Nothing to do with health

[Matt2584]

BUT I am going to post a picture of me dressed as leprechaun.

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That's a good pic matt. :-). What do leprechauns do? I know theyre Irish and it was st patricks day.

[sporan in reply to Hidden]

Hi Karen

If you catch a Leprichaun they're supposed to give you their crock of gold and if your extra lucky three wishes, once you've let them go.... I think.

There a sort of Irish version of the Cornish Pixie... I think.

I think I think a lot. In fact I think I think that I over think.. I think.

BI is a wonderful excuse to be stupid

[Hidden in reply to sporan]

Thanks Geoff I'll ask Matt where that gold is hiding then lol!

[Matt2584 in reply to Hidden]

Well Karen, according to Geoff, you have to catch me first.

Tag, your it haha.

[Matt2584 in reply to sporan]

What if you catch a leprechaun and they only have one crock left which the leprechaun was planning to take home to its family haha, would it still spare it? Like giving away your last Rolo haha... Actually, it's nothing like that :).

That gets me thinking though (see, you're not the only one :D), I thought it was a 'pot, of gold. I know a crock is virtually the same, or similar, to a pot but maybe they change it from that cos it could easily be mis spelled and sound like something else.

Plus also, the pots or crocks of gold I have seen on novelty toys and costume props look more like mini cauldrons :).

[Matt2584 in reply to Hidden]

Yesterday was officially St. Paddy's and my other Disabled club were celebrating the day today as there was no club meeting yesterday.

Glad you like the picture anyhow :).

From what I know, Leprechauns do not have a payed job or anything so they don't really do too much haha. In Irish folk law, the leprechaun is a being that brings good fortune.

According to a film of the same name, leprechauns are vermin haha.

I have to say though, I have had no good luck from anything Irish, I think they are all talk. 'All that and a bag of potato chips' in other words :).

My Nan is Irish. She gave me a keyring with the Irish shamrock on it, that hasn't given me any luck. I told her once that a seagull shat on my head and she told me that it was good luck. Yeah, good luck for the seagull maybe or 'good shot' haha. Anyway, I never had any luck from that.

Supersticious twoddle I tell ya.

[Hidden in reply to Matt2584]

No i never had any good luck from the birds either Matt nor a horseshoe i kept in my house once.I sometimes think if i pick a penny up i get good luck!

[Matt2584 in reply to Hidden]

My friend had a horseshoe once. It was standing up on his desk leaning against the wall. I picked it up and turned it upside down and he panicked and said all the luck would fall out if it turns upside down so I bent down and preteded I was picking up a load of luck off the floor and put it back in thhorseshoe haha.

[Hidden in reply to Matt2584]

That's funny :--)

[Matt2584 in reply to Hidden]

My friend thought it was pretty funny too. We are not friends now though, more like enemies haha, kidding.

Actually when we were very young we were best mates until we were 11 and then we went to senior/high school. I never saw him around so much at first and I had only done half a term, a few months, and that is when the first op of my BI took place.

I returned to school, fnally saw this best mate of mine and I said 'hello' to him and he looked at me as if someone he never met said 'hi' to him.

At the time I was really hurt by his reaction and I did often think why he acted that way but as I grew up, I realised more what my BI has done to me (looks and so on) and I understood his reaction but all throughout senior/high school, we never spoke to each other again.

The only time I did speak with him again was a quick conversation I had with him on Facebook :).

See, Facebook is called a social network and in no way do I see it as social but aside from that, I think Facebook is a great mask for cowards too.

That comment wasn't so funny was it haha.

[Hidden in reply to Matt2584]

Too right hes a big coward Matt and you've probably come out better off with far more friends than him x

[Matt2584 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks

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Matt:I LOVE it, what was the occasion or just a quiet night in with the telly, just fancied dressing up? Or maybe you often wear that, to the supermarket and so on?!

[Matt2584 in reply to Hidden]

I don't go to the supermarket and I don't watch TV much.

Glad you like it though.

I was dressing up for my other club who were celebrating St. Paddy's day. St. Paddy's day was yesterday but there was no club yesterday so they celebrate today :).

[razyheath43]

love it! Where is youre pot of gold? Lol

[Matt2584 in reply to razyheath43]

Glad you like it.

Well as I was saying in another comment, I get no luck from anything Irish. I was expecting to put on that costume and get a pot of gold but didn't :(.

And anyway, isn't it a 'crock' of gold. It is to Sporan/Geoff anyway haha.

[sporan]

Be Jesus and Begorra Matt but thats a fine loking suit you got on there me laddo!

Trousers look a bit short and the shoes look like they been nicked from Aladin

Do you have a license for that beard? Is it home grown or from the local chemical warfare department ;-).

Great job MJ. But are you seriously going out round Gosport in that? All those sailors will be trying to catch you to get their crock of gold and three wishes I suppose it would be OK if they were Wrens though

Look out St Patrick you got one SERIOUS rival here.

Nice one Matt.

[Matt2584 in reply to sporan]

Thanks Geoff :),

The trousers are supposed to be short. I wanted white stockings to go with them but there weren't any included with the outfit and I did order some separately but they didn't arrive in time.

So I had to make do wih some regular sized, green socks that are actually my halloween socks, it has a picture of Frankenstein's monster on them :).

I agree with you about the shoes, they do look like they originally came from Aladdin. Still, they look very pixy-like :).

Thankfully, I did not have to walk around Gosport looking like The Green Lantern on speed because I asked my Dad if he could drive me and my mum over to the club where I was showing off my gear :).

MJ

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Hey Matt Sporan says you have some gold hidden away ??

[Matt2584 in reply to Hidden]

Tell him "Oh do I now. And where would this apparent gold be hiding?" :).

