tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post2891609901308886934..comments2024-03-27T22:53:00.759+01:00Comments on A Hippo On the Lawn: Strolling on the BeachHippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-67089402020945551932013-07-20T05:43:47.323+01:002013-07-20T05:43:47.323+01:00Actually it should have occurred to me that Cro ke...Actually it should have occurred to me that Cro kept the fingers. I would have. Not sure where I would have kept them...maybe in the out building where everything else is stored. That is if I could squeeze one more thing into that building.David Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260130060172457192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-54408333916550697962013-07-19T20:54:44.126+01:002013-07-19T20:54:44.126+01:00Ah the joys of kitchen fitting and pirates! I have...Ah the joys of kitchen fitting and pirates! I have yet to fit a kitchen where all the bits have turned up or been right! It must be one of my least favourite jobs. <br />Cro sounds quite the man to be up against On the high seas. Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-84881207072821587892013-07-19T13:03:43.358+01:002013-07-19T13:03:43.358+01:00Couldn't you have saved money and made the kit...Couldn't you have saved money and made the kitchen out of driftwood?<br /><br />LLXlettice leafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637631435776710877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-67967269113680919972013-07-19T06:55:33.849+01:002013-07-19T06:55:33.849+01:00Another awesome story. I guess that the only downs...Another awesome story. I guess that the only downside is that you are not sleeping well. <br />Will we get an update how Dominic is doing?<br />Great piece of driftwood though.Retired job.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14349739454297792385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-68499502968693539662013-07-19T06:55:09.389+01:002013-07-19T06:55:09.389+01:00Another awesome story. I guess that the only downs...Another awesome story. I guess that the only downside is that you are not sleeping well. <br />Will we get an update how Dominic is doing?<br />Great piece of driftwood though.Retired job.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14349739454297792385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-89272835883092731952013-07-18T19:58:20.911+01:002013-07-18T19:58:20.911+01:00He does look too kind though to be a Robert Newton...He does look too kind though to be a Robert Newton character........<br />More like a benign captain Bligh<br />John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-78621562566584691162013-07-18T12:35:13.770+01:002013-07-18T12:35:13.770+01:00Awesome tale Hippo.
Magnificent thing too.Awesome tale Hippo.<br />Magnificent thing too.sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-46607839389911619182013-07-18T10:43:50.224+01:002013-07-18T10:43:50.224+01:00Dominic has been on my mind a lot recently, I have...Dominic has been on my mind a lot recently, I haven't seen him in months.<br /><br />Try not to upset my fellow commentators, Úrsula. Johnny Depp indeed...Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-18255878436491060072013-07-18T10:41:33.391+01:002013-07-18T10:41:33.391+01:00I think we both know you answered you're own q...I think we both know you answered you're own question my dear Fifth Columnist!Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-67177542316769622392013-07-18T10:39:44.713+01:002013-07-18T10:39:44.713+01:00Takes one to know one, Cro!
I am flattered you ke...Takes one to know one, Cro!<br /><br />I am flattered you kept the fingers. Can't you do a Damien Hirst on them and sell them to the Tate? Either that or have them cast in bronze as a Churchillian cigar rest.<br /><br />The piece of driftwood really is nice, the photograph doesn't do it justice. Now I need to decide how best to display it.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-14312214651684153712013-07-18T10:34:23.565+01:002013-07-18T10:34:23.565+01:00As you can see from Cro's comment, he kept my ...As you can see from Cro's comment, he kept my fingers as a gruesome reminder of a worthy opponent.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-63463227646521965922013-07-18T10:32:08.150+01:002013-07-18T10:32:08.150+01:00When I started spinning my yarn to Alex, an image ...When I started spinning my yarn to Alex, an image of Cro just popped into my head. He also built a pirate ship tree house for his grandchildren. He was an obvious choice really.<br /><br />Ah, the kitchen, what a bloody headache. The double sink is too big for the standard base units. Now I realise they did not supply the sink base unit.<br /><br />I really do need a Big Don Kev Alviti!Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-37787189878485101952013-07-18T09:54:25.531+01:002013-07-18T09:54:25.531+01:00Johnny Bloody Depp MORE BEAUTIFUL????? Wash your m...Johnny Bloody Depp MORE BEAUTIFUL????? Wash your mouth out! Cro xCro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-91844260038323602372013-07-18T09:30:17.511+01:002013-07-18T09:30:17.511+01:00On a point of 'housekeeping', Tom: A few p...On a point of 'housekeeping', Tom: A few paragraphs in you said "Dominic" Instead of Alex. Happens. My mother too would run the whole gamut of names till the right child got the intended message.<br /><br />Why not try IKEA or Habitat? There will always be that one vital screw missing. <br /><br />I know many men (not in the biblical sense) and boy oh boy oh boy you shall know them by the way they approach DIY. A good friend of mine, he bought my mansion, does fucking everything himself. And he is good. No doubt about it. Unfortunately he also takes before and after photographs. First law of cordial relationships: Only bore me, at length, whilst plying me what only money can buy (that's wine - white in my case).<br /><br />Then there is the kind my second husband was: That Habitat and its flat packs didn't drive him to the brink is only because I got there first. <br /><br />I am not making fun of men, the hunter gatherers, in search of a kitchen. Not at all. My heart goes out to you. Though do have to say: Know your limits.<br /><br />And why not get Kev in? He could probably do with a busman's holiday.<br /><br />Good luck, Tom, and the only reason future was invented because otherwise hope would have nowhere to go,<br /><br />U<br /><br />PS Is Johnny Depp Cro Magnon reincarnated? Only more beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-31826628017631008162013-07-18T06:24:37.423+01:002013-07-18T06:24:37.423+01:00Do you think when you re-tell this tale to Marcia ...Do you think when you re-tell this tale to Marcia it might take her mind off the fact that the wall corner units are hung a tad too low? No, I don't think so either.columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-52396337559561214482013-07-18T05:22:11.122+01:002013-07-18T05:22:11.122+01:00Never, ever, ever, have I read such an accurate ac...Never, ever, ever, have I read such an accurate account of my buckle swashing days. Do explain to Alex that I have kept the fingers, and that they now reside in a priceless gold casket; awaiting a talented surgeon who could sew them back on.<br /><br />That's a mighty piece of driftwood, but I was half expecting him to have discovered the brushed stainless steel front from a dish washer!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-42720254821388856172013-07-18T01:13:36.431+01:002013-07-18T01:13:36.431+01:00Yes you are a storyteller. However, it is quite a...Yes you are a storyteller. However, it is quite a reputation Cro has to live up to now. If I were in Cro's shoes, I wouldn't worry so much about what impression I made initially. I would just produce a little box containing severed fingers. That would likely impress Alex, it certainly would me.<br /><br />I'm not sure how Cro can procure the fingers though. Maybe a want ad:<br /><br />WTB severed fingers. Will pay by check or trade green beans.<br /><br />Failing that hopefully he has friend who is a mortician.David Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260130060172457192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-47803990579229105692013-07-18T01:03:40.863+01:002013-07-18T01:03:40.863+01:00I have seen a photograph of Cro Magnon and he cert...I have seen a photograph of Cro Magnon and he certainly does look like a pirate - now immortalised in your tale from the beach. But shouldn't you have been assembling the kitchen? I'm just saying.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com