So he must be a saint
Now that would be a hoot !!! St. Dave Oh wait, WAIT, we already have the good Padre Fred… One is quite enought…
I just have to open some spirits after that,
Cheers,
Egads; some brave soul brought my name into this conversation…
I like the idea of getting all of us into some sort of PARTY atmosphere…We just did a bit of that here in Ottawa a week ago.
I'm still winding down from it........yes; time for a cool one or three.....
It has been said a number of times, by those from around here that have been to Dave's place. That my place, and Pike resembles Dave's......
.....now for the bheerMike, Please don’t use the term Queer and Broken Mountain in the same sentence 
Bryan,
Sometime during this past week, MM mentioned that he keeps hitting the wrong key - honestly I’m not sure if he’s in a choir, too - but that could be the explanation. Who knows if that “r” was supposed to be a “n” in which case the “Queen” would have been along for that ride, too.
We’ll find out soon enough, may require consulting “the List”. 
I sure am learning more of the british terminology though Hans.
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:
Bryan,Sometime during this past week, MM mentioned that he keeps hitting the wrong key - honestly I’m not sure if he’s in choir, too - but that could be the explanation. Who knows if that “r” was supposed to be a “n” in which case the “Queen” would have been along for that ride, too.
We’ll find out soon enough, may require consulting “the List”.
I thought I’d found the type on the list to describe Hans.
Enfant Provocateur .
But the last post was too convoluted for that .
I’m happy to see you’re learning a lot of English , Bryan . I hope it’s doing the same for Hans .
Nike
Mike Morgan said:
I thought I’d found the type on the list to describe Hans. Enfant Provocateur . But the last post was too convoluted for that . I’m happy to see you’re learning a lot of English , Bryan . I hope it’s doing the same for Hans . Nike
Nike, I’m not that easily pegged. 
On learning/using English, it’s nice to see some of those quaint expressions in use.
Do the English actually use English? I thought they had given up on that a long time ago.
Not sure.
I know when I saw “urgent-bug” in the subject, I figured it was a virus that kept you close to the throne.
Hi all, MM’s comment regarding the use of the English language, sure brought back memories.
Many moons ago in my former life… At one customer’s there worked a fine assembly of Brits in the one office. Amongst the Gentlemen also worked a German jokester who had prominently posted the following on the wall above his desk… The inhabitants of the British Isles First there are the Scots, who keep the Sabbath and anything else they can get their hands on. Then there are the Welsh, who pray upon their knees and prey upon their neighbours. Next are the Irish, who don’t know what they want, but are perfectly willing to die for it. Last but not least are the English, who consider themselves to be a race of self-made men, thereby absolving the Almighty of a dreadful responsibility. That’s how it went, more or less; made me chuckle everytime I walked into that office 28+ years ago. But what truly amazed me, given the nationality mix in that office, is how it stood the test of time on that wall. It must have been either a real sense of humor or some really stiff upper lips in that office. The way I see it, eh! And what has any of this to do with an “urgent-bug”, well you just never know what bug bit the next guy the day he was born. In my book it’s not who’s got the most toys, it’s who’s got the most laughs.
Dave ,
You were nearly right about the bug being a virus --look , it’s given Hans verbal diarrhoea .
Nuke
Mike Morgan said:Nuke,
Dave , You were nearly right about the bug being a virus --look , it's given Hans verbal diarrhoea . Nuke
I take it you’re not happy with “The inhabitants of the British Isles”…???
Remember, it’s either “Stiff upper lip” or “Sense of Humor”
Sense of humour? Check http://www.largescalecentral.com/LSCForums/viewtopic.php?id=6345
“stiff upper lip”?
Is that why they make officer cadets at Sandhurst suck Viagra?
Well , since I am quite delighted with the “inhabitants of the British Isles” as quoted , I see no reason not to keep smiling . The unfortunate thing is that you (deliberately?) missed out the rest of the descriptions of peoples of the world . Perhaps you missed them because they are offensive , though that seems unlikely .
As for sense of humour , I must admit to going to Switzerland and Canada for holidays . Just to bring me back to earth . Too much laughing will weaken ya . So we go there to get away from humour by getting into enervating conversations with the natives or would-be natives .
Don’t all rush for a dictionary , and you won’t find one in Australia because nobody has yet been able to understand
their strangulation of the English language ,so I’ll save you all a problem and tell you .
Enervate --to cause weakness ; To cause loss of spirit .
I could add , to bring us all down to the same level , esp.humour .
As to the stiff upper lip ,it’s caused by the nasty smell under the nose that we get helping people out of the sh it they’ve got themselves in .
Meke
ps I note with no surprise that the book about lack of sense of humour that you quote in the reference was
researched by Canadians in Canada . I assume they imported Brits as the humourous reference .
Ah, the Swiss.
They make the Holy Cheese, right?
Curmudgeon said:
Ah, the Swiss.They make the Holy Cheese, right?
Not the HOLY Cheese???
Yes , Dave , Holy Cheese .
Their church spires are shaped like onions to go with it .
Mike
and if I recall, don’t they have military uniforms that are the only ones “cute” enough to be accepted in SanFreakingCisco?
Mike Morgan said:Meke,
...................... The unfortunate thing is that you (deliberately?) missed out the rest of the descriptions of peoples of the world . ........................................................................... Meke
You need to lighten up, you being so tightly wound interferes with your ability to read.
“The inhabitants of the British Isles” was all that was listed on that office wall.
Neither an omission nor a commission on my part.
“Meke”.
Wasn’t that one of the words written in the dirt that caused a nation to turn itself around?
Hafta go check.