tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post274263572914595114..comments2024-03-27T22:53:00.759+01:00Comments on A Hippo On the Lawn: Wow! I’m still alive!Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-84732529905917412792012-12-25T17:56:06.666+01:002012-12-25T17:56:06.666+01:00Make a few dugout canoes for the annual canoe race...Make a few dugout canoes for the annual canoe races. Probably easier and a lot less expensive then the locks and more African.John Delaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601009528144560738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-22273928348104621872012-12-25T08:31:53.670+01:002012-12-25T08:31:53.670+01:00Do you know Mayan incantations? Have a very Merry...Do you know Mayan incantations? Have a very Merry Xmas. Just listening to Band-Aid's song "Feed the World...Do they Know it's Xmas"...thought of Hippo's on the Lawn.Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827216725546465735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-60409762233683109672012-12-24T15:42:35.032+01:002012-12-24T15:42:35.032+01:00YP,
we will make the best of it, thank you, but h...YP,<br /><br />we will make the best of it, thank you, but how can it be a REAL christmas without REAL Yorkshire Pudding?<br /><br />Sniff, boo hoo!Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-15678505796412892782012-12-24T15:09:52.397+01:002012-12-24T15:09:52.397+01:00A lovely way to christen Hippo Lake. The look on y...A lovely way to christen Hippo Lake. The look on your little son's face is priceless. Have a wonderful Xmas Cap'n Tom! Best regards from Yorkshire.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-46882038773984642372012-12-24T14:24:13.586+01:002012-12-24T14:24:13.586+01:00Sir Owl
It is a pond really, The photo was taken...Sir Owl<br /><br />It is a pond really, The photo was taken with a 14-24mm Lens so it looks bigger than it actually is. That plastic heap of shit gas guzzling caravan of the sea is not mine. I'd like to tow it out to see and get rid of the last of the 200gm TNT blocks I have left over from mine clearance days by blowing the bottom out of its hull and starting off an artificial reef.<br /><br />George,<br /><br />I will plant the trees, provide the cans and ensure you are pampered from head to toe by nubian hand maidens but if we go out on the water together, it will be on a sport fishing boat!<br /><br />Ninja San,<br /><br />The three F's. Yes Master, the route to true happiness.<br /><br />John D,<br /><br />Marcia would be right behind you on that. She wants a bridge and a thatch covered platform in the middle. Maybe with these land wars I can at least negotiate the right to build a canal with lock gates so that I can run my boat in and out of the lake at high tide. Designs for lock gates on a post card, please!<br /><br />Mr Cro,<br /><br />Your vision for the pond coincide exactly with mine. For the reasons I stated, I too now prefer river or lake fishing but, the boys also need to experience the thrill of sport fishing.<br /><br />You would not be normal if you did not think about the death of the creature that provided you such sport. This is why we release anything we are not going to eat.<br /><br />Tristan,<br /><br />You surface again! Camping and fishing on West Country beaches and getting smashed on Bishop's Tipple, heaven indeed! Especially at an age when we would dismiss a financial advisor with, 'Pension Plan? Pension Plan? We don' need no stinking pension plan!'<br /><br />Megan,<br /><br />Yesterday was even better, I'll include it all in the next post. Like I said to Cro, you would not be normal if you didn't feel some regret for any animal you kill. It is a fact of survival though.<br /><br />IG<br /><br />An idea worthy of serious consideration except for the fact that the last place on earth I would want to be is trapped on a small boat with Marcia when she came to her senses!<br /><br />As you know, and I notice you kindly and sensibly did not post my comment on your blog, I prepared for the end of the world by getting stoned. Hell, if that's where I was going, I didn't want some Mayan God getting my hard grown and lovingly tended stash! Mind you, I am glad the world didn't end. Imagine me waking up on the scales of Amighty judgement and saying, 'WOW MAN! You EXIST! That's just SO cool! Got any munchies?'<br /><br />After the end of the world, there will still be cars on the road mapping for the updated Google maps and view.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-59209677109785539422012-12-24T12:32:41.095+01:002012-12-24T12:32:41.095+01:00Oh. I thought the world had ended. That's a bi...Oh. I thought the world had ended. That's a bit disappointing. I thought I was the only one left. That'll explain all those other cars on the road.<br /><br />Have you thought about drugging Marcia and letting her come to on a boat? That sort of thinking always worked for the A-Team when they had to get the fat one on a plane!The Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345021580985320660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-17564179671675892532012-12-23T21:43:45.528+01:002012-12-23T21:43:45.528+01:00Sounds like a lovely day all around, and Alex must...Sounds like a lovely day all around, and Alex must have been thrilled! Catching snakes with you one day, fishing the next...if it had been the end of the world, can't think of a way to make a young boy happier.<br /><br />Like Cro, i always felt bad for the fish. Also felt bad for the worms when we stabbed them to get them to stay on the hooks.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-11798598918358965412012-12-23T18:24:03.567+01:002012-12-23T18:24:03.567+01:00Ah ! recall a Devonian or Cornwallian beach and m...Ah ! recall a Devonian or Cornwallian beach and magnificent beach caster. and cast...!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652065509947971040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-4613596216930062642012-12-23T06:37:14.386+01:002012-12-23T06:37:14.386+01:00That really is a great fishing hole. A few trees o...That really is a great fishing hole. A few trees on the bank, bar nearby, and a comfy chair or two; heaven.<br /><br />I much prefer river, pond, or lake fishing to the sea. My only problem is when I catch something; for some strange reason it always makes me feel 'guilty'. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-37653464594525946712012-12-23T01:11:57.610+01:002012-12-23T01:11:57.610+01:00A see a fishing/canoe dock project on the horizon,...A see a fishing/canoe dock project on the horizon, complete with a six 55 gallon drum floating island off shore. <br /><br />What a swimming/fishing hole paradise! <br /><br />Maybe a length of thick rope, hanging off a tree limb, near the bank for practicing tarzan moves into the drink. <br /><br />You're a lucky man Tom! <br /><br />With that crew of kids in the neighborhood, you should get plenty of support.John Delaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601009528144560738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-22247857192157766382012-12-22T21:56:45.962+01:002012-12-22T21:56:45.962+01:00A smashing first catch! What better way to inaugu...A smashing first catch! What better way to inaugurate the new age than with the three Fs: family, friends, and fish.Sarcastic Ninjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827746254450339433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-87882175544921359592012-12-22T15:45:34.161+01:002012-12-22T15:45:34.161+01:00Can you put that cruiser into the pond for my firs...Can you put that cruiser into the pond for my first visit, I do like a bit of pampering from time to time, Just leave me in there with a few tins & I will be happy. Looking good mate it really is, a few trees planted to encourage the fly life & you will be quids in.<br /><br />Nice wee fishy. that him hooked for life now :)Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926692554414114477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-40679034871749175832012-12-22T15:20:12.048+01:002012-12-22T15:20:12.048+01:00Nice lake! I'd be tempted to put the cruiser i...Nice lake! I'd be tempted to put the cruiser in the background onto it and razz around in doughnuts - just to water the plants on the bank of course, being practical ...<br /><br />Like you I've never forgiven the meddling EU nutters for outlawing the wrapping of my chips in newspaper. It was safe, practical and ecologically sound - I suppose the Belgians didn't like it because the mayo on their "fries" would have made the paper too soggy. Time we told the EU where to shove itself, and then helped it to do so.<br /><br />Congrats on the catch! In a year or two that will have grown in the telling to be enormous ...The Owl Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484484539144369129noreply@blogger.com