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^ Basco: its a bunch of parts to the LOTR series, but they changed keywords to 'pants' ^ Basco: "Not idly do the pants of Lorien fall. " Aragorn ^ Basco: "This creature is bound to my pants. And I to his. " Frodo ^ Basco: "Open pants are upon you, whether you would risk them or not." Aragorn ^ Basco: tons of em, its like, rotflmfao if you read the whole thing ^ Basco: just substitute pants for the keyword of just about any phrase you can think of ^ Basco: "Sauron's pants have begun their attack." Gandalf ^ Amzel: what the hell are you talking about? ^ Basco: "It is an army built for a single purpose, to destroy the pants of men." Aragorn ^ Basco: something that was in the local paper, how to make LOTR even funnier by changing keywords of key moments to pants ^ Basco: "There is a fell voice in my pants." Legolas ^ Osse snickers ^ Basco: "I know what you saw. For it is also in my pants." Galadriel ^ Basco: "You have entered the pants of the lady of the wood. There is no turning back." Halidar ^ Zoso: quotes triviaaaaaaaa ^ Basco: "One of the halflings carries something of great value. Bring their pants to me, and make sure they're unspoiled! " Saruman ^ Osse: That's funny Osse tells you: "But I would not lead you into my pants if there were no hope of coming out again." Gandalf. ^ Ziggurat: Saruman did always seem a little strange ^ Basco: "Stay out of my pants, you young devils!" Farmer Maggot ^ Basco: oh my god, i keep going on i'm going to die of a heart attack ^ Osse: oh, I have one! ^ Osse: 'I am sorry, Sam,' said the wizard. `But when the Door opens I do not think you will be able to drag your Bill inside, into the long dark of my pants.' ^ Basco: WooHoo! ^ Ziggurat: omg tell me thats not really in the book... ^ Osse: everything, right up to the pants. ^^ Basco: come on people, theres only like 1000+ pages of scenes you can do this with ^ Zoso: ok! ^ Chap: lol ^ Viktor: Yeah well, don't steal from me ^ Basco: "Go on, Sam. Ask Rosie for her pants." Frodo ^ Ziggurat: damnit I'm 1 point away from leveling!!! ^ Viktor: I RP a mean nasty guy, deal with it ^ Viktor: Wait, I RP a mean, nasty, dundain assassin, and I'm a bastard, get over it ^ Zoso: that's not nice ^ Zoso: why aren't you nice, viktor ^ Kikio: Don't let him fool you, Viktor isn't mean. ^ Viktor: Cause if you are nice people walk all over you ^ Ziggurat: I heard Viktor's like a puppy when you scratch him in the right way ^ Randill thinks Viktor is an expert RPer ^ Turin: Aren't we all? ^ Viktor: and I'm no sissy loth protecting elf ^ Chap chuckles ^ Viktor: Seeing as I'm not a doormat ^ Basco: ROTFL i just found this on the internet, hang on a second ^ Kikio: Viktor is a sweet, kind, flower shop owner. ^ Basco: Pippin: But what about pants? ^ Basco: Aragorn: You've already got pants. ^ Basco: Pippin: We've got one pair of pants, yes. But what about underpants? ^ Basco: Merry: I don't think he knows about underpants, Pip. ^ Basco: Pippin: What about thongs? Jockstraps? Boxers, panty girdles, g-strings, long johns? ^He knows about them, doesn't he? ^ Basco: Merry: I wouldn't count on it. ^ Zoso: you are a doormat. you're one of those doormats that say 'hi. my name is matt'. a lame doormat. ^ Viktor: akikos is a flower shop around here, I wonder who the owner is ^ Kikio: Too bad Viktor's a warrior anyways. ^ Ban: Well shoot, now you get to RP a mean, nasty, dundain (sp!) assassin who is a bastard and has a 3.4k contract. ^ Basco: Aragorn: You have my pants. ^ Basco: Legolas: And my pants. ^ Basco: Gimli: And MY pants. ^ Basco: Boromir: You carry the pants of us all, little one. ^ Zoso: hehehe ^ Osse falls over ^ Ban: He has the whip, boys... go get him :) ^ Kikio: He is making a mockery of Tolkien, quick, kill him! ^ Osse: I don't laugh out loud very often, but this is funny ^ Randill: he had MELS earlier ^ Kikio: I gotta agree ^ Viktor: I had nothing, I'm not even ina guild ^ Basco: woohoo, please bring 10+ im less lagged and quicker than winnetou ^ Naosami comms you. ^ Amzel: what the hell is basco talking about, lol ^ Ziggurat: for the first time in years ^ Viktor: 3.4k contract? I had a 10k one but hectan removed it *cry* ^ Ziggurat: I WILL FINALLY REACH LEVEL 10 ^ Zoso: i will not say the day is done, nor bid my pants farewell? ^ Basco: woo's at Zoso ^ Naosami hooms at Ziggurat. ^ Zoso: i can do songs since i remember those ^ Randill: i'm sure that made you really depressed Viktor ^ Viktor: Ban contracts me, guess he didn't read my legendinfo :( ^ Randill: Grimscar didn't have any reason to keep trying to kill you ^ Basco: "My father is a noble man, but his pants are falling, and our people lose faith." Boromir ^ Viktor: Randill, I had a 10k C for a few months ^ Kikio: Cover a diamond in mud and it's flawed. ^ Randill: I hate a 2k C for a day once ^ Chap: it's just muddy ^ Zoso: his sword was long, his lance was keen...his shining helm afar was seen...the countless stars of heaven's field were mirrored in his silver pants ^ Naosami: Not all diamonds are flawless. ^ Basco: "Be on your guard. There are older and fouler things than orcs in the deep places of my pants." Gandalf ^ Ziggurat: LOL ^ Fofester laughs ^ Naosami: Ungh ^ Murdeoc: laughs out loud ^ Naosami: A sandwich? ^ Osse falls off his chair ^ Zoso: the world was young, the mountains green...no stain yet on the moon was seen...no words were laid on stream or stone when durin woke and fapped alone ^ Basco: Do you know how pants first came into being? They were trousers once, taken to the dry-cleaners, tortured and mutilated, a ruined and terrible form of clothing. ^ Zoso: oh, right...pants... ^ Mithgil: What did Bush say ^ Zoso: he said: ^ Osse: blah blah blah ... ... blah blah... ... blah blah blah ^ Mithgil: I was in class ^ Naosami didn't feel like watching. ^ Zoso: my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard ^ Jaier: damn right ^ Zoso: and they're like, it's better than yours ^ Fofester hates Zoso ^ Basco: mithgil! Your fast on your feet, join the game ^ Zoso: i can teach you, but i'd have to charge ^ Mithgil: What game ^ Kikio: Just found a new cool game. ^ Basco: "Gondor has no pants. Gondor needs no pants." Boromir ^ Kikio: Sit at Bree sp, take bets, I fade, see which newbie runs first! ^ Zoso: jesus christ basco :) ^ Zoso: where are you getting these ^ Basco: mith, change the main word of a phrase from LOTR to pants ^ Mithgil: No, that's not what you do. ^ Basco: after i'm done picking out the 10% or so of the total ones listed, i'll post the address :P ^ Mithgil: You add 'in my pants' to the end. ^ Mithgil: Like, one ring to rule them all in my pants. ^ Falkun: "Not even you can deny the return of the Pants. ^ Basco: not just at the end ^ Naosami: good one ^ Falkun: Gandalf. ^ Rathmar: 'in the face' works just as well. ^ Fofester: "Many that have pants deserve none, and many that are pantless deserve pants. Can you give pants to them? Then do not be so quick to deal out pants in judgement" Gandalf ^ Osse: "Your pants are full of surprises, Mr. Baggins." Gimli ^ Fofester: Haha ^ Mithgil: You don't just swap out random words for pants, damnit. You add 'in my pants' to the end. ^ Basco Cheers Wildly! ^ Fofester: This is more fun, Mithgil ^ Osse: Yeah, come on. Consider the following: ^ Osse: "I want to see pants again. Pants, Gandalf! ^ Mithgil: For instance, "Here's a pretty hobbit skin to wrap an elven princeling in my pants. ^ Falkun: okay...Fofester owns all...I'm stoned....yes that owns...im sure. ^ Zoso: Shall I describe it to you? Or would you like me to go find you some pants? -legolas ^ Osse: "I want to see pants again. Pants, Gandalf!" Bilbo. ^ Basco: "If you want my pants... come and claim them! " Arwen ^ Fofester: 'I'm glad to be here with