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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Mince on December 26, 2007, 08:44:25 AM

Title: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Mince on December 26, 2007, 08:44:25 AM
Not long to go now!
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Vulture on December 26, 2007, 10:15:57 AM
Mince, **** ***!
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Tom on December 26, 2007, 10:29:39 AM
 :o  ;D
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: The Peepmaster on December 26, 2007, 11:42:52 AM
I was thinking, seeing as it's Boxing Day, who would you most like to punch on the nose?
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Mince on December 26, 2007, 11:57:16 AM
Everyone who missed my deliberate mistake about there being 364 days until next Christmas.
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Vulture on December 26, 2007, 12:10:51 PM
Everyone who missed my deliberate mistake about there being 364 days until next Christmas.

Boxing Day morning and you want us to recognise one of your arcane puzzles? We haven't even got to 2008 and you want us to automatically know that it'll be a Leap Year!  ::)
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Malc on December 26, 2007, 12:37:02 PM
I know, and they've got Christmas gear in the shops already!

I like these snowflakes, can we keep them? Bear in mind my opinions change with the wind.
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Mince on December 26, 2007, 12:38:31 PM
Malc, we can keep them if you post the next gif image to have floating down the screen.
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Malc on December 26, 2007, 12:43:01 PM
Talking of punching people in the nose, I just received an email from an American cartoonist asking me to fight him. No kidding, he can't stand me and the feeling is mutual. Things came to a head just a day or so ago, and he's had a brain meltdown, hence the hostile email.

I'm wondering whether there might be money in this? I mean, if the promotion was right.... If I hired a decent-sized venue, would you lot come to the States to watch two middle-aged cartoonists slog it out over, say...one round? If I get into training, I might manage two.
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Roger Kettle on December 26, 2007, 12:55:11 PM
What on earth did you say to upset the man, Malc?
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Malc on December 26, 2007, 01:13:04 PM
(http://malcmcgookin.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/chantelle-miss-stoke-poges.thumbnail.gif)

There you go.
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Malc on December 26, 2007, 01:27:09 PM
That post was in answer to Mince, not Roger.

Roger, the guy in question is (in my opinion) a pretty awful character, a religious fundamentalist, a braggart, a serial self-publicist in the most awful manner (no charm, no sophistication) and he's generally unpopular, but no-one tells him.

Things came to a head when a discussion about the Iraq war got a little heated. He's a big supporter of God and the war, and backed up the sending of troops with flowery cartoons, romantically linking the war with praying soldiers, the US flag, angels, knights in armour, praying, the US flag, praying, etc, etc...

The guy is a big Bush supporter too, and recently used the name Bush alongside what he regarded as other "war" presidents, like Ike, FDR, etc.

I took exception to this, pointing out the Bush had basically started his own war, against an innocent nation, and that he was a cretin.

The guy also encouraged us to "understand" the reasons for continuing the war, and I asked him to explain to us what they were. He couldn't apparently, and signed off with "goodbye" followed up with an email invite for me and him to fight.
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Vulture on December 26, 2007, 01:46:00 PM


Roger, the guy in question is (in my opinion) a pretty awful character, a religious fundamentalist, a braggart, a serial self-publicist in the most awful manner (no charm, no sophistication) and he's generally unpopular, but no-one tells him.




You could have replaced all this rhetoric by saying that the bloke was an American :D
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Malc on December 26, 2007, 03:57:23 PM
Now, now...I know some wonderful yanks, and they can't stand this git either. He does, however, represent the worst stereotype - stetson hat and everything. His political camp (the loud and obnoxious god-bothering NRA members) are getting shirty as Bush's fortunes slowly dwindle and he comes closer to impeachment.
They're all running around trying to re-invent themselves as the Support Our Troops faction, regretting the war but deeming criticism of it unpatriotic.
In fact they started out as the Bomb Iraq Into The Stone Age faction and thought the Iraqis would have embraced democracy well before now, as well as starting their own gridiron league.
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Roger Kettle on December 26, 2007, 06:22:07 PM
I'll hold your jacket, Malc. Mind you, he sounds like the guy of guy who would go into a fight wearing a Charlton Heston t-shirt and with his grandad's colt 45 in his belt.
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Mince on December 26, 2007, 06:27:43 PM
... he sounds like the guy of guy who would ...

Have you been drinking?
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: The Peepmaster on December 26, 2007, 08:05:29 PM
Can you change those descending images, Mince? That bloke is really ugly. I think I'd rather see the pics of Roger on balance.
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Tom on December 26, 2007, 08:33:25 PM
 ??? Where's the snowflakes gone ???
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Diane CBPFC on December 26, 2007, 08:38:18 PM
(http://malcmcgookin.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/chantelle-miss-stoke-poges.thumbnail.gif)

There you go.

This was actually funnier when in answer to Roger's question: "What on earth did you say to upset the man, Malc?" than as proposed precipitation.

Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: The Peepmaster on December 26, 2007, 08:44:56 PM
??? Where's the snowflakes gone ???
This is really bizarre. We get something as exquisitely beautiful as a unique snowflake crystal, surely one of Nature's most lovely creations, sandwiched between two real ugly choices, the latter of which (the old guy gurning with his cigarette), has to be the most hideous. Where's the logic?
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Mince on December 26, 2007, 08:57:09 PM
Press F5 for snowflakes.
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: The Peepmaster on December 26, 2007, 09:05:49 PM
Press F5 for snowflakes.

Does nothing on my laptop. Mind you, I am running the latest OSX Leopard.
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Mince on December 26, 2007, 09:08:46 PM
Well, it's snowflakes for me. Your browser is caching the old woman with the fag; you need to force it to reload the image, which is now a snowflake.
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: The Peepmaster on December 26, 2007, 09:14:10 PM
Well, it's snowflakes for me. Your browser is caching the old woman with the fag; you need to force it to reload the image, which is now a snowflake.

Old woman? I thought it was Malc.

I actually thought of Malc on Xmas Day. Realising they were so many hours ahead of us. I thought of him lying stretched out on a beach, under the warmth of the sun, with a bottle of booze at his side...

Then I thought of the search-parties that could be out looking for him...
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Tom on December 26, 2007, 09:14:59 PM
 ;D Yay!!! It's snowing again!!!  ;D
Title: Re: Only 364 days until Christmas!
Post by: Malc on December 26, 2007, 10:33:41 PM
I was actually stretched out on a friend's veranda snoozing. Christmas day was overcast, and a lovely breeze wafted by all afternoon.

Every adult in the house was asleep! In the evening we all played cards. The Aussies know how to party.