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Hoss Piddle

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May 15, 2008, 3:24:41 PM5/15/08
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You can say what you think, without fear of constant back-biting and
abuse, assured of a friendly reception and tea and biscuits after 6pm.

Guy King

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May 15, 2008, 3:47:23 PM5/15/08
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The message
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from Hoss Piddle <bright...@yahoo.co.uk> contains these words:

> You can say what you think, without fear of constant back-biting and
> abuse,

As long as it isn't top-posted you'll get away with an awful lot here.

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On Thu, 15 May 2008 12:24:41 -0700 (PDT), Hoss Piddle
<bright...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote and included this (or some of this):

>You can say what you think, without fear of constant back-biting and
>abuse, assured of a friendly reception and tea and biscuits after 6pm.

And you can have a yardarm before 1 pm sometimes

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JonG

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May 15, 2008, 4:13:42 PM5/15/08
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Hoss Piddle wrote:
> You can say what you think, without fear of constant back-biting and
> abuse, assured of a friendly reception and tea and biscuits after 6pm.

6pm? Are we being rationed now? Has there been a nuclear attack?

Mind you, there may be little abck-biting, and only the friendliest of
abuse, but beware that nail over there which can give your cardie a very
nasty snag.

Snag, Frank, Snag.

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JonG
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Salvor Hardin, Mayor of Terminus.

Rusty Hinge 2

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May 15, 2008, 1:45:17 PM5/15/08
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from Hoss Piddle <bright...@yahoo.co.uk> contains these words:

> You can say what you think, without fear of constant back-biting and


> abuse, assured of a friendly reception and tea and biscuits after 6pm.

Well, we tend rather to PPs and BAs, but otherwise, nicely put.

Draw up that sack of hardened Bloo Circle and have a BA. I'll see if I
can find out who et all the pies.

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Kate XXXXXX

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May 15, 2008, 5:13:44 PM5/15/08
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Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:
> The message
> <b5be9b83-3553-4f5e...@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>
> from Hoss Piddle <bright...@yahoo.co.uk> contains these words:
>
>> You can say what you think, without fear of constant back-biting and
>> abuse, assured of a friendly reception and tea and biscuits after 6pm.
>
> Well, we tend rather to PPs and BAs, but otherwise, nicely put.
>
> Draw up that sack of hardened Bloo Circle and have a BA. I'll see if I
> can find out who et all the pies.
>
It weren't me, though it my be my fault the tea is rationed today. I
seem to heve been through several kettles worth in recent days...

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Rusty Hinge 2

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May 15, 2008, 4:20:27 PM5/15/08
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from Kate XXXXXX <ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> contains these words:

> Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:
> > The message
> > <b5be9b83-3553-4f5e...@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>
> > from Hoss Piddle <bright...@yahoo.co.uk> contains these words:
> >
> >> You can say what you think, without fear of constant back-biting and
> >> abuse, assured of a friendly reception and tea and biscuits after 6pm.
> >
> > Well, we tend rather to PPs and BAs, but otherwise, nicely put.
> >
> > Draw up that sack of hardened Bloo Circle and have a BA. I'll see if I
> > can find out who et all the pies.
> >
> It weren't me, though it my be my fault the tea is rationed today. I
> seem to heve been through several kettles worth in recent days...

MTAAAW. Well, several kettlesworth today alone.

And yesterday.

And the day before.

And the day before that.

ditto, recurring.

bobharvey

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May 16, 2008, 1:55:46 AM5/16/08
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On 15 May, 21:13, JonG <n...@dentrassi-
nospamformetodayplease.lodge.org.uk> wrote:


> 6pm? Are we being rationed now? Has there been a nuclear attack?

I am currently in Ostfriesland, and they take their tea very seriously
here. Quite as obsessed as we are in the UK. Nice tea too, green or
black. They even have Earl Grey

Esra Sdrawkcab

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May 16, 2008, 6:06:22 AM5/16/08
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Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:
> The message
> <b5be9b83-3553-4f5e...@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>
> from Hoss Piddle <bright...@yahoo.co.uk> contains these words:
>
>> You can say what you think, without fear of constant back-biting and
>> abuse, assured of a friendly reception and tea and biscuits after 6pm.
>
> Well, we tend rather to PPs and BAs, but otherwise, nicely put.
>
> Draw up that sack of hardened Bloo Circle and have a BA. I'll see if I
> can find out who et all the pies.
>
A big boy dunnit and run away.

Physics is all relative, isn't it, Mmm?

If Mercury would only go a bit faster around the Sun we wouldn't have
all this bother.

Melanie Rimmer

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May 16, 2008, 6:11:40 AM5/16/08
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Esra Sdrawkcab wrote:
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> Physics is all relative, isn't it, Mmm?

How very modern.

Richard Bos

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May 16, 2008, 6:17:46 AM5/16/08
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bobharvey <robert...@my-deja.com> wrote:

> On 15 May, 21:13, JonG <n...@dentrassi-
>

> > 6pm? Are we being rationed now? Has there been a nuclear attack?
>
> I am currently in Ostfriesland, and they take their tea very seriously
> here. Quite as obsessed as we are in the UK. Nice tea too, green or
> black. They even have Earl Grey

TAAW they have their own mixture. Friesentee, it's called, and it's
quite good.

