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Ah, clotted cream... I wish my not-girlfriend were reading this! Or possibly not.
Are we going to reach a consensus on cream versus chocolate versus honey? Will the thread survive? Can Bananaman save the day? Can Shatner sing the blues?
Of course the thread will survive! It will mutate/evolve into something beautiful with a life and purpose of its own.
Bananaman - yes!
Shatner - why should he be able to sing the blues? You, by your own admission are a Shatner afficionado, so why do you think that there may be one genre that he can sing?
(As mrs. SkidMarks prefers chocolate {for eating of course} I vote that the whole cream/chocolate/honey thing is only of concern at the treehouse)
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My computer beat me at chess, but I won at kickboxing
The Treehouse? I have yet to dare entry to that edifice. It's length and breadth is intimidating and yet is lurks seductively. No good can come of the Treehouse.
I propose that since the words "human anatomy" are used so often in conjunction that we join them: humanatomy. It has an unfortunate superficial similarity to words like appendectomy and vasectomy, but I feel that a public education program could eliminate this.
Also: Bibwit: Which line would this be? The one we painted over because it was getting so scuffed from being walked on?
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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
Oh! So that is what that smudge was! I always thought it was spilled cream.
<and for your information, I have had clotted cream, that blend of sour and sweet cream called ripe cream/creme somethingstartingwith F. Yet I really don't like cream>
Definitely chocolate with bananas! I guess it all comes down to the texture that you are after - sticky honey, silky smooth cream, melt in the mouth chocolate. Humm, where'd the chocolate go ....
I think that this may be down to DangerMouse to save the thread!
In a restaurant on the Edgeware Road, just up from Oxford St, I had what was called a 'Pancake Surprise'.
When the waiter brought it out it stopped all conversation in the place.
It was a largish dinner plate sized tray with wafers, cream, ice cream and some fruit salad. It was delicious, but difficult to eat between the laughter episodes.
Still the lady with whom I was with at the time has been my wife for over quarter of a century, so don't disparage cream.
I had pancake surprise once. They used pepper instead of cinnamon.
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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
I didn't realise that Bananaman and DangerMouse were available on DVD, now I'm going to have to go shopping! What was that series the Rick Mayall hosted? The one that he sat in the armchair with "real" legs and told fairy tales with strange twists?