DI Lestrade - catcher of murderers, personal chef and general dogsbody to Sherlock, husband to Dr John Watson, fashion icon to Mycroft. Coffee addict.
14 April 2012
eine kleine newtmusik
This post isn't about me at all... I asked the boys what they'd like to post, and Sherlock said newts, Mycroft said this:
Which is a wonderful bit of music, and quite possibly more the type of thing he'll play on guitar.
On to the aquatic life:
I told him he could pick one picture. There was a huge debate about how a video was way more than a picture, and then he claimed to be absolutely unable to choose between big-foot newt and two-newts. And John took his side, so there you go. All the newts fit to print.
We had a lovely relaxing day today. And I did indeed give Sherlock a long ride on my shoulders. But not over Grand National fences.
I agree with Sherlock (about the pictures), with Doc (about the subject line), and with Mycroft (about the music). Apparently I have no original thoughts. Your poll is also missing turtles, which Doc's video proves aren't outside the realm of possibility.
I studied marine invertebrates for a while. One bloke on the course found leeches everywhere we went looking, even the places where they should have been dead from the wrong kind of water. We decided he emitted leech pheromones. That's why I voted Leeches
You know, now you mention it I seem to recall that we found it funnier than he did, wonder why that was? Problem was we usually didn't have alcohol to sedate the (literally) bloody things and cigarette ends (a la jungle warfare films) actually don't work, the leeches tend to leave bits behind - not good!
I think they use them medically again these days, especially when doing reattachments of body parts. As I understand it, it's relatively easy to reattach arteries, but veins are more difficult, so if for instance you were reattaching a hand you would get a build up of blood that wasn't getting taken away by the smaller veins. So they stick some leeches on to drain the excess blood so that the reattached hand doesn't swell too much which can cause it's own problems.
Damn it, Lestrade. This is all your fault. (Not that I'm procrastinating on these papers, not at all).
To "It Had to be You" (Frank Sinatra)
It had to be newts, it had to be newts I wandered around, and finally found The amphibians who Could live in my lake, And could give a nice break And even be there, next to my chair Much nicer than snakes
Other critters I've seen, Crocs are quite mean Toads are just cross, Leeches cause blood loss But they wouldn't do For no creature else, could make me smile With crests and tail, newts do it in style It had to be newts, wonderful newts It had to be newts
Mycroft I want to apologise for appearing to ignore your video in favour of Sherlock's photos. I wasn’t allowed to watch it last night (which is a depressing story and not a good excuse, sorry) but it is really nice to hear the music you like and if you are able to play anywhere near that well then I am very, very impressed, I’m impressed if you can play a tune at all really :-)
DW Like the song :-) you really have a talent for it.
I hope everyone's had a good day with lots of fun and adventure :-)
It would be seriously tactless to vent to you about what's been my problem this weekend Greg so I don't think that's a good idea ;-) the music video cheered me up though so thanks for providing that :-)
Hope you have a fun evening and it's not too difficult getting Sherlock to go to bed, my school child is still shouting 'I don't want to go to school tomorrow, it's not fair' and she went to bed over an hour ago!!
DW thanks for the pics, cute things make me smile :-)
your phone is amazing Greg it can change words into things that make people smile all by itself ;-) I of course am reading pantless in the double pantless kind of a way ;-)
I've been staying with my mother and father for the weekend so discussion would be tactless (not pantless) and depressing!!
sorry Sherlock's not happy but I guess it is unfair when Mycroft's still on holidays! ;-)
Sherlock my dear you have a very late bedtime compared to some! my little one has been in bed 2 hours already and she's not that much younger than you, although she is probably more bad tempered if she doesn't get enough sleep than you are ;-) I used to think school was unfair too but education is important and who would want to miss out on watching the tadpoles grow into frogs?
Try to sleep well Sherlock and to enjoy school in the morning :-) (you don't miss much but tired people rambling about rubbish you know ;-) )
I thought the same thing about Rider's line. Great minds, and all that.
My current paper's on "Why the US shouldn't keep to the Geneva Convention against non-signatory, non-state actors" as part of a debate. It's making me sick to write, and is slow going. I have much more respect for what you went through this week, Lestrade, since you did it with much less whining and complaining than I'm managing to.
