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Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	A winters tale Nov 30, 2017 15:10:49 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Nov 30, 2017 15:10:49 GMT strips off his wet clothes and hastily
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sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	A winters tale Nov 30, 2017 16:21:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Nov 30, 2017 16:21:17 GMT put some petrified parsnips on the potbelly stove but before they were ready to eat there was a knock at the door and there stood a......
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Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	A winters tale Nov 30, 2017 17:10:50 GMT sweetpea likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Nov 30, 2017 17:10:50 GMT pumpkin, dressed as a cowboy......well hello honeybun he chortled ! how about
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A winters tale Dec 1, 2017 9:03:19 GMT

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Post by SueA on Dec 1, 2017 9:03:19 GMT

we sit down & relive our past glories - winning prizes for biggest pumpkin at the Woodland Garden Produce show - while we wait for the parsnips to cook. The pumpkin looked a bit green at this suggestion, 'that would be like eating my relatives' he said 'can't we...

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	A winters tale Dec 2, 2017 16:04:48 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Dec 2, 2017 16:04:48 GMT go find a bowling alley and see if we can scare the locals into a match! Um....ok....but what if......
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steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	A winters tale Dec 2, 2017 16:19:21 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Dec 2, 2017 16:19:21 GMT Someone mistakes the pumpkin for a bowling ball? Better I think to call at old Wizard Sambucas woodland cottage and see what spells he can help us with, .....knock knock knock.....
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A winters tale Dec 3, 2017 10:02:54 GMT

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Post by SueA on Dec 3, 2017 10:02:54 GMT

'Who's there?' said the wizard,
'Gnome', replied Sweetpea,
'Gnome who?' asked the wizard,
'there's no place like Gnome' replied Sweetpea!

(O.K. not the best 'knock, knock' joke but I tried!

) clicking his heels together 3 times like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.
'O.K. that's the right password' said the wizard opening the door...

Last Edit: Dec 3, 2017 10:04:03 GMT by SueA

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A winters tale Dec 3, 2017 11:18:58 GMT Lou78W and SueA like this

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Sue was reported to the Gnome office for that joke but was let off when she said she got it in a box of crackers from Gnomebase

............Stand up and come in said the Wizard...But I am standing up said the Gnome and ran inside through the Wizards legs.....

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SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,920	A winters tale Dec 4, 2017 8:46:12 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Dec 4, 2017 8:46:12 GMT ...the pumpkin however was so big he could barely get through the door never mind through the wizard's legs but he breathed in & popped like a cork through the doorway & landed in a heap on the mat...

Rosie Global Moderator Rambling Rosie. Posts: 9,407	A winters tale Dec 4, 2017 12:58:49 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosie on Dec 4, 2017 12:58:49 GMT In front of a roaring fire, Ouch he shouted when a spaRK flew out and singed his....
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sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	A winters tale Dec 4, 2017 23:31:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Dec 4, 2017 23:31:24 GMT vegetable credentials but they weren't damaged unduly so he managed to do what he intended which was to....
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Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	A winters tale Dec 5, 2017 8:47:23 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Dec 5, 2017 8:47:23 GMT start decorating the Christmas tree. When he had nearly finished he asked the Wizard to magic the fairy onto the top. Oh, said the wizard, fairies are out this year, you need a
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SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,920	A winters tale Dec 5, 2017 9:49:31 GMT sweetpea likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Dec 5, 2017 9:49:31 GMT fluffy owl or a sheep, the sheep keeps falling off the top though so I might go with the owl...

steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	A winters tale Dec 5, 2017 13:03:09 GMT Lou78W likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Dec 5, 2017 13:03:09 GMT Ewe would pick the owl said the sheep, I don't give a hoot said the owl at which point the Gnome said........
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SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,920	A winters tale Dec 6, 2017 9:12:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Dec 6, 2017 9:12:09 GMT ..'mint sauce' & the sheep bolted out of the door knocking the Wizard & pumpkin over on it's way out bumping their heads together & leaving them...

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