Fantastic! SPM is delighted to announce that he has just attained soggy biscuithood! My day is made! What's the next level up folks? :P
Congrats!
Next is 'A rather plain Rich Tea' if I remember correctly! ;)
Congrats as well!
...and nice avatar btw :D
Quote from: "SussexProgMan"What's the next level up folks? :P
you can go here - memberlist (//http://www.frostmusic.net/frosties/memberlist.php?g=2&mode=group&sk=d&sd=d) and work your way through the whole listing! 8-)
Crikey! I'm the only Maryland Cookie at present and I'm currently in third place behind the verbose Pedro and Roger.
How interesting ! I could have browsed that list for ages ! Would recommend it to any like-minded OCD sufferers.
In particular, it's amazing how many people have signed up, but never actually posted.
Looks like there are 491 members, but only 313 have posted.
What happenend to the other 178 ?
Food for thought, eh ?
Quote from: "catherine"Crikey! I'm the only Maryland Cookie at present and I'm currently in third place behind the verbose Pedro and Roger.
Your increased posting of late has been noted C ;)
Not that there is anything wrong with that! :lol:
Quote from: "Hedgehog"How interesting ! I could have browsed that list for ages ! Would recommend it to any like-minded OCD sufferers.
In particular, it's amazing how many people have signed up, but never actually posted.
Looks like there are 491 members, but only 313 have posted.
What happenend to the other 178 ?
Food for thought, eh ?
I was about to post the same.
Come on lurkers, lets see something from you before Jem starts charging for parking! ;)
Good Lord, I'm fourth in the rankings! Fourth! How and when did that happen? :D
What ho chaps! Surprised to find myself on page 5! I dream of being a Bourbon and one day I truly will be. Crunchy on the outside, rich and chocolatey on the inside. :lol:
I've just turned into a Jammie Dodger, and into the Top 50! :lol:
I'm now a Fig Roll! How did THAT happen?
You know when you've been FigRolled!
Congrats. :)
I daren't buy fig rolls any more - I'm starting to look like them!
I had a nightmare last night about a walking, talking fig roll. Scary stuff. I'm scarred for life. :shock:
Ah well, SPM - you'll recognise me when we meet up at a Frost* gig in the future!
"neva gunna give you up
neva gunna set you down
neva let you hit the ground, you dessert, you..."
:D :D :D
:shock: Pedro! You're now an Iced Gem!
Congratulatinos, sir! :D
Surely Iced Gems ought to be renamed Frost*ed Jems now? ;)
When my sons were small, their preferred way of eating an Iced Gem was to bite off the icing and then discard the unwanted biscuit-y bit.
Well done, Pedro! Now you merely have two and a half times my post count.
Gr8Gonzo - you're a Cadbury's chocolate finger now! Congrats!! (but your maths is poor - 3 x 600 doesn't usually come out to 1500, at least not in Base 10)
Must catch up.....
At least I'm not the whore I thought I was :lol:
I'm not sure I like what you're implying there, Nellie!
grats, Pedro and gonzo!! now I know what I have to look forward to!
so what's an Iced Gem? :P
Iced Gems are small biscuits - about 3/4 of an inch across - with a relatively large blob of icing (in different colours and flavours) on the top.
(//http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2165/1558735368_640b0287ef.jpg?v=0)
Yummy!
Quote from: "catherine"I'm not sure I like what you're implying there, Nellie!
Nothing at all, besides, you've been here much longer than me. :?
Interesting: I didn't know about the member list page (thanks Pedro), but am deeply gratified to see that, even though I'm well behind those ladies of the night, Catherine and Nellie (hey, Nellie started it and it's been a while since I've said anything to invoke Mouse's signature :D ), I am nevertheless on the first page of posters.
And that despite having been very busy with the big move to the Netherlands recently, which we're still in the middle of. I hope to post more, dear Frost*ie friends, when I get settled.
