Pretty Star

[Geoff of Devon]

Now Hack is our little ray of sunshine and no longer a "chocolate carving". That's good otherwise the carving would melt in his rays   

[Su]

It's lovely Hack, I will have a go when I get back home.  Now then did you want to know how to get animated Smilies up?  Matty and I are your girls    Can't do it from here though, will have to wait til I get home.  Hence the absence of Christmassy animations, this computer is obviously out of the Ark and on a time clock....still I'm not knocking it ... I'd go spare without it.

Su 

[Hackstaple]

Su - no I am all through with smilies. I have this terrific star that Moscan made and it is all mine ..my precious...my precious

[Geoff of Devon]

GOLUM......Watched the new special extended set the last three nights (all eleven hours worth). LOTS of new footage and better than the original. Still can't beat the book though.

Tolkein is TOPS 

[Hackstaple]

Geoff - that reminds me of the story of the 2 goats on a rubbish tip. One was chomping on a reel of cine film. His mate asked what he was eating. "The Godfather" he replied. "Any good" asked Billy. "Not as good as the book" he said.

[Geoff of Devon]

Hack, you kill me     

Almost laughed as much as when I was playing Santa yesterday at the local department store (normal Santa was taken ill at the last minute). I asked one little girl what she wanted for Christmas and she said a Duck!!!! She thought I meant what did she want to eat !!!!!!   

Think I had better be more specific next time, as in what presents do you want for Xmas!

[Hackstaple]

Duck you said. I will tell you about ducks. Long ago, when the hills and I were both young I was in the army and had no duty on a weekend. I was  a bit of a card player and the padre mentioned that they had a Whist Drive in the nearby village of Bishops Cannings "with very good prizes". So I went. It was Veni,vidi,vici and I won first prize. It was 2 live ducks! They were given to me with their heads trussed back so as to keep them immobile. I tried hard to give them away but eventually realised that I had to take them away - I would give them to the cook corporal and we could have a special Sunday lunch in the sergeants mess. But, there was no way I was walking in past the guardroom with two ducks so I decided to take a route across Roundway Hill and so enter the billet area directly. As I was about to cross the third field [it was nearly pitch-dark] I came across a lass of about 17 crying her eyes out. "What's the matter" I asked. "Well, zor, that field has a big bull and oim afraid to cross". "Have no fear" said I, "I have spent years on a cattle farm and bulls have no fears for me. Cross with me and you will be safe". She brightened up and we set off and about 50 yards into the field she burst into tears again. "What on earth is the matter now" I cried. "Well zor oim afraid that if we go further in to this field you might molest oi". "Molest you" I screamed, "molest you - with a live duck under each arm"? "Well zor" she said "Oi could 'old the ducks".