*Bob*

So.. what have we learnt, people? 1. Eating vegetables with enthusiasm can help you get your end away. 2. If you get all get defensive about going to a vegetarian restaurant, you might be a homophobe, or perhaps a closet homosexual. This is all so informative!

karter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > More useful than a frame shop maybe? Not based on the above picture.

Woo! Can't wait to get myself a pair of THESE little beauties!

Not talking about myself, Snooze. I'm not a veggie.. but I'm a half veggie, I suppose and an enthusiastic veg cook too (I went halfway during a twelve-year run of vegetarian girlfriends, all very mediocre cooks.. so that proves your theory to a certain extent. Me beeg dumb man hur-ur-ur..) I don't think it's a case of shuddering with horror, or being unenlightened. It's just a case of people liking meat. Meat may be murder, but it sure is nice.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I reckon you could get away with a place that > isn?t actually a vegetarian restaurant but just a > vegetarian biased restaurant. So, essentially, a non-vegetarian restaurant then? Great! I'll have the steak, please, Brendan.

I'd imagine that opening a vegetarian restaurant is even more fraught with peril than opening any other sort of restaurant. True, there's an instant hardcore of potential clientele on tap, but because eating out is so often group experience, getting repeat business from a 'mixed' group would prove difficult - beyond the obligatory "I'll give a go because my vegetarian (*rolls eyes*) friend really wants to go". The simple fact is that too many people feel cheated if they've been to a restaurant but haven't found meat on the menu. A cafe is a much better idea than a restaurant. There are plenty of meat-eaters who want to feel healthy at lunchtime so they can feel better about stuffing their faces with flesh come the evening.

Surely Paul McCartney himself is one very good reason not to go vegetarian?

Any better?

It's remarkably similar to this picture which I took myself - only last week.

Good news, Brendan.. You can re-create that delicate taste sensation right at home with just a bag of Doritos, a can of Napolina toms and half a block of Pilgrims Choice. Don't forget your big hat.

Mexican restaurants which feature cacti, spaghetti western-fonted writing and oversized hats are strictly for stags and hens, children under 10, or abysmal birthday group-bookings where the guests are too polite to complain - or simply too drunk to care. The place has been empty every time I've been past. And I've passed by quite a few times. The funeral parlour over the road looks more lively.

I'd really like to get involved in this question of education elitery, but I'm afraid I've got to go out - there's a row going on down near Slough.

I'm sure Snorks is fairly happy sitting on his rung.

I shat my pants when I first bought a flat. And it was a disaster.. (the girl I bought the flat with, not the flat) If only Gordon Brown had warned me about her.

When it comes to handing-over your life's savings and locking yourself into a working-lifelong commitment to repay a huge loan, two pounds for every one you borrow, you're probably right - there isn't a perfect time. But as long as you keep in mind the long term picture and you've been sensible about what you can afford, you can't go too far wrong.

Don't worry about it, Keef. It's not just an investment you're buying.. it's a home. You'll be paying for the privilege of owning one and you'll like that feeling. As long as you can afford the mortgage and you've allowed for it rising by a certain amount, then just do it and forget about it. If you're property goes down, so does everyone else's. As a first time buyer (probably a flat?) this will help you even if the market slips and you want to move up the ladder.. the % yours goes down by will be smaller than the % the property you hope to move to goes down. I still have friends who were 'waiting for right moment' three years ago and now they've blown it.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It would be interesting to know if places like the > CPT, Drum, Uplands are seeing an increase in > business as LL gets busier on the weekends. The CPT did indeed report a 10% rise in footfall on Saturday. But only because Keef went in twice, I'm told.

A recent survey showed that most BNP supporters do their weekly shop at Waitrose.

I think you're right, bon3yard. I recommend placing an advert in Guardian Soulmates, to read: YOU: Orange lumberjack shirt, Thursday, The Bishop, urinating in doorway and throwing a bottle. ME: Feral expression, bloodshot eyes.. I shouted "go ooon fackin' kill 'er" Our eyes met for but a moment. Call me - let's get together.

Surely a mention of boobs should perk you up a bit, Jah? Lactating ones, granted - not everyone's cup of tea - but boobs nonetheless?

Ps - If boobs put you off your paper than that can't be helped. But don't worry - we're still pals. I shall cherish your 'cheese on toast' posting for evermore.

Libra, You were the one that said: "In the pub were about ten mums with the little ones, one woman was breast feeding, the atmosphere was clearly not right" I have no problem with breastfeeding.

Wouldn't your home make for a quieter environment for reading the paper, Libra? Nice clean toilets - and cheaper, given the state of the economy. And.. you wouldn't have to catch sight of such stomach-churning activities such as breast feeding and the like.

Loz, Find a me a single thread anywhere on this forum where the term 'Yummy Mummy' is used in any way other than as a means of scorn..

I think Matt took his own point out of context, the instant a reasonable (if constantly rehashed) thread about children in pubs was titled 'Yummy Mummies'. I think 'Yummy Mummies' is a misogynistic term, when used in the way that it is so often on here. I find it no less acceptable than calling another mother 'Pram Faced'. Note there are no comparable terms for the menfolk doing the rounds.