19th C Cult in Gloucester

[Blackwolf]

I had a parrot called Onan........Always spilling his seed.

[Funghy-Fipps]

I was going to write something terribly witty, but instead had a spontaneous Onanic Manifestation (you should see what's on my other tab...) and am spent.

[Ramirez Noname]

Thank you "Brother" Joras for that one.

Its good to see the local rag really getting on top of its game (again) 

.... and of course Cheltenham is quite close to The Forest of Dean 

Brother RMZ

[joroas]

To be honest, I was fooled at first, but you would have thought that the reporters at The Citizen would have checked it before printing and, yes, it is still on the site despite a lot of comments...........

Goes to show it must be a slow week in the news, Brother Ramirez......

[thenamelessdead]

I am, the one-onan-ly...

Come on kids, you know the words!

Good story.  What sort of scenario would follow I wonder?  A purge of onanists, respresented by a skirmish in a Gloucestershire countryside where the protagonists attempt to escape the authorities?

[joroas]

Don't give up your day-job, your coats in the hall.............. 

[Mister Rab]

Boo hiss, they've taken the story down 

[carlos marighela]

Meanwhile in deepest, darkest Gloucestershire another disturbing mystery remains unsolved. Who are these giants that stalk the village of Bourton on the Water? Is it a race of giant railway enthusiasts of wargamers. Does that explain the silly hat and dopey grin. Who are these people that will happily pay ten quid to visit? Why are they not all across at Peter Scott's Birdland? And whatever happened to Harry Oakey, the local, friendly butcher?

[carlos marighela]

On the subject of English mysteries.... How is it that the bucolic setting of Midsomer has the world's highest per capita homicide rate? Where murders have exceeded the population by a factor of some considerable magnitude?

[archangel1]

Pshaw! Midsomer is a peaceful little village compared to Cabot Cove, Maine, home to the murder equivalent of Typhoid Mary, Jessica Fletcher.  There were at least 264 murders committed during her reign (admittedly not all in Cabot Cove) as opposed to a paltry 85 to date in Midsomer.

[joroas]

Carlos, I hope you visited the decent model Shop in B-O-T-W...........

[joroas]

"Oh, no, dear, you invited Jessica Fletcher to the wargames show! Just dial 911 now and hope we don't have any enemies or envious friends/relatives .....................  Why are you looking at me oddlly?" 

[carlos marighela]

Carlos, I hope you visited the decent model Shop in B-O-T-W...........

I haven't actually, in fact I haven't been there since my childhood,  we lived in BOW and Little Rissington. If you search the Windrush you can probably find the remains of a Dinky Massey Ferguson tractor I'm alleged to have deposited there some forty odd years ago. Laurie Lee, the noted SCW author was a local resident.

Some friends of my mother were there a few years ago and we were mildly surprised to see our old house has been turned in some sort of boutique hotel/ B&B.

[joroas]

Well, it is now a tourist trap, but not too spoiled for all that. It is a nice place for a day visit.