The Jumbo-normous January NSD Challenge!

cw18

Knit_Witch

Nargleblast wrote: »

When you have all finished bashing me over the head for that pathetic attempt at humour, I have an important announcement.

As we head for home waters at the end of our Arctic Circle cruise, we have collected an amazing number of NSDs. Now, because Someone Who Shall Be Nameless (kicks Igor) parked the Cauldron of Doom at the aft end (stop sniggering there, I said aft, it means the back end) of the ship, the weight of all those NSDs is causing the ship to sink at that end.

In order to keep the ship afloat, it has been decided that all passengers will move into cabins at the front end to counteract the weight of the Cauldron.
This means we will all have to double or triple up. I will be sharing with marmite, I have my earplugs ready for her snoring ( especially after she has had 15 pints of Igor's Festering Old Peculiar ).
kermit will have the Presidential suite. That is because he will be sharing with Igor, Hubert, Swedish Chef, the polar bear, the reindeer, the sheep, the Shetland ponies and an assortment of chickens.

And kerri, with her talent for climbing poles, will be up in the crow's nest.

Carry on, troops!

Panic not! As we had the TARDIS available I nipped home, got my trusty cast iron cauldron and siphoned some NSDs into it before shoving it right to the prow of the cruise ship! (still going to kick Igor again on the way past though :rotfl:)

marmiterulesok

My Dad told me that there are no buses tomorrow in Shetland.Well certainly on Mainland.
He's not sure why,but thinks that it could be that all the bus drivers will be sleeping it off. :rotfl::rotfl:

nargle Norse code indeed.Trust you to come up with that!

I'm impressed that some of you know of it.i thought that nobody would respond.

Cheryl That's great that you've been.

See you all at The Tardis! :j

cw18

marmiterulesok wrote: »

Cheryl That's great that you've been.

One of my Uncles lived up there for a good few years - worked at the airport.

He got the nod he was coming back to the mainland in time for us to visit for the last one before he was no longer there to provide accomodation. It's the only time I recall my parents taking us out of school for anything other than a close family funeral !!!

marmiterulesok

scotmumof3 wrote: »

Aw cute kitty very scary :rotfl:

She's a sweetie pie otherwise.....:)

Nargleblast

Hooray! knitwitch saves the day! We don't have to move cabins after all!

Pass the Valhalla Vintage, and let's party!

marmiterulesok

cw18 wrote: »

One of my Uncles lived up there for a good few years - worked at the airport.

He got the nod he was coming back to the mainland in time for us to visit for the last one before he was no longer there to provide accomodation. It's the only time I recall my parents taking us out of school for anything other than a close family funeral !!!

That's interesting - but he wasn't a Shetlander?

It's just that I've got loads of family up there.My Mum's from Shetland originally and has lots of siblings.

PS A non - Shetlander is called a 'sooth moother'. :rotfl:

marmiterulesok

Knit_Witch wrote: »

Panic not! As we had the TARDIS available I nipped home, got my trusty cast iron cauldron and siphoned some NSDs into it before shoving it right to the prow of the cruise ship! (still going to kick Igor again on the way past though :rotfl:)

Nargleblast wrote: »

Hooray! knitwitch saves the day! We don't have to move cabins after all!

Pass the Valhalla Vintage, and let's party!

Hail Knit Witch! :beer::beer:

cw18

marmiterulesok wrote: »

That's interesting - but he wasn't a Shetlander?

Nope - he was born in Malvern. Not sure where his wife was born, but it was the mainland. His son was born in Wales before his posting to Lerwick.

But his daughter is a Shetlander, which I'm told was the only reason he could buy some land he wanted!! He'd bought some to build a home on and wanted more to give them a larger garden - but they weren't selling to 'outsiders'. His application was about to be turned down when an official spotted she'd been born on the island, and his application was allowed.

cw18

After we visited up there our family 'curse word' became Fladdabister
Nothing against the village / hamlet (was actually very pretty and quaint), but the name rolls off the tongue wonderfully and you can get quite a bit of enerfy behind it too