Plus I managed to get my little idea I mentioned last week done. I didn’t think I was going to get it, since the software kept crashing… But I managed to download an updated version from the internet (or should that just be working version since it’s exactly the same, but without the crashing!)

Read on for details…

First off, I should explain it’s a picture, then I need to ask if anyone has seen the film Jerry Maguire?

If you haven’t, you’ll not know what I’m talking about. If you have, then you’ll know what I mean when I tell you to think about the part where Tom Cruise and Renée Zellweger are going into the elevator and see the young couple talking in sign language…

That said, I also need to point out that, yes, I have been doing some pilfering from peoples galleries, I hope nobody minds too much and secondly, some people have been used more than others, simply because some people had more photos of themselves than others. Oh, and I made sure I only used nice looking, flattering photos of everybody, and any missing heads or limbs is due to image resizing and not a personal slight! :asbestos:

You can find it in my gallery here

Yay me

I also ordered myself a 250Gb hard drive so I can get my files backed up, reinstall this thing and get to actually reply to journal comments again!

Oh and I’ve ordered myself a snazzy little mp3 recorder ready for my attempts at audio blogging. I’m still a little unsure of actually having my voice on show, but my typing fingers are thrilled at the idea

Well looks like I’ve got one more entry from the ever kinky slurpie…

Firstly…
Freda and Barry sat one night.
The sky was clear. The stars were bright.
The wind was soft. The moon was up.
Freda drained her cocoa cup…


Next…

I’ll strip bare. I’ll just wear, Stilettos and an oven glove. (This is a popular one!

Don’t angle, for me to dangle. Me arms ‘ave never been that strong…

My mother sent a note to say you must excuse me…

And finally…
Beat me on the bottom with the Womans Weekly…

If you are viewing this from swydm.com, you can find the pictures in my gallery, or you cna try www.nakedfraggle.com

So before it closes… Any more for any more? Don’t want to leave anyone out after all :-p Just in case, I’ll wait until tomorrow to change the smurfing bars.

A final recap of the details, just in case…

The challenge this month is to take a picture from the lyrics of the “Ballad of Barry and Freda”.

For example…

I took a photo for Kim’s journal competition for “Whatcha got cooking…?”

Only the first thing that came into my head was a line from that song… “I’ll strip bare, I’ll just wear, stilettos and an oven glove…”

*coughs*

Which lead to the creation of this picture…

And yes that is more flesh that has been seen in public in over a decade… But it’s Kim, she’s worth it Now… When you’ve all finished running and screaming… :-p

So, that’s the challenge. Select a line from the lyrics, and take a photo… Easy as that

The lyrics are posted below, and you can see the movie clip (well worth watching) to get the full flavour of the song, and a good laugh at the same time!

Right click and select save on this link to watch the movie.

I’m going to set the closing date for a week on Tuesday (10th August) with the best five photos getting a months smurfing on the photo bar on the left.

You can enter as many times as you like, either PMing them to me on swydm.com, or email me Just remember to keep them clean, i.e. keep everything coverd that’s supposed to be covered.

And now for the lyrics…

Freda and Barry sat one night.
The sky was clear. The stars were bright.
The wind was soft. The moon was up.
Freda drained her cocoa cup

Not bleakly,
Not meekly.
Beat me on the bottom with a Woman’s Weekly.
Let’s do it!
Let’s do it tonight!.

Shocking isn’t it? I guess I’m going to have to have slightly more tame smurfing contests in future…

But on to the entries… These came from blulady

First up, we have “Bend me over backwards on my hostess trolley…”


Next we have the ever popular (and ever saucy) “I’ll strip bare, I’ll just wear, stilettos and an oven glove…”

I wasn’t sure about the category of the third photo… But I’m leaning towards “I can handle half the tenors in the male voice choir…”

If you are viewing this from swydm.com, you can find the pictures in my gallery, or you cna try www.nakedfraggle.com

So before it closes… Any more for any more? Don’t want to leave anyone out after all :-p

A final recap of the details, just in case…

The challenge this month is to take a picture from the lyrics of the “Ballad of Barry and Freda”.

For example…

I took a photo for Kim’s journal competition for “Whatcha got cooking…?”

Only the first thing that came into my head was a line from that song… “I’ll strip bare, I’ll just wear, stilettos and an oven glove…”

*coughs*

Which lead to the creation of this picture…

And yes that is more flesh that has been seen in public in over a decade… But it’s Kim, she’s worth it Now… When you’ve all finished running and screaming… :-p

So, that’s the challenge. Select a line from the lyrics, and take a photo… Easy as that

The lyrics are posted below, and you can see the movie clip (well worth watching) to get the full flavour of the song, and a good laugh at the same time!

