tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post23463374797407341..comments2023-09-13T15:54:37.447+01:00Comments on Stranded on Gaia: What was that promise that you made?Cycles Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-7322435790610075672008-11-08T09:59:00.000+00:002008-11-08T09:59:00.000+00:00Not content with hugging more than 26 million peop...<I>Not content with hugging more than 26 million people around the world, Amma the Hugging Mother from India will be back in Ireland this week, flinging her arms around all comers.<BR/><BR/>She says her hugs symbolise giving and that her embrace helps awaken the spirit of selflessness in people. Amma is at the National Show Centre in Cloghran, Co Dublin, on November 13th and 14th.</I><BR/><BR/>so says Róisín Ingle. i dunno about you, but i'm excited.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180283117498339278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-76460835131113396992008-11-07T14:06:00.000+00:002008-11-07T14:06:00.000+00:00Fatmammycat:I have Italian cousins. They spend alm...<B>Fatmammycat:</B><BR/>I have Italian cousins. They spend almost as much time greeting each other for dinner as they do having dinner. Which is a long fucking time.<BR/><BR/><B>Rosie:</B><BR/>I enjoyed the first one too much I think. He was definitely holding back second time around.<BR/><BR/><B>Conan:</B><BR/>It was probably better for it.<BR/><BR/><B>Ellie:</B><BR/>Affronted and offended? That's not like you.<BR/><BR/><B>V:</B><BR/>What am I, chopped fucking liver? Where are my kisses?<BR/><BR/><B>Sniffle:</B><BR/>That's both very funny and slightly profound.<BR/><BR/>Stop doing that, it makes me look bad.Cycles Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-34352211476847870382008-11-07T13:16:00.000+00:002008-11-07T13:16:00.000+00:00So, not a touchy feely blog here. But I suppose it...So, not a touchy feely blog here. <BR/>But I suppose it never was .<BR/><BR/>There are times when I meet people whom I believe need a hug, but deserve a dig.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-6461784082970737172008-11-07T12:57:00.000+00:002008-11-07T12:57:00.000+00:00Ellie, from now on I guarantee it shall be so.Meet...Ellie, from now on I guarantee it shall be so.<BR/><BR/>Meeting a group of people used to be a treacherous business, all would stand in a circle heads flying, great care would have to be taken lest a few or all would be knocked out.Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03321340231965355160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-22479427122130165002008-11-07T11:54:00.000+00:002008-11-07T11:54:00.000+00:00V doesn't kiss me on both cheeks! I'm affronted. A...V doesn't kiss me on both cheeks! I'm affronted. And even offendedLaneyTiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292914931998850968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-15576287235152598012008-11-07T11:20:00.000+00:002008-11-07T11:20:00.000+00:00Touching. It used to be a sin.Touching. It used to be a sin.Conan Drummhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377667084973491628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-22093087635098029822008-11-07T10:14:00.000+00:002008-11-07T10:14:00.000+00:00and what a hug it was. all manly pats on the back ...and what a hug it was. all manly pats on the back to start with, but it quickly descended into heartfelt, with a sloppy dose of cuddle on the side.<BR/><BR/>i don't know about you, Gimme, but i was touched.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180283117498339278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-68440137542529521912008-11-07T07:26:00.000+00:002008-11-07T07:26:00.000+00:00I'm against folk invading your personal space unin...I'm against folk invading your personal space uninvited. I almost ended up standing in a drainage ditch once when faced with a woman who likes to talk and inch from my nose. Vile. <BR/>Living in Spain was a double kissing nightmare and it always took forever to say hello if you were unlucky enough to meet a group of people.fatmammycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307960277363243051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-77293858796330571922008-11-06T15:55:00.000+00:002008-11-06T15:55:00.000+00:00Twenty:Or the him in the German.That's as nonsensi...<B>Twenty:</B><BR/>Or the him in the German.<BR/><BR/>That's as nonsensical as it is grammatically unsound. But still I like it.Cycles Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-24761439271709767632008-11-06T15:50:00.000+00:002008-11-06T15:50:00.000+00:00That'd be all the Spanish in him.That'd be all the Spanish in him.Twenty Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371000451615091448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-83906623788015913402008-11-06T15:38:00.000+00:002008-11-06T15:38:00.000+00:00Rosie:That's because he's a big, pretentious girl'...<B>Rosie:</B><BR/>That's because he's a big, pretentious girl's blouse.Cycles Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-19066968134848118132008-11-06T15:29:00.001+00:002008-11-06T15:29:00.001+00:00i am tactile as a limpet, in the right company. V ...i am tactile as a limpet, in the right company. <BR/><BR/>V kisses on both cheeks though...Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180283117498339278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-66844119137387080652008-11-06T15:29:00.000+00:002008-11-06T15:29:00.000+00:00Medbh:Symmetry?Caro:Ick. And eww. And fucking hell...<B>Medbh:</B><BR/>Symmetry?<BR/><BR/><B>Caro:</B><BR/>Ick. And eww. And fucking hell.<BR/><BR/>Those Italians, though, they like their touching, right?<BR/><BR/><B>V:</B><BR/>You'll be using your akido moves I take it? But hang on, that means I have to hit you first, right? What a great martial art. <BR/><BR/>Will you be wearing your gee for this beating?<BR/><BR/><B>Andrew:</B><BR/>That must be some etiquette book you're working from.Cycles Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-75988254153911486992008-11-06T15:13:00.000+00:002008-11-06T15:13:00.000+00:00I just see hugs as the bare minimum of ggod manner...I just see hugs as the bare minimum of ggod manners. Why, I dry-humped Mary Harney last week out of sheer deference to her superior social standing. It gave me little or no pleasure but it had to be done.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170574944537866579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-39210776792509143462008-11-06T15:07:00.000+00:002008-11-06T15:07:00.000+00:00Pity you don't have a vagina then you could get hi...Pity you don't have a vagina then you could get him charged with harassment but I'll gladly beat you up if you want to give it a go.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05153861445073601080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-22617830101315306492008-11-06T15:03:00.000+00:002008-11-06T15:03:00.000+00:00Hugging is one thing, but I can't bear anyone brea...Hugging is one thing, but I can't bear anyone breathing on me. Not even myself. My boss has the very fucking bad habit of sitting too close to me and breathing on my mouse hand. Some day he will get a pencil up the nostrils and straight into the brain.<BR/><BR/>He also has the bad habit of sneezing into his hand then grabbing my mouse but that's a whole other rant.Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316053852167258598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-27596956650796495132008-11-06T14:59:00.000+00:002008-11-06T14:59:00.000+00:00I'm not a casual hugger. When forced to, I extend...I'm not a casual hugger. When forced to, I extend the shoulders and pull the rest of my body in the opposite direction.<BR/>And why does everyone want to kiss both cheeks?<BR/>Isn't one enough?Megan McGurkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09673489472490377198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-16073965841587257882008-11-06T14:28:00.000+00:002008-11-06T14:28:00.000+00:00Twenty:Oh such a very, very girlish shriek.<B>Twenty:</B><BR/>Oh such a very, very girlish shriek.Cycles Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808599865674594022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617364317572311350.post-55356170478062194792008-11-06T14:27:00.000+00:002008-11-06T14:27:00.000+00:00I am one of those people who recoils in horror, an...I am one of those people who recoils in horror, and with a girlish shriek, when a giant dwarf touches your hand.Twenty Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371000451615091448noreply@blogger.com