COLD DARK ROOM

[Tidgy's Dad]

That would be illegal in Denmark, apparently. A local newspaper is telling the readers not to drown slugs in beer. (Meant not as a delicacy but a means of pest control. Or so I hope.)

Hmmmm.
So what are you supposed to do with a slug infestation ?
Ask them nicely to eat your neighbour's lettuces ?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

NO DAMAGE!!! luck boy!

home, beer and darts, try to stop beating myself up

Indeed.
Let me do it.
Have a fun evening.
The hedgehogs are all well hidden tonight.

 

[johnandjade]

Indeed.
Let me do it.
Have a fun evening.
The hedgehogs are all well hidden tonight.

i'm just about laughing now


how's the book coming on?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

i'm just about laughing now


how's the book coming on?

Got 9 more photos done with wifey this afternoon, a very productive shoot.
Currently preparing today's post.
But it's too hot for laughing.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

BIMBOS !
Don't throw away those unwanted silicone breast implants. Rinsed under the tap they make ideal waterbeds for hamsters or degus.

 

[johnandjade]

just saved around £300 by sacrificing some skin washing out rags n pads. i have method now. my hands have never been cleaner!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

"No, he's not just fine!" Mrs wifey cried. "Try to imagine how miserable it must make him feel to be so tidgy! Everyone want to grow up."
Mr Adam thought that Mrs wifey was being rather anthropomorphic, tortoises are unaware of the feelings of ageing or getting bigger. And Alfie wouldn't feel miserable because he was so small, though maybe he would feel sick and unhappy because of his dreadful diet, though he wouldn't know the reason. Still :
"You really would like him to grow bigger wouldn't you ?" Mr Adam said, and even as he said it his mind suddenly went click and an amazing idea came rushing into his head.
"Of course I would!" Mrs wifey cried. "I'd give anything to make it happen. Why, I've seen giant tortoises that are so huge that people can ride on their backs!
If Alfie ever were to see one of those he'd turn green with envy."
No, he wouldn't, thought Mr Adam. He'd either be completely terrified and hide in his house, or, considering Alfie was a Russian, quite possibly he's attack the giant and try to make it leave his territory. Or try to mate with it as in the photo for the Tortoise Forum calendar for July 2017, which wouldn't be out for years. Mr Adam knew that Mrs wifey was thinking about the huge Aldabra, Galapagos and some larger Sulcata tortoises that were sometimes ridden by children and occasionally, adults; it always seemed a bit cruel to Mr Adam, especially when the adult was a bit fat.








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[Tidgy's Dad]

just saved around £300 by sacrificing some skin washing out rags n pads. i have method now. my hands have never been cleaner! View attachment 215581View attachment 215582

Doesn't it hurteth ?

 

[Big Charlie]

Yes, indeed!
When I worked in New Zealand, I discovered some interesting differences in word usage despite the fact that both the US and New Zealand speak English, more or less!!
One example that comes to mind is that we use "suspenders" and "garters" to mean exactly the OPPOSITE things on our side of the Pond! Another is that over here, "fanny" is a very benign reference to one's bum that is acceptable in polite company, but over there... well, it's NOT!!!!! Ask me how I found out! On second thought, DON'T!!!!!!

My grandmother's name was Fanny!

I just now figured out what tidgy means! I was going to ask Adam why he named his tortoise that!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

My grandmother's name was Fanny!

I just now figured out what tidgy means! I was going to ask Adam why he named his tortoise that!

Good afternoon.
Yes, "tidgy" - very small, used a lot by children in the UK.
Also wifey thought Testudo graeca "Tg" sounded a bit like Tidgy !

 

[Gillian M]

Again ?
By attacking you ?

Hi Adam, Wifey and Tidgy!

He's been trying to attack me. I've decided to get my daughter-in-law to defend me. Do you think she will? I wonder.

 

[Gillian M]

Good afternoon.
Yes, "tidgy" - very small, used a lot by children in the UK.
Also wifey thought Testudo graeca "Tg" sounded a bit like Tidgy !

A unique name unlike Oli.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hi Adam, Wifey and Tidgy!

He's been trying to attack me. I've decided to get my daughter-in-law to defend me. Do you think she will? I wonder.

I doubt it.
She's too obsessed with her looks and modelling career to bother much about anything else right now.

 

[Gillian M]

I doubt it.
She's too obsessed with her looks and modelling career to bother much about anything else right now.

Would she like to know that her mother-in-law is being attacked? We all know what a mother-in-law is. But you know, Wifey knows and even Tidgy herself knows how nicely I treat her.

 

[Kristoff]

"No, he's not just fine!" Mrs wifey cried. "Try to imagine how miserable it must make him feel to be so tidgy! Everyone want to grow up."
Mr Adam thought that Mrs wifey was being rather anthropomorphic, tortoises are unaware of the feelings of ageing or getting bigger. And Alfie wouldn't feel miserable because he was so small, though maybe he would feel sick and unhappy because of his dreadful diet, though he wouldn't know the reason. [...]
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Loved the reference to the photo I had on my wall the entire month of July.
And you're right (as nearly always), Adam: horsefieldii are not called Russians in Russia. Instead they're called the "Central Asian tortoise". Nobody seems to want to own those little casanovas.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Would she like to know that her mother-in-law is being attacked? We all know what a mother-in-law is. But you know, Wifey knows and even Tidgy herself knows how nicely I treat her.

You do ?
When did you last send her any cheese ?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Loved the reference to the photo I had on my wall the entire month of July.
And you're right (as nearly always), Adam: horsefieldii are not called Russians in Russia. Instead they're called the "Central Asian tortoise". Nobody seems to want to own those little casanovas.

Thanks for that.
I had an idea they wouldn't be called Russians but didn't know what they were called. I have learned something.
I would quite like a Russian. But can't get them here, Tidgy would get jealous and wifey isn't keen on getting another tort.

 

[Gillian M]

You do ?
When did you last send her any cheese ?

I love her!

Ask her instead of asking me when she last received some cheese from me and some from Oli as well.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I love her!

Ask her instead of asking me when she last received some cheese from me and some from Oli as well.

Okay.
She's just gone to bed, so i'll ask her tomorrow morning.
But i'm pretty sure nobody has ever sent her cheese.

 

[Laura1412]

Good evening all just read page 14 adam @Tidgy's Dad very good