Baby otters and snail families all the way, please.
I've spent the whole day (with my mom) putting away all the Passover dishes and pots and flatware and oven racks and stove top and, well, everything, and pulling out all the regular dishes and pots and flatware and so forth. It is a huge job, because we take a couple of weeks to switch from regular to Passover, and ONE DAY to switch back and I am BEAT! (Because everyone has to go back to work, and one day is all we get--at least this year it's a whole day, since it's Sunday, and not just one night, which is what we usually have.)
I hope to catch up fully, but meanwhile... Mycroft, that is wonderful--I love Spanish guitar and this Albeniz piece is one that was transcribed to guitar beautifully.
Sherlock, those newt photos are great! I love the Big Foot one the most because it reminded me how funny they feel walking on your hand or arm. :)
And yes, Sherlock, I can't imagine it feels anything but unfair when you have to go to bed first. I always hated it myself. Until I could go to bed whenever I wanted...that's when I started feeling it was unfair that I had to stay up late to get all my studying done when everyone else was able to go to sleep. :) (No, I'm not making it up to make a point. This was when I was in college and then graduate school, and I was quite grumpy about it at the time!)
DW, that song made me snort soda all over my keyboard! (It definitely does count. :))
Welcome back, RR. Hope your Passover was a good one.
In case anyone missed it, a new Anon posted a song about insomnia on Doc's blog. Since it's A. stunning and 2. something near to most of our hearts, I thought you'd like to know.
Right, badgers, hope you all have a good week. Anyone else share my opinion that Monday mornings were designed for hibernating?
And L, not that it will help at all, but do try to concentrate on the parts you did well and not just the parts that were wrong. No-one expects you to get it all right first time. The idea is just that you learn from what you did. *This piece of advice offered freely to any badger who's in need of it. Feel free to quote it back to me at some point ;)*
SH - completely agree about Monday mornings. *yawns*
DW - I hope your week improves, that paper sounds... challenging.
Lestrade - I hope today is informative, and not too painful, and that the rest of the week is tolerable.
Sherlock - First day back at school! Just think, no-one else will have seen the tadpoles and newts yet :-)
John, Mycroft - I hope you two have a fun and interesting week together.
Hope everyone else has a good week :-)
And just because it's nice to share the good news - it's my twentieth wedding anniversary today :-D I absolutely do not feel old enough to be having a twentieth wedding anniversary, but apparently I am :-p
Congratulations Nameless. How are you celebrating?
We'll get the champagne out for you tonight and assuming you're off somewhere we'll party in your absence. I'm sure L won't mind us taking over his blog for the occasion.
Didn't L say this place was turning into a registry office a few weeks ago? 'Births marriages and deaths' surely wedding aniversaries come into that aswell ;-)
Wow, Nameless, congratulations, and thank you for sharing! It is definitely nice to share news like that.
I hope that John and I can share similar joy with you all one day, although not necessarily a wedding anniversary, at last an anniversary of our own. When they boys are all grown up, and we're both contentedly retired...
Hi guys, I'm still alive and finally have something nice to report: We went to a circus on Saturday and it was great :-) The final performance were trained bears. First they had one ride a bike (L, Rider, it was an old ČZ, no need to get excited) and it was "okay, good bear". Then another bear came and rode pillion with the first one. And as they were riding around and around, I realized I am really marked by the internet, because the only thought in my head at that moment was "Two bears riding a motorcycle - any argument is invalid".
I am not sure what is a conversion rate of a video to photographs but both newt-photos are awesome.
Mycroft, I have to admit I haven't seen your video yet. Will correct it this evening.
Nameless, congratulations! As L said, I also hope we'll get there with my husband.
John, sorry, I voted for newts - newts look like lizards to me and I like lizards.
Will never vote for leeches - too worm-like for me and make my phobias act up :-)
Also from all of the comments I remember asking DW about ice cream and hangover cure. I've never tried to cure hangover with ice cream but it makes my allergies stop. So I personally consider ice cream to be a little bit cure-all.
Oh, nearly forgot: Sherlock, have you played Portal yet?
Oh, I love Big-footed Newt! I knew you were sure in what you saw, Sherlock. Excellent.
And that guitar piece just amazes me - how anyone can move their fingers like that so quickly and so precisely. I played piano for about 5 years and I never could get very fluent.
Congrats on your anniversary, Nameless! That's wonderful. Looking forward to mine - I've been promised a diamond wrap for my solitaire! :D 10 more years to go! (Wait a minute...I think that sounds like a bribe. WAS I JUST BRIBED TO GET TO AT LEAST 20? :D Kidding, kidding. I want to hit 50, at least.)
DW - good luck with your paper. The topic alone makes my blood run cold.
SH - can I get that advice in parental format, since you've already done all your child raising and I'm still fighting through mine? Though I'm absolutely positive right now that the boy must have gone deaf as he certainly doesn't hear me or his father! :D
FWIW, Maz--my mom always said that while his hearing was fine, my brother was born hard of listening. (And it really hasn't improved with age. :D)
(And what's wrong with .... well, call it a little incentive, as "bribe" doesn't have the right ring to it. "Incentive" sounds much better. :) Incentives are good!)
No kidding! Though I have the distinct feeling that when we get to 20, I'll hear "well, I thought maybe you'd rather have a bigger diamond, so at 30 I'll get you a new solitaire instead" and so on, until by 50 I'll have been living on promises and maybe by then I'll get a nice new watch or something! :D No, I'm only joking. I'd take him forever without anything at all, ever again, as long as we have those 50 more years. Which sounds like a clumsy way to say it, but I think you guys know what I mean.
Oh, gosh, thanks everyone :-D It's weird, it feels like a much bigger deal when I tell people; for us I think it feels like another nice anniversary.
Um, oh, that makes it sound like we're complacent; we aren't. We really aren't. It's taken a lot of hard work, a fair bit of luck and more heartache than either of us would have liked to get here. It's just that... well, 20 sounds like a Big Round Number when I tell other people, and for us, I think, it's all felt a bit "it can't really be that long" for quite a few years.
All that ramble is to say - thank you, for your good wishes :-)
SH - we're going out for a meal tonight. A quiet celebration, but we both have to work tomorrow, and have both suffered hangovers at work often enough to want to avoid them if possible. I'd risk it anyway, but I have an eight-hour meeting tomorrow, and... just, no.
John, Lestrade - You've both already made the commitment to each other, you've weathered some difficult storms together, and you're just so damn good for each other, I can't imagine that you won't hit twenty years and many more together :-)
Do you know Greg I am so impressed with you right now you wouldn't believe. Faced with something I was so unsure about I'm sure I would have run away or tried to hide somewhere, especially if I had a possible out like you could probably have found, but you are such an inspiration. You've taken yourself through so many steps to get to here and I am really really impressed :-)
Maz - the inability of boys (and girls) to hear what's being said to them continues for years. As does the ability to ignore any advice, as for example, "buying that car will be an expensive mistake". We've got past that one now, but are still on the "why do you think you need another motorbike?"
Now, whilst Nameless is out enjoying her meal (and yes 20 is just a number - so often it's what's happened in the past year that makes the anniversary special) shall I open the champagne?
Hahahaha, my dad has 1, and that's the only one he'll ever get, according to my stepmom.
But SH, this is how it is: "Please don't use your cars to whack the wood floor. It leaves marks." Him: *whack* Me: "WHAT DID I JUST SAY?" Him: "Don't whack the floor." Me: *headdesk* "Butt on the step, mister!" AUGH! I want to tear my hair out.
On a good note: A toast to the Namless ones - Huzzah!
I've always felt the need to be as guilty as possible in that situation but I though i was just a naughty girl ;-) where as you are such a good boy ;-)
Mycroft - great video! Thanks for sharing that with us, he's amazingly talented.
Sherlock - I had no idea newts are so cool! I like the bigfoot newt, what great feet! I don't think we have newts here, I've certainly never seen one. I hope you keep us apprised of their development.
Trust you guys to take being sent to the naughty step and coat it with innuendo! I deem not a single one of you innocent, you lecherous badgers, and all y'all are on the naughty step!
Congrats to Nameless and a big proud smile to Lestrade, and welcome back, CR!
I feel like we should be calling Sherlock Gussie Fink-Nottle because of his newt mania, but there's no denying that Bigfoot Newt is the coolest newt ever.
Mycroft, as ever, I'm so impressed by your taste in the finer things, especially music. And especially especially nannies.
107 comments:
I'm with Sherlock on the photos verses video thing but then I've been waiting to see his newt picture ever since he said he'd got some :-)
Great pictures Sherlock thanks for sharing :-)
The image of you trying to clear fences with Sherlock on your shoulders is a pretty funny one Greg whether it actually happened or not ;-)
Anonybob
This is my favourite subject line so far. Your poll is lacking in salamanders though.
Great choice of music, Mycroft.
Trying and failing to find a suitable Mozartian reply, apart from The Magic Newt. It's probably time I got some sleep.
I was trying to limit it to creatures which might move into Sherlock's pond. Although with him, salamanders shouldn't be discounted, I suppose.
should it not include Sherlock's as well then Greg? I'm sure he'd move in given half a chance just so he didn't miss anything with the tadpoles ;-)
I agree with Sherlock (about the pictures), with Doc (about the subject line), and with Mycroft (about the music). Apparently I have no original thoughts. Your poll is also missing turtles, which Doc's video proves aren't outside the realm of possibility.
(also, you never answered about your silks...)
AnonyBob - true. The tadpoles are loking big and fat now.
DW - my silks, of course, are black with white stripes in the pattern of a badger. What else?
And I only hadn't answered because I pretty much posted this and fell asleep on the sofa! John was incredibly kind and left me to it.
On the sofa, or on John? ;)
Sounds like a good day was had by all.
Are they looking good enough to eat yet? ;-)
I love the idea of badger stripes, very sexy!!
sleep, go get lots more Greg you need it after the week you've had :-)
Anonybob
http://crystaljsilk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/silk-necktie-badger-3.jpg
Silk badger, for the next time you're in court...
On the sofa, sadly.
Very nice, DW.
I studied marine invertebrates for a while. One bloke on the course found leeches everywhere we went looking, even the places where they should have been dead from the wrong kind of water. We decided he emitted leech pheromones. That's why I voted Leeches
Lancs. Anon
When you say he found leeches, do you mean in the water, or were they stuck to him?
Once or twice stuck to him, mostly just in nets or tanks when we were sampling. They drop off when they're full!
Lancs. Anon
Yes, but until they're full you have leeches on you! Ha, glad his leech pheromones weren't too powerful.
You know, now you mention it I seem to recall that we found it funnier than he did, wonder why that was? Problem was we usually didn't have alcohol to sedate the (literally) bloody things and cigarette ends (a la jungle warfare films) actually don't work, the leeches tend to leave bits behind - not good!
Lancs. Anon
Seriously stuck to him!! that is horrid Lancs Anon
We suffered for our education, or at least he did, as I recall the rest of us laughed quite a lot. Kids can be cruel you know!
Lancs. Anon
laughing at people having their blood stolen is just nasty ;-) I like leeches although I wouldn't want to meet one in person!!
I think they use them medically again these days, especially when doing reattachments of body parts. As I understand it, it's relatively easy to reattach arteries, but veins are more difficult, so if for instance you were reattaching a hand you would get a build up of blood that wasn't getting taken away by the smaller veins. So they stick some leeches on to drain the excess blood so that the reattached hand doesn't swell too much which can cause it's own problems.
Lancs. Anon
note to self. don't cut off hand ;-) medicine is a wonderful thing though and I guess the old treatments may be the best :-)
That was great, Mycroft! I love really good guitar. I've got a couple for you for . . . inspiration? For fun? Yeah, mostly fun.
The first one is Hanuman by Rodrigo y Gabriela.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqEa6R-1ePg
The second is Rhett Butler playing Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. He's got the oddest technique, but is astonishing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6tRTrR4-XQ
Have fun!
Bronwyn
I don't think I mind leeches, although I didn't vote for them.
So, what did you vote for, then?
I've had to change mine to toads. I can't believe they're behind leeches.
It had to be newts, DW. Especially the boys with their frilly crests.
Damn it, Lestrade. This is all your fault. (Not that I'm procrastinating on these papers, not at all).
