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Subject: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! From: Liz the Squeak Date: 07 Sep 06 - 05:27 AM Some questions to answer that may help your Santa search for the perfect present:~ 1) Gender: B or G (we've had enough trouble with the sex question) 2) Age range: Morris Offspring; Bloody teenager; Sensible & sane; Parent (so not sane); Old Fart; Methuselah's granddad. 3) Daft as a: Brush; Bucket of Frogs; Kipper in a privet bush; Very daft thing. 4) Melodeons: Love 'em; Hate 'em; Couldn't eat a whole one. 5) Music: Traditionalist; Modernist; Cara fan; Stone deaf. 6) Likes: Pina coladas; getting caught in the rain; champagne; making love at midnight. 7) Dislikes: Melodeon/banjo; Healthfoods; Bad spelling; Multiple postings; Stupid online quizzes. 8) Favourite colour: Blue; Red; Yellow; Green; Black; Rainbow; Purple. 9) Favourite food: Chocolate; Nuts; Chocolate covered nuts; Lobster Thermidor au Crevettes with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam; Chocolate. 10) Tshirt size: Ah innit cute; My, you've grown!; You aren't going out like that!; You want to be careful eating that; Can the circus have their tent back?. 11) Animals are: Cute; Annoying; Spawn of the Devil; Tasty; An important part of our culture but not here thank you. 12) Flowers are: Dangerous; Pretty on the plant; Fine on trees but not on wallpaper; Romantic; Expensive. 13) Christmas is: Coming; Boring; Thought provoking; Just another holiday; Far too short and should last for 6 months; A wonderful celebration of faith; love and charity. Hope these get you started.... SECSYA LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! From: Liz the Squeak Date: 07 Sep 06 - 05:30 AM D'oh!! Forgot to say... copy and paste, then delete those that don't apply. 3) Daft as a: Bucket of Frogs SECSYA LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! From: Crystal Date: 07 Sep 06 - 06:13 AM This is fun!!! 1) Gender: G 2) Age range: Morris Offspring, but not sane! 3) Daft as a: Bucket of Frogs (frogs are great, so are pigs!) 4) Melodeons: Love 'em but couldn't eat a whole one, too chewey 5) Music: Folky, anything except Karine Polwart 6) Likes: Dancing, singing, sewing, reading, Warhammer 40K (sisters of battle), velvet cloaks, cats 7) Dislikes: Peppers, being bored 8) Favourite colour: Blue/Green/turquoise, although pale pink is cute too! 9) Favourite food: Chocolate, caramel, nuts, maple syrup and other sweet sticky things (with 15 sifferent types of sugar and saccarine) 10) Tshirt size: Small/medium 11) Animals are: Cute, Annoying, Spawn of the Devil. Or my cat is at least! 12) Flowers are: Dangerous; Pretty on the plant; Fine on trees but not on wallpaper. 13) Christmas is: Coming. And with it more holiday! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! From: John MacKenzie Date: 07 Sep 06 - 06:29 AM Well Crystal I hope I get you as my Santee, cos I can send you a CD of the lovely, wonderful, adorable, edible, and talented Karine Polwart. Liz KAKSOD to you! G. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! From: Leadfingers Date: 07 Sep 06 - 07:02 AM 1) Gender: B 2) Age range: Old Fart; Methuselah's granddad. 3) Daft as a: Brush; Bucket of Frogs; Kipper in a privet bush; Very daft thing. Or any thing else on these lines ! 4) Melodeons: Couldn't eat a whole one. Banjos are more civilised ! 5) Music: Traditional Jazz? ; Modernist; Cara fan; Rolling Stone deaf. ALL kinds of Folkie , especially stuff I can steal ! 6) Likes: Mudcat and Mudcatters (for the most part) 7) Dislikes: Multiple postings; Stupid online quizzes and Anonymous troll postings . 8) Favourite colour: Blue; Red; Yellow; Green; Black; Rainbow; Tartan ? 9) Favourite food: Any thing I havent had to cook myself . 10) Tshirt size: I havent worn a T shirt for YEARS !!! 11) Animals are: All of the following - Cute; Annoying; Spawn of the Devil; Tasty; An important part of our culture but not here thank you. 12) Flowers are: Still brewing decent beer ! 13) Christmas is: Coming; Boring; Thought provoking; Just another holiday; Far too short and should last for 6 months; A wonderful celebration of faith; love and charity and usually too bloody expensive . |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hints for your Secret Santa--2006 From: RangerSteve Date: 07 Sep 06 - 11:38 AM age: 56, Male I collect: cook books with regional recipes, especially those put out by fire departments, schools, and other fund-raising types. Also ethnic cookbooks. Ocarinas and whistles in interesting shapes. Any type of traditional music (I play old-time country - clawhammer banjo and harmonica) - but any type of traditional music is fine with me. Mudcatter CD's are welcome. Books dealing with the history of your area. (I'm in New Jersey and have just about everything written on this area). No jewelry, please. