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September 2006- June 2007

Anonymous
No subject title | 28/6/2007, 23:48
Nothing said

Steve
O2 (Dome) | 28/6/2007, 23:47
I'm seeing Prince there at the end of August. Heard lots of good stuff about it. Glad that some of it at least is from someone I know!!

Simon H
No subject title | 28/6/2007, 11:32
Speaking of musak - if you get a chance, check out what they've done to the millonium dome - go to a gig there. I ended up at the secret Snow Patrol pre-gig last night (just me and 10,000 others) - best stadium sound system I've ever heard. Best light show I've ever seen (not counting Pink Floyd in the nineties). Well worth experiencing a gig there for all ye music lovers.

slon
No subject title | 28/6/2007, 9:3
Is it me or did no-one else understand that?

DAve Wid
No subject title | 27/6/2007, 13:51
Also, Dave, can you set up an RSS thing on the MH site so I can check updates on iGoogle?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 27/6/2007, 9:36
New album due at the end of the summer. Also, I am trying to convince my wife that it would be a good idea for me to go to the Connect music festival in Inveraray at the end of August. Any Hatters interested?

Psi
The Go! Team | 26/6/2007, 13:49
Have they got a new album out?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 25/6/2007, 21:48
The Go!Team are my new favorite band.

Dino
No subject title | 25/6/2007, 13:40
Davey - I do believe they are trying to sell their services to you!!!! Can you credit it...

dave
No subject title | 25/6/2007, 12:53
I see we've been hacked again. This time by those pesky Iranians.
Don't you think that international diplomacy would be more succesful if they used words like 'pesky','piffling' and 'trifle'?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 22/6/2007, 17:50
Hello weekend, I love you.

Steve
Video Scrap book | 20/6/2007, 12:7
Ha!! Very funny! You all look so young. Some people even had hair!! It makes me realise how little I got involved whilst at Hatfield!

dave
Video Scrapbook | 20/6/2007, 12:3
For all those yet to marvel at the video scrapbook, please have a look [see 'The Shows' link in the left hand menu]. The video scrapbook was originally compiled by Justin, Ken and Gary et al from an archive of pictures (which they really should get into the Madhatters Flickr pool [!]). Dave Wid and I watched it over the weekend and I decided to digitise it for the site, from the original video footage (hence the picture quality is a bit rope). Those older Madhatters may remember with fondness the original soundtrack that accompanied it, with The Housemartins, Simply Red and Jimmy Sommerville. I replaced it on Dave's request, originally solely with sound effects, a few of which I have left in. Now, if I had the original photos and a couple of spare days, I would re-digitise the whole lot and make a lovely super HD version. But I don't. Maybe Justin and/or Gary can help, but I have a feeling they have better things to do also. BTW, please, please, nobody attempt digitising any of the shows. Lets leave our happy memories intact.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 20/6/2007, 2:15
That soundtrack is the funniest thing I've heard in AGES! Love the sfx in the back - its like an episode of Absolutely.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 20/6/2007, 2:4
So is Sayara famous now?

dave
No subject title | 19/6/2007, 16:27
I don't have the original photos but I'm sure Gary could do a bang up job these days, all shiny and HD ready. By the way - have a look at the comments that have been left on The Boyfriend page. Bizarre.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 19/6/2007, 15:33
Thanks Dave - I'd just like to offer a big thank you from all the Madhatters for yet another important job well done. Thank you. . . . . . I love you man.

dave
No subject title | 19/6/2007, 14:59
I just posted the video on the Memory Lane page. I did change the soundtrack to something much, much, worse. Apologies about the shoddy picture quality see, but its from VHS. Ask Justin and Gary to do a proper HD copy though.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 19/6/2007, 12:47
Howeve, as I pointed out on Sunday - the adding of a different sountrack would not be a bad thing. How about I mail you 'Ready Steady Boogaloo'?

Steve
No subject title | 19/6/2007, 11:46
Anything I can help you with Davey?

dave
No subject title | 19/6/2007, 10:52
As always, these things take longer than at first envisaged. Apparently my recorded MPEG is muxed and the audio is seperated (although it appears to be in one file - huh?) therefore I can't export them both together. It means that I have to create the audio soundtrack.

slon
No subject title | 19/6/2007, 9:20
Happy Birthday Shona

Dave Wid
No subject title | 18/6/2007, 22:54
Where's this vid link then Dave?

dave
Adobe | 17/6/2007, 13:30
SIon, meet me round the back of the website in 10 mins, mutter.

slon
No subject title | 15/6/2007, 16:41
Any chance of a copy? Of course not, I'm only kidding, Mr Adobe's lawyers ha, ha. Still..

Dave Wid
No subject title | 14/6/2007, 16:31
Cool site - like the sheep. I am happy again. OFSTED have decided after much deliberation that I am.....'good' AND I have got Photoshop CS3

mikey h
website | 14/6/2007, 15:23
you're faster than me Dave.... I've been trying to work out what it's all about for most of the day!! - but then I've got nothing else to do as I sit and watch the clock tick down to the end of my Motorola Employment!!!

dave
No subject title | 14/6/2007, 14:57
Man, that took me a while to work out what it was. There sure are a lot of people flying around the planet n'est pas?

slon
website | 13/6/2007, 13:11
This is a bit scary and quite interesting http://users.design.ucla.edu/~akoblin/work/faa/us.html

Anonymous
No subject title | 13/6/2007, 0:41
I knew a Cant called Brian once.

Mikey H
No subject title | 12/6/2007, 15:36
Cant say I have!!

dave
No subject title | 12/6/2007, 13:50
...or maybe not. Anyone met Brian Cant?

dave
No subject title | 11/6/2007, 20:37
Should get Mr Gidley posting.

dave
No subject title | 11/6/2007, 20:37
I just CANT get enough.

dave
No subject title | 11/6/2007, 20:37
CANT CANT CANT CANT CANT CANT. Say it enough and you'll start go to loopy.

dave
No subject title | 11/6/2007, 20:36
You're just to good to be true, CANT take my eyes off of you.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 11/6/2007, 19:4
I love a piece of old Cant.

dave
No subject title | 11/6/2007, 17:12
What an award winning combination. Brian Cant must be knocking on a bit these days.

Psi
No subject title | 10/6/107, 9:58
Phill Jupitus and Brian Cant are doing a thing called Trumptonshire Tales as a celebration of 50 years of Trumpton, Chigley and Camberwick Green

Dave Wid
No subject title | 9/6/2007, 12:31
On a brighter note - whats worth booking at the Fringe this year?

dave
Olympix | 8/6/2007, 22:27
After all the brouhaha, I thought I'd take 20mins out of my busy schedule and have a go at a logo. I suggest dusting off Microsoft Paint and giving it a go yourself.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 8/6/2007, 17:51
....what I forgot to say about the logo is that it's failing is that it's SO conteporary. I think its fashionable retro electric eighties vibe may look a little dated in 5 years time.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 8/6/2007, 17:49
I'm sick and tired of all the logo shenanigans. Firstly - it's not that bad. It's certainly powerful - look at all the attention it has grabbed. How so many people can complain as if it is somehow offending is unreasonable. It's modern & different and hence it is disliked - can I just say it is disliked by the same people who think that that 'thinking man' clipart has really jazzed up that powerpoint. . . . .These people really don't need to be opining about graphic design. As for the £400k thing - what an effing nonsense. I'm sure that is the size of the contract as a whole and the concept as a includes all sorts of cool things like the ace site on the right. Besides - these London designers have to afford their London mortguages. Finally - I'm sick of moaning Londoners. They were so cynical about the Dome it was a failure before it openend its doors. They moan about Wembley and couldn't keep it to budget - the Coventry/Birmingham bids was soooo much more sensible. And now the Olympics - they've already decided its going to be shit and will spend the next few years distancing themselves from it. They should really try and build they're own opinions from experience and not the Daily effing Mail - whose editor yesterday denied global warming. There's an opinion to trust. Be more positive London - stop being so... so... southern!

Steve
Logo | 8/6/2007, 17:11
Davey, I'm afraid I have to disagree. You should be one of the many offended!! I seem to find myself defending the London 2012 Olympics at regular intervals. I myself can't wait for it, have volunteered to be involved in it and hope to see as much of it as possible. It'll be great for London and great for all of us. A true spectacle, with lots of fun and some tremendously competitive events! However, there is no getting away from the fact that the logo is shit. I'm with Psi and think the interim logo should have been kept as it summed up everything it needed to. Apart from all that, spending 400k on it was the dumbest thing they could have done. In a climate where everyone is concerned that the Olympics will no way come in costing what they say it will, it was downright idiotic! I would have run some sort of competition, open to Londoners, to design the logo. I'm sure something better would have been created, it would have been free and it would have created a community feel about the whole games. Now, to quote Stan Lee, 'Nuff said'.

dave
Olympics logo | 8/6/2007, 15:42
Oh, bit serious there. I did enjoy the movie, it really was fit-inducing stuff, especially the bit where the diver goes into the pool. Catch it on youtube. Or should that read cat shit on youtube?

dave
Olympics logo | 8/6/2007, 15:40
I quite like it. I think the mistake they made was actually to announce it and make a big fanfare. They should have introduced it by stealth(like everything else). I like it because it is different, it doesn't feel corporate, Despite what people say about 'my child could have done better with 20mins and some crayons'. I haven't seen anyone come up with anything better. I wish people would stop being down on the Olympics and concentrate on the main point, that it doesn't really matter about the logo actually, its a wonderful event and chance to get the whole country feeling proud about something for a chage. By and large, we really are such a nation of bloody whingers.

slon
logo | 8/6/2007, 13:26
Bit crap, I reckon, but don't really care. How it cost £400,000 beats the hell out of me,

Sarah
Logo | 7/9/2007, 11:1
Personally I don't have a problem with it. But then I don't suffer from epilepsy.

Anonymous
No subject title | 7/6/2007, 14:18
Nothing said

Psi
No subject title | 7/6/2007, 12:39
What I don't get is why we need a new one at all. the ribbon in the shape of the Thames was aces. (OK so some people in the rest of the world may not have known it was the river but, er, what in the new logo is redolent of London? Oh yes, the fact that it looks like some crappy graffiti.)

John
No subject title | 6/6/2007, 19:58
Steve French - have you got time for an Olympics logo?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 6/6/2007, 14:4
Well to confirm I will need 2 for Kate and I (it'll 70's sitcom twin beds next...) and 1 for Mick (former Raptou vocalist & bass player). That's 3 in total. I will try and push a few others for you.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 6/6/2007, 14:4
Well to confirm I will need 2 for Kate and I (it'll 70's sitcom twin beds next...) and 1 for Mick (former Raptou vocalist & bass player). That's 3 in total. I will try and push a few others for you.

dave
No subject title | 5/6/2007, 22:20
Yes Dave there are 4. Please give me a call asap or I am going to have to give a flat back.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 5/6/2007, 17:29
Dave - are there any extra rooms still available for Edinburgh? I know someone who is interested.

Bryan Ferry
Berlin | 5/6/2007, 16:40
Oh yeah, Albert Speer's buildings and the flags - just amazing. Really beautiful

Simon H
No subject title | 5/6/2007, 14:34
I liked Berlin. I could live there quite easily. Although I can't speak the language.

Anonymous
No subject title | 4/6/2007, 22:37
Nothing said

slon
No subject title | 4/6/2007, 22:36
Erm...raindrops on roses?

Terry Jones
No subject title | 4/6/2007, 16:16
But not when there name is Bamber.

Anonymous
No subject title | 4/6/2007, 14:18
I like traffic lights

Dave Wid
No subject title | 4/6/2007, 10:14
I like Gmail too. I also like chocolate and popular music. I know someone who likes Kenny Rogers. People like all sorts of different things. Lets all say what we like.

slon
No subject title | 1/6/2007, 19:8
google mail is fab

Steve
Controversial | 1/6/2007, 17:51
I could have told you all that MySpace is rubbish days ago but it'd all gone quiet on the site and it made for interesting reading watching you all trying to make it work!! Apart from that it's ugly and full of muppets! Oooooh. Friday afternoon rant!! Google mail and Google calendar on the other hand are a joy to use (so far).

dave
Madhatters Pics | 1/6/2007, 16:26
Really need to get some new pictures into the Madhatters Picture library. Come on guys and gals, dust off those old photo albums and get scanning.

dave
MySpace | 1/6/2007, 16:25
Simon you are right, the MySpace interface is rubbish. It is not a patch on the best Web2.0 applications like Flickr and Facebook. In fact it hasn't improved at all since I joined, if anything its got worse. It's almost like somebody's bought it to run it into the ground, hmmm!? Conspiracy anyone.

dave
No subject title | 1/6/2007, 16:22
I'm not trying to belittle your credit Si. One of the frailties of myspace is that it assigns the music to the name of your profile not the band name, therefore if you want to present tracks across a broad range of projects (for instance for a personal page) it assigns them to you, (or me in this case) not the band that recorded them. Take it up with Tom. The best thing to do is to either create an Otis page or just upload it yourself on your page and then it will be Simon Burges' Proximity.

slon
No subject title | 1/6/2007, 15:22
You set up in myspace music as an artist i think. Ask DP

LeBurge
Music | 1/6/2007, 15:12
But how do I upload my own music?! Instead I have Proximity by Dave Patrick. I'm sure that was an Otis track and I was involved in it somehow?

slon
No subject title | 1/6/2007, 9:47
Ah, well, I think I've got that sussed. Go to the artists page, see what tracks they have available for you to add and click add. Why is it only the very oldest Madhatters are on myspace? Surely some mistake?

LeBurge
Space? | 1/6/2007, 9:38
Myspace seems very clunky. How do you get your page to play a music track when opened? Can't work that out. I used to me able to work out all technology in five seconds. B'ah! Anyway, this is my rather empty page: http://www.myspace.com/le_burge

Slon
myspace | 31/5/2007, 14:27
http://www.myspace.com/sion1967. It's all a bit beyond me. I feel like my dad trying to set the video.

dave
Rap'Tou | 31/5/2007, 14:11
Dave - whilst you may feel like it is time to move on, you can only truly move on when you have immortalised your past. You will never be in a band like that again (The Feral Graffiti Bandits will be much cooler) and as such you must release a definitive package.

dave
No subject title | 31/5/2007, 14:8
Hi Sion. I got your request via myspace but it didn't seem to add you correctly. Not sure what's going on there. Also I am unable to find you, can you give me the URL or send a request again. Cheers.

slon
MySpace | 31/5/2007, 13:28
Done, Davey. Let's be honest, that Tom chap was just an albatross anyway.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 31/5/2007, 13:3
It's time to move on Dave. Perhaps a repackaged CD would give me closure - I could include video footage too....but its time to say goodbye to the T'ou and the world needs to offer polite greetings to 'The Feral Graffiti Bandits'.

dave
No subject title | 31/5/2007, 12:51
Hi SIon, I'll be your myspace buddy. Surf on over to http://www.myspace.com/davepatrickmusic

slon
web site recommendations | 31/5/2007, 12:23
Re: the website recommendation, does any one have a myspace, etc page? I've set one up, but I feel very old

dave
No subject title | 30/5/2007, 16:38
Sometimes I guess we just don't have much to talk about. While your here Dave - I wondered if you had had the time to remaster and release a nice CD package of Raptou's greatest? It's gotta be more fulfilling than all those Photoshop posters for the Revellers?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 30/5/2007, 16:41
It's very quiet this week.

Carrie
Just like old times | 29/5/2007, 19:1
This takes me back to old times at Hatfield Poly. Check out our school production of "Annie" last week. Very cute. http://www.patana.ac.th/PatanaLife/AnnieDressRehearsal/

Dave Wid
No subject title | 25/5/2007, 19:54
I must say tho that 'Feral Graffiti Bandits' is one hell of a good name for a band.

Dr Spooner
No subject title | 25/5/2007, 17:14
I hate Nerdy Turks.

Dino
No subject title | 25/5/2007, 17:5
Dave & Caro - congrats on the news! Like the link Dave - I spotted that earlier today...being the same age as the reporter and also having just recently succumbed to entering myself on Facebook too...had to keep up wih the GF you see...

Steve
Turks | 25/5/2007, 14:12
Oh man. I have to go to Istanbul the week after next. Will I be accosted by Nerdy Turks where ever I go?

dave
Up to no good | 25/5/2007, 13:21
Oh, I see. It was actually the phrase 'up to no good'. I see your point. Still bloody good fun though. Is anyone else 'up to no good' today?

dave
No subject title | 25/5/2007, 13:19
Who could possibly be offended by 'nerdy Turks'? How else should I describe them? They come on the site, hack it to pieces and then leave their tags like a bunch of feral grafitti bandits. It is they who name themselves Turks, not I. I have simply embellished with a lovely adjective 'Nerdy'. Stick that up your P.C. jumper sonny.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 25/5/2007, 12:42
Oh and Psi - good link my friend.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 25/5/2007, 12:28
...not sure that was the most politically correct comment Davey.....anyways, its the last day of half term and I have a horrid class so I just gave them an exam as I can't be arsed with them today. I am bad.

The real dave
Hacked by Lord | 24/5/2007, 23:9
Yes, I haven't taken the time to make this site secure. I have a life you know. I can't be tinkering all the time, and anyway if I password protect everything then people will just stop talking, and is that something you want on your hands? Is it? Hmmm? No, thought not. I am willing to put up with such divine hacking every now and again. Mind you those nerdy turks piss me off, they're always up to no good.

Dave
Hacked by Lord | 24/5/107, 12:13
Through Google I found that you'd been "Hacked by Lord for Iraq", which also happened to me. DId you happen to discover how your system was compromised?

Psi
No subject title | 23/5/107, 23:46
Congratulations Caroline and Dave. And Mr Wid - have you seen these:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TgUkewQX1M&NR=1

slon
No subject title | 23/5/2007, 15:55
And congrats other Dave, too

slon
No subject title | 23/5/2007, 15:55
Congrats Dave. Love to Caro.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 23/5/2007, 15:34
I just farted and managed to blame it on a kid. Does that count as news?

Mikey H
Mini P!! | 23/5/2007, 15:34
That's fairly major news Dave..... another rollercoaster to blame??

dave
No subject title | 23/5/2007, 15:29
...and please, no comments. It's due in October.

dave
No subject title | 23/5/2007, 15:27
Caroline's pregnant again - does that count?

Mikey H
leaving here | 23/5/2007, 14:40
.....I've only got to come into work 10 more days before I'm free of this place!!!! - Hurray!!!...... Anyone else got any major news???

slon
No subject title | 23/5/2007, 9:48
Dave, can I ask that the pic of Si in the yellow clown wig be permanently deleted, please? It's too early in the day to be faced with that.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 22/5/2007, 19:12
I have registered with the famous 90210 zip. Funny.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 22/5/2007, 18:42
Indeed. So much so that my chart of the Norwegian Leather Industry has gone off the scale.

Steve
Pandora... | 22/5/2007, 16:55
But are you profoundly in love with Pandora?

Psi
No subject title | 22/5/2007, 15:54
That's a little bit ambiguous

Dave Wid
No subject title | 22/5/2007, 15:10
I must say I'm loving Pandora almost as much as Adrian Mole.

Anonymous
No subject title | 21/5/2007, 23:51
90210

Steve
Pandora | 21/5/2007, 22:10
Hey gang. Update: As Davey suggested, you can pull a fast one. I just went in and put a relatives San Francisco zip code and I now am registered on Pandora. Bring on the choons. Great!!

Steve
Pandora | 21/5/2007, 15:7
Yeah, I know. I was sitting there enjoying my very own James Brownesq radio station when it stopped and asked for registration. I have to say I didn't try a dodgy address. I'll give it a go with one of Jo's US relie's addresses.

US pedant
No subject title | 21/5/2007, 15:7
Enfield's in CT, not CA

dave
No subject title | 21/5/2007, 14:41
Isn't that stupid. Does it not let you sign-up at all. Can you do the old trick of putting Enfield, CA?

Steve
Pandora | 21/5/2007, 10:25
Hey Davey. Pandora's a great idea. I was loving it but when it came to registration you need to be a US resident!!

dave
No subject title | 21/5/2007, 0:14
It's very clever. I commend and applaud these intellects.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 20/5/2007, 16:56
It appears a vagina has 'hacked' this site again. Isn't he clever!

