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Nick Collis Bird

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Re: A confession
« Reply #20 on: September 25, 2014, 09:34:44 AM »

I'm as sane as the next melnutter. Hahahaha ha
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Re: A confession
« Reply #21 on: September 25, 2014, 09:38:40 AM »

My wife went hunting rabbits in Scotland ...
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Re: A confession
« Reply #22 on: September 25, 2014, 09:41:16 AM »

No, she took her ferret.
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Nick Collis Bird

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Re: A confession
« Reply #23 on: September 25, 2014, 09:49:13 AM »

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Re: A confession
« Reply #24 on: September 25, 2014, 09:53:58 AM »

I'm not! I'm merely bonkers.  :-X
So who is staring starkly on your behalf?
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Re: A confession
« Reply #25 on: September 25, 2014, 10:02:43 AM »

No she went by train actually, Nick, but close. 
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Re: A confession
« Reply #26 on: September 25, 2014, 10:22:00 AM »

So, baz parkes lost his cherry - we should all celebrate - wouldn't that be a great title for a tune?! ::)
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Re: A confession
« Reply #27 on: September 25, 2014, 10:22:00 AM »

Hmmmm.........
dons white coat, looks up reference books.
'Melodeon players.....' Yep. By definition Mad's a box of frogs.
Closes book, takes off coat..... and picks up melodeon  ;D
Oh there's a lovely fly on the window. Gulp.
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Re: A confession
« Reply #28 on: September 25, 2014, 10:25:48 AM »

Ohhh how I love this site!!!
You're all stark staring bonkers!!!! :-\

Indeed !

But there are evenings when my meander through MelnetWorld completely restores my delusions of adequacy ...

Substitute 'normality' for 'adequacy' and you just summed up why I love melnet  (:) :|||:
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Re: A confession
« Reply #29 on: September 25, 2014, 10:49:42 AM »

My uncle used to love me, but she died.

John
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Re: A confession
« Reply #30 on: September 25, 2014, 12:39:41 PM »

A chicken ain't a chicken till he's lickin' good 'n' fried....
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Re: A confession
« Reply #31 on: September 25, 2014, 04:58:47 PM »

Hee hee, I think my wife must have foxed you all with her rabbit hunt - think Big Cities?
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Re: A confession
« Reply #32 on: September 25, 2014, 09:22:14 PM »

Must be Edinburgh (with a transatlantic note) ......
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Re: A confession
« Reply #33 on: September 25, 2014, 09:34:08 PM »

Phew, I was getting worried, there!

The ants are my friends...
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Re: A confession
« Reply #34 on: September 26, 2014, 12:55:43 AM »

My wife ran off with a Welsh Accordionist

C'mon Nick, you know you want to  >:E
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Re: A confession
« Reply #35 on: September 26, 2014, 07:19:04 AM »

No he doesn't, he doesn't like accordeonists.......
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Re: A confession
« Reply #36 on: September 26, 2014, 09:08:48 AM »

What's an accordeon ? 👀.......something weak people attempt to play when they are not strong enough to tilt a piano on it's side.👹
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Re: A confession
« Reply #37 on: September 26, 2014, 09:50:19 AM »

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My wife ran off with a Welsh Accordionist

And so was Dai a tonic?
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Re: A confession
« Reply #38 on: September 26, 2014, 01:28:04 PM »

aaaaagh!

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