BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....

Subject: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Blissfully Ignorant
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 11:46 AM

Guess the next word in the sequence!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: GUEST,Mingulay at work
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 11:48 AM

Whelks!!

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Blissfully Ignorant
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 11:49 AM

Possibly!

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From: Layah
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 11:52 AM

artichokes! (the antithesis of onions)

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Blissfully Ignorant
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 11:53 AM

What did Arty choke on? was it a goblin?

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Blissfully Ignorant
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 11:55 AM

WOMBATS, WOMBATS, WOMBATS, WOMBATS,WOMBATS WOMBATS WOMBATS!!"!!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Blissfully Ignorant
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 11:57 AM

Whoever guesses it correctly will win an IOU for a wombat flavoured rutabaga.

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Layah
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 11:59 AM

Ooh, I'm glad I didn't win then.

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From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 11:59 AM

Elvis

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: GUEST,Skipy
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 02:16 PM

Scrotoms

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Fibula Mattock
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 02:50 PM

They're not rutabagas, they're turnips. All of them. Especially the swedes.

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: GUEST,garydon
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 03:36 PM

Wombats????

I don't understand the sequence

Gary

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 05:12 PM

Theodolites!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: gnomad
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 05:14 PM

Gussets, definitely.













Well SOMEBODY had to.

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Peace
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 05:26 PM

Philatelists.

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Teresa
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 05:31 PM

reminds me of an underground rock group singing ...

Wom-bats, wom-bats, in our house, in our house ...

Over and over and over again. It was kind of hypnotic in an odd way.

Teresa

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Cluin
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 05:41 PM

Rubbish!

What have they done for us?

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Peace
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 05:49 PM

I can't believe you asked that . . .

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Peace
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 05:54 PM

More

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From: Peace
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 05:58 PM

PS

There is some nudity in the More link. I hope no one is offended. (For those of you who don't wish to be exposed to it, avoid clicking the Bagged picture.

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Bert
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 08:52 PM

Next in sequence would be "Sir John of Hull"

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 03:30 AM

Gosh, I've never seen a wombats.

Although I did get very friendly with one called Cholmondely (pronounced Chumley) in Auckland zoo about 20 years ago... I wonder if he remembers me...... *sigh*...


LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Davetnova
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 03:38 AM

I know this I know this it's that weird Scottish "humour". The next word in sequence is -
WOMBATS
What did I win?

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: fat B****rd
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 03:42 AM

Culinders......

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 04:50 AM

Do you mean Colander?

Brings to mind my mothers' phrase for when 3 children wouldn't sit still... 'you're like a fart in a colander - can't decide which hole to get out of!'

Could it be sasspirilla?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Crystal
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 05:32 AM

Scottish humour? No.....I've not encountered the concept.

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: GUEST,raggytash
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 05:32 AM

Paranoia

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 05:37 AM

Oh come on, the Scots do have humour.. who else could have marketed the bagpipe as a musical instrument?! Or the Haggis as a food product??

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Crystal
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 05:46 AM

True LTS. Although I think it was done to annoy the English rather than to be funny.

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: fat B****rd
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 06:21 AM

.er yes,Liz, but I was typing in Grimsbyspeak....

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 07:13 AM

ugly little buggers wombats, and by the way it was the Irish who gave Scotland the bagpipes, the Scots still haven't got the joke yet.

eric

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 07:26 AM

Oi Eric, slag off Royalty if you want but don't call Wombats ugly little buggers, my good lady goes under the pseudonym of Wombat an' she'll bite your legs if she hears that kind of talk

an' I fink the Greeks started off with the baggypipes

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Davetnova
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 08:41 AM

bagpipes, heh, heh, heh

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: RangerSteve
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 12:28 PM

It's a poem.

Spatulas, wombats.
Goblins, rutabagas, kumquats.

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 12:53 PM

Various other people started with the bagpipes, but the only the Scots have taken them worldwide, turned them into a weapon, and occasionally found a proper use for them.

And unless you've also danced Bonnie Anne to them in a Basque barracca (or something like that, I don't speak basque) court, don't argue too much...

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Blissfully Ignorant
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 12:54 PM

I'll give you a clue. It's a place name.... and no, this sisn't the famous Scottish sense of humour at work! It's deadly serious!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 01:12 PM

Camelot?

Sorry, couldn't resist it...

The Camelot song (T'is a silly place)

We're Knights of the Round Table.
We dance whene'er we're able.
We do routines and chorus scenes
With footwork impeccable.
We dine well here in Camelot.
We eat ham and jam and spam a lot.

We're Knights of the Round Table.
Our shows are formidable,
But many times we're given rhymes
That are quite unsingable.
We're opera mad in Camelot.
We sing from the diaphragm a lot.

In war we're tough and able,
Quite indefatigable.
Between our quests we sequin vests
and impersonate Clark Gable.
It's a busy life in Camelot.

I have to push the pram a lot.

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Blissfully Ignorant
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 01:13 PM

No, but you get a gold star for Monty Python-ness.

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 02:17 PM

Wooton under Lyme?

Chorlton Cum Hardy??

not...... SCUNTHORPE?!!!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: el_punkoid_nouveau
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 04:12 PM

Hull, Hell or Halifax?

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: *Laura*
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 04:18 PM

The Castle Aargh.
St-Aaaargves.

Stowe-on-the-Wold.
Merriot.

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: ranger1
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 05:03 PM

Ogunquit!

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: *Laura*
Date: 12 Feb 05 - 07:34 AM

Piddlehinton.

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From: el_punkoid_nouveau
Date: 12 Feb 05 - 09:48 AM

Tintwhistle.

Slatterthwaite (ponounced Slouwit, as in ouch).

Irthlingborough (pronounced Artleknock).

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 12 Feb 05 - 10:53 AM

It's actually Slaithwaite pronounced Slowit.

And Piddlehinton was my next call. It had a nice pub about 20 years ago.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 12 Feb 05 - 07:50 PM

Greek bagpipes (more here).

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Cluin
Date: 13 Feb 05 - 12:41 AM

Strangest game of Mornington Crescent ever.

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Teresa
Date: 13 Feb 05 - 12:51 AM

Oh, if it's one of those wonderfully complicated UK names, I'm out, because i'm just a ign'rant yank. :)

teresa

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: Cluin
Date: 13 Feb 05 - 01:16 AM

Just yell Mornington Crescent! any damn old time and you win.

Subject: RE: BS: Spatulas, Wombats, Goblins, Rutabaga....
From: GUEST,eric the red
Date: 13 Feb 05 - 06:19 AM

If Typhoo put the T in Brittain, who put the c***t in Sc***thorpe.

eric