The Ultimate Incentive Threadies go all out!

archersluck

Dinah93 wrote: »

Please say that food manufacturer makes chocolate bars and lets you give random people you meet on the internet tours and small swims in the vats of chocolate. And may or may not have in house varieties of oompa loompas I can take home and get to iron and clean for us.

Lol! are you sure its chocolate you want and not reformed meat products? They a lovely in their own way... Even nestle in York doesn't actually use chocolate anymore, they make polos and fruit pastels now, not as many opportunities for swiming in vats of chocolate

Cmd, you are superwoman! Don't do too much!

Birdie85

My Dad gets really upset when people rave about the Harbour Bridge, he's like, 'Just go to Newcastle and see the Tyne Bridge... and the 6 others on the river, you don't get that in Sydney!' He's a proud Geordie!

More Harry word fun: Vol-de-mort= Flight of death! Also the school motto is Draco Dormiens Nunquam Tittilandus (might have spelt that incorrectly!) which means 'Never tickle a sleeping dragon'! JK's a clever one!

Really sorry to hear about your uncle Tete.

Hope you're looking after yourself CMD, hopefully things will calm down soon, not long left now!

Cinny91

Tete_en_l'Air wrote: »

I love it I love it I love it

Thanks Tete, I've gone from having Mutiny Within tinkering in my head to Lolly - Viva la Radio. I know you didn't mean for it to happen, but I'm not happy

And I'm so sorry to hear about your Uncle, the only thing I'd suggest would be to spend as much time with your Nan as you can to take her mind off it a little. Hope the op goes well

Great news on the cards too :j

As for Harry Potter, you're all making my brain melt. I have no freakin' idea. All I know is I started laughing uncontrollably in the cinema when they started going 'avada kedavra!!' Always tickles me

starnac

I'm not a Harry Potter fan so have really learnt things from this thread. Can't wait til my sister comes home in August now and I can go "did you know.............etc" and look all intelligent :rotfl:

Tete_en_l'Air

Cinny91 wrote: »

Thanks Tete, I've gone from having Mutiny Within tinkering in my head to Lolly - Viva la Radio. I know you didn't mean for it to happen, but I'm not happy

Sorry you've lost me!

Eek CMD - three weeks til maternity leave I presume? What's your due date again? Seems to have come round really fast!

Yeah I'm never sure when you see the bridge on telly whether it's Sydney or Newcastle - the colour of the sky is normally a clue though

Am only in a half day today so better love you and leave you

Birdie85

I used to know LOADS of Harry Potter geekery, back in't'day! A lot of it's fallen out of my head now though, although I did read the first book in French and enjoyed learning the French names for the houses- Gryffondor (obvious), Poufsouffle (Hufflepuff), Serpentard (Slytherin), Serdaigle (Ravenclaw) and Hogwarts is Poudlard! I drove through the vilage that Snape is named after not so long ago too, got a bit excited!

Sirius is a star... also known as the 'Dog Star'

I love finding all of the hidden meanings behind everything! Want to read the books again now!

Cinny91

Birdie85 wrote: »

Serpentard

Sweet lord this made me die Seriously?!? My Sister used to know all the little facts too. I feel like I missed a trick growing up with this Harry Potter stuff. Only thing I properly remember reading growing up was Horrible Histories. I think thats why I love the TV show now!

And Tete - if you don't know that song DON'T look for it. It's a stupid song that I used to love when I was about 7, and she goes 'I love it, I love it, I love it!' in the background. My heads switched to Sean Jenness now so it's all over with if I don't think about it.

CMD - I meant to say your pregnancy is really flying by! I'll be a boring betty and say don't over do yourself with the planning and the run. Make time for a cuppa and some malted milks (or biscuit of choice) at least Glad your work is almost over though!

Birdie85

I didn't even really grow up with it all, I started reading the books when I was 14, although that's 12 years!!! :eek:

I loved Horrible Histories! Actually, I still do! I found some books that had been salvaged from a big clearout when we moved and I'm slowly rebuilding my collection from charity shops. The TV show is brilliant, it needs more coverage IMO!

Dinah93

Please tell me no one didn't get Avada Kedavra straight away on reading the first book? If they did you should be ashamed of yourself!

Mmmmm reformed meat... nowhere near as fun although I'll still take it if there is a meaty version of the oompa loompa?

Tete_en_l'Air

I was in my 20s when I started reading HP, the fact that my friends all banged on about it so much made me more determined not to get sucked in, but sometimes you should just submit...

I have the first three books in French on my shelf unread Maybe I'll take one to France with me next month!