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Post by JohnV on Jun 10, 2019 7:28:31 GMT
John was very quiet in the corner, nursing a very small flagon of Gruntfuttocks. He wasn't too happy about things at the moment. "All this gallavanting round the universe to supposedly help some strange looking bit of machinery that Peter insisted was an alien" he thought. "and destroying Patty's handbag especially as the prized antique punt gun (a family heirloom) was being "stored" in there at the time .... well" He was beginning to think strange thoughts ....... "was the Peter that was here actually Peter or was this Peter an alien pretending to be Peter or was this Peter the real Peter who was pretending to be an alien Peter so that he could stop the alien Peter who wanted to pretend to be Peter"
It was all a bit confusing to a simple Essex country lad "and anyway, big bagfulls of giant diamonds, what the hell would that do to the value his De Beers shares"
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Post by peterboat on Jun 10, 2019 7:44:05 GMT
Peter had a quick look at the screen, he called Flappy over and a quiet debate was had, Taff had a look as well and shook his head, the screen nodded shook itself and the star chart changed, smiles all around the four of them. "we will be there in a day or so" said Peter "The screen says dont be surprised at what you see on his planet it is after all a different life form to us"
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Post by patty on Jun 10, 2019 9:00:04 GMT
Although it was very kind of everyone to have a whip round and it would do for now Patty intended being on the alert to acquire another bag with special qualities and fill it with her sort of treasures. She hovered near the screen and Peter and Flappy in the guise of giving Taff scooby snacks just so she didn't miss owt...ah looked as if she just might be onto a winner with this planet... Patty loved adventure Patty loved treasure hunting even more and as for going somewhere where stuff not quite as it seemed...well...had to be a win win..
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Post by peterboat on Jun 10, 2019 10:34:10 GMT
Peter suddenly realised he hadnt told the gang how the alien communicated, so he thought a demo would be better "Patty think of something" he said, "bottomless handbags like Mary Poppins has" Peter said, Patty gulped, Flappy and John started to cover their heads with tin foil and ex WW1 tin hats! "That wont work" said Peter "cant you all hear him talking to you?" The gang all looked bemused Taff and the Gravy stained cat were nodding wisely.........................
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Post by patty on Jun 13, 2019 2:24:49 GMT
Aliens talking was fine by Patty..it all just added to the many voices she already heard and didn't listen to..Flappy, John, BB, Bertie Buzzard, Taffy Dog, Peter etc... And a Mary Poppins expandable bag was just the thing she had in mind... All in all this promised to be an interesting trip. Settling down with her Merlot and a large bag of popcorn she waited patiently for summit exciting to happen........
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Post by phil70 on Jun 13, 2019 15:36:30 GMT
Flappy had disappeared into the bowels of the Thunderpunt and while rooting around for somewhere to store his hammers he stumbled upon a pile of discarded boxes. Flappy thought he could use the sturdy boxes and pulled one out.. He shrank back in horror at what he read on the box..... Li Fo PO4 KINELL he thought, we have been infiltrated by blooming Chinese, it's Huawei all over again, they must have slippeď aboard while we were in the bar. Flappy spun round and raced to the helm. Peter! Peter! We've been boarded by Chinese Flappy blurted out while his eyes darted around seeking anything out of place Peter asked how Flappy knew this little gem and Flappy explained he had found some luggage belonging to Li Fo PO4 an obvious chinky if ever there was. Peter and John doubled up with laughter and John took great pleasure in explaining the the boxes had recently contained batteries
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Post by peterboat on Jun 14, 2019 9:46:36 GMT
The screen suddenly started to tell them why he was sent to earth, he recited how from afar they had seen the damage we were doing to earth, so he had been sent to stop it, to show us that if we didnt reform we would be gone in a few years, Mrs BB asked "when did you arrive?" "2018" he replied the gang looked at each other then at Peter. Peter said "he contacted me form his prison, they had jailed him because they didnt want to change their ways" "Who" the Gang said "the world leaders" said Peter, the screen continued "I talked to them all about how little time they had, but the trouble was the little time was enough for them, so they decided to lock, me away Peter heard my call but had to travel to 2046 to free me, by then the earth was in ruins and only a small guard looked after me, Peter interrupted the power supply and I escaped and destroyed my captors and the remaining world leaders who had ignored my warnings" The gang was silent Flappy looked at Peter "is it true" he asked, Peter nodded "not even a drop of water left in the canals boats sitting on the mud, virtually no life left, we have to takethis chap back and bring back the technology to save the world" Patty thought I am going to need a bigger bag...................
