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I'm back
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 17:06
by andymackem
Had a great trip. Will provide pics and anecdotes when I'm a bit more alert (if people are all that interested).
Until someone informs me otherwise I'm assuming that my combined travels secure me the largest land empire and population in Heartland history - taking the countries involved it would share borders with Norway and Vietnam - which is nice. Don't start re-writing songs for me, though. I'll get offended.
What did I miss? I heard we won the Olympics and got blown up, but the rest is largely speculative.
Re: I'm back
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 17:40
by boudicca
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You be Hitler, I'll be Mussolini.
Re: I'm back
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 17:47
by andymackem
boudicca wrote:You be Hitler, I'll be Mussolini.
Very unfair - I wouldn't have a 'tache at all if it wasn't for China's strange plugs which weren't compatible with my shaver.
For obvious reasons I'm not going to start attacking my face with Chinese razor-blades, so I'm having a Dominion moment.
Re: I'm back
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 17:49
by timsinister
andymackem wrote:boudicca wrote:You be Hitler, I'll be Mussolini.
Very unfair - I wouldn't have a 'tache at all if it wasn't for China's strange plugs which weren't compatible with my shaver.
For obvious reasons I'm not going to start attacking my face with Chinese razor-blades, so I'm having a Dominion moment.
Don't be too hasty; a good chinwig can make you look a million dollars!
Mine, on the other hand, was £2.99 from the charidee shop.
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 17:50
by Obviousman
So, who'll be Franco...
At least his empire will last a couple years longer
Glad to have you back, and please bring us all of your silly stories btw
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 17:53
by nick the stripper
Welcome back Mr Mackem.
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 17:58
by rian
Welcome home andy
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 18:02
by lazarus corporation
welcome back. I hope you've prepared the Russian Federation for my visit next year.
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 18:10
by James Blast
nice tan, Sir!
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 18:10
by canon docre
Did you leave some crying mongolian ladies behind?
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 19:00
by Petseri
Welcome back. Your thoughtful posts have been missed around here.
Re: I'm back
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 19:24
by boudicca
timsinister wrote:Don't be too hasty; a good chinwig can make you look a million dollars!
Mine, on the other hand, was £2.99 from the charidee shop.
Many a true word spoken in jest...
He has a girl in every port now, I don't doubt.
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 19:29
by Debaser
Show us yer white bits, Andy.
Re: I'm back
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 19:56
by Petseri
boudicca wrote:He has a girl in every port now, I don't doubt.
Do that all have £2.99 chinhair as well?
Re: I'm back
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 21:36
by boudicca
Petseri wrote:boudicca wrote:He has a girl in every port now, I don't doubt.
Do that all have £2.99 chinhair as well?
I imagine THEY (
) do.
He's not very picky, from what I've heard...
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 23:29
by Brideoffrankenstein
lazarus corporation wrote:welcome back. I hope you've prepared the Russian Federation for my visit next year.
oi and mine
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 23:43
by MadameButterfly
Welcome home Andy,
Nice to have you back.
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 23:46
by canon docre
Brideoffrankenstein wrote:lazarus corporation wrote:welcome back. I hope you've prepared the Russian Federation for my visit next year.
oi and mine
Honeymoon in the inner Ural? How lovely.
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 23:48
by Brideoffrankenstein
canon docre wrote:Brideoffrankenstein wrote:lazarus corporation wrote:welcome back. I hope you've prepared the Russian Federation for my visit next year.
oi and mine
Honeymoon in the inner Ural? How lovely.
It's not a honeymoon! (Well not yet anyway
) Personally I can't think of a more romantic place than Red Square in the snow......
Posted: 23 Jul 2005, 23:49
by lazarus corporation
canon docre wrote:Brideoffrankenstein wrote:lazarus corporation wrote:welcome back. I hope you've prepared the Russian Federation for my visit next year.
oi and mine
Honeymoon in the inner Ural? How lovely.
we already spend far too long gazing lovingly at WW2 Maxim machine guns used at Stalingrad
Brideoffrankenstein wrote:Personally I can't think of a more romantic place than Red Square in the snow......
in Forum Thing t-shirts, if QB gets them done
Posted: 24 Jul 2005, 02:01
by eastmidswhizzkid
welcome back!
Posted: 24 Jul 2005, 03:40
by Francis
canon docre wrote:Honeymoon in the inner Ural? How lovely.
Does that joke work in German as well?
A piece on German humour on Radio 4's Today programme wrote:Why did my grandfather cross the road?
To invade Poland.
Posted: 24 Jul 2005, 12:38
by ruffers
Welcome back - it's been quiet round here.
Posted: 24 Jul 2005, 15:30
by andymackem
Girl in every port? Not that picky? Pah!
More romantic than Red Square in the snow .... you could try Krasnoyarsk in a heat wave but I wouldn't dream of commenting on that.
I did have a chance to check about trains between Moscow and Georgia, and it's not good news. At the moment there are trains running into the Caucasus but not beyond. You can still go to Grozny if you want.
This might change, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
Posted: 24 Jul 2005, 15:47
by Brideoffrankenstein
andymackem wrote:I did have a chance to check about trains between Moscow and Georgia, and it's not good news. At the moment there are trains running into the Caucasus but not beyond. You can still go to Grozny if you want.
This might change, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
Wow thanks Andy
We changed our minds in the end and we have decided to have a week in St Petersburg instead!