Dave Wid
No subject title | 20/5/2007, 16:55
Well done Mr Nob-e

slon
No subject title | 16/5/107, 22:33
get 'em onto iTunes

Dave Wid
No subject title | 16/5/2007, 21:17
It's like Above and Beyond all over again...... I'm only jealous tho - need to get those Rap T'ou bootlegs out there......

dave
What I Meant to Say album | 16/5/2007, 16:37
They are coming Sion but not available at the moment. In the meantime I would like to offer a free CD to all Madhatters. With the proviso that if you like it you purchase a second copy from Amazon when available. Just e-mail me,

slon
No subject title | 16/5/2007, 14:30
Got any samples?

dave
New Album | 16/5/2007, 13:6
I do however have a new album coming out with Rox Clayton-Scott called 'What I Meant to Say'. That I really would like people to have a look at.

dave
No subject title | 16/5/2007, 13:5
Ah ha. It's not actually a new album, it's a re-release of the 2002 classic, through small indie label. I use the word classic in a guarded sense. Anyway there it is. I was diverting attention away from Dino's Dave Patrick albums posting.

Mikey H
Otis | 16/5/2007, 11:6
...I am concerned that there is only one more copy left.... best get ordering it before Otis sell out completely!!

MIkey H
Otis | 16/5/2007, 11:5
It's amazing what photoshop can do for Dave and Simons appearance.... I never realised that Dave had such blue eyes and so few grey hairs ;-) Congrats on the release though!

Dino
No subject title | 17/5/2007, 9:52
Dave - it was more funny when you weren't self-promoting... ;-p

slon
No subject title | 16/5/2007, 9:45
So, what reviews should we give it?

Ken
No subject title | 16/5/2007, 9:37
Dave, good effort on getting yourself onto Amazon. When's the new album due?

Simon H
No subject title | 16/5/2007, 9:25
Ah - Ronny and Reggie's part of the town.

Dino
No subject title | 17/5/2007, 8:34
"that" isn't a verb at all - it's a pronoun! Geesh, good job you aren't teaching English...

Dino
No subject title | 16/5/2007, 19:31
Bethnal Green me old mucker

Dave Wid
No subject title | 15/5/2007, 12:58
Is that a new verb?

Simon H
No subject title | 15/5/2007, 11:19
I saw The Waterboys play Albert Hall last Friday. Who'd have thought I'd be standing to "Whole of the Moon" 20 years after it's release. I'd post a picture, but Dave P laughs at my crap concert photos. And my inability to predictive text.

Simon H
No subject title | 15/5/2007, 11:17
Damn - I just wrote orgasm on a web page. We'll be blacklisted by the web porn robots. Damn - I just said porn. And again.

Simon H
No subject title | 15/5/2007, 11:16
Dave Wid. It's a deluxe model airbed, with a vibro-cushion and sonic orgasm-inducer.

Simon H
No subject title | 15/5/2007, 11:15
Dino - where are you living?

Dino
No subject title | 16/5/2007, 8:9
You could always take in the jolly old East End - we could have a righ' old Cockney knees up!

Dave WId
No subject title | 14/5/2007, 20:37
You ALWAYS have a gig. Some bloody wedding I suppose. We can have fun tho. Si - the air bed sounds inviting........that sounded a bit fruity when I red it back.

dave
No subject title | 14/5/2007, 18:36
I never thought it would happen, with Si and the girl from Clapham, but now its my assumption. he's really up the junction.

Simon H
No subject title | 14/5/2007, 11:49
Or you could come to London and stay here. I'm at Clapham Junction. Ere, we could go up va West End like. I have a very comfortable air bed, a coffee machine and a subscription to "Convert Your Washing Machine" monthly

dave
No subject title | 14/5/2007, 10:58
Its been a good while since I baited Kestrels. The M25 is the place to do it though,

dave
No subject title | 14/5/2007, 10:57
16th June is great for me but I do have a gig in the evening. Actually that means its probably not so good for me as I'll have to leave at 5pm. You can still come over though.

Simon H
No subject title | 14/5/2007, 10:26
16 June is booked in for me. What shall we do. Take in a show? Dance till the early hours? Bait some kestrels under the M25?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 13/5/2007, 23:8
When am I going to learn how to type?

Dave WId
No subject title | 13/5/2007, 18:58
I'd just like to say that I look nothing like Kieth Chegwin. Dave & Si, in case you were too drunk to remember, we made a date on the 16th of June. As for The Boyfriend ..... ".... too dance with you is thrilling for my pOOr EEEgOOOh".... how about doing the sequel 'Divorce me Darling'....( I wish I was joking - but there WAS a sequel by Sandy Wilson)

Simon H
No subject title | 13/5/2007, 11:48
So... Davy and I were sitting drinking after watching Roger Waters at Earls Court and we decided that's it's time we put on the world's g$yest play again "The Boyfriend", but with the original Hatfield cast. Where is Justine ? Anyone know? I want my Kiki back. Anyway, we called Dave Wid with this idea and he said 'F7ck off, I'm watching Eurovision. I f&cking love Serbia me.".

Ken
No subject title | 11/8/2007, 7:43
Dave, how could I ever forget 'The Evil Bread' and the subsequent sequels 'Crusty's Revenge' & 'The Return of the Toaster'. Will check out Crimewave.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 11/5/2007, 19:44
I liked Spidey 3 - fun but possibly suffering from one too many bad guys. Has a bit of the more brutal Raimi about it. And of course BC with the worst french accent in the world.... Did you spot Raimi's brother's cameo? You may also recognise hime from the magnificent Darkman (whih also features the best ever BC cameo of all time). Ken, good to see you still love a little bit of Sam. Remember our remake 'The Evil Bread'? Have you seen his early effort Crimewave?seen

slon
No subject title | 11/5/2007, 13:59
I last went to the cinema to see Superman Returns. I don't even have kids as an excuse. I'm so old.

dave
No subject title | 11/5/2007, 13:46
Wow, that sounds complex. Did you spot the Bruce Campbell Cameo then? I quite fancy 28 Weeks Later. As a diehard Simpsons fan though that will probably be my trip to the cinema for this year.

Psi
Spidey 3 | 11/5/2007, 13:27
I saw it and hated myself for really enjoying a film that made such a mess of its own timeline. It was like they shot a story in which things happened to people and developed over realistic lengths of time and then they found that the fights didn't end up in the right places in the running time so they recut it so it made no logical sense at all.

Ken
RE: Films & Kids | 10/8/2007, 13:10
Dave, haven't seen a film at the cinema since Casino Royale, I've always been a fan of Sam Raimi besides there is the customary Bruce Campbell cameo to look forward to. Speaking of BC would recommend Bubba-HoTep, very amusing.

dave
No subject title | 11/5/2007, 12:36
...or 'In the night garden' which is ace.

dave
No subject title | 11/5/2007, 12:36
Ken, haven't you started watching grown-up films yet? I love your enthusiasm for Spidey 3. How do you get enough time to watch a film anyway these days? I find my attention span is limited to about 30mins. I can just about manage an episode of Peep Show.

slon
No subject title | 11/5/2007, 10:43
I like having graffitti artist Banksy Moon as the leader of the UN. I do miss Boutros Boutros thingy and Kofi though. Is it a requirement to have an utterly ludicrous name in order to head up the UN?

Ken
No subject title | 10/8/2007, 10:32
SI i think you would make a great leader of the UN. Anyone seen Spidey 3 yet?

Mikey H
No one listens | 11/5/2007, 9:23
...Steve, are you saying that we all ignore Simon....or just don't listen to the fools in the United Nations?? And I've just noticed that there are no pictures of Simon in a dress on the page at the moment!!

Anonymous
No subject title | 10/5/2007, 17:31
Nothing said

Steve
Job | 10/5/2007, 17:30
Don't worry Si. Doesn't sound like there's much of a future in that job anyway. I mean, nobody listens to you.

Simon H
No subject title | 10/5/2007, 14:33
No - you're so wrong. I was one interview away from being the next President of the United Nations. Had my flight to Washington and a Fez ready as well. And then the call came: "Simon," said Kofi, "err... I don't know how to say this, but have you ever dressed as a woman?". No I said - forgetting my past temporarily. One hour later the CIA arrested me and some oriental bloke got the job.

dave
No subject title | 10/5/2007, 14:6
Anyway, just who exactly is going to be searching for you Simon and what would they be looking for? Just what have you got to hide? Fortunately for you, because your surname is a verb they would have to have a lot of patience to find the real juicy stuff. A cursory Google search reveals only your corporate home page.

dave
No subject title | 10/5/2007, 14:3
As far as I know, no-one has ever lost a contract or been denied gainful employment because they were in a student Drama Society or dressed-up for the sake of amateur dramatics. I mean its hardly drinking goats blood or setting fire to the pope - these photos are next btw.

dave
No subject title | 10/5/2007, 14:0
Never deny your past Simon, or you'll be strangled by your future.

slon
No subject title | 10/5/2007, 13:41
I do

Simon H
No subject title | 10/5/2007, 11:1
It's not just me is it? Well, that's the problem - it is just me. I have clients. Serious people. They don't want to see me in a pink apron. Or do they?

Dave Wid
strangely arousing | 9/5/2007, 19:49
I dunno - I just keep getting the photos of Hopes in a dress.

LeBurge
Otis | 9/5/2007, 9:34
Wow - an rare photo of an early Otis appearance. Cool!

Dino
No subject title | 10/5/2007, 9:0
Mind you, it does mean I can play Football Manager all day! :-)

Dino
No subject title | 10/5/2007, 8:59
No thanks - don't want the nerve back, rather that I can't feel my toes than have the pain I had before. Lovely weather to be off in eh? :-(

slon
No subject title | 8/5/2007, 16:28
We had to make our own entertainment when I were a lad. We'd sit round the fire after supper and practice foot surgery, by eck.

Natch
No subject title | 8/5/2007, 16:8
You've got a nerve....

Simon H
No subject title | 8/5/2007, 14:32
I have a spare nerve if you need it.

Simon H
No subject title | 8/5/2007, 14:32
Dino - was it burglers? They'll feckin' nick anything they will. Pesky monkeys.

Dino
No subject title | 8/5/2007, 12:5
Happy Bank Holiday everyone. I am stuck indoors recuperating after having a nerve in my foot removed...what a nerve eh! :-)

Simon H
No subject title | 5/5/2007, 11:59
Oh look - it's me in a dress. Did I spend the entire of university dressed like a pantomime dame? It seems that way.

Simon H
No subject title | 5/5/2007, 11:58
And oh bugger me - what's Kim doing there. That pesky kid can't stay out of trouble. By the way I haven't seen any Season 6 yet - have to watch in on DVD. By the way - check out The Unit. Fabulous. Dennis Haysbert heading up a delta team. Produced by Shawn "The Shield" Ryan

LeBurge
24 | 4/5/2007, 22:54
We just don't have time right now. I have to be on the other side of LA - about 30 miles - should be there in 5 minutes. Upload it to my PDA, etc.

Steve
24 | 4/5/2007, 14:13
How very dare you!! Every episode of 24 is original and unique and I love it!! Hang on. I have some schematics coming through. Must dash as I'm heading up a field mission with no body armour!!

Simon H
No subject title | 4/5/2007, 13:56
But by the maker I love it....

Simon H
No subject title | 4/5/2007, 13:56
Steve - you might have to be a little more specific. What you wrote describes every episode of 24.

Dino
No subject title | 4/5/2007, 13:33
Happy Birthday Caro - I presume that's why you're all in the US...?

Steve
President | 3/5/2007, 23:16
Yeah. Tell him that Jack is gonna be forced to stop his mission to save Audrey cos the vice president is now in charge!! Jack has had to 'go dark' again in an attempt to get the suitcase nuke technology to the Chinese.

slon
No subject title | 3/5/2007, 22:5
Nothing printable.

dave
No subject title | 3/5/2007, 21:13
Yeah, that's about the size of it. I am now in Washington D.C., anyone want me to deliver a message to the President?

slon
No subject title | 3/5/2007, 19:37
I was there 20 years ago, it was nice by the harbour, but inland it was straight out of "Cops"

Dave Wid
No subject title | 3/5/2007, 13:42
Baltimore - what a great name for a restaraunt.

dave
Baltimore | 3/5/2007, 4:10
Hi, I'm in Baltimore. It's all Baltimory here. Nice one. Hope everyone's having a nice time.

Mikey H
Dave's antics. | 2/5/2007, 15:27
..... all I will say is that that coffin may have been involved!

Mikey H
No subject title | 2/5/2007, 15:26
Oh look Simon in a dress again in Robs arms..... as for your question Simon - what we did in the cottage in the middle of nowhere will remain a closely guarded secret - and noone will ever find out what Brian did in that old Renault he kept on the front drive!..... and as for Dave's antics!!! - I could write a book!

Simon H
No subject title | 2/5/2007, 15:23
I take it ALL back - there's Dave rising from a coffin. Although he never wore a dress..... on stage anyway. What they got up to in that cottage they lived in in the middle of nowhere is anyone's guess. Mike?

Dino
Si Hopes in a dress | 2/5/2007, 10:51
Actually - I think you look more like Bill and Ben (not both of them obviously).

Simon H
No subject title | 2/5/2007, 10:32
And there we go again, I arrive at the site and there's a picture of me in a dress. Funny we never see any stupid photos of Davy P isn't it methinks.... hmmmm? eh? eh? Did he have the gift of foresight? Did he think forward to this day and realise the potential of the Internet and implications on his self image? I think he is possessed by the spirit of the 22nd century.

Simon H
No subject title | 2/5/2007, 10:28
Dave Wid - check out a French band (well he's a man actually) called Avril - the album is 'Member's Only'. Hilariously diverse but a great musician. I think this one will be right up your back alley

Simon H
No subject title | 2/5/2007, 10:15
Monday was a bad day. The stars were not in alignment. Probably......

Dave Wid
No subject title | 2/5/2007, 1:26
Thanks for your kind birhday wishes. However I had an absolutely shockingly bad birthday. Work was, well, a complete shitburger. It was rotten till about 9pm where the day was rescued last minute by our oldestof friends, beer. Simon, I think it was an Edinburgh cheque. I did write one once that payed the bearer 'My dignity', tho judging by Monday, they must have cashed it in. Oh and Mikey, check the time - this part time teacher is still marking coursework >-(( apparently that means I'm fed up. But on the bright side - I'm stil married!!

slon
No subject title | 1/5/107, 23:38
Erm, you don't mean decorating, do you? Come and live in a country village. Although on the downside we do have Liz.

Simon H
No subject title | 1/5/2007, 20:55
I went down to pick up my post yesterday and walked straight into the people doing over the ground floor flat. Come and live in London. I recommend it. Well I used to.....

Simon H
No subject title | 1/5/2007, 20:54
I remember that recording - yes - can I have a copy as well? Don't have it anymore sadly. Ah yes, Justine - currently residing in the 'where are they now' file. Was it the red hair? Was it the pout she could pull? Or was it those denim shorts that she sometimes wore with high heels? Great days....great days.

slon
No subject title | 30/4/2007, 23:16
Happy birthday Teach'.

Slon
No subject title | 30/4/2007, 23:15
Marvellous, would you burn me off a copy please?

Psi
No subject title | 30/4/2007, 22:10
Slon - if you mean the air traffic controller after dinner speech - I have it on CD

slon
No subject title | 30/4/2007, 21:47
Ah, Justine. She was dead gorgeous. Whatever happened to her, eh? And Si, do you remember that comedy tape you had by the airline pilot. Send us a copy will you, if you still have it, ta?

Simon H
No subject title | 30/4/2007, 19:47
I said that

Okay - so age is a good thing yes?
No subject title | 30/4/2007, 19:46
Nothing said

Steve
C0ck | 30/4/2007, 12:28
Let's face it Si. We all look like c0cks in most of Davey's pictures on Flickr. Time is an unfortanate thing.

Simon H
No subject title | 30/4/2007, 11:40
Why is it, whenever I visit Madhatters (rare I know and apologise), there's always a picture of me looking like a c0ck? Really?..... I did?...... I did?....... Never..... Okay I concede - I was. But at least I never played the popular 'lets have s$x in the coffin at the after show party' game. Justine would have been most upset.

Simon H
No subject title | 30/4/2007, 11:37
Yes Mike. And I believe I owe you for that unpleasant remark you made about the cut of my leather biker's jacket in 1989. How's the business going ? Is it Dave Wid's birthday today?

Mikey H
Shirt off my back | 30/4/2007, 10:2
Si, does this mean you're getting desperate & chasing up all of your old debts?? I think I may owe you a beer from the font in 1990....

Simon H
No subject title | 30/4/2007, 9:57
Maybe it was Edinburgh. I shall be comnig again this year, having taken a leaf out of Glastonbury's book and left it fallow last year.

Simon H
No subject title | 30/4/2007, 9:56
Dave Wid - Do you remember when you wrote me a cheque saying "pay the bearer" "The shirt of my fu$c&ing back". I found that the other day. Can you remember when you wrote it to me?

slon
bear spray | 27/4/2007, 22:17
great cartoon. From what I hear you've got it spot on.

dave
No subject title | 26/4/2007, 9:0
Spicy beans and bear spray, sounds lovely. I am interested to hear in your exploits Nick. Perhaps a blog might be the order of the day.

slon
No subject title | 25/4/2007, 17:11
Try the bear spray on your beans. Mmmm, spicey

Nick W
No subject title | 25/4/107, 7:15
Just bought a big axe today, and bear spray. Not really sure why, but thought I'd better fit in with the locals. Last night had Heinz "Baked Beans with Maple Syrup", which was the highlight of stay so far. Slon - keep seeing loads of adverts in the paper for Geo / Env Science type jobs. Check out the Calgary Herald on Weds and Saturday. Being a "stay at homd Dad" is beginning to wear a little thin, and so the applications are going in thick and fast.

slon
No subject title | 25/4/107, 12:6
7 hours (with lecture notes) to do a past paper yesterday. Now if only I can get that down to 2.5 hours with no notes, I'm laughing.

Sarah
Exams | 24/5/2007, 15:35
Good luck Slon!

Mikey H
Exams | 24/4/2007, 15:1
You'll be fine Slon - no worries. I still think Josie is going over the top making you sit the "make the bed nicely" and "how to arrange the throw cushions so the wife approves" exams, but the "how to use the remote control without disturbing the cat" may be more useful!!

dave
No subject title | 24/4/2007, 13:43
Exams? Sheesh. Is this for getting into Canada as well?

slon
No subject title | 23/4/2007, 9:26
Well, that was a quiet week! I've got exams at the end of this week. Last time I did any was 1992! I'm really worried.

Dino
No subject title | 20/4/2007, 15:29
Afternoon!

Mikey H
No subject title | 20/4/2007, 11:51
Morning!

slon
No subject title | 19/4/107, 22:29
G'night

dave
No subject title | 19/4/2007, 17:42
Hello

Dino
Dave Wid | 16/4/2007, 13:39
...that's why the sun is shining...

Dave Wid
No subject title | 16/4/2007, 12:40
Can I just cheer you all up by letting you know that I am now back at work.

slon
No subject title | 16/4/2007, 9:30
Yeah, but you can always flog 'em on.

dave
No subject title | 13/4/2007, 14:27
Ouch, I'm far too grumpy for that kind of planet hugging nonsense. Primadonna popstars preaching about saving planets, it's all to new Labour for me. I'm off to see Roger Waters, he knows a thing or two.

slon
No subject title | 13/4/2007, 12:45
Incidentally, to those interested, Live Earth ticket registration has opened.

The Man That Fell To Earth
No subject title | 12/4/2007, 16:59
.....aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGH ...... OW!

Steve
No subject title | 12/4/2007, 15:54
Oh bugger! I didn't want to know that!!

slon
No subject title | 12/4/2007, 14:2
I'll give this much away, he's not actually on Mars.

Dino
Life on Mars | 12/4/2007, 12:54
Steve: I don't think you've anything to worry about, the end is just as confusing as the beginning!

Steve
Life On Mars | 12/4/2007, 11:37
Guys!! I have series one on DVD and haven't started watching it yet. Please.... no spoilers (or at least let us know with a spoiler alert!)

Mikey H
No subject title | 12/4/2007, 10:41
Liverpool Vs AC Milan in the final again then!!!

Mikey H
No subject title | 12/4/2007, 10:41
Have to agree with Dino - I was watching the match!! The only time I have every enjoyed watching Man Utd!

slon
Life on Mars | 12/4/2007, 9:9
So, was he in a coma? Is he now? I'm confused.

Dino
Man U vs Roma | 12/4/2007, 8:44
But what a football match was taking place on the other side eh!

