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Points: 20029 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2008 at 08:02
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

... imagine if you will, the atmosphere inside a large canvas tent, in summer, containing 15 people, all of whom being aficionados of real ale & spicy food, first thing in the morning...


I'm surprised the thing didn't float off the ground like the Hindenburg


What would probably happen is that each individual would release the gaseous by-products of the afore-mentioned spicy food and ale into their sleeping bags. This would cause said sleeping bags to rise up and, with sufficient quantities, float around the tent. Of course, this may awake the occupant of said sleeping bag, who would probably unzip the sleeping bag, this causing a static discharge and...
 
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nice to see everyone's back to talking about bodily odours Dead I've never understood the desire to get back stage after a gig - the bands have perspired several gallons by then and are not something you would want to get too close too (especially the drummers).
 
Anywhoo - further to my recommendation never to use a girlie razor a few months back, over the holiday I managed to ignore my own advice (cos I was too mean to pay €7 for a packet of Bic razors) and used one of Deb's Venus razors  - which happen to have shaving-gel built in to the head - what a flipping mess - it's like shaving in snot, (and snot from a 7-day man-cold at that), as you shave the stuff dribbles from your face with bits of beard embedded in the gloop like a slug has crawled through barbers' shop and then partied on your body - yueck! I had to take a shower to get rid of the bloody stuff. Left my skin nice and smooth mind...
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

nice to see everyone's back to talking about bodily odours Dead I've never understood the desire to get back stage after a gig - the bands have perspired several gallons by then and are not something you would want to get too close too (especially the drummers).
 
Anywhoo - further to my recommendation never to use a girlie razor a few months back, over the holiday I managed to ignore my own advice (cos I was too mean to pay €7 for a packet of Bic razors) and used one of Deb's Venus razors  - which happen to have shaving-gel built in to the head - what a flipping mess - it's like shaving in snot, (and snot from a 7-day man-cold at that), as you shave the stuff dribbles from your face with bits of beard embedded in the gloop like a slug has crawled through barbers' shop and then partied on your body - yueck! I had to take a shower to get rid of the bloody stuff. Left my skin nice and smooth mind...
You should never get too close to a drummer anyway.
 
Altogether now, what do you call someone who hangs around with musicians? LOL
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On the offchance that someone here is an expert on German wildlife, perhaps you could help identify a strange creature that kept trying to eat our food last week. It became affectionately known as "monkey rat" but it wasn't a rat. If you could imagine a creature with a squirrel's tail (only with shorter fur), a rat's body and a bush baby's eyes, then you'd be close. We suspect it's a type of shrew but Googling it brings up mainly pages about Shrewsbury Town FC.
Anyone know a good web site that would help us identify the little b*****d creature.
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On the offchance that someone here is an expert on German wildlife, perhaps you could help identify a strange creature that kept trying to eat our food last week. It became affectionately known as "monkey rat" but it wasn't a rat. If you could imagine a creature with a squirrel's tail (only with shorter fur), a rat's body and a bush baby's eyes, then you'd be close. We suspect it's a type of shrew but Googling it brings up mainly pages about Shrewsbury Town FC.
Anyone know a good web site that would help us identify the little b*****d creature.
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ah, ....that would be the German grey "scheiderschnitzel und arseshnuffler ratten" (ratttus schneider shufflus) rat - native to that country as they are partial to the German scneiderscnitzel sausage or "bratwurst". When its senses the aforementioned sausage it shuffle its bottom in a circular motion and lets out a shrill "we-eee". The rat, colloquially known as the "SS" rat, is also partial to Boy Scouts, and when roused the rat lets out a silent wee. Smile
 
 
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it also has a very nasty bite...Wink  
 
 


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There seems to be a lot of redundancy in here.
There seems to be a lot of redundancy in here.
There seems to be a lot of redundancy in here.
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Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

ah, ....that would be the German grey "scheiderschnitzel und arseshnuffler ratten" (ratttus schneider shufflus) rat - native to that country as they are partial to the German scneiderscnitzel sausage or "bratwurst". When its senses the aforementioned sausage it shuffle its bottom in a circular motion and lets out a shrill "we-eee". The rat, colloquially known as the "SS" rat, is also partial to Boy Scouts, and when roused the rat lets out a silent wee. Smile
 
 

That's it, thanks Steve.
Now if you could just provide a picture for confirmation...
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Points: 1497 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2008 at 16:43
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Oh - I think Rach wins

So much for the glamour & gentility of a prog rock band on tour - eewwww
 
I wanted to capture  the sights, the sounds, the smells, of a hard-working 
rock band on the road. And I got that.  But I got more, a lot more.LOL
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Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

There seem to be a lot of greys longing for voluntary redundancy in here.
There seem to be a lot of greys longing for voluntary redundancy in here.
There seem to be a lot of greys longing for voluntary redundancy in here.
 