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! From: Stilly River Sage Date: 07 Sep 06 - 12:56 PM BTW: in the US, we aren't necessarily acquainted with terms like "Morris Offspring." I haven't a clue from that description how old someone is. :-/ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2 From: Bill t' bodger Date: 07 Sep 06 - 04:11 PM 1) Gender: B 2) Age range:Morris dancer therefore Insane 3) Daft as a: totally insane brush 4) Melodeons: Couldn't eat a whole one. 5) Music: as a clue yesterday I bought a cd by the Weavers and Def leppard so pretty diverse 6) Likes: getting caught in the rain; champagne; making love at midnight,in fact anything midnight based 7) Dislikes: Healthfoods; Badd speelling; Stupid online quizzes; 8) Favourite colour: Black; Purple. 9) Favourite food: bit fussy cos of food intolerances 10) Tshirt size: large to XL 11) Animals are: Cute; Tasty; an essential food source 12) Flowers are: Dangerous; Pretty on the plant; Fine on trees but not on wallpaper; Romantic; Expensive. 13) Christmas is:based on Pagan beliefs for over 3500 years 14) Did I mention I like leather and lace; and like very dark humourous things, |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Liz the Squeak Date: 08 Sep 06 - 02:01 AM This is for Limpit who can't be bothered to log in herself... 1) Gender: G but not a girly one. 2) Age range: Morris Offspring bordering on Bloody teenager; 3) Daft as a: Very daft thing. 4) Melodeons: Hate 'em; 5) Music: Traditionalist; Modernist; Cara fan; or anything else she doesn't have to practice. 6) Likes: Pina coladas although a nice G & T is good too... the little cow nicks mine! 7) Dislikes: Melodeon/banjo; Healthfoods; Anything green and nutritious. Pink girly things (what a difference from 4 years ago!) 8) Favourite colour: Black; 9) Favourite food: Lobster Thermidor au Crevettes with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam or pot noodle. 10) Tshirt size: My, you've grown bordering on You aren't going out like that!; 11) Animals are: Cute, especially those that don't mind being harried, stroked viciously, petted heavily or thrown off the bed. 12) Flowers are: Pretty on the plant but not on wallpaper. 13) Christmas is: Coming; Far too short and should last for 6 months; a great excuse for me to get anything I want and whine for 3 months beforehand. LTS for Limpit. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Liz the Squeak Date: 08 Sep 06 - 02:02 AM Oh, by the way... the clue was in the thread title... SILLY.... you may want to reconsider the merging of threads because now they're just all jumbled up and no-one knows if they're being silly or not. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: jacqui.c Date: 08 Sep 06 - 10:01 AM 1) Gender: G (we've had enough trouble with the sex question) 2) Age range: Getting toward Old Bat 3) Daft as a: Brush; Bucket of Frogs; Kipper in a privet bush; Very daft thing. - Yes 4) Melodeons: Couldn't eat a whole one. 5) Music: Traditionalist; 6) Likes: champagne; making love at midnight, 7) Dislikes: Bad spelling; Multiple postings; 8) Favourite colour: Blue; Red; Yellow; Green; Black; Rainbow; Purple. I like strong colours rather than pastels. 9) Favourite food: Nuts; Lobster Thermidor* au Crevettes with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam; (*only if it's Maine lobster) 10) Tshirt size:; You want to be careful eating that; 11) Animals are: Cute; Annoying; Spawn of the Devil; Tasty; 12) Flowers are: Pretty on the plant; Fine on trees but not on wallpaper; Romantic; Expensive. 13) Christmas is: Coming; Far too short and should last for 6 months; A wonderful celebration of faith; love and charity. 4. Favorite authors/ type of book? Sci-fi. 5. What books have you really been wanting? Stephen King's latest and the last chapter of the Dark Tower 6. What type of music do you like? Folk, classical, 60's pop. 7. What CDs have you really been wanting? 8. What movies have you been wanting? What region DVDs can you view? Region 1 - V for Vendetta 9. What is your t-shirt size? extra large 10. Do you collect anything? if so, what? Earrings - dangly types. 