Friday Jokes

[Woody]

[Rwy in Sight]

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[Pontius Navigator]

Been there, done that. After the usual 10 hour flog in a Shack went for the debrief, a beer in the Bothy at Lossie. Like the Scruffs at Kinloss, officers only. After a couple of beers it was very late, so late in fact that it would be ungentlemanly to go home and wake up the family.

Then it was broad daylight, so probably summer, but still time for one more. I have no recollection of the journey home, about 30 miles. In fact I have little recollection of the Bothy after more than 3 years at Lossie.

Just goes to prove that being shook up by a Shack unsettles the brain store.

[Woody]

No point in asking if it was 60/70 or 80 shilling that you were drinking

[Pontius Navigator]

Woody, correct, I guess we just used bar chits but apart from that time and one earlier nothing......

I do remember who I was with.

[OFSO]

Earthquake up at Andorra. No sign of volcano emerging. Yet.

[Pontius Navigator]

OFSO, that passed me by, clue?

[Pinky the pilot]

Woody; That photo almost looks like it was taken in the Birdsville Pub. (Far SW Outback Queensland)

Same style window, the door behind and the stone wall.

[FD2]

A Friday Happy Hour at Culdrose and an old friend staying for the weekend. The session in the bar finished at 2230, so home with chum and exaggerated tiptoeing around the hall before heading for bed in a vain attempt to minimise offence. Quietly opening bedroom door to darkened bedroom and another tiptoe attempt to find my side of the bed, but fooled by presence of sleeping wife's slippers, causing fall across her in pitch darkness, resulting in screams and harsh recriminations. Of course it was all my chum's fault...

[Pontius Navigator]

FD2, at least it was only two of you.

SOP in the 60s, bar set and off to a mate's quarter for eggy bacon sarnies. Of course we were always VERY QUIET so as not to disturb the lucky Missus while we consumed all the bacon, eggs and bread just bought for the weekend.

Remarkably the divorce rate was not particularly high, probably couldn't afford it.

[EA01]

Woody; That photo almost looks like it was taken in the Birdsville Pub. (Far SW Outback Queensland)

Same style window, the door behind and the stone wall.

Ashamed to admit I'm yet to get to Birdsville Pinky! (You may be closer to Birdsville than I?)

[FD2]

Remarkably the divorce rate was not particularly high, probably couldn't afford it.

Exactly - the pay wasn't exactly generous back in the 60s and 70s - used to curb the drinking severely.

[FD2]

[Boac]

Apparently today has been 'National Coming Out Day' - I'm ashamed to admit I hadn't noticed - it must have crept up behind me..........

I went out today - does that count?

[1DC]

Mrs 1DC and I thought about heading for Birdsville from Coober Pedy when we were on one of our outback tours but we were only in a Camry so we chickened out.

[ricardian]

A mother was concerned about her young son walking to school but the little boy didn't want his mother to walk with him.
The mother wanted to give him the feeling that he had some independence but yet know that he was safe.
The mother had an idea of how to handle it.
She asked a neighbour if she would follow him to school in the mornings, staying at a distance, so he probably wouldn't notice her.
The neighbours said "OK, since I'm up early with my pre-school toddler anyway, it would be a good way to get some exercise as well.”
The next school day, the neighbours and her little girl set out following behind Billy as he walked to school with another neighbour’s girl that he knew. She did this for the whole week.
As the two kids walked and chatted, kicking stones and twigs, Billy's little friend noticed the same lady was following them as she seemed to do every day. Finally, she said to Billy “Have you noticed that lady following us to school all week?”
Billy nonchalantly replied, “Oh yes, it's OK - I know who she is.”
The little girl said, “Well, who is she?”
“That's Shirley Ghundnist," Billy explained, "and her daughter, Marcia.”
“Who is she and why is she following us.”
“Well,” said Billy, “Every night my mum makes me say the 23rd psalm with my prayers, 'cos she worries about me so much. And in that psalm, it says, 'Shirley Ghundnist and Marcia shall follow me all the days of my life’, so I guess I'll just have to get used to it.'

[OFSO]

Both in Iceland and the Canary islands, volcanic activities have been preceeded by earthquakes. With over 70 dormant (if smelly) volcanos around an hour's drive away we are earthquake-sensitive.

[PHXPhlyer]

No virgins available to appease The God(s) of The Volcano(s)?

PP

[OFSO]

They all rode off on unicorns....

[ricardian]

They all rode off on unicorns....

Little-known fact