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DrBooBRONZE Member
I invented the decaffinated coffee table.
453 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom


Posted:
Everyone else seems to have an interesting and sparkly intro thread, so I decided that I wanted one too.

So, I'm going to introduce myself to you all, all over again.

You lucky people.



I'm Boo!

Hello wave

I will be your hostess for this thread. So come in, come in. Settle down, you’ll find the couch is squidgy and comfortable.



If you’d like to make yourself at home, here’s a little about me.

(It's not a jumbled list of random stuff, think of it as free-association wink)



I was born in East Anglia in 1975, and went to Uni in Brighton, and then Cambridge/Norwich.

These days I live in Cornwall in a house by a river.

I can't surf...yet



By the way, I am not that kind of doctor, I don't know what that rash is. eek So don't ask me, but for God's sake, keep it covered up.



I learnt to juggle when I was 17. Taught by an amazing, stuffed-Koala-bashing, axe-juggling guy called JP who I went to school with. Unsurprisingly, he seems to have made it pretty big in Australia, as well as at festivals all over the world.

My mates in Cambridge did fire poi, which looked like fun.

I seem to own more poi than I have learnt moves - 4 pairs now (none of them the fire-setting kind) – from fluffy to glowy.

I can now do a behind the head butterfly, and a sort-of 3-beat weave.



I love music - everything from Aerosmith and Bruce Springsteen to Mr Scruff and Lemon Jelly.

I can play the Saxophone and the flute.

I can't dance



I make little figurines of gremlins and wizards out of Fimo.

Pink is very nice.

I give great hugs.

I can’t bear people stealing my oxygen. (You know, when you’re hugging and their head is too close and they’re breathing in and out and it’s like their recycling your air before you get to breathe it…um...you don’t know what I’m talking about? Oh. Nevermind.)



I love Stephen Fry (he once told me I was unique - my claim to fame!!)

Candles are great, so are baths, hugs, and sleeping.

I love films.

I do a bit of photography in my spare time.

I can't watch horror films. I get too scared.



I recently discovered chocolate pizza. It is amazing.



Feel free to pop by and have a lie down on the couch anytime. The Boo is always in. Rather unprofessionally, I also provide pots of tea, scones, and other baked goods for those on my couch. And hugs hug



So…lie back, relax and tell me, what did you want to talk about today? ubbrollsmile

EDITED_BY: DrBoo (1132241540)

Boo x

I intend to live forever - so far, so good.

If it costs "a penny for your thoughts", but people give you their "two-pence worth", who is getting the extra penny?


CantusSILVER Member
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Posted:
Written by: DrBoo

And Cantus, Malcolm has kindly deleted my old intro thread.




yes I know. i asked him to. I do so wish everyone would stop assuming it's always their doing when i sort stuff out. It really does peeve me sometimes...

Meh


linden rathenGOLD Member
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Posted:
hug for peeved cantus

and more hug's for maus

and now sleep for sammy who is tierd and mildy merry

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IgirisujinSILVER Member
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Posted:
mmmm *sips drinking chocolate*



You know im quite surprised that no one in this thread knows what brownies are, they are little helpers that live in your house, I could have been wrong about the pantry bit though. With the amount of dreadlocks and wooden beads hoppers wear ide think someone might know what a brownie is :P



Hmm Im drinking coco out of my christmas present lol. Mum seems to have gotten a little thing about buying me a new simpsons mug every christmas, alltho she ate the marshmellows in it out of the cupbored, and proably would have broken into the packet of drinking chocolate if it wernt sealed in a packet. *sip sip* so im drinking it now ubblol

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'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?


RosieMarySILVER Member
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Location: SW London, UK


Posted:
Written by: DrBoo


I'm am sooooo old!

