Opal fruits I see, thats what I thought but wanted to check incase it was some kind of sexy and fluffy drink I hadnt heard of

Custard tactics? Sure I should know, but do enlighten and who or what do you use them on and what are the desired results?

Off to wiggle corner for a personal lesson from Ian, swoon............

sorry to disappoint but the winner is Sydney. Love Melbourne though and if I ever went back I'd probably move to there.

Quality metaphor there.
I keep forgetting to use the phrase so just edited my last three posts with Custard Tactics. It does limit the credibility of some of my more thoughtful/serious posts, but hey, it's worth it.

You would be my hero if you get it in your essay Me and best mates used to do that in our first year exams and set each other quotes from the film LA Confidential - it adds a frisson to proceedings heehee

Bees - a Melburnian at heart (I do like Sydney but my heart is there) *sighs* I knew it.

"Although I am unaware of any solid evidence to prove that affirmative action programmes are successful, it appears to me that they would be the most obvious way to kick-start the process of natural racial balance within qualified professions, more successful than, say, specialied education centres or Custard Tactics."

Good, yes? It almost works...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*takes a breath*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I'm Indian and I would second that Custard Tactics are an excellent way to grease the wheels of change regarding representation of people of different ehtnicities in the workplace.

If you put it in, dya reckon you'd get a red mark saying - what are Custard Tactics, or do you think your tutor would be embarrassed to ask?

allybee LOL - I love it!

Happy - your hearts in Melb - do tell all - I sense this is not your first encounter with the back seat of a public service vehicle...

In the words of Jonathan Woss

"I laughed so much a little bit of wee came out"

We used to try to get similar 'chioce phrases' into presentations in college. One trick Pony (or, indeed, Elephant - nods to happy) was quite popular!

Went back to brendan thread to read what Custard tactics meant...and realised that it's in one of my posts.

Really should pay more attention!!

*am a Brizzy girl at heart... Sydney's great too...but you can't walk around in your feet as much*

Hmm...no, he's pretty shy about these things. He probably wouldn't mention it. Best to have a plausible excuse, just in case, though.

Luckily for me, this essay doesn't count for anything (so why do I have to stay up till 1am writing it then?). Plus, it makes me smile. Hee hee.

I love Custard Tactics. And I love these forums. I feel happy and sparkly now. I deem this thread a success.

Just been looking at your posts on some other threads, happyfeet. You're serious about this thing, aren't you?

Kudos to Becksaroo!

Phew! Thought I was going a bit mad there (or should I say madder?) because I had no recollection of it!

Melbourne. I could write a book about how much I love it. I've visited three times, 5 weeks, then 4 weeks then 3 weeks (each time working and living there, as opposed to backpacking). It's just magical, everything about it is just exactly as it should be and I've had so many adventures there with my best friend Dina - it's managed to take on this mystical wonderfullness

Brizzy girl eh? I fancy if I'd spent time there, I would love it too.

Allybee - I love these forums too - I'm lacing the place with custard (tactics). See slipped that one in

Not just a hat stand my friend.

ROFL...never heard that before! I like it

p.s. May have done a mean thing to an idiot in a bottle... tell me if I should take it away

*is impressed; stands up and applauds happyfeet*

That was some good phrase-insertion, mon chere.

I'm going to end up using this in the Real World now. It may even replace "good times" as my signature phrase of choice.

I just saw that. I was going to post something - I think I will now - go see it.
It was a situation that called for custard tactics.

And the hat stand thing - it's something Joey says in Friends, not that I ever quote Friends, but my best friend says it a lot, and I tend to quote her because she is marvellously random - we understand each other

I'm now thinking of Christina Aguilera songs...

To the recycling bins with it! Away!

*crying with laughter*

really need to go to bed but... away to find the mean thing...whoosh!

Ok.. mean thing is gone.. replaced by custard tactics!

good advice Allybee.

I'll always know that it lived once, if only for a short while.

*melodrama *

I'm actually going to go to bed. I promised myself I'd get up extra early to do some work - but I'm being sucked into the forum by this thread. Are you almost done Allybee?

I've realised that Custard tactics are so genius in themselves that if you post them on a thread of nastiness (if it should happen to rear it's unwanted head on the front page of the fourm after the hard-work of the debumpers), it does ten to confound people a bit and hopefully disrupt the negative train of thought - or am I over-egging this all a bit?

The essay's nowhere near done, but I'm giving in and going to the library tomorrow morning to finish it- nothing like a little last-minute adrenaline to get you typing!

These threads are a thing of beauty and pleasure, but also of distraction.

I think it's the shock of the custard tactics that does it. After all, not all are as well-versed in this universal concept as we of the Fluffythread.

All in the name of warm fuzziness! Long live the Fluffythread!

A good night's work I'd say.

Only one cold prickly remaining in full view and perhaps that's going back in it's box

Bedtime for a 6am start. This is getting waaaaay too serious!

Will pick up on the Oz thread tomorrow

Bee XXXXX

:yawn: not for boredom for fatigue

Quite. I'll see you in the morning. No doubt either of us will have done some excellent constructive work in the morn.

Goodnight custard.

Sweet tactics xx

Goodnight lovely ladies,

it has been a real pleasure as usual.
i look forward to seeing you all in resplendant custardtasticness tomorrow.

*air kisses*

Mwa mwa mwa

Sleep well

Becks

Night, ladies.

Have productive, custardy dreams.

*group hugs the sleepy gang*

Oh LORDY!!

Just went back and read some of Happyfeet's altered posts.... am crying with the laughter.

And Allybee... your welcome to Bruce's Wig is the funniest, most riotously confusing thing ever!

Night **

Thanks Becksaroo. My aim is to confuse and amuse.

Seriously. Am going to bed now.

Yes I'm in my bed socks and Wee Willy Winkie cap holding a candle and clutching my Idiot's Guide to Custard Tactics on my way to bed but just wanted to second Becks point - Ally's welcome post to Bruce's wig was pure genius - you have to use that again seriously

I *heart* you lot.

Night night xx

(why can I not stop posting??!)