It's competition time!!! Whohoow!!!!!

I figured that we haven't had some real fun in this group since Perry's (she wishes...) balloon debate. Can you tell me which episode we are first introduced to Christina Pickles character. I want episode number and the name of the character.

Episode 102, The One With The Sonogram at The End Christina Pickles is Judy Geller, Ross and Monica's mother.

easy, 102, TOW the sonogram at the end

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Let's try something harder - who is the son of Adelaide & George?

Tennant

In article , Tennant Stuart writes:

Carol's brother

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Very good, but I want his name...

Tennant

He has one? :)

In article , Tennant Stuart writes:

he has a name? ummm, the one who's married to Rhona, if that was a guy... I didn't see that episode

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Yep, he has a name, and you have seen the episode.

Rona is one of Carol & Susan's lesbian friends, as in Deb & Rona.

Tennant

Which one was it then?

Oh no no, I've seen that episode (TOW underdog gets away), but I must not have seen the episode where Carols brother's name was mentioned.

On 04 Jan 2001 16:17:21 GMT, [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Marty?

In article , [email] (Marita) wrote:

Give the girl a banana! :-)

Tennant

On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 05:54:40 GMT, Tennant Stuart wrote:

Yay! :)

Marty? okay didn't know that

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Yep. Marty Willick to be exact. And you'd only just been talking about the episode where he was mentioned. :)

In what way does Ben Geller resemble Barry Farber?

Tennant

I don't remeber him being mentioned

I can only think of one thing at the mo no I can't. man I'm useless at this :)

I think the answer is, they are both at least partly Jewish.

In article , DANNY D'ADDARIO wrote:

Keep trying. :)

Lots of people are partly Jewish.

This is something more particular.

Tennant

In article , Tennant Stuart writes:

I am! I am! :)

I came up with something that I can't remember.... Okay, they both attended two weddings, one which went smoothly, or almost smoothly, and one that ended in disaster. Ben was there for Carol and Susans wedding, which was smooth, and Barry was the groom in his and Mindy's wedding, which went smoothly, well almost Ben was at London (apparantly) which was a disaster and Bary was at his and Rachels wedding, also a disaster, and that I think you'll fid is the wrong answer :)

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Yeah, you're right, that's the wrong answer.

It's much simpler than that - a physical characteristic that they share.

Tennant

In article , Tennant Stuart writes:

but you have to admit it was a good try! :)

they were both bald, they both look like mr potato head, they both hate sticking their finger in their eye, they're both short, they both say more or less nothing,

In article ,

Pick one & justify it.

Tennant

you mean one fo them's right? okay... lets go for Mr potatoe head. no actually lets go for bald. y'know what I give up

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Kinda.

Don't give up, you're so close!

Tennant

bloody hel....

they both have very short hair? They both look like Mr Potato head. uh... okay I'm going for potato head

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

You're warm...

Tennant

okay, Barry looks like Mr potato head, and Ben is Mr potato head... I don't know... :)

head

don't

Ben had a pumpkin head....

Jac, preferring Kids in the Hall and Mr Cabbage Head.

that's probably it...

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

It isn't actually, so if you think quickly, you'll beat her...

Tennant

I can't think right now. I give up

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

RACHEL: And then I got really freaked out, and that's when it hit
        me: how much Barry looks like Mr.Potato Head. Y'know, I
        mean, he always looked familiar, but...  (101)

JOEY: What are we supposed to be seeing here? CHANDLER: I dunno, but I think it's about to attack the Enterprise. PHOEBE: You know, if you tilt your head to the left, and relax your eyes, it kinda looks like an old potato. (102)

If Mrs.Whiskerson is a sphinx, what was LaPooh?

Tennant

Pekinese?

Jac

Jacqui wrote:

Nope.

Tennant

tutankkamen

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Lol, no, but why do you say that? :)

Tennant

well, you know, Sphinx, statue of Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, Tuttankamen, king of Egypt... :) ummm, okay then.... Mrs Wiskerson = Sphinx... LaPooh....= ..........a dead dog... <~~~yeah shes out of ideas... oh no wiat!! A shi-tzu! well maybe maybe not I don't know....

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Oh of course, I wasn't thinking.

Nope.

Tennant

no worries, I just had a flashback of my own at that time when I was recalling year two

yeah didn't think so... wow this is hard. Okay.... LaPooh, sphinx cat... LaPooh is a dog with no nose

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Lol no, you're being too clever...

We're just looking for a breed of dog here...

Tennant

Toni guessed: Tennant corrected:

thank you :)

I don't know many breeds... couldn't you give me a choice of six and I have to get it in one guess?

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

There aren't that many breeds mentioned in "Friends".

If anyone can supply a URL with all the recognised breeds, I'll produce a list of all the ones in the show.

Tennant

Do you think anyone's lisetening...?

In article ,

I dunno. Say something wickedly controversial.

Tennant

Oh, I don't like doing things like that, Can I do something not so controversial, hang on, who here doesn't believe, along with Phoebe and me, in evolution? Helo, anybody out there?

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Ooh, that started one of the longest threads I've ever been in... ;)

Tennant

hehe, it's not working this time :) well what about you, do you believe in evolution? or do you take the third way?

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Strictly speaking there's no such thing, at least not in the sense that most people understand the term. What exists is natural selection.

How do you mean?

Tennant

In article , Tennant Stuart writes:

Without the technicalities then, do you believe in evolution? With the technicalities, do you believe in Natural selection?

Don't believe in evolution, or the creation story? And look for something else

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

As I've just explained, no.

Are large stones bigger than small stones?

Unnecessary. I could have shot Phoebe's arguments down in flames, but then she didn't believe in them herself, she was just playing with Ross.

Tennant

Tennant wrote Seran wrote:

I don't neither...

