ADs deflower male cucumbers for the Greater Good. All phallic aubergines welcome .

[BogRollBOGOF]

Because bitter male cucumbers don't bring joy, but phallic aubergines can raise an irreverent smile.

AD chat continues about life, the universe and everything. We know the answer is 42 but what is the question?
6x7?
How many roads must a man walk down?
How many unsadly reincarnations have PHE put into the database?

Well done, @DominaShantotto!

Reading about the murder of a 10 year old special needs child it appears that mum had no-one to help in lockdown, such a heartbreaking story. I hope there is some clemency for her.

Well done @DominaShantotto

@NannyPhlegm

Telling the over 70s to be careful and restrict their movements. Nothing about the food production factories where a lot of our latest cases have come from. Oh no, fuck over the little people and key big business carry on employing people and housing then in shite conditions.

Hasn't this always been the way. Take climate change, as an example. Let's harangue regular people to use paper straws that turn to mulch and mix with your drink while big corporations continue to offload humongous quantities of pollutants. It's just easier to harass Susan next door and feel virtuous.

Don't get me wrong, I hate single use plastic. But it's the smug fuckwittery approach that riles me up.

Oh don't get me started on paper straws. I hate them with a passion, but also hate single use plastics.

@DominaShantotto that's fantastic! Well done you. Considering how worried you were about this module, that's great news.

@DominaShantotto
Well done!

@justasking111

Reading about the murder of a 10 year old special needs child it appears that mum had no-one to help in lockdown, such a heartbreaking story. I hope there is some clemency for her.

I’d be surprised if there haven’t been many more. Perhaps not all have as “sympathetic” a story as her’s. Poor woman - must’ve been beyond broken by it all.

Yay! @DominaShantotto well done!!!

Well done @DominaShantotto!

justasking111, every time I see a story like that, and they happen from time to time, the dad manages to be interviewed pouring out about how wonderful the poor child was, how much he loved him/her. But I've never spotted one instance where the loving dad stuck around and actually helped to raise the child. Mum was always struggling alone and poorly, if at all, supported.

@amicissimma

Well done *@DominaShantotto*!

justasking111, every time I see a story like that, and they happen from time to time, the dad manages to be interviewed pouring out about how wonderful the poor child was, how much he loved him/her. But I've never spotted one instance where the loving dad stuck around and actually helped to raise the child. Mum was always struggling alone and poorly, if at all, supported.

I thought the same when I read it. Dad can wax lyrical about how much he loves his son but how much was he there? I can't imagine how terrible things must have been for them the last few months for the woman to get to this point.

@justasking111

Anyone fancy starting a petition telling BO JO and Drakeford to keep BST this winter so that we have more daylight hours in the evening when we need it. Tell Sturgeon to take a hike, we need this.

I want that every winter!

@DominaShantotto

Well I passed the exams - with like 90% despite all the fuckwittedry of the year.

Yay congrats!

@amicissimma

Well done *@DominaShantotto*!

justasking111, every time I see a story like that, and they happen from time to time, the dad manages to be interviewed pouring out about how wonderful the poor child was, how much he loved him/her. But I've never spotted one instance where the loving dad stuck around and actually helped to raise the child. Mum was always struggling alone and poorly, if at all, supported.

Dad an ex husband is saying this from Spain funnily enough.

@DominaShantotto

Congrats on passing.

Can Dr Hilary Dementor Jones just fuck off.

Using his platform to share only research that supports his pro mask viewpoint is really pissing me off.

I took the boys for a wet riding lesson this morning. Pre lockdown only one of them rode, in group lessons a couple of times a month, with the odd private lesson in the holidays. The normal stable has yet to resume lessons saying the rules make it not worthwhile. But I found another stable that had reopened for private lessons only in July and have been taking one and then both boys since then. Their precautions are basically- keep 2 metres away in indoor spaces and riders must wear gloves. DS1 had some suitable gloves anyway but I was struggling for DS2, each pair seemed to have a hole on one finger. This week I just gave him a pair of mine. The instructor made some comment about him wearing too big gloves and I said - your rules say he has to wear gloves. Oh we don't do that anymore, that was just before.
Not sure what has changed or how they are interpreting the rules differently than the other stables, but hey ho!

I'm very jealous @Taswama. DD was riding every other week before lockdown and had just started to canter. Her stables will only do private lessons if the rider (or parent) can tack up, which I can't.

