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Bar fully stocked, elephants fed and watered, warmer climes to be found...Brownie Ho

Its so good to be a Phred! !!

If you're a Phred,
Then when you're dead,
I won't burn you red,
But bury you instead.
If you're an infidel
I might as well
Burn you to Hell.

<BB<

Er... What is a Phred?

You, and everyone else around us are all Phreds. It is the official nomenclature for the members of the CotTB.

If I remember correctly we all voted on it a while back.

G7

Gosh. To think I've been an unwitting Phred all this time...

Well, now you know. Please promise to use your powers only for the good of the Brownie.

G7

Lovely poetry BB, ~sniff~ , brings a tear to my eye.

Does anyone polly vous fransay? I had 4 years of it way back in the dark ages. I've heard the french get teechy if you don't speak french in France.

Goodness! It has been too many years since I spoke it well. My latest French lesson was courtesy of Eddie Izzard and consisted of phrases like The cat was on the chair and The monkey was on the branch. Useful in certain situations, but not all...

G7

Want to practice?

Bonjour, Mademoiselle. Comment t'allez vous? Ou sont les vin?

We could always use Babel Fish: http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn

True! But would the french hear french when we spoke? Do we care?

OK, here goes:
"Salutations, bons citoyens de la France! Jet loin votre gateaux et vos patisseries! Nous vous apportons les bonnes nouvelles du Brownie Vrai! La voie, la vérité el le chocolat!"

WOW! I'm going to have to check out that link now!!! Wait a bit...

Ok! Ready?

*Stands on Emma's back to better address the empty french countryside.*

Nous sommes le Phreds! Verrouillez vers le haut vos meilleurs vins et saisissez vos extincteurs. Avertissement juste!


This is too cool, Ormondroyd!

Er... I think I may just have discovered the limitations of the Babel Fish. Acoording to the , you just shouted: "We are the Phreds! Lock to the top your best wines and hold on to your extinguishers! Warning right!"
It's a novel approach to evangelism, I grant you, but...

ROFLOL!!! Close enough!!

It was : We are the Phreds! Lock up your best wines and grab your fire extinguishers! Fair warning!


How come there are no english to dutch translations available? I could make use of those!

When I was in the Netherlands the weekend before last, I found that the word "beer" was easily understood by all and that I didn't really need many other words. But then, you've seen the photos...
And do you know, I didn't see a single Brownie, although I did see some OTHER kinds of cake!

La Vie La Vie
beaucoup de parapluies

The only french poem I know.