To "It Had to be You" (Frank Sinatra)
It had to be newts, it had to be newts
I wandered around, and finally found
The amphibians who
Could live in my lake,
And could give a nice break
And even be there, next to my chair
Much nicer than snakes
Other critters I've seen,
Crocs are quite mean
Toads are just cross,
Leeches cause blood loss
But they wouldn't do
For no creature else, could make me smile
With crests and tail, newts do it in style
It had to be newts, wonderful newts
It had to be newts
DW - that is brilliant. We are going to include this on the Badgers' debut album aren't we?
It's not the whole song, SH, so I don't think it counts.
It's brilliant, DW :)
Mycroft I want to apologise for appearing to ignore your video in favour of Sherlock's photos. I wasn’t allowed to watch it last night (which is a depressing story and not a good excuse, sorry) but it is really nice to hear the music you like and if you are able to play anywhere near that well then I am very, very impressed, I’m impressed if you can play a tune at all really :-)
DW Like the song :-) you really have a talent for it.
I hope everyone's had a good day with lots of fun and adventure :-)
Anonybob
I've had a lovely day. Hope you have too, AnonyBob.
I can’t say it’s been great but it’s decidedly better now I’m free to do as I please ;-) Glad you’ve had a lovely day :-)
Very quietly, so he might not hear me ;-) I’m going to say, I hope Sherlock is all sorted for school tomorrow :-)
Anonybob
Rough weekend, Anonybob?
Yes DW a rough weekend. There have been some nice bits but not a weekend I'd like to live through again ;-)
Anonybob
Sorry to hear that AnonyBob. You know where we are if you need to talk/vent/whatever.
It would be seriously tactless to vent to you about what's been my problem this weekend Greg so I don't think that's a good idea ;-) the music video cheered me up though so thanks for providing that :-)
Hope you have a fun evening and it's not too difficult getting Sherlock to go to bed, my school child is still shouting 'I don't want to go to school tomorrow, it's not fair' and she went to bed over an hour ago!!
Anonybob
Awww. :( Sorry to hear that.
Anything we can do?
(Here, have a snail!family: http://tinyurl.com/8865vxx and some otters: http://www.beautiful-animals.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Baby-Otters-5.jpg)
Tactless really wouldn't bother me! I promise. And my phone insists tactless isn't a word, and changed that to 'pantless'.
Sherlock is not happy, but John has promised to talk to Mrs T about someone coming in to talk about pondlife again, which cheered him up a little.
changed that to 'pantless'.
I am not sure if I should feel vindicated or worried that I appear to share a mind with Lestrade's phone.
DW thanks for the pics, cute things make me smile :-)
your phone is amazing Greg it can change words into things that make people smile all by itself ;-) I of course am reading pantless in the double pantless kind of a way ;-)
I've been staying with my mother and father for the weekend so discussion would be tactless (not pantless) and depressing!!
sorry Sherlock's not happy but I guess it is unfair when Mycroft's still on holidays! ;-)
Anonybob
It is unfair! And bedtime is unfair too because no one else goes to bed when I do and misses out on everything.
Sherlock my dear you have a very late bedtime compared to some! my little one has been in bed 2 hours already and she's not that much younger than you, although she is probably more bad tempered if she doesn't get enough sleep than you are ;-) I used to think school was unfair too but education is important and who would want to miss out on watching the tadpoles grow into frogs?
Try to sleep well Sherlock and to enjoy school in the morning :-) (you don't miss much but tired people rambling about rubbish you know ;-) )
Anonybob
Rider - knowing the way L's phone thinks I should be extremely worried that you both think the same way.
Although since as soon as I read L's comment about pantless I immediately thought "but that's Rider's line" I don't think I'm that far off either.
Sorry to hear you've had a bad weekend anonybob.
DW - have you got your papers written yet? Or are baby otters and snail families continuing to distract you?
I thought the same thing about Rider's line. Great minds, and all that.
My current paper's on "Why the US shouldn't keep to the Geneva Convention against non-signatory, non-state actors" as part of a debate. It's making me sick to write, and is slow going. I have much more respect for what you went through this week, Lestrade, since you did it with much less whining and complaining than I'm managing to.