I guess so. I don't really believe in this either

Really? Umm, I don't know, if people don't believe in either then they could look for the third way. Just seems more interesting I spose

Now wait a minute! she might have been playing with Ross, but this is what she genuinly believes! She didn't say any of that to get on Ross nerves on purpose, she just said it was something she didn't believe in. As the arguement went on, then she decided to mess with Ross. And it was Ross who brought it up all the time anyway, she just had fun so that she could get him off her back. What she said was what she believes.

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

But probably on a contrary basis...

You do or you don't?

Both evolutionism & creationism imply design. Creationism only flourishes because people cannot credit the unlikeliness of an evolved design. Yet there is no design, evolutionism & creationism are equally false, and all that happens is natural selection.

She began by saying that evolution was true.

Tennant

you what? sorry?

I don't really believe in natural selection. I mean I know the theory and everything... IT just seems a little wierd, and there's still the tiniest tinyest posibility of something else...

You could be right, but I still prefer looking for another answer

checks thecfsi.com no she didn't she just said it could be true, she just doesn't believe in it

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

I'm no creationist, quite the opposite.

So you don't believe it's a disadvantage to be less good at finding food or a mate, and that predators will not pick on the weakest member of the herd?

You have to read carefully, Phoebe has a complex opinion...

PHOEBE: There're a lot of things that I don't believe in, but that
        doesn't mean they're not true. Like crop circles, or the
        Bermuda triangle, or evolution.

Tennant

oh rite

no I believe that's fate...

Just cause shes not saying that it doesn't mean they're not true, doesn't mean that she believes they're true...

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

YW

Okay, here are the 8 breeds of dog mentioned in "Friends" 101-710...

Basset, Boxer, Brittany, Chihuahua, Collie, Pointer, Poodle, Shepherd.

It's one of those! :)

Tennant

okay, one guess... I don't think it's a Basset... Poodle, probably not cause otherwise they may have sent it to Roni for poodle stuffing... Could it be a Chihuahua? Something about the way they look like each other (Sphinx cats and Chihuahuas that is...) I don't remember a Britanny, a boxer... nah I reckon it's Chihuahua. If I'm wrong you gotta tell me what the answer was :)

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

In that case I can't tell you what the answer is.

Tennant

I'm gonna take that to mean I was right :) so if I was, next question please :)

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

That's right.

Don't you want first to tell me why the answer was a chihuahua?

Tennant

:)

some thing in 222 about Chihuahua's. okay next question :)

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Okay, let's leave it at that.

When was Rachel unable to dance with Phoebe?

Tennant

okey

When Monica kicked her ankles

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

That's the answer to "When was Rachel unable to run with Phoebe"...

Tennant

IT looked like dancing! :)

Anyone wanna help me here?

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Grin. No. ;)

Think about episodes where there was dancing.

Tennant

alright fine...

TOW the fake Monica... TOW Barry and Mindys wedding TOW everybody finds out

I can't think of anymore...

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

TOW the Butt TOW the Lesbian Wedding TOW the Bullies TOW Two Parties TOW All the Jealousy TOW Ross and Rachel Take a Break TOW the Ballroom Dancing TOW Joey's Dirty Day TOA Ross Says Rachel TOW the Routine TOW Unagi TOW Joey's Fridge TOW the Proposal (part 2)

Tennant (who has left out Season 7)

oh okay...

I don't know why but Joeys Dirty day.. Oh!!! It was in Chandlers dream when Joshua came to pick her up!

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Lol, that's a creative answer! Well done! But as I'm sure you've just seen, Mari has already got it - TOW the Fake Monica. :)

Tennant

Thank you, and yeah I saw it... good answer, but I'm sure they're both right...

Tennant Stuart wrote in message news:[email]...

TOW The Fake Monica? Phoebe was dancing so weird in the tap class, that Rachel was unable to partner that with her more conventional way :)

In article , "CandiGrrl" wrote:

Exactly! Well done, Mari! Rachel was a good novice tapper, but she just stood dumbfounded looking at Phoebe. Do you have a really tricky Friends question for us, or would you like me to set another one?

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message news:[email]...

How about... how often do the Friends use that fresh breath spray stuff!!! Okay, seriously I can't think of anything. You go.

In article , "CandiGrrl" wrote:

Something I noticed just the other day...

When did Chandler eat a candlestick?

Tennant

What??? <~~~goes away and looks for it

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

It's a good one this. Very tricky-dicky. :)

Tennant

still checking

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Good. :)

Tennant

In article , "CandiGrrl" wrote:

get out

AAARRRGGGHHHHH I know the answer!!! When Chandler wanted the Hanukkah Menorios, cause there was coconut in them!

In article , [email] wrote:

How exactly do you mean?

Tennant

In article ,

wrote:

Hanukkah

When Ross was selling to cookies for the little girl, Chandler asked if there was any coconut flavoured dieties (sp?) And Ross said there wasn't, but there was coconut inthe Hanukkah Menorios. Menorahs are Jewish candlesticks, so to speak, for the festival of Hanukkah. So if Chandler bought them, he was eating a candle stick :)

wrote in message news:95u3di$h7n$[email]...

OMG!! Well done Toni I would never have thought of that in a million years!

In article , "CandiGrrl" wrote:

She's clever - I'm so proud. :)

Okay you guys - when did you see three monkeys in Central Perk?

Tennant

Ooh! I know this one! <delurks momentarily> Joey, Chandler and Ross were sitting in the sofa thing, one with his hands over his eyes, one with his hands over his ears, and one with his hands over his mouth. Can't remember which episode though, but I do remember the scene :)

Oh!!!! That is so much better than the answer I had! You've got that one right then huh? :) It was that epsode when he had to give Marcel away to the zoo. I can't remember the name either! it was in season one though...

