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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