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giraffeinfall
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Posted: 15 Jul 2006 08:02 am |
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fairness wrote: I still have the Q & A which I could paste here...
but sadly not the original thread that started the whole thing.
I have the thread saved as a text file I think fairness, but I'm also just going out the door to dinner [husband in car in drive almost at the honking stage ..]
I'll email it to you for posterity later if you like...
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fairness
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Posted: 15 Jul 2006 08:05 am |
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David Harcourt wrote: fairness wrote:
It's a long story...but I have an extract from your auction. 
This is an auction for a voodoo doll which has assumed the form of a small yellow bear named “Sam”...
Sam's previous owner, of course, was Tracey MacKenzie [aged 5].
Admittedly Tracey was the previous owner ... but Sam had a more sinister past. 
His life before Tracey must have been unbearable (scuz the pun) as he had NINE staples in his little body and horrific markings on his fur.
Total bear abuse...
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fairness
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Posted: 15 Jul 2006 08:08 am |
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giraffeinfall wrote: fairness wrote: I still have the Q & A which I could paste here...
but sadly not the original thread that started the whole thing.
I have the thread saved as a text file I think fairness, but I'm also just going out the door to dinner [husband in car in drive almost at the honking stage ..]
I'll email it to you for posterity later if you like...
Oh wow giraffeinfall...that would be so cool!!! 
No hurry anytime would be great,
Thank you!!!
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giraffeinfall
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Posted: 15 Jul 2006 11:09 pm |
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I've sent a couple of emails attaching 9 pages of the thread to the email address I had for you [which isnt all that recent - so let me know if they havent arrived by the time you see this post].
I had forgotten that in order for DH to be able to auction the voodoo doll - later rehabilitated by fairness back to a Cuddly Bear - the rules, as spontaneously made up by the first owner TR, dictated that DH must first win the bear in a Hundy hunt....
so this thread is archived footage of a rare and historic event! 
In another bizzarre twist, the hundy hunt itself had to be run twice in order to achieve the desired result, since TR accidentally won it herself the first time...
prompting a most picturesque and spontaneous oath from TR - unlike her, I know - that reduced the spectators to helpless ROFL..
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fairness
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Posted: 15 Jul 2006 11:39 pm |
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The threads have arrived, thank you so much Giraffe! I thought it was lost forever, especially as TR no longer had a copy.
There certainly were some "moments" back then...and I still can't help but have a huge smile on my face whenever I see our now happy "Sam"
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Ichardray
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Posted: 16 Jul 2006 01:25 am |
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It's threads like these that make life more bearable
I haven't given this bear a name yet......... perhaps you could make a suggestion?
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Ichardray
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Posted: 16 Jul 2006 01:35 am |
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Here is the very first bear I ever owned. He was given to me by my mother just before I had a 6 month stint in hospital. He is very old..........
His name is Droopy Drawers. He has been all over the world. One memory is walking through a market in London with him tucked under my arm and all the stall holders started singing Teddy Bears Picnic. I was 16 at the time. 
He is getting a little FredBear....but still has his original blue ribbon. His Wendy Boston label has long since gone.
He will forever be my number one Bear. 
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giraffeinfall
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Posted: 16 Jul 2006 02:35 am |
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Ichardray wrote: It's threads like these that make life more bearable
I haven't given this bear a name yet......... perhaps you could make a suggestion?
What a poppet the nameless one is!
My very first thought, due to the incredibly long neck, rather pointed face and the long slender feet, was of Anna Pavolva [dancing the swan ] ... so perhaps a derivative from that ? , such as
Anna P. Bear as just one possibility...
but .. still thinking..
she has a straw hat with a pink ribbon ... I'm not sure what the neck adornment is though?
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giraffeinfall
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Posted: 16 Jul 2006 02:56 am |
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a pic of the phenomenally gifted Anna Pavlova. I read in a biography that she would often dance til her feet bled, especially in a solo such as the Dying Swan that was choreographed especially for her ... and even once that happened would just keep on with the performance, giving no hint to the audience of the pain she was in ..
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ladeda
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Posted: 16 Jul 2006 04:46 am |
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Ichardray wrote: Here is the very first bear I ever owned. He was given to me by my mother just before I had a 6 month stint in hospital. He is very old..........
His name is Droopy Drawers. He has been all over the world. One memory is walking through a market in London with him tucked under my arm and all the stall holders started singing Teddy Bears Picnic. I was 16 at the time.
He is getting a little FredBear....but still has his original blue ribbon. His Wendy Boston label has long since gone.
He will forever be my number one Bear.
Is Droopy Drawers reading that Grisham novel? Tell him to give it away to another teddy that likes Grisham when he has finished it!
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yowie_power
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Posted: 16 Jul 2006 05:03 am |
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Ichardray wrote: It's threads like these that make life more bearable
I haven't given this bear a name yet......... perhaps you could make a suggestion?
How about Belle? It appears to be female from the rather fetching hat, and it also seems to be wearing a bell.
Moreover, belle is French for "beautiful" (feminine form of beau), which seems to fit this lovely.
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Ichardray
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Posted: 16 Jul 2006 07:09 am |
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Lovely names.......... She is a Bear of Middle Earth. Her mate is Graham. I made them both in the same week. I just haven't given her a name that fits.
This is a Benson bear that I made in June..I have called him Kimberly.........I haven't found a suitable name for his mate yet either.
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Ichardray
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Posted: 16 Jul 2006 07:15 am |
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Is Droopy Drawers reading that Grisham novel? Tell him to give it away to another teddy that likes Grisham when he has finished it!
I'm still reading it!!!! I just don't seem to find the time to read........... I have a bookshelf full of books that I need to read too.
The ornament around the nameless ones neck is a Brass Bell.
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giraffeinfall
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Posted: 16 Jul 2006 07:22 am |
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Ichardray wrote: I have called him Kimberly.........I haven't found a suitable name for his mate yet either.
In the case of a Kimberly the female name that immediately [if a tad irreverently] springs to mind to go with it is 'Katherine' of course
(that is if you get the TV series 'Kath and Kim' in NZ?) ...
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giraffeinfall
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Posted: 16 Jul 2006 07:30 am |
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Ichardray wrote:
The ornament around the nameless ones neck is a Brass Bell.
Well if she's wearing a bell... Yowie's suggestion of Belle does seem very apt for all the reasons he mentioned !
Or what about Alexandra --- as in Alexander Graham Bell.. ?
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Ichardray
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Posted: 16 Jul 2006 07:34 am |
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giraffeinfall wrote: Ichardray wrote: I have called him Kimberly.........I haven't found a suitable name for his mate yet either.
In the case of a Kimberly the female name that immediately [if a tad irreverently] springs to mind to go with it is 'Katherine' of course
(that is if you get the TV series 'Kath and Kim' in NZ?) ...
That was a very good suggestion. Can't be anything else of course.......
Do we get Kath and Kim? Is the Pope a Catholic
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ladeda
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Posted: 16 Jul 2006 07:35 am |
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giraffeinfall wrote: Ichardray wrote: I have called him Kimberly.........I haven't found a suitable name for his mate yet either.
In the case of a Kimberly the female name that immediately [if a tad irreverently] springs to mind to go with it is 'Katherine' of course
(that is if you get the TV series 'Kath and Kim' in NZ?) ...
Pene does the best imitation of Kath and Kim!
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Ichardray
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Posted: 16 Jul 2006 07:36 am |
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yowie_power wrote: Ichardray wrote: It's threads like these that make life more bearable
I haven't given this bear a name yet......... perhaps you could make a suggestion?
How about Belle? It appears to be female from the rather fetching hat, and it also seems to be wearing a bell.
Moreover, belle is French for "beautiful" (feminine form of beau), which seems to fit this lovely.
I think Belle it will be............ goes so well with Graham. Thank you
I think we will have to start an arctophiles club?
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Ichardray
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Posted: 16 Jul 2006 07:37 am |
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ladeda wrote: giraffeinfall wrote: Ichardray wrote: I have called him Kimberly.........I haven't found a suitable name for his mate yet either.
In the case of a Kimberly the female name that immediately [if a tad irreverently] springs to mind to go with it is 'Katherine' of course
(that is if you get the TV series 'Kath and Kim' in NZ?) ...
Pene does the best imitation of Kath and Kim!
looka me looka me .........Kimmy...............
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Ichardray
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Posted: 16 Jul 2006 07:40 am |
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giraffeinfall wrote: a pic of the phenomenally gifted Anna Pavlova. I read in a biography that she would often dance til her feet bled, especially in a solo such as the Dying Swan that was choreographed especially for her ... and even once that happened would just keep on with the performance, giving no hint to the audience of the pain she was in ..
perhaps it's the look your bear has about her feet that caused me to think of that
The sheer grace and elegance..............just beautiful
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