The things husbands do...

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Can we assume then that the above is your seminal work on the topic?

I couldn't see the joke at first, then it hit me.

Mark Thompson said:

Quoted message said:

Can we assume then that the above is your seminal work on the topic?

I couldn't see the joke at first, then it hit me.

I believe that's known as the money shot. Here, have a face flannel.

--
Ambrose

wafflycat said:

There is a certain logic to that, but I shall be using my husband as a
tester for my forthcoming book, '101 exciting recipes for baked beans and
tripe' ;D

Tripe dim sum? Oh boy!

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

Tony Raven said:

Mark McNeill said:

Response to Just zis Guy, you know?:

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8< snip

> <thinks hard but fails to come up with vasectomy pun>

Of course you could think of one, you just didn't have the balls to
post it

I think that snip totally missed the point.

[And there's a vas deferens between the above and my first draft...]

Can we assume then that the above is your seminal work on the topic?

And if so, are we free to reproduce it?

--
JimP
--
"We don't have a plan, so nothing can go wrong" - Spike Milligan

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Quoted message said:

Tony Raven said:

Mark McNeill said:

Response to Just zis Guy, you know?:

> 8< snip
>
>> <thinks hard but fails to come up with vasectomy pun>
>
> Of course you could think of one, you just didn't have the balls to
> post it

I think that snip totally missed the point.

[And there's a vas deferens between the above and my first draft...]

Can we assume then that the above is your seminal work on the topic?

And if so, are we free to reproduce it?

It may not be spermanent work.

Cheers, helen s

That hit me also. £1,600 for a pair of wheels for a young boy. Its
your money no doubt honestly earned - but somehow that doesnt seem
quite right to me.

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That hit me also. £1,600 for a pair of wheels for a young boy. Its
your money no doubt honestly earned - but somehow that doesnt seem
quite right to me.

Well just as I have no right to tell you what to spend your money on, you
have no right to tell me what to spend mine on. I could, of course, spend it
on drink. I could buy him his first car... I could spend it on drugs, but
no, it's been spent on something which helps him enjoy his chosen sport, a
healthy pursuit. Of course if you wish to be that judgemental perhaps you
think no-one should buy a Colnago... The fact I light-heartedly post about
eating beans on toast for a while, perhaps yours and others reaction along
the lines of 'doesn't seem quite right' or 'surely he should be studying'
are just jealousy in disguise. Perhaps you will tell me just what you think
I should be spending money on? Perhaps you will post about your cycling
purchases so I can cast moral judgements on what you buy?

Cheers, helen s

wafflycat said:

Well just as I have no right to tell you what to spend your money on,
you have no right to tell me what to spend mine on. I could, of
course, spend it on drink. I could buy him his first car

You mean you could buy him his first year's car insurance for that money.

Still, I do think it's wrong you're spending it on his bike. After all, how
many times have I complained here that I can't afford a bent. Are my posts
not good enough to deserve a donation of that sort?
--
Ambrose

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Quoted message said:

wafflycat said:

Well just as I have no right to tell you what to spend your money on,
you have no right to tell me what to spend mine on. I could, of
course, spend it on drink. I could buy him his first car

You mean you could buy him his first year's car insurance for that money.

Still, I do think it's wrong you're spending it on his bike. After all,
how many times have I complained here that I can't afford a bent. Are my
posts not good enough to deserve a donation of that sort?
--
Ambrose

But Ambrose, you aren't my son. If you were, I might have got you one. But
only if you are a very, very good boy ;-)

Cheers, helen s

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Can I sign my mum up for a course with you? I mean I know I'm twice
Nathan's age and everything, but still, you might persuade her that's what
I needed.

Happy to do what I can ;-)

Cheers, helen s

wafflycat said:

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Quoted message said:

wafflycat said:

Well just as I have no right to tell you what to spend your money
on, you have no right to tell me what to spend mine on. I could, of
course, spend it on drink. I could buy him his first car

You mean you could buy him his first year's car insurance for that
money. Still, I do think it's wrong you're spending it on his bike. After
all, how many times have I complained here that I can't afford a
bent. Are my posts not good enough to deserve a donation of that
sort?

