period planets.

[JoceAndChris]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

That's it. If you'd been able to come to the party you'd have seen it.

 

[Penners]

NURSE! Penners has lost his reading glasses again.

The reading glasses are fine, thanks FF. But, viewed through the bottom of a glass of Pinot Grigio, I confess that word did have just too many letters.

 

[Flyfisher]

That's alright then. A perfectly acceptable reason if ever I heard one. :wink:

 

[FamilyWiggs]

NURSE! Penners has lost his reading glasses again.

The reading glasses are fine, thanks FF. But, viewed through the bottom of a glass of Pinot Grigio, I confess that word did have just too many letters.

Clearly too much Pinot Grigio dear chap. Conversation and Conservation have the same number of letters...

 

[FamilyWiggs]

all our conversation is about Betjeman, of course. :lol:

So that's you, Gareth and John Betjeman under the covers? Is there anyone else down there? Does Chris know? 8)

 

[Feltwell]

My 7 year old nephew saw our kitchen phone recently - a standard black BT wall phone with a dial, only dating from the 1970's. "What's that thing?" :roll:

I finally upgraded my mobile not long ago - I gave my trusty old phone to the IT youth at work and asked him to transfer the numbers to the new phone. "Not sure I've ever seen a phone this old". Sigh. They're practically disposable now, it was only about 5 years old. It had all the advanced features I require in a phone - it would ring, and I could talk to people.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Well if you want a smartphone I would recommend a Blackberry Storm 2.

It looks the dog's knees, and has loads of great apps. Outlook integration anywhere worldwide for email, calendar and contacts. Browser for, well, browsing. eBay and Facebook apps. GPS for satnav and tracking my running on Endomondo. Calculators, Word/Excel and Powerpoint apps. It has a great video and stills camera, video player and MP3 player. All of which I use almost daily.





Oh and you can make phone calls with it if you want too.

 

[JoceAndChris]

all our conversation is about Betjeman, of course. :lol:

So that's you, Gareth and John Betjeman under the covers? Is there anyone else down there?

Oh masses and masses. Mainly dead though. :wink:

(and I'm hoping Chris will make Gareth's acquaintance, as I've persuaded our kind CO that he needs a writing and sketching holiday at BC when we go to Egypt in the not-too distant future. Which reminds me, must order several crates of Plymouth gin, St Peter's Ale, Sauvignon Blanc etc...

 

[Penners]

Clearly too much Pinot Grigio dear chap. Conversation and Conservation have the same number of letters...

My point exactly. What idiot thought up two words with the same (excessive) number of letters but with completely different meanings? I mean, how am I supposed to differentiate between them (after the fourth glass of PG)?

if you want a smartphone

No, no, no.... I want to a phone simply to talk to people who are too far away to hear me by any other means (and that's a considerable distance).

St Peter's Ale

...which is made about a mile from where we live. Does that make this place Gareth's Mecca?

Cue endless weak jokes about bingo halls....

 

[LadyArowana]

No, no, no.... I want to a phone simply to talk to people who are too far away to hear me by any other means (and that's a considerable distance).

Wouldn't you be tempted to one by the thought of being able to show people pictures of your delightful grandchildren? and never missing out on a photo opportunity just because you didn't pack a camera? Checking in here when you are out and about would just be a bonus

 

[Penners]

Wouldn't you be tempted to [a smartphone] by the thought of being able to show people pictures of your delightful grandchildren? and never missing out on a photo opportunity just because you didn't pack a camera? Checking in here when you are out and about would just be a bonus.

I do my utmost to avoid being a grandchildren bore. I fail regularly, but if I were able to produce an electronic slideshow from my pocket any/everywhere I go, I would quickly lose the last of the few friends who have, thus far, tolerated my irritating eccentricities.

As for the camera, even if my big one is rather too bulky to carry around everywhere, I'm rarely without my little Canon secreted in my pocket.

Go on then - pick the doubles-entendres out of that lot.

 

[JoceAndChris]

:lol: I found nine.

 

[Penners]

That's impressive! I'm obviously doubling far more entendres than even I recognise.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Go on then - pick the doubles-entendres out of that lot.

Now, I'm not the francophile or stickler for accuracy that your are Mr P, but I believe the plural of double entendre is double entendres. :wink:

And if you don't stop doing things like this, people will begin to suspect you have a bad back! :wink: 8)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-11430203

 

[Penners]

I'm not the francophile or stickler for accuracy that your are Mr P, but I believe the plural of double entendre is double entendres.

Err - double: adjective, entendre: normally a verb, but used in this instance as a noun.

In French the adjective must always agree with the noun, so when the noun is masculine, feminine or plural, so must the adjective be.

Hence doubles entendres.

 

[Penners]

if you don't stop doing things like this, people will begin to suspect you have a bad back! :wink: 8)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-11430203

I don't understand why that's regarded as dangerous. He's wearing a high-vis jacket, isn't he? :roll:

 

[FamilyWiggs]

For those fascinated by some of the stuff in this thread, I can recommend this site from my alma mater:

http://sixtysymbols.com/