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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Diane CBPFC on September 26, 2007, 03:19:28 PM

Title: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Diane CBPFC on September 26, 2007, 03:19:28 PM
Would it be too much to ask if there could be ONE tiny section on the Beau Peep notice board that Mince was banned from. In other words, he could not fart about with the sub-headings, he could not move the thread, he could not hide the thread, he could not even post on the thread (for at least eight weeks as he is slowly rehabilitated).

He is like a chipmunk on speed.

Thank you for considering this plea.

On behalf of the CBPFC,
Diane

Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on September 26, 2007, 03:32:23 PM
Diane, speaking as an administrator and moderator, no.











Mince is omnipotent.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Mince on September 26, 2007, 03:43:49 PM
You do realise that Dianne cannot see this forum.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on September 26, 2007, 04:56:10 PM
Can't she? Maybe just as well, or she may get mad that you spelt her name incorrectly.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Vulture on September 26, 2007, 09:38:37 PM


Mince is omnipotent.

I thought this was just a nasty rumour started by TT111!
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Vulture on September 26, 2007, 09:41:59 PM
Would it be too much to ask if there could be ONE tiny section on the Beau Peep notice board that Mince was banned from. In other words, he could not fart about with the sub-headings, he could not move the thread, he could not hide the thread, he could not even post on the thread (for at least eight weeks as he is slowly rehabilitated).

He is like a chipmunk on speed.

Thank you for considering this plea.

On behalf of the CBPFC,
Diane



Diane, I think the chipmunk has sabotaged the forum so that only he has charge of all the buttons.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Tom on September 26, 2007, 09:56:45 PM
How did Diane post on it, if she can't see it?
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: peter on September 26, 2007, 09:59:04 PM
Would it be too much to ask if there could be ONE tiny section on the Beau Peep notice board that Mince was banned from. In other words, he could not fart about with the sub-headings, he could not move the thread, he could not hide the thread, he could not even post on the thread (for at least eight weeks as he is slowly rehabilitated).

He is like a chipmunk on speed.

Thank you for considering this plea.

On behalf of the CBPFC,
Diane



I think it is a great idea could we have a vote on it.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Roger Kettle on September 26, 2007, 10:03:32 PM
Diane, a few of us are planning a breakaway. Email me using the secret password "minceisbonkers".
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Mince on September 26, 2007, 10:14:55 PM
Diane can see the forums again. I control the vertical and horizontal here.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Roger Kettle on September 26, 2007, 10:31:23 PM
Mince, by any chance, do you sit in a high-backed leather chair, smoking a cigarette and stroking a fluffy, white cat? Wearing an eye-patch? You know... you....not the cat...
Title: minceisbonkers
Post by: Colin on September 26, 2007, 10:36:31 PM
Diane, a few of us are planning a breakaway. Email me using the secret password "minceisbonkers".

Can I come?  :(
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Mince on September 26, 2007, 10:37:07 PM
Mince, by any chance, do you sit in a high-backed leather chair, smoking a cigarette and stroking a fluffy, white cat? Wearing an eye-patch? You know... you....not the cat...


It's the other way round. I smoke the cat . . .
Title: Re: minceisbonkers
Post by: Mince on September 26, 2007, 10:38:26 PM
Diane, a few of us are planning a breakaway. Email me using the secret password "minceisbonkers".

Can I come?  :(


Colin, you're the one we're breaking away from.   ;D
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Roger Kettle on September 26, 2007, 11:15:10 PM
Colin, we are absolutely not planning a breakaway.
JURY OFFICIALS IN NOTTINGHAM UNDER SUSPICION. (Sh! Read the first letter of each word.)
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Vulture on September 26, 2007, 11:20:12 PM
Colin, we are absolutely not planning a breakaway.
JURY OFFICIALS IN NOTTINGHAM UNDER SUSPICION. (Sh! Read the first letter of each word.)

Nice one!  ;D
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Mince on September 26, 2007, 11:28:37 PM
"Mince" has the word "nice" in it.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Vulture on September 26, 2007, 11:44:43 PM
"Mince" has the word "nice" in it.

Only if you look really, really hard! :D
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: peter on September 27, 2007, 08:18:14 AM
"Mince" has the word "nice" in it.

It also has the word mice and I see them chewing up the posts.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: peter on September 27, 2007, 08:19:54 AM
It also has Micen but that's a crack pot.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: peter on September 27, 2007, 08:20:54 AM
Cimen but we wont go there
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: peter on September 27, 2007, 08:22:21 AM
The best one is Manic depression.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Vulture on September 27, 2007, 09:21:01 AM
Manic

Only if you look really, really, REALLY (and stick an 'a' in it) hard!
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: peter on September 27, 2007, 10:37:28 AM
Manic

Only if you look really, really, REALLY (and stick an 'a' in it) hard!
Sorry got carried away.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: peter on September 27, 2007, 10:38:08 AM
Try      MENIC        (menace)     phonetic alphabet.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Vulture on September 27, 2007, 10:46:22 AM
Manic

Only if you look really, really, REALLY (and stick an 'a' in it) hard!
Sorry got carried away.

Yes, this is easily done at this hour in the morning.  :D
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: peter on September 27, 2007, 11:26:15 AM
Meddling Interfering Numbskulled Cheating Eccentric.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Vulture on September 27, 2007, 11:31:12 AM
Meddling Interfering Numbskulled Cheating Eccentric.

OK. Which adjective applies to Mince, and why?
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: peter on September 27, 2007, 11:43:45 AM
look at the first letter of each word
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Mince on September 27, 2007, 11:50:37 AM
I think we all spotted that straight away.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Vulture on September 27, 2007, 12:13:59 PM
look at the first letter of each word

 ???
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Diane CBPFC on September 27, 2007, 08:03:06 PM
Okay, then would it be too much to ask if Peter couldn't just duct-tape Mince to a chair and lock him in the coal shed for a few months?
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Vulture on September 27, 2007, 08:15:05 PM
I don't think coal sheds exist any more!

I would have thought just duct-taping Mince's fingers closed would do the trick. Unless, of course, he can use his nose to type!
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Diane CBPFC on September 27, 2007, 09:23:34 PM
I don't think coal sheds exist any more!

[...]

Even better, it would be the last place the police would look for him.  ;)
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Vulture on September 27, 2007, 09:42:00 PM
I don't think coal sheds exist any more!

[...]

Even better, it would be the last place the police would look for him.  ;)

The police would only look for Mince if someone reported him missing; who's going to do that?
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Fyodor on September 28, 2007, 10:11:39 AM
I think Mince should be given a life penalty. What do you think Herr Kettlegruppenmeister?
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on September 28, 2007, 11:05:29 AM
I don't think coal sheds exist any more!

[...]

Even better, it would be the last place the police would look for him.  ;)

The police would only look for Mince if someone reported him missing; who's going to do that?

I would feel it was my duty, Vult. I'd be round to our local constabulary like a shot, I would. I'd tell them straight. "Our Mince is missing!" I'd say....
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: peter on September 28, 2007, 11:41:26 AM

I would feel it was my duty, Vult. I'd be round to our local constabulary like a shot, I would. I'd tell them straight. "Our Mince is missing!" I'd say....

Dreaming I'm always dreaming.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Vulture on September 28, 2007, 12:57:28 PM
I don't think coal sheds exist any more!

[...]

Even better, it would be the last place the police would look for him.  ;)

The police would only look for Mince if someone reported him missing; who's going to do that?

I would feel it was my duty, Vult. I'd be round to our local constabulary like a shot, I would. I'd tell them straight. "Our Mince is missing!" I'd say....
Tarquin, you're too kind hearted for your own good. It'll only lead to tears. :'(
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on September 28, 2007, 01:13:51 PM
I don't think coal sheds exist any more!

[...]

Even better, it would be the last place the police would look for him.  ;)

The police would only look for Mince if someone reported him missing; who's going to do that?

I would feel it was my duty, Vult. I'd be round to our local constabulary like a shot, I would. I'd tell them straight. "Our Mince is missing!" I'd say....
Tarquin, you're too kind hearted for your own good. It'll only lead to tears. :'(

Or me being locked away for my own good, having gone to the police to report missing mince.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Diane CBPFC on September 28, 2007, 02:53:33 PM
I'd back you up Tarq - I'd say there were also some onions missing too.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: peter on September 28, 2007, 02:55:15 PM
I'd back you up Tarq - I'd say there were also some onions missing too.

Me to. I will say that someone stole my potatoes.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Diamond Lil on September 28, 2007, 06:29:32 PM
This is beginning to look like the classic scene in 'The Steamie' about Galloway's mince!
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Vulture on September 28, 2007, 06:53:09 PM
This is beginning to look like the classic scene in 'The Steamie' about Galloway's mince!

What's 'The Steamie' and who's Galloway?
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Tom on September 28, 2007, 07:59:41 PM
There's a Galloway Chutney... could that be steamed?
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on September 28, 2007, 08:53:37 PM
'The Steamie' is a musical comedy, written by Tony Roper, who is probably more famous for playing Rab C. Nesbitt's best pal, Jamesie Cotter, on TV. It's set on a 1950's Glasgow wash house, where the wimminfowk used to gather to do their laundry. It's one of the most wonderful stage plays I've ever seen.

About ten years ago, I took my mother to see it at the beautiful Pitlochry Festival Theatre on the banks of the Tummel. It was the last time she was physically able to make our annual trip for her birthday. She almost died laughing (and she's German!).

I've just ordered the DVD on ebay - can't wait!
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Vulture on September 28, 2007, 09:21:18 PM
Thanks for the info, Tarquin. (I'm none the wiser, really. The last 'play' I saw was Hair - sometime in the sixties!)
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: The Peepmaster on September 29, 2007, 04:17:36 PM
where the wimminfowk used to gather to do their laundry

Music to my ears. Of course that was before the lazy things had machines to help do it for them.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Vulture on September 29, 2007, 04:23:56 PM
where the wimminfowk used to gather to do their laundry

Music to my ears. Of course that was before the lazy things had machines to help do it for them.
We wouldn't need machines if people didn't keep inventing cloth that was 'Machine Washable'!

Beware, Peepmaster. We 'lazy things' definitely have ways of making you pay for that remark! >:(
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: The Peepmaster on September 29, 2007, 07:35:12 PM
where the wimminfowk used to gather to do their laundry

Music to my ears. Of course that was before the lazy things had machines to help do it for them.
We wouldn't need machines if people didn't keep inventing cloth that was 'Machine Washable'!

Beware, Peepmaster. We 'lazy things' definitely have ways of making you pay for that remark! >:(

Sorry Vulch. Of course I know not all women are "lazy things".

I once heard of one in Redditch who wasn't.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Vulture on September 29, 2007, 09:29:20 PM
Just keep going, Peeps. God will get her own back as soon as she reads your post!!!!!
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Diamond Lil on October 01, 2007, 07:16:44 AM
Thanks for explaining 'The Steamie', Tarquin.  I posted that comment and then haven't been able to visit here since!  I also saw it at Pitlochry and was talking recently about seeing it at the McRobert in Stirling at another time. Not that I want to make you envious, but I was talking about it to none other than Una McLean who reckoned it was one of the best parts she ever played.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on October 01, 2007, 09:39:47 AM
Ah, name-dropping - the rocky path to vicarious immortality, or so Peter Ustinov and Archbishop Desmond Tutu were fond of telling me (though it may have been "immorality").

Una's a legend. I'm pretty certain she was in the Pitlochry version I saw, Lil, possibly as Mrs Culfeathers (do ask her next time you chat)? I used to see her occasionally, buzzing around Perth when she was at our local Rep. She had enormous energy (no doubt still has) and is one of the finest character actors Scotland has ever produced, particularly in comedy roles, but certainly not exclusively. And of course, she married another of Scotland's greats in Russell Hunter, probably best known for his marvellous portrayal of the downbeat 'Lonely' in the great 70's TV series, Callan - you could almost smell him in that. Sadly, he passed away a few years back, but he, also, was a wonderful character actor.

Envious indeed, Lil. I can't imagine there was ever a dull moment in that conversation.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Diamond Lil on October 01, 2007, 07:14:11 PM
I was at a preview of "The Winter's Tale" at the Lyceum to see Roger's friend (and mine), Colin Tarrant.  I was catching up with Colin after the show and each member of the cast gradually appeared and all made a point of saying hello to Colin's guest....I have never met a less-luvvie group before.  In amongst this, Una McLean came out, screamed "you must be Colin's friend from Killin" and embraced me like a long-lost cousin.  There followed a riotous hour of chat, reminiscence and teaching Colin Scottish phrases.  Apparently she had told him earlier that he was her 'lumber' that night and he was waiting to ask me what it meant!  She is a totally unassuming whirlwind and a totally unbelievable 77...she has a large, energetic part in the play and I couldn't believe her age.  I'm going back this Saturday with my daughter, for the matinee this time and can only hope she's around then as well
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Roger Kettle on October 01, 2007, 08:02:26 PM
As a footnote to my sister's piece, I'm off to see the play in Edinburgh next Wednesday before jetting off the next day for a week in Portugal. (Yes, I know---I took 9 days off 13 months ago. It's non-stop holidays for me.)
I'm looking forward to meeting Ms. McLean. Apparently, her late husband, Russel Hunter, had an original Andy Capp by Reg Smythe which she gave away after his death, something she has since regretted. The plan is to replace it with one that I've written. Not quite the same as one by the great Smythe but, hopefully, a nice wee memento.
Anyway, wish me luck. I hate Shakespeare.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on October 01, 2007, 08:13:44 PM
Shakespeare's excellent, Roger - seen him several times. No, hang on- it was his sister.

That's a lovely description of Una, Lil, and one I'm certain she would be delighted with. Russell Hunter would have been a great Andy Capp if they'd ever done a Scottish theatrical version.
Title: Re: Would it be too much to ask...
Post by: Roger Kettle on October 01, 2007, 10:01:53 PM
Russell Hunter as Andy Capp? Yep, it should have happened!
I suppose it's wrong of me to say that I hate Shakespeare. I simply don't understand most of it, although, to be honest, apart from the obligatory stuff at school, I haven't given it much of a chance.
Await my review in a couple of weeks....
"Colin Tarrant, the voice of Beau Peep and Colonel Escargot, was superb in Shakespeare's...."