The Beach.
Everyone should have a Beach to go to, chill out, meet their friends and relax.
In other words it's the off-topic area of the Blog, renewed every week on a Friday, to keep it to a manageable length. Bad attitudes not welcome. No bridges for Trolls to hide under. Just warm sun, sand and virtual sangria. Plus the odd (make that very odd) camel wandering around.
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Morning frogging peeps, a lovely new beach for us to enjoy!
tea and toast and then off to RL in E9.
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Morning all. Time for a coffee, I think...
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Thanks for the itinerary, but be warned. The good people of Hackney are a good humoured bunch but I wouldnt necessarily go there just to have a right-laugh, especially in uniform….
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Morning, DI_Wyman.
New here! Don't you mind telling me which is the new beach??
Love the sandy beaches!!
Thanks
Have a good day!
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"Speed bonny boat,
Like a ... er... boat on the water,
Over the sea to The Beach,
Have lots of fun,
Like a whimsical otter,
Over the sea on The Beach,
Far from the rain,
No worries in your brain,
Lounge in the virtual sun,
No need for sun-cream,
You can just lie and dream,
With no chance of tan lines or burn,
s,
Speed bonny camel,
Like a Yacht of the Beach,
On to the Nick Clarke bar,
If you're feeling the urge,
To air a grudge,
The Furrowed Brow is the place to spar,
Here we're all chums,
We sit on our bums,
And enjoy the atmosphere,
Old theme tunes we hum,
And everyone come,
Sto play on our fire-proof pier,
Speed bonny froggers,
From the world that is bad,
Ignore the credit crunch,
Come and play here,
There's fun to be had,
With Eddie's fine blog bunch...
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Welcome tastymel - You're on the right Beach! Every week the tide washes it clean (but, you'll understand, no litter louts here! Everything recycled .... including The Intermittent Horse's jokes)
The main reason for a new Beach every week is that the Beach is so popular on the Blog that it becomes overburdened as the week develops, resulting in breakdowns and catastrophes if left unrefreshed.
Warm croissants, Normandy butter and special apricot conserve on the Nick Clarke bar, everyone. And thanks, Fred, for the coffee. Hitting the spot as I drink .......
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What happened to the heat wave ?
It looks nicer here on this beach today, and yes - thanks for the lovely coffee Fred :-)
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I like today's tagline - and the alliteration is a perfect link to all the wordplay on last week's beach.
Speaking of which:
A tutor who tooted a flute,
Was teaching two tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor,
"Is it harder to toot,
Or to tutor two tooters to toot?"
Try saying that fast - without stumbling over the last line!
I've left the obligatory Pimms' on the bar, a biscuit selection which has mysteriously appeared near my desk, and a selection of goodies from Kenilworth's new Waitrose, which opened yesterday.
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Oh, I see they've sent the lovely Carrie Gracie (occasional PM Presenter stand-in when Eddie, Sequin & Ritula are away) to China. She was on Breakfast this morning. Any chance she can do a report for PM while she's over there?
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Oh dear, I think my plimsols are taking in water.
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mittfh (8) - Yes, it is rather good isn't it? Must be quite a clever chap that Robbie John.
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Oh, I don't know, Occasional Equine :-p
I've found a smoothie maker behind the bar. Anyone want to join me in seeing what concoctions we can make?
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Leagues ahead of the Horse, isn't he? I hear his jokes are better too ......
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Does anyone know how to get tar off trousers?
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Joe: Whatever you do, don't put your trousers into the smoothie maker.
Fearless: Can I contribute some passion fruit (or is it too early, I wonder?) ? I've also brought along a punnet of raspberries and a bottle of Drambuie, which combine together soooo successfully. But best wait till lunchtime for that, I guess.
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Cat: that is fantastic!!! you are on fine form, again!!!
Welcome tastymel!! enjoy!!!
jonnie, its gorgeous around here, out of the wind, that is....
any offers for lunch??!
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Good advice Big Sis (15)
I've rubbed and I've scrubbed
'Til I've cleaned off the trousers...
And now all I've got left is the tar!
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Joe Palooka (14): Sharp scissors and a cunning conversion to shorts always works.
Next time I'm upstairs I'll consult my Trade Secrets book for more constructive suggestions.
And the one called Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things, just to be sure.
Please check in regularly for updates on de-tarring trowzies!
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Tar is like the stain in "The Cat in the Hat comes back"
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There used to be a product available for tar removal (probably dry cleaning fluid). My mother always kept a bottle of this by as we lived on the east coast and spent many a happy childhood day on the beach.
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Tar Removal.
A helpful site tells us that:
Remove as much as possible, then carefully rub neat washing up liquid into stain, soak a cloth in warm water and rub this into the article. Repeat these instructions until most of the stain is removed. Wash in the hottest temperature the article can stand. Any stain remaining can be removed with either a commercial stain remover, or paint brush solvent. Wash as normal again.
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Joe Palooka - Why do you want tear off trousers? Are you joining the Chippendales?
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Thanks Fifi (18) I think it'll have to be the scissor route. Good idea.
Horse (22) Funny you should say that. Many moons ago I once worked for Chippendale's Circus, I didn't last long though - I could never get the tent back in the bag.
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Can we invite Johnny and Sean to tear off their trousers, I wonder? Where exactly did you find that tar, Joe? ;o)
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Well neither book was any help Joe, so scissors it is. Hold still while I snip around just below your knees...
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Okay Fifi. I'll hold still, but promise you won't snip any higher...
;0)
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Thunderbird (3)
I am actually working in a shop on Victoria Park Road so wont have much time for seeing the sites!
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Big Sister (24):
Why do you want to see Johnny Vegas and Sean Hughes without their trousers on?
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Great alliteration on the strapline; I agree with mittfh(8) on that!! I just thought that it should have ended:
purposeful probing PLUS prescient prognosis
I do not know how to "p" the word of, though.
