The Mysterious Case of the Missing Apostrophe Man!
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Apostrophe Man!
Jdaw1,
where are you???
Has he fallen of the face of the Earth? I must say I'm missing his quirky ways, and grammatical corrections!
Please notify any suspected sightings to the Department of Missing Odd Buggers.
Alan
where are you???
Has he fallen of the face of the Earth? I must say I'm missing his quirky ways, and grammatical corrections!
Please notify any suspected sightings to the Department of Missing Odd Buggers.
Alan
near Boston
I was near Boston, on holiday with some fine folk from the Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club.
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Tiddlywinks
Some helpful sites:
- The Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club;
- The English Tiddlywinks Association
- The North American Tiddlywinks Association.
Not so much Eton as MIT.Derek T. wrote:Don't worry, it's perfectly innocent, even though it is only played seriously by Cambridge, Oxford and Eton Graduates
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Wow!, I'm starting to feel like Royalty alreadyEton Graduates
Thanks, now I am even more confused when under the "rules" section they said there are too many to list I'm just a donut eater, Derek will have to demonstrate next week for my feeble mind to understand. But I will beat him, don't ya'all worry about thatSome helpful sites:
Andy, you surprise me! Surfing? Need I remind you I live 20 miutes from Mavericks....seems like reason enough to visit the bay area mid winter to me!ADV wrote: Heck no, I live in L.A. I can tell you how to make methamphetamine, speak ebonics, ride a skateboard and surfboard, and I even know some spanish...but I aint got any idea what tiddlywinks is, LOL!
Jay
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Jay I hope to be up near the bay area in November to visit a friend who works at winery a little bit south of you. When I do, I'll let you know, so hopefully we can meet up and share a few glasses.Jay P wrote: Andy, you surprise me! Surfing? Need I remind you I live 20 miutes from Mavericks....seems like reason enough to visit the bay area mid winter to me!
Jay
Thanks J.The rules.
Club Anthem
All,
It seems appropriate at this juncture to inform you of the Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club anthem, which those at the last offline were lucky JDAW and I did not sing later in the evening (not least because the former's singing voice is flatter than the Maldives). To the tune of 'The Red Flag' (I don't know its proper name), it begins, and I quote:
The Winks Club mats are soaked in port (*)
And so are all who play the sport.
I never drunk port before going to university, but there was a great tradition of port and pizza (fetched by the first years) after a night's drinking, and THAT'S WHERE IT ALL STARTED for me.
As I'm on the subject, I would also like to refer you to Article 32.1 of the Club Constitution (http://www.fluppet.demon.co.uk/CUTwC/of ... const.html):
"Any Committee member has the right to amigos his Mother Superior by means of whipped cream (5% by weight chopped walnuts and 5% honey) and take his place, should he have tenuous grounds to suspect that his Mother Superior has become incapable or unsuitable to perform his role as a Committee member."
Now that's a sensible basis for democratic government, if ever I heard one.
(*) We note also in passing that one former member reserved the website http://www.soakedinport.com († ), and used it to detail big pub crawls, notably of the Circle Line and Monopoly Board (London and Brussels). If you ever fancied trying one of those, it is still a useful starting reference point.
(† ) Our mutual friend Ed was very happy with the re-parsed version.
It seems appropriate at this juncture to inform you of the Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club anthem, which those at the last offline were lucky JDAW and I did not sing later in the evening (not least because the former's singing voice is flatter than the Maldives). To the tune of 'The Red Flag' (I don't know its proper name), it begins, and I quote:
The Winks Club mats are soaked in port (*)
And so are all who play the sport.
I never drunk port before going to university, but there was a great tradition of port and pizza (fetched by the first years) after a night's drinking, and THAT'S WHERE IT ALL STARTED for me.
As I'm on the subject, I would also like to refer you to Article 32.1 of the Club Constitution (http://www.fluppet.demon.co.uk/CUTwC/of ... const.html):
"Any Committee member has the right to amigos his Mother Superior by means of whipped cream (5% by weight chopped walnuts and 5% honey) and take his place, should he have tenuous grounds to suspect that his Mother Superior has become incapable or unsuitable to perform his role as a Committee member."
Now that's a sensible basis for democratic government, if ever I heard one.
(*) We note also in passing that one former member reserved the website http://www.soakedinport.com († ), and used it to detail big pub crawls, notably of the Circle Line and Monopoly Board (London and Brussels). If you ever fancied trying one of those, it is still a useful starting reference point.
(† ) Our mutual friend Ed was very happy with the re-parsed version.
A man who likes vintage ports, and we're not talking Carthage
The 'winks club's mats are soaked in port
The [url=http://www.fluppet.demon.co.uk/CUTwC/songs.html]old CUTwC website[/url] wrote:Sung to the tune of Tannenbaum
The 'winks club's mats are soaked in port,
And so are all who play the sport.
Tomato juice and such-like drinks,
Aren't good enough for tiddlywinks.
And when our team's just won the cup,
It takes us weeks to sober up.
As long as they serve real ale here,
We'll keep the winks club drinking beer. [(N.F.J.Inglis)]
Now Andy may well rant and rave,
But CUTwC men are true and brave.
Although we may get drunk at lunch,
We'll still be ready for the crunch.
'Cos when our men their feet have found
We'll pot out in the final round.
Though OUTS may feel they've got a hope
Traditionally we're bound to cope. (S.R. Gandy)
AndyADV wrote:Jay I hope to be up near the bay area in November to visit a friend who works at winery a little bit south of you. When I do, I'll let you know, so hopefully we can meet up and share a few glasses.Jay P wrote: Andy, you surprise me! Surfing? Need I remind you I live 20 miutes from Mavericks....seems like reason enough to visit the bay area mid winter to me!
Jay
Thanks J.The rules.
Lets get together then. If your talking the SC mountains, I could pop down there to meet up, providing it's a weekend. I will not bring my tiddlywinks.
Jay
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