http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8730 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:54:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8730#post-23605 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:07:09 +0000 Hunter F. Thompson 23605@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I found this somewhere, and am contributing to this tagged thread:</p> <p>Almost daily, the vicar of Bude<br /> Swam out to some rocks, in the nude,<br /> And when he did not,<br /> He was legless, and hot,<br /> Though not naked, nor nearly as rude. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8730#post-23602 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:36:51 +0000 Doctor Moptop 23602@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I liked it but am trying to cold-turkey on the vicars.</p> <p>The real-life ramblings of the priest at St Barnabas, Tunbridge Wells,<br /> not to mention the replies from his biggest sycophants, <em>Maureen Whiplash</em> and <em>Apostolic</em> (delusions of grandeur? Moi?) and his Arch Enemy <em>Poppy Tupper</em> have had me engrossed, entertained and enraged - often simultaneously.</p> <p>You couldn't make it up. Except you just did. Have some stars for your trouble.</p> <p><a href="http://sbarnabas.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">http://sbarnabas.com/blog/</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8730#post-23576 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:22:53 +0000 Griffin 23576@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I love this!!!! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8730#post-23572 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:36:14 +0000 la maga 23572@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I've already found that the subs I put the work into (e.g. the NHS outsourcing to Wackenhut corporation sub I posted today) sometimes get no response while some throwaway one it took me two minutes to write gets people interested. I try not to worry about it... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8730#post-23568 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:31:26 +0000 jp1885 23568@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I also liked it, and possibly awarded stars to that effect. I don't always comment on posts because I'm a miserable bastard. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8730#post-23566 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:25:06 +0000 Gary Stanton 23566@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I liked it, but it's as much as I can do to remember my 12 character password most days.</p> <p>Also this works PC doesn't allow me to see what colour the stars are so I have no idea how the voting went until I log in from home. </p> <p>And it looks as though my asbestos sub has died on its arse and I had high hopes for that one. Never mind, we soldier on. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8730#post-23562 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:11:34 +0000 Oxbridge 23562@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Arrggh, silence again, what am I doing wrong?</p> <p>[Not you, Rikkor] </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8730#post-23424 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:33:18 +0000 Oxbridge 23424@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>When Terry and June Donaldson's 13-year-old son Alexander joined the church choir at St Mark's in the pretty Devon village of Bovey Tracey, the Reverend Brian Watts feared it was only a matter of time before he was invited to tea. In the event, he need not have worried, because the two hours he spent at the Donaldsons' house last weekend were perfectly enjoyable.</p> <p>'Call me cynical if you will,' said Watts, 'but my experiences as 32 years as a vicar in middle class areas of England have scarred me deeply. I had to go as a matter of form but I was dreading it.'</p> <p>When Watts entered the house on a newly established estate on the outskirts of the village, the couple, both 52, who moved down from London a year ago, welcomed him into the front room and offered him a choice of Assam or Earl Grey tea, plus a selection of sandwiches and a slice of home made chocolate cake. They then proceeded to make light conversation about plans for the annual Harvest Supper and village life.</p> <p>'There were a few potentially dicey moments,' said Watts. 'First Terry ran in from the garden to answer the phone and nearly tripped up, but fortunately he was wearing a belt so his trousers were unaffected. Then June mentioned they had a Swedish au pair staying with them and I thought 'uh-oh'. Happily it turns out that Kristina is a dumpy girl with glasses and in any case she had gone out for the day.'</p> <p>After it was established that the Donaldsons prefer the old Book of Common Prayer to the modern alterantives and that they will help man the tombola at the annual fete in September, the moment came for June to offer Watts another cup of tea, which he accepted with some misgivings. It appears, however, that if anyone broke wind at this point, it was entirely silent and odourless. Watts left soon after.</p> <p>'It was a pleasant afternoon and they are a charming couple,' he told reporters. 'Indeed, if they were any nicer, I might start feeling guilty about pressurising their son into giving me a hand job in the vestry after choir practice.' </p>