SOME HEADLINE WRITER WAITED HIS ENTIRE LIFE
(Thanks to Horace LaBadie)
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June 29, 2010
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Bravo and kudos to Horace!
Eigg Heritage Trust secretary Maggie Fyffe snork!
Posted by: MOTW | June 29, 2010 at 01:00 PM
Eigg beat off competition from communities across the UK to win a share of a £1m prize in Nesta's Big Green Challenge.
I'm sure they scrambled to come up with ideas, ever alert for any spies trying to poach their ideas. But once they presented their plans, I'm sure the judges were won over easy.
Posted by: spazztic2 | June 29, 2010 at 01:11 PM
Do you like green Eiggs and ham?
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | June 29, 2010 at 01:13 PM
so they're green eiggs?
Posted by: queensbee | June 29, 2010 at 01:13 PM
Eigg fry with my little eye something rotten in the sky.
Posted by: MOTW | June 29, 2010 at 01:21 PM
Omelet this one just go right on by.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | June 29, 2010 at 01:58 PM
So Maggie Ffye is one of Eigg's oueficials?
Posted by: bonmot | June 29, 2010 at 02:08 PM
I think they reported that Kevin Bacon vacations there.The headline was, "Bacon In Eiggs".
Posted by: nursecindy | June 29, 2010 at 02:14 PM
Eiggs' renewable power scheme is just about ova.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | June 29, 2010 at 02:25 PM
The headlines were even worse a few years back when they had a rash of poaching...
Posted by: padraig | June 29, 2010 at 02:35 PM
I never used to be able to make up such bad puns, but lately I'm much more a-shirred of myself.
Posted by: padraig | June 29, 2010 at 02:36 PM
Eiggactly
Posted by: Ross | June 29, 2010 at 02:52 PM
They Heritage Trust have Eigg on their faces.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | June 29, 2010 at 03:26 PM
Nice, padraig.
Posted by: bonmot | June 29, 2010 at 05:08 PM
Wasn't this called the Isle of White at oner time?
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | June 29, 2010 at 08:47 PM
"In January, the islanders won £300,000 to spend on community projects which reduce CO2 emissions."
They eventually won, but they almost lost to a town from Russia. The judges had a difficult time deciding which came first - the Chechen or the Eigg.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 29, 2010 at 10:34 PM
- so the Chechen choked?
Posted by: trustf8 | June 30, 2010 at 08:56 AM
*snorks* @ everybody. And an oakleaf cluster to Annie.
Posted by: Betsy | June 30, 2010 at 09:16 AM
*Applauds Annie!!!*
*Waves @ Annie!!!*
Posted by: Hammond Rye | June 30, 2010 at 09:17 AM
I would reuse NMUA's comment about Green Eiggs and Ham, but that would be poaching.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | June 30, 2010 at 09:30 AM
A pun is the lowest form of verbal humor, and therefore much beloved by intelligent people.
Posted by: Steve | June 30, 2010 at 09:36 AM
Y'all just crack me up!
*WAVES* @ Hammie!!!
*SNORK* @ Annie!!!
Posted by: Siouxie | June 30, 2010 at 09:51 AM
jegguzzi, anyone?
Posted by: trustf8 | June 30, 2010 at 09:55 AM
*Waves @ Siouxie!!!*
Posted by: Hammond Rye | June 30, 2010 at 10:20 AM
I'm eiggstracting myself from this discussion.
Posted by: padraig | June 30, 2010 at 10:23 AM
Please...no more yolks. This blog has a strict policy, remember.
Posted by: oneblankspace | June 30, 2010 at 10:34 AM
*Ovation for blog's ovation.*
Posted by: NotSherly | June 30, 2010 at 11:27 AM
*Ovates w/ NotSherley*
Joining us, Men?? oh, (pause.....)
Posted by: trustf8 | June 30, 2010 at 11:44 AM
So the whole point of the story is that renewables aren't yet a viable replacement for fossil fuels - even a sparsely populated Scottish island in the middle of nowhere needs diesel generators for backup - and that anyone who tries to put all their electricity eggs in the renewables basket is bound to end up with Eigg on their face if they're lucky.
Or toast if they're not.
Right?
Posted by: Wes S. | June 30, 2010 at 11:49 AM
You meringue, tf8?
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | June 30, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Well, not to be hard-boiled about it, but we should change the topic over, easy, to a new subject. Anytime would be nice, but if it could be done in three-minutes or so, it would be appreciated.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | June 30, 2010 at 12:43 PM
* wonders how often the Eiggs get laid *
Posted by: trustf8 | June 30, 2010 at 12:49 PM
Wow. I suggested three-minutes and it took twelve. Thankyouverymuch.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | June 30, 2010 at 01:14 PM
A whole dozen minutes, Hammie.
Posted by: Siouxie | June 30, 2010 at 01:35 PM
Parched Eigg on toast watch
Posted by: Me | June 30, 2010 at 04:56 PM