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Ringdrotten

Ringdrotten

"Don't recall the episode - but I remember some of the LotR parody. I must watch that again!"

Love that one "Hey, what are you guys doing?" "We're playing Harry Potter!" "HA! - FAGS!"

Eldorion

The LOTR parody is my favourite episode of South Park. It's genius. 8-) "Quick cross the river. 6th graders can't stand water." "What!? That's stupid." "I am a high ranking white wizard, Craig. And I say 6th graders are opposed to water!" "Whatever, I'm going back to play with the Harry Potter kids."

Aaaaaaah! The warm glow of Duckie fueled pub talk. Lovely. I will need to track that South Park one down, I must have missed it. (It jumps about the schedules a lot here). So far my favourite was the World of Warcraft episode. Classic.

Ringdrotten

"Quick cross the river. 6th graders can't stand water." "What!? That's stupid." "I am a high ranking white wizard, Craig. And I say 6th graders are opposed to water!" "Whatever, I'm going back to play with the Harry Potter kids."[/quote:2n29qo0r] Brilliant stuff The warcraft episode is hilarious too, though it is hard to name a favourite of the south park episodes, there are so many great ones

Odo Banks

I suppose if you're banished you must to be glad of any forumers kind enough to visit - and must put up with this kind of thing! South Park! The last vestige of Respectability is out the door! (((Perhaps it's the Duckie... one does get maudlin if one drinks too much... Perhaps it's just that sad quacking in my tummy? :? )))

Its quacking when I fart which is worrying me - is that a side effect of Duckie Odo or will it go away! :? That and I feel like I may be about to lay eggs (how many Duckie is too many?)

Odo Banks

It's a delicate subject, Mr Tyrant, and quite a peculiar and complicated area of Middle-earthen medinice, so I can't avow to be an expert. All I can say is, if you're at the egg laying stage, you're drinking too much Duckie!

"Quack!"

Balin Banks

Was that another egg?

Its a very odd sensation Odo! And for the past hour I've been feeling Particularly Peculiar (which is very embarrassing as I don't even think I introduced myself first!) I watched a terrifying public information film on my Palantir from the MEDEA (Middle-Earth Drug Enforcement Agency) called Duckie Madness- and it must be true its official!! What have you done to me?!

Gandalfs Beard

I did warn you about "milking the duck"!

Feathery palms? Now that can't be good can it?

Balin Banks

No, precious, not good at all...

Odo Banks

Odo goes on diet! Odo brags to Needlehole neighbours: "I'm getting younger by the minute!"

"I'm getting younger by the minute!" Is it an age diet? Are you shedding minutes, hours, months and years? If so I could do with your diet plan Odo. (This 'diet plan' that makes you younger Odo- does it involve an expensive, flash, fast but ultimately pointless mode of transport and a young blonde woman with the brain the size of an undeveloped walnut for company and is it sometimes referred to as a 'mid-life crisis'? 'Cause if so I think I've tried it and it only makes you feel younger up to the point where she turns on the lights!)

Odo Banks

pettytyrant101 said: "This 'diet plan' that makes you younger Odo- does it involve an expensive, flash, fast but ultimately pointless mode of transport and a young blonde woman with the brain the size of an undeveloped walnut for company..." I wish! No, I'm just feeling better because I'm working on becoming a lithe middle-age hobbit (with a straightened spine) and the years are falling away. I was fifty one three weeks ago - and now I'm fourty eight. Pound by pound I'm getting younger! Hip hooray!

Now if I was an American I may well gush here with praise for your weight loss and youthfulness Odo and give encouraging cheerleading style comments to keep on going. But fortunately I'm a grumpy Scots hobbit so I won't- and its own your fault for getting fat so I don't see why people should get praise for losing weight they shouldn't have allowed themselves to gain in the first place! (Ahh its good to be back and crabbity again!) On a related side note I was standing behind two enormous fat women in the supermarket the other day who were bemoaning the impossibility of losing weight and all sorts of potential medical treatments to cure them whilst pushing a trolley which was full of, essentially, cake. And some biscuits. And some chocolate. And crisps (chips to you Americans). If you are overweight here's some advice- stop eating everything in sight and go for a bloody walk every now and again!

Odo Banks

Yes you're right - though I wasn't that fat! Once I'm down another 5 kilos I'll be pudgy - another 5 - slim trim and terrific! When you're middle aged and sit on your arse all day in your day job and eat rubbish all day, you can get a bit errrr... pudgy! Alright, I'm agreeing with you Mr Tyrant! Though you're a little harsh. I tend to see a direct parallel (in many cases) between fatness and lack of self esteem. I must say, since the chiro told me it was a good idea that I cut out dairy products (to assist my sinus problem) and coffee (and other caffeine thingees) to control my anxiety/hyper state (and depression - the down side), and cut right down on over-refined sugar (and cereals) - I have felt better within myself, along with some weight falling away. I could never say I truly lacked self-esteem, though my confidence fluctuates (usually due to tiredness, but partly dietary I'm sure), but as I said I'm coping better with all my ailments. Yes, you'll say, eat healthy and this will happen - but it's always nice when you get yourself organized and do it. Good for the psyche. You should be fairer toward truly obese folk - for them it's a harder struggle than it is for me who is only lithely fat. Tangent: About two hours ago I said to my missus (Primadonna :? ) that the dried apricots I was eating were sooooo sweet - the missus said that weren't very sweet at all. (I'm gushing! I'm working on my mania next!) Truth is: I've gone back on the road at work, so I have to do something to cope with the extra presssure. My brain and body is ten years older than last I wrestled people, and I'm not very fit neither! What I've found illuminating is, how easy it is to change your habits once you've decided you want to change them. (I remember an Uncle who could not give up smoking, no matter how hard he tried, right up to when he had a cancer scare - he gave up - he wanted to). Sadly, I'll have to give up the Duckie!

Gandlafs Beard

Bah! I want my cake and Elf like slenderness too, but it ain't gonna happen . Some people are born to be pudgy Hobbits, they'll survive longer in a famine because they store energy better. Some people (like Frodo) are Half-Elf, and don't store their energy well. They can eat like a Hobbit but never get fat, which is fine for those that prize beauty over the ability to survive a famine.

Odo Banks

I'm going for an improved mind-body state. I'm High one minute Down the next - not extemely. I don't think I could be diagnosed with anything but Natural Brilliance, but I would even out a little. I have already noticed that when I'm High I'm a little less High, and Down, a lttle less Down. I detect a levelling out (not that I want ever to be too level - how dull!) Choosing foods with some forethought, being a little more active (since I was young sporty hobbit I've done very little active sport - or out-doorsy stuff - I do spend too much time inside my own head!) and getting my spine straighter (ostensibly to help alleviate my sinus suffering - it did seem to work five years ago when last I got straightened!) All the foregoing is part of my cunning plan to be ... err... well, as I said a bit leveller. Oh yeah! And not so tired all the time. So far it's working nicely. Yes, Mr Tyrant, this is all just Commonsense. That's the beauty of it. I've never been a "dieter"- and really I don't think fads work - but just a bit of gentle of commonsense - from me - who would have thought it? GB - how pudgy is pudgy at your house? Not that it matters. You are Guardian of your own body. If you like what you have, that's all that matters. I just got a bit tired of what become over the years. I'm only looking for a few degrees of improvement, not a total transformation of my life btw. :ugeek:

Gandalfs Beard

Heh! Who am I kidding? I wish I could be like Frodo, a Hobbit that never gets fat. Not that I'm massively obese, but it would be nice to shed about 50lbs...or turn it into muscle.

Odo Banks

I'm looking at getting down to between 75 and 81 kilos (my approximate BMI good-weight). I was 93 kilos three weeks ago, now I'm 88.7 (last measure - five minutes ago). It comes off quick at first, I know, but it's still encouraging and I'm feeling younger every day. If I lose 100gms a week I'll be happy. I've got over my coffee addiction quick by drinking a few teas for a few days (and the occassional paracetamol for headaches). Within a week and a half I'm off all caffeine already - no withdrawal anymore. Loved lollies (sweets) - cut down to almost nothing now - used to eat kilos. (Coffee and sugar - high high high .... dive dive dive.... down down down... up up up - horrible circuit now that I look back!) Going without dairy is easy, I use rice milk on my cereal - indeed I've started eating breakfast after many years of not doing so. My missus says having breakfast starts the metabolism and can actually benefit weight loss providing all other things are equal - I certainly get through the days better - less fatigued - breakfast helps. (One day I'll drink milk and have cheese again, but when I do it will not be in excess). When I'm hungry I now ask: Are you just bored? I drink a glass (or two) of water. Most times I discover I wasn't hungry at all. Getting off my arse to get a drink of no-calory water was even exercise - a little! So I'm levelling out all round, my brain, my belly and even my sense of balance - yippee. Funny, I went back to the (homeopathic) chiro to straighten my back so as to assist with my tiresome sinuses, but my sinuses are the only part of my body that don't seem to be getting better ----- yet!

Gandalfs Beard

Most of my eating habits are actually much tamer than my claims. I don't eat particularly large portions, have cut out almost all sodas (maybe 1 or 2 a week), nonfat milk with my cereal, tea not too strong, I do eat my veggies, crisps and sweets only occasionally (about once a week) but I do still tend to be a "meat and potatoes" man. I don't think it's my intake as much as my indolence.

Odo Banks

We hobbits do have our comfortable sedentary habits! I love my taters too! Eating more rice and pasta (wholemeal) more fish, more vegies - but I'm not actually giving up my taters, just eating them a little less often. The thing I think is working best at the moment for me is not eating sweets (including cakes) and drinking water when I feel a little hungry. If the water does not curb the hunger for more than half an hour, I repeat process, after that I figure I am hungry not just bored. Between meals I eat nuts or fruit. I might try raw vegies too sometime - like carrot perhaps? Btw half and then another half hour with water between stints is my personal rule of thumb - who knows if it's good technique or not.... My diet is not particularly scientific, just trying to choose foods to suit me that seem okay. No caffeine, no super-sweets (including cakes - definitely no sodas!) no milk. Water at first if I think I'm hungry between meals. This simple plan suits me. Everyone I guess needs to work out what suits them. I'm not going for big weight loss, just better behaviours.