Comments on: Head Rambles antiquities

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:53:19 +0000

2 or 3 days later

Did you ever get that stone moved?? which of the above fantastic suggestions got the job done?
I’m hoping that the answer does not contain the words “herself” and “severe back pain” in the same sentence!

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:23:13 +0000

You could dig out the foundation of the house under the door, so that eventually the house will tip gently that way and the great stone will roll and/or slide out and land in the garden.

Or you could do like the ancient Irish saints did, and make friends with all the wee beasties so that they come and do it for you. Worked for Snow White (the film version), if I remember correctly.

Or, a few strong young handsome Druids might be able to heave it into position for you, and then you wouldn’t need to lie *too* much on your grant forms. Shall I send over a few of mine?

If not, well I’m out of ideas. Good luck with that bathroom situation.

By: Grandad

Grandad — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:26:37 +0000

I always worry when the puns start to creep in.

I had another look at the rock this afternoon, and reckon that with about 2 Kg of Semtex strategically placed under the correct corner, I sould be able to land it in the right spot?

Kae – Sorry about the editor. It is working fine except when it breaks, which it does every now and then. It is a server problem rather than the plugin, methinks?

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:38:28 +0000

If while at this concert we all put our collective strength together and managed to move the rock, we could call it a Rolling Stones Concert.

…
You see… thats what a day of studying does to the brain… worst. pun. ever

By: RhodesTer

RhodesTer — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:24:33 +0000

You could hold a ROCK concert in your garden. We could all attend and get STONED.

By: Kae Verens

Kae Verens — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:24:02 +0000

btw: your popup re-editor thingummy is broken – seems to urlencode the text it pastes into the page. dontchakneu

By: Kae Verens

Kae Verens — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:19:09 +0000

put a lock on it. sooner or later some south-side dubliner will try to steal it. with luck they’ll leave it where you wanted it.

disclaimer: I’m from south-side dublin – I know what I’m talking about.

By: tt

tt — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:40:32 +0000

Get a gang of those Romanians you go on about. Put them to work. Or was it Bulgarians?

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:31:55 +0000

I think that once you start doing things like cutting trees for logs to move the stone that fell from the house, you enter this kind of “there’s a hole in my bucket” scenario. It’s just not worth it.
As far as moving the stone goes i’m afraid the rest of my ideas involve either Time Travel, Elephants or time travelling elephants.

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:19:33 +0000

What you need to do is to have it listed as a site of archaeological importance and then the NRA will designate your garden as a route for a new motorway – that would shift it.