A Very Good Cause

[Moo]

If any of you have a moment to dip into this: http://lacticlegs.blogspot.com/ and consider that the (literally) crippling bike ride is being undertaken to help children in the slums of Rio (only tiny carbon footprints there, I'm sure), perhaps you'd care to go to http://www.justgiving.com/hughwilkinson/ and help him get even further towards his target.






(I can guarantee it's worth doing - he's my son)

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Well done to Hugh...

 

[jocelyn plummer]

Seconded, well done Hugh, hope the knee gets better soon. My Sister in law runs a B & B in Kirby Lonsdale if tea and sympathy is needed another time.

 

[Moo]

I've just posted the latest instalment of the blog and he's now got a big map on it that shows exactly where he is (it says its updated every 17 minutes).
Ooh, I do love modern technology!

 

[Penners]

A very worthy effort, although I'm not sure about singing Sinatra to the sheep. I wonder what he's sung?

Wool Did You Ever

Yew Are The Sunshine Of My Life

The Lamb-lighters Serenade

I Love To Go A'Ram-bling

Hugh Make Me Feel So Young

:roll:

 

[jocelyn plummer]

Thought you are too young to remember that lot Penners-- :?

 

[Moo]

Excellent !!

I shall read them to him when he rings up this evening - just the sort of thing he'll appreciate.
In fact, I may well post them as a message on the blog. Songs for Swinging Bloggers?

xx M

ps I know, I know. A rap over the knuckles from the punctuation police, but I promise to ration exclamation marks in future.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Moo - I hope the map-thingy is wrong; otherwise he's taken a left turn at Gretna and is half way to Stranraer now !!!!!!!!!!!*

*I know!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Moo]

It does seem odd, doesn't it? I was tempted to leave a message on the blog, but he's got a book that sets out the route he's following, and I'm only his mum, so I don't know nuffin, do I?

This evening we got him to give us his daily destinations, and they are as follows: Cumnock, Ardlui, Speanbridge, Dingwall, Helmsdale, John O'Groats.
Any observations gratefully received.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

This evening we got him to give us his daily destinations, and they are as follows: Cumnock, Ardlui, Speanbridge, Dingwall, Helmsdale, John O'Groats.
Any observations gratefully received.

That certainly seems to be the right direction and correct order!

 

[worms]

If he was heading for Cumnock, a left turn at Gretna sounds ok, as long as he took a right somewhere!

 

[Flyfisher]

Yew Are The Sunshine Of My Life

Er, wouldn't that particular title be more appropriate for a tree-themed pun than a sheep-based one?
Or am I embarrassing myself by failing to spot a hidden depth of subtlety?

 

[JoceAndChris]

That's the trouble with this forum, it's the playground for illiterate degenerates.

:wink:

 

[Moo]

My word - the human mind is a strange thing indeed.
I read the titles, had a good giggle and copied them to the blog as a message. Not once did I notice the spelling mistake.
My eyes saw Yew, but my mind translated it into Ewe.

 

[JoceAndChris]

I didn't see it either until Flyfisher pointed it out. We women must just be so blinded by Penners' good looks and charm we don't notice his diabolical spelling.

 

[Moo]

But me old man didn't spot it, either.
Is there a psychiatrist in the house?

 

[FamilyWiggs]

I spotted it. I just thought either:

a) I was missing a deeper joke;
b) Penners is so thin skinned that it would be churlish to identify such a pedantic point to him - after all he is well known for letting such things go on this forum. :wink:

 

[FamilyWiggs]

I spotted it. I just thought either:

a) I was missing a deeper joke;
b) Penners is so thin skinned that it would be churlish to identify such a pedantic point to him - after all he is well known for letting such things go on this forum. :wink:

And whilst we at it - shouldn't Hugh = Ewe?

 

[Moo]

I think it's about time we heard from Prof.Penrose on this topic, don't you?


And Hugh/Ewe - of course. As usual, I'm asking myself why I didn't think of that one.

 

[jocelyn plummer]

Yes, I too translated it into Ewe, but knowing Penners dry sense of humour I assumed he had been quite deliberate !