The title of this blog comes from a Gaelic expression -"putting on the poor mouth"-which means to exaggerate the direness of one's situation in order to gain time or favour from creditors.
the Master? There is a pecking order in this house.. The not-wife in pole postion followed by Robyn as top cat. Then comes Ted, Bebe then Mimi. I follow up after the spider in teh kitchen and the insects in the bathroom. Howver, when I tell the cat fleas to jump, they jump!!
I assume Robyn is named after the venerable Robyn Hitchcock. I like pet names with history and meaning. My friend, miss biotech, named her cat, Henry O'Henry.
All in all, I have to say that you have a house full of "Pussycat Dolls".
Indeed he is Elaticwaistbandlady! Ted is named after Father Ted, a charachter in a wonderful irish based sitcom (Called Father Ted - if it ever, ever shown in the States watch it!), Bebe is named after Frasier's unscrupulous agent Bebe Glaser while Mimi? I could say she is named after the Jane Siberry Song Mimi on teh Beach but in reality the not-wife just liked the name
Oh, I thought you were discarding your pacifist side by naming your cat, Bebe, in tribute to bee-bee guns everywhere! Mimi could stand for Screaming Mimi's.
Have the Pussycat Dolls invaded Europe yet? Gaw, what passes for "talent" these days.
Mimi a rocket? poor thing is a bit of a damp squib in the cat world, bless her!
The Pussycat Dolls? the name is vaguely familiar but I am not much up om what's in the charts these days. Hold a song about a girlfriend being hot like me (not me!) springs to mind
Damp squib??? That made me laugh. Must be an English thing.
I read a mocking version of The Pussycat Dolls song that made me bust out laughing. "Don't cha know your girlfriend has an STD? Don't cha know you're gonna get the drips like she? Don't cha?"
Almost as classic as the takeoff of the Beatles, "Yesterday", Leprosy. It went, "Leprosy......all my skin is falling off of me. I'm not HALF the man I used to be". I'm so easily amused.
The Pussycat Dolls are a burlesque group of half nekkid women. One of the big companies (Hasbro or Mattel) wanted to market a Pussycat Doll doll, for young girls to play with. It was set to debut a few weeks ago until a Father's group got together to have it pulled from production. Can you imagine having your daughter play with a stripper doll? Yes, just keep wondering why kids are becoming junior prostitutes.
LOL... I have a penchant for puerile jokes too. No fart joke is too unsubtle for me. The not-wife is the same!
Hmm I have looked up the Pussycat Dolls.. I didnt realise they have had 2 number one singles here. Then again I am so out of touch with the contemporary music scene. I hark back to my teens when we had real tunes like Anarchy in the UK!!!!
Do you know, thanks to my XM Satellite Radio I'm listening to music that I never knew existed because mainstream radio is so fixated on formulaic acts of the moment. Boy band craze, hair metal of the 80's, etc.
That's where I discovered Nick Heyward. His song, Kites, makes my heart leap for joy. That sounds corny, but it's true. Public Image LTD. with Johnny Lydon is a new favorite also. The Delays, Jon Astley, Charlatans U.K., Stone Roses. I'm totally in my element.
My husband is much more couth than I. Our kids have a clear sense of delineation between home behaviour and public behaviour. That being said, this house experiences a steady stream of fart, burp, feces jokes not usually seen outside of a Farrelly Brothers film. (Dumb and Dumber, Something About Mary, Kingpin)
Let's just say that sometimes our digits are swollen from inquiring of one another, "Hey! Pull my finger"!
The only shows I can think of that I've seen and really like are Keeping Up Appearances (I love pious Hyacinth), Benny Hill (perpetual favorite), Mr. Bean, and Are You Being Served? I've never even seen an episode of Absolutely Fabulous. This is the tragedy that ensues when you're too poor for cable. My husband is all consumed with World Cup now. We don't usually watch TV, but World Cup is special. Are you a fan?
Patricia Routledge plays the Hyacinth Bucket role beautifully! We have cable and much of what is shown is american... A lot is utter dross but there are some excellent shows - I love Deadwood, Six Feet Under and the Battlestar Galactica remake.
Football? I am not the fan I used to be. I used to go and see my local team West Ham but I wont pay the prices they charge nowadays but I have been watching some of the matches. Sewing Argentina destroy Serbia makes me think they might be up for a third World Cup win.
Most of the people at the warehouse I work in are Argentinian Nationals. Man, they love their soccer. Last go round, they all nearly cried when Mexico whipped them. My husband doesn't favor the Argentina team because he thinks they're arrogant, but even he had to concede that they're playing really well this year. He also likes Ghana, and their fast footwork.
One of my online friends is American/Argentian and he is in hog heaven!
There is animosity between England and Argentina.. not for the Falklands but for the quarter Final game in the 86 World Cup when Diego Maradona punched the ball into the goal and got away with it. Ghana I hope get into teh knocout stage but sadly I can't see England lifting the World Cup for the first time in 40 years.
Robyn our Alpha cat.
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Shame on you. Are you the Alpha master? Pfft! You owe your cats apologies!