Emma J Stoneman wrote in message news:[email]...

It's TOW The Fake Monica, again. They were depressed because Ross had to give up Marcel. Right?

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Hi Emma! Yes - it was 121 "TOW the Fake Monica", just after Ross had been advised to give up Marcel before he became agressive & violent.

You wanna ask a toughie?

Tennant

Yeah, I remember now :)

Not a chance, you're the quizmaster bloke :P

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Okay, Miss LPT... :)

If Phoebe had been pregnant a year later, what would cost an extra $6.30?

Tennant

nappies/diapers

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

Nope. It's much trickier than that.

Tennant

In article ,

$6.30?

Tequilla. and Leather pants cause the industry went up by that much. Oh no wait I know1 The cleaning bill to mop up the mess left in Monica's drawer! hehe!

In article , [email] wrote:

Lol - those are all splendid suggestions, Seran. :)

But if any of them were correct, how would I have costed it out?

Tennant

thank you

I don't know...

The kids education in taxes then?

In article , [email] (Toni Perry If only) wrote:

No, Seran. I'll give you guys a tip... :)

Think about when Pheebs was pregnant, add a year, and look for money.

Tennant

Ugh! too hard! I'll think about it tonight then... oh! has it got anything to do with Vegas???

I've got a question for you mister smarty pants. There are only three words that end in -gry in the english language One of them's Angry, and another is hungry. EvreyONE knows the other, everyONE knows what it means, everyONE says it everyday. I've already given you the answer, what's the third word? I know it'as not friends related but I got it in an email and its driving me mad!

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Not that hard.

Nope.

Eek - I'm not a smarty pants, I just know the answer because I invented the question! <thinks> Well, I know of FOUR more words that end in -gry, but three of them are compounds of Angry & Hungry, and the other one is an Aggry, which is a variagated type of bead. But none of them is spoken every day. If it's driving you mad does that mean the email did not give you the answer? It's not like everyone says "it" every day, is it?

Tennant

it is!

damn... okay then... the cost of stamps?

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

It isn't *that* hard. It's easier than the -gry thing was.

Now that's very clever, since Phoebe talked about the cost of stamps in 521 "TOW the Ball", a year after she was pregnant. But that was a cost reduction, not a rise; and anyway (big clue here) how could you calculate a price difference to the exact cent from what was said?

Tennant

yeah, that's true...

anything to do with a sofa, or a cat?

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Nice, both were a year after Phoebe was pregnant, and mentioned money...

..but No and No. It has to be pregnancy related, Seran. :)

Tennant

In article , Tennant Stuart writes:

:P okay then... I give up, can I know the answer and just smirk?

I'll just butt in here cos I've heard this riddle before - I think the answer's probably 'language', as in the third word in 'the English language'. The way you phrased it though, doesn't seem like that fits! So I'm probably wrong.

it was the answer, answered by super smart Jac! again Jac, thank you!

The episode a couple of weeks ago when everybody turns thirty seemed to indicate that all the friends are the same age, thirty (i.e. Ross says in ten years we'll be forty and joey says something like he won't turn 31 because he and God have a new deal) but i seem to remember in the episode where joey tries to play 19, chandler saying that joey was already 31, also when ben was born monica said she was only 26 and not thinking about babies yet - which would make her at least 31. and of course monica and ross can't be the same age.

what's the deal? are TPTB actually trying to youthen (is that a word?) the Friends or did they just screw the episode up... will this be the new timeline from now on?

In article , Stephane Marie Clare wrote:

Check out my review of the episode, "Friends S7-14 - ripping out candles".

Tennant Stuart

Seran Perry wrote:

It's a trick and it's phrased wrong - it should be "there are not many words ending in -gry - there are only three words in the English language. Can you name all three?" (or variations on this). The point is that irrespective of the first two words named, the third word is "language". Any version that is phrased like the one in your post can't be answered reasonably without using archaic words, and spoils the trick.

Jac

Thank you so much for the answer! Sorry I phrased it wrong, the email was on my school system and I was saying it off the top of my head. thank you for the answer! I'm not going mad anymore!

Jacqui wrote:

Thanks Jacqui. I knew it would be something like that, but from Seran's phrasing I couldn't tell.

Tennant

On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 04:45:52 GMT, Tennant Stuart wrote:

Her contractions in the cab?

In article , [email] (Marita) wrote:

Nice try�- but no, Marita.

This is a tough question, and you guys are being far too direct...

Tennant

Blue on my screen ;)

I haven't a clue about that one, so I'm back to lurking again!

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

And green after Jello shots.

If you like, I'll whisper the answer to you, so you can smirk-lurk... :)

Tennant

Actually, looking at it, it's kinda bluey green anyway... I could always change the text colour to make it pink if you'd like?

Heehee, could you? *tries to think of another rhyming word* *gives up*

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Okay then, how about pink on a lime background?

That may seem daft, but I've stopped buying a DVD review magazine that's taken to such jazzy combinations to brighten up its pages, and which I can only read in bright sunshine.

Okay it's on its way - but you can't play in the game now... :)

Tennant

Eww!!

I'll just stick to my nice cyan on blue then... it'd just look wrong otherwise!

I don't want to play, I want to smirk and lurk :)

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Yep.

And that's better?? :)

Smirk & lurk away, Emma!

Tennant

I'm soooo tempted to try that now...

I'm used to it. This doesn't necessarily make it better :)

Woohoo, thanks Tennant :) *smirks and lurks and bets no one'll ever get it* :)

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

As long as you don't expect a bloke to be able to read it, that's okay. :)

Well, they *did* ask for a really tough one, but on the other hand there's some bright buggers out there...

