tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post9211228195256670077..comments2023-11-05T09:33:34.696+00:00Comments on The 'Spill: Missus, will ya, make me tea?Blimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-57537501540293284062009-06-14T08:53:12.534+01:002009-06-14T08:53:12.534+01:00Someone told me this weekend that there is a world...Someone told me this weekend that there is a worldwide tea shortage.tincanmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200557175717172969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-86295915454980581742009-06-11T06:42:49.628+01:002009-06-11T06:42:49.628+01:00Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Teas - from the &qu...Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Teas - from the "Brewing Up With" album, I think.Shoegazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09828201930225840725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-33221591792539966662009-06-10T16:07:47.245+01:002009-06-10T16:07:47.245+01:00I pity the fool who can't spot the tea link in...I pity the fool who can't spot the tea link in this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEqYzh4nav0" rel="nofollow">music video</a>tincanmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200557175717172969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-61375542128976610022009-06-10T15:19:27.133+01:002009-06-10T15:19:27.133+01:00How about some artists/bands?
Tea Rex
Ice Tea
...How about some artists/bands?<br /><br />Tea Rex<br />Ice Tea<br /> <br />.....follows DarceysDad to that distant door...<br /> <br />[sound of distant door closing quietly again]TonNLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737734222364570646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-48643961818438879422009-06-10T14:43:14.452+01:002009-06-10T14:43:14.452+01:00Aren't you supposed to clang the door shut whe...Aren't you supposed to clang the door shut when you have a tantrum? You're not very good at this, are you? I have a young un here could give you lessons.tincanmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200557175717172969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-34033121359424916482009-06-10T10:01:23.298+01:002009-06-10T10:01:23.298+01:00Thanks, Ed, I hadn't seen that.
I'm actu...Thanks, Ed, I hadn't seen that.<br /> <br />I'm actually grumpy about DBT this week, because I don't have ANY chance of getting to see Jason Isbell in Manchester this Sunday.<br /> <br />:o(<br /> <br />And I see that being a coffee-lover/tea-hater makes me as much a social pariah as if I'd owned up to being a necrophiliac, kitten-drowning, CelineDion-loving BNP member!!<br /> <br />I know when I'm not wanted . . . <br /> <br />[sound of distant door closing quietly]DarceysDadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-1723344063726266652009-06-10T08:29:45.323+01:002009-06-10T08:29:45.323+01:00Audioweb or Sizzla: Char LoveAudioweb or Sizzla: <i>Char Love</i>Abahachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06007129278000634520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-38533097300169768532009-06-10T00:14:21.334+01:002009-06-10T00:14:21.334+01:00Hey Dsd, in case you hadn't seen:
http://www.r...Hey Dsd, in case you hadn't seen:<br />http://www.rollogrady.com/drive-by-truckers-the-fine-print-september-1st/ejaydeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375968795284771538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-73948270615045946672009-06-09T21:45:00.208+01:002009-06-09T21:45:00.208+01:00@ blimpy - Sorted For Teas & Wizz!!! - you win...@ blimpy - Sorted For Teas & Wizz!!! - you win!!!!!ToffeeBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610938852113922395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-78905550248495870652009-06-09T21:35:01.961+01:002009-06-09T21:35:01.961+01:00"Back To Black" - Amy Teahouse
"1,..."Back To Black" - Amy Teahouse<br /><br />"1,2,3,4 (Sugars)" - Feist<br /><br />"Sorted For Teas & Wizz" - Pulp <br /><br />"Tealeafs of the World Unite" - The SmithsBlimpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-73310599406280132672009-06-09T21:19:37.202+01:002009-06-09T21:19:37.202+01:00Oooh, tfd, that's a good one:
Twining For Gol...Oooh, tfd, that's a good one:<br /><br />Twining For Gold - The Cowboy JunkiesToffeeBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610938852113922395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-29220174987677975712009-06-09T21:17:42.615+01:002009-06-09T21:17:42.615+01:00@ tincanman - The S*n's popular - doesn't ...@ tincanman - The S*n's popular - doesn't mean we have to read it.<br /><br />Duke Of Earl Gray - Gene Chandler<br />Darjeeling-hurst Nights - The Go-Betweens<br />China Girl - by gremlinfc's favourite<br />Anything by Herbal Alpert<br /><br />How am I doing?ToffeeBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610938852113922395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-84716948236423332162009-06-09T21:15:10.002+01:002009-06-09T21:15:10.002+01:00@shane - the happy song mentions tea and fife - wh...@shane - the happy song mentions tea and fife - which is where, more often than not, i drink my tea. <br /><br /><br />Anyone here not like tea <i>or</i> coffee?Blimpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-48114257984874465532009-06-09T21:14:56.029+01:002009-06-09T21:14:56.029+01:00In Cold Feet Richard Thompson finds tea causing so...In <i>Cold Feet</i> Richard Thompson finds tea causing social disaster:<br /><br />You took me home to tell your dad<br />That you were the best girl I’ve ever had<br />I stayed for dinner, I couldn’t refuse<br />I spilled the tea and I ate the news...<br /><br />Whereas in <i>Java Jive</i> - best of both worlds:<br /><br />I love coffee, I love tea<br />I love the java jive and it loves me.<br />Coffee and tea and the jivin' and me<br />A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup.<br /><br />Like Chris, I drink coffee in the morning and tea in the afternoon. What's more, while I like my coffee strong and black, I'll just show the teabag to the boiling water. My favourite tea is Twining's green tea with orange and lotus flower.treefrogdemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08668655760960757921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-61920868311443925292009-06-09T20:37:51.381+01:002009-06-09T20:37:51.381+01:00I've enjoyed the tea topic more than towns as ...I've enjoyed the tea topic more than towns as well ToffeeBoy, but the towns one has certainly been quite popular.<br />Could we not have the best of both worlds and ... guess you know what's coming?<br />Teaside<br />Cuppertino<br />um<br />er<br />ah<br />But then you'd need a song about a 'tea' place.... how 'bout we just forget I logged in.tincanmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200557175717172969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-14208232107052087202009-06-09T20:02:20.008+01:002009-06-09T20:02:20.008+01:00Oops - hadn't quite finished that - didn't...Oops - hadn't quite finished that - didn't mean to post so soon.<br /><br />I wanted to finish by suggesting that we all raise a cup of the finest English to Messrs Pyle and Sinclair - surely the kings of the tea-related song.ToffeeBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610938852113922395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-85298530181879123212009-06-09T20:00:50.112+01:002009-06-09T20:00:50.112+01:00@ Japanther - can I join your anti-Coffee Society ...@ Japanther - can I join your anti-Coffee Society - I can't stand the stuff. I'm not actually a big tea lover either - just the occasional cup of English Breakfast for social purposes but that's about it.<br /><br />Songs about Tea - you see, blimpy, this is why you should be the RR guru - I mean Towns v. Tea - no choice.<br /><br />The Fortunes - Storm In A Teacup<br />Belle & Sebastian - For The Price Of A Cup Of Tea<br />The Proclaimers - Lulu Selling Tea<br />Shack - Cup Of Tea<br /><br />As I'm sure we all remember from the Land Of Grey And Pink 'incident', our heroes went to sea drinking tea and after leaving Caravan and forming Hatfield & The North, the genius that is Richard Sinclair along with Hatfield's drummer and lyricist Pip Pyle continued their interest in tea.<br /><br />In <i>Licks For The Ladies</i> we discover the following, somewhat disturbing confessional courtesy of Mr Pyle:<br /><br /><i>I'd feel better, somewhat wetter, drinking tea in the sea,<br />and dream of you - and your nice black knickers...</i> [really? Ed]<br /><br />Then in <i>Big Jobs No, 2 (Poo & The Wee Wees)</i> [I'm really not making this up) we hear a tribute to a seriously under acknowledged section of society:<br /><br /><i>Now through the medium of the Manor Mobile,<br />I would like to sing this song in the Hatfield style,<br />And thank all the mothers who made cups of tea -<br />if they hadn't cared for us, we wouldn't be here<br />to sing our songs and entertain<br />Plug us in and turn on the mains!<br /><br />We have to leave here tonight,<br />I hope that it will sound all right<br />But we're trying hard to make it sound nice,<br />and hope that the music turns you on<br />while you're drinking your tea<br />Do have a laugh certainly.</i><br /><br />You see, it's important stuff, tea.<br /><br />In the wonderful <i>Fitter Stoke Has A Bath</i> there's yet another tea-related reference:<br /><br /><i>But just the same<br />I'm happy just to sit around at home<br />with Pamela making cups of tea and washing clothes<br />Now anyone could easily see<br />I'm basically a cretin</i><br /><br />Finally, in <i>Let's Eat (Real Soon)</i> Pip's at it again:<br /><br /><i>I'm vitamin-enriched<br />What's more, I'm absolutely wholesome!<br />No artificial processing or anything so loathsome!