OH!
MY GOD!

What has happened to my beautiful shiny blog!?

*runs and hides in the arms of his Slytherin Head Girl*

It's all broken!!  Why?  How?  Help!

Boys and Girls, Bears and their Humans, Gritos, Gritas and even Baby Grits.

In 3 days, on the 2nd and the 3rd of June, our beloved 20six will be moving house.  I am not sure what this really means for us (after all, I am a Ted and my Human shows me what to do with this computery stuff) but we shall see.

Until then, I am just going to hide under the duvet and cuddle My Slytherin Head Girl.  I know she will make it all OK.

I just wanted to leave you by saying that it has been so much fun being here with you all, and if it goes wrong, I want to THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY FURRY HEART for being here and supporting the Teds.

WE LOVE YOU ALL.

Albert, on behalf of the Teddy Liberation Front Teddys

xxxxxx

I have just arrived!

I am late, the party has started without me!  But here is my first entry on the blog for the infamour, dangerous, wonderful

A R M Y O F T H E 1 2 G R I T O S !!!!!

Oh my, such an exciting thing happened yesterday, and soon my friends, so soon, we will be able to tell you what!

Keep your eyes peeled!

Watch ARMY OF THE 12 GRITOS  for all the excitment!

This week, the Teds of the Teddy Liberation Front have mostly been doing the following:

Meeting with posh moggies called Mr Edgar

Visiting famous people (like Karl Marx)

Going to work with Ska Girl (here is William helping Dan with a customer on the phone)

Having a go at Cheerleading and not doing very well (but it is a good excuse to show you all Ska Girl's desk at work!)

And sitting on bear knees (hehe)

Ladies and Gentlemen, it be William T Bear here, reporting on the week's most fantabulous event.

I travelled to London with mah human, Ska Girl and her friend Leez (accompanied by the most beautiful lady Ted I ever saw...) for a very special meeting with His Highness the King Negrito!  Woooo!

Of course, we were late to the meeting, because we only heard at the last minute that we had been called on by High Powers to go there....we met him in a special location near a big clock where cows run around outside every hour...for more on this, go here...

It were such an honour to meet him, Charlie Bear (who is on holiday in Kent right now...) wouldn't stop bouncing on the bed after he went to Paris, and I were right pleased, by gum, when Mr Albert told me I were going.  I were also really chuffed to meet Miss Eliza Day, a ted made by the fair hand of Leez's little sister!  Isn't she the cutest?

As you can see, as we were there in secret, all the pictures were taken with a special hidden camera, so that papparazzi wouldn't see the flashbulbs going off and run over to hassle us - I mean, in the company of Royalty!

We sat happily in the Leicester Square and drank coffees and talked about movie shows and films, travelling and all the best foods.  It was splendid, splendid!

I am fainting a bit there, as I am so proud to be near the King, heh heh!

So after this photo were taken, the paparazzi caught sight of us - there were still around from the Star Wars Premiere the night before - and they chased us through Regent Street (RIGHT NEAR WHERE AH WAS BORN!!) and a circus called Picadilly, and eventually, we got to the place where the King had secret state negotiations to go to, and although he was late (sorry your highness!) I hope they went very well indeed.

Then the four of us went to a big museum full of naked pictures called the Tate Modern, met a HUGE man who is friends with the humans called Jack, and then ended up inside the "Houses of Parliament" where, apparently, men shout "RHUBARB" and make laws and fall asleep.  Ah didn't get to see any of that, because Ah was made to stay in a locker in case Ah tried to burn the place down for TEDDY LIBERATION!!!

Ah bet thee are all jealous of my wonderful day out!  Heh heh heh!

Love and bear hugs to everyone, William T Bear signing off xxxx

Hullo everyone!!! *Albert waves frantically*

We Teds here at the TLF are very happy and proud to announce that we have an AMAZING new member!!

But he is not a Ted.  No. 

We put our heads together here at TLF Headquarters in Norwich and discussed whether or not we should allow a non-ted membership of the groundcrew.  It is a dangerous, hard job sometimes and we have to make good choices.  We sat on The Bed and all the teds had their say.  William said we had to burn something like toast to let our Humans know we had made the decision, and that it was all about the colour of the smoke, but I would let him bring the matches in.  Anyway, we finally came to a decision, and I am proud to introduce him.  He is small, pink, fluffy, has a serious sense of adventure and wicked Ninja skills - he is GAGGIT THE LITTLE PINK RABBIT!