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Post by phil70 on Jun 14, 2019 11:08:37 GMT
Flappy went quiet and the blood drained from his face, now Flappy was not a young man anymore, he was long past his 3 score and ten but the thought that future generations would miss out on the joys of boating was something he could not accept. It would be easy for him to do nothing as it would not effect him but Flappy was made of sterner stuff Pausing for his brain cell to catch up Flappy leapt to his feet and yelled "I'M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE " The green floaty screen thingy murmered into Flappy's brain " no need to shout, I knew what you were going to say before you spoke" Peter said that a plan was needed and John called the bar thingy for lubrication just to help the cerebral functions
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Post by phil70 on Jun 14, 2019 14:20:11 GMT
Flappy decided to get the ball rolling and do something nice for Patty, after all a happy Patty means a happy life. Flappy began by laying out his tools.... large hammers on the right and small ones on the left. He neatly placed his gas axe and plasma cutter within easy reach, once satisfied all was ready Flappy fired up Mr Google. "OK Google plans for a TARDIS unit please. Google dumped Flappy onto YouTube where he scoured the site for anything useful no joy to be had there so eBay was the next port of call. Lo and behold some doctor geezer had a 2nd hand one for sale. Flappy being a silver tongued swine persuaded the doctor fella to let him have it for a trial period. All that remained to do was fit the unit along with a ZPM into some sort of bag and give it to Patty Patty was sitting sipping a bucket of merlot when she saw a small handbag that appeared to have sprouted feet and was walking upside down. Patty reached down and with a supreme show of strength she dumped the bag the right way up on her lap. The feet wiggled wildly as Patty opened the bag to the sound of a scream followed by an almighty thump. Peering in she could just make out Flappy sitting in the bottom of the bag rubbing his nogging. Yes the bag was larger inside than it was outside. The TARDIS unit had done the job Patty squealed with delight "Mary Poppins eat yer heart out"
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Post by peterboat on Jun 14, 2019 15:50:44 GMT
Peter was more than happy to transport stuff for Flappy from earth for Patty, but he was worried about the tardis unit, he could see it going wrong! Anyway the screen announced they were due to arrive in seconds, he gave them a warning that it might shock them what they were about to see, and it should be a warning what happens when you go to far on your planet without thought of the consequences of their actions........................
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Post by phil70 on Jun 14, 2019 16:06:00 GMT
Flappy was bouncing up and down, all agog and brimming with anticipation. This had better be good Peter
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Post by patty on Jun 14, 2019 20:28:01 GMT
Meanwhile Patty was carefully sorting out her handbag, this could take time.... There's nowt quite like a good sort out of a woman handbag...... She listened to the conversation..plan, they needed a plan to save the world. That sounded very exciting, she quite fancied going down in history as the woman who saved the world...obviously the guys could help but all teams needed a leader......
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Post by phil70 on Jun 14, 2019 21:12:26 GMT
The fact that Party's bag was huge on the inside had not escaped her and to gain access to the bottom of the bag Patty had mugged a window cleaner for his ladder which once dropped into the bag was just right for climbing down into the bowels of the bag . Meanwhile the window cleaner was having words with The Coate Faerie as to why he had been unable to clean the top of the windows, to say he was a bit cross would be an understatement ( mutter mutter, best ladders, cost a fortune,mutter mutter mad woman mugger) None of this bothered Patty as she installed the "chinese luggage" which she hoped to fill with goodies. The amount of space in the TARDIS bag was frightening, perhaps some furniture would help make it seem more homely
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Post by Trina on Jun 14, 2019 21:19:07 GMT
Meanwhile,Mrs BB smiled to herself,she had had a few conversations with the screen & knew a few secrets about it.It had a few things it wanted to do which nobody would ever have guessed.The screen smiled & decided it wanted to...
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Post by phil70 on Jun 14, 2019 21:36:03 GMT
Hook up with a nice aerial it had seen or at least it rather liked the look of the co-ax cable, truth be known the cable actually connected to the radar scanner so connecting to that could be interesting to say the least
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