Tennant

Even better, that'll stop my bf trying to hack in and read my emails ;)

I still say they'll never get it :)

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

In that case, select nice medium red lettering, capture the screen with your favourite paint program, and use it to convert the image to shades of grey. Get it to tell you what shade the red text became, and use that grey for the email background. The boyf will never be able to read it.

Let's see... :)

Tennant

*thinks a little* But doesn't that mean *I* won't be able to read it?

No one's got it yet... but I haven't read all the posts in the thread yet either!

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Tell that to the headmistress responsible for the red & grey sign at the gates of a local school, which fathers & uncles are quite unable to read.

Patience...

Tennant

But mothers and aunts are? Weird

Still waiting ;)

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

I'm just saying I couldn't read it (except from up close), and when I asked the 3 or 4 other guys who were there to pick up kids, they all laughed & said they couldn't read it either, but their wives could.

It's a bit tricky.

Tennant

Would I be right in assuming it could be something to do with the fact that (mainly) males get colour blindness, or is that an irrelevant fact?

Just slightly! I didn't even understand the explanation... (well, I did, but only after reading it a few times ;) )

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

It's something like that, but guys who normally have no trouble looked at the sign and asked what bloody idiot thought it was a good idea.

Well, they are supposed to be toughies, and some previous ones got answered straight away, so I kinda cranked it up a notch. :)

Tennant

*grin* Just so long as it didn't say anything important...

Well, if you keep emailing me the answers, I don't mind ;)

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Nah - just the name of the school etc...

Deal. Seran is *so* close now, but she celebrated too early...

Tennant

But what if they accidentally went to the wrong school and picked u0p the wrong kid and didn't notice? (OK, it's unlikely)

I thought she'd got it, actually!

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

No, what happens is that he is so late that the child's best friend's mother takes her home with her, but has to do some shopping on the way, while the bloke's sister goes frantic about her missing daughter...

Seran is *so* close, but the question doesn't say "$6.30" for fun...

Tennant

*works out all the relationships in her head* Ahh, got it. Does that imply that they go driving round looking for a school with the right sign on it, but can't find one cos they can't read the sign, or just that they're late anyway?

*checks the answer*

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

They go driving round looking for a school with the right sign on it, but can't find one cos they can't read the sign, so *eventually* they stop a pedestrian & ask - and you know how long it takes before a man does that.

And?

Tennant

*giggles* There, you see, if only they'd gone to the parent teacher contact evenings, they'd know where the school was already ;)

Can't see where she's gone wrong... I'll just wait till you explain it!

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Yeah, but they don't have uncle teacher evenings...

Hmmm.....

Tennant

*ahem* I didn't lose track of the conversation, honest ;) They should have! Just to embarrass the pupils some more ;)

OK, I get it now :)

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Grin.

Hey! Uncles are cool.

Help Seran with the grandparents quiz.

Tennant

I'm really bad at lying :)

I'm sure they wouldn't be if they were being told how badly their niece/nephew did at school that term ;)

Ooh, who's feeling bossy today! Richard Burke's a grandparent, IIRC. Can't think of any more right now (and didn't check Seran's post either, so she might have said him already)

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

That's so sweet!

Nahhh - cool uncles sympathise with their sisters; tell their nephews that they never studied either, but slid through to college on native ability, and that the only exam result which counts is the latest one; whilst supporting their beautiful intelligent hard-working nieces who have never been a worry to anyone, and now whiz through Law at uni.

Sorry, that was meant to be a friendly suggestion, but you are correct, it could come across as bossy.

Yay, well done, see you can do this... :)

No she hasn't, so you see what I mean about helping. :)

The list so far is George & Adelaide Willick, Jack & Judy Geller, Joseph & Gloria Tribbiani; Frank Buffay Senior & his second wife, and Richard Burke - but I can think of six more...

Tennant

What? How is that sweet?

Speaking from experience here, are you? ;)

It did, to me :P But I forgive you!

I got *one*, that's not much of a help!

Only a ickle bit :)

Yes, well, of course *you* can think of six more, you're Tennant! *thinks a bit* What about Ross and Monica's Nana (TOW Nana Dies Twice)? And Joey's grandma in TOW Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister? And possibly another grandma of Joey's when he's not in Law and Order, and Phoebe's grandma... that's four, are any of those any good?

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

I don't expect you to be perfect, but it's sweet to know that you're not an accomplished liar. :)

Grin.

An ickle can be an ot.

Thanks. It's easy for me, I thought of the question. :)

Well done! Her name was Althea.

Yay! That's two more! Sadly we don't know their names.

If you mean Frances, she wasn't really Phoebe's grandmother, since her daughter Lily wasn't really Phoebe's mother. It was all a big lie.

Still, you've done so well, there are now only three, plus any more that I might have missed of course.

Tennant

The only time I can lie convincingly is when I don't actually know that whatever I'm saying is a lie...

I'm assuming that's a yes :)

I can't remember what that's in reference to, since you snipped it out :P And didn't you mean a lot?

I'd say we should think up questions for you, but I just *know* you'd find those easy too...

Woo!

Joey's grandma #1, Joey's grandma #2 ;)

Oh, I realised that, but didn't have time to connect the fact that Lily wasn't Phoebe's mother to the fact that Frances wasn't her grandmother... doh!

Well, I have to finish writing this and post it before 8, so I'll think up some more later (or wait till other people get them all :) )

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

That's not lying, that's innocently relaying an untruth.

Assume nothing. :)

I've unsnipped it for you, LPT.

"ot" is cute for "lot", just as "ickle" is cute for "little".

Not necessarily, it's harder to answer questions than it is to ask them.

I think we could call them Nonna & Nonni or something like that (Jacqui will know) if we can decide whether Joseph or Gloria are more likely to have a mother who doesn't speak English, or whether Joey's maternal or paternal grandmother would act like a mother to the eight siblings.

No worries. :)

Okie dokie.