Mags is, as you all guaranteed, lovely.
But I am soooo old!
Are you all young University-type bright young things? I have never felt 10 years older than everyone around me. I can't believe I'm 10 years older than anybody that can actually walk, talk, and has developed cognitive functions...!



welcome
I've only just found your thread, and I love the idea of your couch, it fills a need in the HoP community clearly, if only for chinchillas!

I'd like to take exception to you considering yourself old if only born in 1975 (this makes you a mere two years older than Mags, BTW, and I should know if anyone does, since I was there when he was born!) I do Poi and I'm MUCH older, but it doesn't stop me. I've also not graduated to fire, but this is because I've been too busy to practice enough. When I stop bashing myself on the ear, I'll do it. Maybe I'll get some practice in over Christmas.

I thought you might like a couch with a couple of Couch Potatoes to go with the Chinchilla.
[image]https://www.bauwel-movement.co.uk/couch.jpeg[/image]

Keep up the good work, Dr Boo, and if I find I'm missing Mags too much (he doesn't blog much just now and his thread is empty) I'll drop in for a visit and a cuppa.

Cheers. beerchug

RosieMary
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"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever" ~ Mahatma Gandhi


SkulduggeryGOLD Member
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Posted:
Pfffft you're not old. To be considered old you have to be over 95, but even then if you are still spinning poi/staff you are still not old.

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Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!


DrBooBRONZE Member
I invented the decaffinated coffee table.
453 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom


Posted:
Written by: Cantus


yes I know. i asked him to. I do so wish everyone would stop assuming it's always their doing when i sort stuff out. It really does peeve me sometimes...



ooooops thankx hug
I wasn't sure if it was you - kinda thought it might have been, hence telling you it was done. But I also messaged a mod, so thought that might have done it. You're lovely. Don't be peeved. Lie back on the couch and have some tea. kiss

Hello Rosiemary...didn't mean to insult! (But gosh, I seem to have a knack for it this week!) Thanks for your welcome. Good to ahve you on the couch. Have some brownies.

And Brit_Joe. Brownies. Wee sprites that help out around the house? Well they never clean the couch. And they're never in my house. frown

I prefer the chocolate kind. biggrin

Now I have to go for a run. Don't laugh at me when I'm all red faced when I return.

Boo x

I intend to live forever - so far, so good.

If it costs "a penny for your thoughts", but people give you their "two-pence worth", who is getting the extra penny?


MikeGinnyGOLD Member
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA


Posted:
At this point, I feel it necessary to say:



"Pseudostratified columnar ciliated epithelium"



Thank you.



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-Mike

Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella



A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura


DrBooBRONZE Member
I invented the decaffinated coffee table.
453 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom


Posted:
At this point, I feel it necessary to say:
Huh? confused

And what's more:
*pant... pant... wheeze... gasp*

Boo x

I intend to live forever - so far, so good.

If it costs "a penny for your thoughts", but people give you their "two-pence worth", who is getting the extra penny?


IgirisujinSILVER Member
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Posted:
It is the technicle term for thick skin, right doc?

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'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?


CharlesBRONZE Member
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand


Posted:
"technicle" - something cold and icy that appeals to engineers... wink

I thought it was the technical term for thick skin, but thought I better get the correction in before C@ntus...

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IgirisujinSILVER Member
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Posted:
lol correction noted....aaaand forgotten.

Chief adviser to the Pharaoh, in one very snazzy mutli-coloured coat

'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?


DrBooBRONZE Member
I invented the decaffinated coffee table.
453 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom


Posted:
As you may have seen in the news recently we've had a little snow flurry down here in Cornwall.... eek

We were stuck in the snow on Bodmin Moor on Friday until early Saturday morning. frown

I've been away in Cambridge for the week (which was great and where I had fun spinniness with the Cambridge HOP peeps - great to see you guys!) - hence abandoning my couch for a while.

