Not location specific, No rules: Welcome to ILX heaven

I did my best...

you know how you can tell you're going to have a great day? you wake yourself up with your own laughter! i woke up a little while ago, and i was chuckling - have no recollection what i was dreaming about, but i'm in the best mood already.

mr white, do you have any fun facts to tell me about the bay area before i move there?

None whatsoever. I wouldn't want the fun of discovery to be spoiled, anyway.

(I R BRANEDED, TODAY)

Don't love to eat them fishies . . . Fishies what I hate to eat! No biting they little heads off, thank God they've no tiny feet

Now, explain me this rhyme, please. When I was ten, someone I knew went to America and brought me back a set of ten notecards with a cartoon cat on singing that song about the mousies, and I had them for so long (because I didn't send a lot of letters and cards to people, being ten and all) that the song has kind of been burned into my mind. Where does it come from?

Also, Patita, I'm glad the package arrived safely. Tayto Cheese and Onion crisps are a national institution, I'm relieved you liked them (also they make excellent packaging). Ballymaloe Relish can be used on burgers, cheese sandwiches, maybe hot dogs, who knows? It's tomatoey and quite sweet, good gear. I'm going to have some with roquefort on toast tonight to celebrate the package's safe arrival.

<a href="http://www.eatmousies.com/";>B. Kliban's Cats</a>

Arse! Wrong code!

accentmonkey, which Tayto, the Northern Irish or the Republic ones?

Oh please. Those Tandragee wankers. As if.

(Um, the Republic ones, I mean)

So I was right to think it's a bit like ketchup (judging by the ingredients)?

I was going to try some on brisket, but Mr. P accused me of being a yankee. Cheese sandwich sounds ideal though! Tonight we'll divvy up the salt n vinegars and dream of sitting in an Irish pub.

B. Kliban's Cats

My notelet cat! Wow. I haven't seen him for 27 years.

Patita, you go ahead and eat it on brisket. It came from overseas and is therefore sophisticated.

trish, i still need to send you whittaker's chocolate! i keep forgetting!

mr white: i'm actually looking forward to exploring the place. but if i get a waitressing job, can i expect to make lots of tips because of my kiwi accent? :)

also: a very old friend of mine turned up at my work last night, completely out of the blue (haven't spoken to him in a year), and when i told him about jordan and moving to the US, he revealed that he's very good friends with the US embassador and also a high-ranking new zealander who works at the embassy, so i'm hoping this will somehow make getting a visa/cutting through redtape, at least a little easier.

yay for friends in high places!

Well, Rubyredd, I would love chocolate, but if you've continent-moving things to do, don't worry about it.

And work those connections!

Kliban was big here when I was a kid - everyone had one of his books.

Ruby, yes and because you're cute. (Also competent, so triple threat, really.)

Hi!

Hi Sunzor.

hi sunny! what's up on the island?

I. Have. A. Damned. Fever. Blister.

I am the prize pig this week, I tell ya.

Is that like a cold sore? If so, my heart goes out to you. Those things are miserable.

trish, the moving thing is at least a few months away :( :( :(
...unless i win the lottery this weekend... so i will make valiant efforts to send chocs this week.

coolest gift ever: an original painting by blaine fontana (one of my favs) just given to me by my boy. well, strictly speaking he hasn't physically given it to me: he bought it for me and was going to send it over, but we figured it he might as well keep it since i'd just have to find a way to safely bring it over.

Yep, an unpopped one. It hurts and looks revolting.

also: my little sis sent me a really sweet card and a box of chocs, completely out of the blue. i'm having an excellent week, so far!

luna, you poor thing! cold sores are the WORST. have you got any stuff for it? like zovirax?

Rubyredd, actually, rather than chocolate, please to send Promite.

I find those Compeed cold sore patches good. They don't make it go away any faster, but they stop it from hurting (and you can put lippy on over it).

Luna I have two ringworm spots. :(

Ya'll are busy! I just took an hour-and-a-half lunch/shopping trip. So nice.

Ruby, I was just thinking about you earlier and how I didn't think I'd seen you around lately. Hi! (Could be me that's not been around though.)

I've got some Lysine + stuff I got at the drugstore last night, and I've iced it and put a hot teabag on it, but nothing is really doing much good. (It doesn't help that people look at you as though you have the plague... "oh my god, you have HERPES!" Yes, but just the cold sore kind, fuck off.)

Oh that blows, Sam, can you do anything about them?

There's OTC antifungals, yeah. But in the meantime there's an unsightly red ring which must be covered by bandaids and it itches like hell.

Mis, how's the wee kittle doing?

Bah, having started a Scrabulous game I now have to go out and see Battles.

ms misery, i have been very busy and very stressed and having big dramas! but now things are settling down. in fact, i've had good sleeps for the last 3 nights in a row - TOTAL AMAZEMENT!! considering i've been averaging 5 hours a night for months and months, this is a big deal, and may be contributing towards the great mood i've been in for the last couple of days.

trish, what is this promite you speak of?? i know only of marmite and vegemite... (i hate vegemite, but i ADORE marmite, although i've heard the british version tastes different).

Promite is like Vegemite but is not made by Kraft. We lived on it in New Zealand, pretty much. You add water to it to make a soup and you chuck in veggies and noodles and you have yum yum dinner. Brilliant for camping.

I thought it would make a cute present to make a NZ hostel dinner for Mister M some night.

Bah, having started a Scrabulous game I now have to go out and see Battles.

A likely story.

Oh I miss Promite! Used to get it in Australia, but I always liked Vegemite better.

A likely story.

IT IS TRUE. My inexpert placement of tiles is just making you think otherwise.

xpost trish: then i shall find you promite! :)

but i will also send whittaker's as a bonus.

xxpost luna, my mum used to only buy vegemite: "it tastes JUST LIKE MARMITE, so just eat it!". interestingly, my mum HATED marmite despite the fact they apparently taste the same.

I know none of these mites you speak of.

Mis, how's the wee kittle doing?

She's well, not as sick as her relatives outdoors. She's playful and keeps everyone (dogs included) on their toes. She's black/brown so blends in beautifully with the slate.

I don't think Marmite and Vegemite taste the same at all! (Granted, it's been a while since I've had Marmite, but I eat Vegemite all the time).

i agree! my mother is crazy :/

ms misery, send me your address and i shall send you marmite!

She's well, not as sick as her relatives outdoors. She's playful and keeps everyone (dogs included) on their toes. She's black/brown so blends in beautifully with the slate.

Ha, Rory is like that too. She scourges the dogs, and likes to hide in a brown and black blanket that camouflages her extremely well.

Well that was rubbish. Left after half an hour.

Worst film now seen on Sky Movies = Confetti. Even it it did have Robert Webb's cock in it.

I am now playing scrabulous and drinking hot chocolate with whipped cream and marshmallows in it because I am having a "be good to myself" week (except for watching shite films but I thought it might be funny and nice and it was just rubbish)

I am going to play once in my game with you then get an early (for me) night.

Mother of god, why am I still up? It's not like I haven't seen Bull Durham ten million times.

Ballymaloe Relish

Also funds p43d0ph1l3s. What can you do? It's a nice relish...

Promite sounds v v good.

Where did Beth and Aimurchie get to?

I fucking hate Rachel Allen.

Oh god, she is intensely irritating, and not a very good cook (or, if she is, she doesn't project that image on telly)

I don't think she is either. Isn't she married to Anthony Worrall Thompson? Isn't that why she gets on telly?

Also funds p43d0ph1l3s. What can you do? It's a nice relish...

Also, in fairness to Rachel Allen, neither her nor Darina have ever been convicted of anything. Just because the da is a fucking eejit doesn't mean they haven't a right to make a living.

I don't know where Beth and Aimurchie went either, nor why Nath has stopped posting to this thread. Maybe we are too dull.

Neither she nor Darina, I meant.

Is Nath not having a baby?

I thought she was married to Darina's son. My objection to the whole Ballymaloe thing was the public front they presented. The fact that he got tipped off early to start his defence (e.g. visiting a psychologist about 3 weeks before), they allowed him back into the school to teach bakery and that they just didn't accept how horrific his actions had been. Fuck 'em basically is what I'm trying to say...