Tennant

Then I just can't lie convincingly.

Can I assume it's a grin? :P

Thanks :) But I didn't help a lot though!

Hmm... you just made that up, right?

OK, then I just can't think of any questions ;)

Well, surely Tribbiani must be Joseph's family's last name, which is Italian, so his grandmother is more likely not to speak English? Unless, of course, Gloria is also Italian, in which case my point is useless...

I'm going to blame the fact that I was only half awake when I wrote the original list... or something.

I'm going for the 'waiting till other people get them all' approach.

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

That's an *excellent* quality to have, Emma. :)

Show me your LPT and you can assume what you like... :)

You've done very well, those later ones are harder to get.

Grin.

Okay, little experiment, give me a number between 6 and 47231.

Well, I guess Gloria is Italian, since the other grandmother spat on Mussolini's corpse. Brenda Vaccaro was born in 1939, so if Gloria is the same age, then she (and Joseph) would have been born in Italy, and then emigrated to the USA as children with the rest of their families after the war, then met in New York.

Tennant

Not when I *want* to lie it's not!

Aww, thanks :P I'm now assuming it was a yes ;)

And the last ones are the hardest of all, which is why I stopped!

That's not an answer!

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Basically, my point is useless ;) Ahh, well, it was worth a try... back to the drawing board (it only has doodles on it)

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Lol!

This is true. One's a bit hard, and the tricky last one is the reason for the question, for I stumbled across the reference and was surprised...

Okay - straight answer, someone used to say "ot" as a little girl.

That's a line from 520 "TOW the Ride Along"...

JOEY: Ohh, you're upset because you think I chose Ross over you!
      No! I knew you could take care of yourself. Y'know, I mean
      Ross, he needed help. He's not street like us!

..so you ask the question "When did Joey tell Chandler that he was a real tough guy, and not a wimp like Ross?"

Tennant

Fair's fair ;)

Meaning no one's ever going to get it? ;)

Who?

LOL, is that how you think up your questions? (and why not the first 6?)

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Indeed, anything for the sublime pleasure of your LPT... :)

It's not *that* hard.

Oh, just someone I know...

No, that was simply a demonstration that it's easier to ask questions than it is to answer them. What happens is I come across something that might make a quiz question, so I remember it for later on.

Because I didn't want you to choose the header of 101.

You were unlikely to choose the other 159 headers.

Tennant

*sticks her tongue out and tries to get a good look at it without a mirror* Nothing special, I'm afraid ;)

To *you*...

Ahh.

So you have a load of questions prepared to ask us?

Headers being the bit that says the title, I assume... why does it need 6 lines though?

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

I should hope so too! :)

It *is* gettable.

Not really, coz they get used up, but I invented a new one today. :)

Who wrote it, transcribed it, stuff like that, plus pretty dotted lines.

Tennant

So why is it a sublime pleasure then?

Hmm... I'll think about it :)

What is it? ;) (worth a try...)

OK.

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Because you are you and I am not.

And Mari & Seran have now got them.

Check out my reply to Seran, which also has the final scores. :)

Tennant

True. Did you have a point? :P

Woo, I can stop pretending to think when I know perfectly well I won't get it! (well done Mari and Seran, BTW :) )

OK, I'm almost totally lost on that question!

I never got that...

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Oh dear - it was your big reward. Here's a repeat...

                         * * * * * * * * * * *
                         * WELL DONE SERAN!! *
                         * * * * * * * * * * *

Yes, Minnie was Carol's grandmother. In 102 "TOW the Sonogram at the End", she wanted to name the baby after her if it was a girl, but Ross objected that if you say Minnie, you hear Mouse.

The final scores were...

SERAN (9) George & Adelaide Willick; Jack & Judy Geller;
          Joseph & Gloria Tribbiani; Frank Buffay Senior and
          his second wife in 221; Carol's grandmother Minnie.

EMMA (4) Richard Burke; Judy's mother Althea; Joey's two grandmothers in 311 & 519.

MARI (2) Barbara Burke; Judy's father Pop-Pop.

..so well done everybody! Please write in if you find any more. Now...

If Rachel saw Ross Ross a Ross, what would she see?

Tennant

This is the first post that's come through from you in a few days! Okay, I've written the answer out twice but here it is again, Rachel would see Ross photocopy by x400, the thing (koundis) on his arse

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Yes dear, I've already got that, and here's what I said...

Apart from it being either x4 or x5 depending on how you interpret 400%, you are right - well done! Yes, with an enlarged photocopy Ross would have saved himself considerable embarrassment later on.

Since you got that so fast, the next question is rather harder...

Who had a pair of balloons to die for?

Tennant

haha! and I got that one too!!!

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Oooh!!!! There it is again!!! :)

Grin. And you did well too.

It's easier than it looks.

Tennant

*blushes and turns her head away so you can't see her tongue*

Aww, thanks :)

Hey, I wasn't totally lost after all!

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Too late, I saw it when you said colon pee...

Yep.

Tennant

You mean like this? :P or like this? :p

Woohoo!

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Eek!!!

Tennant

What? :�

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Swoon!!!

Tennant

*giggles* :b

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

<pant>

Tennant

Running out of ideas... q:

haha!!!!!!!!!!

I'm going to assume that was a compliment ;) Thanks Seran!

Yes it was :) You're welcome!!!

I only have one more idea though, and then I'm going to have to either give them noses (Noooooo!) or go back to the beginning again... help!

ummmmmm.... AAARRRGGGHHH!!!! I canea think of none! oh! I know one!!!! It's a bit of a tongue twister! I send it to you!

Thanks for that :) Mwahahaha, we will keep finding more and making Tennant drool everywhere! *ahem* I'm sane, honest.

Don't worry dear, we believe you *cough*

Woohoo, I found someone that believes me! Someone that doesn't know I'm actually totally insane! Damn. I screwed that up, didn't I?

A tad bit... :)

Ssh, no one else is reading this, they'll never know!

You're off the hook then!!!

I was on a hook? Sounds painful...

well don't worry, you're off it now! and not even a scar!!! :)

So there's just a hook lying around? Should we move it, or just wait for some responsible adult to move it for us? ;)

I think we should move it before a responisible adult misses it and treads on it... :)

Depends which responsible adult is going to step on it ;)

obviously the responisible adult that can spell responsible (if you check my previous spelling...) that way it's more ironic and fun!

I didn't even notice the mistake :) So if they can't spell responsible, they can't step on the hook?

exactly. Did you get my email, cause I read yours and I can't remember if I replied or not... if I didn't, sorry!

Yay, I got it right :)

Oh, yeah, I did, but I didn't get round to replying yet... I will do, at some point!

Well done! :)

Oh okay!!!

Thanks :)

*insert relevant reply here*

I like your tag. there you go that was one... hehe! :)

Not that I know what it said :) I never read those!

You don't know your sig?

They're all random (or danrom, as my fingers decided that should be spelt), so I normally don't bother reading them, since I've seen them all before.

Oh alright, fair enough! :) I set a defualt most of the time.

*checks your sig* Hey, who's Carter?

Emma J Stoneman wrote in message news:[email]...

I

do,

LOL Emma I just went through this whole thread reading all of your sigs! I have way too much time on my hands... but they're really funny!

*giggles* I have the whole list of them around somewhere, along with quotes from Bart's blackboard in the Simpsons... want me to send 'em to you?

Emma J Stoneman wrote in message news:[email]...

if

will

I

Okie dokie - I'll get round to it at the weekend.

Emma J Stoneman wrote in message news:[email]...

remember

be

them

sigs!

Alrighty :)

Carter from ER. he's a doctor who's addicted to Vicoden (what a coincidence...) and he's gorgeous!!!!

Well, there we go, gotta start watching that!

oh you so should! It's one of the best drama series I've ever seen! I only started watching it... three weeks ago, but now I'm hooked!

I'll never get round to watching it though, or if I don't I'll keep forgetting... I always do that!

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

If you watch ER on E4, it's in anamorphic widescreen.

Tennant

Wow, if I had E4, that'd be really interesting...

hehe, if you have E4 it's just after Friends

Nope :( So I have to wait till July to even see the new series of Friends, argh!

Get the videos!!!!!! What are you waiting for???? ER is on Wednesdays on C4 at 9.30pm but I don't watch it then cause like you I forget! haha! that and I have about two tonnes of work that has to be done.

A large amount of money to fall out of the sky onto my lap.

Heh, I always have two tonnes of work to be done...

ah, I see. I'm the same I spose. I got mine when it was Eid Ul Adha, a time when the grandparents get very genorous...

I should be working now actually. what am I doing here?

Can I have your grandparents please? ;) *thinks* actually, I have enough money, just saving it for the summer!

Not working? :P

haha! you can have them if you want! I've got money stashed away somewhere, but that's going towards my year out!

The obvious answer of course :) I finished my work!!! yay!!!

Yeah, I'll just come round and collect them... oh, wait, don't have the foggiest idea where you live! Ahh well, back to saving, then!

But of course :) I didn't... still got tons of stuff to do :(

hehe! even if you did know where I live you couldn't collect them dear.

Aw. poor Emma :( I've got some lovely Biology to do now...

Cos you'd lock the door and not let me in?

Aww :( I just realised I don't have as much work to do as I thought, the only coursework I need to do now is Electronics - yay!!!

no, they don't live with me :)

You're excited about the coursework, or that you've only got one to do?

LOL, I meant the videos, not the grandparents :P

That fact that I only have one to do... not that I'll ever get it finished...

sorry I have to do something here... I'm very very very sorry OMG!!!! LPT!!!!!!!

haha! I knew that! you may borrow them if you wish, you've just got the very hard task of 1) finding my house and 2) prising them from my bare hands

Ah, well good luck with that...

OK, this is getting to be an obsession now, it's quite scary!

Damn... what if I put MP on the other side of the room and tell you you're only allowed to go to him if I can have your videos?

Just discovered I also have the Easter holidays to finish it, wooo!

yeah, sorry, I just couldn't resist!

AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!! don't put me in positions like that!!!! okay, but you still have to figure out where I live! ha! :)

woooooo! I've got a history essay to write and memorise over easter....

At least Tennant didn't notice ;)

LOL... What if I tell you I'll put MP in a ickle box and mail him to you, but I can't unless you tell me where you live? (I'm desperate for videos ;) )

Memorise?! Why?!

I know! phew!

what a comprimising position... AARRGGGHH!!!!! Okay, first proove to me that you can get MP in the box :)

because at least then I won't have to get into a muddle over my notes.

You just know he's going to now, don't you?

It does depend how ickle the box is... I could put him in The Box (from the ep, of course)

Can't you just write it and hand it in?

yup yup yup...

haha, first find MP and put him in the box, then I might consider it :)

nope, it's a timed essay and it's got to be done in school under exam conditions.

Either that, or he won't, now, just cos we've said he will!

Damn, I was hoping you weren't going to say that!

So you get the question first? Weird!

do you think he's reading this anyway?

hehe1 you underestimate me dear :)

well it's not the exam, it's just the coursework. We were supposed to get the titles today, but the stupid teacher wasn't in so we have to wait til tomorrow...

Dunno... hey Tennant, if you're reading this :) I think it might just be us, though!

Either that, or I'm too optimistic!

Grr, I hate that... I have to perform my drama play after Easter now, cos the teacher was ill... argh!

could be, or at least now he's not saying anything but he is reading but s keeping us in suspense, or something like that!

haha! nowt wrong with that :)

AARRRGGGGHH!!!! That sucks!