A beauty! (Not you!)
the Master? There is a pecking order in this house.. The not-wife in pole postion followed by Robyn as top cat. Then comes Ted, Bebe then Mimi. I follow up after the spider in teh kitchen and the insects in the bathroom. Howver, when I tell the cat fleas to jump, they jump!!
lol
Jams: fair enough. You are spoiled! I should educate a bit the not-wife.
That is an anarcat.
Ha Red, she listens to you and I will be in the shed!
I assume Robyn is named after the venerable Robyn Hitchcock. I like pet names with history and meaning. My friend, miss biotech, named her cat, Henry O'Henry.
All in all, I have to say that you have a house full of "Pussycat Dolls".
Indeed he is Elaticwaistbandlady! Ted is named after Father Ted, a charachter in a wonderful irish based sitcom (Called Father Ted - if it ever, ever shown in the States watch it!), Bebe is named after Frasier's unscrupulous agent Bebe Glaser while Mimi? I could say she is named after the Jane Siberry Song Mimi on teh Beach but in reality the not-wife just liked the name
Henry O'Henry? I like that one!
Aren't all cats anarcats Ren? Good thing he would scratch me if I called him Chairman Meow (the oldies are the goodies....)
Oh, I thought you were discarding your pacifist side by naming your cat, Bebe, in tribute to bee-bee guns everywhere! Mimi could stand for Screaming Mimi's.
Have the Pussycat Dolls invaded Europe yet? Gaw, what passes for "talent" these days.
Mimi a rocket? poor thing is a bit of a damp squib in the cat world, bless her!
The Pussycat Dolls? the name is vaguely familiar but I am not much up om what's in the charts these days. Hold a song about a girlfriend being hot like me (not me!) springs to mind
Damp squib??? That made me laugh. Must be an English thing.
I read a mocking version of The Pussycat Dolls song that made me bust out laughing.
"Don't cha know your girlfriend has an STD? Don't cha know you're gonna get the drips like she? Don't cha?"
Almost as classic as the takeoff of the Beatles, "Yesterday", Leprosy. It went, "Leprosy......all my skin is falling off of me. I'm not HALF the man I used to be". I'm so easily amused.
The Pussycat Dolls are a burlesque group of half nekkid women. One of the big companies (Hasbro or Mattel) wanted to market a Pussycat Doll doll, for young girls to play with. It was set to debut a few weeks ago until a Father's group got together to have it pulled from production. Can you imagine having your daughter play with a stripper doll? Yes, just keep wondering why kids are becoming junior prostitutes.
LOL... I have a penchant for puerile jokes too. No fart joke is too unsubtle for me. The not-wife is the same!
Hmm I have looked up the Pussycat Dolls.. I didnt realise they have had 2 number one singles here. Then again I am so out of touch with the contemporary music scene. I hark back to my teens when we had real tunes like Anarchy in the UK!!!!
Do you know, thanks to my XM Satellite Radio I'm listening to music that I never knew existed because mainstream radio is so fixated on formulaic acts of the moment. Boy band craze, hair metal of the 80's, etc.
That's where I discovered Nick Heyward. His song, Kites, makes my heart leap for joy. That sounds corny, but it's true. Public Image LTD. with Johnny Lydon is a new favorite also. The Delays, Jon Astley, Charlatans U.K., Stone Roses. I'm totally in my element.
My husband is much more couth than I. Our kids have a clear sense of delineation between home behaviour and public behaviour. That being said, this house experiences a steady stream of fart, burp, feces jokes not usually seen outside of a Farrelly Brothers film. (Dumb and Dumber, Something About Mary, Kingpin)
Sounds like a good station. Add in punk.new wave and late 70s british HM bands and I would be in my element!!
Farting? Many is the time one of us gets to say MORE TEA VICAR! when one of us drops one!
Let's just say that sometimes our digits are swollen from inquiring of one another, "Hey! Pull my finger"!
The only shows I can think of that I've seen and really like are Keeping Up Appearances (I love pious Hyacinth), Benny Hill (perpetual favorite), Mr. Bean, and Are You Being Served? I've never even seen an episode of Absolutely Fabulous. This is the tragedy that ensues when you're too poor for cable. My husband is all consumed with World Cup now. We don't usually watch TV, but World Cup is special. Are you a fan?
Patricia Routledge plays the Hyacinth Bucket role beautifully! We have cable and much of what is shown is american... A lot is utter dross but there are some excellent shows - I love Deadwood, Six Feet Under and the Battlestar Galactica remake.
Football? I am not the fan I used to be. I used to go and see my local team West Ham but I wont pay the prices they charge nowadays but I have been watching some of the matches. Sewing Argentina destroy Serbia makes me think they might be up for a third World Cup win.
Most of the people at the warehouse I work in are Argentinian Nationals. Man, they love their soccer. Last go round, they all nearly cried when Mexico whipped them. My husband doesn't favor the Argentina team because he thinks they're arrogant, but even he had to concede that they're playing really well this year. He also likes Ghana, and their fast footwork.
One of my online friends is American/Argentian and he is in hog heaven!
There is animosity between England and Argentina.. not for the Falklands but for the quarter Final game in the 86 World Cup when Diego Maradona punched the ball into the goal and got away with it. Ghana I hope get into teh knocout stage but sadly I can't see England lifting the World Cup for the first time in 40 years.
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