All Brits Eat Food
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Topic: All Brits Eat Food
Posted By: penguindf12
Subject: All Brits Eat Food
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 00:48
| It's true. I've even witnessed it. |
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Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 00:52
| I refuse to accept that. |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 00:56
I have heard their food is unpalatable. If that is the case then why is Reed such a fat bastard?
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Posted By: aqualung28
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 01:08
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I heard the Indian food in Britain is better than the actual British food. ------------- "O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love 'n you should have us all O' you should have us fall" "Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 01:16
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I have heard that McDonalds is fine dining for them. Isn't it great that all the buggers are asleep and we can say whatever we like behind their backs? |
Posted By: aqualung28
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 01:17
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------------- "O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love 'n you should have us all O' you should have us fall" "Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart |
Posted By: aqualung28
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 01:19
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that's too fine. And I don't think this thread will offend anyone as it is only food
------------- "O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love 'n you should have us all O' you should have us fall" "Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart |
Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 03:32
| I am offended. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 04:27
Somone mentioned food...
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 05:55
Heh, sorry, Mr. "I come from the country that invented McDonald's"! |
gdub411 wrote:Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 07:04
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Here, have a mint...
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Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 10:31
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the chip, britians contribution to the culinary arts!
toad in the hole anyone? how about bangers and mash? |
Posted By: aqualung28
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 11:37
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now, I'm not eating British food based on the name ------------- "O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love 'n you should have us all O' you should have us fall" "Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 12:49
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Invented by the Belgians, as it happens!
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 13:11
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Sunday roast! |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 13:15
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Now a rare roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, roast parsnips, roast potatoes, gravy and horseradish sauce is sublime. Probably my next favourite dish to a Brazilian feijoada or vatapa!
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Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 13:19
------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 13:20
Or were you referring to what Americans call "chips" but the British call "crisps"? In that case, crisps were invented in the USA. By the way, the Belgians are very proud to have invented "French fries". Many streets at the weekend in Brussels have a chip seller, and of course it is de rigueur to eat them with moules.
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Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 13:28
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Chip Butties! A better use of potatoes or bread has yet to be found! And 100% British! ------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 13:53
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So, American Cuisine discuss. Try not to mention Italian,Chinese,Thai,French,or Mexican as these aren't actually American! (certainly if you are saying that "Indian" isnt British cuisine So lets hear them............... ------------- 
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)Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 14:15
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Try not to mention ethnic foods in a country that invigorated the cuisine traditions of so many cultures? Probably can't be done. After all, both the pizza and the egg roll are technically American, and at least half of the 'Mexican' entrees we all know and love came to be within the borders of the US. Even the gloriously American Hot Dog is little more than a german sausage, right? My Italian friends love to tell me how relatively seldom marinara is used in traditional Italian cusine, too. What the US did (and maybe still does) best is allow folks access to a variety of cultures, and encourages 'riffing on a theme'. There are entire segments of cuisine that came to be from this dynamic (my favorite, "Southwestern", is the result of Mexico meeting Texas...maybe the only positive result ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 14:43
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The only exotic thing about most of the "International Cuisine" we eat is the name. The vast majority of dishes would not be recognised in their supposedly native country. Besides, only the Vietnamese eat their dogs hot!
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Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 14:58
LOL, of all the animals that could end up in a hot dog, I'm sure dogs are lower on the possibility scale than rats and cockroaches.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi">
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Posted By: aqualung28
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:23
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some guy in california made fortune cookies,not the Chinese,contrary to popular belief. Oh, we also made spam I think
------------- "O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love 'n you should have us all O' you should have us fall" "Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:23
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For some real British food, try some faggots in gravy, followed by some nice spotted dick. To say nothing of deviled kidneys, liver and bacon, stuffed hearts, ox tail soup, black pudding, tripe and cows heels - and you don't want to think about what goes into our sausages. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: aqualung28
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:25
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Faggots in gravy and spotted dick don't sound too appetizing, but they have great names ------------- "O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love 'n you should have us all O' you should have us fall" "Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart |
Posted By: Metropolis
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:26
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And then there's always the traditional scottish deep fried mars bar ------------- We Lost the Skyline............ 
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Posted By: aqualung28
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:30
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now that sounds good! ------------- "O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love 'n you should have us all O' you should have us fall" "Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart |
Posted By: Metropolis
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:33
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It certainly is, no matter how it sounds, it is in fact really tasty
(I've only ever eaten one though, can't bring myself to do it again)
------------- We Lost the Skyline............