Richard

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Guy King

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May 16, 2008, 7:22:53 AM5/16/08
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> > Physics is all relative, isn't it, Mmm?

> How very modern.

Compare to what?

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Rusty Hinge 2

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> The message <vcidnb4ef8l...@pipex.net>
> from Melanie Rimmer <m...@timelord.org.uk> contains these words:

> > > Physics is all relative, isn't it, Mmm?

> > How very modern.

> Compare to what?

Yesterday, probably.

wafflycat

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May 16, 2008, 10:57:38 AM5/16/08
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"Kate XXXXXX" <ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> wrote in message
news:nIydnQkVHan3O7HV...@posted.plusnet...

> Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:
>> The message
>> <b5be9b83-3553-4f5e...@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>
>> from Hoss Piddle <bright...@yahoo.co.uk> contains these words:
>>
>>> You can say what you think, without fear of constant back-biting and
>>> abuse, assured of a friendly reception and tea and biscuits after 6pm.
>>
>> Well, we tend rather to PPs and BAs, but otherwise, nicely put.
>>
>> Draw up that sack of hardened Bloo Circle and have a BA. I'll see if I
>> can find out who et all the pies.
>>
> It weren't me, though it my be my fault the tea is rationed today. I seem
> to heve been through several kettles worth in recent days...
>

Oh I've got lots of pakits of proper loose leaf tea in the store cupboard.
Help yourselves... One should never be rationed of tea. Never. No.

Molished some coconut topped jam tarts too. Mind there's not many left
(casts beady eye in direction of husband...)

bobharvey

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May 16, 2008, 1:01:27 PM5/16/08
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On 16 May, 13:05, Znep <E-0C001302-306...@cleopatra.co.uk> wrote:

> You mean you *can* get good tea on the continong? Without taking your own?
>
> Most of the stuff I've encountered would not pass muster here: too weak,
> not hot enough, and asking for milk raises eyebrows. I'm told it's just as
> bad in Leftpondia.

You've been drinking it in Serapu hav'nt you? I would eschew tea
molished there, or in Spain. Have no experience of Italy. But yer
Trenzal tea is good and muscular.

Leftpondia has been colonised by people who sell teabags with yellow
labels. Nasty nasty.

bobharvey

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May 16, 2008, 1:04:31 PM5/16/08
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On 16 May, 11:06, Esra Sdrawkcab <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote:

> If Mercury would only go a bit faster around the Sun we wouldn't have
> all this bother.

I've always imagined it has to go quickly because of the heat. On a
hot sunny day I had to drive the midget very quickly to get a cooling
draught.

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Esra Sdrawkcab

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May 16, 2008, 2:53:09 PM5/16/08
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Countess-Palatine Blackberry the Perplexed of Divine Intervention. wrote:
> Y knot?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_(hypothetical_planet)
(see mostly "Search Conclusion", but it's also a bit interesting for the
other bits)

Don Stockbauer

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May 16, 2008, 3:08:24 PM5/16/08
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And stay away form Google groups!

How yall doing? In the mood for any more Genral Chilton stuff?


On May 15, 3:47 pm, Guy King <guy.k...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> The message
> <b5be9b83-3553-4f5e-a834-7263f9222...@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>
> from Hoss Piddle <brightice2...@yahoo.co.uk> contains these words:

Lister

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On Fri, 16 May 2008 11:23:46 +0100, Rusty Hinge 2
<rusty...@gruel.invalid.co.uk> wrote:

>The message <3130303034323...@zetnet.co.uk>
>from Guy King <guy....@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
>> The message <vcidnb4ef8l...@pipex.net>
>> from Melanie Rimmer <m...@timelord.org.uk> contains these words:
>
>> > > Physics is all relative, isn't it, Mmm?
>
>> > How very modern.
>
>> Compare to what?
>
>Yesterday, probably.


Comparing physics to a Beatles song? How bizarre!

Guy King

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> Comparing physics to a Beatles song? How bizarre!

No, "How bizarre" was by the Aussie band OMC.

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Austin Shackles

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On or around Thu, 15 May 2008 21:05:36 +0100, ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°²
<r...@spamall.com> enlightened us thusly:

It's always yardarm somewhere...
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bobharvey

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On 17 May, 10:14, Znep <E-0C001302-306...@cleopatra.co.uk> wrote:

> >Lipton's is good for iced tea made the southern way, when the amount
> >of sugar to water is approximately equal.
>
> UAB!

well, quite. I bet they are the sort of people who would put sugar in
lemonade.

Austin Shackles

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On or around Fri, 16 May 2008 18:53:09 GMT, Esra Sdrawkcab <ad...@127.0.0.1>
enlightened us thusly:

Not this one, then?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcana

Lizz Holmans

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May 17, 2008, 10:19:35 AM5/17/08
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Cooks in the deep south will put sugar on anything that isn't
meat--meat is battered and fried. Oh, my soul, it's bad for you but
sooooooo good for me.

