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Captain Kernow

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  1. What do you think about open-toed sandals?

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    2. bigP
    3. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      Oh no! Doc Martin sandles. Cooool!

    4. Two_sugars

      Two_sugars

      Nah!!! I stick to me sling-back wellies.

  2. What do you need to survive a dark night in Belgium?

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    2. Mikkel

      Mikkel

      This update has cult potential. How long can we keep it going?

    3. Mallard60022
    4. Mikkel

      Mikkel

      A scooter.

  3. I have officially banned, by Supreme Decree, the word 'awesome'.

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    2. BoD

      BoD

      Awesome number of replies.

    3. Bulwell Hall

      Bulwell Hall

      Does that also include "super awesome"?

    4. Welly

      Welly

      Capital, old bean!

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    2. mabel

      mabel

      +1 for locoholic. Sorry guys but (to my knowledge) none of you took any vulnerable people into your family homes during the freeze..... Homeless people is an emotive issue, but one that needs a response from bodies capable of giving the exact help, support and care that these people in our society need. The benefactors in this case had commendable ideals, but throwing a wad of money at a family / business type hotel for a small number of people was misjudged. The sum of money involved would h...

    3. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Premier Inn in Abergavenny refused to give any discount to nurses/ doctors from the nearby hospital during the snow, when they couldn't get home. There were plenty of empty rooms apparently.

    4. chris p bacon

      chris p bacon

      Why should they ? Doctors and Nurses aren't poorly paid. I count 2 of each among my friends and all have a very good to high standard of living.

  4. There will come a time when we will all have reason to be very thankful for baked beans.

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    2. Welly

      Welly

      Had that with pork and sprouts the other day. The fug has finally dispersed.

    3. Welly

      Welly

      Had that with pork and sprouts the other day. The fug has finally dispersed.

    4. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Thank you for your support, I would like to have always worn it, but it doesn't fit any more.

  5. Daewoo Nubira Vanden Plas

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    2. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      McLaren Honda Civic

    3. New Haven Neil

      New Haven Neil

      Peel P50 Turbo Cabriolet

       

    4. Tim Dubya

      Tim Dubya

      I had a car once - somebody drove into it and it broke (so did I but nobody noticed as I only hit my head).

  6. I'd overlooked the fact that today is actually the Summer Solstice (according to the BBC, anyway), due to the leap year, but it looks as if the druids won't be at Stonehenge until tomorrow.

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    2. Ozexpatriate

      Ozexpatriate

      Moonrise is five minutes after sunset for me today.

    3. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      Price doesn't matter once it's mixed and consumed with a good measure of Woods 100% Rum. When the police find you wandering aimlessly(& Neked) in the early hours, blame it on the Solstice, & start humming Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. They'll understand.

    4. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Laughing Vulcans

  7. Vegetable soup.

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Green Onions?

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpS-cOBK6Q

       

    3. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      I find these Green onions more tasty:

       

       

      This is how I work out when airbrushing  (and making soup)

    4. NHY 581

      NHY 581

      Who'd have thought it? I have to say the Gauge O Guild know how to party. 

  8. It should be added that the reductive quality of the negative space notates the exploration of montage elements.

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    2. NHY 581

      NHY 581

      Gibberish- A dialect unique to Gibraltar.

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      And a supplementary to the Good Captain; How do you turn it on once plugged in?

    4. Mikkel

      Mikkel

      If something sounds like Bee Gees, is it Gibberish?

  9. Just wondering, is there anyone in the UK or Europe who is actually happy with the result over there?

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    2. ColHut

      ColHut

      umm a Supreme Court Challenge or a second vote anyone :)

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I suppose satirists are happy because it gives them so much material to work with.....!

    4. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      How long before WW3 starts.

  10. Any views on cravats?

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    2. Re6/6

      Re6/6

      "crevettes are they posh cravats..."

      ...a lot tastier...

    3. Dr Gerbil-Fritters

      Dr Gerbil-Fritters

      Where can I but mustard coloured cords? Also loon pants. Someone suggested Wales....

    4. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      Any shop that attires gentlemen versed in country ways. Hmmm had a pair of loons once. About 71. Spose I could be excused as I was only 12. Soon came to my senses. Swopped them for Levis sta-pres and shaved my head.

  11. Now then, who makes the absolute best pork pie?

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    2. BoD

      BoD

      ...... that was his Grandad.