In the meantime, I can offer you a piece of news from a meeting that I took part in earlier this week, at which we Europeans agreed on a new joint Mars robotic exploration program with our US colleagues. Quite a departure from previous strategies, but follows on in the same collaborative spirit of Frost*'s recent hands-across-the-Atlantic performance at ROSfest :lol:
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"ladies of the night, Catherine and Nellie
You've not caught swine flu yet? :twisted:
thanks for the picture, catherine!!! they might as well skip the biscuit part, no?! 8-)
and very cool, TA! I love all the space stuff. ;)
Wow TA, that news is a bit huge isn't it? :)
Ah, the iced gem (reckon that should be "jem")....it was in my avatar....about 4,000 posts ago in a different world where Frost*erisks had an extra leg....
(//http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/waitepb/NewAvatar.gif)
Love the Bourbon one, Pedro! Yes, if we recall RHippo's post from a thread I cannae be bothered to search for, the six-legged Frost*erisk is the Arabic version.
My biscuit of choice at the moment are Malted Milks. Ooooh, they are delicious... :)
Quote from: "Pedro"Wow TA, that news is a bit huge isn't it? :)
Indeed: quite a departure for both the US and Europe, to be honest. But given that we have pretty convergent ambitions, aiming at returning samples from Mars to Earth in the mid-2020s, it makes sense look at a joint program that maximises the science we can do along the way.
Will keep all you space fans posted :D
And us robotics fans! :D This is something that my team might end up working on in the fullness of time!
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"...aiming at returning samples from Mars to Earth in the mid-2020s...
No-one would have believed that in the first years of the 21st century.... ;)
Quote from: "catherine"When my sons were small, their preferred way of eating an Iced Gem was to bite off the icing and then discard the unwanted biscuit-y bit.
Sorry? You mean you're supposed to eat that bit too?
Actually I used to bite the icing off and give the biscuitey bit to my big sis, who really, really didn't have a sweet tooth. It was a good deal.
Quote from: "catherine"And us robotics fans! :D This is something that my team might end up working on in the fullness of time!
If you lived nearer I'd introduce you to an old friend by the name of Bernard Mosley, who builds robots. His company has built a Mars Rover which he's hoping will get onto one of the planned missions. It's great fun to play with :)
My Brother builds robots to take part in Robot Wars style tournaments. Most of them weigh hardly anything and are the size of my hand, but every now and then he comes out with something like this...
(//http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v645/122/65/502594561/n502594561_1486442_4547.jpg)
Not anywhere near the same league as the space exploration stuff, but it's fun to bash things with. :)
I can see a fundamental flaw with that design, Mouse.
The wheels should be on the bottom!
Bernard built one for the Official Robot Wars on telly. It was a tank-like thing called "Hefty"*... which got about 2 minutes of fame on telly before conking out and consequently losing.
Here it is:
(//http://racinghippo.co.uk/mad_camo/images/leeds_config.jpg)
The website for it is archived here. (//http://racinghippo.co.uk/mad_camo/) The diary is a good read if you have the time. And the style section / guided tour is fascinating if you're into robotics.
* Actually "F.T.": F***ing Tank.
Quote from: "RacingHippo"I can see a fundamental flaw with that design, Mouse.
The wheels should be on the bottom!
The wheels come out both sides of the robot, so that if it gets flipped over, it can still run around on it's top. It's technically unbeatable, unless it goes down the arena pit, or gets trashed, or gets cleaved in half, or gets thrown out of the arena, or its killswitch is triggered, or if chocolate gets in the electronics, or...
That tank thing is awesome. :)
What ho! I'm a Cadbury's Boaster
That means I'm responsible for most o'
The posts that you see
They were mainly by me!
I'm a truly prolific Frost* poster!
I used to be a fine fig roll
I had body, and rhythm, and soul
Plus a yummy fig filling
But I never was willing
To dance, at the Peel, on a pole.
I aspire to become an Iced Gem
Let no-one my ambitions condemn
A gem that is iced
Has often sufficed
With brandy, for loosening phlegm.