But Ambrose, you aren't my son. If you were, I might have got you
one. But only if you are a very, very good boy ;-)

Can I sign my mum up for a course with you? I mean I know I'm twice Nathan's
age and everything, but still, you might persuade her that's what I needed.
--
Ambrose

wafflycat said:

Quoted message said:

So, not a cunning plan on your part to prise Nathan's sticky paws off Mr
Frosty then? :-)

Currently he's decidedly in love with his Cervelo Soloist. Dreams of CSC
methinks. Good job he hasn't used Norbert Frosty to go to college the past
couple of days.

Ahh! So "Mr Frosty" is some sort of bike then. Hands up anyone else who
thought it was some sort of euphemism to describe other teenage pursuits,
or was that just me?

🙂

Graeme

Graeme Dods said:

wafflycat said:

Quoted message said:

So, not a cunning plan on your part to prise Nathan's sticky paws off Mr
Frosty then? :-)

Currently he's decidedly in love with his Cervelo Soloist. Dreams of CSC
methinks. Good job he hasn't used Norbert Frosty to go to college the past
couple of days.

Ahh! So "Mr Frosty" is some sort of bike then. Hands up anyone else who
thought it was some sort of euphemism to describe other teenage pursuits,
or was that just me?

I'd watch out for low-flying paving slabs if I were you, young man :-)

--
Carol
"Reality is almost always wrong" - Dr Greg House, House M.D.

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Quoted message said:

Ahh! So "Mr Frosty" is some sort of bike then. Hands up anyone else who
thought it was some sort of euphemism to describe other teenage pursuits,
or was that just me?

🙂

Graeme

:-D

Mr Fosty is definitely not some sort of bike. Mr Norbert Frosty is a
recumbent trike. One of these to be precise

http://www.ice.hpv.co.uk/trikes_t.htm

It was my Christmas present from my personal bike mechanic for Christmas 04.
As it's much more stable on icy roads than a two-wheeled upright, Norbert is
often used on the college commute in cold icy weather.

Cheers, helen s

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(') said:

That hit me also. £1,600 for a pair of wheels for a young boy. Its
your money no doubt honestly earned - but somehow that doesnt seem
quite right to me.

So what equipment is used for the sports your son enjoys?

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; I put the 'sexy' in 'dyslexia'

In article <[email hidden]>, Ambrose Nankivell

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Mark Thompson said:

Quoted message said:

Can we assume then that the above is your seminal work on the topic?

I couldn't see the joke at first, then it hit me.

I believe that's known as the money shot. Here, have a face flannel.

CLOFF!

Sorry.

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Beware of the opion.

Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, nobody760

(') said:

That hit me also. �1,600 for a pair of wheels for a young boy. Its
your money no doubt honestly earned - but somehow that doesnt seem
quite right to me.

So what equipment is used for the sports your son enjoys?

Don't forget to factor in the costs of driving him to and fro to this
sport, where applicable. Petrol, wear and tear, etc. 8-)

R.

Helen Deborah Vecht said:

Or 'Feeding the Five Thousand for 50p'.

Porridge
Lentil Soup
Overripe bananananas...

I'm beginning to see the link between cyclists' love of cheap, stodgy
food and the cost of equipment...

d.

wafflycat said:

Well just as I have no right to tell you what to spend your money on, you
have no right to tell me what to spend mine on. I could, of course, spend it
on drink. I could buy him his first car... I could spend it on drugs, but
no, it's been spent on something which helps him enjoy his chosen sport, a
healthy pursuit. Of course if you wish to be that judgemental perhaps you
think no-one should buy a Colnago... The fact I light-heartedly post about
eating beans on toast for a while, perhaps yours and others reaction along
the lines of 'doesn't seem quite right' or 'surely he should be studying'
are just jealousy in disguise. Perhaps you will tell me just what you think
I should be spending money on? Perhaps you will post about your cycling
purchases so I can cast moral judgements on what you buy?

If you don't like people commenting on how you spend your money, why
discuss it in public in the first place ?

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Quoted message said:

That hit me also. £1,600 for a pair of wheels for a young boy. Its
your money no doubt honestly earned - but somehow that doesnt seem
quite right to me.

Don't forget that if young Nathan was learning to drive, the same money
wouldn't even pay for his insurance - and that's dead money. I don't see the
point in someone shelling out 10 grand on a watch or 600 quid on a pair of
shoes, but it's none of my business what people spend their money on. My
workmates can't get their head around the fact that my front brake calliper
costs more than an entire Aldi bike, so it's all relative!

--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net