H.
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Oooh did anyone see the party y'all clips?
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That mariner over there looks ancient.
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This may be important to Joe, if those scissor-happy folk haven't beaten me to it.
We used to take a tin of wax polish to the beach in order to remove tar. The white spirit that is usually in polish is probably the cleaning agent, and the wax makes it easier to administer. Our tin was huge (we went to local beaches nearly every day of the school holidays, being in Cornwall) - about 6" across (Kleen-eze).
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PM: Perfect potpourri - political parley, purposeful probing, plus prescient prognosis.
And if anyone's still confused as to what alliteration is, here's a definition from Uncyclopedia:
Alliteration articulates an artistic and alacritous approach aimed at annotating and arranging alphabetic accoutrements as alarmingly affective alignments. Alliteration allows aspiring authors abilities above average approaches. Alliterative adroitness accentuates accomplishments (an appealing aspect appalling artistic arrangements attempt abominably). Allowing additional anterior alphanumerics, although adumbrating aesthetic accuracy, affords abortive artistic acuity. Ancient alliterations affirm archeological assertions accrediting archaic artistic alliterative ascendancy. Albeit acutely arduous, alliteration affects antonymous allegory, an absolute actualization alluding asomatous abstruse anima.
(Someone had their head screwed on...)
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Eat Ramsay not puffins.
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Sorry Joe, should have warmed the scissors first....
;o)
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DiY: Do you drive around in one of those vans marked Open Reach (or some such)?
We've got a couple of those working about two miles up the road at the moment and I keep losing my internet connection ......
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Just popped by to wiggle my toes in the water before a lengthy session of "hurry up and wait" at Glasgow Airport. Trossachs flying south this weekend - be warned!
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Well, I think the strapline is fine as it is.
Don’t dare debase my delightfully droll and deftly drafted description!
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Olive oil will do it. So will baby oil. And WD40. Remove tar, that is. For some reason my dad found it amusing to tell me to ask my mum what removed tar. Her answer was: 'Fat removes tar'. Droll or what??
(Something else I expect he learnt in the Navy.)
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You've got to be slightly careful when applying baby oil whilst on the beach because you could end up looking like a piece of sandpaper……. ouch
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Off to catch a train (or three) One may have wifi............
Also going past Darlington so I wonder if that steam train Today were playing with is still there! i think that was where they said it was.
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well, that was a lovely lunch - I hardly fancy anything for tea!!!
I might take a wee stroll along the shore, and bounce some flat stones across the water.....
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Ouch! Is it necessary to wear a crash helmet when taking a quiet swim these days??
Even DIY's toughest Speedos wouldn't have deflected that whatever-it-was!
If I find out who threw it I'll ... I'll ...
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In need of frugs, please.
My mum's best friend, who I've known since I was a spotty teenager, is dying.
Feel absolutely helpless to help Mum. Going to see friend at first opportunity.
'Rage, rage' is all v well for Dylan Thomas. but I can't be angry - even though I am - against the things that just happen. What good would it do? Only wind myself up.
Too many people I've cared about have died recently. I thought that was supposed to happen in your, oh, I don't know, 60s or 70s. Not now.
Sorry to lower the tone on the new beach.
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Frances: Consider yourself thoroughly frugged by me. So so sorry to hear about this - it's always very hard.
But perhaps the best way you can help your mum is by sharing each other's pain?
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Oh, Frances.
{{{{{{frugfrugfrug}}}}}
How with you I am on this subject! I am currently spending as much time as I can with Mum, after my Dad's utterly preventable and wrongwrongwrong death in March.
I can help with Probate, talk through investments, suggest ways of tackling household jobs Dad used to do, make up her hot water bottle at night, make the travel arrangements for our trip to Orkney...
But Big Sister is right: the thing she values most is just having me there, or on the end of a phone, to talk about how lonely she feels, or how anxious she is that she might not have enough money, or what if her health gets worse, or... or...
Life, or more correctly death, can be searingly unfair. All you can positively 'do' about it is cling the more tightly to the living, and make the most of the time that's left.
xxxxx
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(((((((((((((Frances)))))))))))))
xxxx
ed
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Best wishes, Frances, to you and your Mum xx
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Oh, thank you all so much - I was feeling v lonely and my 'bessie friend' lost her mum so it wasn't appropriate to go on, eve though we'd met for coffee at lunch; and it was Friday pm so peeps were usually busy. But I was inspired to ring another not so close friend whose husband is terminally ill and I'm going round there whenever he's up to visitors.
Sorry to - as they say - unload on froggers. Big Sis is right; though M is of the don't-show-your-feelings generation. I can make a start at it, though; it might help.
And Fifi, yes, life is infinitely precious and wonderful. Death is a ridiculously bad idea; but if it weren't for death there would be no reason for new life and we'd all still be amoebas. Apparently.
Not quite convinced yet, though I know it's true.
So I'm going to do my best to join the others who'll fill her last days with love.
Again: thank you all, dear frogfriends.
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Thoughts and prayers with you.
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So - let's all make the most of today (and tomorrow). Ring someone you've been meaning to ring. Smile at an old lady at the zebra crossing. Say thank you to the girl in Tesco's. Yes, I know it sounds mawkish (is that the word?). But - if you don't do it tomorrow, you may never have the chance again.
Sid (Dozy Old Fart)
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Sid - you dozy thing, you, you're right. I have an idea that what goes around comes around; so I always smile at the driver who slows down to let me cross the road, and say hello to the check-out person; why not? They're just doing what is probably a stressful job.
But now I'll log off because I feel in danger of becoming Pollyanna-ish and it's time to make 'summer soup' - fresh veggies simmered in stock for the very least time, sprinkles of herbs, let it cool, fresh bread, yummmm
Large vat on Nick's bar in 15 minutes. Hope you like garlic...
