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Out: A recording of The Beach Boys singing Fun, Fun, Fun. And some candyfloss. In: The candyfloss... It got stuck to the vending machine on the way out... I hope it's not broken...

A: I'd use words if I was describing it to a person. However, I'm not totally sure what those words would be. But words is what they'd be. If I was describing it to a dog I'd be stumped. Q: Why do weeds grow more easily than non-weeds. (By 'weed' I mean an unwanted plant not an indigenous plant).

Hope it's OK for Shakespeare 's contribution. Just remembered this little casket rhyme. "All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told."

Silence is golden. So they say! Time for a song I think.

How about you, George? Or isn't there much time because of the modding?

I don't know. It's unfair and it excludes people. You're unbanned. And anyone who disagrees is banned.

Out: James Bond himself. Frankly, I'd rather have Superman he could dig the new flower border much faster than we can... and do some others while he was at it. But anyway, we have 007 and we'll have to make do... In: A (garden) fork.

Pagafyr, banned. We have to show some tolerance towards George and his befuddlement over the ISP. PS I've long suspected that George is a spy... there's that mysterious attempt to confuse us with the change of name which actually I haven't managed to replicate as yet... And when George saw we were too clever and could figure out the change of name then there was that you can call me George thing... Ha! I'm not convinced. George knows that health and safety means any employees can't come here so George is pretending not to be important when he really, secretly is. Banned for spying! Banned for violating health and safety. Banned!

A: Because otherwise there would be a vacuum everywhere and if everywhere was a vacuum that would be a problem because vacuum cleaners need somewhere that isn't a vacuum to work. Thus everyone's house would be dusty and dirty and they'd be unhappy. Q: Where does the wind start and where does it go when it's finished blowing?

Morrowind. Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 But at the moment I'm playing 7Kaa and I think it may be cheating... I like the Sims (3) but haven't played it this year... because I've been playing Morrowind (and 7Kaa).

Pagafyr - banned for causing confusion to your ISP. How could you torture the poor ISP so? I expect it's weeping. This thread will not sanction unnecessary pain and suffering caused to ISPs. Banned.

Out: A recording of Tommy Steele's Half a Sixpence. The sixpence is returned, along with a hacksaw. In: Six sunflower seeds.

Out: A recording of Ferry Cross the Yorgrim, a postcard from Raven Rock signed Neloth xxx and some rock. In: A dragon scale purported to be from Alduin himself. It's certainly black. Looks like onyx to me...

I ban AaronOfMpls because I'm enjoying everyone else's insanity. me, I'm sane... where's the whistling emoticon when you need it?

Hah! Temporary you say? Banned for inaccuracy...

Hang on. Presumably, everyone on this thread now is in Banada regardless of their actual physical position? And we must therefore all be Banadian... and therefore concurrently banned. Banned! While we rewrite the constitution... or not... The jury is still out on songs and singing and reminiscence - so banned in the interim...

We've been digging a quite large flower border for the bees. It's hard work. I wish Superman would dig it for us. While he was here he could dig an even larger one that I'd love to have. My husband hasn't cut the grass in an age because it's been so wet and he's scared of breaking the lawnmower. It's 'elastic band' breaks way too easily. So the grass is now about 30cm (12 inches) high - more in places. So, we will have to strim it. There's lots of it. It will take hours. So, today we shan't be digging (yippeee) instead, we'll be strimming (yuk!). I've tried telling my husband that my bit of the garden is the bit that doesn't need anything done to it... and his is the tall grass bit... How close is the mod to completion, George?

Ans: As an aside, there is a series of books (sci-fi) by someone called EC Tubb called the Dumarest Saga which is about someone trying to return to Earth but its exact location is unknown to him and people have never heard of it. When he tells them it is called Earth they reply, much like this that it makes no sense to call a planet Dirt... So, to pick up the explanation from Tubb I'd say that the only aliens who could a) know about Dirt or b) have the ability to travel there would be Cyclans. Q: Where does outer space begin?

George - banned. This thread is unavailable for those who live in Canada. Sorry. Pagafry - banned. This thread is unavailable for those who don't live in Canada. Sorry about that too.

Out: Helseth's Ring - yippee - I soooo wanted that! It's mine. it's mine. It's mine! In: A copy of The Common Tongue, slightly creased, carrying a rambling and protracted story suggesting that Helseth is a murderer.

Out: A dreamer, muttering the usual nonsense about Dagoth Ur; and in need of a wash and a change of clothing. At least... In: A special, first edition of the Five Songs of King Wulfharth, beautifully bound and with Alandro Sul's name on the inside cover.

Out: A berserker shouting: Give me that axe and that cloak quickly. I'm cold and being chased by someone calling themself Dragonborn! In: A beautiful specimen of Isatis tinctoria in a ceramic pot. Commonly known as woad or dyer's woad; complete with care instructions.

Agreed. Pagafyr couldn't be banned then because he wasn't technically here having taken a brief sojourn. However, all is now returned to normal so his indemnity has now lapsed. But George, you're banned anyway because of the recursive ban rule.

The worse thing you can do, when you're designing, is to make a big red button with: Do not press... Because some of us just have to press it... It just is. When I was a student - my friend, training to be a radiographer said that someone was brought into hospital because he was knocked down by an ambulance he stepped in front of, fascinated by the noise and the flashing lights. Apparently they picked him up and carried on to the original emergency.

(I like bees. A lot. If I was younger I think I'd have had a hive. As it is I plant everything I think they'll like. I like hover flies too.) Out: A map. It's one of those squiggly ones you find in Skyrim and then spend the next few days trying to figure out what it's supposed to mean. Eventually, you find the location, fight half a dozen bandits and manage to evade a bear or two and there it is. The ancient chest that the key opens. Your reward is a rusty iron sword and a couple of purple mountain flowers. In: That's it. The rusty sword goes in! I'm fed up with rusty swords! (Why do Nords attract rusty swords?)