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| Date: 2006/10/18 03:50:55, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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<<disengaging lurk mode>> -stands back and applauds Shirley Knott- Well said. As a long-time lurker I can only applaud the patience and, on the whole, courtesy of those of you who debunk and otherwise deal with the nonsense peddled by AFD and his ilk, despite enormous provocation at times. You do us all a great service and I have learned shed loads of very interesting stuff; whereas AFD's turgid, smugly arrogant posts are terminally boring and hopelessly wrong. Thank you all - it is appreciated. <<re-engaging lurk mode>> |
| Date: 2006/11/15 10:12:17, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
The most excellent Zachriel said: "The first King of Great Britain, James I, was the King of Scotland, James VI." Actually the Kingdom of Great Britain only came into existence with the Act of Union in 1707. King James VI of Scotland simply became James I of England as well on his accession to the English Throne in 1603. The United Kingdom, of course, came later, 1801 I think. I'll go back to lurking now, but I just wanted to say that this thread is hilarious and you all do great work pricking the pomposity of the ID camp. Thank you. Cheerio |
| Date: 2007/01/17 07:59:18, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Louis, As a long-time lurker and fan of both ATBC and PT who posts very, very rarely, I would ask you, please not to go. I enjoy your posts and indeed the posts of the majority of the posters here. I have learned a very great deal. This forum would be poorer without you in it! Please ignore the Troll and stay. Best wishes Huwp |
| Date: 2007/01/24 07:58:10, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Blimey. What a top website! Um, is this "hard-tard" thing addictive? I mean, I can probably give it up any time I want to, but I'm not ready yet. Actually, sometimes Fundies make the Beckhams look like intellectual giants. |
| Date: 2007/03/26 07:42:04, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
There is a very great deal in this. I would merely add that another peculiar element of nearly all forms of fundamentalism seems to be a lack of tolerance; no other world-view is permitted. Righto, I'm going back to lurking. Toodle pip! |
| Date: 2007/04/18 04:38:14, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Ooh, a thread I can join in more easily! On the whole I lurk, as you chaps really know your onions, although I'm always fascinated in what is said. My degree is in French and Italian and I have a very rusty acquaintance with Welsh, the language of my ancestors. Language does, of course change. In fact it changes constantly. Sometimes we get stuck with unpleasant barbarisms which need to be resisted. In the UK at the moment there is a horrid tendency for people to write or say "would of" which is a misinterpretation of "would've" from "would have". It's ugly and illogical. However, I completely agree with Arden that some things are just plain silly. Why not split an infinitive if the balance of the sentence demands it? Fowler was pretty clear on this. Likewise, not ending a sentence with a preposition is just nonsense! I read somewhere that Churchill was wrote in the margin of a particularly dense piece of legalese that "this is the sort of English up with which I will not put". Language is a wonderful thing but we should always remember that translation is very much an art; sometimes there are no exact translations. For example, in English we have a clear distinction between the words "glance" and "glimpse". In Italian there is no such distinction there is only "occhiata" meaning a short sight of something. Huwp PS Watching afdave trying to claim that Portuguese was a mixture of French and Spanish was simply hilarious |
| Date: 2007/04/18 10:30:13, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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I don't at all have a problem with neologisms; in fact new words often show how vibrant and alive a language is. And of course Arden, I quite agree, "would of" is indeed simply boneheaded mis-spelling. I found it awfully depressing depressing recently when I read that some educational buffoons in the UK were suggesting that it should be acceptable for schoolwork to be completed in textspeak (txtspk?). "cu l8r m8" might just be acceptable when sent as an SMS but surely not in more formal writing. I also find it depressing when journalists fail to distinguish between "uninterested" and "disinterested" they're professional writers and should know how to use the tools of their trade. On the other hand I find it fascinating just how beautiful language can be, not just in the images it can create. For example, the opening passage from "Under Milk Wood" by Dylan Thomas is a glorious piece of English writing. Hwyl fawr (as is sometimes said in Welsh!) Huwp PS I sometimes wonder whether "Tardspeak" is actually a dialect. |
| Date: 2007/04/18 14:07:41, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Curses, I've been rumbled! Actually, I've spent my life saying that my name is "Huw with a w". Even so it gets spelled: Ju Hue Hew Hiw Hugh and on one memorable occasion... ...Wugh Mmmm I love the smell of tard in the morning. |
| Date: 2007/04/18 16:18:16, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Certainly in nineteenth century London it was very common for many different sections of the community to use their own slang or dialect to keep things hidden from "outsiders"; whether it was costermongers' slang or the cant used by thieves. You can get a flavour of it in Mayhew's wonderful book "London Labour and London Poor". I'm sure this must be a pretty universal thing. On the whole I feel this is just part of language and the way we all use it - it's part of the richness of language itself and should be treasured. However, I do feel that it's important that schoolchildren are taught standard English. Without it they will risk becoming marginalised. Mind you, in some professions it could be an advantage; it always seems to me that being able to write complete gobbledegook is a really useful skill if you're a lawyer or civil servant... ... or indeed an IDC proponent! |
| Date: 2007/04/19 10:32:44, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Besides, I just delurked on Arden's linguistics thread, admitted to being Welsh and was immediately DT'd ("you're outta here") by J-Dog for not having enough Ws or Ls in my name! Like many lurkers, I suspect, I am in awe of a lot of the knowledge here and have learned a very great deal. I have also been surprised by some of the nonsense spouted by people like afdave. Seriously, this forum is a very good read, often hilarious and always interesting. So there you go. |
| Date: 2007/04/24 08:13:56, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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BA in French and Italian. Arts graduates are people too! huwp |
| Date: 2007/05/02 07:36:00, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Oh my, that's good tard. I think I'm just going to have a little lie down somewhere. |
| Date: 2007/06/19 07:08:20, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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As others have said, the problem is that creationists like to take things literally, which is very child-like. For example, a creationist walks into a bar with a pig under his arm and the barman asks "where did you get that?" "I won him in a raffle" said the pig. OK, very old and not very funny but I suspect the common or garden YEC might just say that it's a silly joke because pigs can't talk. And this from people who have no problems with talking snakes or even talking burning bushes! My apologies for any Irony Meters which have just given warning buzzes. Of course, ID people like to think they're more sophisticated but their "humour" rather gives the game away. Silly pictures with Darwin dolls with heads in vices (UK spelling) or even puerile animations with fart noises are exactly the sort of thing which might appeal to an 8 year old. Just the age when you almost stop believing in Father Christmas but can't quite manage to do so, just in case. There is something both child-like and childish about the YEC and ID crowds. Perhaps the most telling sign of this is that would have us believe what they say is true because they say so |
| Date: 2007/10/31 11:54:33, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Absolute Morals? Goodness me, I'm not sure absolute morals even exist within the Judao-Christian worldview, let alone other cultures. Certainly some of the strictures of Leviticus would hardly be considered moral now. Surely morals are defined by the society in which they operate and who then enforces them. Or are the only true morals formed by the society in which you live as revealed by your religious viewpoint? Stone the crows, good job you weren't born somewhere else or at some other time! Back to lurking. Huwp |