Dino
No subject title | 12/4/2007, 8:44
I missed the ending! :-( What happened after he started spinning on the roof with Bowie's "Life On Mars" playing that he ended up back in the 1970's again?

dave
Life on Mars | 12/4/2007, 8:35
Catch the Life on Mars ending anyone? I for one, was entertained. Spin-off series Ashes to Ashes anyone?

dave
No subject title | 12/4/2007, 8:33
Good morning.

MIkey H
off your soapbox | 11/4/2007, 13:41
.....you forgot to mention that you walk 5 miles each way to work in your bare feet and your father beats you to within an inch of your life every night when you get home ;-)

Dave Wid
On my soapbox ...... | 11/4/2007, 12:11
OK, the number of weeks is cool - but can I just point out that I work from 8 till 5-30 and with what I take home I work abot 55hrs a week. I'm not complaining and I'm not playing the violins - The easter hols are the first real holiday - I only have 100 courseworks and 120 exam scripts to mark - and the summer hols are a wheeze as I do nothing for six weeks. But, and this is the big BUT, the kids finish at 3-30 NOT the teachers and I never got this knackered in 10 years of the private sector. It's not better or worse - it's just different. As for pay - with a little resonsibility and a few years under your belt - its ok, but when you're starting out - the workload is the same, if not worse, so it's 55-60hrs a week for 18k doesn't quite sound so good. And I'm not going to even mention the average GP wage........

Mikey H
No subject title | 10/4/2007, 16:35
Oh the trouble you get in when you omit 'on' from the sentence "just like to point out that I'm not ON holiday" !!! but well done Mr Ponderer for being wide enough awake to read this stuff!

Psi
No subject title | 10/4/2007, 16:30
It would be less disturbing if it *was* Mike?

The Ponderer
Dave Wid on Mikey H | 10/4/2007, 15:15
I'm pondering the fact that Dave W is on someone called "holiday" but it's not Mikey H? What a disturbing thought!

Mikey H
Dave Wid | 10/4/2007, 15:0
.....just like to point out that I'm not holiday.... and I still wonder how teachers get away with only working 9am-3pm for 36 weeks a year and still complain about being underpaid!!!

Dave Wid
No subject title | 10/4/2007, 13:52
I'd just like to point out that I'm still on holiday.

Dino
No subject title | 10/4/2007, 13:31
How many cars and houses do you need then? Are you building a whole town?

slon
No subject title | 7/4/107, 14:15
What do you mean, north? You're further south than us.

Nick W
No subject title | 6/4/2007, 14:56
Greetings from the Real North. Minus seven, and a light dusting of snow. Paradise. All arrived in one piece, and tomorrow we shop for cars and houses.

slon
No subject title | 6/4/107, 7:39
Happy Birthday, Si

slon
No subject title | 5/4/2007, 17:2
Their national anthem is Oh Canada, which sounds like they weren't expecting it.

dave
No subject title | 5/4/2007, 16:15
I've just remembered that the Geordies also named parts of Canada like OTTAWA, MANITOBA and Saskatchewan. Is this joke wearing thin now?

dave
No subject title | 5/4/2007, 16:12
Anyway, god speed Wigginseseseses. May your fresh air, always be fresh, may your mountains always be mountainous and may you spend your days not running away from wild Bears.

dave
No subject title | 5/4/2007, 15:33
Not forgetting South Dakota.

dave
No subject title | 5/4/2007, 15:32
I happen to know a lot of US states were named by Geordies. Now, repeat in your best Geordiland accent, IDAHO, OHIO and of course HAWAII.

Jimmy Nail
No subject title | 5/4/2007, 14:28
Howay bonny lad, divn't ya slag off our toon, it's a canny place is nucastle....

slon
No subject title | 5/4/2007, 13:13
No, no. WE'RE in MK. The Wigginseses were in Geordiland. I think the main reason for leaving was so that their boys didn't grow up talking like Jimmy Nail

A Canadian Mountie
No subject title | 5/4/2007, 12:39
To get away from a twat like you?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 5/4/2007, 12:41
Everyone should emmigrate to Stone. Sunny Stone, paved with gold, with streams of ambrosia, honey windows and liquorice chimney pots. 'Tis a place where happiness reigns supreme and frowns are long forgotten....... We have a Morrisons too.

The Ponderer
No subject title | 5/4/2007, 12:18
Canada - Milton Keynes - Canada - Milton Keynes. Nope, can't see the difference between the two places - both as dull as yesterday's ditchwater. Why would anyone want to go there?

Ken
No subject title | 5/4/2007, 11:10
Farewell to the Wiggins', they should be at Heathrow now, awaiting their flight to a new life in Canada! Good luck and all that!

Dino
Maiden Moor | 4/4/2007, 16:46
What's her 1st name? And where has she gone?

dave
No subject title | 4/4/2007, 14:57
No, I'm on Maiden Moor.

slon
No subject title | 4/4/2007, 11:36
He's on Babylon 5!

Psi
No subject title | 4/4/2007, 9:55
Clearly it's hard to spell check when there is a photo obscuring the chat entry box!

Psi
No subject title | 4/4/2007, 9:54
Dave, that lanscape ebhind you looks oddly vertical - I think it's been photoshopped in and you're actually standing on the edge of a car park somehere.

dave
No subject title | 4/4/2007, 0:58
It's me on a hill. Do you fancy doing a bit of fell walking anytime Mr Wid? Perhaps we could take a day out of Edinburgh and head for the hills with Ano? Could be a laugh.

dave
No subject title | 4/4/2007, 0:57
They were great. Here's a photee

Dave Wid
No subject title | 3/4/2007, 15:53
How were they? Nice and purty I'd expect.

dave
No subject title | 3/4/2007, 13:51
Hi Dave, I am here. I've been up t'Lakes for a bit.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 3/4/2007, 11:2
Where has Davey P gone? Have Virgin mucked up his broadband?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 2/4/2007, 23:28
Not sure how to take that slon...... but no, I wasn't Fagin, I directed darling.

slon
No subject title | 2/4/2007, 16:40
Not you Mike, Dave. If ever anyone was born for a role...

Mikey H
Fagin... | 2/4/2007, 16:5
Nope Scrooge was much more my style!!

slon
No subject title | 2/4/2007, 13:19
Tell me you were Fagin!

Mikey H
Holiday Time | 2/4/2007, 12:49
..... bleeding part timers teachers.... no wonder the youth of today is in the states it's in........

Dave Wid
No subject title | 2/4/2007, 11:31
Well it's holiday time. Ah. And I've just finished a production of Oliver! Check out some photos soon - I was very pleased with it. Hope you're all well as it seems to be quieter than.....oh I dunno....

Dave Wid
No subject title | 31/3/2007, 0:30
He obviously hits the mark when he does.

Santa
No subject title | 30/3/2007, 13:14
He only comes once a year...

Psi
No subject title | 30/3/2007, 11:55
Congratulations to Sarah and Ken!!

slon
No subject title | 30/3/2007, 9:15
Maybe you should charge a pound a hack then?

dave
Hacked | 30/3/107, 0:51
Can you believe it, those pesky Turkish hackers have been up to their tricks again on this site. I don't know if I had a pound for every supposed hack attack, I'd be up to about £500 by now. Idiots.

dave
No subject title | 29/3/2007, 11:27
The Rodrigues' obviously had a cosy Christmas then! Congratulations.

slon
No subject title | 29/3/2007, 10:18
Rhodri? Go on, I'll pay good money if you do.

Sarah
Baby hatters | 29/3/2007, 8:50
In case word hasn't spread yet, there is going to be another member of the Rodrigues clan come September!

Blah Blah
No subject title | 28/3/2007, 13:14
Where have all the Tubbi-hatters gone?

Tee Pee Wee End
No subject title | 23/3/2007, 21:2
............. hghg

Happy Weed Ken
No subject title | 23/3/2007, 17:59
Nothing said

dave
No subject title | 23/3/2007, 17:7
Happy Weekend everyone.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 22/3/2007, 18:11
............sorry 'bout that, this modern weed messes with me. It's a lot stronger these days, don't you know..........pizza?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 22/3/2007, 18:9
I can't get the indellible image of a horny Dino out of my head. His wide coke fuelled & intention filled eyes pierce my SOUL.......aaaaaaarrrrRRRRRGGGHHHH!

Mikey H
No subject title | 22/3/2007, 16:38
This is a public site Dino.... I think you need to be careful what you admit to.... Werthers Originals are not something to joke about!

Dino
Drugs | 22/3/2007, 14:13
I can often be seen popping Werther's Originals of an evening, occasionally even crack cocaine, depends on whether I'm feeling horny or not.

slon
No subject title | 22/3/2007, 13:13
Nah, the yoof of today are just wusses, brought up on turkey twizzlers. Us old fogeys brought up on proper diets of powdered egg and scragg end of gristle could handle our drugs.

dave
Stoner | 22/3/2007, 12:24
It is all so much stronger these days (apparently).

The Reminiscer
No subject title | 22/3/2007, 11:45
Oh, happy days!!!!

Stoner
No subject title | 22/3/2007, 10:48
No we don't - we mean coked up to the eyeballs man! Tripping the light fantastic. Speeding the amphetamine highway. Yeah!

Steve
Stoned | 21/3/107, 18:48
And by stoned (for all those Babyhatters reading) they mean when they went up to Hilltop in Hatfield and the local kids threw rocks at them. Just say no kids.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 21/3/2007, 16:57
And now we're older we prefer arches and gates.

Dino
Stoned | 21/3/2007, 12:42
But back then I also really enjoyed The Doors more than I did when sober

Dino
Absolutely | 21/3/2007, 12:41
That always seemed so much funnier when stoned...especially at Chez Patrick & Wid where I always seemed to be more stoned than usual.

Mikey H
No subject title | 21/3/2007, 12:33
Was Absolutely the one with Stoneybridge that Brian used to find so funny???.... Oh how he laughed!!

dave
4OD | 21/3/2007, 12:22
I was thumbing through my on-demand service the other day when I actually found to my amazement that Scottish sketch-show 'Absolutely' series 2 and 3 were there for immediate viewing pleasure in all their glory. Amazing, especially after the fan club being told that all the original tapes had been ruined. I enjoyed the trip down t' comedy-lane.

dave
Look Around You | 21/3/2007, 12:20
I would suggest showing a different episode of 'Look Around You' each week.

Mikey H
Wobble..... | 21/3/2007, 10:56
Or you could just get the pupils to stick pens into their eyeballs which may be more enjoyable for them!!

LeBurge
Wobble | 21/3/2007, 9:24
Mr Wid, it's all to do with beat frequencies as the toothbrush vibrates your head and eyes, interfering with the TV frequency. You could incorporate it into your lessons if you liked - science in action

Mikey H
No subject title | 21/3/2007, 8:2
That Architect is a funny guy isn't he!!!

Dave Wid
No subject title | 20/3/2007, 18:36
See what he did there? He said 'maid'.

The Architect
No subject title | 20/3/2007, 14:34
I had my house maid backwards so I could watch telly at the same time.

slon
No subject title | 20/3/2007, 14:1
I'm curious about the layout of your house that you can clean your teeth, do the laundry and watch TV all apparently in the same room

Dino
No subject title | 20/3/2007, 12:53
Are you two female? They do that all the time (or so I'm told!)...

Mikey H
Good Vibrations | 20/3/2007, 12:32
Probably not a good idea to sit on your washing machine during the spin cycle whilst trying to look at a CRT either!!

dave
Good vibrations | 20/3/2007, 11:57
You know those electro-frying machines at the fairground or pier, where you have to sit on the lap of Frankentein's monster and hold on to the 2 vibrating handles? I had a similar effect happening when I was on this but viewing real life instead of a CRT. Had to stop when my eyes started bleeding.

Mikey H
Stuff | 20/3/2007, 10:55
Firstly can I just say that Dave now lives in a house with more nooks and crannies, bathrooms and strange cupboard sized rooms than I've ever seen in my life!!! - It is very nice though!! As for Dave Wid.... yes Slon, it is VERY worrying!!

slon
No subject title | 20/3/2007, 9:9
This man teaches the nations children.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 19/3/2007, 23:45
Have you ever used an electric toothbrush whilst looking at a CRT monitor? It looks all wobbly.

dave
No subject title | 19/3/2007, 16:4
That's stifled the chat a bit. I've moved house and I like it. Mikey 'Mr Fix-it' Haver was up to help me yesterday, I'd recommend him to any Madhatters. Methinks he could also have the middle-aged housewives and widows market sewn up. I'd buy shares in him right away.

The Insulter
No subject title | 17/3/2007, 2:17
For the love of Jesus.

slon
No subject title | 16/3/2007, 9:5
plastic or metal?

John
No subject title | 15/3/2007, 19:45
Stop having a go at Psi, he wouldn't want to make a rail network out of Lego. He'd use Meccano.

slon
No subject title | 15/3/2007, 16:6
Psi wouldn't restrict himself to interiors - he'd go for a whole train network

The Real Mikey H
No subject title | 15/3/2007, 15:30
Despite what the fake Mikey H has said, I'm not actually setting up a Lego Interior design business.... although I like the idea... I think I'll copyright it before Si B nicks the idea!!

Steve
Lego | 15/3/107, 15:1
Sorry mate. My kitchen is made of 2 by 4 lego bricks. Can't spare them. Try Psi.

Mikey H
No subject title | 15/3/2007, 14:48
I'm seting up an interior design business that uses lego for both the planning and construction phases. I need all the 2 by 4 bricks you can spare.

Steve
Self employed | 15/3/2007, 13:45
What you gonna do? What you gonna do?

LeBurge
Self? | 15/3/2007, 12:52
I didn't know self-employment was a lady?

Mkey H
No subject title | 15/3/2007, 12:37
yep.... self employment her I come!!!

Steve
Quiet | 15/3/2007, 11:26
Mike, I think everybody seems to be busy moving!! So, after 7 years they must be giving you a decent payout? You gonna join the ranks of the self employed? Go on, be a devil!

Mikey H
So Quiet | 15/3/2007, 9:47
It's so quiet here at the moment....where has everyone gone?..... I've been told I'm definately getting made redundant by the way.... best news I've had since joining this joke of a company 7 years ago!!!

Dino
No subject title | 12/3/2007, 17:39
I'm moving this weekend too...feet just can't keep still!

dave
No subject title | 12/3/2007, 14:27
Thanks Dave - some other bright spark had already done this for me, whole place is covered with useless analog cables going from one room to another.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 9/3/2007, 15:17
Good luck Dave, Caro and Hannah. Dave - probably not a good idea to remove the whole floor downstairs just so you can lay some audio cables, THIS time.

LeBurge
Stuff | 9/3/2007, 11:32
Who know what I do? I don't. Anyway, I'm now in Hong Kong and will be dining at the Foreign Correspondent Club. 'Ark at me, with me Graaaaand Piaaaano! Hope the move's going well, Davey

Mikey H
Movin House | 9/3/2007, 9:48
Ditto to Steves message -Good luck with the move Dave..... look forward to a cup of tea on the 18th! ....if you've found the kettle by then!

Anonymous
No subject title | 9/3/2007, 8:54
Nothing said

Steve
Moving | 9/3/2007, 8:54
Good luck with it all Davey!! Hope it runs smoothly!

dave
Moving House | 9/3/2007, 1:26
I'm moving house today. Up the road a mile and left a bit. Pop in for a cup of tea after 1pm if you fancy.

slon
No subject title | 8/3/107, 19:4
I do not go in the potted plants! As if I could climb onto the bookcase at my age, pah!

Steve
AKA Sidewinder Fisticuffs | 8/3/2007, 16:4
http://www.hammerandcoop.com/# Now that's what I call advertising!! Why don't we have bikini car washs here? I suddenly have the urge to go out and buy myself a Mini. Must......resist....the......temptation!!

Dave Wid
No subject title | 8/3/2007, 10:3
He used to be - but now he's of a certain age. You could always bag him up to stop him going in the potted plants.

Nick W
No subject title | 7/3/107, 21:2
I suppose I could adopt you both? Are you house trained?

slon
No subject title | 7/3/107, 20:3
I'll give you 20 quid for two of them

Nick W
No subject title | 7/3/107, 13:28
I have just picked up four shiny permanent visas from the Canadian High Commission. I'm a very happy man.

slon
No subject title | 6/3/2007, 23:33
What do you DO, Si? Why are you always in exotic climes? Are you an imperialist running-dog lackey spy, perchance?

John
No subject title | 6/3/2007, 17:33
I think my cat was a big fan of Chinese communism. Whenever I asked her who was the most inspirational leader of the 20th century, she said: "Mao."

LeBurge
Still here | 6/3/2007, 1:45
Ha! Can still access the MAdhatters site from behind the Chinese FireWall. Dave, you'll have to enter the shady world of torrent downloading.....

dave
No subject title | 5/3/2007, 21:40
I want to watch Lost online. Anyone recommend a decent site?

I had to do this
Swinging Barmaids | 5/3/2007, 16:21

Chairman Mao
Watching you | 5/3/2007, 16:19
That's the bit we don't censor.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 5/3/2007, 16:19
It's a real wheeze, you should try it out. You'll probably be able to get hold new copies of 'The Millionaire' or 'Swinging Barmaids'.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 5/3/2007, 16:17
Mike, I think its some kind of global information computer network used by millions everyday principally to swap pornographic media.

Mikey H
the internet?? | 5/3/2007, 14:10
The internet??? never use it.... what's that all about then??

dave
No subject title | 5/3/2007, 13:46
Alas, I must come clean. How did you spot it Dino? What gave it away? T'was not I who wrote the rant, merely I copied it from this thing called the Internet. Do any other Madhatters use the Internet I wonder?

Dino
China | 5/3/2007, 13:19
Mr P - where did you copy that rant from? An why do you sound like Mr T at 11:39?

Anonymous
No subject title | 5/3/2007, 12:42
Isn't post-modern irony great. You can get away with making overtly racist jokes and nowbody bats a slanty eyelid.

dave
No subject title | 5/3/2007, 11:39
Wow, you write like you speak. Amazing. Apologies to you Mr Mao and your imperious dynasty. I'd like to publicly distance myself from the dave of 9:55 who is a wery wery bad man. Bloy fool.

Chairman Mao
Watching you | 5/3/2007, 10:37
You are foolish man Mr Pee, we are watching you. You say bad things about China, you be wery wery sowwy. Even though I died in 1976 I still know what you do!!!

dave
No subject title | 5/3/2007, 9:55
Now try posting tomorrow.

dave
Beijing | 5/3/2007, 9:55
Does that mean you're going to miss football this weekend? Glad that the Chinese authorities haven't censored this site though systematic and widespread Human rights violations continue in the People's Republic of China. The Chinese government continues to suppress dissenting opinions and maintains political control over the legal system, resulting in an arbitrary and sometimes abusive judicial regime. The lack of accountability of the government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) means that abuses by officials often go unchecked.

LeBurge
China | 5/3/2007, 9:20
Gleetings everyone from Beijing, where I find myself this morning/afternoon. It's -4C with snow on the ground. I wasn't expecting that! Ah, the mysteries of the East

Dave Wid
No subject title | 2/3/2007, 16:4
Oh, and Happy Bithday Barry Manil.... sorry, Phil McHatherley.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 2/3/2007, 16:0
I could always record it (Lost) on DVD and send it down to you Dave, 3 eps at a time. I would promise not to smugly post spoilers on here too.

Dino
Nurses | 2/3/2007, 14:46
Sorry - I should have clarified that - they weren't actually nurses, only student nurses and I was out with them for Aarrian's birthday.

Gary
Lost | 2/3/107, 14:19
So is this Lost thing any good then?

Mikey H
No subject title | 2/3/2007, 13:36
Have you seen the new adverts for Sky?? http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/a43365/in-pictures-skys-poster-campaign.html I think they're just playing on the likes of Dave & Leburge!!!

LeBurge
Lost | 2/3/2007, 12:2
I'm a customer of Virgin, and they've made no attempt to contact me, apologise for loss of service, or anything like that. If it wasn't for Sky's awareness ads I wouldn't have even known in theory that the channels would disappear. And Virgin's response - renamed the empty channels to "Old Sky Snooze" with "Why not try BBC News24?" in the info bar. Looks like I'll be downloading Lost and 24 from now on. In fact, I had to download the last episodes anyway as the box froze whilst the recording them last weekend (I was out) and all I got was a stuck picture!

Steve
Lost | 1/3/107, 23:14
I could give you a copy on tape if you like. Or I could put it on a DVD if you want. You gotta love Sky+. Never miss an episode with series link (but then we've had this conversation)!!

dave
No subject title | 1/3/2007, 17:28
Anyone know a good place on the net where I can get the latest episode of Lost, without risking the security of my PC then? I'd even be prepared to pay a few quid. In fact, couldn't I buy it directly off Bad Robot?

dave
In the Font | 1/3/2007, 15:46
Sorry Steve, can you give a bit more preamble on this. You? Nurses? Four...?