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Give you a laugh, Frances, if you're still here...
At Tesburyson's tonight I was getting really fed up with the number of dippy persons wafting about the store, oblivious to people behind them unable to get past, leaving trolleys in the way, talking inane rubbish to each other in their dippy voices...
Finally, I pushed my trolley down one more aisle where I picked something off a shelf, and thought: 'Oh, hang on, that isn't my trolley. Oh bap*, where have I left it?' and wandered back up the aisle.
To be met by a smiling man, followed by his tiny grinning Thai wife. He said: 'Er... I think you took my trolley? Is yours by any chance that little one up there?'
His was one of those gigantic ones, not just full but HEAPED with stuff I would never by. It couldn't have looked less like mine if it tried.
The whole family were laughing at me, and the Dad even suggested I could pay for it as well, before we swapped back...?
We were all still smiling as we passed through the depressing checkout! Only my bored checkout operator seemed oblivious to the banter. Oh, sometimes life can be good right enough!!!
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frugs to you Frances_O
and although there is nothing that we can say, we are all here, and here we will be, with no words - but frugs.
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Great Soup!!
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Super soup!
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France O - Since I first logged on to this bloody blog, I knew that you were one of the good ones. Don't you dare stop smiling!
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I'd like us, beach froggers, to imagine we're seated around a beach campfire, sweaters slung around our shoulders, legs crossed, and feeling pretty comfortable with each other. We've sung along with Feefs, had a few (but not too many) bevvies of our own choice, and eaten a tasty barbeque. Now we're mellowing out, knowing that it won't be long before we hit the sack. And perhaps I can use this moment to share with you all, and Frances in particular, a couple of memories which I think are worth sharing tonight.
Firstly, I'll share with you the story of a wonderful pupil of mine, diagnosed with cancer at the age of 10, arm amputated at 11, who - despite a series of interventions over the years - remained happy, optimistic, and extremely mischievious throughout her years at the school where I taught. She had an artificial arm made for her. One day, in my Spanish lesson, and to the perturbation of the whole class, she unhooked her arm and began tickling her neighbour with it. How could anybody have resented the disruption it caused? - I most certainly didn't. She was brave and funny. She had her heroes and her crushes, and many many friends, and she almost made it through to her 18th birthday. I went to see her regularly once school became too difficult for her - her friends couldn't cope with the anguish, but as her teacher and her friend, and being older than they, I felt I had to keep visiting, even though it became very difficult for me, too, towards the end. I'll never forget her.
Now, at the other end of the age spectrum, a dear neighbour and friend, in her late seventies, was diagnosed with throat cancer a few years ago. It was all very quick, but also very painful. When I went to visit her in hospital, towards the end, she was laying on her pillow, her long hair (still red, perhaps dyed - it doesn't matter though) was spread around her on the pillow, for every bit like a Pre-Raphaelite model. Her face was radiant, in spite of her circumstances. I'll never forget her, either.
I don't know quite why I'm telling you this, but in my view it is seeing how people cope, in these extreme circumstance, that helps give us all strength to keep going.
And now I think I'll wish all of you goodnight and head for that hammock over there.
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Hugs, all.
This is a ridiculous time to still be awake but I am and dabbling your toes in the cool water just before the sun comes up is one of those things that's actually quite wonderful. I may have to really go and do it.
The only person awake around here is me. My children - not children any more (16 and 18) are asleep on the top floor; my sister (visiting) is snoring gently in the bedroom next to mine.
Thinking of all who can't sleep, for whatever reason.
xx
Pen
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Hello LadyPen, lovely to see you again.
Rain in West Sussex. Sunshine on the Beach.
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For all us damp (or drying) froggers, I have 'hunted and gathered' a fine selection of the most ridiculously named pastries, full of incredibly indulgent sweetness!!!!
"These are not just ordinary patisserie-type morning goods; these are Emaness patisserie-type morning gooods...."
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Lady Pen (59) Funnily enough, I was awake about then, too - our 18-year-old daughter was just coming home. She had had a phone message at about 1 am from a friend in tears, and had gone straight out to be with her.
This is one morning when I haven't moaned about teenagers being out at all hours, and I'm tiptoeing outside her room, rather than stomping!
Here's to bosom pals, both real and virtual ;o)
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A fine day on the Beach (let's hope pmLeader doesn't follow me here... he's been winding me up something chronic on the Martha thread!).
I'll pass on the pastries thanks n-n, too sweet for Fifi's tastebuds. But how about a plate of mixed cured meats and a crunchy salad?
Frugs and love to Frances and her mum, and any other lurking froggers who haven't felt able to share their troubles yet.
xxx
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Now then, while Dad's Army Weekend is getting underway, and Wonko's assembling the fruit for the Pimms, how's about a round of G+Ts to keep us going?
Followed, if SO can ever get the barbie hot enough, by some halloumi/bacon/tomato/capsicum kebabs. (Wrapping the bacon round the cheese is an experiment... wish me luck!)
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Fifi 63, So, pmLeader is a he? Why is he called pmLeader? Does he have something to do with the program? Or is he a man with pm problems?
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Fifi 64, Capsicum??!! Oooooo, aren't we posh?
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Did I really hear Annasee on iPM about her supermarket very-last-second bargains?
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Having read back the comments...
Frances -O - Frugs.
Big Sis - Thoughts
Lady Pen - I had just dropped off by the time you wrote, after four hours of lying in bed, desperately tired but not sleepy. Woke up for Today, then next thing I know it's 10:00 and a phone call wakes me up.
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Thank you again, you lovely Froggers. [[[[[frugs]]]]] to you, too.
Well, I'm much happier today, and the soup did the trick. Might even bring another vat along later. It is madly healthy and also tastes good.
