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Post by Three Litre on May 13, 2020 16:33:00 GMT
......or Derek the DeTomaso. More likely Penelope the Pink Polo or Gertrude the Green Golf. A mate used to have (his brother's still got it actually) a Ford Escort Ghia which he called "Gertrude the Ghia"! I did used to call one of my dad's Volvo's, Sven!
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Post by DI Alex Drake on May 13, 2020 17:00:10 GMT
No, it is bound to be a play on the model of the car, something like Polly the Polo or Milly the Mini. I suppose she could have had Derek the DeLorean....Sam. We'll go with that, shall we? And no, it was nothing to do with the model. It was the name my boyfriend vetoed for our first hamster
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Post by Three Litre on May 13, 2020 17:02:16 GMT
No, it is bound to be a play on the model of the car, something like Polly the Polo or Milly the Mini. I suppose she could have had Derek the DeLorean....Sam. We'll go with that, shall we? And no, it was nothing to do with the model. It was the name my boyfriend vetoed for our first hamster Casserole?
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Post by DI Alex Drake on May 13, 2020 20:50:33 GMT
We'll go with that, shall we? And no, it was nothing to do with the model. It was the name my boyfriend vetoed for our first hamster Casserole? That's just mean. And good luck with making a whole casserole from one hamster.
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Post by Three Litre on May 13, 2020 20:55:55 GMT
That's just mean. And good luck with making a whole casserole from one hamster. Don't worry, my daughter would casserole me if she knew I typed that. She has a guinea pig called Pepsi, sadly her friend Fudge passed away last year. I had the job of burying her in the garden!
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Post by Sam Tyler on May 16, 2020 22:04:51 GMT
She has a guinea pig called Pepsi, sadly her friend Fudge passed away last year. I had the job of burying her in the garden! Great names Essex. When our twins were small they each had rodents, our daughter had a hamster and our son had two gerbils. One of the gerbils was half price because it had 25% off - it was born with only three legs! When it came to naming them he didn't know what to call them so I suggested that the three-legged gerbil should be called 'Skippy'. He fully understood the connotation and laughed about it so the name stuck! Sam.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on May 16, 2020 22:15:17 GMT
They actually reduced it because of a deformity ... that’s crazy! Dear little thing. I hope he enjoyed his little life just as much as his four-legged friends! I currently have the makings of a petting zoo - two rabbits, two guinea pigs and two (separate) hamsters. We’ve had some strange reactions to owning hamsters over the years like “but you don’t have kids??” Like they’re something only a child would want to own? Their loss. They’re lovely little things. Also, rodent poop is much less disgusting to clean out than dog or cat mess so I don’t feel like we’ve got the short straw!! Nor do our animals kill anything That happens to enter the garden!
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Post by DI Alex Drake on May 16, 2020 22:16:45 GMT
She has a guinea pig called Pepsi, sadly her friend Fudge passed away last year. I had the job of burying her in the garden! Great names Essex. What am I missing? Why Essex?
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Post by Sam Tyler on May 16, 2020 22:28:17 GMT
What am I missing? Why Essex? Three Litre has taken his name from the Ford engine that is in the Consul GT from The Sweeney. Ford engines have various names like the Pinto, the Cologne, and in the case of the early 70's 3.0 V6 it was named the Essex. It is also in Three Litre's avatar with the Essex name on top of the engine. Sam.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on May 16, 2020 22:35:37 GMT
What am I missing? Why Essex? Three Litre has taken his name from the Ford engine that is in the Consul GT from The Sweeney. Ford engines have various names like the Pinto, the Cologne, and in the case of the early 70's 3.0 V6 it was named the Essex. It is also in Three Litre's avatar with the Essex name on top of the engine. Sam. I seeee. You love it, Sam. Whenever I ask a stupid question, you’ve got to make sure you highlight the obvious. . This is the problem with prequel characters, they always overcompensate for their feelings of subordination. xx
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