As noted in my previous post I have held the post^Hition of Bad Taste
Monitor for three years now (almost, a brief part of the first year was
covered by Brritski to whom many thanks). In that time many kind words
have been said about my tenure so I assume you're all bitching about me
in a backchannel.

The time has come, I feel, for me to pass the baton, relinquish the
heavy chains of office and return once more to the back benches. It has
been an honour to serve in His Majesty's Governm... sorry, wrong
resignation letter.

There is no clear method of choosing a BTM, it is a position that arises
like the leadership of the Conservative Party in the days before the Men
in Grey Suits were overcome with a pretence of democracy. I therefore
invite self-nominations (in keeping with the precedent of supreme
hauteur set by the late lamented BTMS).

To focus minds I have recently audited this year's accepted nominations
and to date I find that with three apiece the most prolific nominators
are Vicky and Nick which might be considered to prove their suitability
for the role.

On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an effort
to encourage her to stay around.

But anyone is eligible and if there are no willing volunteers there will
have to be an umwilling one. You have been warned.

john

On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 09:58:05 +0000, John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>As noted in my previous post I have held the post^Hition of Bad Taste
>Monitor for three years now (almost, a brief part of the first year was
>covered by Brritski to whom many thanks). In that time many kind words
>have been said about my tenure so I assume you're all bitching about me
>in a backchannel.
>
>The time has come, I feel, for me to pass the baton, relinquish the
>heavy chains of office and return once more to the back benches. It has
>been an honour to serve in His Majesty's Governm... sorry, wrong
>resignation letter.
>
>There is no clear method of choosing a BTM, it is a position that arises
>like the leadership of the Conservative Party in the days before the Men
>in Grey Suits were overcome with a pretence of democracy. I therefore
>invite self-nominations (in keeping with the precedent of supreme
>hauteur set by the late lamented BTMS).
>
>To focus minds I have recently audited this year's accepted nominations
>and to date I find that with three apiece the most prolific nominators
>are Vicky and Nick which might be considered to prove their suitability
>for the role.
>
>On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an effort
>to encourage her to stay around.
>
>But anyone is eligible and if there are no willing volunteers there will
>have to be an umwilling one. You have been warned.
>
>john

Obviously Nick would be excellent. I'm a touch typist currently
reduced to one hand typing which is slow, plus I can't do the
record-keepinjg software stuff you need to cope with the masses of
BTNs.

In message <m4pjmi97i1su8t9sd77d9l79n1lufn9qe4@4ax.com> at Fri, 1 Dec
2023 13:52:22, Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> writes
>On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 09:58:05 +0000, John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
[]
>>have to be an umwilling one. You have been warned.

For UMRA, an umwilling one seems appropriate.
>>
>>john
>
>Obviously Nick would be excellent. I'm a touch typist currently
>reduced to one hand typing which is slow, plus I can't do the

Having a dead little finger on my primary hand does reduce my typing
facility a lot more than I thought it would; I tend to only use the
index finger on that hand, and occasionally the thumb. (For those that
don't know - I have no sensation in that finger; it's obviously
receiving adequate blood supply, as it looks like its counterpart, and I
can move it no problem. It's been that way since before CoViD - they
were just beginning to seriously look into it when that stopped
everything. I've had, I think, one consultation since, and that didn't
find much. I think diabetes and a prostate scare [negative] took my
attention off it; I get no _pain_ from it, it's just inconvenient. [And
I have to remember not to burn it.])

>record-keepinjg software stuff you need to cope with the masses of
>BTNs.

Apropos nothing: we had a little (maybe 1/2" or less, but did actually
lie) snow here (mid-Kent) this morning. All gone except in crannies soon
after.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

There should be a place on the ballot paper for 'None of the above', and if
enough people filled that in, the system might start to change. - Jeremy
Paxman in RT, 2014/1/25-31

On Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:52:22 +0000, Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 09:58:05 +0000, John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>As noted in my previous post I have held the post^Hition of Bad Taste
>>Monitor for three years now (almost, a brief part of the first year was
>>covered by Brritski to whom many thanks). In that time many kind words
>>have been said about my tenure so I assume you're all bitching about me
>>in a backchannel.
>>
>>The time has come, I feel, for me to pass the baton, relinquish the
>>heavy chains of office and return once more to the back benches. It has
>>been an honour to serve in His Majesty's Governm... sorry, wrong
>>resignation letter.
>>
>>There is no clear method of choosing a BTM, it is a position that arises
>>like the leadership of the Conservative Party in the days before the Men
>>in Grey Suits were overcome with a pretence of democracy. I therefore
>>invite self-nominations (in keeping with the precedent of supreme
>>hauteur set by the late lamented BTMS).
>>
>>To focus minds I have recently audited this year's accepted nominations
>>and to date I find that with three apiece the most prolific nominators
>>are Vicky and Nick which might be considered to prove their suitability
>>for the role.
>>
>>On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an effort
>>to encourage her to stay around.
>>
>>But anyone is eligible and if there are no willing volunteers there will
>>have to be an umwilling one. You have been warned.
>>
>>john
>
>Obviously Nick would be excellent. I'm a touch typist currently
>reduced to one hand typing which is slow, plus I can't do the
>record-keepinjg software stuff you need to cope with the masses of
>BTNs.

Obviously Vicky would be excellent. I'm an absentee umrat for a part
of the year, most years, and therefore unreliable. I too have Vicky's
record keeping problem but I would probably solve it by refusing most
of the BTN requests, however unfairly, relying on the BMS supremacy to
do so.

Besides, I enjoy seeing the funny side of the most horrible things and
would probably spontaneously combust if I were unable to express this
on umra. Would you really want this to happen?

Nick

On 01/12/2023 09:58, John Ashby wrote:
> On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an effort
> to encourage her to stay around.

Sounds more like a ploy to get me to run away!

Rosie

On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 23:11:29 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
<enitharmon@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:

>On 01/12/2023 09:58, John Ashby wrote:
>> On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an effort
>> to encourage her to stay around.
>
>Sounds more like a ploy to get me to run away!
>
>Rosie
>

Are you sure? I think you'd be very good.

On 1.12.23 17:15, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> Having a dead little finger on my primary hand does reduce my typing
> facility a lot more than I thought it would; I tend to only use the
> index finger on that hand, and occasionally the thumb. (For those that
> don't know - I have no sensation in that finger; it's obviously
> receiving adequate blood supply, as it looks like its counterpart, and I
> can move it no problem.

I can sympathise as post my first Duputreyns contracture operation (to
my right hand) mine was similarly dead. I have been lucky in that the
nerve damage did repair itself over a period post-op - but it took some
months.

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

In message <cg6dnTQRT6fcifb4nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> at Sat, 2
Dec 2023 11:25:54, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> writes
>On 1.12.23 17:15, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>> Having a dead little finger on my primary hand does reduce my typing
>>facility a lot more than I thought it would; I tend to only use the
>>index finger on that hand, and occasionally the thumb. (For those that
>>don't know - I have no sensation in that finger; it's obviously
>>receiving adequate blood supply, as it looks like its counterpart, and
>>I can move it no problem.
>
>I can sympathise as post my first Duputreyns contracture operation (to
>my right hand) mine was similarly dead. I have been lucky in that the
>nerve damage did repair itself over a period post-op - but it took some
>months.
>
No sign of mine self-repairing - not sure where the break is, in the
finger or further up the arm (or even in the brain); it's been some
years now. I sometimes think it's showing signs of spreading to the
adjacent finger, but that usually turns out not to be the case.
>
As long as it doesn't hurt (and it doesn't), I can live with it - far
more drastic problems could and do arise (for me and others). [Such as
in my case, waiting for the wheels of the justice system to grind.]
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Less rules means fewer grammar? - Marjorie in UMRA, 2014-1-28 13:14

