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Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Ponders Revisited, Oct 14, 2015.

  1. monacoger

    monacoger POTY 2021

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    Yeah, maybe
     
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  2. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    Ta, mate.

    It was at her hoose though which can be considered to be almost in the countryside. Fields of horses all over the place.
     
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  3. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    :huh:
     
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  4. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    *venison
     
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  5. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    How long did you spend looking for it?
     
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    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

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    Sad news today Ponders: concerning a house that I own with my brother. I built a pond in the back garden when I lived there, took the fish when I moved out and so it became a nature pond. Last few years it's been rented out and today I discovered that the tennants filled in the pond.
    #HelpHitchin'sHomelessHamphibians

    One of my top 86 anecdotes: when I initially dug out the hole for the pond, about three feet deep, put some old carpet in and then the liner, I put in a couple of inches of water just to help it settle down overnight. The next day there was a frog sat at the bottom in those two inches of water with not a hope of ever climbing out. That's pretty keen.
     
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  7. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    I preferred anecdote 87.
     
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    I have a couple of ponds, one of which is pretty large, about 30 feet in diameter.

    One of the joys is being able to observe the crazy goings-on of the little creatures who inhabit it. Dragonfly nymphs are the scariest looking insects and incredibly ferocious as any tadpole will tell you. They spend 3 years I think as nymphs and only last 6 weeks or so as a dragonfly.

    Great Diving Beetles are another scavenger worth observing. Must dash.
     
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    The time my mum's cat scratched opened the paper bag and started eating my sandwich? It was a classic.
     
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    Check out the Official Hitchin Town FC Watersports Thread:
    http://www.not606.com/threads/official-hitchin-town-fc-watersports-thread.133148/

    Perhaps you could make a minnow trap and put it in your big pond? I'm sure everyone on General Chat would love to see what you catch.
     
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  11. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    One of the most ferocious things you'll have in your garden is Robins. The seasonal red breast is an indicator of this. Evil murderous wee bastards they are. Robins practice prostitution, polygamy, and murder.

    I can only think of one other animal that practices prostitution which is a penguin.
     
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  12. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    Might have been 42, then :huh:
     
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    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    My mate getting thrown out of Slimelight for pissing down the stairs, certainly stuck in the mind of the people on said stairs.
     
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    What is a baggie?
     
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    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    <laugh>

    Dammit, 35?
     
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  17. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    A minnow. It's what we call them round these here parts. A baggie minnow.
     
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    Maybe in North Lanarkshire. In South Lanarkshire it's something else completely.<yikes>
     
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    I nicked a dirty mag from WH Smith and sold it to Clough for £5. Fitzsimmons got wind of this and grassed him up to Bomber in a chemistry lesson. Bomber confiscated the magazine and put it in his office. As it happened I had a detention with Bomber that very afternoon so after class had finished and I was tasked with tidying the lab, Bomber had retired to the staffroom so I slipped into his office and slipped the porno into my bag.

    I've got hundreds of these...
     
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    There was me thinking you meant a discarded condom.
     
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