LizzH.
--

Well, it certainly may be necessary that a woman should shoot a man-- especially in Oregon. Anthony Trollope, _The Way We Live Now

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Hoss Piddle

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> > Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yall, at all, at all, as the Oirish Americans say.

Anyone know what top-posting is, BTW?

Hoss Piddle

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On May 15, 9:05 pm, ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°² <r...@spamall.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 12:24:41 -0700 (PDT), Hoss Piddle
> <brightice2...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote and included this (or some of this):

>
> >You can say what you think, without fear of constant back-biting and
> >abuse, assured of a friendly reception and tea and biscuits after 6pm.
>
> And you can have a yardarm before 1 pm sometimes

Let's go for it, chummie!!!

Hoss Piddle

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May 17, 2008, 12:36:51 PM5/17/08
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On May 17, 3:19 pm, Lizz Holmans <di...@jackalope.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 17 May 2008 05:28:40 -0700 (PDT), bobharvey
>
> <roberthar...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> >On 17 May, 10:14, Znep <E-0C001302-306...@cleopatra.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >> >Lipton's is good for iced tea made the southern way, when the amount
> >> >of sugar to water is approximately equal.
>
> >> UAB!
>
> >well, quite.  I bet they are the sort of people who would put sugar in
> >lemonade.
>
> Cooks in the deep south will put sugar on anything that isn't
> meat--meat is battered and fried. Oh, my soul,

My research shows there is an interesting occurance of of "Ooh, my
soul" in 1973. I refer you to
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/devilsrejects/rockon.htm
for further information.

Hoss Piddle

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On May 16, 8:50 pm, Lister <fa...@SPAMclara.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 May 2008 11:23:46 +0100, Rusty Hinge 2
>
> <rusty.hi...@gruel.invalid.co.uk> wrote:
> >The message <3130303034323739482D7C9...@zetnet.co.uk>
> >from Guy King <guy.k...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> >> The message <vcidnb4ef8l9wLDVRVny...@pipex.net>

> >> from Melanie Rimmer <m...@timelord.org.uk> contains these words:
>
> >> > > Physics is all relative, isn't it, Mmm?
>
> >> > How very modern.
>
> >> Compare to what?
>
> >Yesterday, probably.
>
> Comparing physics to a Beatles song?  How bizarre!

Oh, my soul.

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Guy King

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> I've had to give up the King Prawn Sag which I used to love from our
> local takeaway as over the years it's become so sweet as to be inedible.
> Why do they *do* that?

I had a tin of vegetable soup for lunch the other day. Or at least, I
tried to. In the end I chucked it 'cos it was so sweet.

Rusty Hinge 2

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> On Sat, 17 May 2008 19:11:42 +0100, Lizz Holmans
> <di...@jackalope.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> >And the Indians and Chinese and Thais and other such Asian cuisines
> >use sugar on meat more than anyone else, I think--I had a korma once
> >that was so cloying even I couldn't eat it.

> I've had to give up the King Prawn Sag which I used to love from our
> local takeaway as over the years it's become so sweet as to be inedible.
> Why do they *do* that?

Groan-up juveniles can't qb without their sugar-rush, so glacé king
prawns are de rigger innit.

Rusty Hinge 2

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from Hoss Piddle <bright...@yahoo.co.uk> contains these words:

> Oh, my soul.

I gooved that were Otis Redding ect...

Esra Sdrawkcab

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May 18, 2008, 2:59:43 AM5/18/08
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Well I never!

Richard Robinson

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May 18, 2008, 3:49:26 AM5/18/08
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Esra Sdrawkcab said:
> Austin Shackles wrote:
>> On or around Fri, 16 May 2008 18:53:09 GMT, Esra Sdrawkcab <ad...@127.0.0.1>
>>> Countess-Palatine Blackberry the Perplexed of Divine Intervention. wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 10:06:22 GMT, Esra Sdrawkcab <ad...@127.0.0.1>
>>>>> Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:
>>>>>> from Hoss Piddle <bright...@yahoo.co.uk> contains these words:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can say what you think, without fear of constant back-biting and
>>>>>>> abuse, assured of a friendly reception and tea and biscuits after 6pm.
>>>>>> Well, we tend rather to PPs and BAs, but otherwise, nicely put.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Draw up that sack of hardened Bloo Circle and have a BA. I'll see if I
>>>>>> can find out who et all the pies.
>>>>>>
>>>>> A big boy dunnit and run away.
>>>>>
>>>>> Physics is all relative, isn't it, Mmm?
>>>>>
>>>>> If Mercury would only go a bit faster around the Sun we wouldn't have
>>>>> all this bother.
>>>> Y knot?
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_(hypothetical_planet)
>>> (see mostly "Search Conclusion", but it's also a bit interesting for the
>>> other bits)
>>
>> Not this one, then?
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcana
>
> Well I never!

What, never ?

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

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Rusty Hinge 2

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May 18, 2008, 4:26:19 AM5/18/08
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> What, never ?

Well, hardly ever.