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Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:56
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Well as many places as I've traveled.. and I've been around the world a few times... the foods always better at home... and I mean "down South"
Now there was stuff there, you really didn't want to eat.. sort of like Haggis.. if you know what I mean
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 16:17
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Oddly enough, a lot of that Southern US cuisine is similar (in the range of ingredients) to traditional Northern English fare. With the possible exception of chittlins, all are wonderful when prepared by someone who can actually cook, just like Britain's much maligned cuisine. Sadly, most people in the UK but the stuff pre prepared (this also goes for an alarming number of pubs and restaurants) and this is why visitors to the UK often complain about how crap the food is. In most cases they're right. If you're ever in London, visit Porter's restaurant in Covent Garden. They know what the stuff should taste like. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 16:37
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Speaking as a true Brit, I will hear nothing against our cuisine - there is nothing wrong with a good faggot, washed down with a pint of Holden's mild; then for breakfast, bacon, eggs, pork sausages (1% meat, 99% 'unmentionables'), black pudding, (all fried in copious amounts of lard, of course), beans, fried bread (lard, again), fried tomatoes (eeer, lard), mushrooms (......), more beans, tinned tomatoes, toast, and lashings of tea! ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Eddy
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 16:49
| a good faggot? WTF WTF |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 17:55
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Actually Eddy.. a faggott in the UK.. is not unlike chittlins here... its the same animal intestines in a sausage wrap.. with some spices.. and a lot of bread... Otherwise.. its like a hot dog... ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: Rob The Plant
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 18:06
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I can honestly say that I've never seen a British person eat food. ------------- Collaborators will take your soul. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 03:06
Wrong wrong wrong!!!! A faggot is a shaped mass of offal (with usually a high percentage of liver, depending on the region), served with a rich gravy, and preferably mushy peas & chips. Yum! -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 06:27
Amazing fact: The curry is now officially, Britain's national dish ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 08:23
Otherwise.. its a hot dog with gravy and some mushy vegetables.... ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 08:29
I was always quite partial to 'Toad In The Hole' myself.  ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 10:40
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I'm not one to brag, but I make a wicked toad in the hole. My liver and kidney dishes kick some serious bottom as well. As for the Indian food question - it's the most popular restaurant and take away food by a long chalk, but the standards can vary greatly, just as with anything else. I have my local curry delivery service on speed dial. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 11:13
Thank God for that! I thought I was the only one who did that... ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 11:19
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The best Indian food is served in Britain. Its a fact, although someone did mention that it wan't bad in India either, but I'm not buying that at all.. Indian food also seems to be quite popular in Canada. Imagine my delight at discovering a curry house in Hamilton, Ontario. Not a patch on anything this side of the pond, though. Leg meat in my Madras Still, at least they tried... ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 11:34
All 'round Syzygy's house for nosh then? Bring a bottle... Blacksword, you and I will do the meet and greet at the airport for the international guests and arrange for the taxi's. ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Beau Heem
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 11:49
 Just say when and which airport and I'll be there...  Quite an expensive meal, that'd be, but who cares. Cheers -Beau ------------- --No enemy but time-- |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 12:27
For decent toad in the hole & liver and kidneys - it'd be worth it - droooooool -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 12:40
^ Looks like we got ourselves a CONVOY.... ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Beau Heem
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 13:20
A Convoy... what is it? Something edible? Not that I'd really want Kris Kristofersson's facial hair between my teeth... -Beau ------------- --No enemy but time-- |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 13:35
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I thought we were going for the curry on speed dial?? ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: Beau Heem
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 14:03
Well. Maybe we have to stay for a while longer... liver and kidneys for lunch and speed dial curry on the way back to the airport... There is only so much you can eat, but how much is that, actually? -Beau ------------- --No enemy but time-- |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 15:06
You could always get one of those huge Yorkshire puddings, fill it will curry and sausages, then surround the whole thing with kidneys & liver....... God, this meal just keeps getting better! Spotted dick & custard for afters, anyone? -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 00:48