Baby otters and snail families all the way, please.
That does sound...fairly painful.
Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhuvaKLJbNw
Love the otters John :-)
I couldn't even think of where to start with that DW so better you than me ;-)
Thanks SH the week is always better than the weekend :-)
Anonybob
Conventions
Awww, those are adorbs. Thanks for the prescription, Doc. ;)
Those baby otters were very cute Doc.
DW - yuk, and then more yuk.
Just running in to say hey to everyone!
I've spent the whole day (with my mom) putting away all the Passover dishes and pots and flatware and oven racks and stove top and, well, everything, and pulling out all the regular dishes and pots and flatware and so forth. It is a huge job, because we take a couple of weeks to switch from regular to Passover, and ONE DAY to switch back and I am BEAT! (Because everyone has to go back to work, and one day is all we get--at least this year it's a whole day, since it's Sunday, and not just one night, which is what we usually have.)
I hope to catch up fully, but meanwhile... Mycroft, that is wonderful--I love Spanish guitar and this Albeniz piece is one that was transcribed to guitar beautifully.
Sherlock, those newt photos are great! I love the Big Foot one the most because it reminded me how funny they feel walking on your hand or arm. :)
And yes, Sherlock, I can't imagine it feels anything but unfair when you have to go to bed first. I always hated it myself. Until I could go to bed whenever I wanted...that's when I started feeling it was unfair that I had to stay up late to get all my studying done when everyone else was able to go to sleep. :) (No, I'm not making it up to make a point. This was when I was in college and then graduate school, and I was quite grumpy about it at the time!)
DW, that song made me snort soda all over my keyboard! (It definitely does count. :))
Sorry you had an unpleasant weekend, Anony.
I hope everyone has a good Monday!
Welcome back, RR. Hope your Passover was a good one.
In case anyone missed it, a new Anon posted a song about insomnia on Doc's blog. Since it's A. stunning and 2. something near to most of our hearts, I thought you'd like to know.
/PSA
DW - I complained internally. ;) and there's this week to go, plenty of time yet.
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din. Hope this week's not too brutal.
Very much doubt that. But thank you. Hope yours isn't either. And the paper is done soon.
Glad you had a good weekend RR :-)
I hope today brings you some answers of the 'what you did well' variety even if they are joined by 'look what you should have done' Greg ;-)
I hope everyone has a good day or good night depending on the time of day/night it is with you :-)
Anonybob
Right, badgers, hope you all have a good week. Anyone else share my opinion that Monday mornings were designed for hibernating?
And L, not that it will help at all, but do try to concentrate on the parts you did well and not just the parts that were wrong. No-one expects you to get it all right first time. The idea is just that you learn from what you did. *This piece of advice offered freely to any badger who's in need of it. Feel free to quote it back to me at some point ;)*
SH - completely agree about Monday mornings. *yawns*
DW - I hope your week improves, that paper sounds... challenging.
Lestrade - I hope today is informative, and not too painful, and that the rest of the week is tolerable.
Sherlock - First day back at school! Just think, no-one else will have seen the tadpoles and newts yet :-)
John, Mycroft - I hope you two have a fun and interesting week together.
Hope everyone else has a good week :-)
And just because it's nice to share the good news - it's my twentieth wedding anniversary today :-D I absolutely do not feel old enough to be having a twentieth wedding anniversary, but apparently I am :-p
Congratulations Nameless. How are you celebrating?
We'll get the champagne out for you tonight and assuming you're off somewhere we'll party in your absence. I'm sure L won't mind us taking over his blog for the occasion.
Didn't L say this place was turning into a registry office a few weeks ago? 'Births marriages and deaths' surely wedding aniversaries come into that aswell ;-)
Hope you have a great day celebrating Nameless
Anonybob
Congrats, Nameless. Hope you have twenty more!
Wow, Nameless, congratulations, and thank you for sharing! It is definitely nice to share news like that.
I hope that John and I can share similar joy with you all one day, although not necessarily a wedding anniversary, at last an anniversary of our own. When they boys are all grown up, and we're both contentedly retired...
