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Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: Jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:07PM
<HTML>er, no ...more scatological than that ....</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.rdg.ac.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:10PM
<HTML>Is this one of those diced carrots/ sweetcorn conversations again?</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: Jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:11PM
<HTML>wrong end</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.rdg.ac.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:12PM
<HTML>Only one of them...</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: dave (---.addleshaw-booth.co.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:14PM
<HTML>technically correct though my answer was, I think you're looking for 'A Topic'</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: Jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:15PM
<HTML>nope .... squirrel s**t (giggles behind hand)</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.rdg.ac.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:16PM
<HTML><marquee>What's brown and sticky?..........................................................................................................................................................A stick!</marquee></HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: dave (---.addleshaw-booth.co.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:17PM
<HTML>or indeed (as I was just about to say, honest guv), squirrel poo.
That's actually quite funny.</HTML>
That's actually quite funny.</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.rdg.ac.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:17PM
<HTML>Hehehe - how to keep an idiot in suspense....</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: Adam (212.137.30.---)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:18PM
<HTML>A Happy Birthday To Toby...?
No try again
A Hazelnut in the hand is worth two in the bush?
No, go on you may as well finish it.
A Hazelnut in every bite .... I remembered!
Funny how you always remember right at the end.
I can't half remember some crap (or should that be squirrel sh1t??)</HTML>
No try again
A Hazelnut in the hand is worth two in the bush?
No, go on you may as well finish it.
A Hazelnut in every bite .... I remembered!
Funny how you always remember right at the end.
I can't half remember some crap (or should that be squirrel sh1t??)</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: Jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:18PM
<HTML>Well, it was funny when I first heard it, in St.Herberts Infants Class One, 1964.</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: Adam (212.137.30.---)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:20PM
<HTML>Funny that's where I first heard it in 1971.
Not from Aunty Vron though.</HTML>
Not from Aunty Vron though.</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.rdg.ac.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:23PM
<HTML>my favourite joke in reception was:
<marquee>What goes along the washing line at 100mph?...............................................HONDAPANTS!!!</marquee>
I'm sure it was simply the joy of saying 'pants' that made it funny...</HTML>
<marquee>What goes along the washing line at 100mph?...............................................HONDAPANTS!!!</marquee>
I'm sure it was simply the joy of saying 'pants' that made it funny...</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: All-American-Cutie (---.dalect01.va.comcast.net)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:23PM
<HTML>"Spring onions" = scallions= green onions here in the States. (It's a regional thing. But mostly people call them green onions on the west coast and scallions on the east coast. You do realize, all they are is baby onions with the tops left on! (and they grow them closer together so the bulbs don't form since they're used mostly for the green bits)
as for shallots, while they are part of the onion family, they are more closely related to garlic. And this is what makes them such a tasty addition to any dish. They have the mildness of onion (and easy chopability) combined with just that bit of garlic heat. They're lovely roasted with a little olive oil and some sea salt, as you would do with garlic. Throw it in the food processor for a second to mush it up and then spread it on toast points. Beats Marmite or Vegemite ANY day!
By the way, I love to cook, and I worked in the gourmet food trade for a while when I was younger.
ps, I think Marmite and Vegemite are just nasty by-products of spoiled food and taste as such! (and yes, I have tried both. Will never understand why some think them to be so tasty! EEEEESH!)</HTML>
as for shallots, while they are part of the onion family, they are more closely related to garlic. And this is what makes them such a tasty addition to any dish. They have the mildness of onion (and easy chopability) combined with just that bit of garlic heat. They're lovely roasted with a little olive oil and some sea salt, as you would do with garlic. Throw it in the food processor for a second to mush it up and then spread it on toast points. Beats Marmite or Vegemite ANY day!
By the way, I love to cook, and I worked in the gourmet food trade for a while when I was younger.
ps, I think Marmite and Vegemite are just nasty by-products of spoiled food and taste as such! (and yes, I have tried both. Will never understand why some think them to be so tasty! EEEEESH!)</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: Jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:24PM
<HTML>Yep.... that's pants all right.</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: Jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:25PM
<HTML>Good thing Booker T and the MGs didn't call it "Scallions". Would never have sold.</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: Adam (212.137.30.---)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:27PM
<HTML>Green Onions??
As in Booker T and the MG's.</HTML>
As in Booker T and the MG's.</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: All-American-Cutie (---.dalect01.va.comcast.net)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:28PM
<HTML>*slaps hand to forehead and groans loudly*
(I think I need to make a macro of the above statement as I tend to use it a lot around Jon! My husband keeps asking how I've been bruising my forehead!)</HTML>
(I think I need to make a macro of the above statement as I tend to use it a lot around Jon! My husband keeps asking how I've been bruising my forehead!)</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: Adam (212.137.30.---)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:28PM
<HTML>Bah - beaten to it by our kid.</HTML>
Re: Notes on the notes on the book
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.rdg.ac.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 04:29PM
<HTML>It's obviously genetic....</HTML>
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