Toadfish Monastery

tsiun-shing - a tiny wooden box for holding very, very small things.

plinge

bylancor - an emotion rarely felt after the middle ages.  It is the feeling one would experience on having a golden poker thrust deep into one's ear and left there.

scranko

spossage - the legal offence of introducing one or more neutered goats into the Court of Frankpledge, other than on the King's birthday.

postuliticum

BTW y pysgod llyffant is made-up Welsh for Toadfish (the fish toad).

yflinart - Welsh for 'the irritable Arthur'.

y pysgod llyffant

especiallous Pludgy, prone to sudden fits of gronking.

plenifundulent

zamleteer - a mercenary soldier from Kazakhstan, whose main weapon is the zamlet, a sharp-pointed toilet brush.

Phlambology

fabelbaster - a Kazakh maker and mender of brass and leather contraceptives for camels.

golifuge

halibut

plosiminch - a pairson wha doesna ken the meaning of 'glaikit'.

turkle (verb)

losaquobruc - (from Algonquin l'oaik w'b rcca  A perianal wound from a tomahawk.

Peftoral

I just got a pm from Roy (-stonoboogie) saying Bart has appeared on Facebook.  He's in and out of hospital and not feeling very well, but has been back to work and is trying to make the best of it.

There may be some Toadfish who haven't heard about Bart.  He was diagnosed with mesothelioma - a nasty lung cancer - back in the summer, and had undergone two courses of chemo by October, which was the last time anybody heard anything from him, AFAIK.

I am really upset about Pieces; if Bart goes too, it would be devastating.

I am also very, very sad.  Pieces and I always kept in touch via PM;  I thought she was a lovely person and regarded her as a good friend.  Condolences to all Toadfish.

Griffin, thank you for telling me.

Happy Christmas and a Good New Year from David and Wendy.

How taddy this thread is.  A little while back I was slapped down for a rant about Blair.  Now it's Thatcher, everyone piles in viciously and nary a rebuke in sight.  One law for the left, one for the right.

QuoteShe will be transferred to a gun carriage for the last little stage of the journey to St Pauls - I hope it backfires.

How's that for liberal intolerance?

EDIT: Yes, yes, I know you claimed to be berating me for using the word 'effeminate'.  Excellent excuse.