oggbashan doesn't get enough props

[pink]

He's hella smart, a great poster, plus he's a Brit!!!!! That right there makes him awesome.

 

[Miasorrow]

Agreed.
He is.

 

[BabblingBrooke]

I always notice his posts! This is a well-deserved thread.

 

[Disgustipated]

He's hella smart, a great poster, plus he's a Brit!!!!! That right there makes him awesome.

He would never use, "Hella".

Agreed.
He is.

Where the funk have you been?

I always notice his posts! This is a well-deserved thread.

I don't interact with him much but I damn sure read him.

 

[sweepthefloor]

I will get out of my bubble and pay attention.

 

[hashtag45]

Plus he's v.considerate.
No matter what crap I write when trying to engage him in a debate, he always answers back.

 

[Recidiva]

Ogg's my hero and hopefully I've made that obnoxiously and repetitively obvious to him.

 

[ryan8558]

I would really like to have a few pints with the man at a pub.

 

[kbate]

Ogg is perhaps the UK's sole redeeming feature. This doesn't mean I wouldn't put him up against the wall with the rest of the Englishmen if I could, but I'd feel bad about it.

 

[Wings]

I really appreciate Ogg, although I don't say it enough. He's a breath of fresh air around here. Although I wonder if that breath doesn't smell like some Werther's.

 

[oggbashan]

Now I'm embarrassed.

By the way, I was born in Wales...

But my parents were from the City of London and had lived there for 100s of years until 1915 when the then world's largest aerial bomb from a German Zeppelin destroyed our home. So I'm an Englishman born in Wales who had a Welsh grandmother.

At various times in my life I would have been eligible to be a sporting representative of Wales, England, Gibraltar and Australia.

But although I tried many sports, I was incompetent at most:

Rowing? Number 5 in the 3rd school Eight that sunk in our only competitive race.
Rugby? 1st (and only school sports team that never won). We were so bad that we have been written out of the school's sporting history. Apparently the first ever Rugby XV started five years after I left.
Cricket? The only time I played for my school was when the team bus was held up in traffic and someone had to play or we'd forfeit the match. I scored a duck; bowled one over with four extras for the opposition but took two wickets with the only balls that came anywhere near the batsmen.

But I did come 3rd in the District Scouts 100 yards for my age group. Unfortunately there were only 3 Scouts in that age group. I was 20 yards behind the Scout who came second.

Back to writing erotica... There's a contest starting soon.

P.S. No Werthers. My medical advisors would object. Since my youngest daughter is an MD I can't get away with anything.

 

[Wings]

Dammit. I love Werther's.

 

[Lancecastor]

He's hella smart, a great poster, plus he's a Brit!!!!! That right there makes him awesome.

Props?

He already has that silly hat.

 

[InternationalFunboy]

"Mr Noone ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liverslices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods' roes. Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine. But a pot pie is nice anois is arís."

Noone posted this sentence originally but I've always read it in ogg's voice. Which is to say that I think about ogg more than a stranger from the colonies has any need to. It's because I think he's pretty neat.

 

[Mr Noone]

"Mr Noone ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liverslices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods' roes. Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine. But a pot pie is nice anois is arís."

Noone posted this sentence originally but I've always read it in ogg's voice. Which is to say that I think about ogg more than a stranger from the colonies has any need to. It's because I think he's pretty neat.

Ideally it would be read in a D1 accent, hardly Ogg's at all. At all.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

*listening to the Benny Goodman cover of "Taking a Chance on Love," featuring Helen Forrest, that reached #1 in 1943*

Featured on Starlight Ballroom (PBS)

They recycled the films and LP records so that I could hear it and enjoy it while I was growing up. As children, we dreamed that we would wear formal gowns and go dancing, when we played with the discarded gowns. Our dreams changed, because the times had changed.

Oggbashan, I am glad that you choose to share with us.

 

[neci]

ogg! ogg! ogg!

 

[Laurel]

Ogg is a class act. And a fantastic storyteller.

 

[Que]

He is a definayely a fine raconteur.

You know who does get enough props? Carrot-top.

 

[oggbashan]

Dammit. I love Werther's.

You can have those I'm not allowed to eat.

 

[oggbashan]

Props?

He already has that silly hat.

The hat is no problem. I have passed it on to my successor in the role who had to have it reduced in size.

Finding Og size opaque black pantyhose is awkward. If they go around my hips the legs are too short and they constantly slide down. King Henry VIII shouldn't have to hide behind a convenient tree to hitch up his pantyhose.

I tried stage outfitters. Black tights for male ballet dancers aren't made in Og size. They are made for young, seriously fit men, not large-bellied (most of which was padding and could conceal a six-pack of beer) ancients.

 

[2bnot2b]

Ogg is perhaps the UK's sole redeeming feature. This doesn't mean I wouldn't put him up against the wall with the rest of the Englishmen if I could, but I'd feel bad about it.

 

[2bnot2b]

Ole Oggy is the Sgt Shultz (one of millions) of the soon to be engulfed England

 

[oggbashan]

Even 2bnot2b thinks this thread is suitable for political imagery.

I can't understand the virulence between rival political groups shown here. I, as the real me, have to work with politicians of all political parties. While I might not like some of their policies, most of them are reasonable people trying to do their best for their community (and getting abused for it!).

 

[hashtag45]

I think that too, as I assume that you're referring to politicians from a more 'middle level'. A lot of those are genuine.
But when it comes to those at the top-top /those who managed to climb the highest ladder, irrespective of affiliation - they must have had "what it takes" to be able to succeed. Aka to be able to scheme, lie and be cut-throat.
But that's just a personal opinion.

However, I always thought that you tend to look for the good in people. Others(including myself, although I try to be better) don't.