Michael Palaeologus

Plate tectonics?

Macroban - we should learn from history but not be ruled by it. East Dulwich may have been in Camberwell just as India was in the British Empire. Both ED and India have moved onto new and independent pastures.

In ED for only 10 months. In Camberwell (AKA East Dulwichish) for about 19 years. Before that Brighton for 3 years.

This cak stuffing sounds very unhealthy to me. I am glad I wasnt there. Honest. I will be at the George Canning and will be looking out for illicit cak stuffing. Down with that sort of thing.

East Dulwich part of Camberwell - are you quite mad? I spent good money getting out of Camberwell into ED. Perhaps The Grove could be known as being in "Eastish Dulwich"?

*Settles down to a nice skinny latte from Starbies* *On a diet*

"SeanMacGabhan" = slice of ham. As is "in just had a lovely SeanMacGabhan sandwich, I am full up" ;-)

But, Mr ThePlot - you dont need to stay all evening! You could just pop in for a jar or two and toddle off early >:D

A few thoughts: The next given date (1st Friday of October) is only 2 weeks away - is that too soon? Could we push it back a few weeks to give people time to recover and allow folks with family commitments to be able to justify another evening of embibing? The first Friday in November is Bonfire weekend - should we move that back a week as there will be alot of folks doing the firework thing? Then its December - a Christmas themed event?

I am now doubly utterly gutted that I missed it!! Good work one and all. After looking at the photos I have a question: Where there many bottle of champagne, or just one that everybody had a hug of? :))

I post at 4 in the morning, from foreign parts. I could stop any time I wanted. I NEED that new support place on CP Road though.

I wasnt there - I was (and still am) in Tallinn. At the moment I am sat in Tallinn Airport - waiting.

*Avoid marshes at all costs, you meet strange characters on the make* *A mess of pottage for breafast anybody?*

I think, only if voted upon by a quorate meeting of the appropriate committee - depending on which juristiction you are in. So for instance, it is more likely to be deemed valid by an Australian commitee that a Finnish one.

"How?". Fantastic.

"Hounslow West" - Please note that the citing of "Upney" invokes Schrodingers/Rushton Inverse rule - as nobody has ever been there, its existance cannnot be proven.

This name and shame stuff all sounds a bit vicious. Couldnt you use Nomme de Plume to avoid trauma?

* I have told you before M - lock them beneath the stairs and you can then go out for hours, happy in the knowledge that the tiny-folk are physically safe, albeit traumatised* *This was the behaviour that put the Grate in Great Britain and did Queen Victoria no harm at all*

Sean and Andrew - separated at birth. Easy mistake to make.

Hmm problematic ... the logic would be that we should stop using condoms or other barrier methods as they tend to be made from rubber/plastic. Which would mean more pesky kids to trip over. I am sure Mr Anus would agree that this is a bad thing and should be banned. All of it.

AND HE KEEPS DENYING HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERESTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hmmmmmmm ...........

There is a reason that UK curry houses serve food for the UK palate. Day to day "curries" (for the want of a better phrase) served in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal (the asian countries that I have been to) seem harsh and rather homogenous to the UK palate i.e. dhal, rice, nan and - more dhal. I have also been to an Indian cafe somewhere in Streatham that serves Indian caff food for Indians - same experience. What we get in our curry houses is akin to feast-food served in south Asia - the stuff that is served at weddings and as such(apart from Chicken Tikka Masala) is relatively authentic, albeit in a peculiar way. I did some work for Cyrus Todiwala (owner of Cafe Spice Namaste and the unofficial spokesperson for the sector) - he was trained in the top restaurants in India and his view was that Brits going to our curry houses every week are effectively going to an up-market Indian wedding every week. His Tandoodri Venison is very good. I dined at the Maharahja Restaurant in Tallin tonight - very nice, bit pricey though.

What recession?

Its a posh caff - get a grip.

SO? How was it?? I spent the evening in a Tallinn nightclub. Not the seedy, stag night kind.The normal kind. Great fun.