NICKY! Good Morning!

[Nicky Hodge]

You must enjoy these CULTIVATING years MIchele, because one day they will be SPRUCEing themselves up, ready for a drive in a sportscar with no CANOPY. Alas, these are the days of CROSS POLLINATION. A little like Yin and Yan, or simply put, FAUNA and FLORA.

[Michele Alexander (Voden)]

Nicky, you are SAPping my STEM cells!!!!

We had a braai with the old OAKS yesterday (being my dad - Mike Voden and Mike's dad, Jock Alexander) and we had a good RAKE over the coals. It is wonderful having a good FOUNDATION right here with us in O'mund!
Too bad, our eldest FELL and hurt her upper LIMB whilst rollerBLADEing.

Was also good to DIG out old ROOTS with Sylvia and Gilbert Kermis on Saturday at Warren's DEN.

[Paul Alexander]

Alright YEW two, that's quite enough, THISTLE have to go down as one of the punniest weeks is hisTREE. You might be the best of FRONDS now days but that wont stop people from PALMing this sort of humour off on you. It's all well and good using the forum to say ALOE every now and then but if given the chance I wouldn't be at all suprised if either of you ROSE to the occasion and took the hELM at this sort of thing. I know it doesn't make you any more POPLAR than a sunny day at the BEECH on a HOLLY day but it won't be long till you run out of puns, get completely BAMBOOzled and see this crumble into a pile of ASH... Sorry to give you so much STICK though by GUM.

OLIVE this sort of thing!!!!


ta daaaaa (takes a BOW)

[Nicky Hodge]

Sounds like you just PLOUGHED through your weekend, Michele. I was the houseb*tch this weekend, so had to see to some of the chores. Apart from washing the SOILed clothing, I also tried my hand at gardening ....... PLANTED a few BULBS etc. Sorry to hear that your eldest got injured. Maybe try something safer, like playing the TUBA. Hey, welcome back Paul, have you been HIBERNATING? Not a bad POST!! One could LICHEN it to the CHERRIE on top. Sounds as if you want us to NIP this CAPER in the BUD though?

[Michele Alexander (Voden)]

Hey Paul, did you think WE'ED SHRIVEL up and LEAF you alone? Don't tell me you TWIGGED me for some LILY livered lass! I'm gonna WATER me down with some CACTUS Jack, or maybe BRANCH out into CANE and coke, to get the JUICES flowing. But for now I'm going to be BEDDING down! Don't want to become a THORN in your side!

Pity the PROTEAS aren't batting at the moment, at least I'll have the WELWITCHIA'S to look forward to on Wed evening!

Hey Nicky - sure your surname isn't spelt Hedge!

[Nicky Hodge]

Actually Michele, I was known as HEDGEHODGE at high school whenever I had my hair TRIMMED.  Do you think that Paul is trying to SQUASH our idea of fun? I reckon you should take him down to your local WATERING HOLE for a drink of HOPS, just to DAMPEN him down a little. He will soon realise that his efforts will prove FRUITLESS. Make sure he drinks some AMARULA with a STRAW. Be a bit carefull with him though, as he may reach the FORK in the road, and get caught up with a local HOE. Maybe he's just one of those guys that likes calling a SPADE a SPADE.
On all things sport, I wonder how a game between the WELWITCHIA'S and the WARATAH'S would go? I think the SILVER FERNS would MOW them all down though.

[Michele Alexander (Voden)]

Ag Nicky - I shouldn't give a FIG about what Paul thinks, he is probably suffering from MOTHER-IN-LAWS TONGUE from the week-end and is probably IMPATIENTS to add his WHITTLE. His mom-in-law is actually such a SWEETPEA, a real BUSY LIZZIE!

I do however get the feeling this is going to GROW PEAR-shaped from here, think my blonde ROOTS are starting to show! Well, I'd better stop BRAMBLING on and POTTER around with the PAPYRUS on my desk!

[Nicky Hodge]

Hi Michele, back again!! Were you wondering where I've BEAN?  Sounds as if Paul had a stressful weekend. A MOTHER IN LAW'S TONGUE can be quite sharp at times .... A little like POISON IVY.
This could all BLOW over as you say, but I think we're like two PEAS in a POD when it comes to the challenge. It's not driving me NUTS just yet, but is probably on the HORIZON. My grandma DAISY would be good at this.

[Paul Alexander]

So you both assumed I'd WILT under the onlsaught, but I assure YEW both the my mind is most FERTILE at this point if we can't find a response of our own WHEEL BARROW one from somebody else.  It's not so much the puns that are hard but the COMPOSTition thereof into a sentence. I've been scouring around to see if I can DIG up enough DIRT on you both but FORK that I say, its time to move on I cant TOIL on any more with you SODS, who knows what else WOOD SPROUT if I stuck around any more, I may even have to SHOOT myself, my STAMINa has peaked...