you, Sam, in my pants, Sam.' ^ Murdeoc: i dont think we will ever see our pants again mister frodeo.. we might sam we might ^ Mithgil: GAH NO YOU'RE DOING IT ALL WRONG ^ Naosami prods Mithgil. ^ Basco: is there a comm wide ignore mithgil command somewhere, i thought he'd be good at this *pouts disapointadly ^ Mithgil: Eowyn: I beg thee in my pants. ^ Zoso: those aren't funny ^ Atticus: Oh, we have to be sexual? ^ Osse: "I gave you the chance of sharing my boxers willingly, but you have elected the Pants of Pain!" Saruman ^ Mithgil: Yes they are, bitch. ^ Naosami: Mithgil, you've lost your touch. ^ Jaier: 'Ai! ai!' wailed Legolas. 'A Balrog! A Balrog in my pants!' ^ Caber: Hiall ^ Naosami: In my pants ^ Atticus: Hiall Caber! ^ Zoso: and fap is funnier than pants ^ Basco: lol jair ^ Falkun: Yes. Two Bisexual Hobbits set out on adventure to destroy the one pants. ^ Mithgil: Jaier's got it. ^ Basco: "He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn... you owe him your pants." Legolas ^ Mithgil: Fly, you fools, in my pants! ^ Fofester: "I smote his pants upon the mountainside."Gandalf ^ Zoso: fdl ^ Fofester: Haha Basco ^ Caber: What are you guys rambling about? ^ Basco: i started a new game ^ Mithgil: They're playing some stupid variant of the 'in my pants' game. ^ Murdeoc: i saw him the pants of sauron.. frodo ^ Falkun: pants ramble. ^ Atticus: "I shot an Elephant in my pants, how he got there I'll never know." -Groucho Marx (Had he said pants instead of pajamas) ^ Mithgil: Shut up. ^ Basco: "Old Toby-- the finest pants in South-Farthing! " Bilbo ^ Osse: And with this, I leave you. ^ Osse: "All we can do is decide what to do with the pants that are given us." Gandalf. ^ Atticus: Ok Mithgil... ^ Zoso: and he sang to them, now in the elven-tongue, now in the speech of the west, until their pants, wounded with sweet words, overflowed ^ Falkun: hah Osse! ^ Falkun: later! ^ Basco: fdl zoso ^ Jaier: For never now shall I sit with you in your pants, as I promised, or listen to your herb-lore.' ^ Deragor: Bye Mr. Osse! ^ Naosami: The road goes ever on and on in my pants. ^ Basco waves goodbye to osse ^ Atticus claps for Zoso ^ Caber: MG, mnpy? ^ Mithgil: Swagger it, swagger it, my little c0ck-a-whoop in my pants. ^ Fofester: "The Pants Sam, it's growing heavier!" ^ Mithgil: Yes Cbr ^ Basco: "Give them some pants, for Pity's sake! " Boromir ^ Murdeoc: i would cut off your pants if only it stood but a little higher from the ground, eomer ^ Zoso: i fear that minas tirith shall fall. night comes. my very pants seem stolen away. ^ Basco: ROTFL murdeocc ^ Naosami: You'll find his pants, and other documents in there, I believe" - Gandalf ^ Atticus: "There seems to be a small arrow lodged in my pants." ^ Poqer: Zoso: i fear that minas tirith shall fall. night comes. my very ^ Poqer: Basco: ROTFL murdeocc ^ Poqer: Naosami: You'll find his pants, and other documents in there, I ^ Jaier: "You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to my pants! You cannot pass." ^ Fofester: Damnit Jaier, I was about to do that one :p ^ Jaier: hah ^ Poqer: sorry hit a wrong key ^ Zoso: i've seen some beautiful pants on my travels, but i suppose they're a bit too grand for daily wear and tear, as you might say. The gaffer, he says: make them short, and then you won't have to cut them short before you can use them ^ Jaier: heh ^ Atropos: Hail, Lord of the Mark. My pants are glad at your returning. ^ Basco: woohoo ^ Naosami: "I will take the pants," he said "but I do not know the way" ^ Jaier: look what youve done basco ^ Someone: "Tell me, old friend, when did Saruman the Wise abandon pants?" ^ Basco: yea, added some life to a dead comm ^ Zoso: teehee ^ Fofester chuckles ^ Atticus: "I found the ring also fits in my pants." -Frodo ^ Mithgil: What server C ^ Fofester: Hahaha ^ Caber, Rathmar, Mithgil: Need one more for monopoly. :P ^ Atropos: Thank