So what we really want to know is if he's bluffing, double bluffing, or just not reading this ;)

Except for when you're put in a really bad situation and you're annoyingly optimistic anyway! (That's so not me!)

I know! Except she came back and bullied us into staying in at lunchtime and performing it, and we screwed up the lines totally :)

yup. I think... he's double bluffing. Maybe we should ask him in another thread!

Oh God! Did you ever see that Father Ted when they were all stuck in a cave with Richard Wilson and the vicor played by Graham Norton was sooooooo optamistic and soooo annoying??? That was really good!

awwww, well maybe she'll take the 'not being prepared' thing into account...

But then what if he lies there just to confuse us?

No :( I haven't seen any FT in aaages...

Well, I got a B anyway, despite the fact I knew my lines better than another person in my group who got an A*... grr!

then he is a cruel person.

Really? Aw that's too bad. I love that show! If you have paramount I think they're still showing it on there.

Ugh! That sucks when that happens! Well, well done for the B anyway.

So maybe we should ask him in another thread to see if he's cruel or not?

I don't have anything but BBC1/2, ITV and C4 :( I can't even get C5 (and yes, I know it's crap!)

Aww, thanks :) And at least I've finally performed it now, Henry Higgins was driving me insane...

yes, that could work.

oh you don't want C5... It's more of a porn channel than anything else...

Who?

<rolls eyes>

Is all of the stuff (that's been cut out) from this post (dating back to 1985) really necessary?

Always Coca-Cola

Most people would just use marbles, but hey, whatever turns you on ;)

Funny you should say that, I snipped it... slightly, anyway...

Except I obviously can't ask him, cos I'm scared of the world of ATF (outside this thread ;) )

Were those two connected in any way? ;)

The character I was playing... person from Pygmalion (aka 'My Fair Lady')

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Awww... no I'm not. :)

Tennant

OK, now you're just lying :P

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Anything to see your LPT. :)

Tennant

Don't start that again! ;)

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Frin.

Tennant

awwww! ATf isn't that scary!

eh?

oh right! Well at least its over then! There was this part I got a few months ago in the Snow Queen, I had to play the Grandmother. That was the most annoying part I had ever had to play!

That's what Tennant said too, but I'm still scared! *goes to hide in a corner with her blanket* ;)

I won't want it, and it's a porn channel... did one imply the other?

Any particular reason?

awww! <~~~tries to cox Emma away from the corner and out from under the blanket

yes?

yeah, cause I was on for the first scene, then if I really wanted to, I could go to the pub for the rest of the play and then come back for the curtain call!

Noooo, leave me and my blanket alone! *hugs her blanket*

You sound confused!

Heh... did you? ;)

well I tried...

yes I am... :)

I would have! If it weren't for the fact that my part involved me wearing a wig which pissed me off whenever I had to put it on, so if I took it off, there would be no way I would put it on again the same evening!

Just cos I like my blanket :P Don't take my blanket! Mine!

That's OK, I don't remember what my point was any more either.

*grin* You should have taken the wig off and just hoped they wouldn't notice at the curtain call!

I'm not taking your blanket! you can bring your balnket too!

okay cool.

I really should've done that1 Grrrrr! hehe! I love the parts in this play though, I speak oin one, sing in the other :)

Oh, well if I can bring the blanket... Hey ATF!

Glad I'm not doing it, I can't sing! In the play we've just started, I'm the person who has an affair with someone and drives his child to alcohol abuse...

yay! :)

cool!!!! Is it for school, or a proper play? what's it called?

See, no one replied! They all hate me ;)

It's an improvisation... without a name cos it's our final piece, which was a totally free choice

awwww! Well you have to make it very public! I'm sure no one else reads this except for a hiding Tennant..

cool! We do that sort of thing at the theatre. How's it going?

But makes it public means announcing that I'm here to the whooooole world!

Not bad... although I'm now (apparently) a slut, woo! And the picture that someone in my group drew of me looks like an ant, don't ask me why...

okay okay you can hide again...

an ant? That wasn't asking! :) A slut in the play, or a slut in real life? :) <j/k>

Yay! No one wanted to say hi to me anyway :)

Yes, an ant... I have wings, as do all the other characters, cos I'm an affairee.

In the play... although my best friend does keep telling me I'm a slut which gains us odd looks from people who don't know about our play!

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

You'd be surprised how many people do find ATF scary, the number of lurkers is much larger than the number of posters. I get quite a few emails from people who won't post to ATF, and even worse UMTF.

Anyway, how are you getting on with the green lantern?

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

I was a lurker for four years. I was scared because I didn't really know how to join in. But everyone's really nice. Susie

Isn't the green lantern over yet? I've been off-line for three whole weeks, acting as school holiday taxi driver for my son. I hoped that, when I got back, someone would have solved this great mystery of life (well, at least of ATF). Susie

In article , "SusieP" wrote:

Thanks. :)

I'm afraid that Seran & Emma have been too busy chatting about me... ;)

Tennant

hah! I knew he was reading this thread!!!

Proved right at last!

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

But of course.

How are you getting on with the green lantern?

Tennant

Oh, I meant to rewatch the episodes, but then I got to the end of series 3 and moved on to series 4... So far I've got to 608 ;)

In article , Emma J Stoneman wrote:

Ah - you're going in the wrong direction...

Tennant

I realise that...

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

But of course.

How are you getting on with the green lantern?

Tennant

:P Don't!

It's killing me!

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

It's killing you?

You narrowed it down to about a dozen episodes, didn't you?

Tennant

I figured out it wasn't in the episodes I'bve got...

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Which episodes *do* you have out of 305-316?

