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Postby black francis » Mon May 11, 2009 3:04 pm

I've had time to think about my behavior and I wanted to say sorry again.
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Postby black francis » Mon May 11, 2009 3:04 pm

Really it was uncalled for.
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Postby JackT » Mon May 11, 2009 3:07 pm

Hey you can see that puppy dog's wiener.
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Postby black francis » Mon May 11, 2009 3:11 pm

I guess he isn't so sowwy after all.
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Postby withahip » Mon May 11, 2009 3:29 pm

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Postby Scouser » Mon May 11, 2009 4:00 pm

black francis wrote:Ha I can't believe Fletcher said this:

Alan was never an original member of Depeche Mode. He became, through the grace of us, a full time member of Depeche Mode after he was employed by us as a musician and he chose to leave. If it had been Martin OR MYSELF or Dave leaving, it might have been more serious, because we are the original spirit in the band.


He's abit of a knob Fletch but thats just insane. For all we know Fletch could be a hologram.

Its true what you say about Mart's grudging acceptance of Dave's songs on PTA, on SOTU he seems much more relaxed about them and has collaborated on the arrangements alot more.

As for Alan...for a long time I thought DM would never be the same again (in a bad way). I was half right. It isnt the same...but I like the new, more chilled out Mode. They look like they are really enjoying being in a band again and its refreshing to see.
Mr. Brian, I find that offensive.

Scouser's inability to se others' point of view is rather grating.
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Postby black francis » Mon May 11, 2009 4:04 pm

Yeah I never understood what the big deal was with Fletcher missing out on part of the SOFAD tour due to depression. Other than Gore's BF was missing. I have a couple of pet turtles I could probably train to push a button now and then and clap out of sync with the music.

I would like to have seen Wilder stay in DM longer and see where his production evolved to. It seemed he wasn't rigid and based on SOFAD he seemed open to experimentation and input from others.
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Postby withahip » Mon May 11, 2009 4:12 pm

You still have the turtles?
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Postby black francis » Mon May 11, 2009 4:31 pm

There was no way I was getting rid of them. Jeremy had already named them Jaws and Raws and I like animals more than people so there it is.

What kind of pet shop sells live animals to a six year old though?
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Postby Scouser » Mon May 11, 2009 4:33 pm

When my mate was about 4 his Mum and Dad bought two Terrapins for him in a little tank. Quite cute they were, about the size of a 50p piece. When he was about 35 and had left home years before his by now elderly parents found they couldnt cope with cleaning out the 20ft tank that housed these two huge, ugly fuckers that only ate raw meat. The cute Terrapins were now...not so cute.

Not quite sure what to do with them and not being the Ebay generation his (slightly confused by the ravages of time) Dad decided to release "Bubble and Squeak" into the local Duck Pond. One night he put them in a Tupperware cake holder and, under cover of darkness, released them into the still waters of the Pond. With a quick look back and a wave goodbye he drove home thinking it was a job well done. Of course apart from his wife and son nobody else knew what he had done.

Months went by and life in my mates Dads place got back to normal and they put a nice picture in the Hall to replace where the tank had been (I assume the tank was lashed in the tip).

Then our local newspaper reported that all the ducklings in the local pond had gone missing. Local youths were blamed and the letters page filled up with anxious residents writing in about how kids today have gone off the rails and that they should bring back corporal punishment in schools.

Things went quite for a few weeks and then the Ducks themselves started to get picked off.

I dont know at what point my mates Mum and Dad put two and two together (I only heard this story years later) but it must have been a bit of a shock.

My mates Dad, abit of a strange bloke even when he was younger, made an anonymous call to the local Council to say he had seen someone release two large Terrapins into the Duck Pond a few weeks ago. The Council had to (at the taxpayers expense) remove all the Ducks and dredge the Pond until they captured Bubble and Squeak and have them moved somewhere (or maybe they just killed them, that part of the story is not known to me).

My mates Dad was consumed with guilt and had a Stroke a year or so later (I'm sure the two things arent connected). My mate blurted out "Terrapingate" to me one night after too much beer and couldnt understand why I had collapsed in a heap and was crying with laughter. He was still haunted by the vision of fluffly little yellow ducklings being snatched from below by an unspeakable evil lurking in the murky depths (yes, he is gay).

That is a true story.
Mr. Brian, I find that offensive.

Scouser's inability to se others' point of view is rather grating.
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Postby withahip » Mon May 11, 2009 4:34 pm

Geez.

Well, enjoy those turtles BF!
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Postby black francis » Mon May 11, 2009 4:42 pm

I gave my six year old 20 bucks to get himself some lunch while on a field trip. Instead of getting himself something to eat he went to a pet store and bought two of those little water turtles and some turtle food. When I came home from work his mother was like "what are you going to do about this?" as in how are you going to get rid of them? I told her I would take care of it neglecting to tell her by take care of it I meant buy an expensive tank, light and filter system big enough for the turtles and the fish we already had (a local church fair reject) and no intention of getting rid of them.

So I the moral of Scouser's tale is that in 20 years time I can look forward to dropping them off at the local pond, killing all the baby ducks and dropping dead from a stroke.

I suppose there's worse ways to go.
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Postby withahip » Mon May 11, 2009 4:45 pm

I think both stories, Sc and BF's, are lovely, I mean cool, on so many levels.
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Postby black francis » Mon May 11, 2009 4:48 pm

We have two of these "Jaws" and "Raws". My six year old was grounded from watching the Jaws movies, playing the video game or drawing Jaws pictures for a day and so he came up with Raws the killer whale. Drew all the same classic Jaws pictures but just with a killer whale instead.

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Postby withahip » Mon May 11, 2009 4:49 pm

Look! You can see they are smiling!
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