You! said Merry. In that case I will have my pants back, which are not yours and have journeyed far with me. ^ Basco: Aragorn: You have my sword ^ Basco: Legolas: You have my bow ^ Basco: Gimli: And my pants! ^ Naosami: lol ^ Naosami departs. ^ Fofester: "We must travel the Pants of the Dead" ^ Murdeoc: more fun than the former one ^ Zoso: 'hail, king of the mark! ride now to victory! bid your pants farewell!' and so he died. ^ Mithgil: Jesus, he's putting pants in quotes from the movie ^ Mithgil: First he starts the game wrong, and then he uses movie quotes. He doesn't deserve to live. ^ Scapegoat: "I'm awfully sorry, said Bilbo, but I have come without my pants." ^ Basco: so step out of your GH and place a C on me ^ Falkun: ...it's fun Mithgil.....why analyze.... ^ Someone: Mithgil: "I made a promise. Don't you lose your pants Samwise Gamgee. And I don't mean to. I don't mean to." ^ Murdeoc: i apologize in advance i might be doing the same... i read translation, thats why ^ Fofester: FDL Scapegoat ^ Atticus: "There was much activity in the dark lands of the pants." ^ Mithgil: No, I'll just pray to Jeebus that you die every night ^ Murdeoc: jesus ^ Someone: "What has it got in its pantses, preciouss?" ^ Basco: Boromir looks in Frodo's pants: "It is a strange fate that we suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing...such a little thing." ^ Fofester: FDL ^ Atticus: Someone make Basco Admin for the Day ^ Murdeoc: you were not so different from a pants once were you, frodo ^ Basco: woo ^ Atropos: For you seem ever to think only of its power in the pants of the Enemy ^ Zoso: nay, my friends. i am the lawful master of my pants, and i had both the right and the strength to take them off, or so i judged. the right cannot be doubted. the strength was enough-- barely ^ Basco: Hey, and Zoso assistant Admin for a day ^ Basco: "Let them come! There is one dwarf in Moria who still wears pants! " Gimli ^ Zoso whips out the two towers...must do saruman quotes ^ Jaier: hey what are you whipping out over there ^ Someone: gibbets and pants! gibbets and pants! ^ Basco: "I need a holiday Gandalf. I think I'll take off my pants, and I don't expect I'll ever put them back on again. In fact, I mean not to!" Bilbo ^ Murdeoc: and who'se pants are you in?, merry "oh i am in nobody's pants, because nobody is in my pants, treebeard ^ Mithgil: ENOUGH WITH THE MOVIE QUOTES ^ Atticus: Lol ^ Someone: Mithgil, shutup please. ^ Basco: comm off if you dont like it, its an option ^ Atticus: We must Anger Mithgil more! ^ Someone: Thereat Glaurung stirred for the last time ere he died, and he spoke with his last breath, saying: 'Hail, Nienor, daughter of Hurin. We meet again ere the end. I give the joy that thou has found thy pants at last.' ^ Zoso: Now we feel the peril that we were warned of. Have we ridden forth to victory, only to stand at last amazed by an old liar with honey on his forked pants? - Eomer ^ Murdeoc: i told you it might happen i apologized in advance mithgil ^ Mithgil: Tell me who you are please. ^ Basco: rotfl at someone ^ Fofester: "Pantsdropping sir? I don't follow you, begging your pardon. There ain't no pants at Bag End, and that's a fact." Sam ^ Someone: I'm the collective opinion of most people listening to the comm right now. ^ Mithgil: And you're stupid. ^ Basco: "It comes in pants? " Pippin ^ Atticus: Fight! Fight! ^ Mithgil: kthxbye ^ Ghoru: Pants Eorlingas! ^ Basco dosnt think he's ever seen so many different people join happily on one subject on the comm before ^ Atticus: "A soldier takes a swig from his pants." ^ Someone: "Ah, Gandalf the Grey comes seeking my pants...for that is why you have come, is it not?" ^ Basco: rotfl ^ Atticus: Even the Someones are joining in? ^ Jaier: ahaha ^ Atticus: Don't they usually stop these things? :) ^ Murdeoc: can we eat them?... NO , but what about their pants, thay dont need