I couldn't agree with you more, Patrick...Clap
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A Possum doesn't have a squirrels tail... but they look a bit evil and ratlike!



Or perhaps it's a Common Brushtail Possum:





Yes?


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Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

There seem to be a lot of greys longing for voluntary redundancy in here.
There seem to be a lot of greys longing for voluntary redundancy in here.
There seem to be a lot of greys longing for voluntary redundancy in here.
 
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My father-in-law just retired...man's never looked happier in the 13 years I've known him.  Wink
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Ho hum - preparations for Cropredy proceeding apace:

Wellies - check
Waterproofs - check
Warm clothing - check
Spare clothing - check
Check every weather site to find at least one which doesn't forecast heavy rain - check
All the above typical British summer festival gear, of course
Earplugs for when Chris (interesting) Leslie plays his own compositions with Fairport - check and double check

+++sigh+++

It's the middle of summer for God's sake - is it too much to ask for decent weather?

Just for 4 days?

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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

ah, ....that would be the German grey "scheiderschnitzel und arseshnuffler ratten" (ratttus schneider shufflus) rat - native to that country as they are partial to the German scneiderscnitzel sausage or "bratwurst". When its senses the aforementioned sausage it shuffle its bottom in a circular motion and lets out a shrill "we-eee". The rat, colloquially known as the "SS" rat, is also partial to Boy Scouts, and when roused the rat lets out a silent wee. Smile
 
 

That's it, thanks Steve.
Now if you could just provide a picture for confirmation...
 
 
sorry, no-one's ever managed to photograph one, as they are scarce and very fast runners, and no sketches exist as they have been known to run up a Scout's trouser leg in the night and sink its sharp teeth in soft parts, the victim lets out a loud scream, thus its postion can be located by the source of the scream, but no one has hung around long enough to study the beast. Ermm
 
 
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Originally posted by James James wrote:

A Possum doesn't have a squirrels tail... but they look a bit evil and ratlike!



Or perhaps it's a Common Brushtail Possum:





Yes?
Thanks James, that middle one is very similar. I shall check out more possums forthwith.
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Actually I think they're too big.
 
And they live in Australia.
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^ so do wallabies, but there are several living wild in the UK, (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4160368.stm), so a possum in Germany is not impossumble.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

^ so do wallabies, but there are several living wild in the UK, (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4160368.stm), so a possum in Germany is not impossumble.


The Evelyn family,descendants of John Evelyn, populated the area around Leith Hill Nr.Dorking,Surrey with Kangaroos in the early part of the 19th century.Apparently,they adapted well.

Ralph Vaughan Williams, who was brought up at Leith Hill Place, remembered searching for them (Kangaroos) as a child.

RVW's Grandfather, Sir Charles Darwin, probably caused their disappearence from the area by carrying-out experiments on them.

Edited by Man Erg - August 06 2008 at 12:36

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

ah, ....that would be the German grey "scheiderschnitzel und arseshnuffler ratten" (ratttus schneider shufflus) rat - native to that country as they are partial to the German scneiderscnitzel sausage or "bratwurst". When its senses the aforementioned sausage it shuffle its bottom in a circular motion and lets out a shrill "we-eee". The rat, colloquially known as the "SS" rat, is also partial to Boy Scouts, and when roused the rat lets out a silent wee. Smile
 
 

That's it, thanks Steve.
Now if you could just provide a picture for confirmation...
 
 
sorry, no-one's ever managed to photograph one, as they are scarce and very fast runners, and no sketches exist as they have been known to run up a Scout's trouser leg in the night and sink its sharp teeth in soft parts, the victim lets out a loud scream, thus its postion can be located by the source of the scream, but no one has hung around long enough to study the beast. Ermm
 
 
Actually that's not that dissimilar to what happened when one of the guys picked up a rubbish sack containing one of the aforementioned arseschnufflers! They're persistent buggers and weren't at all worried by our prescence. Even a mug of water only scared them off for a few minutes.
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