Dino
UoH | 1/3/2007, 14:7
Talking of which....it was somewhat surreal last night going out with four nurses from said University...haven't had a conversation about The Font and Roberts Way for years...

dave
25 million | 1/3/2007, 12:45
I'm also working on Branson's 25 million 'help Global Warming really is here gotta do something quick' award. Whilst I can't give exact details of my solution, it does involve the blue toolbox I made at Hatfield Poly, the black rubber drive belt from a hoover and the flat beneath 7 Ash Drive.

dave
No subject title | 1/3/2007, 12:41
It's nice to see a bit of lively debate. I always suspected Global Warming is too portentous to really get your teeth into. Its much easier to get riled by something much less lofty, so thank you Sky vs Virgin. Mike - as an impartial you should weigh up the probability of the following statements. a) Sky are telling the truth and they haven't put up their prices at all. b) Virgin are being asked to deliver double for Sky channels over their network. c) Both of them are lying just to upset their customer base. Whilst Branson isn't perfect I know who I'd trust to tell the truth.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 1/3/2007, 10:23
Good on 'em too. I've got Sky but would love to be able to give my hard earned to someone else.

Mikey H
Sky | 1/3/2007, 9:45
As a non-sky subscriber I am amused over all this Sky vs Virgin bickering.... especially the notice posted on some of the former sky channels by Virgin "Thanks to Sky, some of the non-premium Sky channels, like Sky One and Sky News are no longer available. They've picked up their ball and gone home."... nothing like being mature and professional about the whole thing!!

slon
No subject title | 28/2/107, 21:4
My sky+ died last week and when the chap on the other end of the phone got it working again it had lost bloody loads of stuff. the whole HD had wiped clear. They said "oh no, it doesn't save programmes to the HD it just 'holds' them". Is this not a bit of a bloody flaw? I asked. Apparently not, and I'm an idiot to assume that recording something to a HD would 'save' it. Still, at least I watched 24 and Lost this weekend, so I'll stick with the c*** for now.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 28/2/2007, 18:7
Dave, I don't suppose you've still got a copy of Above and Beyond I could buy have you? Mine has started jumping from being overplayed.

Anonymous
No subject title | 28/2/2007, 10:22
Nothing said

Anonymous
No subject title | 28/2/2007, 10:22
Nothing said

Ken
No subject title | 27/2/2007, 22:31
This whole scenario reminds me of when Sky outbid the BBC quite considerably for the third season of 24 & for Channel 4 with Lost - there is an easy remedy, just wait for them to come out on DVD and as a bonus you won't have to watch any commercials.

Lesley
PVRs | 27/2/2007, 19:8
Just to add to the earlier debate, I have a Humax PVR which has two freeview channels built in - no programming required Psi! (No Sky One though - bit of a bummer as have missed Lost).

Steve
Wedgey | 27/2/2007, 18:44
Have any of you got another name for a wedgey? There is of course the melvin from Bill and Ted but are there any others? At my school they used to be called scantys.

Steve
Murdoch | 27/2/2007, 18:43
My Psi. You really are angry with him aren't you. Is it something personal? If it is maybe I could help you get a posse together and we could go get him. Give him a wedgey or something.

Psi
Sky | 27/2/2007, 17:48
Steve - ntl and Telewest do PVRs too and I believe you could even buy one if you had only freeview (though you'd have to program it). Telewest were also rolling out HD so I hope VM will continue that. My problem with Sky is that Rupert Murdoch really is a dangerous c*** and I do my best not to give my money to absolute f***ing c***s

Steve
BA | 27/2/2007, 16:3
And that's British Airways, not BA Baracus. Crazy fool!

Steve
Sky | 27/2/2007, 16:2
Old hat, fold schmat I say. I love it. Until 'the future' arrives and they've ironed out the problems, sorted disagreements and worked out how they make it all work I'll stick with what exists now and use Sky+. And I don't have to make any conscious decisions to record anything apart from one series link button. Then I get the whole season of something I want to watch without further thought. I think you underestimate Sky. Of course they'll survive. They're a business and they had the good sense to pay top dollar for all the programs we're all hooked on. As much as I like Branson, he'd be the last person to charitably give over anything he'd paid for to a competitor. Can you see him giving an inch to BA? I doubt it!

dave
No subject title | 27/2/2007, 14:56
Sky+ may be good but its old hat Steve. The future is on demand services, such as the NTL/Virgin On Demand. With Sky+ plus you have to make a conscious decision to record something. With on demand you just watch it. The only thing to iron out is how you pay for it. Sky+ is for the 2% of the country who can afford it. On demand is more like a pay as you go with many things free. Soon we will be able to bypass Sky and buy direct from the program makers via the internet. Will Sky survive? They won't if they start bickering about channels with Virgin.

Steve
Sky | 27/2/2007, 14:10
But Sky+ is brilliant! Haven't used the video in yonks and it's all there for me to see. No more losing recordings that I really wanted to see!! Live pause! What a great idea for people like me with a weak bladder. And if I've been watching something for half hour and decide that the wife might quite like it, I press record and it grabs the whole program! AND I can record 2 shows whilst watching a 3rd!! This posting sponsored by Sky+!

Psi
Sky etc | 27/2/2007, 12:54
It's not totally clear cut. The contract was up for renewal anyway, but apparently Sky asked for double the price. Presumably they were unwilling to hike the price when ntl and telewest didn't have a load of Virgin money behind them (ntl for one were on the verge of bankruptcy for years, that's why they merged with TW) but now they are. It certainly makes me even less interested in getting Sky than I was before.

Steve
Lost and 24 | 27/2/2007, 10:23
If you want to make a stand and stick with VirginMedia you could always get 24 and Lost from me Si. I've series linked them on my Sky+ box. Oops. Not sure that's helping. Oh well. At least you get to download Uma Thurman as many times as you'd like!

dave
No subject title | 27/2/2007, 10:6
It's a great strategy isn't it. Given the UK's hate for all things Murdoch, and its love for all things Branson, I predict a terrible own goal by Sky on this one.

LeBurge
Virgin Media | 27/2/2007, 9:47
Telewest rebranded as VirginMedia. Great, except a posturing spat between them and Sky means we could lose Sky One (and therefore Lost and 24) from Thursday. Aaargh! Sky buy up popular series and them stop anyone from watching them?!

dave
No subject title | 26/2/2007, 17:21
May I take this opportunity to give general love to anyone who's ever purchased a CD from me. I am not a shyster (as pointed out by Dave 16:27).

Boss of UAC
No subject title | 26/2/2007, 16:31
Don't bring me into this, fight your own battles Patrick. Although you might have a point specifically regarding Bruce Maclean's performance in Double or Nothing and its subsequent lawsuit, filed by an anonymous complainee, citing Crimes against Entertainment.

dave
No subject title | 26/2/2007, 16:27
Where would The Well Studio and dare I say it UAC films be without being able to palm off its crap on you hapless saps? I mean, thank you for your continued support, please look out for our next release.

Dino
No subject title | 26/2/2007, 16:15
Ahh...but then I would have missed out on the 12 years of listening pleasure....

dave
No subject title | 26/2/2007, 16:1
If only 2007 Steve could go back to 1995 Steve and talk himself out of procuring a copy, with the fore knowledge that Dave would be dumping a load at the St Albans tip on Sun Feb 25th 2007. Anyway Mr Phipps, you should be thanking me as the law of material resources now make your two copies more valuable.

Dino
'Above & Beyond' and 'Vision' | 26/2/2007, 13:45
I have two copies of both of those CDs....why...?

Steve
Above & Beyond | 26/2/2007, 12:47
Davey! How could you bring yourself to do it?! They're not just CDs you're throwing away! They're memories man. Besides, you could always have stored them at my Mum and Dad's house. That's where all my copies are that I couldn't get rid of!

Steve
No subject title | 26/2/2007, 12:45
There's actually a restaurant/pizzeria called 'Capeesh' in Brooklyn. Maybe you could go on your up-coming trip to NY NY.

Anonymous
No subject title | 26/2/2007, 12:43
Nothing said

Steve
Capeesh? | 26/2/2007, 12:42
Hey Davey. Thanks for that but I think the whole Big Brother thing is past it's sell by date now. And 'Capeesh' I think is a New Yoik type gangsterism which is a distortion of the Italian word capisci, to understand! Capeesh?

dave
In the tip | 26/2/2007, 12:31
I had an interesting weekend. I finally junked all the copies of The Well Studio's compilation CDs 'Above & Beyond' and 'Vision' at the tip. Counts as trade waste apparently! Fortunately I was on the last box before he told me that. Ah, sweet to see all that investment being crushed.

dave
No subject title | 26/2/2007, 12:24
Is that how you spell capiche?

dave
No subject title | 26/2/2007, 12:23
Anyway Steve, my point is that you need to post it up again, capiche?

dave
No subject title | 26/2/2007, 12:23
There are specialist sites for that sort of thing (I believe). AHem,

LeBurge
Machete | 26/2/2007, 9:43
I'd be interesting in seeing how electronically pissing over a painting in a gallery works......Did you keep a copy?!

dave
No subject title | 23/2/2007, 17:35
Steve - no, I realise that you put the ShilpaShetty cartoon up. One of our turkish hacking friends decided to mess up the item so I had to remove it. Basically it's like going into a gallery and pissing all over the artwork.

Dino
No subject title | 23/2/2007, 15:48
Sorry...that should be "anyone"...Freudian slip ;-)

Dino
No subject title | 23/2/2007, 15:48
Well...I would like to discuss War and Peace that I am currently close to finishing...what does anything think about the insightful political analysis he employs at the beginning of each section, just prior to restarting the storyline?

Steve
No subject title | 23/2/107, 14:52
Davey. It was me who put the SSM cartoon up!! How quick you forget! So, should we talk books so that Dino can join in the caht? The problem is that I am currently rereading the last two Harry Potter books so that I'm ready for the final instalment in July! This probably doesn't help, does it Dino? I did just finish reading Deception Point by Dan Brown, my bog book is The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen Fry and I always have a number of graphic novels on the go.....

Dino
Telly Addicts | 23/2/2007, 9:49
Sigh.....

dave
No subject title | 23/2/2007, 2:23
Mike - your shilpa shetty machete got hacked so I had to delete. Please post again. Man, I watched that episode of Lost last night. Grrrrreeat. For a second there I thought it was turning into Final/Fatal Destination. As much as I moan, there's some really good TV about.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 22/2/2007, 10:18
Oh, and er Happy Buffde Mike!

Dave Wid
AGAIN | 22/2/2007, 10:17
On the topic of TV however, I am now officially addicted to Lost, Battlestar Gallactica and now Heroes. All cool stuff. I also pee my pants to Charlie Brooker and TV Burp. Nice to see a link to TVGoHome, too, the birthplace of Nathan Barley and 'Exit Puppet Theatre'.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 22/2/2007, 10:14
I like to answer silently. Especially when its around teatime and you just know it's telesales. Then each time they start talking, interrupt them...... me doing this eh.... I used to do telesales for BAC windows in St Albans when at uni..... Try asking their name back after they have introduced themselves. See what happens.

Steve
Phone calls | 21/2/2007, 15:43
I'm on a roll now and it's time for a rant!! Do any others of you answer a phone call with your name? I'm sick to the back teeth with answering the phone, giving my name, hearing silence for a few seconds and then some pleb asking me if I am Steve French. Grrrrrrrrrrrr!

Steve
Shilpa Shetty | 21/2/2007, 15:35
By the way. What happened to the Shilpa Shetty Machete cartoon? Did MH get a whole load of complaints while I was away?

Steve
Heroes | 21/2/2007, 15:33
Talking of how much we all love current TV (apart from Dino that is!), did anyone catch Heroes on Sci Fi the other night? It's the new Lost you know!

Dino
Lost | 21/2/2007, 10:20
Of course, I knew Lost when it had that robot in it and they travelled between worlds with an annoying kid and a paedaphilic professor. It was much funnier then.

LeBurge
Lost again | 21/2/2007, 10:5
I haven't given too much away Dave. Don't worry. Do still watch it on Wednesday. Er, that's today.

dave
No subject title | 21/2/2007, 3:47
I think you're about to.

Dino
'I knew him before he was famous and he was much funnier then' malarky. | 20/2/2007, 17:14
When did I say that....or am I about to say it?

dave
No subject title | 20/2/2007, 16:5
Thanks for that Si. I'll not bother watching Lost on Wednesday then. I like TV Burp. I think you should sell that slogan to Charlie Brooker though. Dino - stop it with your 'I knew him before he was famous and he was much funnier then' malarky.

LeBurge
Lost | 20/2/2007, 13:11
Great to see Lost back. Not a bad job of looking like London in that weird Desmond (brother) life recircling thing, although that army recruitment postor mentioned "Honor" rather than "Honour." B'ah!

John
Screenwipe | 20/2/2007, 12:6
Charlie Brooker used to write a rage-fuelled comedy TV listings website called tvgohome.com. It's still there and the archives are even funnier than his TV show.

Dino
No subject title | 20/2/2007, 9:19
You guys spend too much time on the goggle-box - why don't you pick up a nice book for a change...for the benefit of Mr Wid, that's one with the letters in rather than just numbers or pictures of topless women.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 20/2/2007, 1:25
Im with you on Screenwipe. Its like TV burp with the C word. I missed it tonight so I'll guess I'll watch the repeat at 2 am on BBC 5.

dave
No subject title | 19/2/2007, 22:45
Yes I am but unfortunately I missed it. Hope to catch it on Wednesday (I think when it's repeated). Just like the first episode of Life on Mars. I mean what is it with BBC3? What is the channel for? Show some good repeats of your NEW series not endless episodes of 2 pints of craps and a pisspot of lager.
Sorry about the rage, I've just watched Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe. He's right on the money.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 19/2/2007, 19:26
Cool ep of Lost last night. U still watching Davey?

slon
No subject title | 16/2/107, 20:59
And it was season two I meant. Ta

Josie
Life on Mars | 16/2/2007, 15:12
Not to worry, thanks to the wonder of the OU intranet notice board we've now got a copy on DVD

Ken
No subject title | 16/2/2007, 13:2
Sion, Episodes 1 & 2 from Series 1 are free with the London Evening Standard today (I'll by it and send you the copy) - in terms of the rest of the series, might know some people who can help.

Dino
Life on Mars | 15/2/2007, 12:39
Slon, if it's any help - it was an excellent first episode! I think they might repeat it on BBC 3 though...best to check the schedules.

slon
No subject title | 14/2/107, 23:38
Anyone got a copy of episode 1 of the new series of 'Life on Mars" they can lend me? Bloody BBC, years of sodding repeats, now when you want them to repeat something they don't! Tch!

dave
The Lover of All | 14/2/2007, 16:51
Yeah yeah, we know what your game is 'The Lover of All'

The Lover of All
No subject title | 14/2/2007, 14:46
Happy Valentine everybody, Love and cuddles, ?.

dave
No subject title | 14/2/2007, 13:21
Sorry, site's been down again. These blummin' hackers, they're just crackers. What a waste of time. Nick - good luck with your Canadian venture, Madhatters spreading to the four corners of the globe and all that.

Nick W
No subject title | 13/2/2007, 9:45
Hopefully - will be in Abbots Langley w/e 24th March. K&S are organising something...

slon
No subject title | 12/2/107, 19:25
will we see you before you go?

Nick W
No subject title | 12/2/2007, 11:46
-19c in Calgary.... we'll be there in 7 weeks!

Steve
Skiing | 11/2/2007, 17:51
Skiied at Alpine Meadows today. They've had 3 foot of snow and it carried on snowing all day! What a fantastic days skiing!

Carriex
Sunshine from Thailand | 10/2/2007, 21:17
It's 37 degrees here. Enough sunshine for everyone and it's winter. I LOVE being a teacher!

Slon
No subject title | 10/2/107, 9:0
Swine. Is it true, Kath, that NZ is one of the last bastions of male chauvinism?

kath
hi from NZ | 10/2/2007, 12:49
just to make you jealous its 28 degrees here today - been to th ebeach just off for a barbey.. don't forget its a great holiday destination when its cold in the UK - welcome to visit us anytime, cheers

dave
No subject title | 9/2/2007, 13:16
I love that you love being a teacher.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 8/2/2007, 10:3
I LOVE being a teacher!

dave
Snowy | 8/2/2007, 9:55
It's snowy man, just tried to move my car and almost caused a very large amount of damage. Fun though. I hope those Madhatters north of the Thames are enjoying their days off. Me, I have to work from home, bah.

slon
No subject title | 7/2/107, 21:20
I stayed in circus circus in reno a few years back. well cheap rooms. Pity about the trains that pass through the middle of town all night blowing their whistles, though.

Steve
Utah | 7/2/2007, 9:1
Hey Davey. Yep, some of Utah is a desert but in the mountains there's snow. Loads of it. BUT, we're getting forecasts for snow here at the moment so we're gonna wait. Went to Circus Circus in Reno (Nevada) yesterday. Played the slot machines!

Dave Wid
No subject title | 7/2/2007, 14:33
You think that's bad, I just saw Dave-gayboy-vampire-in-coffin-Patrick.

Psi
No subject title | 7/2/2007, 13:37
Nothing could have prepared me for the sight of La Hopes smooching the camera in an ugly sister outfit - my eyes, my eyes!!

Dave Wid
No subject title | 6/2/2007, 19:12
Your thinking of Dutch mice Dino........YOUR THINKING OF DUTCH MICE..no....DUTCH MICE!....THAT'S RIGHT....LIKE THE SONG.......NOW LET'S TAKE YOU BACK TO THE DAY ROOM.....

Dino
No subject title | 6/2/2007, 8:17
There on the stair?

Dino
No subject title | 6/2/2007, 8:16
Where?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 5/2/2007, 22:10
...cats originate from there.

dave
No subject title | 5/2/2007, 11:29
Hello Steve. Nice analogy, so is Utah snowy? I always thought it was a bit of a desert.

Steve
Hey | 4/2/2007, 17:28
Hi everybody! Greetings from Lake Tahoe! Been skiing at Squaw Valley today. My thighs are barking. Snow isn't great but there's enough to ski on. We may take a drive over to Utah and catch their snow instread. Hope you're all having fun over there!

slon
No subject title | 4/2/2007, 11:39
What, mammal?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 3/2/2007, 16:8
Their long probing snout used for foraging for termites and thick armoured hide betrays their true ancestry.

Psi
No subject title | 3/2/107, 8:8
Go on then Dave, what are they, insects?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 2/2/2007, 19:42
Did you know that cats aren't technically mammals.

dave
No subject title | 1/2/2007, 16:39
Hmmm. I think the days of TV Telethons are pretty much over. Whilst I support Comic Relief in its charitable efforts, if I see another team of newsreaders doing something 'wacky' again, I shall scream. I would pay them handsomely not to put it on again and screen Father Ted Series 1 instead.

Mikey H
Over Punctucation | 1/2/2007, 15:36
See..... I can under punctuate......if I really try!!!???!!!!!

Mikey H
Comic Relief massacre | 1/2/2007, 15:35
The classis "Walk This Way" be warned, if you hear it being introduced on the radio turn your radio OFF immediately or risk ear damage.

slon
No subject title | 1/2/2007, 15:0
Haven't heard it. Which Aerosmith song is it?

dave
No subject title | 1/2/2007, 14:33
I would say he was guilty of over-punctuation Dino. However as you are too I won't mention it. Each to their own and let spelling mistakes rool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mikey H
Not Dino | 1/2/2007, 13:14
Spot the deliberate mistake with that last posting!

Dino
No subject title | 1/2/2007, 13:6
Sorry Dino..... what are you??? the Grammar Police??

Dino
No subject title | 1/2/2007, 13:3
Perhaps he meant "winner"? Mikey: You are now guilty of massacring the word "appalled"! :-)

dave
No subject title | 1/2/2007, 12:47
A long time ago, I used to be in a band called Ralph of the Arb. M C Joslin was one of its members. Nice to hear from you Mark. He never could spell wiener though.

Mikey H
No subject title | 1/2/2007, 11:51
Ignoring M C Joslin....(I'm sure Wid has already got his number!)...... has anyone else been appauled at the awful massacre that is the Comic Relief song this year.... My ears have just been subjected to the worst 2mins 55sec of my life!!! - how can Aerosmith let them do that?????? I don't care if it's for Charidy Mate - It's SO wrong!!!

