Come out come out, where ever you are...

[bigbadwolf]

I go by bigbadwolf in my private life now. I even use it when I'm talking to myself, and the bank.

[mockney piers]

Ha ha, spot on F&B. Talking of which that newbie Mairead, I'm not even going to attempt her forum name it's obviously been made up to confuse us all.

[Fear 'n boozin]

what is it?

On the topice itself. Quiet a few forumites have had their photos plastered all over the place in earlier days, so not much chance of secrecy for them.

[bigbadwolf]

I once made the mistake of calling him Mockney in the flesh. He jumped up and started screaming at me in Spanish, and from the way he was carrying on, you'd think I'd mentioned Gibralter.

[mockney piers]

It's mairead obviously, no idea what their real name is.

I do now answer to mockers which is probably a bit worrying thinking about it. Piers works fine for me for obvious reasons.

[bigbadwolf]

Which obvious reasons would they be Piers? I thought you were called Pepe.

[????]

I'm getting quite fond of Quids and don't like it when forumites call me by my real name, Sterling

[sophiesofa]

That was a good one sterling

[bigbadwolf]

???? Wrote:

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> I'm getting quite fond of Quids and don't like it

> when forumites call me by my real name, Sterling

It's a shame he's not as strong as he used to be, like a frail old man now. Shitting the bed every time his markets move.

[PetuniaButtons]

Myself and Mr Buttons are not on the face books whatsit but we do have a marvellous collection of scrap books. Mine go back to VJ day. As a matter of fact I have just been pasting in some interestin souvenirs from last week at my sister's in Leigh on Sea.

[bigbadwolf]

Petunia,

I don't know why but what you've described reminds me of the Rupert the bear picnics I went on as a child.

[Ted Max]

Oooh Leigh on Sea, eh?

Your sister's done all right for herself hasn't she? Did she marry someone from accounts, then? And does the pampas grass still grow proudly in front of the bungalow?

[PetuniaButtons]

Oooh, no, Mr Max, the pampas grass went a long time ago cos her Frank thought it was a bit old fashioned. They got some nice hard standing out there instead for the caravan. Very nice it is too.

[Ted Max]

The beaded fly curtain separating the kitchenette from the "hall". The regular schedule for the cleaning of the "nets" in the front rooms. The unstated worry when the first Asian families moved in at the bottom of the crescent. The overheard chat at the bowls club that led to Frank tearing out the pampas grass one Sunday evening.

[bigbadwolf]

You forgot the serving hatch Ted.

[Ted Max]

Frank correcting your relatives when they call where you live Southend. The yearning for the enclosed, warming skies of SE15, for the chat at Sopers, an Ayres pies for Saturday lunch. The lost pleasure of taking a walk along the South Bank - Harry's arm strong around your waist. The low parade of shops on Marine Drive, staffed by shopkeepers that won't meet your eye. The funeral planning leaflet you notice by Frank's bedside, one day.

[HonaloochieB]

I love it when Ted goes on the fanny.

[bigbadwolf]

So do I.

Without sounding as though I've got my tongue rammed too far up his jacksy, he is very, very good at picturing a scene from either a bygone age from Tony's memory, or from Tim Westwwod's Pimp my ride.

Keep it up Ted.

[Jeremy]

Indeed - but Ted's a pro, innit.

Still think that he and PetuniaButtons are one and the same.

[Ted Max]

Still think that he and PetuniaButtons are one and the same.

We really aren't.

I note my last fanny was also on a Friday. The Friday Fanny. I must away, in any case, leaving Frank and Petunia's sister to slide their way to sparsely-attended funerals, within a few months of each other, at Westcliffe Crem.

Then, one day, I like to think a nephew will arrive and collect Petunia's sister's ashes from the Crem, bring them home to London, and on a clear April morning scatter them high into the breeze from the top of One Tree Hill.

[Jeremy]

We really aren't.

But you would say that, wouldn't you? Although other suspects include HonaloochieB, Moos, and Mike Paleogopulopulous.

[bigbadwolf]

Whoever Petunia is, keep it up. She's a refreshing change to all the other shadows on here.

[nashoi]

A few years ago a university concerned at the amount of flaming on its internal networks insisted on everybody using their real names to sign on. They found the problem actually got worse as a result.

[chez]

How old are you all? I lurk and am quite fascinated

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I'm 78 rpm.