<br />You'll fancy me at lunch, not to mention tea<br />I'm easily digested naturally!</i><br /><br />OK, this is the meal not the drinkToffeeBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610938852113922395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-36263448774560139832009-06-09T15:56:18.987+01:002009-06-09T15:56:18.987+01:00I LaughedOutLoud at that one.I LaughedOutLoud at that one.ejaydeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375968795284771538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-81173221637763374702009-06-09T15:55:12.129+01:002009-06-09T15:55:12.129+01:00Sad tale about a North American Indian who sat up ...Sad tale about a North American Indian who sat up late drinking cup after cup of tea. Sometime during the night he drowned in his tea pee.tincanmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200557175717172969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-87796408181244374132009-06-09T15:21:47.567+01:002009-06-09T15:21:47.567+01:00Jasmine's essential with chinese food, I find....Jasmine's essential with chinese food, I find.. Sunrise turns out to be green flavoured with added rose blossoms, sunflower and cornflower blossoms. Now I'm off for a nice cup of Ceylon.nilpferdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818100352162861468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-18788605279025334442009-06-09T14:59:57.451+01:002009-06-09T14:59:57.451+01:00I'm not alone!! I thought I was the only perso...I'm not alone!! I thought I was the only person in the world with such a wanton disregard for the black stuff.<br /><br /> Jasmine is my fave tea for the summer months. From early spring to late autumn there's always a cold carafe of Jasmine-cha in the Japanther fridge!Luke-senseihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238609215530700500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-40504732626408366562009-06-09T14:22:07.448+01:002009-06-09T14:22:07.448+01:00For years, living over here I didn't bother wi...For years, living over here I didn't bother with tea much but I'd drink it when visiting UK. Decent English tea was expensive but I'd usually keep some around and drink it occasionally. And then one day I went into an Indian supermarket in LA and saw these large 5lb plastic bags of 'Export' grade tea, specifically for the expat Indian market, I bought one. Wonderful tea with a unique and distinct taste, in the Typhoo league but ton's better, plus it doesn't have tea leaves as we remember them, it had instead tiny pellets of tea. I've been buying it in bulk now for years and I drink two large cups every day, morning and afternoon.<br />Last week my American wife who's been off coffee for years, she brews her version of chai, mentioned that she'd started making cups of tea, I asked her how she did it and suggested that 11/2 teaspoons of tea per cup was a bit much, she should try about half that. She came back later and said she had and it was absolutely wonderful, a vast improvement. That's what we're here for in the colonies, to educate the natives.<br />Re. coffee, I make very strong, powder grind, French roast in one of those glass plunger thingies, one mug with some sugar. I used to make Turkish coffee as an after dinner treat, VERY strong coffee boiled with a lot of sugar, strain and decant into small cups and onto the surface using a teaspoon to prevent mixing add about 2 tablespoons of very thick whipping cream. You drink the coffee THROUGH the cream, lovely!goneforeignhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05903220453599675348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-6945545235295264622009-06-09T13:45:59.009+01:002009-06-09T13:45:59.009+01:00Finding the right coffee is important as there is ...Finding the right coffee is important as there is such a variation in strength and flavour. You could decide that you don't like tea after having tried Earl Grey, Lapsang, Green, Jasmine, etc etc but you may like builders' tea.<br /><br />I tried many coffees when I first plunged into the world of ground beans until I found my 'baby bear' variety: the Co-op's Fairtrade Italian.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-39952660691716423252009-06-09T13:44:12.409+01:002009-06-09T13:44:12.409+01:00Al Stewart - "I'm Falling"
"Ge...Al Stewart - "I'm Falling"<br /><br />"Get up, put the kettle on, make us some tea <br />I'm falling <br />If we've got some biscuits left, please bring one for me, <br />I'm just falling <br />Spending the whole day in bed <br />Wasting our time <br />In such a gentle way <br />We hardly need to say a word, it's just okay..."AliMundayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03702895287972476882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-15294829845222288852009-06-09T13:39:23.827+01:002009-06-09T13:39:23.827+01:00er.. '(but not for too long)' makes more s...er.. '(but not for too long)' makes more sense.Chrisnoreply@blogger.com