Dino
Wienar | 1/2/2007, 11:25
Dave...do you remember that gay test you took some time back...

M C Joslin
My wienar | 1/2/2007, 10:43
Hi Dave! How's it going? Sorry I hav'nt been able to send you a picture of my wienar yet, but I'm working on it. Lot's of love Mark.

dave
No subject title | 30/1/2007, 16:46
I mean, how very childish.

dave
No subject title | 29/1/2007, 16:28
Ah ha, I think the timer should be a bit longer to enable the spread of panic.

slon
No subject title | 29/1/107, 15:44
sorry, I left out the context. Laptop on a plane

dave
Clever Countdown? | 29/1/2007, 13:5
I give up sIon. Maybe I'm just to dim for this game, or maybe its because its the start of the week. What am I missing with the Countdown? Yours dimly...

dave
No subject title | 29/1/2007, 12:57
Those pesky Turkish hackers. Why I oughta....

Nick W
No subject title | 29/1/2007, 12:20
Did anyone else spot us getting hijacked by Turkish hackers this morning? I ended up at a very different site. This is all your fault slon....

Dave Wid
No subject title | 27/1/2007, 18:15
One for you Psi. A mixed race girl at work was being bullied and we were concerned that it was racist. An assistant overheard some name-calling but wasn't sure what they had said, "it was 'ach' or 'ack' or something", she told us. Another teacher replied, "Perhaps it was 'Jap'...no, hold on, that one's for the Chinese."

Dave Wid
No subject title | 27/1/2007, 18:4
Nope - just down the road tho.

slon
No subject title | 26/1/2007, 15:43
http://www.thecleverest.com/countdown.swf Sick or funny?

Dino
School Strike | 26/1/2007, 14:1
Wid: was it your school where the kids went on strike against their headteacher this week?

Kevin G
No subject title | 25/1/2007, 18:14
How about picking up some reminiscence of a bye-gone age (or can you not fit that into a bag!!). Not looked at this site for ages, sounds like guys are all doing well!! glad to see

dave
No subject title | 25/1/2007, 17:40
Nip down to the Hall and put on a Drama Soc show for me would you?

Steve
No subject title | 25/1/107, 17:1
Run over to Hilltop and get into a fight for me..... er... oops.

slon
No subject title | 25/1/2007, 16:58
Run over to the computer centre and swipe me a dot matrix printer please

Nick W
No subject title | 25/1/2007, 16:29
Just nip down the Elehouse and pick up a chip butty for me will you.

John
No subject title | 25/1/2007, 16:19
Are you going for a pint at the Font later?

Sarah
UH | 25/1/2007, 13:48
Hello all I'm currrently talking to you at the fancy LRC at UH. I'm here for a course which is very freaky as I never thought I'd be back at UH studying again. The LRC is very nice! Not like this in my Day, grumble, grumble.

dave
No subject title | 24/1/2007, 14:21
He's in St Albans Arena, so why not pop round for a brew. Steve - like the new illustration, can I suggest a little more blood though.

slon
No subject title | 24/1/2007, 13:49
No, but I may go and see Steven Seagal and his blues band next month

dave
No subject title | 24/1/2007, 13:31
...and the second thing. anyone fancy going to see WIshbone Ash with me in Sutton on 9th Feb?

dave
No subject title | 24/1/2007, 13:30
At a loose end last night at all sIon? I have a couple of things, Mike - congratulations on your exciting news, it's very liberating taking charge of your own density. Also, may I be the first to offer Practical Property Services it's first job. End of Feb/ early March, okay?

slon
For Psi's book | 24/1/2007, 12:37
Psi, Some wonderful things heard last night on PM on radio 4 which I know you'll appreciate. Referring to the opening of a new supermarket: "It went off like a damp squid." Referring to the Oscars: " The nominations are considered a reliable indication of who might win." Referring to the problem of abandoned dogs in Beijing: "When Bird flu threatened, people thought dogs might be to blame." And from the BBC news website, referring to the flooding of a village with mud after a quarry silt lagoon failed: "As a precaution local residents are being advised to wash their hands after handling the sludge."

Steve
SSM | 24/1/107, 11:40
Thanks mate. Go on. Be a devil. Join the legion of the self-employed. It's fun never knowing for certain if you'll be able to pay your mortgage for the rest of the year!!

Mikey H
ShilpaShettyMachete | 24/1/2007, 11:10
Love the cartoon Steve!

Mikey H
No subject title | 24/1/2007, 10:11
I've just applied for Voluntary Redundancy from Motorola!!!.... I want to be just like 90% of all other Madhatters and be self employed.... now all I need to do is cock up all the projects I'm given to ensure they get rid of me!!!!

Dave Wid
No subject title | 22/1/2007, 23:25
Now there's a thought . . . . Pub Landlord vs Nadal

slon
No subject title | 22/1/2007, 16:31
Wow, I never thought he was interesting enough to express more than the odd grunt in an interview.

dave
No subject title | 22/1/2007, 16:18
I have little time for 'racist' Murray and his anti-English sentiments. Good tennis though, you're right.

Dino
No subject title | 22/1/2007, 13:38
By the way.....anyone watching the Murray Vs Nadal match...? It's amazing...

Dino
No subject title | 22/1/2007, 13:37
What is this "Celebrity Big Brother" you are all talking about? Is it an in-depth discourse on the merits and demerits of surveillence in an enlightened community?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 22/1/2007, 12:21
Never thought of that lyric like that - like a hold up...... in fact could you hold up a bank without talking and simply editing together a series of cruddy pop lyrics "Reach for the stars.....I want money (thats what I want)"

LeBurge
Jo O'Meara | 22/1/2007, 9:46
New song from the former S-club singer - "Reach for the Stars (and send them to back to where they came from)" Hmm.

LeBurge
Shelpa | 22/1/2007, 9:45
Trying to rise above the CBB debate. Hmm. Whilst reading all the stuff about branding, it struck me as quite easy to get the vowels in Shelpa's name mixed up. Perhaps for when she makes a Shitty movie. Oops.

slon
No subject title | 22/1/2007, 9:32
You sad man

Dave Wid
No subject title | 21/1/2007, 22:32
Hey slon, I just saw your name on the telly :)

John
No subject title | 21/1/2007, 21:14
Taxonomically speaking, yes.

slon
No subject title | 21/1/2007, 19:2
Well I kinda figured that, but then what is racial discrimination? Not giving a neanderthal a promotion? Complaining because australopithecines have moved in next door?

John
No subject title | 21/1/2007, 15:4
Sion, as a Homo sapiens, you're the same race as everybody else on the planet. The idea of 'race' as a sub-classification is meaningless as there is more genetic variation within races than between them. But then, that's just the sort of egghead crap you'd expect from a honky like me.

slon
No subject title | 21/1/2007, 12:47
still got it

Dave Wid
No subject title | 21/1/2007, 10:12
Just had a thought - Slon - didn't you have a very 80's item called a pop-swatch that you coul clip onto you clothes? .... so why can't you buy mp3 players that work the same way?

slon
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 23:47
lol

Dave Wid
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 23:43
Shilpashettyspagetti. Mmmmm.....Magnus Pyke can't be god...he'd have never kept his hand still enough for Michelangelo..

slon
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 16:50
If Pyke was god things would be careening off all over the place all the time. Heinz Wolff, maybe.

dave
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 16:47
Anyway SIon was right. Glad that we're all able to rise above Big Bother and talk about other more worthy issues. sIon - I just can't quite bring myself to Aetheism, that nagging doubt that we're part of some crazy-arsed experiment won't go away. And that may require some uber-controller-type Magnus Pyke scientist-bod at the helm.

dave
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 16:43
How about, the Shilpashettymachete 'Now available in Jade'.

Mikey H
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 16:0
I can just see the martial arts companies lining up now for their new sword .... the Shilpa-Shetty-Machete!!.... no need to think of a tag line .... just a picture of what she can do with it to Jade!!!!

slon
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 15:58
surely the thatcher puts stuff on your legs. Shilpa Shetty is indeed a great name, it's like rolling a werthers original round your mouth

dave
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 15:41
I think that Shilpa Shetty is a great name. It's a brand dream, that is you can put anything after it and you've got a saleable product that will fly off the shelves. How about vacuuming with the Shilpashetty 2000, or drive away in the Shilpashetty GTi. What about removing unwanted lady hairs with the Remington Shilpashetty. Actually, that doesn't work half as well as the Remington Lady Thatcher.

dave
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 15:38
Ah the fine line between racism and just-plain-rudeness is once again blurred.

slon
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 15:35
bugger, was that racist?

slon
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 15:26
hope not

dave
race | 19/1/2007, 15:4
...don't tell me, no I know this one, erm, its, its, er, nah its gone. Are you a Geordie?

slon
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 14:40
I think it's fair to say that any race that involves movement off my fat arse is definitely not me

Mikey H
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 14:30
I'd opt for the egg and spoon..... a good honest and fair race...... unless you stick the egg to the spoon of course!

slon
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 13:52
On another note, I notice we're, thankfully, not getting drawn into the Shilpa Shetty nonsense but can someone tell me what race I am? My colour is white, my creed is atheist and my nationality is British, but I have absolutely no clue what my race is.

Dino
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 13:24
Wow - do they read this site too?

John
Dino | 19/1/2007, 12:12
Sorry Dino, I didn't realise you'd done those things. I took my traditional mid-life crisis steroetypes from an episode of South Park.

Dino
mid-life crisis | 19/1/2007, 10:12
John: Are you describing my situation there....? Okay so I did both those things but I don't see it as a mid-life crisis more a case of "cos I can" :-)

John,
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 10:10
Nothing said

John,
No subject title | 19/1/2007, 10:10
Nothing said

slon
No subject title | 18/1/2007, 18:34
it struck me more as an insult to texans, but I see your point

John
Geostationary banana | 18/1/2007, 18:0
Why not indeed, Sion, I've heard far more stupid ways of pissing $1million up the wall. BTW, does the whole concept strike you as something that Texas's former governor might have started?

John
Mid-life crisis | 18/1/2007, 17:5
Sion, it's traditional to have an affair with a much younger woman and buy a sports car. If you can't afford both, I'd go for the car.

slon
No subject title | 18/1/2007, 15:33
try http://www.geostationarybananaovertexas.com/en.html why not?

LeBurge
40? | 18/1/2007, 9:45
Thanks for that Dave. Although you fail to mention that you'll be there a whole six months before me. Tsk!

slon
No subject title | 18/1/2007, 9:14
July for me. Then I start my midlife crisis. Are there any protocols to observe when starting one?

Mikey H
No subject title | 18/1/2007, 8:44
just checked the birthday list... Brian DoB 13/07/1969.... I thought he was older than that.... are you sure you've got the year correct??

Mikey H
No subject title | 18/1/2007, 8:41
So where does Brian fit into the list?.... or should that be SBrian?

dave
Oh no four oh | 17/1/2007, 17:51
I've been thinking about this and I think its something to do with your firstname. If you notice those Madhatters who's firstname begins with an 'S' are affected. Shona, Steve, Sion and next is Simon Burges... Coincedence? I don't think so.
Be very afraid Mr French.

Mikey H
No subject title | 17/1/2007, 16:46
Welcome back Mr P.... and thanks for finally getting rid of those xmas decs!!..... Dino, as for the big 40.... hasn't Shona been there for years already?? ;-)

Dino
No subject title | 17/1/2007, 15:50
Who's the next one to join me on 40 then?

dave
No subject title | 17/1/2007, 15:26
Happy birthday Si. Sorry, forgot, erm presents in the post or something. Still, there not quite so important these days, well not until the big one! Hope you stuff your face with cake.

LeBurge
No subject title | 17/1/2007, 9:16
Cheers, Stevey. Enjoy Barthelona!

Steve
Birthday | 17/1/107, 8:37
Happy Birthday Monsieur Le Burge! Have a good one!!!

Barry Scott
No subject title | 15/1/2007, 17:32
I AM THE CANDY MAN.

Mikey H
Sweepstake | 15/1/2007, 16:43
...and if he does return.... based on previous holiday exploits is anyone willing to join a sweepstake on how long Hannah will be an only child??... or more importantly how long it will be before Caro realises that Hannah is not going to be an only child??

Mikey H
No subject title | 15/1/2007, 16:41
Thank you Si for that vivid description - just what we need on a Monday! Does anyone know whether Davey Pee is actually ever going to return from Barbados to these wet and windy shores???

Simon H
No subject title | 14/1/2007, 11:16
Sorry - I should explain. 'Glo-sticks' as they are refered to on the 'street' (not 'The Street' which is an ailing television soap opera) are small red crystals that are refined from Cilit Bang. They are taken anally. Hence the derivative expression: 'One Bang and my dirt is gone'.

Simon H
No subject title | 14/1/2007, 11:5
Man, I did some glo-sticks last night. But I think I had a dodgy one.

slon
No subject title | 13/1/2007, 17:29
Is that prison slang?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 13/1/2007, 12:33
There was a girl out in Stone on New Year's Eve dressed as Marie Curie. I though that was original. She had some glo-sticks.

Anonymous
No subject title | 12/1/2007, 18:7
I am the ghost of John Wyatt's undercrackers. Watch me roar.

Sigmund Freud
No subject title | 12/1/2007, 12:12
No I'm John Wyatt.

Mohammad
No subject title | 12/1/2007, 11:8
Go as me, I actually love impersonations and images of me. I like a laugh.

Ann Dee
Fancy Dress | 11/1/107, 17:14
John - I'm not sure any of those individuals are contributors to this site, let alone readers, indeed they are mostly dead. For what it's worth I'd suggest getting a 1980 Nottingham Forest kit and going as Garry Birtles.

John
No subject title | 11/1/2007, 15:41
I'm going to a fancy dress party and I'd like to make use of my beard. I'm thinking Abe Lincoln, Che Guevara, Jesus or Mohammad. Any suggestions?

Clive Sinclair
No subject title | 11/1/2007, 9:20
Alphabetti spaghetti?

Simon H
No subject title | 10/1/2007, 15:34
Most of the keys are missing now. I had a plan of replacing them with m&ms but they don't cover the whole alphabet it turns out. 400 packets I bought.

slon
No subject title | 10/1/2007, 15:1
rubbery keys or the other kind?

Simon H
No subject title | 9/1/2007, 19:25
You think you've got problems. Try getting Windows 2000 to work on a ZX Spectrum. It's not a walk in the park - no siree. So... anyone fancy a game of "Manic Miner" ?

slon
No subject title | 9/1/2007, 9:32
Because in all ways (apart from my incompetence at getting it hooked up to the net) it's already better than my PC

Mr Intel
No subject title | 8/1/2007, 22:42
Ever heard of a PC? Why go through all this pain just to have a white computer with a silly one-button mouse and greatly reduced availability and choice of software.

slon
No subject title | 8/1/2007, 13:48
Why has this tradition come about? Anyone? Bueller?

Steve
No subject title | 8/1/107, 12:45
As I said mine's just the Telewest standard router (it's a Motorolla Surfboard SB4100 and I have no complaints about it). Sorry. Now on a different topic, are we all collectively cursed for ignoring the 12th Night Xmas decoration removal from this site or just Davey, living it up in Barbados?

slon
No subject title | 8/1/2007, 9:21
My Bic doesn't have an RJ11 adaptor

Mikey H
No subject title | 8/1/2007, 7:52
Have you tried a pen and paper Slon..... don't aim too high ;-)

slon
No subject title | 5/1/2007, 18:56
"You certain you have all your network and internet settings right in system preferences?" I was, but I've twiddled with them so much I'm no longer sure. I think a router is the way to go. Thanks Steve. Any router recommendations anyone.

Steve
Router | 5/1/2007, 17:10
I just use the standard broadband router that Telewest provided to me. That connects to a hub (so that I can split the signal). My Mac and my work PC are connected via ethernet cables and Jo's iBook and my work laptop are connected wirelessly via an Airport Extreme box. Sorry, don't know anything about the Speedtouch but Macs are pretty intuitive. If there's a signal coming in it should find it. You certain you have all your network and internet settings right in system preferences? Anyone else want to join in? Nobody was saying anything anyway!!

slon
No subject title | 5/1/2007, 17:2
sorry everyone for being so dull

slon
No subject title | 5/1/2007, 17:2
I've gone back to macs as I needed a laptop for college and I've always preferred them. I bought a second hand iBook G3 and upped its memory and loaded OS X 10.3 and office for mac, so I'm almost there. The only thing now is I can't connect to the internet from it, which although not life-threatening is annoying as I have to switch to the old PC whenever I want to use the net. I've tried loads of times and fiddled with settings but it either doesn't recognise the modem or can't hear a dial tone. I've read in some forums that the speedtouch 330 modem supplied to me by virgin.net has given other users similar problems and I'm considering getting a router (not that I know bugger all about them) as everyone seems to say they're the way to go. What do you use?

Steve
Macs | 5/1/2007, 16:14
I'm writing this from my PowerMac G5. We also have an iBook. I might be able to help. What's the problem?

slon
Apple Macs | 5/1/2007, 15:15
As a lot of you are quite tech-y whereas I'm an old luddite I wonder do any of you know anything about apple macs. I'm having trouble connecting to the net with an iBook G3 (and a speedtouch 330 modem). Thanks.

Dino
No subject title | 4/1/2007, 15:18
My hangover is gone too....is this a race?

dave
No subject title | 4/1/2007, 9:48
Glad to hear it. Anybody else beat that?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 1/1/2007, 18:6
Hooray! My hangovers nearly gone!

dave
No subject title | 1/1/2007, 10:23
If it's any consolation Sion I've had a stinker of a cold in Barbados too, it's just a little easier to sweat it out here.

slon
No subject title | 1/1/2007, 12:2
Despite habing had a stidker ob a cold all week, a happy dew year to you too, erm ...from dropical Biltod Keydes

dave
No subject title | 31/12/2006, 17:38
Happy New Year everyone, love from Dave, Caro and Hannah in Barbados.

Anonymous
No subject title | 30/12/2006, 1:41
Nothing said

Anonymous
No subject title | 30/12/2006, 1:41
Nothing said

Sarah
Mr Men | 26/12/2006, 16:33
Mikey, further to your question relating to mr Men Men books. The youth still read them including me! Lucy has the complete set of Little misses and I read Mr Christmas on Sunday! They still make me laugh. (But then I'm easily pleased).

Father Christmas
No subject title | 25/12/2006, 8:36
Merry Christmas to one and all

Ken
No subject title | 24/12/2006, 19:56
Hear, hear Dave...Mr Pee thanks for keeping the website going. Hope everyone has a good Xmas & New Year and before I forget Happy Birthday to Psi & Simon Smith (aka Gaffer)

Dave Wid
No subject title | 24/12/2006, 15:1
Merry Christmas! Here's to a happy few days and a great 2007. Thanks again Dave for being the glue that has kept this rag-tag collection of ageing hatters together for yet another year!

slon
xmas | 24/12/2006, 14:45
Same to you

Steve
Xmas | 24/12/106, 12:9
Merry Chrimble one and all! Have fun!!

Mikey H
No subject title | 22/12/2006, 15:11
Is anyone else still stuck in work trying to resist the numerous tins of chocolates and senior managers trying to be jovial??? - Oh to be self employed!!

Mr T
BA cancels flights | 22/12/2006, 12:10
Ain't gettin' on no plane, fool

Dino
No subject title | 22/12/2006, 11:16
I sense complete make!

Simon H
No subject title | 22/12/2006, 9:12
I can't follow conversation threads. In my old age my attention span has

Simon H
No subject title | 22/12/2006, 9:8
This is a funny Christmas game but you need to listen to the opening song first. http://www.eyegas.com/xmas05/

Mikey H
Dino. | 22/12/2006, 7:49
Dave Wid - Since when did anything that Dino said EVER make sense? - I can't believe that you're surprised!!

Dave Wid
No subject title | 22/12/2006, 0:43
Nope...I just read Dino's post 5 times and it still doesn't make sense to me.

Mikey H
No subject title | 21/12/2006, 18:35
Maybe you could ask each of your madhatter mates to buy a specific book for Hannah each and then she would have the complete set!!! Go on Dave.... abuse your position!!!

dave
No subject title | 21/12/2006, 17:44
How does buying them individually at different times in order to complete the set make me a cheapskate exactly? Surely I am an idiot as it would cost me loads more to do it this way. Not to mention the time taken shopping, cross-referencing (as no doubt I would forget which books), getting into town, supporting my local bookshop... I'm going to far, aren't I, ?? Happy Christmas.