Hey, we do have some great Indian restaurants (Toronto is the most ethnically-diverse city in the world), many of which are run by actual people from India. My wife cooks great Indian, and I do a kick-ass, labour-intensive, blend & grind-all-yer-own -spices vindaloo! Can't judge just by one eatery in "The Mistake on the Lake." (Sorry, Hamiltonians -- enjoying the all the steel mill pollution? ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Rob The Plant
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 00:55
From my experience, the best ethnic food in Toronto has got to be Thai. There's that excellent one just down Yonge, in the Yonge and Eglinton area. Well I suppose there must be many. Apparently they were the first Thai restaurant in TO. Best Indian is the Tajma Hall in Ottawa. Expensive, but it's damn well worth it. The only place I know to get some good Dutch food is a grocer who over charges helluva bad. DamnCheap Dutch! See what I have to go through over here Dutch Comrades! ------------- Collaborators will take your soul. |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 04:43
Oh fantastic! ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 04:47
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My personal favourite Indian takeway was one I saw in Shirley (in Birmingham UK, midlands) called.....wait for it........The Shirley Temple That's the god's honest thruth!! Beaten only by a Kebab shop in North London that was named Kebab-a-daba-doo!! ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 05:05
OK people, the menu: Starter: Nice firm juicy melons Main courses (or entrees if you're dead posh) Faggots in gravy Toad in the hole 8 inches of Cumberland sausage Served with large dumplings and hot stuffing Desserts Spotted dick Ripe plums A selection of tarts Served with big jugs of custard Baps and bloomers will also be available. Your orders please - carry on, proggers! ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 12:15
Scratch the UK meet and greet; everyone over to Peter's house!!  ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 12:16
------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 12:33
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Sushi anyone? Far and away my favorite tastes.... minus the uni. I adore Indian food. Pandori Chicken.... Italian makes me fat, but grease and pasta are so wonderful. Mexican? The hotter the better. It's hard to beat a plate of carnitas and a cold Dos Equis Amber, or three! Polish food? I stayed skinny as a child due to that unfortunate cuisine. English food. Fish and chips are hard to screw up, but everything else is too close to the butcher shop floor for me. |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 12:40
Sushi is wonderful ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 13:17
BYOB! ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 16:23
sigod, you're on! But only if I can hold up the sign, at the airport that says 'Spinal Pap' ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: aqualung28
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 18:49
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^ Wooh! that movie was awesome! ------------- "O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love 'n you should have us all O' you should have us fall" "Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: January 26 2005 at 03:20
There's a great Balti house in Halesowen (UK, West Midlands) called Balti Towers -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: January 26 2005 at 03:26
Just remember, everybody - there is no food in this world that will not benefit from being wrapped in suet pastry! -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 26 2005 at 05:18
And this is why I'm proud to be called a British subject! Food and humour all in one neat package! ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 26 2005 at 05:19
And I've told them a million times to put 'Blacksword' above 'Puppet Show'! ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 26 2005 at 09:46
American also don't have a good reputation for food, heh? |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: January 26 2005 at 09:52
Some eat haggis !!!!!!!!!! 
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 26 2005 at 10:20
| what is that? |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: January 26 2005 at 10:25
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Haggis is some Scottish boiled animal intestin crap
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 26 2005 at 12:04
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^ Mmmmm yummmy!
------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: January 26 2005 at 21:45
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Ahh, I can't wait till I go to England in march... I get to try all the legendary British cuisine Whether that's good or bad, I don't know... ------------- Sun Tsu said: To fight and conquer in your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. Sun Tsu: The art of War |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 26 2005 at 22:06
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My shout! Get this down yer neck, Sigod! Gawd, I'm stuffed to the gills....
Ever heard anything like this before, you lagered-up limey lunkheads? v Vic? It's Garten! 'As 'e been 'round again? No, but he's been phoning me up! I'll bloody kill 'im. Is 'e down the pub? I'll go round there and kill 'im....
Cheerio, chaps! ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
More "chilling ale," anyone? (Greetings! Well-met, fellow -- hail!) 
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: January 27 2005 at 01:54
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: January 27 2005 at 03:11
Which I had for dinner last night with mashed potatoes (mucho butter, milk & black pepper, naturally) & mushy peas! I had to nail the duvet down later, though! -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: January 27 2005 at 03:13
 ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: January 27 2005 at 03:16
I was only phoning him 'cos he was worrying my whippet with his infernal 'white eared elephant' trick! We therefore retired to the snug bar of the 'Duck And Banana' to discuss matters in a civilised, reasoned, and inebriated way. What the bloody hell am I going on about? Peter, you have a lot to answer for........ -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |