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| | | From: Bri (Original Message) | Sent: 10/3/2008 3:08 PM |
Well on a lighter note, after all the heavy news lately, both on here and in the 'real' world..
I see on BBC News that Arctic Roll is to make a come back, after having been discontinued back in 1996 (was it *really* that long??)
Yay!
It was quite new back in the '70s when I was at Quantock, but it occaisionally featured on the menu, most notably on Sunday Lunches, and was always greeted with excitement and a feeling we were being exposed to something quite exotic and luxurious. How easily we were pleased.. ;-)
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You lucky sods getting Artic Roll Laurie |
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At Quantock is that 'code' for the bog-roll found in the freezing loos in winter? |
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| | | From: stigg | Sent: 10/4/2008 3:52 PM |
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ARTIC ROLL?????
Something to do with a certain
club in Brighton and Eskimos????
I though bog roll a la Quantock was always called "SWIPE
AND WIPE"
Mind you as a stand by... some of those ancient hymn books
from the chapel sported a rather soft version of paper rather akin to WW1
army issue bog paper. Hence the cries of JESUS CHRIST!.. That came from the
prefects loos on certain corridors?... Or was it???
Had they been struck down by the creature from the
roof? Did the Gin Goblin really exist in the
upper attic... and at the stroke of midnight did he seep like a warm molasses
onto the industrial grade linoleum? Then ,on bandaged feet enter
the unwitting dormitories of juniors too tired to fight off the advances of the
alcoholic soddled animal? Only on a full moon did he venture
thus... only to play on his Pink Oboe and double bass... A soothing strain
of tubular bells or Ogden's nut gone flake? An Irish jig or a soft refrain
caught like a nymph on a summers vesper...
Beware those who had not nailed a copy of Mrs Beatons
above his bed ...or had neglected to sew a clove of garlic into each nostril. Oh
Gin Goblin didst thou take what was not yours? A tattered copy of Mayfair? A
half smoked fag? Some stained and stiff sheet with which to wrap your
fish supper in?
Or did we just dream it?
Naw.. His name was..... ah but then I'd have to kill
you.....
Answers on a post card please TO:
Quantock Short Horror Stories
po Box 4
Ely
Somerset
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Not sure we had the old artic roll in my day (well the kind you can eat). I remember the cream cones, fake cream top, jam at the bottom and a heavily sugared cone .... there was a small hole in the bottom through which you could slurp out the jam ... Stig ~ Did the Gin Goblin share diggs with the QG, or is it the same chap on the razzel. |
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I remember those cones - they were sooooo sugary! Have a feeling that they wouldn't get through the door on health grounds now! Cazx x |
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| | | From: stigg | Sent: 10/17/2008 7:34 AM |
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Mike.. Gin Goblin a separate entity... I think he
was a Jeckle and Hyde type character. Possibly a forgotten Chemistry teacher
who, trying to drown his sorrows at being passed over in the academic World of
applied sciences had found solace in Mrs home made Gin. A spirit which he
concocted in the attic above his small room in the bell Tower. The remains of
his still were broken up by Mr Phil at some point in the 80's.... Mr Keith
built a rather nifty sit up and beg tandem from the pipes and Matron had a hat
from the copper sheeting. The creature was never found, possibly still wanders
the corridors to this day. Things to watch for are:
Half finished alcoholic drinks suddenly and
mysteriously disappearing.
The musty smell of old 'Merit' type chemistry
sets.
A low moaning sound that some have said sounds like
the words.' But please sir...I still haven't been paid sir...'
The sound of chalk on a blackboard inscribing a
long chemical equation.
That said; there is a news paper cutting that
recently came to light that dates to 1980 from the 'Bridgwater
Bilgepump' that mentions a half man half dear like creature that had been
shot and wounded near the lodge. The creature was never caught.
Food for thought eh Mike... Why the feck
can't I get onto the site proper? Am I banned, cast out? Too mad and angry??? Or
just too stupid to remember my password?
Stiggle Von Trapp
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Not sure we had the old artic roll in my day (well the kind
you can eat). I remember the cream cones, fake cream top,
jam at the bottom and a heavily sugared cone .... there was a
small hole in the bottom through which you could slurp out the
jam ...
Stig ~ Did the Gin Goblin share diggs with the QG, or is it
the same chap on the razzel.
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Stiggles by rights you should be quarantined from this site !!!!!  ... but you haven't been!
I presume resetting your MSN passport password didn't work?
MSN has it's glitches and human error is a problem too! If you can post a message here via email, then I'm sure you must be able to login. Have you tried all your old passwords with your user name (i.e. email address). Also do you have your internet security level very high. I think you need to allow some cookies to make the site work (i.e. for it to remember you). If you are using Firefox you could try Internet Explorer.
If you just need a login name then you can register for a MSN passport with a non-existent email address, think of one and then apply for a MSN passport.
Make it clear that it is you that is applying as I can't reply to a non-existent email address and I might then reject the application as a "spammer". Once your MSN passport is approved you can use that to login. However, all notifications will go to this email address. However that is OK as you will still get them on this account (stigg).
If you like I can do this for you, but it is better if you do it as you are more likely to remember your user name (non-existent email address) and password.
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| | | From: stigg | Sent: 10/17/2008 6:16 PM |
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Mike, will do... and when I do.. I shall email you.. Still
awaiting your address for the Photocopy of this old article I
have...
I am at Kew Records office next month and will dig out the
Raf meteor jet crash that mentions the sanatorium in the 40's
later
Sgt Stigglesworth RFC
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Stiggles by rights you
should be quarantined from this site !!!!! ... but you haven't been!
I presume
resetting your MSN passport password didn't work?
MSN has it's glitches and human error is a problem
too! If you can post a message here via email, then I'm sure you
must be able to login. Have you tried all your old
passwords with your user name (i.e. email address). Also
do you have your internet security level very
high. I think you need to allow some cookies to make
the site work (i.e. for it to remember you). If you are using
Firefox you could try Internet Explorer.
If you
just need a login name then you can register for a MSN passport
with a non-existent email address, think of one and then apply
for a MSN passport.
Make it clear that it is you
that is applying as I can't reply to a non-existent email
address and I might then reject the application as a
"spammer". Once your MSN passport is approved you can use
that to login. However, all notifications will go to this
email address. However that is OK as you will still get
them on this account (stigg).
If you like I
can do this for you, but it is better if you do it as you are
more likely to remember your user name (non-existent email
address) and
password.
M
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