The Grey Room

fandango wrote: 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...

My father-in-law just retired...man's never looked happier in the 13 years I've known him. 

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.

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.

That's it, thanks Steve.
Now if you could just provide a picture for confirmation...

Edited by mystic fred - August 05 2008 at 13:33

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.

Dean wrote: nice to see everyone's back to talking about bodily odours  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...

Atavachron wrote: 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

Oh - I think Rach wins

So much for the glamour & gentility of a prog rock band on tour - eewwww

Let's just say the first cigarettes of the morning were generally lit outside the tent...

chopper wrote: compared to the smell of 22 pairs of worn-for-7-days-without-being-changed socks that hit me when I attempted to enter their tent in the morning.

That's nothing, Alan - When we first started going to Cropredy many years ago, there was a group of around 15 of us who used to share a huge ex army tent (large enough in fact that on rainy years we used to put up smaller tents inside it & then carry them out to be pegged down)... 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...

Neil - we'd usually be setting off around 10:30-ish, but Mr Stumble's boat will be there as well, so if you could boot him into action as well, we'll call you to arrange a meeting...