Moos

This thread is taking a roundabout route from Eccentric through Bizarre to the depot at Downright Disturbing.

Yeah, yeah, we know, MacGabhann, you were drunk, it didn't mean anything. Meant something to Mockers though, didn't it, didn't it, hmm? Hmmm?!

Man, see what you did then? I read the character summary of Mouzone and now I know Too Much. I'm expecting a man with a gun to come around the corner to my office any second. OK, so we're not liking Mock Bey - and I can see why, it was a bit sloppy. How about Proposition Piers?

You're a useful snitch, Mock-Bey. I'll bear that in mind on Friday when working the late shift with Mac, Keef, the Doc, Pipsqueak Carnell, Citizen, The Bellenden Lady, LittleMan No. 5, Mikey Paleolowski and the rest of the usual suspects.

So true! HBO's The Wire website's Cast and Crew section should not be read unless you've already seen quite a few of the series...I inadvertently found out far more than I wanted to about the characters and their fates - I'm only up to the end of series 1.

And is Omar's scar real?

Oops - Mockers, you called me and you were right to. I was being dozy. I mixed him up with Stringer from a conversation back on page 7 or something, before I'd watched much of the series. And then separately someone else told me Stringer was English, and it took my mental tally of home-bred Wirebirds to 3. There is in fact no evidence that Mr. Williams is anything other than a true blue Yank*. *unless it's all a cover-up. And it could be.

That wouldn't put me off, Keef, Hugh Laurie has been a staple of the Moos List for many years. And Mr. West really is absolutely smokin' Actually the only thing that might put me off is that his Wire accent isn't quite convincing - unlike fellow Brits Omar and Stringer who both carry it off to the manner born!

CamOz, try ACAS - they are there to help with employment disputes and will give you unbiased advice about the position you are in, and whether you are being made redundant unfairly. Congratulations on your pregnancy, I hope you can resolve this.

You may not be meant to like McNulty, but are you meant to... actually, I'll keep that thought to myself. Too many boys among the Wire fans.

Maybe they wear enormous nappies at home and insist on being breastfed. Argh! I'm making myself sick now. Sorry.

Blessed peace for ED girls and boys

.........not being recognised by Steve for about 10 minutes is a treasured memory of mine... Only teasing, Steve!

Here's the thread with the link to the plastic owls. Talk about finding a gap in the market! Raquel is clearly on the money re: title of this thread. It's so obvious now. I feel such a fool.

But the mural isn't on the wall of the vicarage, so I don't see a connection. It is on the side of someone's house, so perhaps there was a mixup.

perhaps by 'bathed' Azul was referring to some pigeon lovin'. But I have to say it sounds unlikely. I mean, those scaly claws? Ugh.

Shaggy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ANBODY > WHO HAS A MORTGAGE SHOULD JUST JUMP INTO THE POND > IN PECKHAM RYE WITH STONES IN THEIR POCKETS I reckon anyone who does this will find themselves standing knee deep in muddy water and feeling extremely foolish.

Yes please Will, I'll have a Sidecar, and my howler monkey will have a banana daiquri.

Barcap put in an offer yesterday, so perhaps something will be saved. Although I'd guess most of Snorky's clerical 9-5ers won't be top of the list. Also, Credit Suisse has created an open forum for all Lehman's staff to walk in and drop off CVs, and if taken on they'll be guaranteed the same salary as before and 75% of last year's bonus. Clever cherry-picking. AcedOut, not sure if someone's got to this already but I think macker meant institutions that are IBs only.

Seems Chris Moyles ticks all the boxes Sexist racist homophobic charmer

I can't understand why they don't open more baby tat shops. 3 isn't nearly enough.

3rd largest what, Steve? There's been a bit of guff in the press about 3 of the 5 largest US investment banks tumbling - meaning Lehman's, ML and Bear Stearns.

Though it's still in the booze-selling game

...and Merrill's of course.

For those of you that liked the Tolstoy dog:- Two beekeepers are chatting. One says "I've got 10,000 bees in 20 hives. They've got loads of space, make loads of honey, happy bees." The second beekeeper says "I've got a million bees in one hive." The first one says "isn't that a bit crowded ?" To which the second one replies "Yeah, but they're only bees, f*** 'em".