Last One to Post Wins

[Not so ancient mariner]

How many do you have?

[qbman1]

Flowers?

[Not so ancient mariner]

Furbags

[qbman1]

Oh, them! Just the two at the moment. One, who must be pushing 20, whom we adopted from some former colleagues of Mrs C who emigrated to New Zealand, and another stray who adopted us 3 or 4 years ago

[Not so ancient mariner]

we have 4, one of whom we gained as a refugee from the floods we had here in Jan 2005.

[qbman1]

We did have 5 at one time, going back a few years, but that is taking things a bit too far ! Our garden contains more ex-cats than plants !

[Not so ancient mariner]

Our garden has 3, but also several rabbits & guinea pigs.

[Silver_Shiney]

While you lot discuss time-expired moggies, I'll just sidle on through to the lead....

[The Tinker]

Oh dear have you got 'crabs' Shiny?

[Not so ancient mariner]

You can always tell when certain people were elsewhere. The tone of the conversation drops as soon as they get back

[Silver_Shiney]

Oh dear have you got 'crabs' Shiny?

no, but you seem to recognise the symptoms. Anything you want to tell us?

[Not so ancient mariner]

Good morning all. I'm back in the lead again

[qbman1]

'Fraid not AM - it's me again

[Not so ancient mariner]

- and good morning to you too Cubie. Have you noticed it's been quiet on the IOW recently...............?

[qbman1]

Keep it quiet but I think she's eloped with Batty. All this talk of moving to 'Ull was just a smokescreen. I think his head was turned by the prospect of unlimited access to a buddha snowglobe and key rings for life

[Not so ancient mariner]

That seems as likely an explanation as any

[qbman1]

...or alternatively, the old gal could have been abducted by a band of ageing hippies from last week's festival and is being held as a sex slave on a remote kibbutz in Ramsbottom

[Not so ancient mariner]

She won't like that at all - Ramsbottom is way too far north for her!!

[qbman1]

yeah, but apart from that.....!

[Not so ancient mariner]

I defer to your great(er) knowledge of the person in question

[qbman1]

It's all smoke and mirrors really. In truth, "she" is a burly docker from Hartlepool - the on-line persona is just a fabrication

[Not so ancient mariner]

My mother always told me to be wary of people like that

[Not so ancient mariner]

My mother always told me to be wary of people like that

[qbman1]

Told you twice did she?

Anyway, what did she warn you about - burly dockers or sales assistants with delusions?

[Not so ancient mariner]

Many times!

Not sure why I get these duplicate posts. Sometimes messages appear twice, but then occasionally they disappear into the ether, never to be seen again