| Date: 2007/11/16 08:32:04, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
J-Dog
Oh thank you SO much. That is just not an image I wanted to have in my mind. <shudder> |
| Date: 2007/11/28 16:32:07, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Ooh, ooh, is this the Tudor Court Rules rematch? I hope not - I'm currently in a state of Knid and there's no way I'll be able join in till tomorrow. I really like Tudor Court Rules because you CAN transfer inversely which you can't when playing straight. I've been dying to try out Pendlefold's persuasion, but it'll have to wait... Mornington Crescent is SUCH a cool game. G'night! Edited for tired typos* * not a generally accepted part of the game. |
| Date: 2007/11/29 05:31:55, Link |
| Author: huwp |
| In that case I'm opening with Rushton's gambit and starting from High Street Ken. |
| Date: 2007/11/29 08:06:20, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Gloucester Road! Ha, right into my trap! I've been hoping to use Harcourt's Hinge for yonks. Oxford Circus. |
| Date: 2007/11/29 08:39:54, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Actually, Baker Street was really quite a safe move although possibly a little predictable. Louis' Charing Cross offering was elegant but was always going to leave him open to the classic underpin, especially as Tudor Court Rules allow inverse transference. Hence my move: Embankment. Read it and weep, L-man. |
| Date: 2007/11/29 08:58:59, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Louis, I don't think you had much option there, fair play. However, if you think I'm going to let myself be side-tracked into Dollis Hill then I'm afraid you're mistaken. Lou FCD's Baker Street move was very safe and there's little I can do at the moment, especially as I'm not convinced by his faux-naive demeanour. Anyway, after lunching on one of Ira Smoothy's Seaweed Slashers, and after rejecting any of Beaver Hateman's frankly underhand tricks, I'm going to move for Cloutman and Gubbins and jump to: Camden Town |
| Date: 2007/11/29 09:22:12, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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As you're BOTH stuck in the Dollis Hill loop - and thus have to stay there for the next three moves, I'm feeling pretty smug about this. I learned this next move from Waldovenison Smeare - not a very attractive personality, but a mean player. Damn, I'm so close I can almost touch it - Angel |
| Date: 2007/11/29 09:34:16, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Oh sweet, sweet, sweet! If Lou FCD hadn't gone off to Dollis Hill unnecessarily (he could have played his joker and avoided the whole thing. I'm in: Mornington Crescent! |
| Date: 2007/11/29 09:42:02, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Arden, I'm sure if you played the scrumptious game of Mornington Crescent a few times you'd soon find yourself converted to its wonders. As a game it's only slightly more complicated than cricket and whilst it does help to have played it from an early age, there are plenty of people who take it up later in life... |
| Date: 2007/11/29 09:43:32, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Lou FCD - we were playing Tudor Court Rules, you don't need to declare intent. It's at times like this that I wish I'd learned how to do LOLCats... |
| Date: 2007/11/29 09:51:17, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Louis, you are quite right - that was very silly of me and I should have known better. Bugger it, I'm stuck out in: Gallions Reach |
| Date: 2007/11/29 09:57:11, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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I'm really sorry Arden, but no-one's allowed to stay in Cockfosters for more than one move. That's been the case since the Brooke-Taylor entanglement of 1979. It's all right for you anyway, I've been booted out to bloomin' Docklands! |
| Date: 2007/11/29 09:58:59, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Oh I forgot. Poplar. |
| Date: 2007/11/29 10:19:49, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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I must admit I thought the horsey one's allusions to onanism were a bit much. As any thorough reading of The Boys Own Paper (1894) will tell you, it's a beastly habit which makes you weak and prone to Ricketts. Talking of which, in spite of my best efforts I appear to be in a state of Knid. Bugger. No bid. |
| Date: 2007/11/29 10:29:26, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Lou FCD - you are a gentleman (although I very much doubt that DT in "another place" thinks that, not after what you did to him) but released as I now am from Knid, I'm going to take a double lateral pass and move to: Holland Park. |
| Date: 2007/11/29 10:42:25, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Actually my office is very near Covent Garden and I have to confess that summertime totty-spotting is one of Life's great joys. Unlike getting right back to where I started: High Street Ken. |
| Date: 2007/11/29 10:45:14, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Bugger it Louis Do you read that damn rule book in the bath or something. And it was all going so well, too. |
| Date: 2007/11/29 10:56:34, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Lou FCD - it's really up to you now. Because of my previous transgression I'm actually in double spoon and can't even move to Aldwych even though that's ALWAYS a dangerous move. I think you might be able to huff him if you play your joker but I'm afraid I can't help at all. Probably my last move: Turnpike Lane |
| Date: 2007/11/29 11:00:41, Link |
| Author: huwp |
| Lou FCD - be careful, I think he's trying to avoid a huffing. Do think carefully because otherwise I think Louis is on for Mornington Crescent next move - and he HAS declared intent. |
| Date: 2007/11/29 11:05:01, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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I'm well out of it. I can't see me getting even close for three moves, maybe four. Swiss Cottage |
| Date: 2007/11/29 11:08:38, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Yep, that's fine Lou FCD, but I think it's too late. It's Louis' turn and unless I'm much mistaken it's... |
| Date: 2007/11/29 11:11:24, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Well played, gentlemen. That really was the best game of MC I've had for a while and Louis your endgame was impeccable. Congratulations and hearty, manly handshakes all round. |
| Date: 2007/11/29 11:14:11, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Oh dear me, that rulebook of yours IS out of date. Josephus was discredited in the early 1990s. I'm afraid he's got us Lou FCD and very neatly too. Excellent game though. |
| Date: 2007/11/29 11:20:21, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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It's tough getting ANY literature on MC. I did see an copy of the current rules on the Isle of Man Amazon site but every time I try Amazon.im nowadays I can't get in. Well played anyway. It's been a pleasure. |
| Date: 2007/11/30 04:29:28, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Had I known "Little Stinky" was watching I'd have been very nervous indeed, so I'm glad I didn't know. I have to confess that I am very much an amateur player. I was once knocked out of the North Kent Regionals at the semi-final stage, but that was not long after I'd left University where I played a lot more. There'll always be some who mock "the glorious game" but perhaps they should ask themselves firstly whether the denizens of UD would play, or even understand, MC and secondly how they feel about keeping such company. |
| Date: 2007/11/30 10:05:39, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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I am extremely proud of being Welsh, although I always feel a bit uncomfortable that our American cousins have National Parks which are bigger than the Land of My Fathers. I seem to recall Arden is a linguist (I may be completely wrong, of course) but I'm sure he must appreciate a language which has soft, nasal and aspirate mutations. OK I'll shut up now and get back to Mornington Crescent for Dummies. PS Louis - I agree; an MC thread would wither and die, which would be a shame. Much better to have an occasional outbreak. |
| Date: 2007/11/30 10:19:18, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Not yet, unfortunately. Welsh language usage is increasing however and it helps a great deal that it's easy to get some exposure. I watch a lot of rugby on S4C... I will learn it, though. I have taken classes in the past but what I really need to do is spend some there; I live and work in London. I read French and Italian at Uni, so I'm confident that I will be able to learn it. Italian is a gorgeous language but I love the look and feel of Welsh. |
