http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=the-pox The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Tue, 21 May 2013 18:32:29 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-776 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:49:57 +0000 PluckyMunky 776@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>i have had a very plesant day, which started really well with the poems. Thsnk you. miss munky and her bf were over from spain before they move to south africa. master munky and wife joined us and we all went out for lunch.</p> <p>thank you very much for your poems and support. you are lovely people. xxxxxxx </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-761 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:52:47 +0000 MrChigleysAunt 761@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I was off school with chicken pox. But that was donkeys years ago. I guess she would have been quite young then but, nevertheless, she must be getting on a bit by now. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-753 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:32:26 +0000 Hunter F. Thompson 753@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Dear Mr Sauce: I would think the pox a wholly unsatisfactory colleague and cannot understand your willingness to associate yourself with suchlike, even to the point of dragging yourself away from pleasant pass-times such as can be found in these pages. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-727 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:13:14 +0000 sauce 727@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hope it's improving, Plucky.</p> <p>I'm off work with, of all things, chicken pox. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-726 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:01:21 +0000 ronseal 726@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Plucky,</p> <p>I know how you feel.</p> <p>I'm planning to get a cubic centimetre of muscle taken from my shoulder. which is going to hurt.<br /> But I'll get £500 for it. (it's a drug trial thing) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-724 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:27:22 +0000 PluckyMunky 724@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>wow mr will! a second poem and another gem. thank yuo very much. with permission, i will quote both in my memoires. very best wishes. plucky. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-722 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:20:08 +0000 PluckyMunky 722@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>dear m thompson,<br /> thank you very much for your wonderful poem. i think it should be published. it has certainly set me up for the day. bones seem to take forever to heal, however, onwards and upwards! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-721 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:17:32 +0000 virtuallywill 721@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ode to Plucky</p> <p>Sir Issac Newton told us why,<br /> apples fall from the sky<br /> It’s known that Monkeys do the same.<br /> Perched on a branch<br /> awaiting fame.</p> <p>Tho' fame is fleeting,<br /> Gravity not<br /> Body breaks<br /> Flesh doth rot</p> <p>Sit in a chair<br /> satire ready<br /> enjoy your drink,<br /> for Farrells sake<br /> hold it steady </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-719 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:03:02 +0000 Hunter F. Thompson 719@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>In climates where your brass will freeze<br /> Monkeys cannot grow on trees,<br /> And tho' on earth there's nothing bolder<br /> They'll slip and break a useful shoulder.<br /> Take a lesson, if you can:<br /> When travelling toward Milan<br /> Think first of all how very nice<br /> Not to have slipped on standing ice. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-569 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:26:09 +0000 The All New Jeni B 569@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I broke my foot when sober, and it was bloody agony. Even worse was that no-one believed that it had happened when I was sober, even though it was mid-day on a Saturday.<br /> It also took them six weeks, <strong>6</strong> weeks!!! to diagnose a snapped ligament too, which took much longer to heal than my foot did. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-566 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:14:16 +0000 John Square 566@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>It almost seems to be a waste, having a serious accident when sober.</p> <p>I did my head in sober on Monday. I was fuming. Things hurt more when you aren't drunk. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-555 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:57:48 +0000 PluckyMunky 555@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>hello mr laurel and mr square. i do drink quite a lot but i hadn't been drinking when i did this. i slipped on the ice on our steep drive. i dunno about being 'accident prone' or unlucky'. one good thing is that i never complain. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-541 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:30:36 +0000 John Square 541@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>... or often very drunk? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-539 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:20:41 +0000 Stan Laurel 539@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Would you say you're accident prone or just unlucky? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-535 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:53:05 +0000 PluckyMunky 535@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>yes, ms aunt, i slipped in snow and broke my right shoulder. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-532 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:55:20 +0000 MrChigleysAunt 532@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Have you broken your shoulder? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-511 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:09:48 +0000 virtuallywill 511@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hi John, I've not heard that boot, but I think I might know someone who<br /> has a copy.<br /> Wouldn't it be nice is one of those songs that always bring a smile, God only knows is one of those rare pop songs with raw and open emotions. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-507 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:42:27 +0000 The All New Jeni B 507@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I was going to go for "Stars shining bright above you...." </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-504 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:22:55 +0000 PluckyMunky 504@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>thank you ver much for the songs.</p> <p>i am a great fan of the beach boys and mommas and pappas too. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-502 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:13:32 +0000 John Square 502@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>As we are doing Beach boys, I am glad to confirm that Wouldn't it be Nice was first dance at my wedding last year- and the only reason it wasn't God only knows was that first line.</p> <p>VirtualWill- have you heard Brian doing Surf's Up solo on piano? There's a bootleg of it floating around from the Smile session back in '67 when the songs only part-written. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-501 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:12:40 +0000 Scroat 501@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>All the leaves are brown (leaves are brown)<br /> And the sky is grey (and the sky is grey)<br /> I went for a walk (went for a walk)<br /> On a winter's day (on a winter's day)<br /> I'd be safe and warm (safe and warm)<br /> If I was in LA (if I was in LA)<br /> California dreamin' (California dreamin')<br /> On such a winter's day... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-499 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:01:44 +0000 The All New Jeni B 499@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I happen to love John's offering of "God Only Knows", one of my all time favourite songs. Quite like "Sloop John B" as my lovely Grandad was John B.</p> <p>I can do you some Mamas and the Papas if you like? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-493 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:40:42 +0000 virtuallywill 493@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>any particular Beach Boys song, something from Surf's Up....<br /> my favourite... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-484 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:00:29 +0000 John Square 484@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"I may not always love you<br /> As long as are stars above you"</p> <p>Also, I have a fractured skull.</p> <p>It's ace. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-420 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:28:12 +0000 PluckyMunky 420@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>well, its uncomfortable and sometimes painful. I can't sleep. Yes, mr square, a song would be very nice. thank you. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-417 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:38:27 +0000 John Square 417@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>How not nice? In what way?</p> <p>Would you like me to sing? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-406 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:03:06 +0000 PluckyMunky 406@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>if anyone want's t know how my broken shoulder is: it isn't very nice. </p>