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Post by phil70 on Oct 20, 2019 22:25:26 GMT
Flappy was quite taken with Barney even though the nibbles that Barney administered did at times smart a bit Flappy just put it down to enthusiasm, it reminded Flappy of one of his dogs, a Jackhuahua who would grin at you and take your fingers in his mouth, nothing more than gentle pressure A tear crept into Flappys eye as he realised the Thunder Punt was heading for the Sun and certain destruction but ... but ....maybe it could be saved
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Post by patty on Oct 21, 2019 7:04:48 GMT
Patty stood watching out of the windows as the mighty punt sped on its way... the rather distinguished singed gentleman appeared to be taking control and she spotted a team of reindeer coming up alongside them.... She then looked at the glowing ball that seemed to be their destination....she didn't think she had any sun tan cream left, it was no good she would have to slow them all down so that the reindeer could be harnessed to pull them away from that hot stuff, at least until she managed to go shopping......teamwork, they needed to work as a team. She wandered over to the gadgets that fizzed and sparkled and putting on a pair of gloves began connecting wires together.............
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Post by phil70 on Oct 21, 2019 9:44:56 GMT
Suddenly after a lot of wire twiddling "POP"!!! and it was all working again. Flappy could be seen dancing a joyous jig while shouting "Lordy Lordy, the age of miracles is not yet passed"
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Post by peterboat on Oct 21, 2019 16:27:58 GMT
Peter Santa and Taff had gone they had pressed the ZPM and arrived on earth! they looked around and the Gang was missing! Santa sent his Sleigh to pick up the gang, Peter said "that bloody cat broke the ring and if we aint touching we dont get transported" Santa looked glum "If they dont get on the sleigh quick they will be blown to pieces as the Punt is set to self destruct to protect the sun, the whole thing is filled with nuclear weapons for the mission." As they looked at the sun with the solar viewers they saw the flash as the punt exploded! Santa was looking at his screen then shouted with Joy "they are all on the sleigh and returning to earth" Santa, Taff and Peter were doing a jig as the sleigh came into land.................... !
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Post by phil70 on Oct 21, 2019 20:14:56 GMT
Flappy thought "bugger this, all this jiggery pokery has worn me out, I'm cream crackered" Flappy headed for the bar and caught up with a rather singed John. They trudged along in silence as the neared the door Flappy uttered on word "Pint"? John replied with one word "Flagon"
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Post by patty on Oct 21, 2019 21:01:37 GMT
As far as trips out went..that was hardly worth the effort of getting changed..she'd lost all her treasured weapons and tools and as such Patty wasn't very happy... An unhappy Patty meant the guys could well be in a spot of bother... seeing Flappy and John sneaking off to the bar didn't particularly help..........
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Post by peterboat on Oct 21, 2019 22:46:58 GMT
Santa insisted that Peter had to tell the gang about the mission, Peter thought it would come better from Santa, what they didnt realise as they discussed it in the bar that the Gang was stood behind them listening to them and looking very uneasy as the plan unfolded...........................
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Post by patty on Oct 24, 2019 6:06:49 GMT
Patty looked at Flappy and John....oopsy this wasn't going down well... She thought of times past when they'd all united to go off on their grand adventures hunting out Big Red, of the dinky little dressing up costumes she'd worn, of Flappy in his famous onesie.... Sniff ...Sniff...sniff.... This just didn't seem the same.. she wanted a real adventure, an exciting time.... she wanted...to collect lots of treasures... fill her pockets and hand bag...... S. America beckoned...but not till after Christmas....
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Post by Trina on Oct 24, 2019 13:15:31 GMT
Mrs BB was open mouthed with shock( very handy for any Rusty Rats' Tail donations),Patty had uttered the 'C' word !😱
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Post by peterboat on Oct 24, 2019 20:50:06 GMT
Peter gulped when he realised all the gang were listening, so he thought they know some of the plan but not all of it, he looked at Patty and realised it was like letting the cat looking after the mice in a lab with the second part of the plan. He sighed and told the gang " Santas helpers are all ill and we are it, we are in charge of distribution of all presents at Christmas" even as he said it he saw the various reactions to his news...............before he had finished Flappy had a red coat on and was practicing his HO HO HOs! John however was looking at his badly burned beard in the bar mirror, Peter then saw the girls diving into the bar dressing up box and out came the rather lovely elves and a metallic Christmas fairy! Peter coughed "right the original plan was to rescue Santas helpers which was the mission that johns rewiring sort of ruined, it involved the atomic devices and weapons that were destroyed on the punt, we would have collected a huge amount of loot on that planet as they are interplanet thieves of the first order" Peter picked up his lemonchello and waited to see what the gang really wanted to do....................
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Post by phil70 on Oct 24, 2019 21:42:29 GMT
Flappy paused in his HO-HO-HOing and cleared his throat "ahem cough cough" A mass groan arose from everybody, " oh no, Flappy is going to give a speech" " I'll keep this brief (loud cheers) now than settle down perlease, now for a number of years we have attempted to thwart Big Red and each year we have failed abysmaly. The effect has been zero zilch, nada a big fat nothing so why not adopt the attitude "if you can't beat'em join'em" So who is with me on this adventure?
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Post by peterboat on Oct 24, 2019 23:50:57 GMT
Peter breathed a sigh of relief, of course with the gang it was like herding cats.....................
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Post by patty on Oct 25, 2019 5:46:52 GMT
Patty wondered if the vote could be re done if the result not to her liking....she wasn't really sure what would be best.. Did they have all the facts? It could be a good plan..what with her multi pockets emptied of her treasures and a handbag that could do with restocking....ah wait a minute..if they were now 'comrades in arms' or 'allies' or 'a team' so as to speak all confiscated bounty should be returned..... She fixed Santa and Peter with a Granny Glad gaze and waited.....
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Post by JohnV on Oct 25, 2019 6:28:47 GMT
John sat quietly in the corner ....... sayin' nowt, he wasn't as green as he was cabbage looking. There was no way he was going to speak out and let people know his plans. "If you can't beat them, join them ? ...... No way !" he thought.
He sneaked away from the gang and off along the towpath and When he reached the bridge over the bywater, he looked around carefully to make sure he hadn't been followed, parted some strangely movable thorn bushes and stepped into the hidden pathway.
He gazed happily at the sight of the original punt, salvaged from it's watery tomb and carefully refurbished, repainted and restocked. The mighty Lister was still sat on a trestle under the lean to.
John was holding back on re installing, as he had heard of a 6 cylinder air cooled model in good running order being removed from a workboat and might become available.
"Install a two stage supercharger and that would make the old girl fly ..... even with a full cargo of Gruntfuttocks !!! Happy days" he chortled to himself
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Post by Trina on Oct 25, 2019 7:08:48 GMT
Mrs BB had sneakily followed John along the towpath,there was NO way she was going to help Big Red.She gasped when she saw the hidden punt.As she shook her head in disbelief,the bells on her elf's hat jangled quite loudly.The game was up !
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