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<HTML>He's persistent, I'll give him that. I've tried for years to ignore him, but to no avail. I think I've even learned some stuff, but if questioned I'll vigorously deny it.</HTML>
<HTML>I have found placing a biscuit in his mouth slows him down somewhat, but you runout of biscuits quite quickly if you want to sustain the peace and quiet. He is very persistant. I try hard to forget things like 'did you know that Peter Davidson wrote and sang the theme tune to Button Moon?', but when you are repeatedly told at any given opportunity (whether appropriate or not) your brain eventually gives in and stores it.</HTML>
<HTML>I have a friend like that. I mean, biscuits slow him down. So do cups of tea with two sugars, eeeew! But the best thing of all for slowing him down appears to be home-made gingerbread. If you haven't tried it, I'll happily pass on my recipe. ;-)</HTML>
<HTML>I've got a (younger) brother, but he's highly unlikely to make it here, not having read either TEA or LIAGB. He does know some HTML though.</HTML>
<HTML>Thanks for the hellos, and good idea with the ginger bread. I have been given a recipe but shyed away as it involved steeping a vanilla pod in milk! Is yours simpler?
I have fantastic recipe for Swedish Ginger Biscuits - those thin little crunchy ones. Ooo, I'm getting all excited just thinking about it! The recipe makes tons I still have half of last weeks dough in the fridge, and it makes your kitchen smell fantastic.</HTML>
<HTML>I've got two younger sisters. One of them is even crazier than I am, and I've been bouncing at her most enthusiastically about the books (and the Fforum), so it's not impossible she may turn up eventually. You have been warned, lol...
<HTML>I also have good biscotti recipes. But Rob doesn't like those so they slow him down in a different way. He'll stop telling you whatever useless peice of information he happens to be talking about at the time but replaces this with a tirade on the horrors of the biscotti. As soon as he reads this he'll be off, it's like a rag to a bull.
(Did you know the rag doesn't have to be red?)</HTML>
<HTML>Yes, mine's simpler - in fact I can make it without a blender, and that is good going for me because I've got damaged wrists. I'll post it in a new thread. The Swedish ginger biscuits sound yummy, but if it involves any rolling out I can't do it... *cries*</HTML>
<HTML>Minsky says as long as it doesn't involve his brother, he's not too worried. Poor old Chomsky. He's not dim really, he's just so lazy he leaves all the thinking to Minsky.</HTML>