    3. Mike G

      Mike G

      The scotch egg company in worcester

    4. Andy Y

      Andy Y

      Eleys; Ironbridge - lovely savoury jelly, spicy meat and non-greasy pastry.

  12. Some lovely, cooling rain is now falling on South Devon.

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      I wish it would start raining again! On the other hand, perhaps a cold front from the Arctic!

    3. Re6/6

      Re6/6

      Nah... the hotter the better for me! There'll be cold fronts from the Arctic soon enough. l shall be whistfully looking back in November to this lovely heat!

    4. Pacific231G

      Pacific231G

      We'll probably be looking wistfully back in August !

  13. Five pigeons, who are not related, decide to open their own walk-in recycling centre for gnomes.

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    2. NHY 581

      NHY 581

      Proper gnome from gnome then.

    3. ian

      ian

      What's that ticking sound?

    4. ian

      ian

      It's Fred, he's a metro-gnome!

  14. Who is this David Gandy? Marks & Spencers have just suggested that I could buy some of his underpants, with a 20% discount. Why would I do that, when I own some underpants of my own?

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Network Rail 'logs' more likely....................OK sorry!

    3. Kev_Lewis

      Kev_Lewis

      Would you prefer a 20% discount on M&S ladies undies?

    4. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      Is it true that Horsetan only wears Jockey?

  15. I am now the proud owner of a pair of green wellies. I'll leave it to others to explain why.

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    2. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      I'm not at all sure if they are the correct shade of green - didn't look at all like a Swindon green to me.

    3. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      I'm not at all sure if they are the correct shade of green - didn't look at all like a Swindon green to me.

    4. rembrow

      rembrow

      All downhill from now. Next will be a Chelsea tractor and Harris tweed jacket and flat cap for the awaydays to the country.

  16. Does anyone on here speak Double Dutch?

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    2. St Enodoc
    3. Tim V

      Tim V

      All over the world high school girls

      Take to the ropes and turn them slow

       

      Starts a beat and a loop

      They skip and jump thru the hoop

       

      They might break and they might fall

      About the gals from New York City donY

    4. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Well, at least one of you has demonstrated a proven fluency.

       

  17. I saw something nasty in the wood shed.

     

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    2. figworthy

      figworthy

      But was it art ?

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      With a capital F?

       

    4. willjam39

      willjam39

      This just gave me flashbacks to a very weird show run of Cold Comfort! What's worse is i still said yes to another run of it. 

  18. I thought political threads weren't allowed, so why is there a thread on the general election?

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    2. 6892 Oakhill Grange

      6892 Oakhill Grange

      Are the finchings standing on a sausage manifesto in the South Hams.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      A sausage manifesto!?

    4. Bernard Lamb

      Bernard Lamb

      Are the proponents of the wider 4mm track gauges more inclined to be left or right of centre?

  19. I really don't like the expression 'bookazine'.

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    2. Chris116

      Chris116

      Bookazine = An excuse to charge twice as much for a normal size magazine that you will only get one issue of!

    3. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      I wonder when we'll see one ... for owners of golden retriever pups ... with lots of pages ... printed on extra strong paper ... from the makers of Andrex.

    4. BernardTPM

      BernardTPM

      I do not recognise the term - no such word! It's just a soft-cover book.

  20. Buccleuch, as in 'Duchess of Buccleuch', how does one pronounce the name Buccleuch?

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    2. Alister_G

      Alister_G

      I thought it was pronounced bleurgh

    3. Phil Copleston

      Phil Copleston

      This is it, folks: 'How to Pronounce Buccleuch'

  21. Farmers Weekly. It covers all kinds of farming topics, and on a weekly basis. Fantastic!

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    2. Porcy Mane
    3. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      Holey cows don't work very well...

    4. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      I prefer the udder spelling batman. Good job I've got a puncture repair outfit.

  22. Would you like an advocado with your expresso, Sir?

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    2. NGT6 1315
    3. SHMD

      SHMD

      00101101 11110011 00001110 0000 0 00

       

      00 0001

       

      ...Dave

    4. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Thank you, Dave, for that unequivocally erudite answer.

  23. OK Mr Tesco, don't think we haven't noticed that you've gradually been making the toilet rolls smaller over the years...

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Given that Tesco really are in the s***, is this really a surprise?

    3. black and decker boy

      black and decker boy

      A perk of the wife's job is a case of toilet paper and kitchen roll a month. Shame she doesn't work for Bachmann .....

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      I think Tesco may be flogging a dead horse here...

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