Bible & Mystical Thumper....

[bigwull]

Just back from more foraging.at my local charity shop...got 2 items....one which will please the Boss....and the other...well, i let you all know later....
The bible is a leather bound edition....from the Fireside Bible Publisher,s..Wichita Kansas...
this area had an American base close by...so i assume that,s how it ended up here...its in very good cond, and full of colour pics it measures 14in x 3in thick....might come in handy..if a leg ever falls off our bed....it cost a measly...£4....the other item is a Royal Doulton Mystical Bunnykins....its 4.1/2in high...and is in pristine cond...I paid £12 for him....and i know Avril will be pleased....

[ghopper1924]

Nice Bible!  The bunnykins makes my fillings hurt

[greenacres]

Lol  Now say your sorry Wullie., lol

[bigwull]

Confusion will be my Epitaph

[greenacres]

Do you know what a ghopper is?

[greenacres]

Furry little thing.

[greenacres]

To me that's a chipmunk. I have to out. I'll find you a better ghopper later, lol

[bigwull]

Do you know what a ghopper is?

Well not really...at first glance when i joined here...i read gopher...and i know what that is...a wee furry creature that lives in a hole in the grund...just like a rabbit...but you call it a mutt...but looking at ghopper..now its near being an anagram of gopher...but with one pea to many...am i close on any of this 

[greenacres]

You bet!

[ghopper1924]

Confusion will be my Epitaph

"As I walk...the straight and narrow path...one day we'll all sit back and laugh"



People, people, I'm right here in the room!!

A ghopper is simply a grasshopper, somewhat abbreviated. It's an in-joke with my wife and I, who have known each other since 2nd grade.

[greenacres]

Too cute. That's what came up, but never heard of it. So, do you look like a bug, lol or eat bugs? Where does the nickname come from?

[ghopper1924]

I hope I don't look like a bug, and I don't eat them, although with Missouri's economy in the dumper it might yet come to that.

When my wife and I were in 2nd grade, I used to show my affection for her by chasing her around the playground with grasshoppers. Although it scared her back then, we've come to laugh about it. In fact, we have a small cast iron or ceramic grasshopper in each bedroom of our house, just to remember those times!

[greenacres]

That's so sweet. I was 17 when I married my husband. He is 6 years older than I. I understand, I'm married 34 years. I hear what your saying with the economy. If they find one new tax or raise workmen's comp, or medical ins. I think we will explode! I got a bill from the state about a month ago, they said they made a mistake on figuring our unrmployment rate they wanted $12,000. Are you kidding!! What do they think we print the stuff. My husband told them he'll go out of business first(in that name) then pay it! I never knew we had built in partners. I tell him the gov't should hang us by our ankles and take every cent!

[rockandrollrods]

That's an intriguing Bible. What year is it from?

[ghopper1924]

My feeling is that the bible is made to look far older than it is, not that it isn't nice.

Greenacres, Missouri's economy is the worst in the midwest and we're getting ready to re-elect the governor that got us here.