Right click and select save on this link to watch the movie.

I’m going to set the closing date for a week on Tuesday (10th August) with the best five photos getting a months smurfing on the photo bar on the left.

You can enter as many times as you like, either PMing them to me on swydm.com, or email me Just remember to keep them clean, i.e. keep everything coverd that’s supposed to be covered.

And now for the lyrics…

Freda and Barry sat one night.
The sky was clear. The stars were bright.
The wind was soft. The moon was up.
Freda drained her cocoa cup

Not bleakly,
Not meekly.
Beat me on the bottom with a Woman’s Weekly.
Let’s do it!
Let’s do it tonight!.

I never did finish Fridays entry… tomorrow… I hope, in the mean time, here’s an entry for my journal smurfing contest from everyone’s favourite kimbunny… Kittenish

Both photos are in the category of “I’ll strip bare, I’ll just wear, stilettos and an oven glove…”


And the second entry…

If you are viewing this from swydm.com, you can find the pictures in my gallery, or you cna try www.nakedfraggle.com

Now for the details… And remember, you’ve only got until Tuesday to enter (nudge, nudge, hint, hint)

The challenge this month is to take a picture from the lyrics of the “Ballad of Barry and Freda”.

For example…

I took a photo for Kim’s journal competition for “Whatcha got cooking…?”

Only the first thing that came into my head was a line from that song… “I’ll strip bare, I’ll just wear, stilettos and an oven glove…”

*coughs*

Which lead to the creation of this picture…

And yes that is more flesh that has been seen in public in over a decade… But it’s Kim, she’s worth it Now… When you’ve all finished running and screaming… :-p

So, that’s the challenge. Select a line from the lyrics, and take a photo… Easy as that

The lyrics are posted below, and you can see the movie clip (well worth watching) to get the full flavour of the song, and a good laugh at the same time!

Right click and select save on this link to watch the movie.

I’m going to set the closing date for a week on Tuesday (10th August) with the best five photos getting a months smurfing on the photo bar on the left.

You can enter as many times as you like, either PMing them to me on swydm.com, or email me Just remember to keep them clean, i.e. keep everything coverd that’s supposed to be covered.

And now for the lyrics…

Freda and Barry sat one night.
The sky was clear. The stars were bright.
The wind was soft. The moon was up.
Freda drained her cocoa cup

Not bleakly,
Not meekly.
Beat me on the bottom with a Woman’s Weekly.
Let’s do it!
Let’s do it tonight!.

I guess that means I should throw this open… Since I can’t think of anything to write, how about you tell me what you want to read… Answers in the comments.

In the mean time… Here’s a repeat of this months journal smurfing competition…

The challenge this month is to take a picture from the lyrics of the “Ballad of Barry and Freda”.

For example…

I took a photo for Kim’s journal competition for “Whatcha got cooking…?”

Only the first thing that came into my head was a line from that song… “I’ll strip bare, I’ll just wear, stilettos and an oven glove…”

*coughs*

Which lead to the creation of this picture…

And yes that is more flesh that has been seen in public in over a decade… But it’s Kim, she’s worth it Now… When you’ve all finished running and screaming… :-p

So, that’s the challenge. Select a line from the lyrics, and take a photo… Easy as that

The lyrics are posted below, and you can see the movie clip (well worth watching) to get the full flavour of the song, and a good laugh at the same time!

Right click and select save on this link to watch the movie.

I’m going to set the closing date for a week on Tuesday (10th August) with the best five photos getting a months smurfing on the photo bar on the left.

You can enter as many times as you like, either PMing them to me on swydm.com, or email me Just remember to keep them clean, i.e. keep everything coverd that’s supposed to be covered.

And now for the lyrics…

Freda and Barry sat one night.
The sky was clear. The stars were bright.
The wind was soft. The moon was up.
Freda drained her cocoa cup

Not bleakly,
Not meekly.
Beat me on the bottom with a Woman’s Weekly.
Let’s do it!
Let’s do it tonight!.

Maybe you’re right… Although I think I’ll maintain the fact that it’s guaranteed to make me laugh hysterically every time I hear it… That and sing along with it

Which brings me to this months journal smurfing competition… Some people journal pimp… I journal smurf.

Are you all sitting comfortably…?

Then I’ll explain…

The challenge this month is to take a picture from the lyrics of the “Ballad of Barry and Freda”.

For example…

I took a photo for Kim’s journal competition for “Whatcha got cooking…?”