Tim Hall

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May 18, 2008, 5:47:15 AM5/18/08
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On Sat, 17 May 2008 20:26:35 +0100, Guy King <guy....@zetnet.co.uk>
wrote:

>The message <k7bu24t8muqqpjg3i...@4ax.com>
>from Countess-Palatine Blackberry the Perplexed of Divine
>Intervention.<x{yz}enop...@hotmail.com> contains these words:
>
>> I've had to give up the King Prawn Sag which I used to love from our
>> local takeaway as over the years it's become so sweet as to be inedible.
>> Why do they *do* that?
>
>I had a tin of vegetable soup for lunch the other day. Or at least, I
>tried to. In the end I chucked it 'cos it was so sweet.


Some many years ago, a ourquer de vache offered me some tinned
macaroni cheese.


Just Say No.


--

Tim

I understand very little of what's being discussed
but for some reason it's fascinating.

(Jon Thompson, urs)

Andrew Marshall

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May 18, 2008, 11:29:13 AM5/18/08
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In message <piju24d8l4dopautj...@4ax.com>, Tim Hall
<tim...@nospamtoday.clara.co.uk> writes

>Some many years ago, a ourquer de vache offered me some tinned
>macaroni cheese.

UAB^many! Mother hfrq to serve that stuff up in its home-molished form.
I just couldn't stomach it, and to this day I eschew it mightily. The
smell of cooked cheese is second only to that of baked beans in
molishing me to want to ibzvg. I was made to take a mouthful, and very
nearly did guebj hc. Thankfully, Mum realised that she would be best
advised not to force the issue.
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bobharvey

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May 18, 2008, 11:30:58 AM5/18/08
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On 17 May, 20:26, Guy King <guy.k...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:

> I had a tin of vegetable soup for lunch the other day. Or at least, I
> tried to. In the end I chucked it 'cos it was so sweet.

I have taken to telephoning the 0800 number on such tins and berating
them roundly for adding too much sugar to things thad don't need it.
It's what the number is for, and it costs nothing.

Guy King

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from bobharvey <robert...@my-deja.com> contains these words:

> I have taken to telephoning the 0800 number on such tins and berating
> them roundly for adding too much sugar to things thad don't need it.
> It's what the number is for, and it costs nothing.

eTcos have finally decided to let you email whinges to them instead of
just phone them. My local is tel...@tescocomments.com

bobharvey

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May 18, 2008, 1:14:52 PM5/18/08
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On 18 May, 16:29, Andrew Marshall <g8...@g8bur.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> The
> smell of cooked cheese is second only to that of baked beans in
> molishing me to want to ibzvg.

I have been known to projectile vomit after eating baked beans, and
always insiste on food without them in roadside halts. I have been
accused of lying by two staff members in such places, as beans
obviously cannot have that effect.

Austin Shackles

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May 18, 2008, 2:12:56 PM5/18/08
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On or around Sun, 18 May 2008 10:14:52 -0700 (PDT), bobharvey
<robert...@my-deja.com> enlightened us thusly:

apart from the inconvenience and discomfort, I'd have been tempted to
demonstrate...

JonG

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May 18, 2008, 3:31:48 PM5/18/08
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Hoss Piddle wrote:

> My research shows there is an interesting occurance of of "Ooh, my
> soul" in 1973. I refer you to
> http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/devilsrejects/rockon.htm
> for further information.

Two occurences:

http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/d/deeppurple1102/strangekindofawoman50200.html

--
JonG
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent
Salvor Hardin, Mayor of Terminus.

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bobharvey

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May 18, 2008, 4:18:41 PM5/18/08
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On 18 May, 19:12, Austin Shackles
<austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESU...@ddol-las.net> wrote:

> >I have been known to projectile vomit after eating baked beans, and
> >always insiste on food without them in roadside halts. I have been
> >accused of lying by two staff members in such places, as beans
> >obviously cannot have that effect.
>
> apart from the inconvenience and discomfort, I'd have been tempted to
> demonstrate...

I was tempted...

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Andrew Marshall

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bobharvey <robert...@my-deja.com> writes

>On 18 May, 16:29, Andrew Marshall <g8...@g8bur.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> The
>> smell of cooked cheese is second only to that of baked beans in
>> molishing me to want to ibzvg.
>
>I have been known to projectile vomit after eating baked beans, and
>always insiste on food without them in roadside halts.

Ick. When I stay at a B+B I always make it clear that I don't want baked
beans, and the hosts have always left them off my plate. Quite a few
places don't serve them anyway, which suits me very well, as I don't
have to suffer the horrible smell wafting around the breakfast room from
others' plates.

> I have been
>accused of lying by two staff members in such places, as beans
>obviously cannot have that effect.

Oh dear. They're obviously in the wrong wbo(f) innit. Haven't they been
headhunted by food allergy and intolerance rkcregf yet?

Richard Robinson

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May 18, 2008, 8:19:47 PM5/18/08
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Lizz Holmans said:
>
> You've never tried it. It jbexf, but only in the deep south of the
> USofA. It's no wbo for amateurs.

Ah. People get cnvq to live there ?

