Completely off-topic (new posts)

In-your-end-o: In-your-end-o

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:23:52 +0000

Ancient man* (ferny's term of the day for anything pre-8.30am or post 20yrs old) did some awesome stuff, including the uffington white horse. and a huge image of a nuddy man.

there's a fantastic quote here by the person in charge of making sure his nuddys don't get overgrown:

http://naturenet.net/blogs/index.php/2008/09/16/p641#more641

Ferny
*how ferny makes his break from job applications relevant to wychwood

On the plains of Ilkley Moor: On the plains of Ilkley Moor

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:13:47 +0000

http://www.league.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=2103&ArticleID=2128

i really need to be packing my room into boxes right about now…

If DND were cookery...: If DND were cookery...

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:36:13 +0000

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/alttext/2008/06/alttext_0618

Finalists and other leavers: Re: Finalists and other leavers

Thu, 29 May 2008 16:39:02 +0000

12:30 exam schools for me

Finalists and other leavers: Re: Finalists and other leavers

Wed, 28 May 2008 16:18:57 +0000

where are you all finishing? exam schools? or ewert house? and what time, dave and ppp?

Finalists and other leavers: Re: Finalists and other leavers

Thu, 22 May 2008 18:19:47 +0000

I finish Tuesday of 8th, that's the 10th of June.

Finalists and other leavers: Re: Finalists and other leavers

Wed, 21 May 2008 11:24:21 +0000

I'm done on Wednesday 4th (I believe that's 7th week sometime).

-Dave

Finalists and other leavers: Re: Finalists and other leavers

Tue, 20 May 2008 20:12:40 +0000

Wednesday of 6th Week, 28th May, 5:30pm

seems so far away..

Then for rest of term: much kit-making, fighting and sleeping, huzzah!

Finalists and other leavers: Re: Finalists and other leavers

Tue, 20 May 2008 19:57:13 +0000

Ferny & Emily: Friday 23rd May (5th week), 5.30. Pub invasion directly afterwards.
Claire & Heid: Tuesday 27th May (6th week), 12.30

Remember:
No throwing anything that isn't biodegradable.
No alcohol on the street. But bars are cool.
Probably no weapons? Because we're doing the pub invasion straight afterwards.
Wear kit. The finalists have to dress up, so do you. Also, it's not a pub invasion if you don't wear kit, just a pub crawl. Which is fun, but not as fun.

Finalists and other leavers: Re: Finalists and other leavers

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:42:53 +0000

i have finals in 5th week, and until then wont exist in the real world…
once done, i am around till the end of term, and then i will be in cambridge for the next year, a mere 3 hr bus ride away :D
and i have a thousand and one things to make, aaaand i now have a sewing machine :D
and this summer, i may or may not be around, depending on trips, but hopefully can do the castle event :D
emxx

Finalists and other leavers: Finalists and other leavers

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:31:19 +0000

It seems a lot of us are finalists this year. Which brings two questions to mind for organizing future events. When are your finals (so we can plan them for afterwards) and how long are you sticking around for afterwards (so we don't do them too far afterwards and you're gone)? The follow up, if you're leaving, is are there any things you'd like to do as a priority?

Using Claire and I as an example:

We finish finals probably end of 5th week, but we wont know til closer the time.
We're around all of next year, although we're possibly homeless for August 08.
I'd like to buy and make loads of kit, and after finals I'll have time, but there are no real priorities. Other than my tartan trousers mk2, of course ;). Claire would like to make a set of female viking kit. And hopefully a pair of tartan trousers :P

The jokes are back: The jokes are back

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:27:53 +0000

http://www.funtoosh.com/dj.php?details=A18~592

And coz I couldn't resist sharing: http://www.funtoosh.com/dj.php?details=A18~572

The Princess Bride is set in the Netherlands...: The Princess Bride is set in the Netherlands...

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:45:04 +0000

http://catholicgauze.blogspot.com/2007/10/kingdom-of-netherlands-versus.html

Florin and Guilder.

One does not simply...: Re: One does not simply...

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:43:31 +0000

one could, if equipped with a super duper arwen style dress, courtesy of my little brother, who gave me the dress pattern :D

One does not simply...: But I do!

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:48:41 +0000

I do, using my SITH ARMY KNIFE

Funny Limerick by Ogden Nash: Re: Funny Limerick by Ogden Nash

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:40:21 +0000

damn I meant to transcribe that from your LJ but I forgot…

Fiction books: Re: Fiction books

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:19:51 +0000

I just read all of the third Uhtred book on the trains home (well, from about page 90). Thanks, Chris, do you want it back?

Hehe, now my mum wants to read them, so she's ordering them at the local bookshop. In German translation!

Funny Limerick by Ogden Nash: Funny Limerick by Ogden Nash

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:50:10 +0000

We had this recently at the NZ Castleburn Black Swan Revel and I thought it might amuse the general populous:

A crusader's wife slipped from the garrison,
And had an affair with a Saracen;
She was not over-sexed,
Or jealous or vexed,
She just wanted to make a comparison.

Fiction books: Re: Fiction books

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:28:44 +0000

I've just borrowed flashman, will start it tomorrow.

Fiction books: Re: Fiction books

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:27:41 +0000

Just read the first Uhtred book, and it was ace! Bit too much fur and black and faceplates on helmets to be quite authentic, but this is still excellent!

I highly recommend the Flashman books by George MacDonald Fraser. They're brilliant. Flashman is the ultimate anti-hero cad, going around the world running away from danger and wenching. Through his eyes, you see a brilliantly insightful view of the Victorian rise and fall of the British Empire and the American West & Civil War. Incredibly well researched history, also very readable.
Read the first one ("Flashman") first. It takes a while to get going, but then becomes pure classic Flashman.

If I had any talents for writing fiction, I'd write stories that tell our period in a similar way.