| Date: 2007/11/30 10:25:06, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
I think I knew that aleady, Louis! Actually this is a terribly friendly, welcoming and entertaining board. I think it takes an awful lot to wind you lot up and the likes of AFDave and FtK really have to work quite hard to do so... |
| Date: 2007/11/30 10:51:20, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
But at least it's loads more interesting than the stuff Zero writes. Not difficult, I admit, but even so... Do you know how badly Klingons behave at Star Trek conventions from personal experience? Just wondering... |
| Date: 2007/11/30 11:03:49, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Indeed, no game of Mornington Crescent is ever complete without a couple of snarky asides often involving both minor and major tangents. |
| Date: 2007/12/01 03:42:46, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
I'm afraid I think you're a bit (!) behind with your reading, which is understable given how difficult it is to get hold of the literature. However, as you must surely know, following The Great Schism of the late 1950s it was eventually decided to hold a rubber of reconciliation where most of these issues were addressed. It was held that tangents are not absolutes at all, however their use within the Great Circle is restricted to anti-clockwise flanking movements. Such moves are common in the UK game but less frequently used overseas which has led to the mistaken view that such moves are not legal. They're not, they're just rarer. The problem with the literature, apart from its scarcity, of course, is that one of the major factions would brook no dissent, in fact dissent was positively uncommon. Dissent, such as it was, tended to be whitewashed out and the dissenters removed from history. Whilst not doing any research on The Game, they would pump out meaningless drivel which became easier to get of than clear and complete versions of the modern synthesis. This continues to be a source of misunderstanding. The other faction, however, to which most sensible players belong, embraces any change to the game which makes it better, rather than saying "dunno, it just is", hence The Game has evolved into the beautiful past-time we know it to be. Its complexity does mean that it's very important to clarify the rules at the beginning of any game, thereby creating the information needed by the players. This is also one of the problems I've noted here - several of our American cousins insist on quoting rules from the 1920s which have mostly been superseded. The Game has moved on. I know the literature is difficult to get hold of, but there are some bookshops in London which have small MC nooks - there's one in Charing Cross Road near my office, No.84, I think. Hwyl am y tro! Huwp |
| Date: 2007/12/01 05:54:40, Link | ||||||
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Well, I'm glad you said that! "Front butt" indeed! One of the great joys of MC is its complexity which means it's ALWAYS important to agree conventions at the start of any game. Hwyl fawr Huwp PS As an aside, have any of you non-brits ever come across a very interesting set of short programs called "Look Around You" - they're on YouTube, I think. Series 1 is the better, but be warned they're more infectious than LOLcats!! |
| Date: 2007/12/04 18:09:11, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Wakey waky Louis, the damn colonials are getting out of line; they'll be dumping tea in Boston harbour next. Nos da pawb! Huwp |
| Date: 2008/01/17 15:52:36, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Hmmmm, my very dear ex-lover grew up in one of their bases here in the UK; her parents joined and the family went too. I think it's fair to say that they're a pretty nasty bunch - not necessarily the members but those who wield the power, certainly. In fact an awful lot of organized religions seem to be more interested in power (and its close relation, money) than in seeking an understanding of the World. Or perhaps I'm just getting cynical through over-exposure to UD and FtK. Gosh, I DO like this forum! Back to lurking.... Huwp Edit: Oooh blimey! I have an edit button! |
| Date: 2008/01/31 08:07:22, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Oh I so misunderstood - I always thought it was something to do with Louis' use of the Highgate manoeuvre during a particularly fierce game of Mornington Crescent. I seem to recall that Lenny was somewhat left of centre and almost any reference to the burial place of Karl Marx is a bit controversial. Of course some people feel the same way about Groucho... |
| Date: 2008/01/31 08:11:23, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Um, delurking... This Skeptics in the Pub thing sounds like a hoot, especially if there's the chance of meeting some of the other AtBCers/CBEBs... I'd be interested if any others are going... back to lurking... |
| Date: 2008/01/31 08:20:30, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Must. Not. Be. Drawn. Into. Another. Game. With. Evil. Louis... Acton Central Oh noes!!!!!11111oneoneone!!!1111 |
| Date: 2008/01/31 08:26:31, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Chopped liver is very tasty if you marinade it overnight in soy sauce, wine vinegar, demerara sugar and (most importantly) root ginger. Fry it gently, add a little flour as thickening, add the marinade to some beef stock and serve on a bed of tagliatelle. Yummy. That is SO off topic and I apologize. So - are going to hear this chap or not? |
| Date: 2008/03/31 08:09:23, Link |
| Author: huwp |
| Never argue with a chemist; you'll just get a rude retort. |
| Date: 2008/04/11 08:16:09, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
But some people do go onan on!  Edit: Because I'm awfully proud of having an edit button and to say that I didn't mean anyone in particular was going on and on, it just seemed like too good an opportunity to miss. |
| Date: 2008/05/09 07:33:34, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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I don't think playing Toilet Mornington Crescent is ever a good idea unless you've had four or five pints of London Pride first. Mind you, in that case, almost anything seems like a good idea. Back to lurking... PS I don't think I've ever seen Dorking played in Mornington Crescent before but I could be wrong. |
| Date: 2008/05/12 04:26:43, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
London Pride is a lovely pint - and Brains SA is delicious (da iawn), although not always easy to find in London. My local does a very nice pint of Bombadier and they have a cellarman who knows how to look after his beer. Ideally I'd like to ride around on my R1200GS Adventure (now there's a bike for you) through the wilds of Sussex and Kent sampling local brews but beer and bikes don't really mix. It makes the beer a bit oily. I've been meaning to ask, but as a lurker haven't really thought it my place, but would a London based atbc beer-up be a good idea? Just a thought. Hwyl am y tro. Huwp |
| Date: 2008/05/12 08:12:23, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Well, the June 17th thingy looks interesting and should be quite possible. I'll put it in my diary and if work eases up enough for you to make it, perhaps you might PM me nearer the time. It would be cool if there were other AtBCers around too - not that I'm worried about the rumours; it's just that when everyone says the same thing... ... besides the Cottaging version of MC is a bit suspect. |
| Date: 2008/05/13 02:10:03, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Oh I don't think anyone would worry too much about MI5 or MI6, after all "Military Intelligence" is a well known oxymoron. However, I confess, it would be a bit scary meeting the main inventor of Cottaging MC on his own. As a longtime, mostly, lurker I'd be really interested to meet other London-based AtBCers; apart from having a very good giggle at some of nonsense coming from the Creationists I have learned so much from the people on this board. I mean, I'd never heard of LOLcats before... Huwp |
| Date: 2008/05/20 08:33:53, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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<delurking> Leafy South East London, but I work in central London near Covent Garden, which is not at all a bad place to work. Would be very happy to meet any AtBCers for a drink, although I might be being good as I commute by large motorcycle. Well, I'd look silly on a unicycle. Huwp <relurking> |
| Date: 2008/05/21 04:18:56, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
But that wouldn't have been cricket! |
| Date: 2008/06/05 09:53:05, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
But there again, as Macaulay wrote: "The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators" |
| Date: 2008/07/02 07:45:14, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Ride my bike down lots of Kent and Sussex country lanes, learn Welsh and work when I must. Now you don't often see those three things in one sentence. |
