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I'm sure it's not just me who scans down the new posts, and then has to do a quick double-take after seriously misreading a title. Or do you ever have a little chuckle at some of the conjunctions of titles. Share your momentary bursts of synchronicity and nonsense here.
Today's:
No-one Likes Wilkie Collins (is actually No name - Wilkie Collins.)
Today's:
No-one Likes Wilkie Collins (is actually No name - Wilkie Collins.)
There's honestly no such thing as a stupid question -- but I'm afraid I can't rule out giving a stupid answer : : To Posterity and Beyond!
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Mr. Wooster, how would you support a wife? Well, I suppose it depends on whose wife it was, a little gentle pressure beneath the elbow while crossing a busy street usually fits the bill. (P.G. Wodehouse)
Mr. Wooster, how would you support a wife? Well, I suppose it depends on whose wife it was, a little gentle pressure beneath the elbow while crossing a busy street usually fits the bill. (P.G. Wodehouse)
I always read 'The Scottish Chiefs' as the 'The Scottish Chefs'
Haggis anyone???
Esther
Haggis anyone???
Esther
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So do I!Starlite wrote:I always read 'The Scottish Chiefs' as the The Scottish Chefs'
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This was a while back, but for the longest time I thought The Defiant Agents was The Defiant Angels.
...which would be a pretty cool name for a book. Or a rock band.
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...which would be a pretty cool name for a book. Or a rock band.
Jim
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The Scottish Chefs (instead of Chiefs).
EDIT: OK, I just noticed Esther said this already. Funny how so many of us read this one wrong!
EDIT: OK, I just noticed Esther said this already. Funny how so many of us read this one wrong!
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YES PLEASEStarlite wrote:I always read 'The Scottish Chiefs' as the 'The Scottish Chefs'
Haggis anyone???
Esther
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LOL, Esther & David! Haggis---ewww!!! I've never had it, but from the description I've heard I don't want any! Have you had it, Esther or David? How about some cock-a-leekie soup? (My spelling could be off, but that's what it sounds like; I haven't had that either.) Personally I like Scottish shortbread! Yum!aradlaw wrote:YES PLEASEStarlite wrote:I always read 'The Scottish Chiefs' as the 'The Scottish Chefs'
Haggis anyone???
Esther
I've heard one Scotsman say that when the food loses its flavor, "that means it's ready." Hee, hee!
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Yes, Joy, I like haggis ...mushy peas and neeps & taters... traditional Robbie Burns dinner.MC3 wrote:I've never had it, but from the description I've heard I don't want any! Have you had it, Esther or David?
It's rather like spicy oatmeal
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if only... she was great in her few scenes in Revolution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_%281985_film%29Julila wrote:Charlotte Lennox with Adv. Novel underneath made me look twice if Annie Lennox had joined us .
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Both very tasty. Shortbread not bad either.momof3Chihuahuas wrote:LOL, Esther & David! Haggis---ewww!!! I've never had it, but from the description I've heard I don't want any! Have you had it, Esther or David? How about some cock-a-leekie soup? (My spelling could be off, but that's what it sounds like; I haven't had that either.)
Alarmingly for Scottish Chefs, however, this year's world porridge-making champion and winner of the coveted Golden Spurtle is an American.
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Our local pub serves haggis. It comes in what are clearly slices from a sausage shape with a plastic skin. Nevertheless, deep fried with a couple of fried eggs and some thick crustry bread and about a quarter of a bottle of tomato sauce it is very tasty.
Don't eat the skin though, it may be more hygenic than a sheep's stomach but it plays merry hell with the digestion!
Don't eat the skin though, it may be more hygenic than a sheep's stomach but it plays merry hell with the digestion!
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Your description sounds absolutely disgusting.ExEmGe wrote:Our local pub serves haggis. It comes in what are clearly slices from a sausage shape with a plastic skin. Nevertheless, deep fried with a couple of fried eggs and some thick crustry bread and about a quarter of a bottle of tomato sauce it is very tasty.
Don't eat the skin though, it may be more hygenic than a sheep's stomach but it plays merry hell with the digestion!
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Exactly, catchpenny! *nodding* I completely agree! Of course, I've always been the most finicky eater in my immediate family & in my large, extended family too. Although I'm not a vegetarian, I find that I don't really care much for meat these days; I can eat it, but it doesn't always agree with me. As little as I eat (light blackberry yogurt mainly) I'd think I'd lose weight, but no such luck. Too sedentary, I suppose. Oh, well. (I do like sweets, though, esp. Milky Way bars, so that could work against me. LOL)catchpenny wrote:Your description sounds absolutely disgusting.ExEmGe wrote:Our local pub serves haggis. It comes in what are clearly slices from a sausage shape with a plastic skin. Nevertheless, deep fried with a couple of fried eggs and some thick crustry bread and about a quarter of a bottle of tomato sauce it is very tasty.
Don't eat the skin though, it may be more hygenic than a sheep's stomach but it plays merry hell with the digestion!
Joy
P.S. David, I know what taters are, of course, but I've forgotten what "neeps" are. I guess I'll look it up---or one of you can enlighten me. LOL