Did anyone hear that noise?

Never mind.

Must have imagined it...

I don't love Ailie.

Bet you heard that.

What was that? I think I heard something... It sounded like A LIE!!!

No, it sounded like Ailie. Do you often talk to yourself? Wonder why there's no one else hanging around....

I'm obviously ruining the rather obvious gag of no one replying to this message by ...erm replying, sorry.
Anyway, I had a dig around in the T4 forum yesterday and although you are correct in that it is a bit quiet, you can unearth some gems. For example these replies to someone asking what funny band names people have heard of:

Re: yes, I have a band.
posted by Adam on 19:08 26/9/2000
Some of my musically talented mates are in bands
names are Detour and Coldstar and another funny one is
Mr Pan the Monkey man
but the lead singer is a bit of a twat (well that's the opinion of me and some mates cos of events including him and my mates but it gets a bit deep

ADAM

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Re: yes, I have a band.
posted by Jason on 13:46 28/9/2000

we are grungers. we play heavy grunger music. our name is CREEM. what do you play.
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And as mentioned in the Christianity thread above Barry's reply to people baiting him about his religion:


"Ok. I am sick of the arguing. you think you are oh so damn good. you are oh so damn great. i defy you. i beg you. Come down to stevenage. Come down. Come see me. we can have a proper talk. You can talk one on one. I'll take you to my church on just 1 sunday. I'll let you talk with me and my youth pastor paul. Together if you want. I am telling you GOD EXISTS. if he didn't i wouldn't be here. Have you ever thought perhaps these people are trying to ruin our faith. You have named just 2 people who are so damn good at theology. ITS ALL BULL! I have seen Gods work in my life. I am asking you now. Just find a weekend when you can come down. I beg you. we don't have to just spend time chatting we can go out with some of my mates(not all churchy people) I promise it will be ok. But why don't you just try? huh?"

Jon I went to the C4 forum to reply to your posts, but I gave up looking for them after about 20 mins...God, that place is a mess!

Yes, you can imagine a great tapestry of the Lives Of The Saints, and amongst the details of miracles, martyrdoms, Paul on the road to Damascus, etc, for the life of St. Barry it shows a choir of angels calling "Oh, Barry, go to Stevenage.".

>Do you often talk to yourself? Wonder why there's no one else hanging around....

Jon, do you *know* me?

All I can hear now is a droning chorus in my head of "Come to stevenage, come down, come see me" with a weak human voice shouting "I defy you, I beg you!" in the background. Should I worry? Should I go on a Theroux-like trip to see Barry and Youth Pastor Paul?

Yes.

The wheels are now in motion.

I tried to leave some messages about how terrible Ricky Gervais's programme is, and fair enough, they didn't get deleted. But they certainly got lost in a long list of platitudes probably sent by TalkBack employees.

Awful site.

You're not alone in your Louis-esque desire, Ewar - I know at least one other woman who has the hots for him, although she's about to get married.

I think he's great, anyway. Might be the best thing on telly at the moment.

It also set me thinking of a new category, though: Extremely attractive people whose talent you value equally, even though you have to always talk about the latter much more to try and disguise the fact that you'd like to talk about the former as well...

My contenders
Janeane Garofalo
Rebecca Front
Amelia Bullmore (I'll forgive her the This Life/Attachments connections)
Morwenna Banks
Julia Louis Dreyfus
(I'm keeping my choices to comedy for the moment...). Anyway...

Bugger - wrong thread.

*That C4 forum is rubbish*

I'm so tempted to say I told you so, but instead refer you to mine & Suiii's postings in the *Our Toon* thread.

>All I can hear now is a droning chorus in my head of "Come to stevenage, come down, come see me" with a weak human voice shouting "I defy you, I beg you!" in the background. Should I worry? Should I go on a Theroux-like trip to see Barry and Youth Pastor Paul?


I wouldn't bother mate - going to Stevenage, that is.

Do you live there? Could you meet Barry for us then?

I think 80s goth-masters Fields of the Nephilim lived in Stevenage.

Until they were asked to leave?

What does "Fields Of The Nephilim" mean anyway? Always irritated me, that one. The puzzle of it all, I mean.

Some sort of biblical reference. Although the actual reference they give always says "giants" and not Nephilim. They probably made it up.

>Do you live there? Could you meet Barry for us then?


Er..........yes and no

>>Do you live there? Could you meet Barry for us then?
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Explain please Mouse - I'm interested........

>Some sort of biblical reference. Although the actual reference they give always says "giants" and not Nephilim. They probably made it up.

That's a radically unsatisfying answer. We already know what "Fields of the" means.

Perhaps they own them.
"Get orf moi land!"
"Jesus, it's them their Nephilim again! Scarper!"

Perhaps there just is or was a farming family in the Stevenage area called the Nephilim.

were is this forum located?i have looked but can`t find it

Yes - as in I live there and No as in I cannot meet him for you.

The only person called Barry I know does not share the same religious persuasion (actual he doesn't have any religion!!)

Anyway, I don't have time to go out, I'm too busy surfing and posting on these 'ere forumy thingy's.

>Perhaps there just is or was a farming family in the Stevenage area called the Nephilim.

Not as far as I know, but it could be one of the little tiny villages here abouts!!

>>Perhaps there just is or was a farming family in the Stevenage area called the Nephilim.
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>Not as far as I know, but it could be one of the little tiny villages here abouts!!
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Probaly one of those little villages that Stevenage Borough Council would like to swallow hole in another unwanted housing development.

Anyway, which village Mouse? Langley? St Pauls Walden? St Ippollitts? The Wymondleys? Whitwell? Graveley? Benington? Walkern? Hitchin? (since people in Stevenage think 'itchin is a village) ;)

My curiosity is unfufilled Mouse, espically as a I'm a Hertfordshire lad.....

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Sorry for the typo, I meant *whole*.

Although the usage of the word hole could be applied to some parts of Stevenage though. ;)

>>>Perhaps there just is or was a farming family in the Stevenage area called the Nephilim.
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>Probaly one of those little villages that Stevenage Borough Council would like to swallow hole in another unwanted housing development.
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>Anyway, which village Mouse? Langley? St Pauls Walden? St Ippollitts? The Wymondleys? Whitwell? Graveley? Benington? Walkern? Hitchin? (since people in Stevenage think 'itchin is a village) ;)
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Er......you forgot, Datchworth, Aston, Woolmer Green, Graveley, Watton-at-Stone, Weston. There used to be Clothal until Baldock ate it up.

>My curiosity is unfufilled Mouse, espically as a I'm a Hertfordshire lad.....
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Er.........What was the question??

>Sorry for the typo, I meant *whole*.
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>Although the usage of the word hole could be applied to some parts of Stevenage though. ;)

Yes, that is v. true. Does the term 'green belt' mean nothing to no-one, no-more??

(notice, how I am seamlessly slipping into the local dialect.........)

the C4 search is cack as well.