tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post997379775861578175..comments2023-11-05T09:33:34.696+00:00Comments on The 'Spill: Questions of the WeekBlimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-87195070335112659732009-07-18T12:08:48.048+01:002009-07-18T12:08:48.048+01:00Carole, I just had to look up 'andouilettes...Carole, I just had to look up 'andouilettes' on Wiki, which led me to red pudding, blood soup and much, much more. Thanks.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00286764670162439668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-83705416375262179162009-07-18T10:07:29.357+01:002009-07-18T10:07:29.357+01:001. What thing would you most hate to be allergic t...1. What thing would you most hate to be allergic to?<br /><br /><b>Alcohol</b>. One of my friends is allergic to alcohol and she hates not being able to join in any more. She used to drink but a few years ago developed this weird allergy to the hard stuff.<br /><br />2. If you were offered a chance to circumnavigate the UK, what would be your chosen mode of transport?<br /><br /><b>A square rigged sailing barque</b>. One of those big late 19th century sailing ships like the one Eric Newby sailed to Australia on in <i>The Last Grain Race</i><br /><br />3. What do you have for breakfast most mornings?<br /><br /><b>Boring cereals</b>. I make up for it by having a naughty breakfast at weekends, usually a bacon sandwich or occasionally the Full English, sometimes croissants.<br /><br />4. Where do you think Blimpey went on his little holiday?<br /><br /><b>A distant galaxy</b><br /><br />5. Sarah Brown refused to eat veal at the G8 summit and sent it back. What do you do when at a dinner party and are served something you hate or disagree with eating? <br /><br /><b>I'd just leave it or if that got noticed say that it was something that I am allergic to.</b> In all honesty, there isn't much I don't eat. Not a huge fan of things involving entrails (chitterlings, andouilettes, tripe etc) but those things are fairly rare dinner party offerings.Carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068889968857575433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-84954594691261608682009-07-18T01:20:39.466+01:002009-07-18T01:20:39.466+01:00Number Nine, Number Nine...Number Nine, Number Nine...goneforeignhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05903220453599675348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-26908529004890134902009-07-17T08:59:54.595+01:002009-07-17T08:59:54.595+01:00I pretty much have my EOTWQs ready, so if someone ...I pretty much have my EOTWQs ready, so if someone would be so kind as to tell me what my queue ticket number is ...DarceysDadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-74927425695494460712009-07-17T07:35:06.637+01:002009-07-17T07:35:06.637+01:001. My son.
2. I'd like to do it all on foot. W...1. My son.<br />2. I'd like to do it all on foot. Walking is a great pleasure for me.<br />3. I'm on a health kick so try to have some protein - but I don't have much time so it's usually a boiled egg with soldiers. Or porridge at the weekend.<br />4.Over the hills and far away?<br />5.I've never been invited to a dinner party, nor am I ever likely to be. But if I was in that situation then I just wouldn't eat it (whatever it was).AliMundayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03702895287972476882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-1302434500500056732009-07-17T03:44:06.407+01:002009-07-17T03:44:06.407+01:001. Sound
2. Would prefer to go inland, if possible...1. Sound<br />2. Would prefer to go inland, if possible.<br />3. Full English, if given half a chance, but mostly an eventual coffee.<br />4. Attempting to reform & sign Toto?<br />5. Marmalade & Eccles cakes. As these are not usually served at most dinner parties, am usually safe from any regretable incidents.Shoeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-46183240928658745382009-07-16T23:20:19.072+01:002009-07-16T23:20:19.072+01:00Blimpy I like:
'4AD3DCD' (This Leaden Pal...Blimpy I like:<br /><br />'4AD3DCD' (This Leaden Pall 1993)<br /><br />What the esteemed Ivo Watts-Russell ever made of the analogy of foundation course students playing “eerie madrigals on the campus egg slicer” to his cathedral of elegiac noise is unrecorded.<br /><br />Sample lyric: "Formed a band and had loads of good songs / like ‘Love Froth Tuesday’, ‘Pancake Candy Shoes’ / Got a good guitarist, but he’s got a sad barnet."<br /><br />SEO Keywords: 4AD Records * Foundation Course * Tony Iommi * David Dundas<br /><br />(Bonus track: One has to acknowledge the genius of the same album’s ‘Running Order Squabble Fest’ which concludes with the perversion of the popular terrace chant to “You’re going on after Crispy Ambulance”).<br /><br /><br />I'm also trying to find as many Hope Sandoval tracks to ipod for the drive down to latitude..<br /><br />Guess what, there's one on the 'SPROUT' ( surf movie) soundtrack.<br /><br />everything is holistic.saneshanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876333195233262885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-90781139132407417092009-07-16T22:55:58.422+01:002009-07-16T22:55:58.422+01:00Sorry, I've sat here and listened to all this ...Sorry, I've sat here and listened to all this talk about sprouts for too long - I have to get something off my chest. Surely you all know that the only good Sprout is a Prefab one ...ToffeeBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610938852113922395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-75276014851090279782009-07-16T22:48:34.634+01:002009-07-16T22:48:34.634+01:00http://thequietus.com/articles/02089-half-man-half...http://thequietus.com/articles/02089-half-man-half-biscuit-seoing-the-hmhb-back-catalogueBlimpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-16422309627155290572009-07-16T22:39:41.955+01:002009-07-16T22:39:41.955+01:00Just to offer my important opinions on some import...Just to offer my important opinions on some important subjects:<br /><br />Sprouts: stir-fried with sesame oil and a little garlic.