THE THREAD!!!

[DuckofTindalos]

Same here. It was awful, like The Da Vinci Code.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Same here. It was awful, like The Da Vinci Code.

Good, I thought I was missing something. I gave up and got A History of Modern Britain instead.

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ORIGINAL: sprior

Per, did you read any of the Stieg Larsson books? How well received were they in Sweden?

I believe the words "Insanely Popular" are adequate.

I gathered as much so tried reading one and found it so dull.

T is correct. They were a huge success. I can understand your sentiments though. When I read the first book, I had problems keeping myself awake for the first 150+ pages. It got better though and book #2 & #3 were really good. Not rocket science reading, but nice for relaxing the brain.

[sprior]

test message from 20 yo son: dad, call me, we need to talk.


Me: Hi, what's up
Him: We need to talk
Me: Are you in trouble? Is everything okay? What's up?
Him: We just need to talk
Me: Ok, talk
Him: Well, er, you know <insert 19yo gf name here>?
Me: Yes
Him: Well, she's pregnant
Me: You nugget

etc, etc

I'm going to be someone's grandad at 49. What a strange feeling. I never gave my kids permisson to breed.

[DuckofTindalos]

Congratulations, grandpa...[:'(]

[DivePac88]

Hi Guys... Just got Shattered Sword in the post, and can't keep my hot little hands off it.

Sprior; being a Grandfather will go with your grey hair. [;)]

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: sprior

test message from 20 yo son: dad, call me, we need to talk.


Me: Hi, what's up
Him: We need to talk
Me: Are you in trouble? Is everything okay? What's up?
Him: We just need to talk
Me: Ok, talk
Him: Well, er, you know <insert 19yo gf name here>?
Me: Yes
Him: Well, she's pregnant
Me: You nugget

etc, etc

I'm going to be someone's grandad at 49. What a strange feeling. I never gave my kids permisson to breed.

You'd best start buying Werther's Originals then [:'(]

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: DivePac88

Hi Guys... Just got Shattered Sword in the post, and can't keep my hot little hands off it.

Sprior; being a Grandfather will go with your grey hair. [;)]

It's falling out faster than it can turn grey. I blame the Resolution.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: sprior

test message from 20 yo son: dad, call me, we need to talk.


Me: Hi, what's up
Him: We need to talk
Me: Are you in trouble? Is everything okay? What's up?
Him: We just need to talk
Me: Ok, talk
Him: Well, er, you know <insert 19yo gf name here>?
Me: Yes
Him: Well, she's pregnant
Me: You nugget

etc, etc

I'm going to be someone's grandad at 49. What a strange feeling. I never gave my kids permisson to breed.

You'd best start buying Werther's Originals then [:'(]

I hate those things

[DuckofTindalos]

That's irrelevant. Grandpa regulations demand that you buy them.[:'(]

[DivePac88]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

That's irrelevant. Grandpa regulations demand that you buy them.[:'(]

And also like them!

[sprior]

Shan't. So there.

[sprior]

And I shall teach said kid all the words to "Ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn'y have fallen in love with?" and possibly "Turning Japanese" too.

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

That's irrelevant. Grandpa regulations demand that you buy them.[:'(]

You also need stories about:

"all this were fields as far as t' eye could see when I were a lad"
"the war"

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: Terminus

That's irrelevant. Grandpa regulations demand that you buy them.[:'(]

You also need stories about:

"all this were fields as far as t' eye could see when I were a lad"
"the war"

Oh, I got them. Are stories about ladyboys in Singapore acceptable?

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: Terminus

That's irrelevant. Grandpa regulations demand that you buy them.[:'(]

You also need stories about:

"all this were fields as far as t' eye could see when I were a lad"
"the war"

Oh, I got them. Are stories about ladyboys in Singapore acceptable?

As long as they were either working in the fields or you met them during "the war" [;)]

[sprior]

Does the Cold War count?

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Does the Cold War count?

It doesn't matter which war, just that it's The War and it's used to entertain/bore the grandchildren. It's just The War, something that you experienced and your grandchildren can also experience through the medium of long rambling stories.

For added effect, The War can actually be a composite event. Featuring the Cold War, Gulf War and a night out in Portsmouth for example.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: sprior

Does the Cold War count?

It doesn't matter which war, just that it's The War and it's used to entertain/bore the grandchildren. It's just The War, something that you experienced and your grandchildren can also experience through the medium of long rambling stories.

For added effect, The War can actually be a composite event. Featuring the Cold War, Gulf War and a night out in Portsmouth for example.

Switch off Shaun the Sheep kiddies grandpa's going to tell you about a night out in Port Canaveral during The War...

[sprior]

Mum, grandpa won't tell us what lap dancing is.