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Lullabelle said:
KFC places have started to open-drive through only, my colleague went to her local last night to treat her kids-the police had closed the road due to the excessive amount of vehicles queuing to get in.... all that just for some chicken :eek:
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I must say I really don't understand why people want this stuff so badly.
 
JASOH1 said:
We can't get too risque in our kitchen, sigh.
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Oh, the things I'd do with that, just to fuel their nosiness:
1. Lead a goat into the kitchen while wearing Speedos and a snorkel.

2. Invite some friends over, dress in robes, light some candles, and sketch out a giant pentagram on the picture window.

3. Set up a telescope pointed directly at their house.

4. Drizzle some red-colored corn syrup down your spouse's face, then drag them through the kitchen toward the door that goes out to the yard, with a shovel under your arm.

Have fun with it. That's the important thing. :laugh:

morning glory said:
I must say I really don't understand why people want this stuff so badly.
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Simply a matter of wanting what you can't have. Tell someone something is off-limits, they want it all the more.
 
TastyReuben said:
Oh, the things I'd do with that, just to fuel their nosiness:
1. Lead a goat into the kitchen while wearing Speedos and a snorkel.

2. Invite some friends over, dress in robes, light some candles, and sketch out a giant pentagram on the picture window.

3. Set up a telescope pointed directly at their house.

4. Drizzle some red-colored corn syrup down your spouse's face, then drag them through the kitchen toward the door that goes out to the yard, with a shovel under your arm.

Have fun with it. That's the important thing. :laugh:
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Brilliant! :roflmao: Go for it JASOH1!
 
Oh I'd definitely do #4, have your spouse not be seen for a while and see if the cops show up, then explain and point them in his direction to have a "talk".

We had a neighbor that spied on us once and would report to the homeowner's association. We enclosed the front porch with door skins (really thin lumber sheets), painted it like a castle entrance, put up a gargoyle head, decorated it with spider webs, bugs, rats, etc for Halloween. Shortly after got a letter from the HOA about illegal building activity. Called them and asked them if they were serious and if somebody had actually seen it. No, they had just gotten a report. I described what it looked like to them and told them it was for Halloween. Got an apology and to never mind. She did it another time too. We got a letter about leaving our boat out overnight in the community. Besides the fact that we hadn't, the boat in question wasn't even the same color as our boat.
 
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Tomorrow we were due to fly to Cyprus for 3 weeks. The temperature there is due to hit 41 deg C this weekend - would have been a bit of an improvement on the 14 deg we have here at the moment. We had the phone call from the holiday company about a month ago advising us that it was all off - we knew that already! As the holiday had been fully paid for we decided not to add to the company's woes by pressing for a refund, instead we opted to re-book for September. We are now thinking that might have been a tad optimistic, but we will see what happens. I suggested that we might make the 1 hour drive to the airport tomorrow, a bit of fantasy role play sort of thing. Worryingly, I was only half joking. I may be going stir crazy.

Coincidentally, we saw a Rick Stein in Greece clip this morning, featuring moussaka. Being a designated shopping day today I am about to set off in search of minced lamb, courgettes and aubergines. Tomorrows cuisine may well have a bit of a Greek theme going on.
 
epicuric said:
Tomorrow we were due to fly to Cyprus for 3 weeks. The temperature there is due to hit 41 deg C this weekend
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We should be just about winding up a Norway fjords cruise right now and heading to London for a city break, but that didn't happen.

MrsTasty has been following the weather in what would have been our ports of call - absolutely miserable by her standards, fine by mine, with nights down in the 20sF, snow, freezing rain, the whole bit. I would have loved it, she would have complained nonstop. :laugh:
 
It was sunny and warm all day Friday, but Saturday was cool (64F) and it rained all day. I'm not complaining. It was a good, long, soaking rain that should have absorbed deep into the clay-based soil we have here.

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Had one of those rather cute conversations with my 82yo dad today. Keep in mind, he's got a touch of dementia. Read in responses in your best Matlock/Sheriff Andy Taylor voice:

"Hey, Dad, how ya doin' today?"

"Purty good, purty good, just lookin' out the windah at the world goin' by."

"You have breakfast yet?"

"Yep. I done eat. Just got done."

"What'd you have?"

"Well, let's see...I don't know. Hey, Barb! What'd we eat fer breakfast?!"

<Mom mumbles in the background>

"Well, I'm the one who cooked it! I orta know! <Back to me>. I'll tell you what I had - I had some of that Prosecutor ham...and an ayyyyyg."

"What kind of ham?"

"Prosecutor ham!"

<???>

"Where'd you get it?"

"Let's see...Aldi! I got it at Aldi! It came from one o' them countries you like, I s'pect."

<FYI - my dad is always giving me crap for my appreciation of the UK and Europe>

"And it's called 'Prosecutor ham?'"

"Yep, cut thin like a piece of paper, and it's cured, you don't have to cook it, but I cook it. I throw the whole pack in, and why, in just a minute, it curls right up, and I put my ayg right in there with it."

< 💡 >

"Did it come from Italy?"

"Yep, maybe. I think so. Prob'ly"

"Prosciutto, Dad. It's called 'prosciutto.'"

"That's what I said, Ayghead!"

My dad's nickname for me is Egghead.

:laugh:
 
My wife brought some ganja oil (cannabis oil) yesterday for my fullritis.

I haven't got a clue how to administer it. A drop under my tongue? Rub it on my elbows? Sprinkle it on my chips?

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Yorky said:
My wife brought some ganja oil (cannabis oil) yesterday for my fullritis.

I haven't got a clue how to administer it. A drop under my tongue? Rub it on my elbows? Sprinkle it on my chips?

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Definitely on the chips :laugh:

I believe you need to use one of those vaping gadgets that people use when giving up tobacco.
 
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