| Date: 2008/08/08 04:04:32, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Oh right. Well, in that case... ... Fairlop. (ooooh, is that the sound of mass groaning?) |
| Date: 2008/08/08 05:35:56, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Well, I have had a quick look and couldn't spot a dedicated MC thread, but on the other hand it can hardly be easy to get booted off the BW for being off topic. Anyway, it's Friday. I know that Arden and others don't like the game, but they don't have to play if they don't want to; they can can always go and make up a few more LOLcats or "har har this is you" piccies. The Ferktwangler manoeuvre hasn't been seen since 1999 for many very good reasons, but mainly because it's crap. Oh well, your choice. And Stovold's fifth declension would be compulsory as I recall. I wanted to open with Fairlop as it gives me the chance to try Goodman's Rush (as pioneered by Blenkinsop in the Western European heats of the notorious 1978 "TISWAS gunge series"). Luckily, your choice of South Quay cannot block me as the DLR hadn't been built then. Mile End. So put that in your pipe and smoke it! PS May I just that I would seriously consider paying good money for you NOT to be displayed on this forum wearing a red dress. It was bad enough when Lou did that, although what people do in the privacy of their own homes is entirely their own business. [Edited for grammar but also for smugness in that I do have an edit button.] |
| Date: 2008/08/08 05:45:42, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
I just think that proves my point. Mind you - a LOLcat AND a "har har this is you" together - two for the price of one; probably the best value on atbc this morning. |
| Date: 2008/08/08 08:24:22, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
I thought tactical nukes weren't allowed? Oh well, never mind. At least Kevin Pietersen's knocked up another 50*. * This is a cricket reference. |
| Date: 2008/08/08 09:33:05, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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If I may... lcd, I mostly lurk here and for a very good reason. My degree is in French and Italian and whilst I am reasonably well-read, I am a non-scientist. However, I am intensely curious about the World and take enormous delight in its variety and splendour. When I come here, I frequently find myself learning so many new things about the World and how it works - just read some of Zachriel's posts for example, and he is just one of many. I also like a good laugh. Many of the members here have spent years and years studying the science and from many, many different angles and they all like a good argument - you may have noticed. The thing is, there is SO much evidence, from so many different angles, all of which supports the fact the the Earth is very old and that the theory of evolution (as continually updated and refined) is correct, that there really is no argument. Unfortunately, we often get YEC visitors here who say "you're all completely wrong; everything you've studied for years and years and which seems to make sense and for which there is so much evidence is wrong". When pressed as to why, all they can really say is "because I say so". Or perhaps more accurately "because my intrepretation of my holy book says so". There are plenty of scientists, including on this forum, who have deeply held religious beliefs and who have no problem reconciling them with Science. But then we often get YEC visitors here who claim that their, and only their interpretation of religious belief is correct. And when pressed for as to why, all they can really say is, well, because they say so. So, on the one hand many of the YEC visitors completely dismiss the huge amount of work and study undertaken by the members here (let alone the enormous piles of evidence) without having done any of that work themselves, and on the other hand they are being profoundly disrespectful of the deeply held and sincere religious beliefs of those who see no conflict between Science and (their) religion. As we have seen this so, so, so many times, it might explain, perhaps, why YECs sometimes get a very robust reception here. It's especially difficult when YECs say "show me the evidence", are then patiently and politely shown that evidence only for them to say, as they do, "but you're still all wrong, because my holy book says so". You do seem like a courteous and polite chap but you do seem to have already decided that your interpretation of your holy book is the only Truth because you know it to be so. So if I might perhaps ask you - why are you here? Hwyl fawr Huwp |
| Date: 2008/08/09 14:24:52, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Too many wheels - I find two is plenty. BMW R1200GS Adventure. |
| Date: 2008/08/10 01:36:22, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
The R6 is a great bike and goes like stink; I love seeing one being well ridden. At 6'3" I'm a bit tall for a sports bike and I'm not sure I'd be comfortable crunching miles across Europe on one either! Besides, except when touring I generally prefer the sort of roads where the Adventure's torque comes into its own.  Edited because I finally worked out how to post a picture - woohoo! |
| Date: 2008/08/10 11:25:34, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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My daughter now has an F650GS but before that she had a hooligan DT125 to learn on. Whenever I had a go on it I felt like a teddy bear sitting on a roller skate! I've ridden GSs for the past 13 years of so, going from the 1100 to the 1150, 1200 and now the Adventure. It IS heavy but that suits me. I've ridden through the Alps to Italy a couple of times and have been as far as a corner of Poland via Prague. The most miles I've done in a day was just shy of 800 - wouldn't fancy that on an R6!!! A couple of my friends ride R6s - they do look fun. Mind you almost all bikes are fun, with the possible exception of the Virago <shudder>. |
| Date: 2008/08/12 15:24:20, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
You forgot the beatings. There were lots of beatings. Not so much bubble and squeak unfortunately. Then there was this. |
| Date: 2008/08/12 15:48:48, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Alas fagging was still around when I was at school - a nasty pernicious practice and often very degrading; I remember being sent off to warm up a loo seat for one of the prefects. Public School (really a private school) was still a pretty brutal place even in the 1970s, very much like Lindsay Anderson's film If.... As for "breathing without permission" - isn't that from Tompkinson's Schooldays? |
| Date: 2008/08/12 16:05:44, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
I made more toast and washed more cups and saucepans than I can bear thinking about - although stories of members of the lower school being used as toast racks were wildly exagerrated. Well, completely untrue, actually. Prefects did wield considerable power and had only just lost the power to beat - really! The staff were very distant outside of lessons and games and some pretty nasty bullying went on. People who say your schooldays are the best days of your life are talking bollocks; I hated every bloody moment. Anyway, I'm sure they were quoting Tompkinson's Schooldays when you were breathing (out?) without permission. Michael Palin and Terry Jones wrote some very funny Ripping Yarns for TV, the first of which was Tompkinson's Schooldays. Very, very funny. |
| Date: 2008/08/12 16:15:44, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Excuse me, I mostly lurk so I'm not quite sure of the etiquette. If there's going to be a fight, is it OK if I bring a deck chair and some sandwiches? Also, if there's any betting, I'd like a tenner on Maya... |
| Date: 2008/08/12 16:35:12, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Well yes. He does seem to be an awfully angry little man doesn't he? I do get a lot giggles from here though - as well as learning a lot. |
| Date: 2008/08/17 16:39:46, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Good luck Lou from a (mostly) lurker. I'm sure the kids will benefit from your classes enormously. But perhaps the red dress isn't such a great idea!!! |
| Date: 2008/08/17 16:56:13, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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" here. Oh well. I am Welsh (the name's a bit of a giveaway) but even I would say Edinburgh would be a better choice. Swansea is greatly improved as a Town in recent years but Edinburgh has things like the Festival and so on. Both are surrounded by wonderful countryside. As I live in London and Wales is MUCH closer, I have spent many happy days biking along narrow roads up through the ancient Cambrian mountains to mid Wales. There were many sheep but I didn't see Louis once. The Cubs baseball caps sound just fine; it is a token after all. To be honest, I'm not sure that Bourbon would necessarily be well received. Hwyl fawr. Huw |