On this, the momentous occasion of my 1000th post, I would like to thank:
Frost* for the music, the gigs, the CDs and the madness
My family, for coping with me hooting with laughter while visiting the Frost* forum
My cat Isaiah, for covering me with ginger hairs at every possible opportunity
My fellow forumeers - I couldn't have done it without you!
Do I get a telegram from the Queen now?
Catherine xx
A kila-post delivered with style!
Congratulations, Ma'am. :D
Congratulatinos indeed! Now go forth and eat biscuits to celebrate! 8-)
Go forth and multi-buy? :)
catherine, that 1000th post is absolute WIN!!!!! 8-)
Thanks Rog and Mouse and Pedro!
Well done catherine, here's to the next thousand. :D
Completely brilliant post, Catherine!
If I were wearing a hat, I'd take it off to you.
In fact, I might just go and put one on specially.
Heh, RacingHippo's post count is currently 666. :twisted:
Luckily, thanks to Qi, we all now know that it is in fact 616 that is the Number of the Beast. Makes me smile every time I look at that Iron Maiden album now! :)
I think the IB forum might like this idea. Appreciate some help Frosties. Discount brand grated, up to the magnificent Davidstow cheese & pineapple stick! What do you reckon?
B xx :P
Well, I was trying to think of something vaguely risqué to say here in response to Catherine's 1000th post, if only to get a Twisted Evil smiley response and justify Mouse's eternally flattering signature :D
But, y'know what, I'm so completely flummoxed, banjaxed, and discombulated by her post, that I have no choice but to simply say:
Congratulations, old girl! :lol:
Hey, not so much of the "old" if you don't mind, Grandpa! ;)
Quote from: "catherine"Hey, not so much of the "old" if you don't mind, Grandpa! ;)
Oh, hook, line, and sinker in less than five minutes: result!!!
But where's my Twisted Evil smiley, eh ? :D
(As for grandpa, actually, if you'd sent that to me about fifteen years ago, you'd have been right: as it is these days, I'm just a plain dad. But rest assured no-one died in the making of this peculiar conundrum ;) )
I don't think I've ever done a Twisted Evil smiley - I'm just fundamentally too nice a person. I was also so sorry to hear that you'd been discombulated, which sounds a very distressing experience. (Does it involve having your comb pinched out of your Man-bag?)
Regarding your conundrum: the only way I can think that it might work, without death being involved, is if you were previously married to a grandma.
maybe his own grandma...
meaning that he is...
hmm
isnt this a frost* song?
lol
Quote from: "catherine"I don't think I've ever done a Twisted Evil smiley - I'm just fundamentally too nice a person. I was also so sorry to hear that you'd been discombulated, which sounds a very distressing experience. (Does it involve having your comb pinched out of your Man-bag?)
Regarding your conundrum: the only way I can think that it might work, without death being involved, is if you were previously married to a grandma.
Hmmm, you're right: p'raps Twisted Evil is more Nellie's style. Where is that old girl anyway ... ? :)
As for my conundrum, nope, not that hard to solve after all: you're quite correct (although she was not, as proposed by drblowthingsup, my own grandma :shock: ). Even so, very odd having sons your own age, it is (or was, more correctly). Frost* material through and through ...
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Hmmm, you're right: p'raps Twisted Evil is more Nellie's style. Where is that old girl anyway ... ? :)
Spending some time in Twitterland... You really should join Sir! :D
Quote from: "catherine"I don't think I've ever done a Twisted Evil smiley - I'm just fundamentally too nice a person.
Well said! And a hearty congrats from me for the 1k Catherine. I could see a little while ago that the event was near.... and I missed it. I hope I'm forgiven?
Quote from: "Brom"I hope I'm forgiven?
Of course! I'm in a very forgiving mood today. :twisted: ;)
Quote from: "Brom"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Hmmm, you're right: p'raps Twisted Evil is more Nellie's style. Where is that old girl anyway ... ? :)
Spending some time in Twitterland... You really should join Sir! :D
I'm not sure we want him in our gang!
