[lace-chat] Re: favourite authors

2006-02-09 Thread Lynn Carpenter
Sharon Whiteley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My all-time favourite author is Terry Pratchett. Hooray, another Terry Pratchett fan! I hate to say Me, too, but I'll say it anyway. The only time I got really mad reading one was when it turned out to be a bowdlerized Americanized version where Mr.

Re: [lace-chat] Re: favourite authors

2006-02-09 Thread Jenny Barron
Lynn Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Sharon Whiteley wrote: My all-time favourite author is Terry Pratchett. Hooray, another Terry Pratchett fan! Hi Lynn, was reading in my local paper today that there is to be a TV film of Hogfather with David Jason playing Albert. (grumpy former

[lace-chat] Terry Pratchett

2006-02-09 Thread Helen
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article344232.ece Lace and fantasy/sci-fi readers isn't a combination I would necessarily have put together but I don't know why. Somehow, through sheer fluke, I've managed to get a copy of the Soul Music animation on DVDand my brother's got the Wyrd

[lace-chat] Irish Humour

2006-02-09 Thread David Collyer
An Irish priest is driving down to New York and gets stopped for speeding in Connecticut. The state trooper smells alcohol on the priest's breath and then sees an empty wine bottle on t! he floor of the car. He says, Sir, have you been drinking? Just water, says the priest. The trooper says,

[lace-chat] Fw: You know you're from Oregon if....

2006-02-09 Thread Linda Bill Mitchell
Received this from my daughter in Tucson (southern Arizona desert) and thought you all might get a chuckle! You know you're from Oregon if 1. You think the state flower is...(Mildew). 2. You feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash. 3. Use the

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: New Living Will

2006-02-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
This one must have surfaced sometime last year, during the Schiavo fracas, but I can't remember seeing it before. The text needs to be tightened up some, though, to get rid of the loophole created by the phrase reasonable amount of time; what's reasonable to one person isn't, necessarily, to

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: The Silent One?

2006-02-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
From: R.P. An elderly couple was attending church services. About halfway through she leans over and says, I just had a silent fart. What do you think I should do? He replies, Put a new battery in your hearing aid. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Why I Hate Physicals

2006-02-09 Thread Tamara P Duvall
The following came to me with a lot of visuals which, while amusing, are also entirely superfluous (and e-band consumptive). The joke, however, is funny and ought to resonate with many :) From: M.C. A woman goes to the doctor for her yearly physical. The nurse starts with certain basic

[lace-chat] Secret Pal Thank You

2006-02-09 Thread Pat Morris
Received my wonderful parcel from Down Under today. Loved the pin cushion - it's on a pillow already! The book mark will go right in the book I'm reading. I have been looking for a coin purse that size - so thank you very much. And the handmade mango soap -- my granddaughter almost

[lace-chat] secret pal thanks

2006-02-09 Thread Anne Nicholas
Dear Secret Pal in Australia, Many thanks for the lovely parcel of goodies that arrived yesterday. I had a bad day at work so it was a welcome relief to have something lovely to open ! I love the teddy key ring ! It has already been added to my keys. I might follow your suggestion and use the