We left Cambridge at 9am, not knowing the weather conditions were so bad in Cornwall until we hit the A30 at Launston (we had checked the met office and traffic news, but there was nothing saying not to travel to Cornwall, just that there may be some snow, which I really thought sounded a little unlikely - this is Cornwall after all!) About 5 inches of snow had fallen by the early afternoon. A couple of lorries couldn't make it up the hills in the moors so the traffic began to back up. When we found ourselves in the queue there were around 100 cars involved in the jam. This morning they were reporting that over 1000 were in it eventually (not sure how much of that number is journalistic license). We were in a jam there for 3 hours, alternately switching on the engine to save fuel and having to put it on to make sure the batteries weren't run down, and to reheat ourselves!).

We were diverted back to Launston by the police and told to bunk down in the leisure centre for the night - as seen on SKY TV!

We avoided the cameras (which took some doing!), so we're not on the footage, but you can see where we were looking like we were going to have to sleep!). They weren't too well set up, we were the first to arrive and the staff quickly laid on tea and coffee, and later that tomato soup you get in schools that just tastes of red, and never seems to cool down, just scalds your mouth. The food you can see being handed out there in the Sky footage was laid on by one of the coaches who did a quick trip to Tescos, over the road! Not sure why everyone was cramped into a couple of rooms - Pablo (my bloke) and I found an empty squash court and sat in out in there.

Thank god they cleared the road, so we didn't have to spend the night with the octagenarians from various coaches! (Actually, only one of the rescue centres seems to have had people in it overnight, despite some of the news hype shown yesterday).

We were back on our way after a couple of hours, and after another three hours of driving along at around 30mph (unlike some idiots screaming down the non-gritted and slushy fast lane) we arrived home at 1am. On the way back we counted 109 cars abandoned, literally in the middle of the road (we were a bit bored by this point -hence resorting to a new game, spot-the-dangerously-abandoned-car!) Which is why it took so long to clear everything up, as the gritters couldn't get past the abandoned cars, and police couldn't tell if people were in them and in trouble, or not.

So, other than my falling on my arse on the ice (only to be picked up by a nearby fireman, just a happy coincidence, I swear!), no injuries or adverse reactions were sustained on our over-long journey home. But we thought you may be interested in a first-hand, none-media-hyped version of events. Also, for Cornwall, this is all pretty exciting stuff! biggrin

Cornwall isn't so white and pretty now, as everything's defrosting. Probably not a bad thing as we obviously can't handle the snow down here. wink

Boo x

I intend to live forever - so far, so good.

If it costs "a penny for your thoughts", but people give you their "two-pence worth", who is getting the extra penny?


IgirisujinSILVER Member
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Posted:
Oh Pablo, is he a gorgeous italian? Did he seduce you on a holliday romance in majorca like this..



Come my darling buietiful woman *kisses up your arm* dance the tango with me my love...



and then he tango'd with you...after you had a dance LOL

Chief adviser to the Pharaoh, in one very snazzy mutli-coloured coat

'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?


DrBooBRONZE Member
I invented the decaffinated coffee table.
453 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom


Posted:
ubblolNope, he's a blend of Scottish and Irish and is from Glasgow, a million miles away from being Italian.
But gorgeous nonetheless. biggrin

Boo x

I intend to live forever - so far, so good.

If it costs "a penny for your thoughts", but people give you their "two-pence worth", who is getting the extra penny?


RosieMarySILVER Member
member
102 posts
Location: SW London, UK


Posted:
Written by: DrBoo


As you may have seen in the news recently we've had a little snow flurry down here in Cornwall.... eek




Thanks, DrBoo, for this graphic description of the snow in Cornwall saga. We heard about it over here in Oz and couldn't believe our collective ears! We have been promised the hottest summer in years in Upside-Down Land, sunny and hear that you are to have the coldest winter in years 'oop north'. Why is it so, I wonder? confused

I had a look at the pics of snow on Bodmin, pretty spectacular. So glad to hear you got back safely. angel

Thanks for the chocolate brownies, yummy ubblove - they came just when I needed them most! Bye! hehe

RosieMary
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LostSurferSILVER Member
I'd be in trouble if I had to eat an antelope now
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Location: The Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom


Posted:
Hey Boo! i'm just going lie on my bean bag in front of the fire and quietly doze, give me nudge if anyone's making tea! smile

"Everything in moderation. Even moderation itself. From this it follows that you must, from time to time, have excess. And this is going to be one of those occasions"


linden rathenGOLD Member
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Posted:
BOO

hee hee im so original tongue

heya hun how are you? how is wheatfence? hug no more snow?

i want snow

and even worse they mended the hole in the road so i cant laugh at the cars anymore frown

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DrBooBRONZE Member
I invented the decaffinated coffee table.
453 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom


Posted:
Hello
Sorry I've not been around in a while - I've started work, so am all busy.
There is a distunct lack on snow down here.
Oh, and Lostsurfer, *nudge* just made some chilli con corane - want some?

Found this amazing flash animation today - Drum machine by Tokyo Plastic. Got to flashfestival and click on cinema, and then selection bitfilm, and check it out.

Finally, random hugs for everyone hug

Boo x

I intend to live forever - so far, so good.

If it costs "a penny for your thoughts", but people give you their "two-pence worth", who is getting the extra penny?


misscorinthianSILVER Member
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Location: Bristol, United Kingdom


Posted:
*bump* wotcha Boo ubbrollsmile

XLenX

Devoted although mostly absent owner of the 1, the original... Asena


IgirisujinSILVER Member
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Posted:
*Bumps the thread in a chinchilla sort of way*




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Where has she gone Im not getting fed anymore lol

Chief adviser to the Pharaoh, in one very snazzy mutli-coloured coat

'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?


misscorinthianSILVER Member
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Posted:
*feeds Brit_Joe*

Aww, y'know the chinchillas I said about before?

One of them died ubbcrying

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IgirisujinSILVER Member
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Posted:
No but hug's anyway

Chief adviser to the Pharaoh, in one very snazzy mutli-coloured coat

'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?


misscorinthianSILVER Member
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Posted:
Tch! pay attention!! wink

XLenX

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SkulduggeryGOLD Member
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Posted:
bounce2 Happy Birthday Boo bounce

Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!


LostSurferSILVER Member
I'd be in trouble if I had to eat an antelope now
278 posts
Location: The Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom


Posted:
Happy Birthday! hug

Is the chilli still warm, because i'm very hungee! biggrin

"Everything in moderation. Even moderation itself. From this it follows that you must, from time to time, have excess. And this is going to be one of those occasions"


linden rathenGOLD Member
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Posted:
happy birthday biggrin:D:D:D:D:D hug


hope its a good'un

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mausBRONZE Member
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Posted:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

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DrBooBRONZE Member
I invented the decaffinated coffee table.
453 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom


Posted:
Hello everybody!!
I am 30 today!
And I am in Antigua!
(You've gotta take the rough with the smooth!)

Sorry I've not been around to say hello and feed the Chinchilla. Came out here to see my folks on their way around the globe in a boat.
But I am back in the land of uk on the 23rd, so will catch up then....

Happy birthday to me!
Hugs for you all hug

Boo x

I intend to live forever - so far, so good.

If it costs "a penny for your thoughts", but people give you their "two-pence worth", who is getting the extra penny?


linden rathenGOLD Member
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Posted:
hug for the amazing booooo biggrin

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DrBooBRONZE Member
I invented the decaffinated coffee table.
453 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom


Posted:
I'm back!
Ok, I've been back for a while, but life got in the way of the internet. I have now moved life over to one side.

Has anyone seen my Chinchilla?
There's some chilli in the electric wok, if anyone is interested.

How is everyone on the couch these days?
hug

Boo x

I intend to live forever - so far, so good.

If it costs "a penny for your thoughts", but people give you their "two-pence worth", who is getting the extra penny?


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