Here he is, in his own words:

WARNING:  THE TEXT YOU AE ABOUT TO READ CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES OF SOFT TOY SURGERY.  READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNGER TEDS AND HUMANS.  PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE SURGERY WAS CARRIED OUT BY A QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL (CUB-SCOUT SEWING BADGE) AND THAT ANAETHESTIC WAS USED ON THE RABBIT IN QUESTION.

"This Rabbit is greatly honoured. After taking part in the Grit awards 2005. The Teds, at the Teddy Liberation Front have made me a member of their Organisation. This is obviously a great honour for someone who is very clearly a none Ted such as myself. As a new member I feel that it's only right that I give them & the good people of 20six a bit of background history.

As I mentioned in my entry, things have not always been cushy for me. It's probably a typical story that the teds at TLF are used to.

The first human I remember living with is Miss Smallpile & I was christened by her baby brother. There where other furry friends, there, like Lamb & Lard. Lamb was an ancient sheep, as old as Miss Smallpile herself. Whilst Lard was a dog, so named for the colour of his fur. Miss Smallpile went to University, where she met 'Old Hairy' because she knew a bloke that lived in the same house as him. One night after an evening drinking at the uni' Old Hairy asked her if she'd like to pop back to his for some coffee. She did... That night meant they started seeing each other more often. Eventually I was introduced to Old Hairy. who was popping round to the house on a frequent basis.

We all ended up living very happily in the same house togeter, Old Hairy, Miss Smallpile, Lard & Lamb. We had many great adventures together for a few years.

Miss Smallpile started getting restless & moved out of the house we all shared. Old Hairy was really upset & Miss Smallpile suggested that I stay with him to keep him company on his new adventures without her.

Old Hairy & myself did have some fun, but then he started leaving me at home & going out without me because I reminded him of happier times with Miss Smallpile. So I sat on the shelf, or went out & had adventures of my own without him. As I got older sitting on the shelf became more of an option. Until the Grit awards came along.

I'd sat doing nothing for so long & the urge to get out & about was strong. The Hairy One had sort of come to terms with the fact that I reminded him of Miss Smallpile & as I was in a bad way he decide to operate to make it possible for me to go out & about again. I'll let you see what The hairy one had to say in his medical report, along with some pictures, that I'm afraid might be a bit gruesome for younger Teds or Gritos.

The patient presented with serious fabric degeneration. This was partially due to the fact that he contained organic stuffing of some sort, probably barley, that had got damp over time & gone 'manky'¹

The extent of the fabric damage can be seen in figure 1 below. Area 'A',as it was on the face was later repaired using a very fine technique of single thread darning. 'B' is an already repaired area on the paw. Whilst 'C' Shows micro damage, that required random over darning of the fabric. Area 'D' is the largest area of damage. This was left till last, so that the 'teaspoon'² could be inserted to act as a darning mushroom. Also acting as the opening for the introduction of the stuffing.

With regard to the stuffing. An inert plastic bead, obtained from a BB gun was used, in the hope that it would prevent any future MankynessFigure 1

Figure 2 Shows a Dorsal view of the patient, note the large hole on the rear left of the head at 'A' This was used as the insertion hole for the Teaspoon & for the cranial Stuffing. 'B' is a rather neat darning job on the rear of the right paw. Whilst 'C' shows the needle & thread being used to make strengthening stitches to an area of micro holes. Bottom left the handle of the Teaspoon can just be seen protruding from the body cavity.

Figure 1

The operation was a complete sucess & the patient was very soon able to resume his former active life. Close watch will be kept on the patient & the medical prevention method, known as a stich in time will be used, if there are any other problems with the patient.

¹A medical term.
²A surgical tool.

So there you have it. The story of one little pink rabbits life. Hopefully I'll have many more adventures to share with all the lovely people at 20six."

HURRAH!  Isn't he great?!  We think he will be a very valuable member of the TLF and are very happy to have him.  Many thanks to the great cha0tic for allowing Gaggit access to his computermagig and for the restoration work.

TEDDIES RULE!