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THE STONE TAPE Thursday 11th December 7.45pm
Cygnus Bazza

OneSparePart wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

They'd have been better off looking for premises on a business park near Swindon.

Naaah. All those vans would have been clamped or towed away. And the ghost too.

Handy for the ring road, though
 
M1795537OCVirn

OneSparePart wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Think I'm going to be a recluse when I grow up.

What brought you to that conclusion?


Looks like one meets so many interesting people. Briefly.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
OneSparePart

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

Chuffy the horse???????????????????????????

Is that a sequel?
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
M1795537OCVirn

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

OneSparePart wrote:

[quote name=Cygnus Bazza post=94755]They'd have been better off looking for premises on a business park near Swindon.

Naaah. All those vans would have been clamped or towed away. And the ghost too.

Handy for the ring road, though[/quote

How does one clamp a ghost?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Cygnus Bazza
That vicar needs to get his holy *rse down there double pronto
 
Cygnus Bazza

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

OneSparePart wrote:

[quote name=Cygnus Bazza post=94755]They'd have been better off looking for premises on a business park near Swindon.

Naaah. All those vans would have been clamped or towed away. And the ghost too.

Handy for the ring road, though[/quote

How does one clamp a ghost?

A big clanky manacle should do the trick
 
M1795537OCVirn
That's a proto-Orac isn't it?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
OneSparePart

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

OneSparePart wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

They'd have been better off looking for premises on a business park near Swindon.

Naaah. All those vans would have been clamped or towed away. And the ghost too.

Handy for the ring road, though

The stone ring...?
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Cygnus Bazza

OneSparePart wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

Chuffy the horse???????????????????????????

Is that a sequel?

You're thinking of Chuffy the Vampire Slayer
 
Cygnus Bazza

OneSparePart wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

OneSparePart wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

They'd have been better off looking for premises on a business park near Swindon.

Naaah. All those vans would have been clamped or towed away. And the ghost too.

Handy for the ring road, though

The stone ring...?

Always
 
Cygnus Bazza

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

That's a proto-Orac isn't it?

I SIMPLY re-FUSE to believe B7 wasn't COMPLETELY original. You, you....TRAITOR, you!
 
Cygnus Bazza
Could be worse. It could be the pub that's haunted.
 
M1795537OCVirn
White clothes...solid...not jellified, then?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Cygnus Bazza
OSP, was this badged as A Ghost Story for Christmas? Or maybe Whitsun?
 
M1795537OCVirn

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

Could be worse. It could be the pub that's haunted.


That would be scary indeed.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Cygnus Bazza

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

Could be worse. It could be the pub that's haunted.


That would be scary indeed.

Thank God. I assumed you'd make a joke about spirits.
 
Cygnus Bazza
"I'm a medium." "And I'm an XXL. Could do with losing a few pounds"
 
M1795537OCVirn

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

Could be worse. It could be the pub that's haunted.


That would be scary indeed.

Thank God. I assumed you'd make a joke about spirits.


I leave that sort of thing to you. You're so much better at it.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
OneSparePart

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

OSP, was this badged as A Ghost Story for Christmas? Or maybe Whitsun?

It was. Not sure if it was part of the M R James etc run. But Xmas 1972 ghost story it was
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Cygnus Bazza
This outfit really needed a recruitment process that would weed out the wusses.
 
AnneArthur

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

White clothes...solid...not jellified, then?


I thought it was fairly obvious that she was dressed as a maid.
 
OneSparePart
There's a scared bloke for you. As played by Michael Graham Cox who played Boromir in the BBC radio adaptation of Lord of the Rings
Edited by OneSparePart on 11-12-2025 20:23
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M1795537OCVirn
This isn't 'horror' it's 'murder mystery'.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
OneSparePart

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

This isn't 'horror' it's 'murder mystery'.

Wait for it, wait for it...
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
M1795537OCVirn

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

This outfit really needed a recruitment process that would weed out the wusses.


There are rather lot of them. Alcoholism probably.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Cygnus Bazza

OneSparePart wrote:

There's a scared bloke for you. As played by Michael Graham Cox who played Boromir in the BBC radio adaptation of Lord of the Rings

Thank you, Commander Data
 
Cygnus Bazza

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

This outfit really needed a recruitment process that would weed out the wusses.


There are rather lot of them. Alcoholism probably.

Staying out of the pub would help them considerably. Or cosnisradbly, as OSP would put it/
 
M1795537OCVirn
What are those two in the background doing?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Cygnus Bazza
The good news is, the temperature drop should help them feel more Christmassy
 
OneSparePart

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

This outfit really needed a recruitment process that would weed out the wusses.


There are rather lot of them. Alcoholism probably.

Staying out of the pub would help them considerably. Or cosnisradbly, as OSP would put it/

Bllookcs
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
OneSparePart

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

What are those two in the background doing?

Fiddling with their instruments?
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Cygnus Bazza

OneSparePart wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

What are those two in the background doing?

Fiddling with their instruments?

Making their own homebrew?
 
M1795537OCVirn
Why is he hitting that keyboard so hard?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Cygnus Bazza

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Why is he hitting that keyboard so hard?

Been watching Keith Emerson
 
OneSparePart

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

OneSparePart wrote:

There's a scared bloke for you. As played by Michael Graham Cox who played Boromir in the BBC radio adaptation of Lord of the Rings

Thank you, Commander Data

I wear my commander pips with pride.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Cygnus Bazza
Yep, they're definitely not drinking nearly enough
 
Cygnus Bazza
"Any latest news on Chuffy?"
 
Cygnus Bazza
I don't care what happens to the humans. Just as long as Chuffy's OK.
 
M1795537OCVirn

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

OneSparePart wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

What are those two in the background doing?

Fiddling with their instruments?

Making their own homebrew?


Highly likely. Incidentally, do you remember that published scientific paper about about how bubbles form and move in pints of beer? Everyone wanted to repeat the experiment, but the funding bodies twigged the scam.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
OneSparePart

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

"Any latest news on Chuffy?"

Chuffy has got the huffy
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