BTS Expo Blessings...

[Louise~Nichols]

They say the devil makes work for idle thumbs...well I have 8 of those so I can't keep them all busy all of the time... lol

Seeing as Hug-Fest 2008 now approacheth...oops, I meant the BTS Expo...here's a special *Noodle Composition* in the spirit of our hobby...

So, on your knees, bow your heads...ohhh okay...just grin along a little bit...and recite with me *The Tarantula Keeper's Prayer*:

Our 'phobema, who art Robustum,
Theraphosinae be thy name.
Thy Klugi come, thy Albopilosum,
Ephebopus as it is Rufescens.

Give us this day our Eumenophorinae,
And forgive us our Crawshayi,
As we forgive those who Crawshayi against us.

And lead us not into Tapinauchenius,
And deliver us from all OBT's.
For thine is the Chilobrachys, the Paraphysa and the Gigas.

Avicularia Avicularia,
Vagans.



*shameless touting...please forgive me, supreme beings of the forum*
Also...if anyone can afford to bid on a very worthwhile auction...Arachnophiles Forum has a Cancer Research charity bid currently in action.
There are many spids to be won on this auction (including T.Apophysis), as well as two crazy slaves for the day at the BTS Expo...one slave who will fetch and carry, the other who will haggle demonically to get cheap spiders!
Auction finishes tonight at 8pm, top bid is £210...so if you can help us, please join in, saving lives is priceless!

Forgiven,.....Good Cause!!!

[mary walters]

Lou thats priceless babe

[Louise~Nichols]

Thanks Mary!! It's what happens if I let my mind wander for even five seconds...I suddenly turn into Pam Ayres with attitude!! LOL

[James Box]

amazing, though i don't think i'd be able to forgive those who crawshayi against me... that's just plain mean!!

[Naython J]

lol thats pretty neat lou, i jusst hope you dont try and make us all recite it when we get to the show!!!!

[Andrew Ferguson]

lol thats pretty neat lou, i jusst hope you dont try and make us all recite it when we get to the show!!!!

Naython, has no one told you? That's how you get in, and if you can recite it backwards, there is a special VIP section where Ray, Mark and Colin will be providing free drinks. But keep it sshhh, its a secret

[Naython J]

lol well thats me taking the week of work yto learn backwards gibberish hmmmmm i wonder if theres a book i can read on that !!!!

[SylviRigden]

Thanks Mary!! It's what happens if I let my mind wander for even five seconds...I suddenly turn into Pam Ayres with attitude!! LOL

LOL , you're going to have to explain to the younger forum members who Pam Ayres is Louise, I wonder what percentage of them have never heard of her. Are we showing our age? I wonder if she has been 'you tubed'

[Colin D Wilson]

I remember Pam Ayres and i'm the same age as Lou.....23 this year

[Stuart Common]

LOL , you're going to have to explain to the younger forum members who Pam Ayres is Louise, I wonder what percentage of them have never heard of her. Are we showing our age? I wonder if she has been 'you tubed'

ummm... who? actually just checked Discogs and her album Will Anybody Marry Me is only a year older than me so didnt miss her by much ( so that makes me how old? ..... )

[Louise~Nichols]

Thankies all for giggling along with me!

Ahhh Sylvi...yup...how to feel ancient in one easy hit!! lol Good job I didn't mention Joyce Grenfell either...

Ooohhh noooo...please don't send me to a *granny farm*. LOL I'm still looking youthful...ask Ray Gabriel...he says I'm 19!!

[Ray Hale]

Pam Ayres , now theres a name for you. I must relate a funny story to you that happened a few years ago. On a visit to that infamous mischief maker, Carl Portman, we found ourselves in a backstreet in Bicester. Carl had told us that on one of his trips to dingy old bookshops he had got talking to the owner of a particularly dingy shop and it turned out that he was a huge Pam Ayres fan. He had boxes of books about her, poems, lifestory the lot. So Carl hatched a cunning plan. My self and Angela went in first and after a quick shifty round I asked did he have any Pam Ayres. His little eye lit up. " I certainly do" he replied rummaging beneath his desk. I looked through the box and at that two more of our clan walked in. Totally ignoring us they looked around and then asked if he had any Pam Ayres. Again his eyes lit up. " I cant beleive it" he said. "twenty years and not a single book sold and then two enquiries in the same day...do you know each other?" "No" I replied..."what a coincidence" Then the door opened and another two of our evil group entered. When they asked if he had any Pam Ayres I thought he was going to have a cardiac. " My wife wont believe this he said"
At that the arch villan himslef, Carl Portman entered. It was only then he twigged. His language was colourful.

The epitaph to this story.......we ALL bought Pam Ayres books from him.
( Mine was autographed" ) If your out there mate ....sorry.

PS Look up her excellent poem " I wish I'd looked after my teeth" Superb

PPS Ray G says you look 19? he reckons Angela is only 28........

[James Box]

lol Ray, that's an amazing story! at least you bought the books

i just read that poem, it is class!

[Louise~Nichols]

LOL!! That's sooooo deliciously evil...love it!

Ahhh yes, I know *I wish I'd looked after me teeth*...but my fave is *Will I have to be sexy at sixty*, her humour is so spot on.

I'm sure the wonderful Ray G must need a guide book on how to *correctly guess women's ages*...how on earth he thinks I look 19 is beyond me!! But there again...ya can't beat an ego massage!! LOL Keep it up Mr Gabriel...just don't go any lower than 19...I'm not wearing a school uniform again!! (Well okay...maybe for charity!!)

[James Box]

woohoo school uniform!
you're clearly 18 Lou

The Emberassing Experience with the Parrot is my fave of hers so far!