Nick W
No subject title | 21/12/2006, 13:31
Or buy the box set Dave, and they already come lined up, you cheapskate.

dave
Mr Men | 21/12/2006, 10:15
Mike - re:Mr Men books, I just brought Hannah a couple to add to her Mr Men library. Little Miss Tidy and Little Miss Christmas. So yes, I guess the yoof do still enjoy them. I like the fact that if you collect them all and line them in order the spines spell out 'My Mr Men Library' and there's a picture of a wiggly worm.

Dino
Euphoniums & Euphemisms - so close yet so far apart | 21/12/2006, 9:14
Wid...its because of your infantile sense of humour that we can all picture you laughing at that one...as regards the lump of solid compressed mass of carbon.....need I say more????????

slon
No subject title | 21/12/2006, 9:13
The Santa Claus figure was ubiquitous by the late 19th century. Santa was portrayed as both large and small; he was usually round but sometimes of normal or slight build; and he dressed in furs or cloth suits of red, blue, green, or purple. A Boston printer named Louis Prang introduced the English custom of Christmas cards to America, and in 1885 he issued a card featuring a red-suited Santa. At the beginning of the 1930s, the Coca-Cola company was looking for ways to increase sales of their product during winter. They turned to a talented commercial illustrator named Haddon Sundblom, who created a series of memorable drawings that associated the figure of a larger than life, red-and-white garbed Santa Claus with Coca-Cola. Coke's annual advertisements became a perennial Christmastime feature which helped spur Coca-Cola sales throughout the winter. The success of this advertising campaign has helped fuel the legend that Coca-Cola actually invented the image of the modern Santa Claus, decking him out in a red-and-white suit to promote the company colors. So - they didn't invent him as such, but they certainly helped consolidate the now traditional image in people's minds. Merry Christmas all.

slon
No subject title | 21/12/2006, 9:6
Mike, is yur question mark key stuck?????????????

Mikey H
Sentimental or Stupid? | 21/12/2006, 8:46
Roger Hargreaves has got a lot to answer to!! - was it Mr Mean that gave his brother a piece of coal for xmas???? Do the "youth of today" still read Mr Men books????

Dave Wid
No subject title | 20/12/2006, 20:15
Oh - and Coke invented the modern image of santa - the red coat and shit. It was my last day at my school today. A student gave me a piece of coal. Sentimental or stupid? Discuss.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 20/12/2006, 20:14
I'm I the only one who found "Will it fit in my oven?" funny? Is it possible to describe anything without it sounding like a euphemism? Dave - I'm impressed - I'm going to Blythe Bridge for Christmas, it's near Stoke, don't you know.

Mr Dentist
Coke Invented.... | 20/12/2006, 18:42
they also invented tooth decay

The debunker
No subject title | 20/12/2006, 18:23
Coke did NOT invent Santa Claus, they just used him in ads. But they did invent child abuse.

dave
No subject title | 20/12/2006, 14:0
There, that's a little better. My vote's for Turkey too. I'm going to gamble with picking up a fresh'un at the last minute. I always find a dollop of Patrick-brand stuffing gets the most out of the old bird.

dave
Christmas decorations | 20/12/2006, 13:53
Just realised I've not put up the festive Christmas decorations on the site. Hang on a 'mo.

Smart Alec
Caroline at the sweetshop | 20/12/2006, 13:35
Do you have a 'before' photo too?

Turkey Stuffer....
No subject title | 20/12/2006, 13:10
Not after i've finished with 'em - nice bit of horsechestnut stuffing and she's soon moist and ready.

Steve
Dry | 20/12/106, 13:10
Depends how you cook it Ann Dee my son. Mine are always moist, but then..... (please insert your own gag including the words 'moist' and 'bird' here).

Ann Dee
gratuitous turkey comment | 20/12/106, 12:16
Dry old bird

Mikey H
No subject title | 20/12/2006, 11:45
Turkey for me please..... call me an old fashioned traditionalist..... besides which Goose sandwiches on Boxing day aren't the same!!!

Steve
G or T | 20/12/106, 11:43
I'd have to say Turkey for me. But then it's my favourite!! I've ordered a 25 lb er for Boxing Day. Will it fit in my oven? Discuss.....

Psi
No subject title | 19/12/2006, 12:57
No discussion necessary. Goose all the way.

dave
No subject title | 19/12/2006, 10:41
Sorry Dave, yes I did, I'm going to Barbados for Christmas... well from 28th Dec,

slon
No subject title | 19/12/2006, 9:43
So... Goose or Turkey, discuss?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 19/12/2006, 0:34
So, what's everyone doing for christmas? Dave - did you get my mail?

Anonymous
No subject title | 18/12/2006, 17:21
ho ho ho merry christmas everybody's having funny funny ha ha ha

Tony Blair
No subject title | 18/12/2006, 17:22
I have nothing to say either.

dave
No subject title | 18/12/2006, 17:21
bla bla bla

dave
No subject title | 18/12/2006, 11:55
Would like to caht but can't think wot to say.

Mikey H
No subject title | 18/12/2006, 11:32
Morning Mr P.

dave
No subject title | 18/12/2006, 11:31
Good morning

Dave Wid
No subject title | 14/12/2006, 13:58
Lets start a sweep stake on how long till his next penalty................ ............. .................. .................. .................. .................. too late!

slon
No subject title | 14/12/2006, 13:7
But slowly

Psi
No subject title | 14/12/2006, 12:14
It seems I have killed the caht through infantile pedantry. sorry. I don't care that much though, I can drive cars again!!

Psi
No subject title | 13/12/2006, 16:47
Surely you identify with the characters? Life as a book or film would be quite boring

Dino
Starter For Ten | 13/12/2006, 13:22
Am I the only one who identifies with this book/film? Hmmm...

Mikey H
No subject title | 13/12/2006, 10:17
Glad you enjoyed the round robin Mr H..... we only write it for you and Kate Hatherley.

slon
No subject title | 13/12/2006, 9:9
Gandalf the red-nosed reindeer?

Simon H
No subject title | 12/12/2006, 21:42
Father Christmas, Santa Claus, St Nick...it's all the same. Of course, if you were on first name terms with the man like me then you'd call him Gandalf

Simon H
No subject title | 12/12/2006, 21:37
Ho ho ho. Merry Christmas everyone. May all your dreams come true. Except that one Dave Wid has about Judi Dench and the fork lift truck. Mike - Round Robin. Funny. Read it.

The Insulter
No subject title | 12/12/2006, 18:36
Oooo...I'm so scared.... I'am being threatened by some 'evil' version of an already entirely fictional character. I am sooooo scared. Go and listen to you 'Fields of the Nephilm' christmas album you sad goth nob-jockey.

Satan Claws
The Insulter | 12/12/106, 13:47
You're top of my list, gay boy!!

The Insulter
No subject title | 12/12/2006, 13:10
Christ on a bike. You're all doing such a good job of being useless skid stains that there is nothing for me to say.

Satan Claws
Twat | 12/12/106, 10:51
You're the twat, Santan!! You can't even pretend to get my name right. I'm coming for ya!!

Santan Claws
Christmas | 12/12/106, 10:49
You know what I'm bringing this Christmas? Death!! Especially to that fat twat in the red outfit, whatever his name is!!!

Father Christmas
No subject title | 12/12/2006, 9:6
Good lad Psi. For still believing in me and for getting my name right I'll be bringing extra goodies your way.

Martin Brabham
None - Really - Is that all youve got? | 11/12/2006, 16:56
I just thought I would post something to see if it works as I a bit of an Internet plonker.

The Coca-Cola Drinks Company
No subject title | 12/12/2006, 0:50
We created him in the first place. He is a seasonal maketing image and ot actually real at all. He won't be checking a list and he certainly won't be being tracked by a satellite. We made them up too. So chill out, in fact, why not chill out and have a cool and refereshing glass of Coke. Its the real thing. It is it........."I'd like to teach the world to sing....."

Little St Nick W
No subject title | 11/12/106, 20:22
I'm with you on this Psi. He's still Father Christmas around these parts.

Psi
No subject title | 11/12/2006, 18:23
Look mate, you're obviously an imposter, like 'Santa' below. The real Father Christmas is called Father Christmas and would therefore prefer to be called Father Christmas

Chris Cringle
No subject title | 11/12/2006, 15:43
Ho, Ho, Hold on a minute while I check my list twice...Bennett, Simon...hmmm...Oh dear, naughty, I'm afraid. Well it would seem I have a 100" plasma screen going spare.

dave
No subject title | 11/12/2006, 14:35
Of course Mike, I don't want to stop Santa (sorry Father Christmas).

Santa
Psi | 11/12/106, 14:21
Ho! Ho! Ho! No pressies for you this year Psi!!

Psi
No subject title | 11/12/2006, 12:49
Has anyone else noticed how no-one calls him Father Christmas any more? When I was a kid, that was his name, though I was aware he could also be called Santa Claus. It's creeping Americanisation and I loathe it.

Mikey H
Quiff Richard. | 11/12/2006, 12:6
Are you asking to stop Santa with a satellite or wanting to stop Quiff bringing out bloody awful tracks at Christmas???

dave
No subject title | 11/12/2006, 10:1
Indeed c'est fin.
I heard Quiff Richard's new song today, its about Christmas and stuff and it has the opening line 'a satellite's tracking Santa'. There's gotta be some way to stop him.

Le Burge
Toyah | 11/12/2006, 9:34
Sorry, Dave. Busy yet again. Is that it for your Toyah gigs?

Lesley
festive penguin fun | 7/12/2006, 15:16
Try this link for a bit of festive light relief! http://www.star28.net/snow.html

dave
No subject title | 6/12/2006, 18:19
Next gig is tomorrow (7th Dec) at Tunbridge Wells Assembly Theatre. Do give me a shout if you want to come. Yes that is my new Strat.

Le Burge
Guitar | 6/12/2006, 12:52
Is that your new Strat your playing there, Dave?

Le Burge
Celebs | 6/12/2006, 12:52
I followed Teri Hatcher onto the Desperate Housewives stage earlier this year. No photographic evidence though. And stop it with this gross chat. Dave - where and when are the next two gigs? Great thigh-length boots from the original lisping ginger spice

slon
No subject title | 5/12/2006, 16:56
Maybe they just had it as a side dish?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 5/12/2006, 16:49
...that's interesting Dave, I guess that could also mean that they may have been felching, leading to the consumption of said sperm.....

dave
No subject title | 5/12/2006, 16:19
...and no, that's not homophobic. It merely describes a person who burps after consuming a lot of sperm.

dave
No subject title | 5/12/2006, 16:17
Spermburper

DIno
No subject title | 5/12/2006, 13:11
Depends if you work in the sperm bank

dave
No subject title | 5/12/2006, 12:46
I get Jimmy Saville, Julia Sommerville and Jimmy Sommerville mixed up. As yet this has had no embarassing social consequences but maybe one day it'll cause a problem.

slon
No subject title | 5/12/2006, 9:33
Was he as scary as he seems?

Jimmy Saville
No subject title | 5/12/2006, 8:29
Now then, now then - we're you the young lad who wanted to meet bananarama?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 5/12/2006, 1:30
I met Jimmy Saville once.

slon
No subject title | 4/12/2006, 11:23
Closet?

Mikey H
No subject title | 4/12/2006, 9:50
But admit is Si, you really went to see ABC and Howard Jones.... after all, you are a closet new romantic!!!

Mikey H
No subject title | 4/12/2006, 9:49
....oh that was you was it!!!.... did you also trash Toyahs hotel room???

Simon H
No subject title | 4/12/2006, 9:28
Groupie Hopes was armed with an Access All Areas pass. No one could touch me. So I ran around naked and peed in dressing room corners.

MIkey H
No subject title | 4/12/2006, 8:34
Great set of Toyah photos Dave - but what has happened to the bedpan that Tim wore on his head in Reading?? and why didn't security remove that groupie Hopes??

dave
No subject title | 3/12/2006, 21:40
...steady Simon. SIon - she does look very good in that outfit, ahem. Anyways, I think still need to go a long way to beat that photo of Jo with the Queen, or Ken with David Beckham, Any hatters got any good celeb moments on celluloid?

slon
No subject title | 3/12/2006, 12:39
I know which one I'd want

Simon H
No subject title | 3/12/2006, 11:7
You see that... that's my mate that is next to Toyah

slon
No subject title | 2/12/2006, 19:17
Ooh davey, can I be a groupie?

dave
No subject title | 2/12/2006, 18:42
Thanks Simon for accompanying me. I liked Howard Jones, he made me remember school discos of yesteryear. For anyone who's interested here's a little pic from the night.

Simon H
No subject title | 2/12/2006, 11:8
Hi my same is Simon and you may remember me from some time ago. I saw Davy P play guitar for Toyah last night at the rockin-on-down Portsmouth Guildhall. It was a proud moment for Madhatterlore. And I hung out backstage and saw Howard Jones and Martin Fry from ABC. Althogether now... shoot that poison arrow, what is loooooooove anyway, it's a mystery, ooooo like to get to know you well, doo doo doo

Joey Santiago
No subject title | 1/12/2006, 14:27
Hey Frank, Kim....chill out man..... and by the way Kim you've spelt your surname wrong!!

Dino
No subject title | 1/12/2006, 12:8
horse-less carriages I can more or less get...but what kind of an idiot would drive in one at over 40 mph?!?!? Surely your heart would stop beating or something?

Kim Deel
No subject title | 1/12/2006, 10:41
Shut up Franck you fat camp idiot.

Black Francis
No subject title | 1/12/2006, 10:40
Wow, someone remembers us as the true originators of US grunge. I am the musical father of Cobaine.

Mikey H
No subject title | 30/11/2006, 21:35
Great news that you're almost back on the road Psi - can we have our Pixies CD back now??? ..... and talking about cars.... can I have a rant about b******y 40mph average speed cameras thro road works.... on the M4 and M6 at the moment!!!.... I always seem to drive through them dead early in the morning.... hardly any other traffic and certainly no-one working in the coned off section...WHY 40MPH???? it makes me mad....and quite often late!!

Dave Wid
No subject title | 30/11/2006, 18:28
If you're wondering what they're talking about Dino, a car is a modern form of transport. Like a magical horse-less carriage.

Psi
No subject title | 30/11/2006, 17:13
Just under two weeks to go. Just got the car MOT'd and forked out for my post-ban insurance (only £150 more which is ok I suppose). Now waiting for Big Brother to send me my new licence with its ghastly photo.

Dino
Chocolate | 30/11/2006, 16:55
Shame...opportunity missed. I understand technology Le Burge, I even have a wireless radio at home!

slon
No subject title | 30/11/2006, 16:4
None at all, I was simply suggesting that if ads annoy then stop watching 'live' telly. Psi - are you back in the world of motoring yet and if so should I put the kettle on?

Le Burge
Nerd | 30/11/2006, 15:0
You just don't understand technology Dino or anything invented since the extinction of the, er, dinosaurs.

Psi
No subject title | 30/11/2006, 12:50
Apparently no-one.

Dino
No subject title | 29/11/2006, 17:17
Any nerdier and we're in danger of losing our fan base here...who wants to talk about chocolate?

Le Burge
Skippy | 29/11/2006, 17:15
Sion, how is skipping ads on Sky+ any different to FFWDing them on VHS, which we've all been doing for years?

Le Burge
Ah, Steve | 29/11/2006, 16:34
Because everything of any quality is shot on film (or HD video) running at 24fps. UK TV plays out at 25fps......so it's sped up. It's all done in telecine. The same is done for regular films too, and everyone sounds slightly higher than they do at the cinema. The audio pitch shift is about a semitone.

Steve
US Shows | 29/11/106, 15:57
Le Burge, is it something to do with the frames per second of the camera they capture on, the refresh rate of NTSC or that they prefer to have everyone speak in a slightly squeaky voice over there so they just play it faster?

slon
No subject title | 29/11/2006, 15:24
Decent stuff? Blimey, what channel?

Barry Scott
No subject title | 29/11/2006, 14:56
HI! I'M BARRY SCOTT!

Le Burge
and | 29/11/2006, 14:55
That'll be the end of TV as no money coming in etc, to make decent stuff. More reality b*llocks instead. Mr Wid, I didn't think my answer was totally complete. In fact, I left an opening for the obvious question - why do US shows play 4% quicker in the UK? But no-one asked it. Ah, well.

slon
No subject title | 28/11/2006, 17:22
might I suggest getting a recording device of some kind and zipping through the ads at high speed, that way I find they become merely an irritation. Marketing people must hate sky+. I haven't watched an ad in two years.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 28/11/2006, 13:11
Thanks Burge. That is probably the most complete and nerdy answer to a question I have ever had. One of the pleasures of satellite tv are the silly ad break timings, 'the ... treasure ... is in the........CANESTAN DUO. PUTS THAT FAKE HOLLOW SMILE BACK ON YOUR FACE...' The only truly frustrating thing is that they seem to take place virtually simultaneously across all stations making it impossible to surf without coming across satan's 13th disciple Barry Scott.

LeBurge
Numbers | 28/11/2006, 12:3
Lucky Number - was that a Toyah hit too, or was it Lena Lovich? Weird transmissions on SW radio are from Outa Space. Probably. Or North Korea

Dino
Lost it | 28/11/2006, 11:30
Dave: I think you need to get out of your house more...

dave
Lost | 27/11/2006, 21:20
...even saying that, I think Lost is still far and away the best thing since 'The Prisoner'. I actually do think the plot has immense real-world ramifications which are to be revealed. The back story stuff on http://www.lostpedia.com is mental (especially the bit about the numbers - Valenzetti equation) and scarily 'deep'.
BTW Si, any theories about number stations? Is it you broadcasting to a spy network, like you used to in Hatfield? Or at the very least broadcasting the Alan Parsons Project on your radiator and oscilloscope.

dave
No subject title | 27/11/2006, 21:15
I thought that there was something wrong with the 'Lost' ad breaks. Sky must've got a designer in to emulate the Lost logo and he's done a very bad job of it. They just don't seem right. That is actually really stupid of them as it interrupts the flow of the drama. In fact most made for TV dramas are written to have an eastender drum moment just before an ad break. Thanks for being a nerd Si.

slon
No subject title | 27/11/2006, 17:3
Liz, don't you live at 20 Soylent Green?

LE Burge
Lost ads | 27/11/2006, 15:44
Lost used to run for 65 minutes on C4, which means they actually had more ad breaks than Sky or even the US. On UK TV, US shows actually run around 4% faster than they do in the States, which also allows for an additional 2'24" of ad time. And Sky puts the ad breaks in the wrong place. Especially noticeable in "24." I'll get my coat.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 27/11/2006, 13:15
Is Soylent Green really people?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 27/11/2006, 13:15
Lost 3 is cool as beans - too many ads on sky tho. Does that mean they re-edit a shorter version of the show for sky? Or do they play it faster t fit it in? Any media buffs know the answer to that question? And why were 4 of my own lottery numbers the same as the lost ones? That is a probability of 5,085,024 to 1. How come I can do that but still can't even win a tenner on a saturday night? Should I limit my gambling to just a tombola at the village fete?

slon
No subject title | 26/11/2006, 18:10
Thanks. Thanks a lot.

Nick W
No subject title | 26/11/106, 15:33
Just checked the weather in Calgary. Temperature -27c, but with windchill feels like -34c. Someone remind me why we are going?

Sarah
Lost | 24/11/2006, 22:16
Don't worry, I'm sure by the time we get to the end of this series we still won't have a clue what's going on.

Lesley
No subject title | 24/11/2006, 15:57
Don't mention Lost - I'm not happy that latest series has gone to Sky. I will just have to buy the DVDs.

dave
SW Number Stations | 24/11/2006, 11:17
For any 'Lost' fans, see my website recommendation for 'spy numbers'. This is some real-life weirdness that still goes on SW radio. They are called Number Stations and they start off with a weird musical jingle then start reading a load of numbers. All very weird. I became alerted to it this morning as they were looking into it on Radio 4. So is it a radio prank or something more sinister? Perhaps there really is a modern day 'Hanso Foundation'?

Nick W
No subject title | 23/11/2006, 10:19
Thought Casino Royale was fantastic, albeit not so much a traditional Bond film and more a modern spy/action thriller. And if Odeon tell me they are fanatical about film once more after forcing me to watch 25 minutes (yes I counted) of adverts / trailers after the movie start time I am going to shove my extra large bucket of popcorn up there arse.

