My German ex once asked me "What is a womble?" I had real trouble explaining to her what a womble is. Any one think up a good definition?

Also, my next door neighbour asked me how many womble names I could remember (wombles made a cameo appearance on BBCs Rogue Traders last night).

Here are the ones I could remember. I think these are right.

Tomsk
Tobermory
Orinoco
Uncle Bulgaria

But which wombles did I forget??

Wellington and Madame Cholet (spelling Kev, pfff) are the two main ones you'd forgotten.

I think there is a wiki for Wombles too, which might help you explain what you're talking about to people. *searches for wikilink* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womble

Underground, Overground, Wombling free,
The Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we.
Making good use of the things that we find,
Things that the everyday folks leave behind.

Edit: And Bungo - I can't believe I forgot Bungo, he was my favourite!

Edit2: Wiki Trivia - Wandsworth council had to put signs on the common advising parents not to allow children to litter the common. Children had been collecting rubbish to leave on the common in the hope that a Womble would appear to make use of the "things that the everyday folks leave behind."

Edit3: Mods, please add the errant 'M' to the thread title, as I think a Womble has run off with it!

A google search explains it quite well. The first page that comes up after a german google querry is a german fansite, which might be of assistance in the explanation process.

Vain

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A goodle search explains it quite well. The first page that comes up after a german google querry is a german fansite, which might be of assistance in the explanation process.

Vain

lol - can't believe there is a German fansite!! If I ever hear from her again I'll point her in that direction.

Right! you guy's have lost the plot alltogetherillepall

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Right! you guy's have lost the plot alltogetherillepall

WOMBLES FTW!!!!!!!!!111oneoneone11!1 eleven

Wombles were great - happy memories. Tristan did you have to post the lyrics up got them in my head now and will be singing it for the rest of the day lol.

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Right! you guy's have lost the plot alltogetherillepall

If you've not watched the Wombles, you've not lived.

This is *the* best episode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_RgUaWYQhI

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If you've not watched the Wombles, you've not lived.

This is *the* best episode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_RgUaWYQhI

Ok I'm 23 and can bearly remember something with funny little fury people and nuclear fallout was that the womble movie?
EDIT: DARN I CANT WATCH UTUBE AT WORK

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Ok I'm 23 and can bearly remember something with funny little fury people and nuclear fallout was that the womble movie?
EDIT: DARN I CANT WATCH UTUBE AT WORK

lol I'm only 20 Nuclear fallout sounds a bit... harmful for a Womble

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lol I'm only 20 Nuclear fallout sounds a bit... harmful for a Womble

lol, well I was deprived of my tv rights I was a brat the best part of my youth ...It just came to me "The Wind In The Willows" is what I was thinking of

Wind in the Willows was also awesome, but not quite as awesome as the Wombles. I'll watch that episode when I'm not at work I think...

@Greboth - I'll send you a PM tomorrow with the lyrics in it again, so that you spend all of tomorrow humming it. In fact, I'm going to dig up an MP3 of the theme and send it to you. Muhahahahahahaha

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Wind in the Willows was also awesome, but not quite as awesome as the Wombles. I'll watch that episode when I'm not at work I think...

@Greboth - I'll send you a PM tomorrow with the lyrics in it again, so that you spend all of tomorrow humming it. In fact, I'm going to dig up an MP3 of the theme and send it to you. Muhahahahahahaha

Never got in to Wind in the Willows so much. The Clangers and Bagpuss (heeve,heeve,heeve....we will fix it, we will fix it ) were more my kinda thing when I was really young. Dangermouse, now that was good though.

Agreed. I was also a Thundercats fan. Snarf snarf...

Jesus, what will they say about us eh? Yapping away like nutters about the wambles and what not lmao!!!illepall

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Jesus, what will they say about us eh? Yapping away like nutters about the wambles and what not lmao!!!illepall

If I gave a monkeys about that I wouldn't have started the thread

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Ah yes, DM was awesome. And Trapdoor!

Oh and Rainbow

Don't remember that Trapddor thing at all. But how could I forget Rod,Jane and Freddie's three in a bed antics

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I'm F**king sick of this IT bloke, he's just added (GAMES) to his bloody "BlueCoat" content filter , which means I can't read half of these post I'm gonna f**king kill him!

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I'm F**king sick of this IT bloke, he's just added (GAMES) to his bloody "BlueCoat" content filter , which means I can't read half of these post I'm gonna f**king kill him!

Get yourself a dialup connection Connect when he isn't looking

Humm, Are you saying I can unplug my phone and plug into my puter ?

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Humm, Are you saying I can unplug my phone and plug into my puter ?

well, unplug someone elses phone lol. Find a spare socket is probably your best bet.

A sad revelation: first LP I ever bought was the original Mike Batt Wombles LP. I hate to remember the year, maybe '73, '74? Thank god for punk.

Thanks
just realised wont work my phone uses a number "9" to dial out, which must be set in dial up options, which is in control panel which is also "blocked" which is in c:\ wnich is also "blocked".The latter I blocked myself out of spite to him lol I blocked everyone from c:\ lol looks like I'm screwed m8!
http://www.lfsforum.net/showth ... highlight=virus+cup+cofee

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Edit2: Wiki Trivia - Wandsworth council had to put signs on the common advising parents not to allow children to litter the common. Children had been collecting rubbish to leave on the common in the hope that a Womble would appear to make use of the "things that the everyday folks leave behind."!

Thats pretty funny

I have a Trapdoor poster next to me on the wall

"Don't you open that trapdoor,
'Cos there's something down there"

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I have a Trapdoor poster next to me on the wall

"Don't you open that trapdoor,
'Cos there's something down there"

!You do not!
Do you?