In twenty years you'll still be slips of kids Greg, exploring the world and trying all those adventures John wants to give a go :-)
How's the course treating you today? hope it's going ok :-)
Anonybob
Hi guys, I'm still alive and finally have something nice to report: We went to a circus on Saturday and it was great :-) The final performance were trained bears. First they had one ride a bike (L, Rider, it was an old ČZ, no need to get excited) and it was "okay, good bear". Then another bear came and rode pillion with the first one. And as they were riding around and around, I realized I am really marked by the internet, because the only thought in my head at that moment was "Two bears riding a motorcycle - any argument is invalid".
I am not sure what is a conversion rate of a video to photographs but both newt-photos are awesome.
Mycroft, I have to admit I haven't seen your video yet. Will correct it this evening.
Nameless, congratulations! As L said, I also hope we'll get there with my husband.
John, sorry, I voted for newts - newts look like lizards to me and I like lizards.
Will never vote for leeches - too worm-like for me and make my phobias act up :-)
Also from all of the comments I remember asking DW about ice cream and hangover cure. I've never tried to cure hangover with ice cream but it makes my allergies stop. So I personally consider ice cream to be a little bit cure-all.
Oh, nearly forgot: Sherlock, have you played Portal yet?
Mazel tov, Nameless!
Hi, CR, yay for a circus and a highly appropriate act... :D
Hauling out my shovel to dig out my desk now. O_O
Oh, I love Big-footed Newt! I knew you were sure in what you saw, Sherlock. Excellent.
And that guitar piece just amazes me - how anyone can move their fingers like that so quickly and so precisely. I played piano for about 5 years and I never could get very fluent.
Congrats on your anniversary, Nameless! That's wonderful. Looking forward to mine - I've been promised a diamond wrap for my solitaire! :D 10 more years to go! (Wait a minute...I think that sounds like a bribe. WAS I JUST BRIBED TO GET TO AT LEAST 20? :D Kidding, kidding. I want to hit 50, at least.)
DW - good luck with your paper. The topic alone makes my blood run cold.
SH - can I get that advice in parental format, since you've already done all your child raising and I'm still fighting through mine? Though I'm absolutely positive right now that the boy must have gone deaf as he certainly doesn't hear me or his father! :D
FWIW, Maz--my mom always said that while his hearing was fine, my brother was born hard of listening. (And it really hasn't improved with age. :D)
(And what's wrong with .... well, call it a little incentive, as "bribe" doesn't have the right ring to it. "Incentive" sounds much better. :) Incentives are good!)
Nameless - What wonderful news, congratulations to both of you! I hope L and I get there too. Can't imagine my life without him.
Maz - I think that sounds like a bribe.
Ha! If it was a bribe, it was poor thinking on his part. Definitely should've made you wait for the 50th at least. ;)
No kidding! Though I have the distinct feeling that when we get to 20, I'll hear "well, I thought maybe you'd rather have a bigger diamond, so at 30 I'll get you a new solitaire instead" and so on, until by 50 I'll have been living on promises and maybe by then I'll get a nice new watch or something! :D No, I'm only joking. I'd take him forever without anything at all, ever again, as long as we have those 50 more years. Which sounds like a clumsy way to say it, but I think you guys know what I mean.
Yeah, definitely know what you mean.
Oh, so I don't need to buy you a big sparkly rock, danger sparkles? ;)
No rock necessary.
After that jacket I'm not sure I trust your taste in sparkly things anyway...
How was today Greg? I hope it went well and was a bit less brain mashing than Friday ;-)
Hope you're home soon to a nice evening with you boys :-)
Anonybob
That jacket was your taste in sparkly things! i'd never even heardof Robin Sparkles!
Thanks, AnonyBob, just leaving now. It was fine, just intense.
Fired the gun today.
That is intense!! good man for doing it though I'm rather impressed by that I really am. well done you :-)
Have a safe ride
Anonybob
Oh, gosh, thanks everyone :-D It's weird, it feels like a much bigger deal when I tell people; for us I think it feels like another nice anniversary.
Um, oh, that makes it sound like we're complacent; we aren't. We really aren't. It's taken a lot of hard work, a fair bit of luck and more heartache than either of us would have liked to get here. It's just that... well, 20 sounds like a Big Round Number when I tell other people, and for us, I think, it's all felt a bit "it can't really be that long" for quite a few years.