11. What are some of your other hobbies? crochet, song circles' finding crap presents for friends 12. Do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? Neither - has to be gold or silver or I can't wear it. I can, however, put silver-tone dangly earrings onto silver wires.... 13. Please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like. Anything from your part of the world. Much as I hate the idea I have to stay away from wheat and sugar for health reasons. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 08 Sep 06 - 10:54 AM I think people will figure out that the secretary is silly, and not the hints! They take their Secret Santa work seriously, after all! SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 09 Sep 06 - 06:29 PM 1) Gender: G 2) Age range: Parent of nearly-grownups! How did that happen??? 3) Daft as a: Very, very, very, very daft thing. 4) Melodeons: Love 'em- they're squeezeable, after all! Free the reeds! 5) Music: Traditionalist with a twist. On the rocks. Stirred, not shaken. 6) Likes: champagne; making love at midnight. If only! 7) Dislikes: Bad spelling; Mean people. 8) Favourite colour: Blue; Red; Yellow; Green; Black; Rainbow; Purple. Yes. 9) Favourite food: Chocolate. Dark, dark, dark chocolate. 10) Tshirt size: Ah innit cute (how do you do the line through the words thingy?) Size, small (sorry, everyone.) NOT cute! 11) Animals are: our friends. Some are nice to have around, others are delicious. 12) Flowers are:Romantic; often a necessity of life. 13) Christmas is: A wonderful celebration! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2 From: Peter Kasin Date: 10 Sep 06 - 04:57 AM 1. Gender: Male 2. Age range: 53 to 53 3. Whaaaa? 4. Melodeons: Love 'em. Very good sauteed with spoons and bones. 5. Music: both traditionalist and modernist. Anything that gets under my skin and moves me: Beatles, Bothy Band, lomax field recordings, Classic motown, English, Irish and Scottish folk songs, Alasdair Fraser, Wynonie Harris, Bebop era jazz, the list goes on an on. 6. Likes: Cooking and eating out, photography, movies, reading history and biography, song collections, sports: boxing, American football (San Francisco 49ers fan) baseball (SF Giants fan), rainy days, swimming on warm days, singing, playing fiddle. Buster Keaton, watching DVDs/Videos. 7. Dislikes: overuse/misuse of bones and spoons at sessions, rude behavior, gangsta rap. 8. Favorite color: Blue 9. Favorite food: Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian. Specific dishes to numerous to list. 10.T-shirt size: Large 11. Animals are: fascinating. 12. Flowers are: nature's gift to us. 13. Christmas is: the best time of year. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 10 Sep 06 - 12:01 PM I think we maybe do need to separate out those threads again. I separated them as best as I could. Some are mixed, so people can re-post them if they'd like. I'm going to go take some aspirin. -JC |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Liz the Squeak Date: 11 Sep 06 - 04:11 PM Did someone up there call me silly? Don't you know it's the main qualification for doing this job? You have to be daft to put up with the whinging and whining.... and that's just Limpit! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 11 Sep 06 - 06:16 PM Wait till the weather gets a little cooler so we can really get into the spirit of the thing, and you'll have your hands full with "silly!" SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: CapriUni Date: 12 Sep 06 - 03:21 AM I answered seriously, now I'll answer silly: 1) Gender: Gigglepus 2) Age range: people may expect Sensible & sane; I prefer to confound expectations. 3) Daft as an elephant dancing on a spiderweb. 4) Melodeons: Never actually tried to eat a whole one. 5) Music: Traditionalist. 6) Likes: "and this our life, exempt from public haunt, find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything (what's not to like?). 7) Dislikes (Well, now that you mention it): conspiracy theories and getting angry for the principle of it. 8) Favourite colour: Sunsets in January, new leaves in April, Dragonflies in August, Storm clouds in November. 9) Favourite food: Chocolate; Nuts; Chocolate covered nuts; Garlic, Ginger, Mustard, hot pepper, Chocolate. 10) Tshirt size: You aren't going out like that... are you? 11) Animals are: Us. ... oh. non-human animals ... are: our friends and neighbors 12) Flowers are: Pretty on the plant; Fine on trees but not on wallpaper; alarmimgly cunning. 