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> In message <cg6dnTQRT6fcifb4nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> at Sat, 2
> Dec 2023 11:25:54, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> writes
>> On 1.12.23 17:15, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>> Having a dead little finger on my primary hand does reduce my typing
>>> facility a lot more than I thought it would; I tend to only use the
>>> index finger on that hand, and occasionally the thumb. (For those that
>>> don't know - I have no sensation in that finger; it's obviously
>>> receiving adequate blood supply, as it looks like its counterpart, and
>>> I can move it no problem.
>>
>> I can sympathise as post my first Duputreyns contracture operation (to
>> my right hand) mine was similarly dead. I have been lucky in that the
>> nerve damage did repair itself over a period post-op - but it took some
>> months.
>>
> No sign of mine self-repairing - not sure where the break is, in the
> finger or further up the arm (or even in the brain); it's been some
> years now. I sometimes think it's showing signs of spreading to the
> adjacent finger, but that usually turns out not to be the case.
>>
> As long as it doesn't hurt (and it doesn't), I can live with it - far
> more drastic problems could and do arise (for me and others). [Such as
> in my case, waiting for the wheels of the justice system to grind.]

Oh Hello Mr. Trump, I didn’t see you there!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 02/12/2023 09:16, Vicky wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 23:11:29 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
> <enitharmon@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 01/12/2023 09:58, John Ashby wrote:
>>> On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an effort
>>> to encourage her to stay around.
>>
>> Sounds more like a ploy to get me to run away!
>>
>> Rosie
>>
>
> Are you sure? I think you'd be very good.

LW

On 02/12/2023 22:23, BrritSki wrote:
> On 02/12/2023 09:16, Vicky wrote:
>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 23:11:29 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
>> <enitharmon@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/12/2023 09:58, John Ashby wrote:
>>>> On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an effort
>>>> to encourage her to stay around.
>>>
>>> Sounds more like a ploy to get me to run away!
>>>
>>> Rosie
>>>
>>
>> Are you sure? I think you'd be very good.
>
> LW
>
MTAAW.
--
Yassas,
Anne, Exceptionally Traditionally-built Hellerat

Hellerat <Hellerat@mail.com> writes:

> On 02/12/2023 22:23, BrritSki wrote:
>> On 02/12/2023 09:16, Vicky wrote:
>>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 23:11:29 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
>>> <enitharmon@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 01/12/2023 09:58, John Ashby wrote:
>>>>> On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an effort
>>>>> to encourage her to stay around.
>>>>
>>>> Sounds more like a ploy to get me to run away!
>>>>
>>>> Rosie
>>>>
>>>
>>> Are you sure? I think you'd be very good.
>> LW
>>
> MTAAW.

There is a tradition in many communities, including but not limited to
Ambridge, that a job needs doing and somebody says that if nobody else
wants to do it then they would make the sacrifice. And if anybody else
did indicate willingness to serve then they would be most indignant and
put out.

It so happens that I have discerned the will of Umrats in wishing me to
serve as BTM and therefore I am bowing to the inevitable and accepting
the position. And let that be an end of it!

Beware, though. I set a high standard of bad taste and will not be
sympathetic to Mere Vulgarity.

Rosie

On 04/12/2023 19:05, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> Hellerat <Hellerat@mail.com> writes:
>
>> On 02/12/2023 22:23, BrritSki wrote:
>>> On 02/12/2023 09:16, Vicky wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 23:11:29 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
>>>> <enitharmon@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 01/12/2023 09:58, John Ashby wrote:
>>>>>> On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an effort
>>>>>> to encourage her to stay around.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds more like a ploy to get me to run away!
>>>>>
>>>>> Rosie
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are you sure? I think you'd be very good.
>>> LW
>>>
>> MTAAW.
>
> There is a tradition in many communities, including but not limited to
> Ambridge, that a job needs doing and somebody says that if nobody else
> wants to do it then they would make the sacrifice. And if anybody else
> did indicate willingness to serve then they would be most indignant and
> put out.
>
> It so happens that I have discerned the will of Umrats in wishing me to
> serve as BTM and therefore I am bowing to the inevitable and accepting
> the position. And let that be an end of it!
>
> Beware, though. I set a high standard of bad taste and will not be
> sympathetic to Mere Vulgarity.
>
> Rosie

Oh BRAVO! Bon courage, as they say...