| Date: 2008/09/04 12:00:55, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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The 'ring is seriously scary and no matter how fast you think you are, you may well find yourself being overtaken by a complete nutter in a Smart car or even a Ford Transit Van. Allegedly. If you're planning a trip there it's really important to check whether the 'ring is open on the days you want to use it - as I learned. A lot of bike groups (mine is London Advanced Motorcyclists) organize annual trips there. There are loads of really great places to stay around there; we've normally stayed in Cochem which is on the Mosel. Some of the roads around there are as much fun as the 'ring itself. |
| Date: 2008/09/11 08:54:25, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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The Rick Astley quotes were a bit of a giveaway though. Altogether now... "never gonna give you up, never gonna...." Actually, perhaps not. There are certain members of this board (I shall name no names) who will take any excuse to dress up in gold lamé hotpants and shake their booty and frankly I don't think they should be encouraged. Purely on the grounds of taste, you understand. Hwyl fawr (yes, that's Welsh) Huw |
| Date: 2008/09/11 10:48:37, Link |
| Author: huwp |
| Hey, if you've studied French AND Spanish then you'll know Portuguese - ask AFDave. |
| Date: 2008/09/11 13:05:17, Link | ||||
| Author: huwp | ||||
There's a Welsh speaking community in Patagonia but that's a long way from Kentucky, but you never know, strange things happen... ...and they don't get much stranger than Louis. Leopard-skin hotpants <shudder> |
| Date: 2008/09/11 17:02:00, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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The Welsh word for England is, IIRC, Lloegr, which means "The Lost Lands", allegedly. I have a friend who used to say that "The Occupied Territories" would be more appropriate. Anyway, what is it about you lot having a go at Wales? We are a small country, smaller, I think, than Yellowstone Park, but we're certainly not the ones trying to export the Dark Ages to the rest of the World in the form of Creationism. |
| Date: 2008/09/11 17:33:15, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Well, Louis is Louis, which is about all you can say about him, although I have noticed (as have we all) that you and he both seem to have <cough> "feelings" towards each other! The Welsh language is fascinating and, I think, one of the oldest in Europe. After many, many years of decline it seems to be recovering, which is great. Da boch Huw |
| Date: 2008/09/12 00:55:42, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
There's a slightly odd paradox about the castles because they're such a part of Wales and yet most of them were built by Edward I during his conquest of Wales to keep the locals in order. Originally they were instruments of oppression; now, of course, they're just great castles. |
| Date: 2008/09/12 03:04:44, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
HP sauce? |
| Date: 2008/09/27 06:14:30, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Hello, I'm mostly a lurker but I thought I'd say hello, especially as your username is from one of my favourite books. Welcome. Just so as you know... they're all very nice here but some of them are, well, a little odd. Carlsonjok used to have a thing about horses but now does a lot of "har har this is you" type pictures. Louis and Arden go on an awful lot (and I do mean an awful lot) about each other's mothers but REALLY we all know they've got a thing for each other and ought to get a room. Afarensis and J-dog both have a thing about cavemen, in fact I have a suspicion that J-dog actually IS a caveman. One of the Mods is a witch, another seems to be rather fond of the bottle and the third has a beard but likes to wear a red dress - we've seen the pictures. Zachriel and Reciprocating Bill are very brainy but are as dotty as the rest of them. We used to have a poster called richardthughes who was very funny and wrote the very best tardologues (although others write quite good ones too). He went off in a bit of a huff and I for one miss his contributions. A significant amount of communication appears to be achieved by means of LOLcats (is there nothing they can't do?) I think that's about it. There are loads of others here and most of them are a bit dotty too. Anyway, welcome! Huwp |
| Date: 2008/09/27 18:22:42, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
I'm not at all bitter but I am Welsh, look you, and I'm simply delighted that you and Arden have found happiness together, albeit in a somewhat twisted way. But whatever turns you on... Anyway, after all the recent banninations - and dt simply must have overdosed on cheesy poofs or something - you'd have thought someone would have done a tardologue by now but no. <sigh><mutter> |
| Date: 2008/10/04 06:56:01, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Please tell me that's a promise. |
| Date: 2008/10/13 16:56:03, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
OK this is somewhat off topic but on Saturday my wife and I visited Down House in Kent where Charles Darwin used to live. The house is now owned and run by English Heritage who do a fine job. The countryside round there has barely changed since Darwin's day apart from the aircraft noises - it's right next door to Biggin Hill airfield. It's well worth a visit if any of you are in the area. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.14922 Hwyl fawr Huw |
| Date: 2008/10/21 17:32:47, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
This is so true (along with much else here). For example, in English we have two similar but very distinct words: "glance" and "glimpse". Their separate meaning is very clear. In Italian both may be translated by the word "occhiata" meaning a short sight of something. "Translating" Daniel's number is, I suspect, more a question of decoding rather than translating. With translation you have to consider questions of usage, idiom, register and other matters. Wikipedia has a fun article on English as She is Spoke. That reminds me, I really ought to craunch a marmoset... Hwyl fawr Huw |
| Date: 2008/10/23 18:03:38, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
FWIW one of my grandmothers was "Nana". There you go. Well, bugger me, that added a lot to the discussion. Tell you what, I'll get me coat... |
| Date: 2008/10/31 07:18:28, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Steady on, you'll get Louis into a bit of a lather with talk like that. Dark Star is great film though. |
| Date: 2009/01/12 03:40:47, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Must... resist... MC addiction... go to happy place... Oh bugger. Tooting Bec. Damn, damn, damn, damn. |
| Date: 2009/01/12 05:35:50, Link | ||||||
| Author: huwp | ||||||
Actually the Tooting Bec opening was last played by Giles Featheringstonehaugh during the so-called Pirate series of 1977 when Kerry Packer sought to bring MC to his Channel 9 network. The Alwych (closed) move is very sound, if perhaps a little conventional, although it's nice to see you avoid the awfully predictable Stockwell. Tower Hill. |
| Date: 2009/01/12 07:07:11, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Good God man, you can't mention HM's Grand Opening here - there may be colonials around! I know you're not renowned for tact and diplomacy round here, but there again, if what Arden's mother says about you is true... Anyway, of course, we have deviated from Stovold; we're in the second week of January and, yes, naturally, lifts are wild (elevators!!!) The Masonic lateral is interesting since it is both level and square. I wish to keep my options open and definitely do not wish to go in Nid. Hence: Moorgate. |
| Date: 2009/01/12 12:05:03, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Good grief man, are you trying Pilkington's finesse? In January? Oh well, your loss. Euston... Have you written your will? |
| Date: 2009/01/12 16:01:44, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Oh dear. I thought it was such an obvious trap that not even you would fall for it, but you did. Well enjoy the fountains and don't feed the pigeons. My next move is Baker Street which allows me to declare 221b rules (yippee!) so all other rules are void and I don't see how you can stop my next move. Louis old chum, you've blown it... |
| Date: 2009/01/12 16:14:28, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Excuse me, but if you're going to peddle full strength undiluted tard like that you really ought to give us some kind of warning. I mean that stuff burns. OK, so it's on the Conservapedia page but even so... |
| Date: 2009/01/13 07:40:39, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