Tennant

I didn't narrow it down to that! grrrrrrrrr. Okay, in that case I have all of them. I've just gotta get Star Wars out of the video now.

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

I slipped up - I should have said 304-319.

But at least now you needn't bother with 304/317/318/319.

You always make this sound like some great task... :)

Tennant

nope :) but I watched all of those, looking for the green lantern, when we first narrowed it down. Couldn't find it anywhere. So I gave up and turned to the rest of my video collection.

Well it is really because I love those films! but I have to get it out of the video tonight so I can record Friends, so I'll start after ER :)

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Try looking at them a little more carefully. If you FF you'll miss it.

Tennant

I never ff Friends!

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Well then, go at normal speed until you see Phoebe with a green lantern.

Tennant

which ones 316?

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

What do you mean? Are you asking me what the title is? If so...

     305 "TOW Frank Jr."
     306 "TOW the Flashback"
     307 "TOW the Race Car Bed"
     308 "TOW the Giant Poking Device"
     309 "TOW the Football"
     310 "TOW Rachel Quits"
     311 "TOW Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister"
     312 "TOW All the Jealousy"
     313 "TOW Monica and Richard Are Just Friends"
     314 "TOW Phoebe's Ex-Partner"
     315 "TOW Ross and Rachel Take a Break"
     316 "TOT Morning After"

Tennant

Is it in 315?

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

No, nor 316 either, but that's as far as I'll go.

The green lantern is there to be seen... :)

Tennant

I feel alone here!

Okay.... 314 when they were playing with the ouji board?

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

I know, why isn't anyone else having a go?

Nope. You can see her carrying a green lantern.

Tennant

Damn. I thought I had it (note sarcasm) Okay... errrrrr was it in 314?

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Nope.

Tennant

I don't feel like playing anymore.

Seran Perry wrote in message news:[email]...

Yeah, me either. Did you see all the work I was putting into it, though? Didja? Didja?

yeah I did! So why can't we find it?

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Because you looked at Phoebe with a green lantern but went right past it?

Tennant

In article , "CandiGrrl" wrote:

Oh dear. Shall I tell you the answer?

Errr... yes?

Tennant

yes please...

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

It was in 312. You gave up just before you got there.

Tennant

312? TOW Chandler forgets which sister? Where???

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Oh dear, you're in a bit of a mix-up, which might explain how you missed it, I dunno.

"TOW Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister" was 311.

312 was "TOW All the Jealousy".

Tennant

Oh for crying out loud I should've seen that!

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

So now you *have* seen the green lantern?

Tennant

in the bags right?

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Yes - one of them is like a green lantern with blue glass, just as I described to you. Okay, here's an easy one...

What has Ross done at the back, Chandler, Joey, Monica & Phoebe done at the front, and Rachel hasn't done at all?

Tennant

You know I can think of sooooo many answers. but only one comes to mind... and no you don't want to know.

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

If your answer is rude, then it's wrong.

The correct answer is squeaky clean.

Tennant

damn, alright then, ummm sleep on the back and what ever.

Seran Perry wrote in message news:[email]...

Rachel must be tired! ahahahaha

In article , "CandiGrrl" wrote:

Think about their bodies... ;)

Tennant

I know! I know! Play with themselves!

Tennant Stuart wrote in message news:[email]...

Something to do with TOW The Football?

In article , "CandiGrrl" wrote:

Lol, great suggestion!!!

Sadly, that would be what have Monica & Ross done at the front, Chandler, Joey & Phoebe done at the back, and Rachel done very very far away - which this is *not*... :)

This is much more personal.

Tennant

anything to do with Phoebe's boobies?

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Lol no - but come to think of it, maybe Rachel's boobies would have been involved, if only she hadn't been lying... ;)

Tennant

stuffed bra's in that case

Seran Perry wrote in message ...

to

Is it medical? Ross had his 'Ross' removed (back), Chandler had his third nipple removed (front), Phoebe had babies (front), Joey had a hernia (front), Monica had appendicitis(I think) (front). Rachel hasn't had anything, I think. SusieP

In article , "SusieP" wrote:

That's very clever Susie, but Monica hasn't had appendicitis or any other operation at the front, (during the course of the series). Rachel had her ankle worked on by surgeons. Anyway, it's nothing to do with it, sorry.

Tennant

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Indeed, except Rachel does not stuff her bra. So...

Tennant

Phobe and Monica have stuffed their bras... Joey and Chandler stuffed rachels bra with baloons, and Ross...

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

No bras, and nobody did it to anyone else, but you are warm.

Tennant

Oh... okay.... Ross took off Rachels bra from the back... Phoebe and Monica undid there's and took them out from the front... Chandler and Joey did the same to their girlfriends, or whoever, and Rachel couldn't get hers off at all! no that really can't be it...

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Shall I repeat what I just told you?

• No bras.

• Nobody did it to anyone else.

• You were warm.

Tennant

sorry, got words of the sentances mixed up. I thought it read that no one stuffed anyone elses bra for some reason... Okay... does it have anything to do with stuffing?

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Oh, okies. :)

Kinda.

Tennant

okay, I had an idea for this yesterday, but I've forgotten what it was now.... anything to do with stuffing turkeys?

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

That would be what have Joey & Monica done at the back, and the others haven't done at all, which it isn't. :)

Tennant

When you read this, am I the only one thinking, "Huh???"

Seran Perry wrote in article ...

couldn't

sorry, got words of the sentances mixed up. I thought it read that no one stuffed anyone elses bra for some reason... Okay... does it have anything to do with stuffing?

we're just having a little competition to see who can figure out what Tennants asking. wanna play? I can't figure this one out.

In article , [email] (Seran Perry) wrote:

Have courage, you're actually amazingly close.

Tennant

Seran wrote:

Tennant wrote: