Etiquette...

[Annette Curtain]

Quite simply, whats the gen.

So, with the above in mind here's my first question.

On sparkly but cold day like today.

Pants or no pants under Long John's ?

I'm more comfortable sans than mit but I'd like to know the rule

( I mean, imagine being rushed to hospital an' all that)

NETTE:-S

[Salsaboy]

With, otherwise you may "mark" the long johns accidentaly.

[steveo]

I have recently acquired a pair of military (olive drab) LJ's which have given me cause to wonder at the etymology of the expression 'going commando'

[*Bob*]

My dear old Grandfather taught me this sweet rhyme to help me remember the rules on this one.

After a bath, but before a poo

You can forgo the y-fronts; just long johns will do

But if you've laid cable but not washed your ass

You'd best wear your pants, lest a streak comes to pass

[Huguenot]

:))

[Annette Curtain]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> My dear old Grandfather taught me this sweet rhyme

> to help me remember the rules on this one.

>

> After a bath, but before a poo

> You can forgo the y-fronts; just long johns will

> do

> But if you've laid cable but not washed your ass

> You'd best wear your pants, lest a streak comes to

> pass

Well thank you *Bob*

That kinda confirms my thoughts

I believe in a clean fresh pair of "Johns" each day, as you would with undies

However, if worn more as thermal-leggings-all-week , then a further skid-proofing layer would be advisable.

NETTE:)

[Annette Curtain]

OKAY

(Long Johns done ☑)

What's the Etiquette on Christmas presents.

Can you re-gift a present back to someone who bought it for you.

Afterall, they must have liked it to buy it in the first place.

So, can they have it back ?

NETTE:-S

[womanofdulwich]

only if they have altzheimers.

[*Bob*]

My dear old Grandmother taught me this sweet rhyme to help me remember the rules on this one.

Does this look like it fits in my house?

Do these look like the clothes that I wear?

Give it some thought

'Cos these things that you've bought

Are returning to sender.. next year

[david_carnell]

Back to long johns for a minute.....

Presumably your problem lies in insufficiently warm trousers in the first place. Perhaps something like these in a nice thick wool or tweed would solve the problem of cold kidneys. I own a pair and can report not only are they toasty warm but attract many an admiring glance on Rye Lane.

Then normal pants will suffice.

[maxxi]

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

[Ridgley]

In the West Indian culture you do not I repeat do not cook a Chicken and offer us the Parson nose very offensive!!!

[Annette Curtain]

Ridgley Wrote:

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> In the West Indian culture you do not I repeat do

> not cook a Chicken and offer us the Parson nose

> very offensive!!!

OKAY

I'll bear that in mind.

Though I personally love the "Parson's nose"

Oh, and the slimy dark-meat oysters underneath the bird. Where does West Indian culture stand on those.

NETTE(?)

[maxxi]

Ridgley Wrote:

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> 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...

[Annette Curtain]

david_carnell Wrote:

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> Back to long johns for a minute.....

>

> Presumably your problem lies in insufficiently

> warm trousers in the first place. Perhaps

> something like these in a nice thick wool or tweed

> would solve the problem of cold kidneys. I own a

> pair and can report not only are they toasty warm

> but attract many an admiring glance on Rye Lane.

>

> Then normal pants will suffice.

d_c

I'm sure they suit your lofty stature.

But i'm not sure i'd get away with something so "manly" as it were.

I do have my eye on a pair of these though. Teamed up with a really slaggy pair of stilettos & plenty of toe cleavage.

Thought they might be perfect for the "Glorious 18th"

NETTE:-S

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Ooh, how peculiar. The parson's nose was my granny's favourite.

[Moos]

A pair of beige trousers? Cor. Keep it up, Nettie.

What is the etiquette in re: breaking wind on public transport. Does one frown admonishingly at the culprit or rise above it all, much like the resulting murk?

[Annette Curtain]

I know moos

Sozza.

But a pair of beige "Cordings" trousers, no less.

Actually, I was baiting d_c but he wasn't rising to it. Meh.

As for the bus, well I just don't know. It's a jungle all of its own.

Generally, I get quite furious at a guffer on the bus and move.

( if possible )

However, at times, unlike their wind, you're trapped.

* places finger under nose *

NETTE:-S

[*Bob*]

Ah yes, Moos - that old chestnut.

Well, my dear old Mother taught me a rather sweet rhyme about that:

When a man on the tram drops his guts near your Mam

I breathe through my mouth for as long as I can

Though whilst I can mostly avoid the cruel whiff

I take a strange pleasure in taking a sniff

[Ridgley]

Annette wrote

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I'll bear that in mind.

Though I personally love the "Parson's nose"

Oh, and the slimy dark-meat oysters underneath the bird. Where does West Indian culture stand on those.

as I know just any sort of bird and it is not just us it also the Turkish and Japanese culture too

[maxxi]

Annette Curtain Wrote:

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... I personally love the "Parson's nose"

>

> NETTE(?)

Of course you do... it's all the preen oil isn't it? That's how you manage to stay unruffled.

http://partnersah.vet.cornell.edu/avian-atlas/sites/agilestaging.library.cornell.edu.avian-atlas/files/avian_atlas_assets/Uropygealgland1%20x750.jpg

MMMMM! Enjoy!

[Ridgley]

Yuk!!!

[Annette Curtain]

I'm roasting a couple of "Suckling Pigs" over a wood-fired pit, in my garden, during the festive period.

( as you do )

Now, my dear neighbour has a Pet Pig ( called Mr Pickwick ) which lives indoors.

Do I put up a screen to shield her/his view.

What is the common Etiquette in such situations.

NETTE:-S

[Die Anna Doors]

Ooooh, your post is enough to turn me into one of those vegetarians, Annette Curtain.

So you say 'Mr Pickwick' lives indoors and you're roasting the suckling pigs outdoors. Tell me dear, do your neighbours have huge windows perhaps? And no curtains?

[maxxi]

Annette Curtain Wrote:

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> I'm roasting a couple of "Suckling Pigs" over a

> wood-fired pit, in my garden, during the festive

> period.

>

> ( as you do )

>

> Now, my dear neighbour has a Pet Pig ( called Mr

> Pickwick ) which lives indoors.

>

> Do I put up a screen to shield her/his view.

>

> What is the common Etiquette in such situations.

>

>

> NETTE:-S

As long as you carry the spit-mounted suckers with the appropriate dignity and ceremony I think you'll be able to fool Indoor-Pig that it is a legitimate funeral service and cremation. If not use subterfuge and religious argument...

Deliver a hampamphlet to Pickwick in pig latin explaining the honour you are bestowing on these dead-uns in ingesting them in accordance with your beliefs - this is so Pickers knows what to expect and can affect indifference and/or a knowing superiority over his distant cousins.