Feefs, I do know what you mean about people in Tesburyroseson's. Wander, wander. It's as if brains get switched off as you enter the hallowed portals, tranquillised after the struggle to find a trolley that goes in a straight line (preferably the one you're trying to steer it in) or a basket that isn't either dirty of stuck to the one under it. Gah.
I think it must be something in that fresh-bread-scented gas they waft at you.
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David (when I'm + 1): I've always thought of PML as a he. Could be wrong though. It's been known to happen!
David (when I'm + 2): Just didn't want anyone thinking I was trying to set fire to their gobs by barbecuing 'peppers'. But as it happens, I am EXTREMELY posh. I always eat my kebabs with a spoon.
The cheese wrapped in bacon is a partial success. Barbie isn't hot enough to sear everything quickly, and some of them have got stuck to the bars. However those that ARE cooked are utterly yummy!
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Yes, was that our annasee? I did wonder...
Big Sis, an extra thank you for your stories. I was tucked up* by the time you posted, but you painted a picture of a perfect Beach evening. I was certainly there... can we do it again?
Life is infinitely precious.
And laughter heals a heck of a lot more than a down mood.
Gawd! Getting mawkish.
I thought perhaps marshmallows to roast over the fire later on?
Feefs, your g-n-t's waiting in the NCMB [trade mark, copyright] chiller. Bubbles never go flat, ice never melts, it's the magic of the Beach.
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Whenever I've shopped "up North", they were Capsicums. Round here, in posh Surrey, they're Peppers.
Surely an "anti-posh" term. But Capsicums would make a lot more sence to use in general - to save confusion with the spice pepper.
So:
Pepper or Capsicum?
Who say Eggplant (Aubergine)?
Zucchini or Courgette (that spelling doesn't look right all of a sudden, but I've checked it)?
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It's a funny thing, isn't it, that the more you look at a word with a not-totally-obvious spelling, the more odd it looks?
I resort to writing it out with my finger on the nearest flat surface. That usually works. The subconscious knows, even if the higher brain [I first typed 'bairn' - hmmmm!!] gets confused.
And I've earned my living as a sub and an editor!! Dur...
Mind you, the down side is that I automatically read like a proofreader, so get distracted too easily from a perfectly fascinating but badly-proofed novel, article etc.
And of course often don't notice my own typos till I've hit 'post'. Some of them make me laugh heartily. Sort of Freudian slips-of-the-keyboard.
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Goodness me, you are erudite Deep! (72)
So, who's for another of these 'ere kebab skewery things, and a G+T chaser?
Burgers are just sizzling nicely, ready to go in the gluten free baps.
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Deepsy, I say 'peppers' but then have to qualify, eg sweet, hot, really quite painful etc. The stuff you use for pickling or grinding is a very singular pepper.
I don't think it's posh round here, but there are a lot of people with Caribbean backgrounds, so I dunno, could be influenced by that.
Aubergine and courgette. The others sound US to me. Is that because the ones I use are the French names for the vegetables?
Zuccini - Italian, so not surprisingly used in the US.
I do wonder where eggplant came from. They don't taste like eggs, they look very unlike eggs... is it an old colonial thing, like 'bread fruit'?
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Argh! Zucchini. See what I mean? Didn't look right.
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erudite, er'(y)oo-dit, adj, learned - adv...
Hum...talking about moi?
Fairly certain that Eggplant is a colonial (US, Can, Auz) term, leastwise cookbooks from there use the term.
Chilli pepper or Chilli Capsicum? That's a conundrum.
On the annasee question, the accent definately had an "nz" twang to it, which, along with "Anna C..." made me wonder. She kept quiet about that!
Mind you, I've joined in such a last minute bundle for untra-reduced goods, should I be in tesburyrosecons, for a least a year, if not more...picked up a half price speciality cook-yourself restaurant meal for tonight at 11:30 this morning...
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Apparently 'eggplant' was first applied to white aubergines ...
And courgettes led to one of the most egregious uses of the greengrocers' apostrophes I've ever seen - 'corjette's' (second only to 'asparagu's) ...
And when my brothers and I won a quiz at Westcliff High, we had to wait for our trophies - the originals said 'Brian of Westcliff' (I wanted to keep mine like that).
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Fifi,
Sure there're no Burghers roasting?;-)
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Ooooh! What a greengrocer's apoplexy! Sid, I think you may claim the current 'wor'st apostrophy' medal.
Now, I didn't know there were white aubergines. That would explain a lot.
But, sad soul that I am, I wiki'd egg plant and found it's also brinjal, which I really sort of remembered, and was yumptious when cooked by the local Indian restyrong. It closed not so long ago, leaving my area with no genuine cooking from the sub-continent.
I'll have to get my bashed-around and food-stained Madhur Jaffrey out again.
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Eggplants named assuch as they used to be white - now the white ones claim a premium price around here...
Carrots used to be yellow or even purple. Orange carrots are actually quite recent.
I too have a MJ cookbook - been used for many, many years now.
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Just spent a happy 45 mins t-cutting the poor old pink motor. Bits of it are now looking shiny and even a bit red again!
Those kebabs clearly set me up nicely. Might have to make them again sometime.
;o)
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poor old pink motor....
I bin wondering how to do crepes(pancakes for those down south in Surrey, Deep), on a barbeque - I am sure it must be possible, just a question of getting the pan right; I am going to have a practice!!!!
Chin up froggers, we are almost at an anniversary!!
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Oh, no, not eggplants. Don't tell DMcN you can get them in England.
They all, to a man, get very sore trying out the recipe in the Sot Weed Factor.
And no bigger.
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See you all next week then :o(
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Mmmm? Are people cross about veggy names? Er - why?
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Feefles, frugs wotevva
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Deepthought - I cannot tell a lie - it was I. Who else could get so excited over some reduced-price fish?
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Fifi 70, Why not go the whole hog and call your kebabs brochettes. Sounds much more civilised.