Lizz Holmans

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May 18, 2008, 10:32:42 PM5/18/08
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On 19 May 2008 00:19:47 GMT, Richard Robinson <rich...@privacy.net>
wrote:

>Lizz Holmans said:
>>
>> You've never tried it. It jbexf, but only in the deep south of the
>> USofA. It's no wbo for amateurs.
>
>Ah. People get cnvq to live there ?

I wish I was there right now. Fried catfish and hushpuppies, green
beans cooked slowly with bacon rind, fresh corn on the cob, 5 cup
salad, coconut cream pie and peach cobbler with home-made ice
cream...a meal that contains all necessary food groups: grease, salt,
sugar, and miniature marshmallows. Heaven on earth, with mosquitoes
big enough to stand flat-footed and ohttre a tom turkey.

LizzH.
--

Well, it certainly may be necessary that a woman should shoot a man-- especially in Oregon. Anthony Trollope, _The Way We Live Now

Richard Robinson

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May 19, 2008, 4:36:44 AM5/19/08
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Lizz Holmans said:
> On 19 May 2008 00:19:47 GMT, Richard Robinson <rich...@privacy.net>
>>Lizz Holmans said:
>>>
>>> You've never tried it. It jbexf, but only in the deep south of the
>>> USofA. It's no wbo for amateurs.
>>
>>Ah. People get cnvq to live there ?
>
> I wish I was there right now. Fried catfish and hushpuppies, green
> beans cooked slowly with bacon rind, fresh corn on the cob, 5 cup
> salad, coconut cream pie and peach cobbler with home-made ice
> cream...a meal that contains all necessary food groups: grease, salt,
> sugar, and miniature marshmallows. Heaven on earth, with mosquitoes
> big enough to stand flat-footed and ohttre a tom turkey.

The little-discussed fifth food-group.

Carol Hague

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May 19, 2008, 8:56:23 AM5/19/08
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Richard Robinson <rich...@privacy.net> wrote:

> Lizz Holmans said:

> > I wish I was there right now. Fried catfish and hushpuppies,

'Tis a sad thing when peeps are reduced to eating shoes, thobut...

--
Carol
"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put
that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is
cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_

Austin Shackles

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May 19, 2008, 9:01:53 AM5/19/08
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On or around Mon, 19 May 2008 03:32:42 +0100, Lizz Holmans
<di...@jackalope.demon.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>I wish I was there right now. Fried catfish and hushpuppies, green
>beans cooked slowly with bacon rind, fresh corn on the cob, 5 cup
>salad, coconut cream pie and peach cobbler with home-made ice
>cream...a meal that contains all necessary food groups: grease, salt,
>sugar, and miniature marshmallows.

But what about burnt crunchy bits?

Guy King

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The message <2dp1349n36apjp0ge...@4ax.com>
from Lizz Holmans <di...@jackalope.demon.co.uk> contains these words:

> Fried catfish and hushpuppies,

Solefood?

Andy Burns

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May 19, 2008, 9:10:39 AM5/19/08
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On 19/05/2008 13:56, Carol Hague wrote:

> 'Tis a sad thing when peeps are reduced to eating shoes, thobut...

There was a piccy on the Tegrelarf today, showing a woman molishing
"biscuits" the ingredients being pynl, fnyg naq irtrgnoyr bvy, left to
dry in the sun.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,547198,00.html

Andrew Marshall

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May 19, 2008, 9:19:46 AM5/19/08
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In message <1ih6wyi.1shrxm6gjpgv8N%ca...@wrhpv.com>, Carol Hague
<ca...@wrhpv.com> writes

>Richard Robinson <rich...@privacy.net> wrote:
>> Lizz Holmans said:

>> > I wish I was there right now. Fried catfish and hushpuppies,

>'Tis a sad thing when peeps are reduced to eating shoes, thobut...

Aye, that's wot I gooved TAAW...

<gwgl>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hushpuppy

Hmmm - a sort of bhajee, sometimes with sweetcorn, On!on and peppers
therein; sounds quite pleasant. Megoovs I might like to gel them with
barbecued (Cajun?)-marinated chook, or praps a steak. I'd arrq to ohl a
deep fryer, thobut.

Lizz Holmans

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May 19, 2008, 9:29:55 AM5/19/08
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On Mon, 19 May 2008 14:01:53 +0100, Austin Shackles
<austinDITCHTHIS...@ddol-las.net> wrote:

>On or around Mon, 19 May 2008 03:32:42 +0100, Lizz Holmans
><di...@jackalope.demon.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>I wish I was there right now. Fried catfish and hushpuppies, green
>>beans cooked slowly with bacon rind, fresh corn on the cob, 5 cup
>>salad, coconut cream pie and peach cobbler with home-made ice
>>cream...a meal that contains all necessary food groups: grease, salt,
>>sugar, and miniature marshmallows.
>
>But what about burnt crunchy bits?

Those, too. How did that slip my mind?

Carol Hague

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May 19, 2008, 9:59:47 AM5/19/08
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Andrew Marshall <g8...@g8bur.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hushpuppy
>
> Hmmm - a sort of bhajee, sometimes with sweetcorn, On!on and peppers
> therein; sounds quite pleasant.

I concur.