Steve
DC | 22/11/106, 16:26
I'm in agreement. I thought I'd be alone in this but Bond has always given me this niggling thing at the back of my mind. Cheese! DC plays it like a thug. Surely if you have a licence to kill and you're a spy you'd need to be rock hard. And that's what DC gives us. A cold, heartless, ruthless, hard as nails assissin. Nice.

slon
No subject title | 22/11/2006, 16:14
me and my typos. I give on

slon
No subject title | 22/11/2006, 16:13
"Dialysis is Forever" "The Lining Kidneys" or maybe just "Dr, No!"

John
No subject title | 22/11/2006, 14:50
Best Bond ever. Made Brosnan look like a mincing little twat by comparison. Look forward to 007 giving himself kidney dialysis halfway through a cage fight in the next movie.

Steve
Defib | 22/11/106, 9:36
No. It's in the glove compartment of the gorgeous Aston! So John, what did you think of Daniel Craig then?

slon
No subject title | 21/11/2006, 21:54
Is it built into a wristwatch?

John
Casino Royale | 21/11/2006, 17:21
There's no Q in it but MI6 do display remarkable prescience by supplying 007 with a defibrilator. What were the chances of needing one of them?

Steve
Bond | 21/11/106, 14:34
I've seen it and no there are no exploding wine gums. No Q either. In fact it lost all the cheese too. I really enjoyed it. Am I being controversial? Daniel Craig did a great job.

slon
No subject title | 21/11/2006, 11:5
Not having seen it yet I can only assume that Q gives 007 some exploding wine gums or something, which would be quaintly British.

Ann Dee
Ford Mondeo | 21/11/106, 9:56
Apologies for the product placement in my last message, I'm not in the emply of Maynards and never have been (although they do make very good wine gums and are more than welcome to send me plenty for free). I blame Casino Royale.

Ann Dee
lucky sweets | 21/11/106, 9:54
I once had a tube of Maynards wine gums that were only black and red, but then it was the special pack that only included black and reds so I'm not sure how much luck was involved.

slon
No subject title | 21/11/2006, 9:9
No, but conversely I've never had a Topic without a slightly off hazelnut lurking in it.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 20/11/2006, 21:21
I alway buy tubes of Refreshers. They're always fizztastically lucky.

Marianne Faithfull
No subject title | 20/11/2006, 20:37
I got lucky with a Mars bar once...

Psi
Fruit pastilles | 20/11/2006, 17:34
I just had a 'fun size' roll of fruit pastilles which had four black ones and a red one out of a total of five. Has anyone else been this lucky with a packet of sweets?

dave
London tonight? | 20/11/2006, 12:12
Just to mention, if anyone's in London tonight it would be nice to see you at ISH (see RoxClaytonScott story on right)

dave
No subject title | 17/11/2006, 15:32
Sounds like an interesting tale. Whaddya say? Oi, Fry, I'm gonna take that Poison Arrow and shove it right up your Lexicon of Love. (that's the best I could come up with sorry)

slon
No subject title | 17/11/2006, 13:38
I once insulted Martin Fry of ABC to his face, or at least the back of his head

dave
No subject title | 17/11/2006, 11:57
I'd like to scotch the PSB rumours please but already I fear it is too late. Mike - I wasn't playing last night with Toyah, the dates are Nov 30 Eastbourne Congress Theatre, Dec 1 Portsmouth Guild Hall, Dec 7 Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall Theatre . Also on the bill are Howard Jones and ABC.

Mikey H
No subject title | 17/11/2006, 11:30
So how was the gig last night Dave?? In the rock'n'roll capital of the world - Eastbourne!!

Anonymous
No subject title | 17/11/2006, 9:0
m

slon
PSB | 17/11/2006, 9:0
Either the Pet Shop Boys or the chinese Public Security Bureau? But now I' confused - I thought it was Toyah?

Steve
Cartoon | 16/11/106, 18:22
Fine by me, but who are the PSB? Or am I just being thick?

John
Cartoon | 16/11/2006, 16:39
Steve French, how about a cartoon of Dave on stage with the PSB and one of the crowd asking: "Who's that up there with Dave Patrick?"

slon
No subject title | 16/11/2006, 16:38
Mike, stop it.

dave
No subject title | 16/11/2006, 16:29
Just not quite enough info from everyone around here at the moment. Teasers, the lot of you. I am also complicit. Hey, where would the world be without speculation?

Keith Flint
No subject title | 16/11/2006, 15:35
it was me..... I'm the Firestarter!!! Twisted Firestarter

Mikey H
Fire | 16/11/2006, 15:32
...what and you think Joe Dolce started it???

slon
No subject title | 16/11/2006, 15:7
Sorry, There's been a fire at our archery course. I didn't mean to confuse.

MIkey H
Very Annoying | 16/11/2006, 14:18
Ken - I realise that Joe Dolce and Toni Basil are annoying, but to use them as target practice is a bit harsh!!

Ken
No subject title | 16/11/2006, 12:40
Slon, very annoying - perhaps when they are caught they should be used for target practice. When are you going up next?

Slon
No subject title | 16/11/2006, 11:59
It is Joe Dolce, well I never. I was plumping for Toni Basil, but thats a different story.

80s Legend
Davey P | 16/11/2006, 11:26
Can you guess who I am yet?? When Dave plays with me tonight I'm going to turn this world, inside out, turn Surburbia upside down.... and afterwards I'm going to Walk the streets, scream and shout, crawl thro the alleyways, being very loud..... hey hum, I just want to be free!!!

Mikey H
80's Legend | 16/11/2006, 11:19
Can I have a guess at who Dave will be playing with tonight, tomorrow and next week??? I thinks it's either Blondie, Toyah or Kate Bush!!!.... am I right???

Nick W
No subject title | 16/11/2006, 9:34
Dave, as you know I am far from whizzy on html, but if you visit www.reedsrains.com and do a postcode search on DH8 5XG it it the only one that come up. Scary prices in St. Albans! It's cheap up North.

Steve
No subject title | 16/11/106, 9:17
Ken. The red squirrel buries his nuts at lunch time.

Slon
No subject title | 16/11/2006, 9:7
Ken, big fire up at the course, all the huts destroyed.

Ken
No subject title | 15/11/2006, 21:27
Dave, will you be looking to stay in the St Albans area? Nick, well done indeed on selling the house lets hope there are no nasty surprises.

Steve
Guess | 15/11/106, 16:40
Erm... Is it Joe Dolce? Hang on. I can't guess! I know who it is!!

dave
No subject title | 15/11/2006, 16:4
Would anyone care to have a guess?

Steve
Nice | 15/11/106, 15:45
Very nice Davey. By the way. Have you made an official MH announcement about the 80's legend that you will be playing guitar for soon?

Dino
No subject title | 15/11/2006, 15:33
I can't sell my house, that makes me very sad.

dave
No subject title | 15/11/2006, 15:29
Here you are, my house for sale.

dave
No subject title | 15/11/2006, 15:19
...is it on rightmove.co.uk? Do you want to exchange links?

dave
No subject title | 15/11/2006, 15:18
Do you know Nick that is strange, so have I.

Nick W
No subject title | 15/11/2006, 14:58
I just sold my house today. If you don't know why that is, just know it makes me very happy.

dave
No subject title | 15/11/2006, 14:39
I too, recently purchased a floor controller for my Behringer. It doesn't really make me happy but hopefully it will please 100s of fans as my dist flange delay effect rips into She Sells Sanctuary.

Steve
Happy | 15/11/106, 14:20
I've got a new Wacom tablet to help me with my cartoons. If you don't know what that is, just know it makes me happy.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 15/11/2006, 13:25
I bought a midi floor controller for my POD. If you don't know what that means, just know that it makes me happy. What has made you happy today?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 14/11/2006, 17:20
I watched the Aristocrats last night. Sickest joke in the world? Well I'm not sure. Just don't mix it up with the Aristocats - the kids would have a nasty surprise.

Ann Dee
tease | 14/11/106, 10:16
Bugger. My first contribution for ages and the video disappears before anyone can enjoy it. Heyho, rest assured it was very funny in an itchy teeth kind of way. Reminded me a little of the old corporate anthems site there used to be "KPMG we're strong as can be, with a vison of global strategy, la, le la." I'll go away now.

Steve
No clip | 13/11/106, 22:47
Oh Andy. You tantalise us and then there's nothing there!!

Ann Dee
please watch it all | 13/11/106, 17:43
this is genius, Bono would be so proud. http://www.vimeo.com/clip:114601

Slon
Slingbox | 13/11/2006, 13:41
Has anyone got a Slingbox (http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/slingbox.htm/printable) and if so how do you rate it?

Sarah
No subject title | 10/11/2006, 19:57
Thanks Slon

Dave Wid
No subject title | 10/11/2006, 14:28
Hello Davey. Long time no caht.

dave
No subject title | 10/11/2006, 13:37
The chat didn't actually disappear, there is just this little bug that if you recommend a site with too long a name it pushes the chat down the page. Next time if you are faced with a blank page, that'll probably be the reason so just scroll down.

Slon
No subject title | 10/11/2006, 11:25
Indeed, welcome back. Where did it go? Incidentally, happy birthday Sarah R for earlier.

Le Burge
Ahh | 10/11/2006, 9:52
Good to see the caht page fixed. You could always illegally download Lost if you haven't got Sky One. Is that any more illegal that borrowing someone's video recording of it? Probably not.

Jo
No subject title | 9/11/2006, 14:57
something to liven up your Thursday afternoon... http://www.eyegas.com/xmas05/

Dino
Urine | 9/11/2006, 14:9
Makes the first cup of tea of the day taste fab!

The Insulter
No subject title | 8/11/2006, 17:21
That's because he drinks it and sweats it out like an ageing piss monster.

The Original (and best) Steve
Lost | 8/11/106, 15:18
If you're a fan I don't mind bunging them onto tape for you Mikey. Wouldn't want you to miss out old bean. And Dino... you still smell of wee.

Dino
Lost | 8/11/2006, 14:59
Who cares?

Mikey H
Confused | 8/11/2006, 12:37
That should have been me on the last posting.... not Steve!! I'll get my coat!

Steve
Most improtant news | 8/11/2006, 12:37
.....but what about us who don't have Sky Steve?? - I guess we'll jyst have to wait until it comes out on DVD

Steve
Most Important News | 8/11/106, 10:58
Listen up Lost fans. The new series starts on the 19th November at 10pm on Sky 1!! It seems Ch 4 couldn't afford the latest series. Hopefully, Sky will repeat it a million times so you'll never miss an episode! This'll make us only about 6 weeks behind the USA.

Steve
No subject title | 7/11/106, 9:30
Cheers Si. I'm now working on one about how Sadam's hanging will be the biggest pay per view reality TV event ever. Or is that a topical step too far? Davey, I often wonder why my T-Mobile Flext bills, which should be Fixt, are always more than my tariff!

Le Burge
Mega pixel | 6/11/2006, 13:9
A very topical mega-pixel cartoon, Steve. Apparently clever boffins are experimenting with single-pixel ways of taking high-resolution pictures. Crazy!

dave
No subject title | 6/11/2006, 12:16
Having just negotiated myself a reasonable deal of 4MB Broadband and Talk Unlimited 24 plus rental all for the handy bundle price of £23.50, why am I still being charged £50 a month for services? Sorry to whinge but that's what the Madhatters forum is all about. It's enough to make you middle-aged, I mean why does everything have to be such a battle these days.
And on a happier note... er, I'm going to have some lunch.

Dave
NTL | 6/11/2006, 12:13
NTL make me want to cry. Discuss.

dave
No subject title | 3/11/2006, 11:32
Thank four it's Friday.

Steve
No subject title | 2/11/106, 10:59
Thanks mate.

slon
No subject title | 1/11/2006, 18:21
I've passed your message on to her

Steve
Liz Smith | 1/11/106, 12:41
Hello everyone. I'm trying to get in touch with Liz Smith. If you're out there Liz or anyone knows where she is could you let me know please. Ta.

Steve
GOB | 31/10/106, 18:30
Well yes. I'm one of those too.

The Insulter
No subject title | 31/10/2006, 18:17
And there was me thinking you were just a grumpy old bastard.

Steve
Prescient | 31/10/106, 17:5
Oh yes, my son. I am indeed all seeing and all knowing. Some would say I'm omnivorous!

slon
No subject title | 31/10/2006, 15:2
Now Mikey, don't dis the Hoff

Dino
Mega Pixel | 31/10/2006, 13:11
Steve French - are you pre-escient or what?!? http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=8074851

Mikey H
Chacarron | 31/10/2006, 9:41
...but have you seen the Tellytubbies version?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXuVIf66rmI&mode=related&search=

Mikey H
Chacarron | 31/10/2006, 9:22
Thank you Mr Wid.... I had tried all night to get that bloody Chacarron song out of head after hearing it on my way home last night..... and then I stupidly open your link and it's got back into my subconcious again!!!.... oh well, at least it's better than the Hoff inviting you to get in his car!!

Dave Wid
No subject title | 30/10/2006, 22:58
Dave - please edit my recommendation to add a 'u' to my unique spelling of unique. I wish I could tpye.

dave
No subject title | 30/10/2006, 16:18
Indeed, many congrats Jane and Bruce.

Mikey H
Congrats | 30/10/2006, 8:39
Congratulations to Bruce & Jane on your new arrival and also for your great idea - I do think that putting Laura Beth and Charlotte in a really big shed in the garden is a work of pure genius.

Slon & Josie
No subject title | 29/10/2006, 15:23
Ah Brucey, Well done to you and Jane.

Psi
No subject title | 27/10/106, 18:23
Have you and Jane got to go and live in the garden now then? (Congratulations by the way)

Bruce
Shed | 27/10/2006, 17:2
Does any one have a reall y big shed they don't want any more?

Bruce and Jane
New arrival | 27/10/2006, 17:2
Just to let you all know Laura Beth arrived on Saturday. Jane and Laura are doing well, Charlotte and I are adjusting to the situation.

The Suggester
No subject title | 26/10/2006, 15:23
The existential kippers?

Steve
No subject title | 26/10/106, 12:25
Why thank you Mr Patrick. When are we going to write our version of The Pathetic Sharks?

dave
No subject title | 26/10/2006, 12:17
A happy hello to you Steve. Like your cartoon, those upturned noses are sensational.

Steve
No subject title | 26/10/106, 10:59
Hello?

dave
No subject title | 26/10/2006, 10:2
Good morning.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 20/10/2006, 20:44
Ifind english, as my first language, a confusion.

dave
No subject title | 20/10/2006, 15:55
I'm welling up, I'm so proud of you David.

Psi
No subject title | 19/10/106, 23:34
Unless of course the 'the' really is part of your title, in which case my witticism falls flat.

Psi
No subject title | 19/10/106, 23:33
Nice one Dave, good job you're not a the Lead Teacher of English

slon
No subject title | 19/10/2006, 19:54
congrats by the way

slon
No subject title | 19/10/2006, 19:54
You any good at making non-linear equations linear? If so can you help me with something?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 19/10/2006, 18:22
I got a new job! :) I am happy! :) I am now a the Lead Teacher of Mathematics:).......FYI Dave, he's a solvents fan.

Steve
Gillette | 19/10/106, 15:17
It's good, but it's no Burges 'Hex'!!

slon
No subject title | 19/10/2006, 13:58
To dredge this up again see: http://newsbiscuit.com/article/gillette-and-north-korea-combine-to-produce-nuclear-razor

Nick W
No subject title | 19/10/2006, 9:58
Rest assured he will be coming with us. And if we must, we will take his brother as well. But yes, going from full time school, to starting a year later with part-time kindergarten is probably not going to make his day, but we have already bribed him with a bunk bed which seems to have done the trick.

Nick W
No subject title | 19/10/2006, 9:54
I divn't knar what yer mean, like.

slon
No subject title | 19/10/2006, 9:21
Still, at least he won't grow up with a geordy accent eh?

Le Burge
Erm., | 19/10/2006, 9:22
But seriously, as Phil Collins said, enjoy living in Canada, away from the petty predudice and banner (or is that veil?) waving of the so-called United Kingdom. And you'll still have the Queen as your head of state. Marvellous!

Le Burge
School? | 19/10/2006, 9:19
So is Thomas loving school here on in Canada? If the former, you'll be cruelly taking him out of his new school to start at a Canadian kindergarten; if the latter, you left him in a foriegn country all by himself!!

Nick W
Still Here | 18/10/2006, 12:11
Apologies for lateness Mrs Smith, but we have just returned from a week in Canada sorting out bits and pieces. Oh, yeah and Sarah did a nursing exam. Can't see what all the fuss is about really - what's wrong with four two-hour exams in a single day, starting at 7.30am? Anyway, all is well and Thomas is loving school. I have your email address at home so will email you direct.

dave
No subject title | 18/10/2006, 11:52
I wonder if it's the sort of drug that 'The Automatic Man' might do?

dave
No subject title | 18/10/2006, 11:51
Heroin must be really good if you end up with the threat of losing your arms but still don't want to give it up. Hmmmm.

Le Burge
No subject title | 18/10/2006, 9:8
Thanks, Steve!

dave
No subject title | 17/10/2006, 17:36
s'all gone a bit quiet. I was interested to see Steve's happy posting of a girl who's arms have been ravaged by Heroin use though. Happy days.

dave
No subject title | 16/10/2006, 17:46
Oh man, oh man, oh the automatic... man.

Steve
Automatic Man | 16/10/106, 8:4
I've already downloaded it.

slon
No subject title | 15/10/2006, 13:40
I'm humming it already

Dave Wid
No subject title | 14/10/2006, 20:36
Gonna call it 'The Automatic Man'

Dave Wid
No subject title | 13/10/2006, 20:34
I'm bored. Let's write a rock opera. First chord, DSus4 barred on fifth. Fast alternating in 8's with D , then crashing down to an A after 4 bars. Then slide C-D, C A. All with Who-esque high vocals over the top that combine elements of fantasy with grimey working class England.

dave
No subject title | 13/10/2006, 16:21
Yes I was down there in the Summer. They do nice food and still serve a pint of Rail Ale. Ian (The guy who does the brewing) has stayed on with Pete, the original landlord still 'consulting' ahem. Happy days. I saw some of the best (and worst) bands in my life at that pub.

Mikey H
No subject title | 13/10/2006, 10:16
you see... I'm so traumatic I posted the item twice!!!

Mikey H
Beer Engine | 13/10/2006, 10:15
How can you just post such traumatic news without prior warning or councilling..... do I assume the website is the last legacy.... or does Rail Ale live on?? www.thebeerengine.co.uk

Mikey H
Beer Engine | 13/10/2006, 10:15
How can you just post such traumatic news without prior warning or councilling..... do I assume the website is the last legacy.... or does Rail Ale live on?? www.thebeerengine.co.uk

dave
No subject title | 13/10/2006, 10:2
I fear I've been away too long. I do often get yearnings for my home village... Mikey - The Beer Engine was sold recently so that's the end of an era for me. It was my place of employment, my social life, even my bank. Could've snapped it up for 600k! (around the price of a small terrace in St Albans). You can see some of my Newton photos by clicking here

Mikey H
Newton St Cyres | 13/10/2006, 8:50
Did anyone else hear the centre of the universe mentioned on Radio one this morning??? Some bloke called Joe Wall and his dog Charlie were on from Newton St Cyres..... do you know them Dave?

Don Pugliese
No subject title | 12/10/2006, 18:45
He just wants to..... talk. Take a little drive and have chat.

dave
No subject title | 12/10/2006, 15:31
Ooh, that told you Steve.

Steve
Let down | 11/10/106, 22:49
Forgive me paisano. I hope this doesn't prevent my goodfella inauguration. By the way, there was a note on my windscreen from Luca Brazzi. Any ideas why he might be trying to get in touch?

Don Pugliese
No subject title | 11/10/2006, 20:15
I feel that perhaps you are speaking out of turn, Stephen. The family feels let down. Do you want to let the family down, Stephen?

Steve
Davey | 11/10/2006, 18:48
Tch. St. Albans. It's the mobile phone crime capital of the world you know Davey! Your money is probably currently buying a shipment of Uzi 9mms and that innocent looking group of middle-class St. A's residents was probably the upper tier of the Hertfordhsire Pugliese Family, the mobile phone kingpins.

Dino
No subject title | 11/10/2006, 18:19
I'm confused...did you upgrade your phone then Wavey?

dave
No subject title | 11/10/2006, 15:43
...I mean what is the world coming to.

dave
No subject title | 11/10/2006, 15:25
I went to a dodgy guy in the market this PM to get my phone unlocked. I am leaving Orange you see, for... Tescos. Anyway I had asked Orange to take care of this unlocking procedure (which lets my phone work on any network) however they balls'd it up. Whilst dealing with the nice man at the market - who wasn't at all dodgy, asked no questions and charged a tenner - I was approached by a gang of yoof, who laughed at my phone and offered my an upgrade for 2 tenners. I left the stall wondering if I'd contributed to a major crime incident. Nah. It was funny to witness several other middle-class St Albans residents in the now-formed queue behind me, looking very sheepish about doing the same.

dave
No subject title | 11/10/2006, 13:52
That's a bit harsh. ooofff.