All that ramble is to say - thank you, for your good wishes :-)
SH - we're going out for a meal tonight. A quiet celebration, but we both have to work tomorrow, and have both suffered hangovers at work often enough to want to avoid them if possible. I'd risk it anyway, but I have an eight-hour meeting tomorrow, and... just, no.
John, Lestrade - You've both already made the commitment to each other, you've weathered some difficult storms together, and you're just so damn good for each other, I can't imagine that you won't hit twenty years and many more together :-)
It was fine, just intense.
Fired the gun today.
Everything okay, though?
Yeah, fine.
Good, then. :)
Do you know Greg I am so impressed with you right now you wouldn't believe. Faced with something I was so unsure about I'm sure I would have run away or tried to hide somewhere, especially if I had a possible out like you could probably have found, but you are such an inspiration. You've taken yourself through so many steps to get to here and I am really really impressed :-)
What a great role model you are :-)
Anonybob
That jacket was your taste in sparkly things!
When I was twelve!
Maz - the inability of boys (and girls) to hear what's being said to them continues for years. As does the ability to ignore any advice, as for example, "buying that car will be an expensive mistake". We've got past that one now, but are still on the "why do you think you need another motorbike?"
Now, whilst Nameless is out enjoying her meal (and yes 20 is just a number - so often it's what's happened in the past year that makes the anniversary special) shall I open the champagne?
"why do you think you need another motorbike?"
... I don't understand how this could ever be a valid question....
I'm with you there Lestrade. Another motorbike doesn't need a reason, just shed space.
(Alas shed space is why I only have 5.)
Pop the cork SH and we'll drink to Mr and Mrs Nameless :-)
I want a motorbike!!!!!
Anonybob
Rider - that's why one of my ex is keeping his old bike under a plexi cover in his living room! :-)
Hahahaha, my dad has 1, and that's the only one he'll ever get, according to my stepmom.
But SH, this is how it is: "Please don't use your cars to whack the wood floor. It leaves marks." Him: *whack* Me: "WHAT DID I JUST SAY?" Him: "Don't whack the floor." Me: *headdesk* "Butt on the step, mister!" AUGH! I want to tear my hair out.
On a good note: A toast to the Namless ones - Huzzah!
"Butt on the step, mister!"
That's what I say to John when he's naughty....
I don't believe you sorry, I'm sure you send him to bed ;-)
Who, me? I'm always innocent, didn't you know?
is it you who does the sending then John? ;-)
Oi, I'm innocent too!
Maz, at that point the toy cars go away for another day and boy finds something else to whack on the floor.
L - which badger are you trying to convince of this? Clearly a new visitor to your blog.
you're not back to blaming us lot are you Greg? (we are mostly responsible though I know ;-) )
I guess neither of you will get to send the other to bed if you're both innocent ;-)
Anonybob
well..it's no fun being innocent in bed ;)
I've always felt the need to be as guilty as possible in that situation but I though i was just a naughty girl ;-) where as you are such a good boy ;-)
I am a good boy. Good at being naughty, some would say...
I'm more than certain John would agree ;-)
good naughty boys have the most fun so I've heard (same applies to good naughty girls ;-) )
L - excellent, in fact.
What's the saying - "when I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better" ?
Nameless - quite right :)
That's the one.
It always amuses me how quickly you are both in agreement on these things ;-)
hope you have a naughty rest night ;-)
"when I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better"
Found it! :D
Mycroft - great video! Thanks for sharing that with us, he's amazingly talented.
Sherlock - I had no idea newts are so cool! I like the bigfoot newt, what great feet! I don't think we have newts here, I've certainly never seen one. I hope you keep us apprised of their development.
Trust you guys to take being sent to the naughty step and coat it with innuendo! I deem not a single one of you innocent, you lecherous badgers, and all y'all are on the naughty step!
Congrats to Nameless and a big proud smile to Lestrade, and welcome back, CR!
I feel like we should be calling Sherlock Gussie Fink-Nottle because of his newt mania, but there's no denying that Bigfoot Newt is the coolest newt ever.
Mycroft, as ever, I'm so impressed by your taste in the finer things, especially music. And especially especially nannies.
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