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Pinky;481374 wrote: I managed to do a deal with young Jack this morning...now he's giving me conkers AND money:wah:

That's as long as get him more OJ..


Its good to see that the wheels of our market economy are moving along smoothly, I may have to hire him when he is a little older to deal with my reciminagency, he seems very talented! :wah:
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SnoozeControl;481418 wrote: Dear Doctor Galbally,

Someone close to me has been repeatedly accused of buying people's friendships. I happen to know this person fairly well, and I don't believe that was her intent, she merely likes buying small presents for people she likes.

My question is this: wouldn't the accusation not only be considered offensive to this person but also to the people that are friends with this person? And why is giving gifts to friends considered a bad thing? I see others in here that mail each other tokens of their affection quite often, but as far as I know, they haven't been accused of anything.

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Afraid to give gifts at Christmas time


Dear ATGGACT my advice is that is you want to give gifts to your friends at crimbo you should do so, as whether you do or not its not going to change whatever opinions people who don'tlike you have on this one, but the people who get the presents (and know that you are sending them because you want to do something nice) will be pleased to get them. What people make of these actions is their own affair, though I can say that I wouldn't mind a new American Series Fender Telecaster in case you are talking to Santa. Its very nice to see you back in the surgery and I hope you are feeling OK after your recent mishap, I also hope that you are continuing to make good progress on the daneophobia issue.

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though I can say that I wouldn't mind a new American Series Fender Telecaster in case you are talking to Santa.............notice how he sneaked that in there! :yh_rotfl
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SnoozeControl;481456 wrote: Uh yeah... I like him a lot, but not $1,049 a lot. :o

http://www.guitartrader.com/itm.icl?pid ... edium=shop


Its always worth a shot, don't worry darlin you have never tried to buy my friendship and you never will (not that you would anyway), you had me at "Daneophobia"! :wah:
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lady cop;481453 wrote: though I can say that I wouldn't mind a new American Series Fender Telecaster in case you are talking to Santa.............notice how he sneaked that in there! :yh_rotfl


A fella has to try LC! Anyway, its grand cause you are getting me one anyway, as soon as I get that jag of me mate "dodgy dave-the honest" car dealer! :wah:
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Hamster;481521 wrote: Dea Dr G....

How do I get over the "Pinky Gone Home" blues???? :(


Do you have a full-body shot of her on your camera (I ask for professional reasons), if you do, then find a local and reputable printing firm to create a life-size cardbord cut-out of her with a stand that you can put in a suitable location in the front room, then you should try and find any MP3s we have here of her talking in her nice lowesoft accent, then get them all together in one bunch and put them on repeat play on your ipod to simulate her voice, you will be alll pinky'd up in no time.
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Hamster;481538 wrote: Ok thanks Dr G....Can I just talk to her on the phone too? :thinking:


Well yes, but you could at least do an A1-size blow up of her face and put it on the wall so you can look at her while you are chatting. It will ease the pinky withdrawl symptoms.
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Hamster;481556 wrote: *Hammy searches for a piccy thats not obscene after last night* :thinking:


Thats the spirit girl.
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Hello everyone. Its a new year, and so I have returned once more to my (kinda)original role as the official agony uncle for FG and all of your ridiculous problems, this is in response to no requests and by very unpopular demand, but its my advice column so there.

In the spirit of keeping up with the times, I am going to add a new feature to the advice column, in this new and exciting feature, I shall be giving you all a general piece of advice to follow for this week, in an effort to give meaning to your jaded, existence as citizens of post-industrial socities with fragmented cultures and and that general feeling of modern life that can best be expressed by the use of the smilie :confused: . This advice comes courtesy of my new diary which has lots of useful hints for surviving modern life and generally making a nusiance of yourself.

This week is "Knock on every door you see week" folks.

Our daily routines take us past hundreds of doors, most of which have effectively become invisible to us, but each of which conceals a whole new world waiting to be discovered. The week, knock on those doors and find out what lies behind them. You can tell me what you find if it helps, but you must obey the rule that if you are invited in, you must enter. Off you go down the rabbit hole.