13) "Christmas" is: the modern word for a seasonal celebration that's been around for as long as the Earth's axis has been akimbo.... and it's also Coming. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: ranger1 Date: 12 Sep 06 - 12:28 PM 1) Gender: G (yes, really!) 2) Age range: somewhere between Bloody teenager and (non)Sensible & (in)sane 3) Daft as a: Brush; Bucket of Frogs; Kipper in a privet bush; Very daft thing. Hmm... all of the above? 4) Melodeons: Couldn't eat a whole one, unless it were drowned in grade A maple syrup. 5) Music: yes 6) Likes: getting caught in the rain; making love at midnight. 7) Dislikes: Melodeon/accordion; Healthfoods; Bad spelling; Multiple postings; 8) Favourite colour: Blue; Red; Green; Black; 9) Favourite food: Chocolate; Nuts; Chocolate covered nuts; Chocolate; and did I mention chocolate? 10) Tshirt size: someplace between Ah innit cute and My, you've grown!; 11) Animals are: Cute; Annoying; Spawn of the Devil; Tasty; depends on the animal... 12) Flowers are: Pretty on the plant; Fine on trees but not on wallpaper; 13) Christmas is: Far too short and should last for 6 months; |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2 From: sian, west wales Date: 14 Sep 06 - 12:16 PM 1) Gender: Biddy 2) Age range: Granny's spinster sister 3) Daft as a: Canadian. This is the way my friends explain me when I attract attention at the pub. "*shrug* She's Canadian." 4) Melodeons: Better than being poked in the eye with a sharp stick. 5) Music: Traditionalist, but high tolerance levels for anything that isn't too teenage-angst-ridden. 6) Likes: A flannel nighty on a cold night. 7) Dislikes: Strangualated pseudo-classical tenors or squeaky sopranos. 8) Favourite colour: BlueS; Red; Black; Denim; turquoise 9) Favourite food: garlic chicken and broccoli; almond and cherry claffouti; Christmas dinner with all the trimmings; fresh homemade bread 10) Tshirt size: Can the circus have their tent back?. 11) Animals are: a) any living organism characterized by voluntary movement, the possession of specialized sense organs enabling rapid response to stimuli, and the ingetion of complex organic substances 12) Flowers are: suspect 13) Christmas is: a test of personal resilience, resourcefulness, stamina, and belief in Good Will to All (Wo)Men ... and COMING ! Yay! Go on: Santa me! Santa Me! sian p.s. Might this be a good time to point out that I do NOT want anything on this page , particularly the second item. But I'll bet that some Catter will ... sww |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Becca72 Date: 14 Sep 06 - 01:49 PM Give a dog a bone... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: MMario Date: 14 Sep 06 - 02:06 PM ) Gender with sex 2) Age range: not sane Old Fart 3) Daft as a: Frog bush. 4) Melodeons:Couldn't eat a whole one. 5) Music: please. 6) Likes: sand dunes and salty air 7) Dislikes: badly spelled Health foods 8) Favourite colour: slightly blue teal with a faint iridescence, but not turqoise 9) Favourite food: There are foods besides chocolate? 10) Tshirt size: No,the circus cannot have their tent back! 11) Animals are:A tasty part of our culture 12) Flowers are: Dangerously Expensive. 13) Christmas is: simultaneously way too crass and commercial, touching and heartwarming and deeply religious. 14) Politicians should be: shot, imprisoned, poisoned; poissoned, drowned, fed to sharks, thrown out the window, deported, spindled, folded, ignored. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Liz the Squeak Date: 14 Sep 06 - 05:25 PM Poissoned? You mean politicians should be fished to death?? LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: CapriUni Date: 15 Sep 06 - 02:55 AM Well, they do tend to bait each other... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: MMario Date: 15 Sep 06 - 08:32 AM or you could beat them over the head with frozen trout. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Liz the Squeak Date: 15 Sep 06 - 05:32 PM Mmario - I find your comment out of plaice... you should pay more attention to the porpoise of your whiting. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Joybell Date: 16 Sep 06 - 08:17 PM OK. The sillier the better. No worries about having two hint threads, I reckon. 1) Gender: OG -(Old Girl) YOI (young on inside) 2) Age range: Old Farteuse 3) Daft as a: Very, very, very daft thing. 4) Melodeons: Love 'em with cheese. 