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Dt 72, It depends on which country I am in. Like bonnet/hood, sidewalk/pavement, fish fingers/fish sticks, gas/petrol, etc etc.
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F_O 73, I've been tempted to send my posts exactly like I first type them. You is often ypou.
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E Diglehart 79, The Burghers of Calais?
Post Menopausal Leader 84, We buy aubergines at Sainsburys all the time. Sliced, dipped in batter, and deep fried is very nice.
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up and down this beach I go, when will I get to see some beach volleyball, or even a run for a bus?
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I'll give you a game of beach volleyball, Tbird (93) if you like?
First we have to change into the appropriate attire. Here are your skimpy shorts and singlet. I'm already in mine... it's what I wear every weekend this time of year, regardless of weather.
I will turn my back ... shout when you're ready to begin!
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either Thunderbird can't put his feet in the right holes, fi, or else you've gone and scared him off!!!
Either way, let's have a knock up in a minute, while we wait... I think I saw Frances_O and Sid earlier, though it might have been someone else - the sun was so bright this afternoon - and the glare exceptional.
Meanwhile, here's that jug of Pimms....
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DMcN, yopu - blast! - yuou - oh fiddlesticks! - you are right.
Bet the number of the 'teh' "the" whoopsies is phnenemenomal.
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Ah! Frances_O!!! there you are!!
I thought it was you!!!
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Too few of us around for volleyball. How about hide and seek? Young Macallan and Jonny[sp?] Depp can play but it might be harder for the camels unless we allow the really high dunes.
I think the purple hammock might need to be out of bounds. Too easy to curl up and forget the game.
So - who's going to be 'it'? Or 'he', the non-PC but probably still acceptable regional variation?
Now there's a thing. When I was at skule it was 'it'. Then I heard about 'he'. Any other versions? *
* Yours, Iona and Peter Opie
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I havent heard about 'he'; how do we play, what are the rools?!!
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I still think there's potential in beach volleyball. There's 3 of us, plus T-bird if he ever emerges from behind the bush in his skimpies.
By the way, N and F, you look very fetching in yours. Did AnneP sew on all those sequins or have you been playing with the glitter again?
To you, Noodle ----! (hah! revenge for the ducksndrakes incident earlier)
Oops, weren't you ready?
;o)
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One person is chosen as the finder. They have to find the hidden people.
Oh, it's coming back - argh - then either the one who's 'he' changes places with the one who found them, or the two of them look for the others.
n-n, they didn't play that when you were little?
On reflection, that might've been a good thing.
Some of those 'games' were cruel.
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Beach volleyball hide and seek, then?
Rules:
1. Someone hides the volleyball.
2. All other players have to find it.
3. Having found it, finder hides it somewhere else and pretends still to be looking.
4. Having counted to 10, they then shout: FOUND IT! and everyone now has to look for it in the new place. First finder has a drink at the bar.
5. As each remaining finder finds the ball and shouts: FOUND IT! he or she joins the growing rabble in the NCMB until nobody can remember what game we're playing.
What do you think?
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what game are we playing?!!! (sniggers!!!)
n-n
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I have hidden the beach volleyball and am now propping up the Nick Clarke Memorial Bar.
CHEERS!!!
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Frances_0 - lets play Volleyball, you know what feefs is like, and if she plays 'he she or it' she'll be bursting with giggles!!!
And they are 'not' sequins!!!
to you ^ !!!!!!!!
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Good shot!!!!
'''''''''''''''''''@
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Hey, you nearly cowped my glass there noodle! (Trust you to start playing volleyball when I'm playing hide and seek.)
Over 'ere ... on me 'ead ... !
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* doof! *
And back at you Nikki ... eat my sand!
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Hang on, I'll get that one, (though it was a 'bit' beyond the back line!!!)
,',',',',',',',',','
got it
',',',',',',',',',',
Right, my serve:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@
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* Cartwheels across court *
. . . splot!
Point to you there, Noodle. Don't worry, my nose never was my best feature anyway.
My serve back to you ~_~_~_~_@
(Like my variable-height delivery?)
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Whewww! Something went right over my head!
I think it went in the direction of Nick's... excuse me while I, ahem, take a couple of minutes to check the on-bar compass...
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Over there! >_____________
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Oh, crumbs *
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Er - that didn't come out the way I thought it would. Must remember: just cos it looks OK when I type it doesn't mean it'll actually get through whatever the powers that be decide Froggy posts will look like.
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(Skulks off to stoke bonfire)
Ah, the sausages are almost done. The veggie kebabs need another five minutes. I'll just put the fresh mackerel and sardines on.
Who's got the bread?
And the salad?
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Blimey Frances, you could take someone's eye ... or kneecaps ... out with that!
----- to you, Fran!
* wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!! *
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Zeeeewwwwww! Back
Will someone teach me the rules -
Wheeeeeeee!
of this game?
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*that* was out!!!
definitely!!!
Bread and salad are on the tressle over there: carefully out of harm's way!!!
I love the smell of fish on a barbie!!!!
what's that? Someone needs me urgently behind the bar??? trouble with an eye, you say? Oh I see, it's a problem with an optic - No worries.....!!!
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Frances ... * volleys ball back towards Noodle * are there rools???
Never thought to ask what they were!
;oP
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Frisbees 3 melamine dinner plates towards Frances ...
Like I said: wot rules??
;oP
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(never could say that word: melanime, or anemomne, linolnemum, phenonminominal)
manogimous, monogomos, monogimouse, is another one.
Mind you, the fish tastes delicious!!! I love fresh bread, butter and hot fish.
(ducks under flying plate)
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... and back to you, Noodle.....
* another monogamous soup plate zings across the space towards n-n *
Gotcha!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And Gillian stretches out ~~~~~~~~
and snatches the plate before it gets to n-n, and piles on some mackerel.