It doesn't matter if Holmes is dining at the Ritz now as 221b rules have already been declared and so all other rules, including the other Conan-Doyle conventions, are void. Hence... Mornington Crescent. |
| Date: 2009/01/13 07:44:36, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
"They thought it was all over, it is now!" You can't beat a spot of Kenneth Wolstenholme. |
| Date: 2009/01/13 11:47:44, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Excuse me, who are you calling a smelly hippie? (edited for spelling - in a one-line post too, oh the shame, shame!) |
| Date: 2009/01/13 11:58:25, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Louis, you, of all people, should not be consulting imaginary friends. I'm afraid you'll just have to face the fact that you've lost; so the best thing to do is take it like man (I'll leave the obvious joke here to Arden or Carlson). Huw (not a hippie and not smelly) |
| Date: 2009/01/13 15:47:43, Link |
| Author: huwp |
| In the space of just three posts we have had a mother joke, some sour grapes AND a lolcat. Now if only we could have a vintage RTH Tardologue and an ftk flounce out, that would be really something. |
| Date: 2009/01/14 16:26:40, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Enjoy the game but do be careful; Louis is a really, really bad loser. Oh, and Arden might call you a smelly hippie. And there's almost bound to be a mother joke. And a lolcat. |
| Date: 2009/01/15 08:32:19, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Except when you lose - then you sound like a Klingon with a hangover. |
| Date: 2009/01/18 11:57:41, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Exactly! |
| Date: 2009/01/18 12:11:13, Link | ||||||
| Author: huwp | ||||||
I hate to be picky (that's more Arden's job) but "Stockholm" itself wouldn't be admissible under any MC convention that I know of, as it is the name the of the city itself. For example, no UK based MC game ever has a move called "London". However, given the "hub and spokes" nature of the Stockholm Metro system (see Mark Ovenden's Metro Maps of the World p101) any Stockholm based MC game would be quite challenging. Starting at Ropsten would be quite interesting, although there may be more to be gained from an opening gambit based on Alvik. I'll get my coat. |
| Date: 2009/01/23 05:50:31, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Good question. I suppose the test is whether you could imagine her writing something like this (from The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy): Oh freddled gruntbuggly, Thy micturations are to me As plurdled gabbleblotchits On a lurgid bee. Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles, Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon See if I don't. Why yes, yes I could. The only bit that's missing is "buy my book". |
| Date: 2009/01/24 16:21:56, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Honestly, you spend Saturday doing fun things that involve having a life and then look what happens AND there are mother jokes. Anyway... Pratts Bottom is quite near where I live and as it's near Badger's Mount you've really got to wonder what a Pratt really is (apart from the obvious ones). You wouldn't linger in Pratts Bottom; it's not nasty, just not very exciting. Mind you, at least we made up our own names. An awful lot of your names seem to be ours with "New" in front of it (or "Nova" if you're a bit posh) or bleeding obvious. We're quite proud of our crap towns, you can even buy books about them: Crap Towns |
| Date: 2009/01/26 09:04:28, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Is it working for you then? |
| Date: 2009/01/27 16:19:26, Link | ||||||
| Author: huwp | ||||||
I think they meant what you were beaten with rather than beating with. |
| Date: 2009/01/27 16:21:17, Link | ||||
| Author: huwp | ||||
Um Arden, you sort of sound, um jealous... |
| Date: 2009/01/27 16:29:20, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
I thought the Bathroom Wall was the place for knob jokes, but then I read all the stuff from Daniel and thought his argument was a joke and he does come across as a bit of a knob so fair dos. Is it time for the LOLcat? |
| Date: 2009/01/27 17:04:21, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Well, in an effort to be on topic... I've seen (damn it we all have, ad nauseam) pictures of Dr D's enormous cardigan and I couldn't help wondering whether it was some sort of symbol for ID's supposed big tent or whether, perhaps, it was the big tent itself? I'm really sorry if someone's already asked this only there are an awful lot of pages in this thread (and LOLcats). |
| Date: 2009/01/27 17:19:16, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Whilst I am in awe of teh mad google skillz, I'm not sure I'd describe that picture as tasteful. I'm just glad we didn't get something from your horse collection. However, I suppose it really could depict the genesis of the ID Big Tent. |
| Date: 2009/01/28 17:38:51, Link | ||||||||
| Author: huwp | ||||||||
Well the thing is, if you will go on about Louis' "exposed bum" what do you expect people to think? |
| Date: 2009/01/28 17:45:14, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
The whole "wait for it" thing is really sloppy journalism. Over here journalists frequently use "disinterested" when they mean "uninterested" and I must admit I find it incredibly annoying. Writing is, after all, their profession and they should at least have a slight acquaintance with a decent dictionary. |
| Date: 2009/01/29 03:59:02, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
I thought Louis Welsh was a judge on X Factor. I'll get my coat. |
| Date: 2009/01/30 03:32:03, Link | ||||||||
| Author: huwp | ||||||||
{sniff} ah it's just like the old times. All we need now is an RTH tardalogue. And another LOlcat, you just can't have too many LOLcats. |
| Date: 2009/01/30 04:48:49, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Actually that was pretty good, except for "eskimos ew" bit which just wasn't right. Getting a LOLcat in as well was quite neat. |
| Date: 2009/01/30 10:12:30, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Much as it pains me, I agree with Arden. The caveman does it better. Louis - it wasn't the eskimo reference itself which let you down, it was the "ew" which sounds altogether too pink and fluffy for an allegedly rock-hard rufty-tufty ex-marine, even if he does eat a load of cheesy poofs. |
| Date: 2009/02/03 08:01:25, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Current odds: - Fly-by post (no return, no flounce): 10-1 - Intermediate return with flounce: evens - Full return with flounce: 5-4 - Flounce out (if more than fly-by posting): 500-1 on - Odds of no flounce, reasoned debate and an acceptance that science need not conflict with religion etc:... ... well I tried ringing William Hill but they just laughed and put the phone down. I suppose I could look for odds on flying pigs. Anyone got a Betfair account? Anyway, I'm getting popcorn just in case. |
| Date: 2009/02/08 12:32:46, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
First a belated congratulations on impending parenthood - your life will change HUGELY but it's just loads of fun!!! The England - Italy game was pretty dreadful, the Ireland - France match a cracker and today's Scotland - Wales a decent game. Next week should be fun. BTW I liked your expression of evolutionary fitness as being the immediately least bad. Kristine's percentages tale made me smile too! Hwyl am y tro. Huw |
| Date: 2009/02/09 07:57:17, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Chabal was playing on Saturday and looked in fine form. I do think the Irish were fitter, especially in the last quarter but it was a tremendously exciting game. I was delighted to see Wales playing well, although again with room for improvement, as always. England will need to improve a lot for next week's game. Apparently some of the younger players were spooked by the noise at Twickenham - goodness knows how they'll cope at the Millennium Stadium, especially if the roof's closed! |
| Date: 2009/02/20 11:15:51, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Well, let's be honest, it's not that difficult to write better than a caveman and besides, in Wales we have plenty of time to learn to read and write as we're not busy trying to export the Dark Ages to the rest of the World. It also means that we have time to play some very good rugby as well. Hwyl am y tro. Huw |
| Date: 2009/02/23 19:08:18, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Honestly, you take a day off and miss all the fun! Friday night's game is going to be tough - playing France in Paris is never, ever easy. However, if we score a few and the crowd turns against les bleus, who knows. I'm so looking forward to the Ireland match though - should a real belter. And the cricket season will start soon - hooray. Someone had better tell the England team though because they don't seem to have noticed! Oh, and Arden, put a sock in it do, we know rugby is far too rough for your gentle soul. Da boch. Huw |
| Date: 2009/02/24 02:11:30, Link | ||||||
| Author: huwp | ||||||
Loath though I am to say anything nice about Arden (after all, no-one else does), you're right. |
| Date: 2009/02/24 09:04:34, Link | ||||||
| Author: huwp | ||||||
You see, that is what makes this forum such fun. "Haha this you" and mother jokes with occasional LOLcats followed by philosophy. And of course lots of science. Welcome back Richard, you were missed. Do we get a welcome back tardologue soon? Just askin'. Hwyl fawr. Huw |
| Date: 2009/02/28 05:12:50, Link | ||||
| Author: huwp | ||||
Now he tells us! <mutter, mutter another wretched irony meter gone phut, mutter mutter, harrumph>  |
| Date: 2009/02/28 16:46:02, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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As we've mentioned rugby a few times here - may I congratulate any French people here on their victory over my beloved Wales on Friday. It was an excellent game; both teams played well but the right team won on the night. The Ireland-England game today was dismal but again the better team won. Honestly, how do England ever expect to win if they keep getting players sin-binned? It looks as if it may well be a Grand Slam (for Ireland) versus a Triple Crown (for Wales) decider in a few weeks and that game could well be a corker. Huw |
| Date: 2009/03/02 08:28:44, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Yes - BOD was terrific, pretty well back to his old form I though. I thought the Irish choked (seen that before) and should have won by many more points. I always thought we would find it tough in Paris and the comeback by the French was admirable - but then their hallmark of late has been inconsistency. I still feel Wales are a team in development but are a way away from being the finished article. We ought to win in Rome and the Ireland game should be a corker. However - given the 61 years since Ireland last won the Grand Slam and their propensity to choke on the big occasion (which is odd when you think of how much Munster and Leinster have achieved on the big stage) if they win in Cardiff then it'll be an enormous achievement and hats off to them. Huw |
| Date: 2009/03/02 08:38:57, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Isn't that what Arden's mother said? <small voice> I'm really , really sorry. I'll get help. I've kept away from the TARD by mainly reading it second-hand and that's kept me clean, but the incessant knob jokes and "HAHA this is you" jokes and the never ending LOLcats have taken their toll. I thought I could give up anytime I wanted, I even tried to meditate using the ancient techniques of Llap-goch, but all to no avail. I'll get help, I promise. |
| Date: 2009/03/03 03:16:17, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Is it because he's frit? Edited because I just noticed that Louis has just used an "ooh ooh" line elsewhere. Dammit! |
| Date: 2009/03/03 03:50:27, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Whoops - it means "frightened" but also carries overtones of "scaredy-cat". When you say "lightweight" I just know you don't mean his big jumper because that must contain a serious amount of wool. |
| Date: 2009/03/04 03:46:12, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Look, it was bad enough seeing Lou in a red dress <shudder> but I don't think any of us want to see Louis' man boobs. |
| Date: 2009/03/05 15:48:35, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Well they are a bunch of louts. Educated and intelligent and frequently very funny, but they are a bunch of louts. I mean, you DO ask for it much of the time whereas I tend to keep quiet (after all my degree is in French and Italian unlike all you science types) and I chip in only occasionally. I'm not even very rude about Arden and EVERYONE is rude about Arden. But I am Welsh and rather proud it; we may be a very small nation but we have much to be proud about. So it does stick in my throat a bit when they seek to insult you by calling you Welsh. All the other insults are fine, however ;) |
| Date: 2009/03/05 18:54:16, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Ah LOLcats, is there nothing they can't express? Nos da pawb. Huw |
| Date: 2009/03/13 09:45:37, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
First, this is WAAAAAYYY too much information. Second, what's more disturbing is that you chose to share it with us here. <shudder> |
| Date: 2009/03/16 08:41:04, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Missed all the fun again. Oh well. This came to mind: In UD's fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the tard below. We are the banninated. Short days ago We posted, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In UD's fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The tard, be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who are banned, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In UD's fields. With sincere and heartfelt apologies to Major John McCrae. |
| Date: 2009/03/16 10:15:35, Link | ||||||
| Author: huwp | ||||||
Of course you were joking Louis old bean! I mean, there's NO WAY you could afford the danger money you'd have to pay someone to do the nasty deed. |
| Date: 2009/03/16 10:23:29, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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With all the talk of kids growing up quickly, I swear mine were only born the other day - now they're 23 and 21 and I have people working for me who are younger than them. Has anyone quoted that bit from Lost in Translation yet? Bob: It gets a whole lot more complicated when you have kids. Charlotte: It's scary. Bob: The most terrifying day of your life is the day the first one is born. Charlotte: Nobody ever tells you that. Bob: Your life, as you know it... is gone. Never to return. But they learn how to walk, and they learn how to talk... and you want to be with them. And they turn out to be the most delightful people you will ever meet in your life. This is so true. Huw PS Oh and well done to England yesterday - good result and a good game. Not such a good game in Rome, although next week's match against the Irish should be a cracker. |
| Date: 2009/03/16 12:06:42, Link | ||||
| Author: huwp | ||||
Well I hadn't thought of it in those terms before, but now you come to mention it, why the Hell not? |
| Date: 2009/03/16 12:18:44, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Surely that's not a coincidence. I agree - Poe. |
| Date: 2009/03/18 04:56:23, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Da iawn! Diolch yn fawr am eich linky. Hwyl am y tro. Huw |
| Date: 2009/03/18 05:43:31, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Actually, he answered that one some time go. Apparently it's "the real one". Which makes me wonder how he knows it's the real one; I suppose he just knows. I've always found this rather odd - generally people do seem to believe in the God of the family they were born into (although people clearly do convert to other religions) and they never really question why it is that they had the good fortune to be born into that particular belief. I suppose they were simply chosen. This seems to me to be somewhat arrogant. Anyway, I've always had a bit of a problem with the whole God is Love thing and that the only way to Heaven is through the Saviour Jebus. Basically, if you were born before He was born, or were born in some location the missionaries hadn't got to yet, then you're going to Hell when you die. No argument, doesn't matter what you've done in your life, you're going to spend the rest of eternity in damnation. It just doesn't seem very loving to me. |
| Date: 2009/03/18 06:11:01, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Oh. I see now. Silly me. Hang on a minute - that would be Jesus trims wouldn't it? Are you pulling my leg? |
| Date: 2009/03/18 08:38:11, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Have you been reading too much Battlepope again? |
| Date: 2009/03/18 17:15:00, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
For goodness sake, don't encourage them, you know what they're like. One moment they're all sciency and brainy and the next it's "harhar this is you", LOLcats, knob jokes and references to each other's mothers. |
| Date: 2009/03/23 12:05:21, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
There were some terrible games in the tournament but there were some scorchers too. Yes, fair play to Ireland and well done on a deserved Grand Slam and victory on Saturday - much as I would have loved to see my beloved Wales win, chiz, chiz, chiz. Overall Ireland were simply more consistent. France, Wales and England were all terribly inconsistent at times. Scotland occasionally played well and Italy were pretty consistently awful, unfortunately. It would be really, really good if the Lions play to their full ability in South Africa later this year. |