5) Music: Yes 6) Likes: making love at midnight, dawn, sunset, moonrise, noon, morning tea, afternoon tea, any time in between. 7) Dislikes: Stupid online quizzes. Emails that tell me to pass this on to .... friends or get 7 years bad luck. 8) Favourite colour: Blue; Red; Yellow; Green; Black; Rainbow; Purple. You've read my other hints then Liz? 9) Favourite food: Chocolate; Nuts; Chocolate covered nuts; Lobster Thermidor au Crevettes with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam; Chocolate. YES 10) Tshirt size: Ah innit cute; My, you've grown!; You aren't going out like that!; You want to be careful eating that; Can the circus have their tent back?. Maybe we skip the Tee-shirt bit. 11) Animals are: Less talkative than humans - except for parrots, elephants and chickens. 12) Flowers are: Good on hats. Lots and lots. 13) Christmas is: inevitable. Cheers and Joy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 17 Sep 06 - 01:27 AM Joybell, if your Santa reads this thread I'm sure he'll send you something that contains a lot of roughage. . . ;-D |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Liz the Squeak Date: 17 Sep 06 - 03:26 AM What... like an elephant? LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Joybell Date: 17 Sep 06 - 04:05 AM I had an Elephant egg once but they take too long to hatch. Waited and waited. Cheers and Joy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: cryptoanubis Date: 17 Sep 06 - 04:47 PM 1) Gender: B 2) Age range: Sensible , not so sane) 3) Daft as a: Bucket of Frogs 4) Melodeons: Couldn't eat a whole one. 5) Music: Traditional 6) Likes: Getting caught in the rain. 7) Dislikes: Healthfoods; Bad spelling. 8) Favourite colour:Natural 9) Favourite food: Tasty 10) Tshirt size: You aren't going out like that! 11) Animals are: Cute and Tasty. 12) Flowers are: Dangerous. 13) Christmas is: Coming. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Joybell Date: 17 Sep 06 - 07:36 PM Hello dusty. Nice to see you again. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Anne Lister Date: 09 Oct 06 - 06:57 PM ) Gender: G 2) Age range: Sensible & sane (NOT! but not a parent and not quite at the old fart level yet) 3) Daft as a: Very daft thing. 4) Melodeons: many of my best friends play one (each) 5) Music: Traditionalist probably 6) Likes: champagne; making love at midnight. (together, if at all possible) 7) Dislikes: Bad spelling; Multiple postings; People who write in txt nglsh. 8) Favourite colour: Purple. 9) Favourite food: Lobster (oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, YES) 10) Tshirt size: nice and comfy 11) no general thought on animals ....love some, don't love others 12) Flowers are: Romantic, especially red roses. 13) Christmas is: Far too short and should last for 6 months; |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Leadfingers Date: 10 Oct 06 - 06:50 PM So we have two threads on the same topic !! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Liz the Squeak Date: 11 Oct 06 - 07:09 AM But this was the first one!!! And approved as SECSYA LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Liz the Squeak Date: 12 Oct 06 - 12:09 AM Refreshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: CapriUni Date: 14 Oct 06 - 02:46 AM So -- is this the place where Santas can log out, post as anonymous guests and taunt their Santees? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2 From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 14 Oct 06 - 03:29 AM Secret Santa Clues & Nudges |
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Subject: RE: BS: Santa's Silly Secretary says hint here! (2006) From: Tinker Date: 14 Oct 06 - 01:29 PM 1) Gender: G 2) Age range: Parent (so not sane) 3) Daft as a: Bucket of Frogs 4) Melodeons: No comment 5) Music: Cara fan 6) Likes: getting caught in the rain; champagne; making love at midnight. 7) Dislikes: Healthfoods;overbearing buracracies without brains 8) Favourite colour: Blue; Red; Wine; Black; Rainbow; 9) Favourite food: Chocolate covered nuts; brandy; Liqueur; Cock of the North Liqueur; Chocolate. Chocolate covered nuts. Cock of the North Chocolates. 10) Tshirt size: You aren't going out like that! 11) Animals are: Cute 12) Flowers are: Pretty on the plant;neglected in the garden; Fine on trees but not on wallpaper; Romantic 13) Christmas is: Thought provoking; Far too short and should last for 6 months; A wonderful celebration of faith; love and charity; Parental insanity |