>Megoovs I might like to gel them with
> barbecued (Cajun?)-marinated chook, or praps a steak. I'd arrq to ohl a
> deep fryer, thobut.

A wok will do, iffen the things you want to deep-fry aren't too big.
Damn sight easier to clean, TAAW.

I know chip-pan type doobries are risky, but I deep-fry stuff so rarely
that ohlvat a fryer hardly seems worth it - the oil would go off between
uses forra start.

Andrew Marshall

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May 19, 2008, 10:24:15 AM5/19/08
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In message <1ih6zyu.1yafhg21t206vqN%ca...@wrhpv.com>, Carol Hague
<ca...@wrhpv.com> writes
>Andrew Marshall <g8...@g8bur.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hushpuppy

>> Hmmm - a sort of bhajee, sometimes with sweetcorn, On!on and peppers
>> therein; sounds quite pleasant.

>I concur.

I like the Indian type, as long as they're not over-laced with chili
(which most of them are, sadly), so the probably-milder Southern-US kind
sound as if they'd be nearer to my taste.

>>Megoovs I might like to gel them with
>> barbecued (Cajun?)-marinated chook, or praps a steak. I'd arrq to ohl a
>> deep fryer, thobut.

>A wok will do, iffen the things you want to deep-fry aren't too big.
>Damn sight easier to clean, TAAW.

I just hfr a big frying-pan when I stir-fry things - I've never obgured
to ohl a wok, as the results come out fine from the pan. Small
hushpuppies might fry OK in shallowish oil in the pan, mayhap.

>I know chip-pan type doobries are risky, but I deep-fry stuff so rarely
>that ohlvat a fryer hardly seems worth it - the oil would go off between
>uses forra start.

I don't deep-fry at all at home, and wouldn't have an abezny deep-fat
fryer for safety reasons. I wouldn't hfr a deep-frying chamine often
enough to justify the pbfg (both of the chamine itself and of the oil -
which seems to have doubled in cevpr over the last dozen fortnights or
so).

Guy King

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May 19, 2008, 11:20:09 AM5/19/08
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The message <KmQO6BDP...@g8bur.demon.co.uk>
from Andrew Marshall <g8...@g8bur.demon.co.uk> contains these words:

> I like the Indian type, as long as they're not over-laced with chili
> (which most of them are, sadly), so the probably-milder Southern-US kind
> sound as if they'd be nearer to my taste.

Inky's a slave to onion bhajees.

Richard Robinson

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May 19, 2008, 11:46:12 AM5/19/08
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Guy King said:
> from Andrew Marshall <g8...@g8bur.demon.co.uk> contains these words:
>
>> I like the Indian type, as long as they're not over-laced with chili
>> (which most of them are, sadly), so the probably-milder Southern-US kind
>> sound as if they'd be nearer to my taste.
>
> Inky's a slave to onion bhajees.

Good lard. How much did they cnl for him ?

Lister

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May 19, 2008, 11:46:51 AM5/19/08
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On Mon, 19 May 2008 14:59:47 +0100, ca...@wrhpv.com (Carol Hague)
wrote:

>Andrew Marshall <g8...@g8bur.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hushpuppy
>>
>> Hmmm - a sort of bhajee, sometimes with sweetcorn, On!on and peppers
>> therein; sounds quite pleasant.
>
>I concur.
>
>>Megoovs I might like to gel them with
>> barbecued (Cajun?)-marinated chook, or praps a steak. I'd arrq to ohl a
>> deep fryer, thobut.
>
>A wok will do, iffen the things you want to deep-fry aren't too big.
>Damn sight easier to clean, TAAW.


A wok in the park?

Andy Burns

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May 19, 2008, 12:06:57 PM5/19/08
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On 19/05/2008 16:46, Lister wrote:

> A wok in the park?

You're going to regret clicking this ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wJMAg6jc1s

bobharvey

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May 19, 2008, 12:39:31 PM5/19/08
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No I'm not. I closed the tab in less than one second.

Guy King

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May 19, 2008, 12:58:31 PM5/19/08
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The message <4831a0c4$0$658$bed6...@news.gradwell.net>
from Richard Robinson <rich...@privacy.net> contains these words:

> > Inky's a slave to onion bhajees.

> Good lard. How much did they cnl for him ?

Several veggie samosas.

Lister

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May 19, 2008, 1:09:52 PM5/19/08
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Nah, means nothing to me, mate :)

coj

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May 19, 2008, 1:18:49 PM5/19/08
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Lister wrote:

> A wok in the park?

Wok like an Egyptian
Wok on by
Wok it, man
You'll never wok alone

[that's enough woks - Ed]


--
coj

"But it's nothing to worry about; it's all part of growing up and being
British."

Andrew Marshall

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May 19, 2008, 1:24:28 PM5/19/08
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In message <3130303034323...@zetnet.co.uk>, Guy King
<guy....@zetnet.co.uk> writes

>The message <KmQO6BDP...@g8bur.demon.co.uk>
>from Andrew Marshall <g8...@g8bur.demon.co.uk> contains these words:
>> I like the Indian type, as long as they're not over-laced with chili
>> (which most of them are, sadly), so the probably-milder Southern-US kind
>> sound as if they'd be nearer to my taste.