Huge grats Freddie on your grand grand (and then some). This is indeed a very special....occasion. :D
Quote from: "Nellie"Quote from: "Brom"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Hmmm, you're right: p'raps Twisted Evil is more Nellie's style. Where is that old girl anyway ... ? :)
Spending some time in Twitterland... You really should join Sir! :D
I'm not sure we want him in our gang!
Oh boo hoo, you nasty lady. Sniff ....................................... :cry:
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Quote from: "Nellie"Quote from: "Brom"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Hmmm, you're right: p'raps Twisted Evil is more Nellie's style. Where is that old girl anyway ... ? :)
Spending some time in Twitterland... You really should join Sir! :D
I'm not sure we want him in our gang!
Oh boo hoo, you nasty lady. Sniff ....................................... :cry:
Just for you TA! :twisted:
Quote from: "Nellie"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Quote from: "Nellie"Quote from: "Brom"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Hmmm, you're right: p'raps Twisted Evil is more Nellie's style. Where is that old girl anyway ... ? :)
Spending some time in Twitterland... You really should join Sir! :D
I'm not sure we want him in our gang!
Oh boo hoo, you nasty lady. Sniff ....................................... :cry:
Just for you TA! :twisted:
Touché, madame. But I'm still hurt ... aren't I? :roll:
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Quote from: "Nellie"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Quote from: "Nellie"Quote from: "Brom"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Hmmm, you're right: p'raps Twisted Evil is more Nellie's style. Where is that old girl anyway ... ? :)
Spending some time in Twitterland... You really should join Sir! :D
I'm not sure we want him in our gang!
Oh boo hoo, you nasty lady. Sniff ....................................... :cry:
Just for you TA! :twisted:
Touché, madame. But I'm still hurt ... aren't I? :roll:
Oh alright, you can play in our gang. I've always been a soft touch :roll:
Quote from: "Nellie"Oh alright, you can play in our gang. I've always been a soft touch :roll:
Oh, you're so sweet, Nells ;)
Now, what is this Twitter thing you young ones are on about anyway? Descriptions / answers in haiku form, if you please ...
Indeed, we should start a haiku thread in parallel to the wildly successful limerick one. Anyone game?
Looking for Haiku?
Follow the link shown below
Your quest may end there....
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=834&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=haiku&start=0 (http://www.frostmusic.net/frosties/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=834&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=haiku&start=0)
:D
Quote from: "Pedro"Looking for Haiku?
Follow the link shown below
Your quest may end there....
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=834&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=haiku&start=0 (http://www.frostmusic.net/frosties/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=834&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=haiku&start=0)
:D
Egads. There truly is nothing new under the sun, is there, at least not on this forum (and I appreciate the recursion, Pedro :) ) What the hell was I doing in March/April that I didn't see that one?
Errr, so how about a thread where we write a Goon Show sketch collaboratively? Then again, that pretty much sums up the way the forum reads much of the time anyway ... :D
Ying tong iddle i po!
(Hmm, how would
that sound covered by Frost*?)
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Ying tong iddle i po!
(Hmm, how would that sound covered by Frost*?)
Much like it is, only colder and crisper.
But if it was covered by snow it'd be quite muffled.
You're on form today RH! :lol:
Quote from: "RacingHippo"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Ying tong iddle i po!
(Hmm, how would that sound covered by Frost*?)
Much like it is, only colder and crisper.
But if it was covered by snow it'd be quite muffled.
I dunno whether muffling Spike Milligan is a good idea: an unsung genius in my book :D
Here are a couple of my favourite poems from his "Silly Verse for Kids", from memory over a 35+ year baseline:
StringString is a very important thing
Rope is thicker
But string is quicker
Mary PughMary Pugh was only two
When she went out of doors.
She went up standing up, she did,
But came back on all fours.
The moral of this story is,
Please meditate and pause:
"Never send a baby out with loosely waisted drawers."
He's fallen in the water! 8-)