--
Kate B

On 04/12/2023 20:46, Kate B wrote:
> On 04/12/2023 19:05, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>> Hellerat <Hellerat@mail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On 02/12/2023 22:23, BrritSki wrote:
>>>> On 02/12/2023 09:16, Vicky wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 23:11:29 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
>>>>> <enitharmon@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 01/12/2023 09:58, John Ashby wrote:
>>>>>>> On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an
>>>>>>> effort
>>>>>>> to encourage her to stay around.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds more like a ploy to get me to run away!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rosie
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you sure? I think you'd be very good.
>>>> LW
>>>>
>>> MTAAW.
>>
>> There is a tradition in many communities, including but not limited to
>> Ambridge, that a job needs doing and somebody says that if nobody else
>> wants to do it then they would make the sacrifice. And if anybody else
>> did indicate willingness to serve then they would be most indignant and
>> put out.
>>
>> It so happens that I have discerned the will of Umrats in wishing me to
>> serve as BTM and therefore I am bowing to the inevitable and accepting
>> the position. And let that be an end of it!
>>
>> Beware, though. I set a high standard of bad taste and will not be
>> sympathetic to Mere Vulgarity.
>>
>> Rosie
>
> Oh BRAVO! Bon courage, as they say...
>
<LW>

On 04/12/2023 19:05, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> Hellerat <Hellerat@mail.com> writes:
>
>> On 02/12/2023 22:23, BrritSki wrote:
>>> On 02/12/2023 09:16, Vicky wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 23:11:29 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
>>>> <enitharmon@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 01/12/2023 09:58, John Ashby wrote:
>>>>>> On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an effort
>>>>>> to encourage her to stay around.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds more like a ploy to get me to run away!
>>>>>
>>>>> Rosie
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are you sure? I think you'd be very good.
>>> LW
>>>
>> MTAAW.
>
> There is a tradition in many communities, including but not limited to
> Ambridge, that a job needs doing and somebody says that if nobody else
> wants to do it then they would make the sacrifice. And if anybody else
> did indicate willingness to serve then they would be most indignant and
> put out.
>
> It so happens that I have discerned the will of Umrats in wishing me to
> serve as BTM and therefore I am bowing to the inevitable and accepting
> the position. And let that be an end of it!
>
> Beware, though. I set a high standard of bad taste and will not be
> sympathetic to Mere Vulgarity.
>
> Rosie

A more graceless and self aggrandising acceptance speech I could not
have possibly imagined. Quite appropriate for the position. A very fine
start.

I shall hand over the keys to the Bad Taste Cocktail Cabinet (contents
several bottles of that amusing liqueur that tasted so good on holiday
but has became undrinkable on the plane back to the UK) at midnight
between Christmas Eve and Day. I shall retain the BTN's staff and
regalia until the Award Ceremony is complete when I will also hand thos
over (if past performance is any guide you will need the services of a
good Dry Cleaner).

I shall then retreat to the country and keep bees. Or sheep. Or mum.

john

On 04/12/2023 19:05, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> There is a tradition in many communities, including but not limited to
> Ambridge, that a job needs doing and somebody says that if nobody else
> wants to do it then they would make the sacrifice. And if anybody else
> did indicate willingness to serve then they would be most indignant and
> put out.
>
> It so happens that I have discerned the will of Umrats in wishing me to
> serve as BTM and therefore I am bowing to the inevitable and accepting
> the position. And let that be an end of it!
>
> Beware, though. I set a high standard of bad taste and will not be
> sympathetic to Mere Vulgarity.
>
> Rosie

Excellent news!

--
Best wishes, Serena
The cat is domestic only as far as suits its own ends... (Saki)

In message <kt6tknF6htoU1@mid.individual.net> at Mon, 4 Dec 2023
21:11:52, BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> writes
>On 04/12/2023 20:46, Kate B wrote:
>> On 04/12/2023 19:05, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
[]
>>> It so happens that I have discerned the will of Umrats in wishing me to
>>> serve as BTM and therefore I am bowing to the inevitable and accepting
>>> the position. And let that be an end of it!
[]
>> Oh BRAVO! Bon courage, as they say...
>>
><LW>
>
And MW, SW, FM, DAB and DAB+! Excellent news.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Experience is the comb life gives you after you lose your hair. -Judith Stearn