Only the first thing that came into my head was a line from that song… “I’ll strip bare, I’ll just wear, stilettos and an oven glove…”

*coughs*

Which lead to the creation of this picture…

And yes that is more flesh that has been seen in public in over a decade… But it’s Kim, she’s worth it Now… When you’ve all finished running and screaming… :-p

So, that’s the challenge. Select a line from the lyrics, and take a photo… Easy as that

The lyrics are posted below, and you can see the movie clip (well worth watching) to get the full flavour of the song, and a good laugh at the same time!

Right click and select save on this link to watch the movie.

I’m going to set the closing date for a week on Tuesday (10th August) with the best five photos getting a months smurfing on the photo bar on the left.

You can enter as many times as you like, either PMing them to me on swydm.com, or email me Just remember to keep them clean, i.e. keep everything coverd that’s supposed to be covered.

And now for the lyrics…

Freda and Barry sat one night.
The sky was clear. The stars were bright.
The wind was soft. The moon was up.
Freda drained her cocoa cup

Not bleakly,
Not meekly.
Beat me on the bottom with a Woman’s Weekly.
Let’s do it!
Let’s do it tonight!.

All I’ll say is it involves two people who remind me of two of my smilies…

This person :veil:

And this one (and you don’t know how long I’ve been waiting to use this smilie!) :rflash:

Oh, I’ll also say it’s about TIME!!!

Which, strangely enough ties in very nicely with this months journal smurfing competition..!

It’s that time of the month… so yes, it’s time for a journal smurfing competition…

Last months was a bit of a disaster, since I only had one entry (Yay for Joan!)… But I’ve been told that not everyone wanted to take pictures of their underwear in public places… (Cowards!)

*cough*

So this months is a bit easier… I want to see your smilies… It’s as simple as that.

Ok, so not all that simple…

I want you to send me the smilie that you think best represents you, and tell me why… Then I want to see you imitating the smilie…

See? Simple really

Try to keep them clean, and as usual, they’ll all be mentioned in my journal, and the best 5 will be smurfed (pimped) for a month on the photobar over yonder *points left*

This should also tie in nicely with my journal smilies, which I should finish coding tomorrow and will then be available of weddings, funerals, Barmitsfas and journal comments

In the mean time I’m listing all of the ones I’m coding below (but obviously, feel free to hunt out your own, after all, you can never have enough smilies!)

Closing date will be Saturday 24th July, with the winners being posted on Sunday 25th.

You can either leave them in a comment here, PM them on swydm.com or email me

And on to the smilies…

Oh and before anyone asks, I just searched on google and snaffled any of the free smilies that I liked Sorry, but there’s quite a few here, so it may take a few minutes to load…

:-)) :-(( =)) :-pb

:veil: \:D/ :-p :loser: -) :shootme:

:flirt: :bounce: :censor: \o/ :bringit: ^_^

:clap: :dances: :dej: :devil: :doh: :grrr: :flame:

:burning: :giggles: :phwwt: :thump:

:hugs: :kiss: :angry: :nerves:

:-B :nope: :no: :peace: :phew: :resp:

:shh: :shrug: :shudder: :sigh: :blink: :zzz: :smack:

:print: :wiggle: :yap: :-b :splat: :trick: :fbounce:

:work: :wah: :waiting: :wave: :whip: :-s :yawn:

:whistle: :gasps: :rollseyes: :acid: :amigos: :asbestos: :lookie:

:banned: :biggun: :book: :bored: :chat: :cower: :curtsey:

:sleepy: :direction: :dontcare: :duel: :stuck: :flash:

:grab: :hanged: :headless: :hide: :help: :horror: :jumping:

:laser: :looking: :lost: :mallet: :married: :noose:

:overload: :party: :phone: :pms: :points: :poke: :popcorn:

:psychic: :puzzled: :screwy: :skip: :spider: :stick: :stupid:

:sunny: :thinking: :thunder: :timeout: :trampoline: :beam: :usererror:

:violin: :waving: :wicked: :writersblock: :wwatching: :sadhug: :hair:

:clap3: :ulol: :bighug: :crossed: :what: :rose: :patback:

:funny: :sulk: :frustrated: :secret: :spray: :fyi: :soapbox:

:callme: :burnsme: :hysterics: :outtahere: :help1: :help2: :bye:

:treadmill: :mooning: :offtopic: :thumbs: :fight: :bolt: :holdbreath:

:ovation: :spam: :scales: :shocked: :grouphug: :faint: :spank:

:sing: :bestill: :wwatching: :snigger: :penguin: :boxing: :cheer:

:footinmouth: :peeved: :whatever: :dontgothere: :woohoo: :focl: :heartbeat:

:eleph: :saythat: :bump: :google: :talktohand: :troll: :question:

:sofa: :lurker: :cheese: :teeth: :cheer2: :cheer3: :lies:

:scram: :2c: :alert: :sadangel: :bandaid: :scram: :bath:

:beamme: :moan: :blah: :booty: :bounce2: :brick: :call:

:catmilk: :censored: :chocolate: :chomp: :coffee: :confuzzled: :cowsleep:

:crowd: :cussing: :rip: :dots: :driving: :dropdead: :yourock:

:drunk: :dunno: :eat: :evillaugh: :eyeball: :gamer: :gnome:

:guitar: :guns: :ha: :heartbreaker: :help2: :hiya: :hmm:

:squish: :imu: :laundry: :laundry2: :lazy: :leaning: :licker:

:magi: :martian: :mexican: :missu: :monkeydance: :nono: :noshare:

:ohboy: :oops1: :plzdie: :pointlaugh: :worm: :repost: :rflash:

:rockon: :rofl: :shades: :shakeit: :slow: :smurf: :sneeze:

:snowy: :support: :temper: :thankyou: :thm: :twitch2: :walk:

:welcome: :whack: :whip2: :wow:

I was supposed to be posting this yesterday, but I didn’t manage to get to it… Although you did get an actual proper entry, which I wasn’t expecting…

But to the point at hand… My journal smurfing competition… I’ve got an entry! :bounce:

I’m so happy :dances:

I was beginning to wonder if anybody was going to bother

So thank you, thank you, :thankyou: to blulady for her entry (below). Of course she’s going to get quite lonly over on the photobar by herself… Especially without any underwear! So if anyone wants to join her and get the pleasure of keeping her warm (and playing with her underwear) then I need your entries today (Saturday)!

As you can see, perfect for replacing those ugly flags that so many people insist on putting on their cars, and practical too, it means you always have a spare pair of underwear for those little driving emergencies! :-p

Now, for the rest of you… Here’s the cut and pasted version of the rules…

Most of you won’t know this… But I like things to be multi-purposed… I also like finding out odd and bizarre uses for everyday items… Such as the fact that Spam (the tinned kind) makes a good furniture polish in an emergency, or that Coppertone can be used to remove paint from your hands…

Or (with reference to this entry) panty hose are ideal for polishing your furniture…

Now… With that in mind… Here is the challenge, what are all the possible uses you can find for your underwear? And I want photographs of you using them in such a manor (as proof obviously :-p)…

Here are some examples to get you started…

Underwear makes good dusters (obviously)… You could tie the legs in a pair of bloomers and use them to carry things… A couple of apples and a bra over your head and you’re all set to go to that Star Wars convention as Princess Leia…

Well, you get the idea

So, get thinking, and get snapping… Everyone who enters will get smurfed in one way or another, and the best 5 will be put in the photobar *points left* for a month.

Entries can be PM’d to me on swydm.com, email me or linked in the comments section of this entry…

Now you just need to remember, the more the merrier, the funnier the better and above all… Have fun!

The closing date will be Saturday… The 26th June, so go get snapping

Since I spent the better part of the day in bed feeling like death, and then the next couple of hours playing a computer game, I’m just going to give you a quick reminder about my journal smurfing competition…!

The original challenge is here… But since everyone wimped out and cried about it being too hard… :grrr:

Of course, should you still want to do the original challenge, that would be great… You’ll get special mention, and of course the photos will be kept for me own personal amusement, entertainment and gratification! :-p

(Sorry, but I’m just going to cut and paste from the earlier entry… I’d love to rewrite it and reword it for you… But I’m just too sore :-()

Most of you won’t know this… But I like things to be multi-purposed… I also like finding out odd and bizarre uses for everyday items… Such as the fact that Spam (the tinned kind) makes a good furniture polish in an emergency, or that Coppertone can be used to remove paint from your hands…

Or (with reference to this entry) panty hose are ideal for polishing your furniture…

Now… With that in mind… Here is the challenge, what are all the possible uses you can find for your underwear? And I want photographs of you using them in such a manor (as proof obviously :-p)…

Here are some examples to get you started…

Underwear makes good dusters (obviously)… You could tie the legs in a pair of bloomers and use them to carry things… A couple of apples and a bra over your head and you’re all set to go to that Star Wars convention as Princess Leia…

Well, you get the idea

So, get thinking, and get snapping… Everyone who enters will get smurfed in one way or another, and the best 5 will be put in the photobar *points left* for a month.

Entries can be PM’d to me on swydm.com, or email me or linked in the comments section of this entry…

Now you just need to remember, the more the merrier, the funnier the better and above all… Have fun!

The closing date will be Saturday… The 26th June, so go get snapping