I never knew that before. In't google great.

I should have put:

'The tradition of coxcombing your helm is an old one'

But it's too big to fit in the box.

Title went onto two lines anyway.

If I was to do it, it'd be a new tradition for me. Dare I ask what it is, Dostaf?!

I googled frayed cane and looked at pictures.

You'll have seen similar when gongoozling, Jo Anne.

I bet you've seen a few turk's heads on the tiller.

Pic

From here

Cue the old rope goes into a pub joke.

Knotty but nice.

The old rope goes into a pub ...

Brmn refuses to serve him. Says ropes are not allowed.

So he goes outside, ties self into a knot, goes back in.

Barman says "We don't serve drinks to rope"

Rope replies something to do with a frayed knot.

I'm too embarrassed to google it.

Is there a bar tender, not bar fender, in the old rope joke, Dostaf?

I spelled it wrong either way ^^^^

Brmn?

I'm perplexed now, Dostaf ... Wouldn't a rope on a night out be wearing his poly boots?

Now you've got me thinking about a rude one about a man in the nak.

That's not his berth day suit?

Polyresin stringy doings

Will also use elsewhere.

I was going to say you'd left us in limb-o with the old rope joke, Dostaf.

Three pieces of string came up to a bar. There was a sign reading "No String Allowed." The first piece of string decided to go in anyway. The bartender threw him out, yelling, "We don't serve string here!"
The second piece of string tried to get in, but the bartender threw him out, too.
The third piece of string rakishly ruffled up his end fringes and sauntered into the bar. "Hey!" said the bartender. "Aren't you a piece of string?"
"No," the third piece of string said. "I'm a frayed knot."

Nicked off of google.

Does he leave the other two stranded!

Me lovely thread.

They might have gone home to return with ties on too.

Turks Head?

I've often travelled past that pub, Tonker. (I think it's possible to pass it enroute from Wigan to Knotty Ash.)

coxcombing sawdust is an art

Does your cockerel do that, Mache?

only his wattles

Wattle?

'2. A fleshy, wrinkled, often brightly coloured fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat, characteristic of certain birds, such as chickens ... '

I 'm sure his appearance is always impeccable.

A nice dickie bow

And top hat and tails as he struts his stuff, Mache?

Will Google survive the share price drop, or will they have to revive Netscape. Wonder if dostaf is worried

Googles shares plummet

Nahhhh

Fear not, Ayrefield.

Although I love to google, one always has to have a contingency plan.

If Google went, there's always Darren.

Jo anne, it's quite possible to pass it enroute from Land's End to John o'Groats, but it's not exactly the easiest way!

Tonker - it's quite possible to pass it enroute from Land's End to John o'Groats

I wouldn't go that far, Tonker ... as I thought Knotty Ash tied in with the topic.

You can go and get knotted so to speak about this thread

The thread is undone, PeterP?!

Macrame!

And if tiers? tire of macrame ... How about seasonal origami?

Hope noone notices the tandem with my crafty rhyme

'Free Halloween Origami Club at Leigh Library'

They should have held it here.

Not for hire, Dostaf.

And if the paper's rent ... that could well have torn it.

They could have had a double do on halloween at Hag Fold.

Directions needed, witch way is it? Are you sure glue isn't required for the broomstick?

More Atherton, than Leigh [D]

The station is on a Wigan train line.

The line sort of bisects the estate. There are newer houses on one side of the track.

I wouldn't like to say which part is on 'the wrong side of the tracks'.

Other side of the tracks.

Speaking of Hag Fold, I was there last week. And there's a house nearby that has some strange garden ornaments, including a rock that looks like a dogs head!
Put these co-ordinates 53.535737,-2.492527 into google maps and take a look!

FILTH! HE IS NAKED...MY EYES. MY EYES!

Not sure how to put the coordinates into Google maps, Tonker?

There's a Geology thread here.

Is Hag Fold known for its witch craft?

Get 'google', click on 'maps', copy the co-ordinates and paste them into the search bar. Click on 'search'.

There you have it!

Or just c&p them and bung em in your searcbox.

Nice anvils.

Esp the double beaked one. (Forget the technical term) There was one, maybe two at Orrell Rugby club.

Thanks, Tonker. Which one looks like the dog?

Oh, sorry, Jo Anne. I forgot to add the thing about supping Special Brew on my 14:27.

comb away

A physicist - not easy to say after experimenting with all these cans of special brew.

It was Mole Day yesterday - celebrated by chemists.

(Anyone know a good one, I'm starting to feel a bit rough ... or was that the bark of the rock dog? )

No irning brew then

Rum buggers, them scientists.

Can we not swap the wavey snots for ones that roll their eyes.

(A nice trick if you can do it)

Help! I'm having a funny turn!

where's me hat gone?

Oi, you lot! After my thirst aid I need help. This might help you in your role.

roll us your cap

Or have a lie down and watch the room spin, then roll off the bed and it will soon be over. All over actually. The floor, the walls etc.

It did me when the ceiling slowly spun one way, then changed direction.

Ugh! I've only ever been tipsy, never really drunk. I get disorientated enough when sober.

Word from the helm:

Try to focus on something onboard

And don't roll your eyes.

and a glass of raw eggs

Not the hair of the dog, Mache?

You need to get out more often

Or the cat?

Mache's right - it's fresh air not hair I need.

Right !......acknowledgement at last

yes, Mache, Dostaf often says you're not reet ... how is Oleg, by the way?

ok, he has 8 legs to stand on

'Dostaf often says you're not reet'

No, Jo Anne, I often say he IS a notreet. I wouldn't criticise the fellow.

Notreet - noun

An wazzock.

IMPORTANT

Please trust me on that ^^^^^^.

Don't go puttting 'notreet' in your searchboxes.

You have been warned, Mache!

noTREEt ... I can't see the word for the tree. Is it an 'elm?

Sorry about that, I've dropped an aitch ... and being a letter lout is out of character for me.

8 legs to stand on

Oleg's got a low centre of gravity, too - Has the gravity of Weatherwax's spider's situation effected him ... made him feel even lower, Mache.


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I was led to foreign stuff.

Hence the warning.

I'm an Incer, but the term's foreign to me anyway, Dostaf.

Where I live has got a claim to fame though - a very well-known spider was named after it.

Ah, but was the spider higher or lower?

Could lead to serious battlikng on Ince Green Lane.

The wars of the viadocks (sic) come to mind.

Higher and then Lower, Dostaf.

I defected from Higher to Lower Ince, Dostaf.

But which is better?

Do I have to level with Wiganworld .............?

Keep it private. Until the next time you imbibe, Jo Anne.

We'll see if Tonker will join in with the boundary issues.

Mind you, he doesn't need Special Brew to get into all that.

I'm never drinking again, Dostaf. No Brews is good news.

I like both Higher and Lower Ince.

Curate's egg.

'n something that has both good and bad parts' As with most areas, Dostaf.

[derived from a cartoon in Punch (November, 1895) in which a timid curate, who has been served a bad egg while breakfasting with his bishop, says that parts of the egg are excellent]

As soon as I posted, I realised that the analogy din't really work.

I need an equivalent to illustrate your diplomatic response to which is better, Jo Anne.

Probably something involving a very large spoon.

My diplomatic response wasn't incisive enough?

Good people have fought and died on the 'Chemic', Jo Anne.

The 'Chemic', Dostaf?

Seriously - both Higher Ince and Lower Ince are good in their own ways - it's the way they Makerfield.

'Chemic' was an area of Ince near the canal. Formerly a chemical works/storage place.

According to WW.

WW is your mole!

Google

'Kimmick' appears to be the better spelling.