Yum!! Thanks for that magmaninimous gesture ;o)
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Drat! Game over!
O.... kay. Can anyone find where I hid the volleyball earlier on?
* accepts a large glass of Shiraz from the young macallan *
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let's see
nope, it's not at the bottom of *this* bottle!!!!!!
(tee hee!!!)
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wha.... where???
* hunts behind all the bottles ... under all the bottles ... *
wish I'd remembered to make a rule where the First Hider didn't have to seek the volley ball!
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You see what happens, I step away from the beach to do some important charity work and when I return, supposedly feeling much better about myself…….. Well what can I say?
Next time I shall leave a spy.
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Morning !!!
Thank you Di_Wyman for your answer!
Big Sister: Thank you for your advice and comentaries!! I am still smiling as I had thought these place was to talk about real beaches, LOL
Nikki Noddle : thank you for your welcome.
Nice and sunny today!! in one hour I will be off to swim, just swimming pool.
I can see that you all like to writ here,
Big sister : you really like to write expressing your ideas or feelings, dont' you?
All :Have a good day !!
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Goodness me, this warm weather has done wonders for the palm trees. With fronds like these, I'm thinking, who needs anemones?
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tastymel: Oh, I think as you get to know the Blog better, you'll find that many of us are friends of longstanding, which may be why the feelings flow free. :o)
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Sid (128): Groan!
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Longstanding BS 129, Well grab a beach chair and sit down.
Anybody for a game of bonvig?
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D'you know, David, that's a very welcome invitation today - my back's killing me (from diy exploits yesterday - no speedos involved, I hasten to add!)
Anyone fancy a bacon buttie?
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Mmmmm, yes please Big Sister (132)! My back isn't feeling too clever today either, and my arms still haven't recovered from the car-Tcutting I did the other day.
* flops down into back supporting deckchair *
What's bonvig?
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fifi you can Tcut mine now if you want.
Why didn't anyone come up with the alternative name for Okra? i.e. Lady Fingers.
And no, I don't know what the lady fingers ;-)
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Right!
A quick 40 winks - wake me up if there's cake, later....!!!
n-n
xx
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By the way, compliments to Thunderbird for a thumping good strapline today!
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Fifi 133, Bonvig is a Swedish game of tossing shoes and catching them in rubbish bins. Full rules available on Google. I read about it in The Indy several years ago. A real quality newspaper.
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budge up.......fatty DiY needs the modding / naughty step.
(other threads are available)
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A selection of Indian snacks are warming in the oven, to be enjoyed with home made raita (mint filched from the garden, yogurt purchased from a shop) and lemon juice.
Afterwards, there's a Delia special: lamb chop with garlic, rosemary, tomatoes and spuds, all cooked in the oven.
Washed down with some Aussie shiraz.
Let the munchin' begin!
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DI_Wyman
What have you done yourself?? or was it anybody else?
Big sister:
it is amazing how all of you can say real facts !! and also talk about feelings, good and bad.
I would love to understand a little of slang!! So I would laugh, even more, or I would say : Wow !!
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DMcN (137) - I thought you were pulling our legs with the Bonvig thing, but 'googled' it just to make sure. The World is truly bonkers, thankfully.
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Tastymel (140) : Would you mind saying where in the world you are? Most of us here are, I think, in the UK -- but not all!
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morning frogging peeps
(tastymel, that means "good morning PM bloggers" !)
I am having time off from RL having suffered a nasty reaction to getting bitten by a Horse Fly on my foot. Mind you not as bad as the reaction the Horse Fly suffered after being wallopped by a flipflop.
Said foot is like a red balloon and infected so I am knocking back 500mg Flucloxacillin like they are smarties and have to lay here with my foot above bum height, slowly going crazy!
Anyhoo, thank goodness for laptop pc's and wireless networks.
There is 'builders' tea and chilled melon slices at NC's if you want to join me for breakfast.
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Mornin' all. Retreating here as it's pretty dull, wet and generally miserable outside the office at the moment...
Or rather, I will be in a few minutes - Catering have just appeared with the morning sandwich delivery...(being in-house, sandwiches from £1.50, baguettes are £1.75 etc.)
They also sell salads, fruit, chocolates, crisps, cans...as well as cheese scones and sometimes sausage rolls.
I'll (virtually) send them round here, if anyone's peckish...
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TIH 141, Yeah, you can't believe most of what bloggers say. I suppose bonvig is a bit like wellie wanging, but being Swedish, more sophisticated.
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mittfh, can I have a banana, please?
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mittfh, thanks for the cheese scone...just the job.
I have just been hobbling about in the garden watering the hanging baskets and found our purple Budleia bush covered in Peacocks, hundreds of them.
They all rise into the air as I walk past, flutter about and then get drawn back by the scent....trully magic.
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Fifi 142, Tastymel sounds like he/she is in a world of his/her own.
FF 146, With or without a bowl of muesli?
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FF (146) -
YES, we have no bananas,
We have no bananas today!
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Help yourself to whatever you see - remember, all you need to offer in payment is to contribute something (either in terms of food, drink, or fun) and remember to take your litter home with you.
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Thanks mittfh, I exchange the Cheese Scone for a portion of Sardines in tomato sauce (actually part of my lunch!)
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mittfh, I'll swap one of your cheese scones (which I'll eat with cream cheese and cucumber) with this treacle scone spread with honey.
I feel sweet enough this morning.....
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I don't know if the mods will let this through - it's a link to a CBeebies game, in which you clear litter from a beach!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4210000/newsid_4212100/4212175.stm
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Gillianianianian....mmmmmmmm.........honey!
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DI Wywywywy......*wink!* ......yes, sweetie?
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Nooooooooooo......I meant.......mmmmmmmm...yum, yum honey!
Not.............mmmmmmmmmm........hon..........