John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 04/12/2023 19:05, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>> Hellerat <Hellerat@mail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On 02/12/2023 22:23, BrritSki wrote:
>>>> On 02/12/2023 09:16, Vicky wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 23:11:29 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
>>>>> <enitharmon@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 01/12/2023 09:58, John Ashby wrote:
>>>>>>> On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an effort
>>>>>>> to encourage her to stay around.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds more like a ploy to get me to run away!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rosie
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you sure? I think you'd be very good.
>>>> LW
>>>>
>>> MTAAW.
>>
>> There is a tradition in many communities, including but not limited to
>> Ambridge, that a job needs doing and somebody says that if nobody else
>> wants to do it then they would make the sacrifice. And if anybody else
>> did indicate willingness to serve then they would be most indignant and
>> put out.
>>
>> It so happens that I have discerned the will of Umrats in wishing me to
>> serve as BTM and therefore I am bowing to the inevitable and accepting
>> the position. And let that be an end of it!
>>
>> Beware, though. I set a high standard of bad taste and will not be
>> sympathetic to Mere Vulgarity.
>>
>> Rosie
>
> A more graceless and self aggrandising acceptance speech I could not
> have possibly imagined. Quite appropriate for the position. A very fine
> start.
>
> I shall hand over the keys to the Bad Taste Cocktail Cabinet (contents
> several bottles of that amusing liqueur that tasted so good on holiday
> but has became undrinkable on the plane back to the UK) at midnight
> between Christmas Eve and Day. I shall retain the BTN's staff and
> regalia until the Award Ceremony is complete when I will also hand thos
> over (if past performance is any guide you will need the services of a
> good Dry Cleaner).
>
> I shall then retreat to the country and keep bees. Or sheep. Or mum.
>
> john
>

And of course the fabulous, inflation busting, ever rising exponentially
unbelievably extortionate bullet-proof, ring fenced, totally unassailably
high pension that goes with the exalted post that is everlasting without
end.

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 04/12/2023 23:47, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> In message <kt6tknF6htoU1@mid.individual.net> at Mon, 4 Dec 2023
> 21:11:52, BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> writes
>> On 04/12/2023 20:46, Kate B wrote:
>>> On 04/12/2023 19:05, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> []
>>>> It so happens that I have discerned the will of Umrats in wishing me to
>>>> serve as BTM and therefore I am bowing to the inevitable and accepting
>>>> the position. And let that be an end of it!
> []
>>>  Oh BRAVO! Bon courage, as they say...
>>>
>> <LW>
>>
> And MW, SW, FM, DAB and DAB+! Excellent news.

Yes indeed. And let's not forget BBC Sounds. (Very unlikely; it's
plugged at every available opporchancity.)

John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> writes:

> On 04/12/2023 19:05, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>> Hellerat <Hellerat@mail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On 02/12/2023 22:23, BrritSki wrote:
>>>> On 02/12/2023 09:16, Vicky wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 23:11:29 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
>>>>> <enitharmon@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 01/12/2023 09:58, John Ashby wrote:
>>>>>>> On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an effort
>>>>>>> to encourage her to stay around.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds more like a ploy to get me to run away!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rosie
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you sure? I think you'd be very good.
>>>> LW
>>>>
>>> MTAAW.
>> There is a tradition in many communities, including but not limited
>> to
>> Ambridge, that a job needs doing and somebody says that if nobody else
>> wants to do it then they would make the sacrifice. And if anybody else
>> did indicate willingness to serve then they would be most indignant and
>> put out.
>> It so happens that I have discerned the will of Umrats in wishing me
>> to
>> serve as BTM and therefore I am bowing to the inevitable and accepting
>> the position. And let that be an end of it!
>> Beware, though. I set a high standard of bad taste and will not be
>> sympathetic to Mere Vulgarity.
>> Rosie
>
> A more graceless and self aggrandising acceptance speech I could not
> have possibly imagined. Quite appropriate for the position. A very
> fine start.
>
> I shall hand over the keys to the Bad Taste Cocktail Cabinet (contents
> several bottles of that amusing liqueur that tasted so good on holiday
> but has became undrinkable on the plane back to the UK) at midnight
> between Christmas Eve and Day. I shall retain the BTN's staff and
> regalia until the Award Ceremony is complete when I will also hand
> thos over (if past performance is any guide you will need the services
> of a good Dry Cleaner).
>
> I shall then retreat to the country and keep bees. Or sheep. Or mum.
>
> john

Should there not be some kind of ceremony involving the incoming
office-bearer being dragged kicking and screaming to the Chair?

