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Re: Cellar Scribblings
« Reply #9400 on: January 31, 2011, 07:02:31 am »
Quote from: Kelda on January 27, 2011, 05:39:21 pm
I say insanity!

 :laugh:

Chuck is probably a Venus De Milo.  ;)
 
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Re: Cellar Scribblings
« Reply #9401 on: January 31, 2011, 07:09:39 am »

 In South Australia, where I grew up was raised, we had crayfish up to 6 kg (about 12 or 13 pounds), until over-fishing reduced the size they could get to before being caught.
Back about then, they were re-named rock lobsters, mainly to suit the US market.
(Apparently, the yanks fell for it, and bought a lot more, but they're not really lobsters).  :)
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Re: Cellar Scribblings
« Reply #9402 on: January 31, 2011, 07:22:52 am »
Quote from: shakesthecoffeecan on January 30, 2011, 08:33:56 pm
Hey Chuck, how was your weekend lil brother? It was almost like spring here.

Aaahh, Spring. The time when the hearts of all young men turn to thoughts of .....

Phew, bro, some get it just right. Everyone else has the Ma & Pa of the 3 bears porridge.
Too cold up North, stinking hot down here.

Hey, we're about to get a mother of a cyclone in Queensland, in a few days time, and more floods.
Two weeks ago this area was wet and warm, and the lawn was going gangbusters. Now it's just hot and dry, and everything in the garden has wilted. Next week or so it will probably be back to floods. Lucky I'm high in the hills, but getting to the office down in town could be tricky.  :-\
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Re: Cellar Scribblings
« Reply #9403 on: January 31, 2011, 08:40:28 am »
Hiya BetterMost friends.



How is everyone doing today?

Well, here we are, back at Monday.  Ugh!

I'm holding steady on my diet......no new weight lost, but none gained, so I'm happy with that.

*waves to Truman, Monika, Kelda & Rob*

Good to see you all here!
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Re: Cellar Scribblings
« Reply #9404 on: January 31, 2011, 08:42:15 am »
Quote from: underdown on January 31, 2011, 07:02:31 am
:laugh:

Chuck is probably a Venus De Milo.  ;)

:D :laugh:

*waves arms around like Edwina from Ab Fab*

"I've got arms!  I've got arms!"
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Re: Cellar Scribblings
« Reply #9405 on: January 31, 2011, 08:50:09 am »


A "Venus Di Milo" story for you all.

Many years ago (I was probably about 10, my brother Mike was 8 ) I had seen a picture of the Venus Di Milo, but didn't realize that was the statues name, or that the arms had been lost.  I asked my mom about the statue, and apparently mom had no idea about it, so this is how the conversation went.

Chuck:  Mom, look at this picture.

Mom:  Yes?

Mike:  It's a statue.

Chuck:  I know it's a statue.  Why does she have no arms?

Mom:  (slight pause)  Because she was a thief, and after she had stole something, she was caught and as pushiment, they cut off her arms.  

Mike:  Ohhhhhhhh.

Chuck:  Really?

Mom:  Yes, they used to have laws like that.

Mike:  What was her name?

Chuck:  Probably "Greedy Greta".

Mom:   :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Tell him when l come up to him and ask to play the record, l'm gonna say: ''Voulez-vous jouer ce disque?''
'Voulez-vous, will you kiss my dick?'
Will you play my record? One-track mind!

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Re: Cellar Scribblings
« Reply #9406 on: January 31, 2011, 12:33:56 pm »
Hey Greedy Greta,
where are we travelling today?

BTW, when I was a kid, I also thought the statue had always been like that - without arms. But I didn't wonder about it; I guess I found her beauty to be just as perfect as I do today.
I just read that she was discovered only in 1820. :o
When my house was built, she was still a sleeping beauty, buried in some Greek field.
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Re: Cellar Scribblings
« Reply #9407 on: January 31, 2011, 01:15:56 pm »
Quote from: CellarDweller on January 31, 2011, 08:50:09 am


A "Venus Di Milo" story for you all.

Many years ago (I was probably about 10, my brother Mike was 8 ) I had seen a picture of the Venus Di Milo, but didn't realize that was the statues name, or that the arms had been lost.  I asked my mom about the statue, and apparently mom had no idea about it, so this is how the conversation went.

Chuck:  Mom, look at this picture.

Mom:  Yes?

Mike:  It's a statue.

Chuck:  I know it's a statue.  Why does she have no arms?

Mom:  (slight pause)  Because she was a thief, and after she had stole something, she was caught and as pushiment, they cut off her arms.  

Mike:  Ohhhhhhhh.

Chuck:  Really?

Mom:  Yes, they used to have laws like that.

Mike:  What was her name?

Chuck:  Probably "Greedy Greta".

Mom:   :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Re: Cellar Scribblings
« Reply #9408 on: January 31, 2011, 01:18:57 pm »
I don't know what Greedy Greta stole, but it sure wasn't underwear.
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Re: Cellar Scribblings
« Reply #9409 on: January 31, 2011, 01:34:52 pm »
Back in the dim dark ages when I was training to be a teacher, we went to a demonstration lesson where teacher students sit up the back and observe a lesson being taught. One child was chewing her finger nails and the teacher said "Do not do that or you will end up like Venus de Milo." The student teachers roared laughing but the children were dumbfounded. I always thought it was an example of how NOT to teach a class. :)
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