelled all over Devon, despite the affected supply being in this part of South Devon, so Exeter, Plymouth, North Devon and Dartmoor are as safe as usual. Compensation will be claimed all over the county, no doubt. With Thames Water and Severn & Trent in recent news, the water companies are in bad odour all round. 

Railtrack all over again.

[jamie92208]

9 hours ago, Hroth said:

 

Where's the nearest shower...

 

Can you still buy eye bleach. 

 

Jamie

[Dave Hunt]

56 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

Can you still buy eye bleach. 

 

Jamie

 

Probably not the strong enough type.

 

Dave

[Happy Hippo]

1 hour ago, jamie92208 said:

Can you still buy eye bleach. 

 

Jamie

I can still see them when I close my eyes

 

[br2975]

13 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

Two pretty young things just knocked on the front door.

 

This is obviously a new cunning ploy by the JW to ensure old blokes engage in conversation.

 

We were was able to disengage quickly as I needed to put some clothes on!

 

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Different Sect, I know......

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But my nephew ( Brother's son ) is in the West End cast of  "The Book of Mormon" at The Prince of Wales Theatre.

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I still can't get used to him bursting on stage, as Elder Price, knocking on imaginary doors, and forcing 'Hello, Hello' through a cheesey grin.

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If you are broad minded, and you get the chance . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[skipepsi]

2 minutes ago, br2975 said:

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Different Sect, I know......

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But my nephew ( Brother's son ) is in the West End cast of  "The Book of Mormon" at The Prince of Wales Theatre.

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I still can't get used to him bursting on stage, as Elder Price, knocking on imaginary doors, and forcing 'Hello, Hello' through a cheesey grin.

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If you are broad minded, and you get the chance . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Recommended by Big Jim I am not sure how many times he has seen it.

[skipepsi]

8 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

 

"Do come in, as it happens Fr. Murphy's here" was recommended as an effective deterrent.

I always said no thank you I am an aetheist and that was enough.

[jamie92208]

4 hours ago, skipepsi said:

I always said no thank you I am an aetheist and that was enough.

I used to say, yes I'm a baptist do you want me to pray for you. 

 

Jamie

[Flying Fox 34F]

I would ask about the situation of Eve and Adam’s Rib!  
Or if persistent, I would invite them in for a glass of blood from the latest sacrifice!!!!

 

Always worked.

 

Paul

[Happy Hippo]

Poor girls, I don't think they realised what a lucky escape they had.....

 

 

'Please come in,  and look at my train set!'

 

'Come back, Don't run away....'

 

'Don't you want to talk about the Midland Railway small engine policy?'

 

 

 

 

[Hroth]

I've had results by listening politely to their speil for a minute then announcing that I don't need double-glazing and shut the door. Its also fun to fight fire with fire and say that you already have a personal friend in Jesus before shutting the door firmly.

 

HH:  Small engines, but beautifully formed.  If you like red coloured engines...

 

[Compound2632]

36 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

'Don't you want to talk about the Midland Railway small engine policy?'

 

Now that's the sort of reply that may result in a visit from the police.

[Winslow Boy]

36 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

Poor girls, I don't think they realised what a lucky escape they had.....

 

 

'Please come in,  and look at my train set!'

 

'Come back, Don't run away....'

 

'Don't you want to talk about the Midland Railway small engine policy?'

 

 

 

 

Oh you are cruel but we like you.

[SM42]

Hello from that there London. 

 

We's a visiting friends down here. 

 

Yesterday despite the best efforts of signalling systems near Smethwick  we partook of a boat ride from Little Venice to Camden to end up eventually outside Kings Cross and the Coal Drops development. ( we could have walked from Euston,  but we went the long way)

 

Last night saw us at a concert of Sitar music. 

 

Watching both the artist and his drummer, I have arthritic fingers today.

Amazing how they managed to play at such a high tempo for the best part of 2 hours without a break with no apparent ill effects to their hands. 

 

I once had a very interesting 2 hour conversation with the local JWs on the doorstep. 

 

They ran out of time to go to anyone  else's door. 

 

They came back a few weeks layer as they obviously thought they had a promising lead. 

 

Having spent another hour or so trying to convert them to C of E, they went away. 

 

Never saw them again. 

 

Time for breakfast. 

 

Andy

[Hroth]

56 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

Oh you are cruel but we like you.

 

Its when he starts rambling on about his etchings....