Lonely as a cloud
Jun 18th 2009, 8:03 am
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Re: Lonely as a cloud
Thanks Sally, I know that I am going to get my bottom kicked here, but it is spelt " occasionally ".
Man, I know that I am going to regret this
Just trying to make my mouth curl upward at the edges.
The tone is still to remain witty?
Sorry, English teacher background.
...........TAXI !!!!!!
Man, I know that I am going to regret this
Just trying to make my mouth curl upward at the edges.
The tone is still to remain witty?
Sorry, English teacher background.
...........TAXI !!!!!!
Actually, can't abide poor spelling myself but it happens when I am typing occasionally!
You may now rejoin all the other pedants in the blue corner!
Jun 18th 2009, 11:34 am
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Re: Lonely as a cloud
Oh Sally, I did not mean to offend you and I am SO sorry, just trying to distract my thoughts - life falling apart, wife telling me that she hates me now, etc.
Please don't give up bothering.
Jun 18th 2009, 1:10 pm
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Re: Lonely as a cloud
If youre so hung up on grammar and spelling then Im not surprised.
Jun 18th 2009, 1:53 pm
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Re: Lonely as a cloud
BTW nothing magical about a childhood in Australia IMHO - childhood isnt about the beaches and the sunshine so much as the people in it, the ones you play with, the ones you fight with and the ones who look after you when the going gets tough. I think many of us would look back on our childhoods as being magical places regardless of where they were spent.
Agree though that beaches don't exclusively make a life- but can contribute to a [very good]childhood nonetheless!
Jun 18th 2009, 1:57 pm
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Of course, if the kids you fought with, were the ones on the beaches in the sunshine then it *would* be just like anywhere(!) and as you say would be magical..
Agree though that beaches don't exclusively make a life- but can contribute to a [very good]childhood nonetheless!
Agree though that beaches don't exclusively make a life- but can contribute to a [very good]childhood nonetheless!
Jun 18th 2009, 2:02 pm
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You know, people commented in the UK on how happy our kids were. We said "but they are always like this!"
The implication is that the UK people were acustomed to seeing miserable kids. Surely not!
Another sinister retort of course, which a MTBUKer might run past me, as a bit of a gas, is that they were happy to be *in the Uk* (geddit) - but see second paragraph...
Jun 18th 2009, 2:09 pm
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I'm happy that my kids are at the age where they love their little friends. My daughter is a natural born leader, always up for a giggle.
You know, people commented in the UK on how happy our kids were. We said "but they are always like this!"
The implication is that the UK people were acustomed to seeing miserable kids. Surely not!
Another sinister retort of course, which a MTBUKer might run past me, as a bit of a gas, is that they were happy to be *in the Uk* (geddit) - but see second paragraph...
You know, people commented in the UK on how happy our kids were. We said "but they are always like this!"
The implication is that the UK people were acustomed to seeing miserable kids. Surely not!
Another sinister retort of course, which a MTBUKer might run past me, as a bit of a gas, is that they were happy to be *in the Uk* (geddit) - but see second paragraph...
Jun 18th 2009, 2:17 pm
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Re: Lonely as a cloud
Read the post slowly and it will make sense..
1. I was saying that my kids are happy.
2. That people thought my kids were happy in the UK. (Clearly, UK doesn't make kids unhappy - like they implied).
3. I then took the piss out of the situation and said that a more sinister person might say my kids were happy because they were in the UK. Boom Boom!
4.BUT no - they are always happy...
Clearer? 'Bout the same amount of words....???? Or am I just a member of MENSA or something?
Jun 18th 2009, 2:20 pm
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Re: Lonely as a cloud
Time to hit the sack, eh?
Jun 18th 2009, 2:23 pm
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Sorry Officer - wasn't even talking about any of your motives - or lumping you in, and probably shouldn't have quoted you then. You were talking about hijinks in Southend - quoll was talking about happy kids...so I mentioned mine...
Read the post slowly and it will make sense..
1. I was saying that my kids are happy.
2. That people thought my kids were happy in the UK. (Clearly, UK doesn't make kids unhappy - like they implied).
3. I then took the piss out of the situation and said that a more sinister person might say my kids were happy because they were in the UK. Boom Boom!
4.BUT no - they are always happy...
Clearer? 'Bout the same amount of words....???? Or am I just a member of MENSA or something?
Read the post slowly and it will make sense..
1. I was saying that my kids are happy.
2. That people thought my kids were happy in the UK. (Clearly, UK doesn't make kids unhappy - like they implied).
3. I then took the piss out of the situation and said that a more sinister person might say my kids were happy because they were in the UK. Boom Boom!
4.BUT no - they are always happy...
Clearer? 'Bout the same amount of words....???? Or am I just a member of MENSA or something?
Jun 18th 2009, 2:26 pm
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Re: Lonely as a cloud
But I didn't pick up on that from what you said so maybe I am stuffed - or we are both talking in tongues..
Catch you later..
Jun 18th 2009, 2:29 pm
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Sure! Agreed...I guess Quoll was saying the experience was important. (BTW I've always maintained that I did not come here for beaches. I am not a beach person. Anyhow..)
But I didn't pick up on that from what you said so maybe I am stuffed - or we are both talking in tongues..
Catch you later..
But I didn't pick up on that from what you said so maybe I am stuffed - or we are both talking in tongues..
Catch you later..
Are you off to bed or is there basket full of shitty knickers to wash?
Nighty night!
Jun 18th 2009, 2:33 pm
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Jun 18th 2009, 2:40 pm
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Re: Lonely as a cloud
Oh Sally, I did not mean to offend you and I am SO sorry, just trying to distract my thoughts - life falling apart, wife telling me that she hates me now, etc.
Please don't give up bothering.
Please tell me how I deserved this?? It was totally inappropriate and has made me feel extremely sad during this time of distress!! I do hope that one of the Mods reads it and actions it accordingly.
Talk about kicking a guy when he is down!
Please don't give up bothering.
Talk about kicking a guy when he is down!