I don't believe we were saved by our Lady of the Blessed Sprinkler.

Shame on you for your unfounded skepticism, Mr Slack! Do you really mean to deny the divine intervention that self-evidentally saved your wretched skin?

If so, then please explain, sir, by what other means Emily Dickenson was?

They had beautiful deep green leaves, and delicate branches that swayed gently in the summer breeze.

They didn't ask for much did they? There you were ready and able to annihilate. Well, well. .... ;) On a lighter note(fnah fnah) We have just saved 6 acres from ever being chopped?

our Lady of the Blessed Sprinkler.

that no real damage was done

Whatever happens, they say afterwards, it must have been Fate. People are always a little confused about this, as they are in the case of miracles. When someone is saved from certain death by a strange concatenation of circumstances, they say that's a miracle. But?

The tree was probably going to fall on some wires and electrocute you, but it went for the 'spontaneous combust (with assisstance) ' option, now it will be plotting some other evil way. Is it poisonous?

Is it poisonous?

Heh, it's mexican. Eye for eye innit. :)

For instance, planting one's Christmas pine, the poor wee thing, one metre away from the bedroom window, because, you know, __ poor wee pine trees__?

David we have all done dumb things
"That seemed like a good idea, at the time!"
Well I have and so it would seem have you

I don't think I need to detail the Great Smoke Inhalation Affair or the Melting Pot Incident to give you the flavour of some?

how big is that thing gunna get??

Hey, with all due respect Christopher ( and wee Mexican Elder) and really don't need to step in, I am sure, but, I have a few Bay trees (Portuguese Bay laurel) and in hot weather they get up to 10 metres but in?

At that point we realised the house was?

And so on.

The time I was biking along, cutting through to the left of stopped traffic, and the front wheel slipped down into the gutter and I ended up falling onto the left front quarter panel of someone's car... then reflecting about 500m down the road what might have?

How does one befriend these custard people?

Oh, it's quite trifling, really.

Make suitable offerings of fruit, jelly, sponge cake, and whipped cream.

Add brandy to the jelly to taste. Garnish with sprinkles, walnut halves and grated chocolate.

Serve chilled, with more whipped cream.

I don't think I need to detail the Great Smoke Inhalation Affair or the Melting Pot Incident

My best effort is the Indoor Fish Smoking conflagration of '08. Closely followed by the Unattended Toasted Muesli Smokebomb of 1978.

How does one befriend these custard people?

I, for one, welcome the Yellow peril. Trade agreements may pave the way to closer ties but there maybe some cravats.

I'll get my passport.

Do you really mean to deny the divine intervention that self-evidentally saved your wretched skin?

So, I used to have this... person I was forced to interact with regularly, who was interesting. She told this story about the time she was woken by their lights flickering on and off. Thought?

Christopher, we honestly gave it careful thought

I apologise if I suggested that you hadn't. You would be in the very very small minority of people that actually do give things thought.

I suppose we should start to add a few extra metres in light of global climatic change; all?

Oh, there was that bonfire incident, but I was just taking photos, so was more?

Amerkin, then?

I do not wish to foster any unkind stereotypes. But yes.

Isn't it great when unpleasant working relationships become distant memories (please reassure me)?

Anyway, this one time, at scout camp...someone decided the primus stove wasn't getting hot enough and that the initial pouring of the meths had been too parsimonious. Naturally, the obvious solution was to pour on a bit more.

And henceforth I heard the rest in the voice of Alyson Hannigan, which?

There is Italian, Alnus Cordata (12m) or , Glutinosa native to Europe, Asia or North Africa,(18-20m), Incana,also native of Europe and North America(15m) but no Mexicano.

Mexico is in North America though, Sofie.

Or Alnus acuminata, evergreen alder.

Thanks. I don't think I'll be growing any. :)
@ Dyan
I was thinking that after it was too latte to edit. Plus my research had shown my mistakes also.

Too soon for Prodigy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw

I too feel left out cos I've never set anything on fire either. Happy for it to stay that way, natch.

On the other hand I have spun my American car into the path of an oncoming truck the first?

does that count?

1 over here for no. Accidents are a dime a dozen. Aren't they??:)

(That slow-mo thing you get when you're in the middle of impending doom is quite cool though)

(That slow-mo thing you get when you're in the middle of impending doom is quite cool though)

Yeah, I had one after skidding on black ice and going into a cork screw through a ditch and having the roof cave in as it was happening. My impendus doom came with?

I've never set anything on fire either

Well, except a crowd of over 10,000

I've never set anything on fire either

Well, except a crowd of over 10,000

OK that really did make me laugh out loud. Heh.