their pants... ^ Zoso: our friendship would profit us both alike. mush we could still accomplish together, to heal the disorders in our pants. Let us undress one another...for the common good I am willing to redress your pants, and to receive you. Will you not consult with me? Will you not come up? ^ Mithgil: Only when they don't deserve to be stopped. ^ Scapegoat: "You will have to do without pants, and a good many other things, before journey's end." ^ Atticus: "Put on your happy pants, it's caucus time!" -Dave Barry ^ Asekhir: Legolas: This forest is very old... full of memory... and anger. ^ Asekhir: Aragorn: Gimli! Lower your pants! ^ Zoso: But you choose to stay and gnaw the ends of your old pants. Stay then! But I warn you, they will not easily come off again. Not unless the dark hands of the East stretch out to take them. ^ Someone: "I alone of you have ever been in the pants of the Dark Lord." ^ Ghoru: haha ^ Fofester: FDL ^ Ghoru: Pants! Pants, you fools! ^ Basco: Galadriel: Will you look in my pants Frodo? ^ Basco: Frodo: What will I see? ^ Basco: Galadriel: Even the wisest cannot tell ^ Murdeoc: lol ^ Ghoru: hahajhaha ^ Basco: "These are indeed strange days. Dreams and legends spring pantless out of the grass." Eomer ^ Poqer: Basco: ROTFL murdeocc ^ Poqer: Naosami: You'll find his pants, and other documents in there, I ^ Atticus: Damn you people and your books ^ Atticus: You alright there Poqer? ^ Poqer: Atticus: "There seems to be a small arrow lodged in my pants.$which freaken button makes that keep happening ^ Ghoru: ??? ^ Poqer: not sure which button i keep pushin ^ Zoso: Have it your own way, Mr. Frodo, he said at last. But I think my pants came off themselves...when I called. ^ Ghoru: What's that, a pants script? ;P ^ Scapegoat: "I'd remove your pants, if they weren't so low to the ground.' ^ Basco is about to become first T2T player to die in rl at the keybord(due to laughing to hard) ^ Someone: 'Recieve thou they fee,' he cried, 'for they fair keeping of my children and my wife! For this is the Nauglamir, whose name is known to many among Elves and Men; and I bring it to thee out of the darkness of my pants, where Finrod thy kinsman left it behind him...' ^ Murdeoc: do not meddle in the pants of wizards for they are subtle and quick to anger ^ Atticus: You spelled receive wrong ^ Melda: Pants? What's pants, precious? ^ Alsander: Playing the pants game, are we? ^ Ghoru: no he didn't ^ Fofester: Heh, ince ^ Fofester: Nice ^ Tevildo: I think Someone's is the best so far. ^ Someone: File a report :P See what sort of reward you get. ^ Atticus: Hmm... nah ^ Murdeoc: whats it got in its pants, gollum ^ Atticus: "A soldier mutters something about fallen pants." ^ Someone: Bilbo to Gollum: What have I got in my pants? ^ Murdeoc: nice game but its time to sleep now ^ Fofester: There is a fell voice in my pants. -Legolas ^ Alsander: Nice, someone. ^ Murdeoc: i see you all later ^ Zoso: We have business in hand. You are in peril, and you would not have fapped far in field or road this day. There will be hard handstrokes night at hand ere the day is full -faramir ^ Finarf to someone news 55 ^ Murdeoc: someone stole that.... ^ Basco: "They say all who look upon her lose their pants. " Gimli ^ Someone inadvertantly stole it then. ^ Basco: "The quest stands on the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and your pants shall fall, to the ruin and of us all." Galadriel ^ Zoso: i must retire from the pants game, phone call :) ^ Basco: Aragorn: I swore to protect you. ^ Basco: Frodo: But can you protect me from your pants? ^ Alsander: 'The ostler has a tipsy cat, that plays a three-stringed fiddle; And up and down he runs his pants' - Frodo. ^ Murdeoc waves goodnight to all ^ Basco: "Your love of the halfling's pants has clouded your mind." Saruman ^ Tevildo: Now squeaking high, now purring low, now sawing in