[Hidden in reply to Matt2584]

He just said youre supposed to have a crock of gold like you said but I've no chance of catching you unfortunately-now youre gadding off here there n everywhere no one will find you-you'll be like that squirrel that darts everywhere to that spy music or 'scotch mist Matt'!

[Matt2584 in reply to Hidden]

I'm supposed to have a POT of gold not a CROCK haha.

When you say yu won't be able to catch me now that I am gadding off everwhere, you make me sound like I am from the Where's Wally books or even Speedy Gonzales from the Loony Tunes cartoons :).

"aiba!

[Matt2584 in reply to Matt2584]

"Ariba! Ariba! Underlay! Underlay!"

[Hidden in reply to Matt2584]

You sound like a carpet fitter lol !

[Matt2584 in reply to Hidden]

A Spanish carpet fitter :).

[razyheath43]

Lol! If you see a leprechaun you're supposed to grab his leg and not let go until he gives you some of his gold! Again lol! You lot are silly! Love it x

[Matt2584 in reply to razyheath43]

Better to be silly than dead boring, like my Dad :).

If I saw a leprechaun I would probbly freak out and shoot it, providing I had a gun of course :).

[razyheath43]

Indeed! Much better cannot aprove shooting though!

[cat3]

Oh Matt I've been busy today & only just looked in. I'm weeping with laughter at your Leprechaun thread ; the costume (LOVE the shoes BTW) the comments, everything !

I'm trying to picture Karen grabbing you by the leg & hanging on 'til you give her some gold, only to find Geoff's already taken the lot.

And your comment about shooting a leprechaun if ever you saw one had (still has) me in stitches. Thank you so much for delivering the goods and providing such wonderfully silly humour ; it's very much my kind of humour and really, really cheered me up !!

Cat xx

[Matt2584 in reply to cat3]

Glad you like the picture Cat and glad to hear it pleased you, more than I thought as well :).

I forgot to add that a friend of mine saw my costume and hesaid, in a sarcastic way, "What have you come as, a fireman?" I laughed and I said "No, I am a negative version of Abaham Lincoln" :).

[iforget]

Even I could not resist a leprechaun... too wiped to read the thread but the picture made me smile.

[Matt2584 in reply to iforget]

I aim to please :).

[angelite]

Ha ha ha ha ha : )) .....Top o' the mornin to you Matt !

Couldn't stop laughing at this - suits you, Sir ! Right,deep breaths,I am over it now.

OMG the shoes, those shoes.....ha ha ha ha ha ..... : ))))))))))))))))))))

No need for a crock of gold - this pic is pure gold itself : ) x

[Matt2584 in reply to angelite]

"Suits you sir" as the tailors from The Fast Show would say, I love that show. Ah yes, we spoke about that before didn't we :).

Well I'm glad it did suit me :).

Glad you lik the picture :).

[Nutkin33]

Oh awesome. You look really good! 😉😀

[Matt2584 in reply to Nutkin33]

Thanks Nutkin :).

[Michael_e]

Top o' the mornin'

[Matt2584 in reply to Michael_e]

Top o' the mornin' to you to :).

[sporan]

Well Matt the sun may not be out here and there may be smog on the way but your Irish alter ego has certainly brightened up everyone here. Keep up the great work

[sporan]

MJ,

You're gonna have to delete this picture (NOT, I jest, mind you dressed like that YOU could be a court jester AND a leprechaun at the sam time ;-)). I just can't get it out of my head and got to keep coming back to check it's real and not another one of my hallucinations or epi seizure delusion

Such a great job.

Was today the day of your outing? If so hope all went really well for you.

All the bestest Geoff (AKA Sporan)

[Matt2584 in reply to sporan]

Wednesday, yesterday, was the day I wore the leprechaun clobber :).

There is another disabled group I go to that is located in Gosport so it is not far to travel to and they are a pretty fun group. Everyone there try to forget about their disabilities and just have a good time :).

Tuesday was St.Paddy's day and the group was on Wednesday, the day after, so some people were dressed in green... But not as green as me :).

Take care,

MJ

[sporan in reply to Matt2584]

I bet they were ALL green! Green with envy that they didn't look as d a p p e r as you

[Matt2584 in reply to sporan]

They probably were green with envy. Not many of the people at the group dress up, I expect some of them can't and I expect some of them are not bothered about dressing up. Shame really cos I like to see people dress up.

[sporan in reply to Matt2584]

Mmmh? That sounds a bit strange... 'I like to see people dress up' Is there something you want to share with us MJ

No I know exactly what you mean. At the trampoline club where I used to coach every Christmas we used to have a club only fun competition and all the judges were supposed to dress up and usually it was only me!

I've been a beaver, a giant chicken and disney Pluto etc.

Always good fun but bleeding hot inside the costumes.

[Matt2584 in reply to sporan]

It's not very nice when you are supposed to dress up for something and you are looking forward to what others are wearing and you find you are the only one. I don't mean everyone else is naked haha. Well, I guess that is dressing up in some ways, they are all in their birthday suit :).

Well, the meeting before I dressed up at my club. They told us to wear green (so we knew before hand) and I knew no one else would dress up, or not many cos rarely anyone does.

I decided to liven tings up :).

[sporan in reply to Matt2584]

The funny part, well I found it funny' was I never told my kids when it would happen or what I was going to dress as, so on one occasion my son and daughter nearly jumped out the bedroom window screaming when a giant beaver came in and said "Hi" and on another occasion they came down stairs to find a giant yellow chicken sat in the armchair with a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich.

Still they've survived...... JUST

[Matt2584 in reply to sporan]

sounds great. i wish I could wake up in the mornings, go downstairs and see my Dad dressed as a giant bloodhound :).

My dad would never do that though, he hasn't gotthat kind of hilarity in him.