| Date: 2009/04/06 07:26:24, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
er what? Whassup? There I was dozing quietly when all of a sudden I've got a caveman shouting at me. <goes off to look at link> Cool - and it just goes to show something that the ID just don't get: dyfal donc a dyrr y garreg. Oh, and I know I'm bit behind with all this but... Bacon lube!!! Even as an April Fool it's eeeewwwww! I expect Arden likes it though and I don't think Louis was joking when he said he had some on order. |
| Date: 2009/04/09 03:51:41, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
So subtlety isn't his forte then? Not exactly difficult, was it? |
| Date: 2009/04/17 04:11:36, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Hey Louis, just so as you know, over at the Uncommonly Dense thread they're saying that dress makes you look fat. Now I know why you and Lou FCD have never been seen together. Huwp |
| Date: 2009/04/19 03:43:54, Link | ||||||
| Author: huwp | ||||||
Davescot clearly thought so. No wait... |
| Date: 2009/04/21 16:34:57, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Penblwydd Hapus! No really, that many consonants yet it still means Happy Birthday. Even if it is late. huwp |
| Date: 2009/05/02 04:30:34, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Late again. Story of my life <mutter mutter> Happy birthday Lou. Hwyl fawr. Huw |
| Date: 2009/05/12 07:32:32, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
I'd be up for a London meeting even though: a) I am not a scientist so I wouldn't get any of the oh-so-funny chemistry jokes that Louis likes to think are amusing. b) I can't do next week as I've got some time off and won't be near the centre of London. It would be very good to meet some other AtBCers, even if I do mainly lurk. Anyway, everyone knows Louis is really 5'1" tall, wears socks with sandals and second-hand pullovers which reek of Woodbines Huwp |
| Date: 2009/05/12 09:03:57, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Nah, it's fine. Looking forward to the Lions tour hugely even though I suspect the boks will win. Anyway, I've just remembered why you should never make jokes about chemists - you just get a rude retort. Boom ching, veal, waiter, here all week, yada yada. Huw |
| Date: 2009/05/12 09:20:41, Link | ||
| Author: huwp | ||
Wikifur!!! I'm not sure whether to thank you or not; I've certainly learned something but I'm not sure if it's good or bad. Even so, makes more sense than UD... |
| Date: 2009/12/11 08:48:30, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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<disengaging lurk mode> How very nice to see Kylie get a mention here. Anyway, I'm sure you all know this, but you're never ever, ever, ever going to convince Robert that he might possibly be mistaken because he knows the Truth. He knows it's the true Truth because he says so. Still, Better the Devil You Know, especially On a Night Like This, even if it is a bit Slow. :D I'm going to re-lurk now... 3-2-1... <engaging lurk mode> |
| Date: 2010/03/03 05:05:19, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Arden is a proper linguist and so would undoubtedly be able to answer your question in a proper linguistic fashion. Unlike you boffin sciency types, my degree is in French and Italian so I might be able to help. Possibly, perhaps, maybe. However, as the AFDave assertion about Portuguese being a mixture of French and Spanish was one of the funniest things ever seen on this board (although bearing in mind much of the "humour" involves LOLcats and "your mother" jokes, there isn't a lot of competition) I know you don't really want an answer to that. So, I think you just want Arden back so you can get down and dirty with some proper man-lovin'. Jus' sayin' is all. Huwp |
| Date: 2010/03/24 08:47:47, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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I've missed the occasional forays into Mornington Crescent here. Some of the play is awfully good, although by no means all. Sort of like the girl with a curl on her forehead. Back to lurking. Hwyl fawr. Huwp |
| Date: 2010/03/25 08:37:40, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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I know I'm late to this and I know that Louis said that you're using Stovold, but Stovold is often supplemented by Armitage these days - which of course means no Nid. So, is this game Stovold (pure) or as amended by Armitage? Oh well, I suppose it doesn't matter, I just HATE ending up in Nid. If I'm not too late to play: Covent Garden. |
| Date: 2010/03/25 09:44:41, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Oh rats. I hate spending time in Knid almost as much as I hate spending time in Nid.* * There, see what I did there? |
| Date: 2010/03/25 12:33:13, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Oh well, if Louis' opened up the Masonic pathway then it seems a shame not to use it. I know it may be seen as radical in the everso stuffy corridors of bah-humbuggery inhabited by Louis, Tom and fnxtr where only Stovold will do (which is roughly equivalent to the King James Version only movement) but the advent of the DLR has added an extra dimension to this game. So thanks to the Masonic reference of the double pillars of the old Naval College (now University) of Greenwich, I get to leave Knid and outflank the lot of you. Cutty Sark. HA! |
| Date: 2010/03/25 12:41:01, Link |
| Author: huwp |
| Oh wait, is huffing allowed? |
| Date: 2010/03/26 06:44:49, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Is this still the same game or have we started again? In between the blithering (and there's an awful lot of that) there's some quite nice play here. Oh bugger it, I'm going to assume it's the same game. Temple. |
| Date: 2010/04/14 07:39:37, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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No, I'm sorry, but "Lords" just isn't a valid move. Possibly "St.John's Wood" or "Westminster" but not "Lords". I've consulted Stovold's on this and it's just not allowed, not even under the (later) Mortimer Variations or even the Armitage guidelines. You'll just have to miss a turn or throw a double six. Anyway... Fairlop. |
| Date: 2010/04/16 08:19:28, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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I think I'm still stuck at Fairlop because of volcanic ash. I'm too late, aren't I? Oh well... ... I shall never look at a tube map in the same way ever again. |
| Date: 2010/04/23 06:46:59, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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FWIW I thought Bill Bryson's book was interesting and well written and, I suspect, well researched too. He loves the English language and that's a terribly good starting point. The "imply" and "infer" confusion is very irritating as is "disinterested" for "uninterested". They mean different things and if we lose that difference then it diminishes the language. I do love the way English can be very precise; I once tried to explain to a class of Italian students the difference between "glance" and "glimpse" both of which, I was told, were covered by the word "occhiata" meaning "a short sight of something". Much as I love English, and French for that matter, I think my heart belongs to Italian. And Welsh, of course. Huwp |
| Date: 2010/09/23 04:25:32, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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Goodness me, that last game went on for ages. I hope you don't mind but I've de-lurked to have a crack at this one - I just had to, given the somewhat insipid openings you've all gone for. I mean to say, after the bravado and tenacity of the last game I expected something, well, a little more inspired. Oh well. <deep sigh>. Covent Garden. |
| Date: 2010/09/24 04:56:32, Link |
| Author: huwp |
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"Cunningly Woven Web"... Queen's Park? An oxymoron surely, even allowing for alliteration. And then Moorlane. Are diagonals allowed then? Such diversions from Stovold's are surely very, very unorthodox. Never mind, "lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entate" and all that. Marble Arch. Ha! |
| Date: 2011/06/02 06:18:32, Link | ||||||||||
| Author: huwp | ||||||||||
/delurk/ You know, it's rather nice to come back here after a while - still the same old jokes about Louis and Arden's Mum. In fact anyone's Mum. Still no sign of Lenny though... what happened to his Pizza delivery boy anyway? I see people are STILL saying that Louis is Welsh (I hope they're not confusing him with Louis Walsh, who's Irish) when, frankly, Louis could only dream of being Welsh*. And there hasn't been a decent game of Mornington Crescent for ages. Hwyl fawr (and other Welsh salutations) Huwp *Outraged protests in 3-2-1..... /relurk/ |
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