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Post by Baldie on Aug 17, 2023 21:30:48 GMT
Better be no camels on that bus! Camels travel in a caravan, Ken. That is a Cromwell level joke
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Post by wheely on Aug 18, 2023 17:07:31 GMT
Hi Simon - Keith and I will bring one car.
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Post by hodsopa on Aug 18, 2023 20:51:20 GMT
It's true that I've brought camels to the last two tournaments and had some fun with them. But I've been disappointed in my terrain dice rolls - I've invaded more than I'd wish to. This time, I'm hoping that my opponents will agree to Maria Muldaur defining the terrain:
Midnight at the oasis Send my camels to bed Heaven's holding a half moon Shining just for us We'll slip off to a sand dune, real soon And kick up a little dust
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Post by hodsopa on Aug 18, 2023 20:54:35 GMT
(She doesn't mention the tiny bit of scrub or rocks you have to have in dry terrain as well as all those lovely dunes and/or oases, but there must be a longer version of the song in which they get a mention)
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Post by gonatas on Aug 19, 2023 6:27:32 GMT
There is this effort from Flanders and Swann. Sung in Russian - but here is the English translation they used:
In the desert A camel is approaching Another camel is approaching A third camel A fourth camel is approaching A fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth camel A whole caravan of camels is approaching
One camel moves on The second camel moves on And the third The whole caravan of camels has moved on
One camel is lagging One camel has fallen behind It has hurt its foot What a pity In the desert
No scrub though...
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Post by Baldie on Aug 19, 2023 9:34:37 GMT
Classic
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Post by Simon on Aug 19, 2023 17:11:40 GMT
The following are signed up so far - so three places left.
Baldie Mark Johnson Ken Gordon Stephen Finn Paul Hodson Paul Murgatroyd Colin Alcock Paddy Myers Martin Myers Rob Rush Pete Davis Terry Mahon Keith Murphy Andy Wheeldon Pete Duckworth Stevie Andrews Phil Johnson
Cheers Simon
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Post by hodsopa on Aug 19, 2023 19:42:30 GMT
A Hero is crossing the desert on his camel. At an oasis he meets three confused brothers. Their father, who sadly died just the other day, left his flock of camels to the three of them: half to the oldest, a quarter to the middle one and a fifth to the youngest. The flock is nineteen strong and they have spent the fruitless days since their father's death puzzling over how to loyally carry out the division he laid down. Here, says the Hero when the problem is explained to him, you can add my camel to your flock. Now you have twenty. Ten can go to you, the oldest brother; five to you, the middle brother; and four to you, the youngest.
That makes nineteen. There's one left over, and the Hero rides off on the camel he came in on.
Looking forward to our numbers reaching 19 - if so, Simon, will you then act as the extra camel?
Paul H
(PS I am running out of camel-related anecdotes.)
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Post by stevie on Aug 19, 2023 23:07:12 GMT
The best way to have sex with a camel is to roll it on it’s back… …otherwise you can’t kiss it.
(Sorry, but I’ve just got back from the pub…hic 🍺 )
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Post by Simon on Aug 20, 2023 7:19:11 GMT
Perhaps it is time to start a camel joke thread! AND STOP CLOGGING UP MY TOURNAMENT THREAD. It is giving me the hump!
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Post by sheffmark on Aug 20, 2023 8:48:43 GMT
But Simon, every post puts your thread back to the top of the list.
So to help that and at the risk of being called Cromwellian, here's a camel joke my Dad told me.
A baby camel was asking the mummy camel about it's body. Mummy, why do we have such long eye lashes? Well my baby, that's because when the wind blows up a sand storm it helps to keep the sand out of our eyes. Oh, but Mummy, why do we have such wide splayed out hooves? Well my baby, that's so that it makes it easier for us to walk across the soft sand as it helps distribute our weight. Oh but Mummy, why do we have this hump on our back? Well my baby, that's so that we can travel long distances across the desert without food or water? But mummy, in that case what are we doing here in Chester zoo?
A joke, (perhaps), some education and a maybe a thought about man's relationship to the animals?
The only other camel joke I know is the old one about the camel tie salesman, but I think I'd better leave that for another time!
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Post by hodsopa on Aug 20, 2023 19:15:25 GMT
I looked up the camel tie salesman joke on line, Mark. It made me laugh but my wife said it's terrible.
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Post by sheffmark on Aug 21, 2023 10:59:41 GMT
I looked up the camel tie salesman joke on line, Mark. It made me laugh but my wife said it's terrible. If anyone was going to appreciate the camel tie salesman joke Paul, it is bound to be someone with an understanding of male sartorial elegance, such as yourself!
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Post by Simon on Sept 13, 2023 15:23:56 GMT
Currently have to following down to play - room for one more.
Baldie Mark Johnson Ken Gordon Stephen Finn Paul Hodson Paul Murgatroyd Colin Alcock Paddy Myers Martin Myers Rob Rush Pete Davis Terry Mahon Keith Murphy Andy Wheeldon Pete Duckworth Stevie Andrews Phil Johnson Neil Mason Tim Rogers
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Post by Baldie on Sept 14, 2023 13:49:20 GMT
Currently have to following down to play - room for one more. Baldie Mark Johnson Ken Gordon Stephen Finn Paul Hodson Paul Murgatroyd Colin Alcock Paddy Myers Martin Myers Rob Rush Pete Davis Terry Mahon Keith Murphy Andy Wheeldon Pete Duckworth Stevie Andrews Phil Johnson Neil Mason Tim Rogers But Simon, you looks so calm and at peace when you are running and also having to play at the same time.
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