Next week is "spy on your parents" week, bet you can't wait. :)
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Pinky;514476 wrote: Are these literal doors or metaphorical doors Dr. G?

If they're literal doors, I may be a bit stuffed, as most of the neighbours turn the lights off and hide behind the sofa when they see me coming!:D


That is for you to decide miss pinky, I am only an enabler. Do you have this effect on all your neighours? Is this anything to do with your supernatural talents?
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Pinky;514489 wrote: No, they just get fed up of me waffling on while they're trying to watch Eastenders!:wah:

Blimey, Imight have to go a bit of psyching up then...I'm not very brave at knocking on doors, especially those with spring hinges that slam shut in your face:-3


Actually, (as an aside here, this is not advice), there was a psychic on Irish television tonight, he is over here helping the Gardai with a very high profile case where a lot of young women have gone missing over the past few years, the guards don't usually get involved with the psychic phenomenon, but this case is so baffling it seems they are prepared to entertain the idea. He is from England, and he has really intense blue eyes. Of course being a detached and totally professional internet councellor, [whose advice to knock on strangers doors is not dangerous or foolish at all, (erm, yes it is, if you do it I will come over there and smack you)], I cannot verify whether there is anything in this, but its certainly an intriguging area. :)
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[quote=Pinky;514476]Are these literal doors or metaphorical doors Dr. G?



If they're literal doors, I may be a bit stuffed, as most of the neighbours turn the lights off and hide behind the sofa when they see me coming!:D[/quote]





pinks too much info :wah: :wah:





mate you just crack me up :wah:
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Pinky;514497 wrote: [QUOTE=jimbo;514494]

Oh god!!! Why is everything I say a bit dodgy?:o

Don't answer that!


Don't worry dear, you are still nowhere near weeders league, that was poetry. :wah:
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Pinky;514502 wrote: It's certainly amazing how much in the way of detail they can pick up sometimes. They have been known to help when the usual methods reach a dead-end (no pun intended).

Ok, so no literal doors! Although saying that..:lips:

Metaphorical doors it is then!


Doors to perception perhaps? I dunno really, I am just going on what the diary says. I am looking forward to "Bribe people" week myself though, that will be interesting. :wah:
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Pinky;514510 wrote: Oh my, that could certainly be interesting! Expensive, but interesting!


No, no its all pretty reasonable, for instance you could bribe your Pilates teacher £12 pound to go a bit easy on you that week, or alternately you could bribe the supermarket checkout person £1.75 to let you jump the queue, its all good.
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Pinky;514516 wrote: Hehe!!! So I could bribe one of the kids to flood the school, or the barman to forget to stick a couple of drinks on the tab? Sounds like fun!


Capital, though flooding the school is a bit destructive (it is the impossible dream though). Another idea would be to bribe the bin men with £6.75 to collect your rubbish first. Them neighbours all sound boring anyway, ignoring poor pinky who is coming round to enliven their lives.
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Pinky;514532 wrote: :wah: :wah:

No, I'm kidding really, there's only one old codger that I don't get on with because he seemed to think it was okay to swear at me about things that he could have just mentioned, like where I park the car:rolleyes:

Did I ever tell you the story of the binmen leaving my bin? It's a bit long-winded, so I'll dig it up again at some point. That would certainly be a bribe worth doing though!


Oh yes please, bin men are an unending source of tragic stories in my opinion. Here is one of mine. OK, I used to go out with the very nice girl from Wexford when I was younger, anyway she had this neighbour, he was a bit of a crank, a bit like your friend. So there was this bin strike on at the time.

One morning we were both woken up by the sound of a shotgun, in the street, its an unmistakable sound if you know what they are. Anyway, we looked out the window, and there he was in his underpants and vest, out on the street, shooting the big pile of bin bags to express his frustration at the local authorities laxness. "What are we going to do?" she asked. "Feick all", says I, "I may not know much, but you do not argue with a man his underpants with a shotgun and a grudge". The police came along later, it was funny, sad and scary for a minute, but funny as well. What a nutter. :wah:
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Pinky;514550 wrote: Oh bloody hell!!!:wah:

Well, the binmen are convinced I'm the nutter now...

