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Rap, I used to have a shop selling teddy bears (just for 1 year but good fun) so I took to bears to work every day.



If I was talking to customers holding a bear I often found myself rocking it as if I was trying to get it to sleep!!!:)

Here's my "internet" teddy!

Imladris wrote: Rap, I used to have a shop selling teddy bears (just for 1 year but good fun) so I took to bears to work every day.



If I was talking to customers holding a bear I often found myself rocking it as if I was trying to get it to sleep!!!:)


What a fantastic job Imladris! There's just something about teddy bears, isn't there? You can't not love them! Did you have any favourites? Did you dress them up? :sneaky: What a great job, having fun and being paid for it!

chocoholic wrote:



Here's my "internet" teddy!


Choco, my sweet friend - what a gorgeous bear! I love her waggly ears!

I wrote in another thread that I stalk you and pinch all your fab gifs - it's like being in a sweetie shop - surrounded by gorgeous gifs and I can't resist - my sticky mits have to sidle up and pinch 'em quick!

I hope you don't mind and you're more than welcome to pinch mine too! Woohoo! hehehe!

As can anyone! Double WooHoo!!! :wah:

Well Rapper (hope you don't mind if I use your nickname), the admiration is mutual, love your gifs/images too and I pinch 'em right back!:-6

chocoholic wrote: Well Rapper (hope you don't mind if I use your nickname), the admiration is mutual, love your gifs/images too and I pinch 'em right back


Woohoo Choco! We'll start a mutual admiration society! What shall we call ourselves?

Lol - how about Choc (w)rapper??? hehehe :wah:

You're very welcome to use Rapper, I like that name a lot. I think Cher was brilliant to think it up! It sounds kinda sappy but I think its great that everyone is getting nicknames - its so friendly!

And I'm really glad you pinch my gifs too - now I won't feel so guilty when I nick every single one of yours!!! hehehe

(It's your own fault ya know - you shouldn't find so many good ones!)

flopstock wrote: Did you know that it was National Coming Out day? Is there anything there isn't a day for?:wah:


Lol! I didn't know that Floppy - we could have had fun with that one! hehehe :wah:

The calendar I use has at least one special day per day.... and sometimes there are 6 or 8 special celebrations per day! Then each week has a special meaning and so does each month... and then ones for 10 days or 2 weeks - there are just hundreds of special days - I bet Hallmark are cleaning up on them all too! :wah:

Rapunzel wrote: What a fantastic job Imladris! There's just something about teddy bears, isn't there? You can't not love them! Did you have any favourites? Did you dress them up? :sneaky: What a great job, having fun and being paid for it!


It was fab cuddling bears all day, I definately had favourites I'm a big fan of Deans bears and we had one called Fotheringay who was white wore a tweed waistcoat and had round glasses, I'd just decided to keep him when he was bought - I was devasted!



I also like Russ and Gund bears. It was fun when we had real bear fans in and had to line up all the bears of a particular type so they could choose the 'best' one. I thought I was soft until then!!

OMG, Imladris, I love!!! your sig line!!! :wah:

I agree, Russ and Gund make gorgeous bears! I used to collect bears and stuffed animals and I always used to choose ones with wonky ears cos it gave them a 'personality'! :rolleyes:

My daughter has them now.

We had one bear called Sleepy whose head was attached by a chain so it was floppy.



One day hubby decided to help me do the window display and created a cave for Sleepy and put a sign by it saying 'Shhh, bear hibernating, do not disturb'

It went down so well with the customers, I sold loads!!



I have lots of bears in storage, my favourite is a Deans Golden Jubilee bear who wears purple robes and a crown. But nothing really beats the first soft toy I had called Bunny who is grey and lovely!:)

There's a Teddy Bear Museum in Stratford upon Avon and in it is Mr Bean's original Teddy.

G'day Imladris - haven't met you before. I've went bush for a week - and what do I find when I return on Friday 13th. Everyone's cuddling up to teddy bears. This is truly frightening!

Hi Pam,

Hope you had a great holiday. I'm a big fan of Oz, my brother-in-law and his family live there and we went to visit a few years ago. Probably the best holiday I've ever had! Wonderful country and amazing people!! Will be back again sometime:)

Imladris wrote: Hi Pam,

Hope you had a great holiday. I'm a big fan of Oz, my brother-in-law and his family live there and we went to visit a few years ago. Probably the best holiday I've ever had! Wonderful country and amazing people!! Will be back again sometime:)


Great to hear you enjoyed your visit to Australia Imladris! I'm on the road a lot, and always enjoy my time in the UK. That too, is a great country. Grin.

AussiePam wrote: Great to hear you enjoyed your visit to Australia Imladris! I'm on the road a lot, and always enjoy my time in the UK. That too, is a great country. Grin.


forgot to mention - visiting Oz pretty much cured me of my spider phobia! After seeing a huntsman spider I realised that what we have here are pansy's in comparison!! Didn't manage to cure me of my fear of daddy long legs though

So ya haven't actually come face to face with the real firepower yet - ye olde funnelwebbe... ???? That's a treat yet in store. Redbacks can of course also be unfriendly if called upon to share a dunny seat.



Redback on the Toilet Seat

There was a redback on the toilet seat

When I was there last night

I didn't see him in the dark

But boy, I felt his bite,

I jumped high up into the air

And when i hit the ground

That crafty redback spider

Wasn't nowhere to be found

I rushed in to the missus

Told her just where I'd been bit

She grabbed the cut-throat razor blade

And i nearly took a fit,

I said, "Forget what's on you mind

And call the doctor please

Cause I've got a feeling that your cure

Is worse than the disease"

There was a redback on the toilet seat

When i was there last night

I didn't see him in the dark

But boy I felt his bite

And now I'm here in hospital

A sad and sorry plight

And i curse that redback spider

On the toilet seat last night

I can't lie down, I can't sit up

I don't know what to do

The nurses think it's funny

That's not my point of view

I tell you it's embarassing

And that's to say the least

Cause I'm too sick to eat a bite

While the spider had a feast

Thanks Pam, what a shock to scroll down and see that!! Thank goodness I wasn't drinking at the time!:wah:



Great poem:wah: