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I have received a cyber communication from marbelflugel. He finds himself Dongle-less once again somewhere between Edmonton and Finchley. He reports that the latest from Baron Von Gassteiner (Dongle Consultant to The Crowned Heads of Europe) in Tottenham Court Road said the Dongle has withered again, but the ports are fine, from Cinque to Mevagissey. Herr Baron tried it in several appliances and it but briefly fluttered. Marbs then took the Dongle to Enfield to get a second opinion where again it fluttered again but briefly, like a moth consumed in the flame issuing from a guttering taper. Extreme Unction was performed and the Dongle was buried with due reverence and solemnity at a private ceremony somewhere in Muswell Hill. He sends his regards to all and hopes, with a new Dongle and a laptop upgrade, to be with us again very soon  |
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« Reply #3376 on: 18:56:44, 17-06-2008 » |
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RIP doomed Dongle. Perhaps Marbs and Dongles are just not meant to be. Perhaps it's Dongle Karma .....?
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« Reply #3378 on: 19:11:54, 17-06-2008 » |
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RIP doomed Dongle. Perhaps Marbs and Dongles are just not meant to be. Perhaps it's Dongle Karma .....?
Indeed Mort, Dongle Karma indeed. However whilst being Dongle-less and resorting to sorting out his cupboards Marbs found a pot of Plum Gumbo Jam from Kent which he reports had a wonderful smokey flavour and he scoffed the lot and verily enjoyed it. So there's a Moral in there I think, or at the very least a Parable don't you? "Yea, those who are Dongle-less can confound their woes and their enemies by finding sweetness in forgotten pots from the lofty Plains of Kent. And it was good. For what are the pleasures of a Dongle compared to Jam? Blessed are the Jam Eaters saeith the Preacher, for from sweetness comes forth strength." Anaconda Chapter 3 Verse 17 |
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« Reply #3379 on: 19:50:51, 17-06-2008 » |
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There was me, 9.30am, on my LT, in my pjs still and the wife came back from work and said right get showered and dresssed your helping with the laundry!! I said, what, before I knew it, there I was doing exactly theat!! Their tumble dryer has broken down, so
had to have all hands on deck. O well never mind.
Later on that day, my record shop friend phoned me up to say that my EMI Elgar Collection had arrived. So dashed down to Hove from HH, got there just in time. Whilst there, started talking about the VW EMI set. He said he has it in stock and ofocurse low and behold, I bought that to!! O well, although I have some duplications, there are some real treasures in this set. After that, Thornton's ice cream seemed to be the order of the day, so had one, as you do!!
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« Reply #3380 on: 22:21:58, 17-06-2008 » |
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Er, martle....?
Over 5000 posts? No wonder you have a bad wrist. Congratulations, I think.
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« Reply #3382 on: 22:42:18, 17-06-2008 » |
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Martle! Welcome to the Board's most exclusive club!
Well, it's not quite so exclusive now that you're here, but, er... oh dear, that came out wrong... never mind.
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« Reply #3383 on: 22:52:37, 17-06-2008 » |
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« Reply #3384 on: 23:01:19, 17-06-2008 » |
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Can anyone come up with a more synonymous pair of words than reliable and dependable?
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How about glitter and sparkle?
Edit: No that doesn't work, as shown in this sentence:
"If the magnifying glass doesn't ignite it, perhaps this sparkle."
 This reminded me of a sweetly pithy rhyme somebody once posted on one of these boards (but who it was I'm sorry to say I can't remember) which went as follows: Shake and shake the ketchup bottle,
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« Reply #3385 on: 23:02:38, 17-06-2008 » |
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What are the 'perks', Ollie? Ah, well, now there's the thing.... |
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« Reply #3386 on: 23:12:04, 17-06-2008 » |
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martle & ollie, you are certainly both much more productive in terms of your posts per unit of time spent online than I am - but there again perhaps you both just  a lot. |
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« Reply #3387 on: 08:45:01, 18-06-2008 » |
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Reminds me of that old Chas & Dave song, 'Rabbit, Rabbit........'.
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« Reply #3388 on: 08:49:24, 18-06-2008 » |
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And there was me free-associating with what rabbits do a lot of.
And there was me free-associating with other popular connotations of rabbits.
I obviously need to get my mind out of the gutter.
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« Reply #3389 on: 08:54:09, 18-06-2008 » |
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Well now, just for me I'm not quite sure about this thing of associating gambolling friskily in the meadows with the gutter. Doesn't sound entirely like an association for a healthy mind to be making if you ask me... (On the other hand, well, not to put too fine a point on it I don't think it's gambolling friskily in the meadows that gets one's, er, post count  up around the half-myriad mark.) |
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