[Michele Alexander (Voden)]

Hey Nicky, my BUD, thought you were TRAILING behind the scenes somewhere. Earning your BREAD 'N BUTTER on the GRAVY TRAIN where you? Thought we might SCRAMBLE things up a bit in here and see what BLOSSOMS,  wouldn't want the pc EGGSpert to ban us from the forum would we? Can't handle it when his PROCESSOR FLIPS out.

Nicky - time for some useless family TREE info -did you know Paul has another two sister-in-laws called Michelle? Well, one of them had a BUN in her OVEN, and eventually had the baby by C-section today! Her delivery date EXPIRED about 10 days ago. Congratulations to Christie and Michelle, you'd better STOCK UP on Doctor Seus "EGGS and HAM"!

(We shall have to be very careful of CROSS-POLLINATION when the kids grow up)

At least Paul has a real picture for his avitar now, didn't go much on the TASTELESS picture he had before, was about time he AXED it.

Well, my TIMER has gone so I'd better say CHOW!

[Nicky Hodge]

Hi again my old FROND. Great news on Michelle and Christie's new addition to the UNDERGROWTH. I bet they have been preparing the NURSERY in anticipation. Loads of reading to do now ....... The GINGERBREAD man, PEANUTS, Peter PAN, even" War and PEAS". Do you ever look at a SAPLING and wonder what sort of music they might end up listening to? I mean there is such a variety out there these days .... From WRAP to ROCK , UNDERGROUND to POP. Classics like Elvis PARSLEY'S "Love me TENDER", to the B52's " Rock LOBSTER". For the twisted minds, Weird Al Jankiewics' "EAT it". For the theatrical, "FOOD glorious FOOD" from the production OLIVEr, and from the seventies generation,who could forget that hit "POPCORN"? By the way Michele, have you seen the movie ''Ratatouille'' yet? It's a HALVE BAKED story about a rat wanting to become a chef .... Supposed to be quite APPETIZING.

[Michele Alexander (Voden)]

Hello there, my partner in GRIME. Was BUSY as a BEE this week-end. Had MULTIPLE kids BEDDING over on Friday night. Also took the OFFSPRING and their BUDS to the big POND yesterday for them to get WATERLOGGED, at least I could enjoy myself BAKING in the SUN on the GRASS.

We are very behind the times here, FIRM favourite remains PULP Fiction, starring Samuel L. JACKSON, also John Travolta, who we GREW to love in GREASE. The movie CHOCOLAT also has a good PLOT.

Music - at the moment Shania TWINE is POPLAR with the OFFSPRING. Did you know that MANGO Groove played here in O'mund? Pete Shout, another member of the forum, has a group called BEDROCK and Paul plays in the band Snoblind - pretty impressive for HOMEGROWN PRODUCE!

Guns N ROSES, The SHADOWS, BEATLES, BLACK-EYED PEAS,FreshlyGROUND (new SA Group),  Kate BUSH -  to name a few favourites that SPRING to mind!

[barb (Fry)]

Don't want to embarress myself with an attempt to join in your gardening banter,
but thought you'd like this ad I saw recently,
made me think of you two.


I'm as sharp as a LEMON but as soft as a PEACH - but don't worry, I'm not BANANAS.
Drop me a LIME and I promise we'll have a GRAPE time even if we don't live APPLEy ever after.
My ideal MANGO is a music-loving scruff with a nice PEAR of eyes and a PITHY sense of humour.
I'm not too keen on suit-clad SMOOTHIES or meathead vegetables. I'm curvy (I could say something about MELONS here, but I won't), dark-haired and definitely not ORANGE.
I BERRY much like gigs, festivals, writing, London, throwing parties, dancing, reading, karaoke, talking and booze. Oh, and FRUIT.
So get in touch - it's a PLUM deal.

PS. I don't normally talk like this. It JUICE sort of happened and I know it's CHERRY annoying.

[Michele Alexander (Voden)]

Thanks Barbara - I really enjoyed that! I could do with a bit of female help in here!

[barb (Fry)]

Well, Michele
I don't want to "krap in jou SLAAI", but the SEEDS have been sown.

As I sit and sip my GRAPE cultivar and chew on the BARK, I find I really have little of ESSENCE to share.
Luckily my SAPLING is out and about hopefully not sowing his SEED, but at 16 and prooving as POPLAR as he is, I can't help my mother  EARTH concerns to rear their BUDS.  I resist and their ROOTS shivel as I refuse to MANURE them.

Am IMPATIENCE come Thursday there won't be a MUSHROOM of catasrophies as the exam results are released.

How am I doing?