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  • ivyleaf
    ivyleaf Posts: 6,431 Forumite
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    I'm up for the cruise. And if I were to make a load of cheese scones, I think we could repel boarders by throwing those at them.

    Welcome Cocketts and BigJenny! :hello:

    Cocketts Are you willing/able to say what your old username was? I bet some of us long-standing posters will remember you. :)

    mardatha and karcher Sending you very gentle feel-better (((HUGS)))

    I have just seen a tall grey-haired man whizz past the house on a scooter :D
  • Islandmaid
    Islandmaid Posts: 6,626 Forumite
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    mardatha wrote: »
    I have hidden the Jelly Babies, and have a Hufferlump patrolling
    ***************************
    Right that's IT. I'm not coming!

    Mar We promise a healthy Jelly Baby ration each day :D

    :wave: To the newbies :j
    Note to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!

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  • karcher
    karcher Posts: 2,069 Forumite
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    Bigjenny wrote: »
    I must get my Passport renewed before we sail.

    Oh!! Yes I must do mine too...I don't want to be stranded at the docks :(

    Does the heffalump have a passport? :think:
    'I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought
    And I ain't got the power anymore'
  • What MAR would really like is an UNHEALTHY jelly baby ration each day, 'ticularly the black ones!

    How about HMS TSUNAMI for a life on the ocean wave? it would suit this gang of eccentrics down to the ground and possibly have relevance wherever we made port!
  • Floss
    Floss Posts: 9,156 Forumite
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    H.M.S. Chatterbox?

    My passport is fine, still has 3 years to run...unless we won't be back within 3 years?!

    Have commandeered an awful lot of h/m wine and sloe gin for my share, and will persuade DH it is in his interests to make truffles for us too :D
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  • camelot1001
    camelot1001 Posts: 6,468 Forumite
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    Err, wait for me!
  • Cocketts
    Cocketts Posts: 130 Forumite
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    ivyleaf wrote: »
    I'm up for the cruise. And if I were to make a load of cheese scones, I think we could repel boarders by throwing those at them.

    Welcome Cocketts and BigJenny! :hello:

    Cocketts Are you willing/able to say what your old username was? I bet some of us long-standing posters will remember you. :)

    mardatha and karcher Sending you very gentle feel-better (((HUGS)))

    I have just seen a tall grey-haired man whizz past the house on a scooter :D

    Lillibet dripping! Still have two mad springer spaniels who still insist on speaking 'Docky'!!x
    Everything will be alright in the end - and if it's not alright, it's not the end ........
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    I have now barricaded meself in the hold with the booze and the jellybabies. And if that elephant tries to get in then it's going where the last one went! ;)
  • nursemaggie
    nursemaggie Posts: 2,608 Forumite
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    Well I was going to opt out if we were sailing on silva's boat as I get sea sick. If it's a big liner I'll be OK but I'm no good anything from a ferry down.
  • monnagran
    monnagran Posts: 5,284 Forumite
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    Mar, we are not impressed with your idle threats. I think that the elephant is more than a match for your freezer.

    In view of the expertise of the proposed crew, may I suggest, "ABANDON HOPE."

    Ooh, I remember lillibet dripping. You are very welcome in your new incarnation.
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    Who lift us to our feet when our wings
    Have trouble remembering how to fly.
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