The Insulter
No subject title | 11/10/2006, 0:34
...in a body bag.

Lesley
Robin Hood | 10/10/2006, 22:24
Phil & only managed about 10 minutes of Robin Hood before resorting to old episodes of Star Trek Voyager. I'm glad we turned it off now - it obviously didn't get any better. I never thought I'd say it but bring back Kevin Costner!

Sarah
Robin Hood | 10/10/2006, 15:15
Slon, we agree with you about Robin Hood. Ken got hold of the first episode a few weeks ago and watched it then and we thought the script was awful. I don't think they could make their mind up on whether it should be tongue in cheek or serious, hence it turned out really corny. So that's an hour of our life we'll never get back.

Liz
School | 10/10/2006, 12:49
To the Wigginssss - Just wanted to enquire how Thomas was settling into school. Eloise is loving it but is knackered. Sorry I can't send you a proper email but work have deleted my address book - how useful!

Liz
Cake | 10/10/2006, 12:46
Josie - my work colleagues would like to thank you - they are currently tucking into some of Justin's birthday cake (I did let him take some home). Despite the fact that Amelia attacked it this morning by grabbing a handful of the icing. lovely.

Anonymous
No subject title | 10/10/2006, 10:51
Jelly sparks toxic waste alert A pile of jelly left by a road in Germany caused a major security alert after it was mistaken for toxic waste. A large area near the town of Halle was cordoned off after a "flabby red, orange and green substance" was found by the road, Reuters reported. Fire officers in protective suits spent two hours inspecting the substance before concluding it was jelly. "The fire brigade always has to assume a worst-case scenario," a fire brigade spokesman told the news agency. "We conducted a variety of tests and figured out it was jelly." The spillage was traced to a wedding party. The newly-wed groom, who was woken up and informed of the alert, promised to clean up the mess.

Slon
No subject title | 9/10/2006, 13:17
So, anyone watch Robin Hood? Anyone else think it was a giant pair of pants? Honestly, casting Jimmy Somerville as Robin was never going to work.

Lesley
No subject title | 8/10/2006, 22:26
It could have been worse... Pennington-White was suggested!

Working Class Northener
No subject title | 8/10/2006, 12:19
Oh La de da. Let's go and play the graaand piaanoo, Mrs Pennington.

Lesley
name change | 7/10/2006, 12:47
Dave, just realised looking at the birthday list that you don't have my new surname - it's Pennington.

Slon
No subject title | 6/10/2006, 21:57
Can I still be here? I've just spent my first week at UCL doing an MSc, and feeling oddly disloyal to Hatfield. Bugger me though, trains are expensive. Not having been on one (I was going to say since the days of British Rail, but the Mrs has corrected me) since Mr P's stag do, I wasn't prepared to have to take out a second mortgage to get to Euston and back. Psi - can't you devise some kind of discount card for old fogey students? Anyway, welcome back everyone, and Happy Birthday chaps.

Lesley
No subject title | 6/10/2006, 16:51
I have nothing to say but felt I needed to celebrate the return of the chat!

Steve
Video | 6/10/2006, 16:13
There is a God.. and his surname is Hassellhoff!! This is the best song and video of 2006. http://youtube.com/watch?v=ibEdNCLyirE

Dino
No subject title | 6/10/2006, 15:3
Did you know that Nokia phones have a reserve battery that can be invoked when the main battery is low and increase the charge by 50%

Dave Wid
No subject title | 6/10/2006, 14:20
Did you know germans call jelly 'waggle pudding'

Steve
Lost | 6/10/106, 11:32
For all you Lost fans out there, a tongue in cheek site to vent your spleen (WARNING: there are some facts about ep 1, season 3 on here). http://www.whylostsucks.com/. I'm still unsure which direction I'll be going in. Lifelong devotee to all things Lost or regular blogger on the above site cos I'm sick of not being told anything. Only time will tell!!

dave
No subject title | 6/10/2006, 11:13
So Justin and Mike have birthday's today. I wonder if they're having a joint party somewhere with jelly and ice-cream.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 5/10/2006, 18:17
Whenever I say something really dumb you're the first person I thinl of. You may as wll be there, so put it in the book.

Psi
No subject title | 5/10/2006, 10:28
Can I put it in the book even though I wasn't there?

Dino
No subject title | 4/10/2006, 18:45
I agree..."loose" is a very difficult name to remember if you haven't been christened it.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 4/10/2006, 18:19
On the subject of milk, my mum and dad have switched to UHT and de-caffeinated tea. Whenever I'm over and complain they always say that I'm being silly and that 'it tastes just the same....'. Well it bloody doesn't.......on the subject of me being silly, Its nice to know that I still speak like a retard. I was late for a lesson and had t go back to the faculty office for the third time for a set of books I had forgotten and I found myself mumbling to myself, 'for the love of Jesus, I'd forget my own name if it was loose'.

Psi
elevenses | 4/10/2006, 14:14
I used to have a tea but work have just decided to have UHT milk rather than fresh. I have organised a petition...

Steve
Elevenses | 4/10/106, 11:34
So, what does your elevenses consist of Davey? I'm having a cup of coffee and a rather unhealthy spoonful of chocolate spread (it is Green and Black's though!!)

dave
No subject title | 4/10/2006, 11:7
It's become part of the routine, elevenses and a squizz at the MH site

Psi
No subject title | 4/10/2006, 10:13
Damn, I've missed not posting in this place.

Le Burge
Caht! | 4/10/2006, 9:42
Horray. Now if I could just think of something to chat about. Can't.....quite......think.....aaaaaaargh!

dave
Chat's Back | 4/10/2006, 9:21
Hey everybody, chat's back to normality.

Dino
No subject title | 26/9/2006, 14:32
By the way...what's with the bells?

Dino
No subject title | 26/9/2006, 14:31
Dave: Can't you generate one of those weird "PIN"s where they display a random selection of letters that can't be recognised by software, and you have to enter them when you want to leave a message? The only alternative is to put a delay in the chat where "Moderators" can approve the messages before they go up - a few trusted individuals perhaps?

dave
Login | 26/9/2006, 14:0
...login, I mean, we're Madhatters for goodness sake, we don't need to login to caht. It's just not the done thing.

dave
No subject title | 26/9/2006, 14:0
This could be the end of chat as we know it. Bollocks. I will have to have a think about how to stop this lot. IP filter, nah they're dynamic and they use infected machines, erm. The only thing I can think of is the dreaded 'login'.

Dino
No subject title | 26/9/2006, 13:57
They've got some kind of script-monkey that once a site with a chat section has been identified, it goes away and continues to generate messages - dave will have to make it more difficult for us to stop them!

Anne Robinson
No subject title | 26/9/2006, 12:7
Kosmas, you are the Greekest link. Goodbye.

John
No subject title | 26/9/2006, 12:6
Do I detect a certain Greekness in all these advert posters' names? Are they playing The Greekest Link?

Kosmas
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Steve
Blimey | 26/9/106, 10:10
What the bloody hell is going on? How come this innocent little site is suddenly under attack?

dave
No subject title | 25/9/2006, 21:26
...right, I'll just go and, er, sort that out then. Bollocks.

Dino
No subject title | 25/9/2006, 13:59
I think Tassos has mis-spelt his name...I think it should be "Tosser" - Dave, why don't you put a random letter generator in the chat box that spammers can't use an automated program on, like they use for hotmail and other such-like forms these days?

Dino
No subject title | 25/9/2006, 10:44
I'm a bit confused about the 'cream' part, is it a pill or is it cream? I think we should be told because it involves two very different methods of application!

Nick W
No subject title | 25/9/2006, 10:31
Hang on Psi, we are talking about a vanity breast enlargement pill here. This could be a scientific breakthrough.

Psi
No subject title | 25/9/2006, 10:27
God dammit. It was only a matter of time before spammers found us. These people are ruining the internet for everyone - even themselves. Dave, any chance of coding something that enables a few chosen indviduals to delete these posts?

Le Burge
Oh, dear | 25/9/2006, 9:16
It gets everywhere. Still, enjoyed the Edinburgh jokes, Mr Joker.

John
No subject title | 24/9/2006, 17:43
Thanks for the tip, Nicola, but do we need to do that you're on? Sadly I'm not quite stupid enough to click on your link, so I'm still unaware of how good magna pills are - but keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Joker
Edinburgh Festival | 22/9/2006, 12:21

I realised I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a
goat.
Marcus Brigstocke at the Assembly Rooms

Cats have nine lives. Which makes them ideal for experimentation.
Jimmy Carr

The right to bear arms is slightly less ludicrous than the right to
arm bears.
Chris Addison at the Pleasance

The dodo died. Then Dodi died, Di died and Dando died. Dido must be
sh*tting herself.
Colin & Fergus at the Pleasance

My parents are from Glasgow which means they're incredibly hard, but I
was never smacked as a child... well maybe one or two grams to get me
to sleep at night.
Susan Murray at the Underbelly

Is it fair to say that there'd be less litter in Britain if blind
people were given pointed sticks?
Adam Bloom at the Pleasance

My mum and dad are Scottish but they moved down to Wolverhampton when
I was two, 'cause they wanted me to sound like a tw*t.
Susan Murray at the Underbelly

You have to remember all the trivia that your girlfriend tells you,
because eventually you get tested. She'll go: "What's my favourite
flower?" And you murmur to yourself: "Sh*t, I wasn't listening...
Self-raising?"
Addy Van-Der-Borgh at the Assembly Rooms

I saw that show, 50 Things To Do Before You Die. I would have thought
the obvious one was "Shout For Help".
Mark Watson, Rhod Gilbert at the Tron

I went out with an Irish Catholic. Very frustrating. You can take the
Girl out of Cork...
Markus Birdman at the Pod Deco

Got a phone call today to do a gig at a fire station. Went along.
Turned out it was a bloody hoax.
Adrian Poynton at the Pleasance

A dog goes into a hardware store and says: "I'd like a job please".
The hardware store owner says: "We don't hire dogs, why don't you go
join the circus?" The dog replies: "What would the circus want with a
plumber".
Steven Alan Green at C34

Hey - you want to feel really handsome? Go shopping at Asda.
Brendon Burns at the Pleasance

It's easy to distract fat people. It's a piece of cake.
Chris Addison at the Pleasance

I enjoy using the comedy technique of self-deprecation - but I'm not
very good at it.
Arnold Brown at The Stand

If you're being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a
tunnel, then on to a little seesaw, then jump through a hoop of fire.
They're trained for that.
Milton Jones at the Underbelly

Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be both a
winner and a loser at the same time.
Demetri Martin at the Assembly Rooms

My dad is Irish and my mum is Iranian, which meant that we spent most
of our family holidays in Customs.
Patrick Monahan at the Gilded Balloon

Nick W
No subject title | 22/9/2006, 10:31
I just owe a lot of nasty people an awful lot of money.

slon
No subject title | 21/9/2006, 19:1
What? Again?

John
No subject title | 21/9/2006, 15:29
Own up Hugheses and Wigginses - what do you know that we don't? Is there going to be a plague of giant face-eating caterpillars in the UK?

Nick W
Canada | 21/9/2006, 13:6
Mmmmmmm.... maple syrup.....yummmmm.

Steve
Canada | 21/9/106, 11:38
But Dave. Think about all that lovely snow!!!

dave
Canada | 21/9/2006, 11:12
Well I just hope that you don't forget your old Madhatters chums, when you finally leave...
What with your la de da lumberjacking and and massive RVs. Tchoh! Poncing off to Ontario, eee, I don't know.

Mrs Slon
No subject title | 20/9/2006, 15:2
That's brilliant news Wiggins family. Our forms are sittng with the Canadian High Commission, so we hope to see you in a couple of years

Mrs Sl
No subject title | 20/9/2006, 15:1
Nothing said

slon
No subject title | 20/9/2006, 13:3
Congrats Wiggins family. Keep our seats warm, eh?

Ken
No subject title | 19/9/2006, 21:42
Well done Sarah...I hope they were paying for phone call!

Sarah W
I've got a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | 19/9/106, 20:32
i just had to tell everyone. i have just finished a 45 minute telephone interview with the Manager of an A&E Department in Calgary and he is extremely keen to employ me asap. This is fab because we can now emigrate on a temporary work permit whilst waiting for the permanent application to be processed This is also very scary as it means we have only got approx 6 months left before we are actually on our way!!!!!!!!!! Very, very excited.

slon
No subject title | 18/9/2006, 16:52
Are eggs expensive then? I'm not trusted with the shopping.

Dino
Windbreaks | 18/9/2006, 12:17
Are they an aid for breaking wind?

Psi
Windbreaks | 18/9/2006, 11:55
Steve - it not only makes you old, it means you are living in the 70's

Nick W
No subject title | 18/9/2006, 11:45
And what is it about the price of comics these days? I went to buy a comic for Thomas (4) and they are all over a quid these days. It was cheaper to buy Private Eye than the Fimbles bloody comic. So I did. Oh how Thomas laughed his way through it.

dave
Grumpy old Blogs | 18/9/2006, 11:12
For me growing-old is actually looking back with nostalgic fondness on the day when the maturity-scale was funny or relevant.
On another note, nowadays if I have a 'beef' I start to blog about it. I am part of a new generation of Grumpy Old Bloggers, (GOBS - can I be the first one to have that please) who turn to their computer to have a moan about the price of eggs.

dave
No subject title | 18/9/2006, 11:7
I vote for SIon.

slon
No subject title | 18/9/2006, 10:52
Realising that dancing to "Come on Eileen" could actually kill you is quite a shock in the growing old stakes

Steve
Old age points. | 18/9/106, 10:27
Hey gang. In reference to past postings regarding MHs getting older by having double glazing, sheds, kids etc. Me, Jo, Phil and Sam went camping in Cornwall recently and I hate to grass you up Phil (because we got the benefit too!!), but Mr Miller actually went out and bought a wind breaker!! Phil and I hammered the stakes in and Hey Presto, our multi-coloured wind defence was up! Pretty sure that the wind dropped not long after that! Does this make us extra old, or is having kids still the ultimate in old fogery?

Puzzler
No subject title | 15/9/2006, 15:12
Are you collecting heads?

dave
No subject title | 14/9/2006, 12:28
Ta for the heads up.

slon
No subject title | 13/9/2006, 23:42
Just in case anyone is running iTunes, DO NOT download v7. Utterly chock full of bugs.

The Insulter
No subject title | 13/9/2006, 18:33
Shut it , Grandad.

Dino
Insulter | 13/9/2006, 16:38
That's a bit of a vague slur - who is it aimed at? And a little ambiguous - are we saying he still has hair on his back unlike those who have decided for a chest, back and crack wax?

The Insulter
No subject title | 12/9/2006, 18:17
He may make small grammatical errors in the early hours of the morning but at least he still has his hair.

Anonymous
No subject title | 12/9/2006, 13:0
You're sure your ship would yaw in days of yore?

slon
No subject title | 12/9/2006, 11:33
Are you REALLY a teacher Dave? I have such a hard time matching the Dave I know with any memory I have of teachers!

Mikey H
No subject title | 12/9/2006, 11:1
....Call yourself a teacher Mr Wid......100 lines tonight please - "Or Two if YOU'RE in the Midlands"

Mikey H
Call yourself a Teacher?? | 12/9/2006, 11:0
Nothing said

Dave Wid
No subject title | 12/9/2006, 1:4
£4.10. So buy me a pint when I'm next down. Or two if your in the midlands.

dave
No subject title | 11/9/2006, 14:47
Good man!

slon
No subject title | 11/9/2006, 13:35
Woo hoo! For once I remembered to use the Amazon link. A couple of quid on its way to you Dave. Gawd bless George Lucas for finally releasing the original original films on DVD at last.

dave
No subject title | 11/9/2006, 11:2
I wouldn't mind a bit.
H. Birthday Mr Dino.

slon
No subject title | 11/9/2006, 11:2
Many happy returns Steve

Dino
Passports | 11/9/2006, 10:59
Thank you Mr Wid - they arrived today - your birthday present to me :-) How much do I owe you kind sir?

slon
No subject title | 11/9/2006, 9:11
Sigh. As in the gambling phrase "Baby needs a new pair of shoes". But if I wanted to call Dave baby, I'm sure he wouldn't mind.

Dave Wid
No subject title | 10/9/2006, 8:3
Slon, did you just call Dave 'Baby'? Dave's not 'Baby', 'Baby' is in the corner.....Dino, your passports are whipping their way down to you on special delivery.......Dave, it looks very nice, give it a good strum from me.

slon
No subject title | 9/9/2006, 12:23
I like it. Baby doesn't need new shoes, eh?

Simon H
No subject title | 8/9/2006, 16:56
Yawn....very interesting dino....

Dino
No subject title | 8/9/2006, 16:43
Yawn....very interesting davey....

dave
No subject title | 8/9/2006, 16:2
Whaddya reckon, sexy eh? It's an American Deluxe Ash Stratocaster Electric Guitar by Fender, although mine has a maple neck. Plus its got an S-1 Switching system with Samarium Cobalt NoiselessT Strat® Pickups.

dave
No subject title | 8/9/2006, 16:0
Phew. 40 is the new 18, and 60 is the new 40 apparently. I've just brought a new guitar by the way.

slon
No subject title | 7/9/2006, 15:22
If it helps any the dictionary says that middle-age begins at 45

Dino
For Oh! | 7/9/2006, 11:37
Hoping to forget it completely...not sure Aarrian will let me tho as she reminds me every ten seconds in an interminable countdown to the day....! :-(

dave
Married in Vegas | 7/9/2006, 11:19
So Steve, what are you doing for your birthday on Monday? Oh, no, four, oh.

The Invisible Mr Wid
No subject title | 6/9/2006, 18:19
Sorry Steve - I must admit that I put them to one side and forgot. Will send them asasasasap

Le Burge
Ahh | 6/9/2006, 14:21
Too true.

Dino
Le Burge | 6/9/2006, 13:48
I am spreading my net far and wide as I've called, txtd and now posted...hoping Mr Wid looks up from his Xbox for 5 secs and notices one of them :-)

dave
Contacting Mr Wid | 6/9/2006, 10:55
Ah, here speaketh a man who's never tried to get hold of Mr Wid on his mobile phone.
Madhatters is a better method.

Le Burge
Dino to Wid? | 6/9/2006, 9:36
Surely Mr Dino-Steve, bearing in mind the importance of your requirement to get your passports from Dave, why don't you speak to him on the phone directly, rather than relying on him reading a chat posting?!?

dave
No subject title | 6/9/2006, 0:7
I think you've got mixed up with your Dave's, Steve.

Dino
Passports | 5/9/2006, 13:58
In that case, Mr Wid, please can you send our passports down while you are still on your hols, Aarrian needs hers for her job in a couple of weeks. Let me know the cost of registered post and I'll reimburse you. Cheers.

slon
No subject title | 5/9/2006, 13:7
Frankly, yes.

dave
Forms emigrating | 4/9/2006, 22:10
So if SIon's forms are going off this weekend, how long before he is reunited with them? What is this mysterious 'great w/end' with Ken and Si? Is emigrating the easy way out, leaving the rest of us Brits to sort out the mess we've made?

dave
Passports? | 4/9/2006, 22:8
The short answer is no. Actually that's also the long answer, no.

Dino
Wid | 4/9/2006, 10:59
Dave: Did you get my text about our passports? Cheers.

Slon
No subject title | 3/9/2006, 16:41
Happy birthday Nick. Our forms go off this week! And Ken and Si, great w/end, see you soon

Jo
No subject title | 1/9/2006, 17:35
sorry - Friday afternoon - should be "their" not "they're". i blame the chocolate cookies that distracted me...

Jo
No subject title | 1/9/2006, 17:34
bit sad about Air fix. how will young kids get to try glue sniffing in a manner that they're parents think is ok?

Dave Wid
No subject title | 1/9/2006, 10:11
Shit Dino, I'd have to work pretty hard at being bad for that to happen. Anyway, Ive only notched up about 35hrs of Burnout Revenge this holiday.

Dino
Wid | 1/9/2006, 8:55
Dave - why don't you do something useful during your extended summer holidays, like work for charity or something rather than play Mario all day....you're making the rest of us look good.