During the October hols I heard the bin truck pull into the dell, and I suddenly remembered that I hadn't wheeled it up to the top. I got it there just as they were coming to do it, so I said something like 'phew, just in time!'. Anyway, as I turned around, I noticed that they'd left my bin..I ran after the truck yelling 'Oi! You left my bloody bin you bleeding jobsworth gits!!!'

I came back in fuming, posted here about it and then half an hour later noticed another truck turn up...the first truck was only collecting green bins, not the blue one I'd put out. The second truck was for those!:o


Oh, I have had a few run ins with the bin men in Dublin myself as well, once I had this bike, and I had taken a wheel off to fix it, anyway, the bin men came along and put it in the bin lorry, so there I was running down the road, shouting "give us back me bike, you eegits", then there was the time the gardai raided our house at 6am by mistake cause they got our address mixed up with some drug dealers or something. Well, at least you didn't chase after them bin men with the shot gun. (P.S. don't mention the cops to anyone, I have to try and keep this column respectable).
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Pinky;514578 wrote: :yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl

OMG, I can just picture you running down the street after it!!

Don't worry, your secret's safe with me. We've had the police down here loads of times since I lived here, as one guy in number 6 actually IS a drug dealer!

Whenever the blue falshing lights shine through the window, I just know it's Gary again!:rolleyes:


Well you just stay away from number 6, we don't want you getting caught up in some crazy reservoir dogs standoff with garry and the cops. The guards were pretty rough that morning cause they were expecting trouble, of course me and my flat mates were asleep and were just expecting to wake up and have cornflakes, I was really annoyed as I am not a morning person (well not at 6am) and I am not "Finglas Anto the Coke Head" so I was shouting at them to **** off and wake someone else up, but they are cops and you can't really say things like that to cops. Anyways they were ok about it when they realized we were honest joes. Bloody ruined my sleep though.
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Pinky;514589 wrote: Hehe!!! You sound about as cheerful as me in the mornings!!:D

Must admit, I'd probably have done the same, though I probably wouldn't have the gift of wit that early to be able to think up 'Finglas Anto the coke head' hehe!!

No, I don't go near no 6 if I can really help it!


Good woman. So, my main advice for everyone is avoid gary's place and don't shout at the cops if they raid your house at 6am, just smile and nod. :wah:
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Pinky;514597 wrote: I dunno about that, I'm known for giving the cops abuse, just ask Hammy or Betty!:wah:




Oh Lord, she's very scary, our local policemen are still recovering! :wah:
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Pinky;514620 wrote: LMAO!!! They seemed to find it quite funny as I remember! Or was that nervous laughter?:wah:




I'm not sure Pinky, I was the one hiding behind parked cars. :wah:
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You girls, If I have told you once, I have told you a thousand times, you must always be nice to men in uniform. :)
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Pinky;514630 wrote: I was only trying to get us a lift so we didn't have to walk in the rain!:D


Yeah, you were just after a free ride!! :wah: :wah: ;)
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Pinky;514630 wrote: I was only trying to get us a lift so we didn't have to walk in the rain!:D


Oh a "lift" was it? I have heard that one before! :wah:
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Betty Boop;514631 wrote: Yeah, you were just after a free ride!! :wah: :wah: ;)


I didn't want to say it, so I am glad you have! :wah:
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Pinky;514634 wrote: Ey-up, I'm not that bad ya know!!!:-3


We know pinks, it just sounded funny. :)
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Pinky;514634 wrote: Ey-up, I'm not that bad ya know!!!:-3


I know, couldn't resist, you really shouldn't leave yourself wide open like that! :wah:
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Right you two, off to the girlie night thread with ye, yous are getting all double-entreded up here. :wah:
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