Well folks I can report It was amazing. Even just having that space at the end of the day on the drive home to just deflate and leave all the hard stuff at work.
Gym was bloody murder though 😂

Congratulations @DominaShantotto

@Taswama

I took the boys for a wet riding lesson this morning. Pre lockdown only one of them rode, in group lessons a couple of times a month, with the odd private lesson in the holidays. The normal stable has yet to resume lessons saying the rules make it not worthwhile. But I found another stable that had reopened for private lessons only in July and have been taking one and then both boys since then. Their precautions are basically- keep 2 metres away in indoor spaces and riders must wear gloves. DS1 had some suitable gloves anyway but I was struggling for DS2, each pair seemed to have a hole on one finger. This week I just gave him a pair of mine. The instructor made some comment about him wearing too big gloves and I said - your rules say he has to wear gloves. Oh we don't do that anymore, that was just before. Not sure what has changed or how they are interpreting the rules differently than the other stables, but hey ho!

Riding is perfect for social distancing. My girls love it. Both have been riding since they were 8. Currently having a wonderful riding residential in North Yorkshire without us. Dressage and Bareback today! I think the owner is very AD when I said that their usual stable wouldn't let them jump atm because of covid her reaction was . I like her a lot!

@DominaShantotto

Well I passed the exams - with like 90% despite all the fuckwittedry of the year.

Yeah!!! You are a superstar. Very well done and very well deserved (need a champagne thingy).

@justasking111

Reading about the murder of a 10 year old special needs child it appears that mum had no-one to help in lockdown, such a heartbreaking story. I hope there is some clemency for her.

That is shocking. How desperate and sad.

Though thought it may make you smile to know that as they have removed the change and shower facilities at work, and at the gym (I didn't realise the work ones were shut off) I'd planned to leave a little earlier and go home and change for my class.
Obviously didn't happen, so determined not to miss my shot at normality.....I changed for the gym in my car at the car park.
It was VERY dignified.

@TheOrchidKiller
Thank you, I did get another two hours and woke to brilliant sunshine and the delightful sound of a chain saw.
No not mr Dowser threatening to carve me up if I didn’t get out of bed but a tree doctor working On next doors very large lime tree that has blighted my landscape for the last 15 years at Least.

Normally the sound of a chainsaw would piss me off something rotten as I wake up but I actually skipped out of bed to see it with my own eyes... and I’m very happy.
I might to a little healing ceremony tonight for the guardian of the tree (as you do) who probably got the biggest shock of its life and is probably sobbing uncontrollably at the desecration of its beautiful Home.

Before you think I’m away with the fairies, there are actually people who can see nature spirits, sadly im not one of them and they do get very upset when the plants, shrubs and trees they are guarding get destroyed.

So, yes we had sunshine @BogRollBOGOF and I do feel for you. Caravans are very noisy with the rain pelting down, I hope it’s a good sized one and you’ve plenty of space to get out of each other’s hair.

@theorchidkiller..I could have wept at your holiday and hopscotch under the underpass. Sounds so .miserable. Funny what you remember as a child isn’t it?

So Yes the north got a crack at some decent weather and sat outside to eat lunch. Then by the time we made a move it was clouding over so had a drive to seaham in time for a bit of light drizzle. It didn’t deter us or the fishermen on the pier and I felt it blew the cobwebs away.

Grey now, but dry.
We might swerve the caravan tomorrow and go Friday instead. I’m starting to feel like I live on the A19 .
Plus I bought a lovely dress bnwt from a charidee ..£1-50
And so I can get my fat chuff into it, I have had to cut it open to insert a piece of fabric
Might get the machine out later.

So, we’re having chicken risotto tonight. That’s the last of the m and s three half Cooked chickens for £7.. Bargain.

However if you want

You can have a fishy , in your Rishi dishy
You can have a bloater
When the boat comes in.

Please tell me, I’m not the only one old enough to remember when the boat comes in with james bolam....and how he was really taken with Lady Caroline.

@BakewellTarts, how does jumping relate to covid? I used to ride and this idea makes me . Unless it's touching the jump itself?

@Dowser, what does a healing ceremony consist of? Also, what happens if you are harvesting fruit you planted?

[quote ISaySteadyOn]@BakewellTarts, how does jumping relate to covid? I used to ride and this idea makes me . Unless it's touching the jump itself?

@Dowser, what does a healing ceremony consist of? Also, what happens if you are harvesting fruit you planted?[/quote]
I’d guess likelihood of falling off and needing first aid, therefore making distancing impossible?