maxxi

Ridgley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In the West Indian culture you do not I repeat do > not cook a Chicken and offer us the Parson nose > very offensive!!! Unless they gave it to you the year before of course...

If travelling to picturesque cottages in that-there-countryside is on the holiday agenda then an outside cludgie is a frightening but distinct possibility and our old friend the drop seat (or back-flap in common parl.) can be a lifesaver. http://www.vintageskivvies.com/art/archives/adgallery/1910s/1919/1919imperial01ad.jpg

I'm sure I saw a sign advertising this outside a bar in Hamburg.

TM - "my point is, you dont need to eat meat, you dont need to hunt foxes," Well Tommy, you don't NEED a lot of stuff... y'know? TM - "how do you justify killing a cow, but not a stag?" I would kill and eat both - long hanging and slow cooking is the answer for an older stag. TM - "why not eat your dog?" My 'largely carnivorous' dog and I (assuming I had one) have the same viewpoint - we try only to eat vegetarians. Still, chin up Tommy - no matter how naive you are there is always someone more cloud-bound than yourself... *waves at Aq. Mn. who is attempting to tie pink ribbons onto a crack squirrel*

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There does seem to be a small handful of people > who think ED has become sort sort of Fulham > equivalent (Clapham suffers from this problem > acutely). Any more arsey little 'antique shabby chic boutiques' like Old Villa with its naff bay trees (So Sloane St. circa 1983) and pricey tat and what character LL still possesses will whither and expire in a whimper of old-english-lavender.

- as a session singer - which means the in-fighting "I'm the best singer you little bich?!" is about to begin - ssems the voting public this year hated the obvious attempts to influence them (mischa b) and voted against what they saw as Cowell and co.'s wishes so I wouldn't bet agin her. Which leaves Marcus to be the new Joe McElderry(?) and be waiting tables somewhere near you soon...

The problem with Mr Brooker is that the more you think you are the only one who really gets it the more obvious and broadly sketched your satire becomes; a patronising kind of satire or 'pratire' if you will. Truman-show-esque in its dismissal of the great unwashed (us) as ciphers and completely lacking in (intentional) humour - he should stick to ranting in print.

A hot cider, a cold Estrella and a room-temperature brandy are conspiring to make me believe mixing drinks is fine in moderation....

Your plugged-in gadgets (freeview box, dvd player etc.) all have individual volume controls and if they are set low you need the tv volume up very high to hear anything and this produces hiss, you may be able to rectify it by upping the vol. on your boxes and reducing tv vol.

Moos Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Agreed, maxxi! But I wonder whether all thst > swooping about when pissed might make you feel a > bit sick.. The perfect accessory...http://www.airsickness-bag.com/media/img/air-sickness-bag.jpg Jumbo size, natch.

In the interests of conformity I offer this for B... Berkshire Jugged Steak. Take a 2lb rump steak cut into cubes, put into earthenware jar with one onion studded with cloves, some diced carrot and celery, a teaspoon of mushroom ketchup and s&p. Do NOT add water or fat, put sealed jar in boiling water and simmer for 2 hours.

kid Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anal Oh, are we back to 'A'? In that case Nette do you have the original recipe for Cheese Aigrettes as given by Mrs Glasse in 1747 (possibly as 'water fritters') and should they really be served with sugar and orange water?

Winging and wining is now and always will be a very fine way to spend one's day life.

Surely his name is a contraction of the exclamations "B(ut)-!?... O(h) No!!!!"

I prefer the old kind - the ones that shed like porcupines with alopecia - just for the wonderful smell. Can't seem to get them now though.

The blackboard outside The Plough...."Prix Fixe" grrrrrr....

I think he is doing his best but some things (the 'look' at Diouf, the signing of Carew) have me bemused. I think he WANTS to move on from the long ball game so he can be considered for the England job (after Harry) and sees WH as his best bet but old habits etc. The old accusations obviously irk him (which is why he bangs on about them and how it's not true any more in interviews). I do think Cole has improved and Nolan is pulling the team into shape - still think we will need a top goal scorer when we go up.

When I was at college there was an R.O.F. factory nearby and canny art students would shoot an expensive roll of film - all but one or two frames - then stand in the open pretending to photograph the fields near this factory. Eventually police would turn up, insist on taking and developing the film to make sure there was no espionage/terrorism going on then return results to the student - free. Better than Boots.

Booze. But I don't underestimate the capacity of that fine beverage to make the EDF seem a finer place... horse.. cart.. who knows.

Wow, Huge has his own bot! Harry's warning to the FA not to announce the new England boss until that Premier League season ends sounds like it's a done deal - expect to see a lot of foreign managers suddenly discussing their life long love of the Lilywhites in the press.

After a month of abstinence I was wondering how to sacrifice what felt like a newly acquired virginity. I didn't want any lout of a 'Brewed-under-licence-in-the-UK' lager or pushy plonk muscling in - they will have their way with me in due course. Drew a blank yesterday then tonight, as I was walking up the lane, I got seduced by a glass of hot winter cider in the Palmerston. Fine cider, spices, orange and a hint of vanilla. They are doing it 'take-away' too and I expect NorthX rd Mkt to be all the better for it tomorrow... mmmm, good to be back.

After sourcing said tofu-turkey, nut-chipolatas and an ingenious vegan-suet mincemeat made almost entirely from the bark of the acacia tree, being criticised for wearing fur proves to be the last straw... http://www.kunstvlaai.nl/2008/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/santa.jpg

Five minutes to go and nothing to say - I think I need a break...

Extremely gutted but he had a 'I-can-leave-if-you-get-relegated' clause in his contract so no choice. Almost as gutted as watching Parker turn in world beating performances week in week out for Spurs.

I'm thinking of Nov 1st to 30th so last drink tonight and next on Dec 1st. I know what you mean about fun but I feel I need the extra self discipline so exile starts tonight at midnight. No other takers?