>Inky's a slave to onion bhajees.

If I could find milder ones in the nearby shops, they'd be a favourite
snack of mine; however, I have found two sources of excellent vegetable
samosas. My favourites come from a small delicatessen in Hertford, and
the runners-up (equal in quality, but sometimes a bit too hot for my
liking) I get at the monthly "farmers' market" in Woolmer Green.

Melanie Rimmer

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May 19, 2008, 3:51:13 PM5/19/08
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coj wrote:
> Lister wrote:
>
>> A wok in the park?
>
> Wok like an Egyptian
> Wok on by
> Wok it, man
> You'll never wok alone
>
> [that's enough woks - Ed]
>
>
Paul Simon's I Am A Wok

®óñ© © ²°¹°-°²

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On Mon, 19 May 2008 16:46:51 +0100, Lister <fa...@SPAMclara.net> wrote
and included this (or some of this):

A wok on the wild side?


--
®óñ© © ²°¹°-°²

Guy King

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May 19, 2008, 4:40:14 PM5/19/08
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The message <fqn3345ivenkb1foe...@4ax.com>
from ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°² <r...@spamall.com> contains these words:

> >A wok in the park?

> A wok on the wild side?

A wok in the Black Forest.

Caught between a wok and a fireplace.

Wokking all over the world.

Wokking back to happiness.

Richard Robinson

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May 19, 2008, 4:45:27 PM5/19/08
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Guy King said:
> from ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°² <r...@spamall.com> contains these words:
>
>> >A wok in the park?
>
>> A wok on the wild side?
>
> A wok in the Black Forest.
>
> Caught between a wok and a fireplace.
>
> Wokking all over the world.
>
> Wokking back to happiness.

Wokking backwards across the Irish Sea.

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Richard Robinson

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®óñ© © ²°¹°-°² said:
>>On Mon, 19 May 2008 14:59:47 +0100, ca...@wrhpv.com (Carol Hague)
>>>Andrew Marshall <g8...@g8bur.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>A wok will do, iffen the things you want to deep-fry aren't too big.
>>>Damn sight easier to clean, TAAW.
>>
>>A wok in the park?
>
> A wok on the wild side?

One o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, Wok !

Esra Sdrawkcab

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May 19, 2008, 5:10:55 PM5/19/08
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It's the obligatory disco blouh blouh! prior to the chorus that really
dates it.

Esra Sdrawkcab

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May 19, 2008, 5:11:46 PM5/19/08
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coj wrote:
> Lister wrote:
>
>> A wok in the park?
>
> Wok like an Egyptian
> Wok on by
> Wok it, man
> You'll never wok alone
>
> [that's enough woks - Ed]
>
>
How did you miss "wok like a man"?

Andy Burns

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May 19, 2008, 5:32:48 PM5/19/08
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On 19/05/2008 22:10, Esra Sdrawkcab wrote:

> It's the obligatory disco blouh blouh! prior to the chorus that really
> dates it.

I'll see your blouh blouh, and raise you a puh-puh-pew-pew-pewww
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIFWXXaEEjY


coj

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May 19, 2008, 5:41:49 PM5/19/08
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Wok's ett.
Wok around the clock.
I ain't gonna Wok on Maggie's farm no more.

David Reid

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May 19, 2008, 12:41:35 PM5/19/08
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Lizz Holmans's best pigeon dodged hawks and farmers' guns to bring me
the following:
>On Sat, 17 May 2008 16:23:57 +0100, Znep
><E-0C0013...@cleopatra.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Judging from the taste of things like KFC, they put sugar on meat as well.
>
>KFC bears as much resemblance to real southern cooking as tennis does
>to atomic bombs.
>
>And the Indians and Chinese and Thais and other such Asian cuisines
>use sugar on meat more than anyone else, I think--I had a korma once
>that was so cloying even I couldn't eat it.
>
IM(limited)E Chinese restaurants in this country use far more sugar and
far less chilli than Chinese restaurants in China.

--
David Reid Da...@disarray.org.uk http://www.disarray.org.uk

The first commandment shall be: You shall have no packet cheese cake.
Kay Dekker.

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Lizz Holmans

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On Mon, 19 May 2008 17:41:35 +0100, David Reid <da...@disarray.org.uk>
wrote:


>IM(limited)E Chinese restaurants in this country use far more sugar and
>far less chilli than Chinese restaurants in China.

Wouldn't surprise me in the least. I have enough trouble duplicating
Americania recipes Over Here--wrong ingredients.

I don't do chiles of any sort, which limits my choices, but I can live
with it.

Graeme Dods

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May 19, 2008, 9:00:47 PM5/19/08
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David Reid <da...@disarray.org.uk> wrote in news:BJLbBQL
$2aMI...@disarray.org.uk:

> IM(limited)E Chinese restaurants in this country use far more sugar and
> far less chilli than Chinese restaurants in China.