(stops digging hole for himself, grabs Speedos and exits stage left)
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STOP PRESS
Athletes discover new way to improve their swimming skills to ensure surefire success at the Olympics...
...they train by swimming in a pool of honey!
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mittfh..........mmmmmmmmm........Speedos soaked in honey. Now that is an idea!
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I saw a photo of one of the female swimmers from the British team practicing wearing a snorkel. Is this a new event so that Brits can win more medals?
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DM, nah, she was probably looking for the top off of the jar of honey.
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David McNickle (145): I asked my Swedish friend about this (he's some sort of whale I can neither spell nor pronounce) and he said you didn't mention the alcoholic aspect of this game. It seemed to be that either you had to have a drink if your shot succeeded, or you had to have a drink if it failed, or possibly both. He'd been playing it when he tried to explain so he wasn't entirely clear about the rules, though. I don't quite see how a school of whales would be able to sit in a circle round a small dustbin, but I'm sure their swigging is sophisticated beyond words. :-)
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Fifi (strapline):
Mmmm, Empire Biscuits...
So much for my resolution to follow the calorie recommendations from today. I'm supposed to be on a maximum of 1175 kcal per day for the next two months and an Empire Biscuit must be a significant proportion of that. *sigh*
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Tssc, you poor thing!
You'll not be wanting one of my Jam Doughnuts for elevenses then?
I am just off down to the bakers in the village to stock up. Any 'sticky bun' requests?
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DIY (163) can I have an apple turnover please?
SSC (162) you can have a virtual Empire biscuit here on the beach. They don't have any calories, but still taste the same :-)
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DIY - jam doughnuts - absolutely fine. I'll just need the two. Or possibly three. Thanks very much.
I'll put the kettle on.
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Custard Slice please. And a Border tart if they have one.
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DIY (163):
*rumble rumble*
That was my stomach.
FF (164):
If I feed my virtual stomach, my actual stomach gets jealous and rumbles all the louder.
I'll just have a virtual water-biscuit thank you.
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DIY (163) - Choux pastry eclair please.
Sid (165) - Take that kettle off! It's far too small for you and the spout position is a bit embarassing.
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Oh dear! I've spilled a sweet - I've pudding on my top hat, pudding on my white tie, pudding on my tails....
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S_P 161, I said the rules were on Goofle. I assume they included the bit about drinking. Your friend isn't James Whale, is he?
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Twas only me!
*crept in, had a crepe and crept out again*
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Goofle?! Make that Google.
Stewart M 166, We used to have a border tart, but my wife threw her out.
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POG (169) : HAHAHAHAAAA!
Mmmmmmmmmmm........... these are not just ANY Speedos...............
I'm still recovering from accidentally visiting last week's Beach earlier. You've got to watch that Mrs Effingham!
DIY, I hope your tootsie's feeling lots better. I notice no frogger has offered to kiss it better for you...?
* wanders off, whistling *
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Sorry missed elevenses so have brought the goodies to enjoy at tea for three.
Right,
Fearless Fred, an Apple turnover with fresh clotted cream.
Sid, several Raspberry jam doughnuts.
Stewart M, a Custard slice, oh and the tart will be along later.
TssC, a whole packet of Water Biscuits (and a side order of cream cheese)
Horse, an Eclair covered in dark chocolate and filled with clotted cream.
Joe, a plate of crepes!
Peppery OG, judging by the state of you, you have had enough already.
Kettle has boiled and tea is brewing.
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.... thanks DIW any Mazawattee tea to go with all that lot ...?
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TIH - but this kettle hasn't got a spout - oh, I see what you mean. Sorry, chaps ...
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Feefs, re my footie, back to see Nursey tomorrow to have dressings changed and to see infection has been halted. But judging by the leakage and soreness I think not!
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DIY (177) I think you need to retire to the purple hammock this evening, and be fed peeled grapes.
However, I can't see that happening somehow, can you?
;o)
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LOL, wot, the hammock or the grapes.
:)
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David-McNickle:
hahahaha.
I am a "she". Live in London ,North area and you?? Spanish teacher by the way.
Not having much time to come back to all of you but... I like to read and answer this blog.
Fifi: well, I am a "she" I live ion London, was born in Buenos Aires, my parents and family are Italian. What about you??
Di-Wyman:
Thanks for your help again, it's so good to read here and also to learn!! Where are you from?? she or he?
ANYONE FOR TEA?? Baked a lemon cake, would you like to try it?
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Hi tastymel (180) and congratulations on settling in to the Beach so quickly!
I'm a "she" too, a Scot but I live in the Midlands. I work as a publisher and an editor.
I'll pass on the cake thanks ... my non-sweet tooth is craving the rest of the Indian snacks we had the other night, which means I need to make up some more raita.
Far too much for one little frogger to eat on her own... anyone fancy a nibble with me?
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This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.
tastymel, DiY is 100% pure beefy, best seen in Speedos.
Isn't that right Fifi?
DiY:)
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oh, btw, Feefs...nibble.......nibble.........nibble.......nibble........nibble
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oh, sorry tastymel........I should have added DiY is in Norfolk, that's the tasty bit to the East of the Midlands!
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Oi, DIY, I meant the Indian snacks were for nibbling, not the nip.....
Oh don't bother. I'll just take the half eaten remains off to the naughty step!
;oP
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I should think so too, fifi!!!
tastymel, I am posting from somewhere near Peking Palace, where I am representing my country!!!! It should be a very colourful event!!! It is an honour for me and I have been training very hard.
I think never in my life will I get this opportunity, so why worry about things?! I am just going to try my best, and see what happens.
nikki noodle (mr).
and a bag of prawn crackers too, thanks!
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My 182 was addressed to tastymel and was removed "because it contains words or phrases in a non-English language. Non-English languages, codes, and text speak should not be included in your posting."
Oh well. It was just a welcome in Spanish to tastymel as I thought it would make her at home. I did plead with the mods in the posting to allow it through, but (sniff sniff) they didn't relent ......
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Big Sister (188) : I considered it thoughtful and lovely of you to address tastymel in her own language, and SHAME ON THE MODS!!!
I shall immediately complain about them. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
(Note to moderators: that last word is a huge insult in Scottish Gaelic, roughly equating to the Nerdish invective word 'yinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng'!)
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There, that's done. I don't like feeling cross on the Beach. Especially on the naughty step!
;o)
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Thank you, Feefs. I didn't think it would last long as I distantly recalled having fallen foul a while back when I exchanged greetings with Roberto.
Which reminds me - Has anybody heard anything from Florida lately?
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tastymel 180, I am from Cleveland, Ohio, but have lived north of London (St Albans) for 24 years. Thank God, outside the M25. I worked in archaeology, amongst other things, but am now retired. I am one of the few people here who doesn't mind letting other posters know his real name. I always tell the truth and my favorite pastime is playing bonvig.
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BS 188, Oi vey, no foreign langridges allowed? So thats why my post was deleted. I used the French for mussels.
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tastymel, young David_McNickle is the UK Open Champion of Bonvig, well that's wot I heard!
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oh, forgot to say....morning froggers, tea and toast at NC's if you want.
tastymel, NC's is the 'bar' that is dedicated to the memory of Nick Clarke it is the meeting place for Froggers.
And the Naughty step is where Froggers are 'sent' until they are good!
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Hi tastymel, I'm a "he" currently in deepest Oxon. Let me add my welcome to the beach to you as well :-)
Now, I'm off to collect some fruit for the smootie maker. Any requests?
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FF, Apricot please.
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Ffred (196) The smootie maker???
In that case we need a few double entendres, a good pinch of ''Ooh, err, missus'' and an extension to the naughty step! ;o)
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Oh, and don't forget the sauce!!
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DI_W 194, Young David is 68.
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I love a smootie....
but on another tack, has anyone had mulberries recently?! I have found a mulberry tree (in an open space, that is very nearly public, and hardly at all on private land), and sampled several of this year's crop; I am heading back with several large tubs, to see if any mulberries happen to drop into them whilst I am under the tree!!!
they are gorgeous, lush, juicy and sweet!!!
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I've just been reading the link from the Margaret Hassan thread... help, I need cheering up!
There's a slightly rusty 19th century smootie lying in the sand. Do you think, if I rub it gently with my sleeve, it'll come up all shiny again, or will a genius (sic) pop out of it and grant me three fishes?
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n-n.....you lucky bu**er!
DM, 68 years young. Well done!
Sardines on toast for lunch for me, any other takers?
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Whats a smootie?
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Kex (204): A rather suspicious misspelling of a drink containing pulverised fruit.
Tastymel - I'm a "he" living in deepest darkest Warwickshire. I won't bore you with the story behind my nickname - everyone's heard it so many times I'll drive them all off...
Meanwhile, there'll be a new Beach launched tomorrow morning, so feel free to drop by whenever you have a chance and leave some (virtual) food 'n' drink.
We're also a pretty unique bunch for an online community, because not only do we chat on the frog (our nickname for the blog), but several times a year we commit the ultimate sin and meet up in real life.
Fifi: look away now!
Tasymel: If you're brave and open-minded enough, try searching a well known video sharing site for "PM frog clock"...
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Tastymel - I'm of indeterminate sex and species. My hobbies are troll-wrestling and swazzle-carving. My end of the naughty step is where the hoofmarks are.
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Horsey-worsey (206)
Have you been eating sour grass again?
:0)
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* whistles innocently *
Ah, Mrs Effingham, I see you have found your way to the current beach at last!
* suddenly pulls beach towel from under mittfh and runs away *
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Mrs Effingham (207) - I think you might be right! I've also been doing stuff this week that, although necessary, isn't very pleasant or rewarding.
But 'tis all done now, so I'm going to spend the rest of the day and all tomorrow cantering along the water's edge, with the odd visit to the bar. Or I may change my mind and spent all the time in the bar with the odd visit to the water . . yep, that's more likely!
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wot on earth is Feefs doing with that towel?
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MrsE 207, He'll get sore gums if he does.
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I have dug out my favourite joke book....here is a cracker...
Sonia enrolled in nursing school and was attending an anatomy class.
The subject of the day was 'involuntary muscles'. The tutor, hoping to perk up the class a bit, asks Sonia if she knows what her ar$%hole does when she has an orgasm.
'Sure!' sonia says, 'He's at home cooking dinner - !'
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Dave and Ed are walking down Regent's Street when Ed suddenly says to Dave, 'Don't look! Don't look! Here comes my missus and and my mistress.'
Dave sneeks a peek and says, 'Blimey, I was about to say the same thing!'
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DI_W 212, You can put your joke book away now. This ain't Radio 5 Live.
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DM (214)....Ok, but I can really recommend it!
ISBN 10 is 1861058217
ISBN 13 is 9781861058218
published by Robson and a bargain at £6.99......will keep you amused for hours.
And more of David Minkoff's work can be found athere, enjoy.
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DI_W 215, I have a funny old book, 1931, called Boners with drawings by Dr Seuss.
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DI_Wyman - over here on the naughty step - bring your joke book with you!
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silly boys
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THIS BEACH IS NOW CLOSED FOR REPAIRS
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ZZZZZzzzzzz ZZZZZZZzzzzz ZZZZzzzzzz zzzzzz.....
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Mrs Eff - You're on the wrong beach AGAIN!
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215
The best one, for the site you link, is Israel.
It's the Plotnik homeland.
You don't agree?
Does that mean you're not coming over to make dinner, and I'll only get mentioned, like Louis?
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