the middle [of his pants]? ^ Bakal: What's up bitches? ^ Alsander: Take courage and look! There are foul pants below! -Beregond. ^ Alsander: That's the general idea, Tevildo. ^ Atticus: "I've got something in my pants, and it's not the ring." -Frodo ^ Bakal: Atticus my man, what's everyone talking about? ^ Thingol: Look out Bilbo: PANTS!... Nonsense! There haven't been any pants around these parts for thousands of years! ^ Atticus: Pants ^ Bakal: Why? ^ Atticus: But we're associating them sexually to LotR ^ Atticus: Why not? ^ Bakal: It sounds kinda dumb. ^ Atticus: Not really, or else the ainur would have stopped us by now :) ^ Basco: wait till i send this to a friend and have the whole log of this comm conversation posted :P ^ Bakal: Well since I'm beyond most ainur, I deem it very dumb. ^ Basco: whe've had numures someones, and osse playing along ^ Atticus: I was going to log it, but there would be too many deletions to be made :) ^ Basco: Gandalf: Confound it all, Samwise Gamgee, have you been pantsdropping? ^ Basco: Sam: I haven't been dropping no pants! ^ Basco: "We are a plain, quiet folk and have no use for pants. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can't think what anybody sees in them." Bilbo ^ Someone: Gandalf to Frodo: If you can think of any way of slipping out of your pants without its being generally known, it will be worth a little delay. ^ Basco: "I you're referring to that business with the pants, I was barely involved." Gandalf ^ Atticus: Aragorn: Every day Frodo moves closer to Mordor. ^ Atticus: Gandalf: How do we know that? ^ Atticus: Aragorn: What does your pants tell you? ^ Ghoru: Goodnight ^ Fofester grins ^ Basco: lol atticus ^ Fofester: Alright, I'm heading to bed ^ Fofester: Nicely done Basco ;) ^ Rozi: Poor Teddyu ^ Basco thanks fofester, i'll mail it to a friend who can post the whole log on the web page here shortly, seems to be winding down ^ Fofester nods and waves ^ Atticus: Pippin: Well... yes. That is, well enough for my own people. But we have no pants fitting for great halls and evil times. ^ Atticus: Denethor: And why should your pants be unfit for my halls?... ^ Atticus: Well, if that's so, I'll log off! ^ Atticus: No more fun comm convo's now that all the fun comm people are going home ^ Basco: "Go, Eowyn sister-daughter! The time for pants is past! " Theoden ^ Atticus: Err, well, just quitting... ^ Basco: "Pants indeed!" answered an Elf from the boats. "Never travel far without pants! And one that is long and strong and light. Such are these. They may be a help in many needs," "You don't need to tell me that!" said Sam. "I came without any, and I've been worried ever since ^ Atticus: Faramir: You wish now our places had been exchanged? That I had pants and Boromir did not? ^ Bakal: Definately one of the stupider topics on the comm. ^ Scapegoat: "Personally I have no pants at all, and I wish I were safe at home" ^ Basco: hmm, if mithgil had logged off i'd think he was bakal ^ Atticus: You have no sense of adventure Bakal! ^ Atticus: Why, didn't Mithgil start this? :P ^ Bakal: Sir, I am Bakal. I have a huge sense of adventure. ^ Rozi: Not as huge as mine! XD ^ Atticus: [Gets on pants with Elrond. Galadriel gets on pants with Celeborn] ^ Atticus: Ok, I'm done... ^ Basco: "There is only one way: to find the Cracks of Doom in the pants of Orodruin, the Fire-mountain, and cast the Ring in there." Elrond ^ Atticus: Time to listen to Deep Purple's only cool song!@ ^ Atticus: Alright that's enough :) ^ Atticus: It's no fun now that it's just me and you :) ^ Basco: lol, ok, for all of you, here's where i came up with mine, whish they had been my own doing, but i figured just posting em would get the ball rolling, i only posted about %10 of the ones on this web page -> http://bagenders.stormpages.com/story/pants.html ^ Basco: cool to see others making up there own though *cheers*