And far fewer things that stare up at you from the plate. Mind you, it was
the things which *didn't* stare which I wasn't too keen on. The sea
cucumber I took one bite of and chalked it up to experience. Probably just
as well, they're bottom grazers and tend to go through a fair amount of
toxic muck in the area they're harvested from apparently.

--
Graeme

Esra Sdrawkcab

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May 20, 2008, 2:24:08 AM5/20/08
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Enough! Please give generously to the "I hate the 80's" campaign.

Help us forget about Wham, Duran, Spandau, Toto (that excruciating
guitar^w synth break!) and the Korgis. Please remember and speak kindly
to those who twitch and wince at the first 2 notes of Tainted Love, or
were forced to listen to the Birdie Song in an attempt to get a leg over.

(Oops, did I say too much?)

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Dave Larrington

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May 20, 2008, 3:45:48 AM5/20/08
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In news:69dr43F...@mid.individual.net,
coj <c_o_jo...@hotmail.com> tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us:

> Lister wrote:
>
>> A wok in the park?
>
> Wok like an Egyptian
> Wok on by
> Wok it, man
> You'll never wok alone
>
> [that's enough woks - Ed]

Evil Woks
Wok All Over You
Cok O' The Wok
Wok Away
Quiet Toks And Summer Woks
Wokking With Thee
Wok Idiot Wok
Walter's Wok
Wok, Don't Pun
Take Up They Stethoscope And Wok
Wokkin' On The Sidewoks
Statue With A Wokman[4:30]
I Wokked With A Zombie
Jesus Wokking On The Water

[that's /definitely/ enough woks - Ed]

4:30 - Ken Hom, I presume

--
Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
All your call centre are belong to us.


Andrew Marshall

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May 20, 2008, 3:51:10 AM5/20/08
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In message <5bv434pfco87k7g38...@4ax.com>, Znep
<E-0C0013...@cleopatra.co.uk> writes
>In uk.rec.sheds, (Andrew Marshall) wrote in
><pFp2i3Eo...@g8bur.demon.co.uk>::
(re: baked beans)
>>Quite a few
>>places don't serve them anyway, which suits me very well, as I don't
>>have to suffer the horrible smell wafting around the breakfast room from
>>others' plates.

>It's the smell from elsewhere, somewhat later, that most people dislike.

That too; but with any luck, I won't be near the emitters of same...

Rusty Hinge 2

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May 20, 2008, 3:50:34 AM5/20/08
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The message <3130303034323...@zetnet.co.uk>
from Guy King <guy....@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:

> The message <fqn3345ivenkb1foe...@4ax.com>
> from ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°² <r...@spamall.com> contains these words:

> > >A wok in the park?

> > A wok on the wild side?

> A wok in the Black Forest.

Hooter!

> Caught between a wok and a fireplace.

> Wokking all over the world.

> Wokking back to happiness.

--
Rusty
Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk
Separator in search of a sig

Rusty Hinge 2

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May 20, 2008, 3:42:03 AM5/20/08
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The message <g5$0NWBy5...@g8bur.demon.co.uk>

from Andrew Marshall <g8...@g8bur.demon.co.uk> contains these words:

> Hmmm - a sort of bhajee, sometimes with sweetcorn, On!on and peppers
> therein; sounds quite pleasant. Megoovs I might like to gel them with

> barbecued (Cajun?)-marinated chook, or praps a steak. I'd arrq to ohl a
> deep fryer, thobut.

Got one you can have. A fiend were throwing it out as it were too big
enough for her large fambly, and it's much too big enough for me.

Must hold a galleon of oil, from memory.

I were gooving of hfvat it for heating oil/parum affinis mixture for
de-greasing motorcycle chians, ect, but it's never been hfrq for such.

Rusty Hinge 2

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May 20, 2008, 3:38:16 AM5/20/08
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The message <pFp2i3Eo...@g8bur.demon.co.uk>

from Andrew Marshall <g8...@g8bur.demon.co.uk> contains these words:

> Ick. When I stay at a B+B I always make it clear that I don't want baked
> beans, and the hosts have always left them off my plate. Quite a few

> places don't serve them anyway, which suits me very well, as I don't
> have to suffer the horrible smell wafting around the breakfast room from
> others' plates.

I feel the same about eggs. The mere whiff of egg molishes me stomick to
heave.

Rusty Hinge 2

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May 20, 2008, 3:45:47 AM5/20/08
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The message <t58334l2obifgqv70...@4ax.com>
from Lister <fa...@SPAMclara.net> contains these words:

> A wok in the park?

Nah, A Wok in the Black Forest.

Rusty Hinge 2

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May 20, 2008, 3:51:02 AM5/20/08
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The message <4831e75a$0$661$bed6...@news.gradwell.net>
from Richard Robinson <rich...@privacy.net> contains these words:

> One o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, Wok !

Re-hooter!

Rusty Hinge 2

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May 20, 2008, 3:46:22 AM5/20/08
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The message <odOdnSoc_Js-OKzV...@posted.plusnet>
from Andy Burns <usenet.a...@adslpipe.co.uk> contains these words:

> On 19/05/2008 16:46, Lister wrote:

> > A wok in the park?

> You're going to regret clicking this ...
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wJMAg6jc1s

No I'm not...

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