Rosie

On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 09:21:11 +0000, John Armstrong wrote:

> Yes indeed. And let's not forget BBC Sounds. (Very unlikely; it's
> plugged at every available opporchancity.)

Yes. Leading me to rant about the BBC forgetting what that middle B stands
for.

(When I'm not ranting about the horrible voices used in so many of the
noisy adverts.)

--
Jim <http://www.jim-easterbrook.me.uk/>
1959/1985? M B+ G+ A L- I- S- P-- CH0(p) Ar++ T+ H0 Q--- Sh0

On 05-Dec-23 17:57, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> On 04/12/2023 19:05, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>>> Hellerat <Hellerat@mail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 02/12/2023 22:23, BrritSki wrote:
>>>>> On 02/12/2023 09:16, Vicky wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 23:11:29 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
>>>>>> <enitharmon@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 01/12/2023 09:58, John Ashby wrote:
>>>>>>>> On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an effort
>>>>>>>> to encourage her to stay around.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sounds more like a ploy to get me to run away!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rosie
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you sure? I think you'd be very good.
>>>>> LW
>>>>>
>>>> MTAAW.
>>> There is a tradition in many communities, including but not limited
>>> to
>>> Ambridge, that a job needs doing and somebody says that if nobody else
>>> wants to do it then they would make the sacrifice. And if anybody else
>>> did indicate willingness to serve then they would be most indignant and
>>> put out.
>>> It so happens that I have discerned the will of Umrats in wishing me
>>> to
>>> serve as BTM and therefore I am bowing to the inevitable and accepting
>>> the position. And let that be an end of it!
>>> Beware, though. I set a high standard of bad taste and will not be
>>> sympathetic to Mere Vulgarity.
>>> Rosie
>>
>> A more graceless and self aggrandising acceptance speech I could not
>> have possibly imagined. Quite appropriate for the position. A very
>> fine start.
>>
>> I shall hand over the keys to the Bad Taste Cocktail Cabinet (contents
>> several bottles of that amusing liqueur that tasted so good on holiday
>> but has became undrinkable on the plane back to the UK) at midnight
>> between Christmas Eve and Day. I shall retain the BTN's staff and
>> regalia until the Award Ceremony is complete when I will also hand
>> thos over (if past performance is any guide you will need the services
>> of a good Dry Cleaner).
>>
>> I shall then retreat to the country and keep bees. Or sheep. Or mum.
>>
>> john
>
> Should there not be some kind of ceremony involving the incoming
> office-bearer being dragged kicking and screaming to the Chair?

Not a good idea. That "Chair" looks more like a wobbly stool from this
angle.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 05/12/2023 18:06, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 05-Dec-23 17:57, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>> John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>> On 04/12/2023 19:05, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>>>> Hellerat <Hellerat@mail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> On 02/12/2023 22:23, BrritSki wrote:
>>>>>> On 02/12/2023 09:16, Vicky wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 23:11:29 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
>>>>>>> <enitharmon@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 01/12/2023 09:58, John Ashby wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an
>>>>>>>>> effort
>>>>>>>>> to encourage her to stay around.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sounds more like a ploy to get me to run away!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Rosie
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are you sure? I think you'd be very good.
>>>>>> LW
>>>>>>
>>>>> MTAAW.
>>>> There is a tradition in many communities, including but not limited
>>>> to
>>>> Ambridge, that a job needs doing and somebody says that if nobody else
>>>> wants to do it then they would make the sacrifice. And if anybody else
>>>> did indicate willingness to serve then they would be most indignant and
>>>> put out.
>>>> It so happens that I have discerned the will of Umrats in wishing me
>>>> to
>>>> serve as BTM and therefore I am bowing to the inevitable and accepting
>>>> the position. And let that be an end of it!
>>>> Beware, though. I set a high standard of bad taste and will not be
>>>> sympathetic to Mere Vulgarity.
>>>> Rosie
>>>
>>> A more graceless and self aggrandising acceptance speech I could not
>>> have possibly imagined. Quite appropriate for the position. A very
>>> fine start.
>>>
>>> I shall hand over the keys to the Bad Taste Cocktail Cabinet (contents
>>> several bottles of that amusing liqueur that tasted so good on holiday
>>> but has became undrinkable on the plane back to the UK) at midnight
>>> between Christmas Eve and Day. I shall retain the BTN's staff and
>>> regalia until the Award Ceremony is complete when I will also hand
>>> thos over (if past performance is any guide you will need the services
>>> of a good Dry Cleaner).
>>>
>>> I shall then retreat to the country and keep bees. Or sheep. Or mum.
>>>
>>> john
>>
>> Should there not be some kind of ceremony involving the incoming
>> office-bearer being dragged kicking and screaming to the Chair?
>
> Not a good idea.  That "Chair" looks more like a wobbly stool from this
> angle.
>

Sorry, bit of a gastric problem.

john

On 05/12/2023 17:57, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> On 04/12/2023 19:05, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>>> Hellerat <Hellerat@mail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 02/12/2023 22:23, BrritSki wrote:
>>>>> On 02/12/2023 09:16, Vicky wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 23:11:29 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
>>>>>> <enitharmon@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 01/12/2023 09:58, John Ashby wrote:
>>>>>>>> On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an effort
>>>>>>>> to encourage her to stay around.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sounds more like a ploy to get me to run away!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rosie
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you sure? I think you'd be very good.
>>>>> LW
>>>>>
>>>> MTAAW.
>>> There is a tradition in many communities, including but not limited
>>> to
>>> Ambridge, that a job needs doing and somebody says that if nobody else
>>> wants to do it then they would make the sacrifice. And if anybody else
>>> did indicate willingness to serve then they would be most indignant and
>>> put out.
>>> It so happens that I have discerned the will of Umrats in wishing me
>>> to
>>> serve as BTM and therefore I am bowing to the inevitable and accepting
>>> the position. And let that be an end of it!
>>> Beware, though. I set a high standard of bad taste and will not be
>>> sympathetic to Mere Vulgarity.
>>> Rosie
>>
>> A more graceless and self aggrandising acceptance speech I could not
>> have possibly imagined. Quite appropriate for the position. A very
>> fine start.
>>
>> I shall hand over the keys to the Bad Taste Cocktail Cabinet (contents
>> several bottles of that amusing liqueur that tasted so good on holiday
>> but has became undrinkable on the plane back to the UK) at midnight
>> between Christmas Eve and Day. I shall retain the BTN's staff and
>> regalia until the Award Ceremony is complete when I will also hand
>> thos over (if past performance is any guide you will need the services
>> of a good Dry Cleaner).
>>
>> I shall then retreat to the country and keep bees. Or sheep. Or mum.
>>
>> john
>
> Should there not be some kind of ceremony involving the incoming
> office-bearer being dragged kicking and screaming to the Chair?
>
> Rosie

Kinky!

john

On Mon, 04 Dec 2023 19:05:45 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
<rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:

>Hellerat <Hellerat@mail.com> writes:
>
>> On 02/12/2023 22:23, BrritSki wrote:
>>> On 02/12/2023 09:16, Vicky wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 23:11:29 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
>>>> <enitharmon@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 01/12/2023 09:58, John Ashby wrote:
>>>>>> On the other hand I did wonder about foisting it on Rosie in an effort
>>>>>> to encourage her to stay around.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds more like a ploy to get me to run away!
>>>>>
>>>>> Rosie
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are you sure? I think you'd be very good.
>>> LW
>>>
>> MTAAW.
>
>There is a tradition in many communities, including but not limited to
>Ambridge, that a job needs doing and somebody says that if nobody else
>wants to do it then they would make the sacrifice. And if anybody else
>did indicate willingness to serve then they would be most indignant and
>put out.
>
>It so happens that I have discerned the will of Umrats in wishing me to
>serve as BTM and therefore I am bowing to the inevitable and accepting
>the position. And let that be an end of it!
>
>Beware, though. I set a high standard of bad taste and will not be
>sympathetic to Mere Vulgarity.
>
<Applause!> That's exactly the BTM manifesto I would have hoped for.

Nick