fugtifino Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Pictorial London place name quiz: http://i.imgur.com/MQ4Or.jpg Unfortunately, I don't know the answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Hey that's good. Only been to London once when I was a kid but I've got a few of the more obvious ones (I think) Knightsbridge Brixton (bricks ton) Shepherds Bush (not 'moses bush' like I first thought) Marble Arch Lambeth (lamb bath) Kings Cross Elephant and Castle (????) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Kings Cross got it's name from a statue of King George IV erected at a crossroads. Elephant and Castle got it's name from an old coach house that was there. It's sign had a picture of an elephant in front of a castle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cleopatra Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 A demonstration ot the Lambeth walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 got the barbican (barbie and ken) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Holborn? (hole burn) That thing to the left of the shepherd, Shoreditch? Swiss Cottage Highgate The Wizard - Wandsworth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Holborn is not where they make the tobacco? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 A few more guesses.... Kew Gardens (maybe not but there are little bushes in the shape of Q's to the left of the swiss cottage) Burnt Tree Late'n'Stone (stone on the floor behind Barbie Lime Street (maybe? big lime on top of the house) Hampstead ('Hams Dead' well there is a dead pig on the road which says RIP) Highgate (on top of building upper right) edit soz Fugs forgot you already said that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 oooh other half just walked past and he said the gate and the plane could be 'Lancaster Gate'. How dare he join in ... he's not a forum member Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Sorry Dizzy. I saw this and thought of you. I just couldn't resist...... 200 great raft spider babies have just been released into the wild at the RSPB's Strumpshaw Fen reserve near Norwich. It grows upto eight centimetres and eats fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Oooooh..... cheers Cleo Some of the house spiders we've seen have been that size and a pint glass only just fits over them. Must admit it's a fantastic photo though. That's just reminded me I was going to try to overcome my fears and I'd decided that next time I caught a house spider in a glass I was going to put it in a bucket and put my hand near it... but then I clicked the link that Evils posted about spiders (the one where he told me NOT to look at house spiders but I did). I read about them and thought awww thy're not really that bad and then I read this on the same page as the house spider info The species shown in the photo above is very similar in appearance to the 'aggressive house spider' or hobo spider (Tegenaria agrestis), which is known to bite humans with little provocation. Despite its name, it is rarely seen in houses, preferring sheds, garages, and log piles. So ok they aren't usually seen in houses just garages and sheds etc but what's to say one wont wander in the house by accident as surely they aren't clever enough to differentiate between a garage and a house By the way I'm never going in my out-house again and does that mean the huge spider who lives happily in my garden ornament (and who pops out if we drip a water droplet on it's web) is one of those 'biters' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 By the way I'm never going in my out-house again and does that mean the huge spider who lives happily in my garden ornament (and who pops out if we drip a water droplet on it's web) is one of those 'biters' All spiders have the ability to bite Dizz (cept' them as ave' ad' there teeth out ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Back in the UK our cat found a spider in the house and was playing with it, as cats do with anything they catch before they eat it, she picked it up with her mouth but quickly dropped it again with a cry of pain and jumped back, then just stood and stared in surprise at it after it had bit her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Weird and wrong: http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2012/09/japanese-hipsters-get-bagel-head-saline-injections.html Though I'm sure it will appeal to some people around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Incredible cyclerist skillz: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Blimey Amazing skills but the part with the bridge and the high wall made me feel queezy. You should put that on a topic of it's own Fugs so other see it who are not terminall bored ....same goes for the donut heads too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 I come across lots of these kinds of things so don't want to clog the folder with a number of shortish threads. I quite like the idea of a one-stop-shop for all your diversionary and ennuitical needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Tee hee it can be the little secret happy place On the other hand the rest of the boards may become a little quiet with seemingly nothing new and Gary might shout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Threads like this are good to look through from time to time, anyway, here's Peter taking his daily exercise: Trampoline Dog - watch more funny videos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 way more fun that walkies. If you fancy being freaked out a litle watch this.... NO ROPES EEK !!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrX0ohmu1zw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 A little something I just knocked up in a few minutes - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Cleo, is Aisha your nom-de-plume? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tara_dad Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 some one playing i spy with a cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Cleo, is Aisha your nom-de-plume? Shoot! No, Cleopatra is my nom-de-plume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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