<br /><br />Porridge: made with full milk, mixed with a variety of dried/fresh fruit (raspberries especially), sprinkled with cinnamon and liberally dowsed in maple syrup. Porridge is my most decadent breakfast.<br /><br />American beer: having held the usual Bud-induced prejudices against the stuff I was bowled over by the range and quality of the microbrews on my trip to Washington state last year. It was my first trip to the USA, and Washington - all independent fair trade coffee shops and organic food co-ops - confounded most expectations.barbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03868299522572895432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-87208893543835059632009-07-16T22:13:03.233+01:002009-07-16T22:13:03.233+01:00Blimpy Mcflah! You go STRAIGHT into the bathroom a...Blimpy Mcflah! You go STRAIGHT into the bathroom and clean the dirt out of those fingernails...<br />and if you think you're getting any of these sprouts, you've got another think coming, my boy..<br />*twists blimpy's ear*nilpferdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818100352162861468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-546588527596516352009-07-16T21:52:28.983+01:002009-07-16T21:52:28.983+01:00Gordon - not me guv, I gunned Brutus like a bastar...Gordon - not me guv, I gunned Brutus like a bastard.<br /><br />Blimpy - get back in the kitchen, the cakes are burning.snadfrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031570810395121782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-79516367065286475562009-07-16T21:52:07.841+01:002009-07-16T21:52:07.841+01:001. Water.
2. Tunnel.
3. Does a cup of tea count?...1. Water.<br /><br />2. Tunnel.<br /><br />3. Does a cup of tea count? <br /><br />4. I went to ALL the places mentioned (via tunnel). <br /><br />5. See if I can sneak it onto my wife's plate.Blimpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-18879339880980303852009-07-16T21:50:20.002+01:002009-07-16T21:50:20.002+01:00@steen - i am here, don't worry about the blog...@steen - i am here, don't worry about the blog being deleted, i followed the links to inform google that we are not robots. Not spam robots anyway.Blimpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-65998671188066825652009-07-16T21:47:22.000+01:002009-07-16T21:47:22.000+01:001. Penicillin or some other medication you might w...1. Penicillin or some other medication you might well need. Oh God - imagine being allergic to Tamiflu! Meejah problem....<br />2. Helicopter. Love to see the coastline in a helly!<br />3. Cup of Yorkshire tea and a biccy.<br />4. Xanadu -u -u.<br />5. If it's friends - just say nowt and leave it untouched. I get irritated so much by the rightious and politivally correct and right on that I probably wouldn't want to make food into an issue. I have a real battle with my own conscience and we have at several points said we'll never eat again.. foie gras. Trouble is, we both love the stuff........https://www.blogger.com/profile/12459690684592261821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-47325218669132776442009-07-16T21:36:54.090+01:002009-07-16T21:36:54.090+01:00I spent two months in USA in 1992. Drank my usual ...I spent two months in USA in 1992. Drank my usual portion of beer and I can honestly say that after that I'll never touch another Bud as long as I live.....well unless, as Abahachi alludes to, it's from Ceske Budjovice. The only decent beers I drank in the US were at a micro brewery in Boston and a bar in San Francisco.<br /><br />Changing subject and going back to Question 2. Driving around the UK is harder than you might think. Back in 1990 I had a week off so I set off on a 'Round Northern Britain' Tour. I headed east from Leeds to Flamborough Head then tried to stick as close to the coast as possible up the east coast, across the north coast and down the west coast.<br />It wasn't that simple.<br />My first night was in Dunbar, then in Aberdeen (Fife was bypassed - sorry Blimpy) then in Helmsdale. The next day it all unravelled. Having gone to John O'Groats and Dunnet Head I gave up the northcoast at Tongue because I realised there was no accommodation so spent that night at Dornoch (back on the East coast!). Next night I was at Fort William after driving up and down a few sea lochs. Finally I got to Clydebank (nr Glasgow) to visit my (extended)family. The final day, after a night out with my cousin Anne, I couldn't be arsed going all the way down to Stranraer and along the Solway Coast so I just headed home down the main roads.<br /><br />All of it done by driving many hours every day with only a few 'sightseeing' stops at places such as Culloden, Glencoe and Lochalsh.<br /><br />In other words, even with a good fast car it's going to take a couple of weeks just to do the northern half (which is probably smaller than the southern half) and in some parts you will have to plan ahead with the accomodation.<br /><br />But just don't, don't think of doing it in anything like a caravan or camper van. Why? BECAUSE EVERYBODY BEHIND YOU ALSO WANTS TO DO THAT JOURNEY BUT THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT THAT SLOWLY!<br /><br />(Sorry, Snadfrod)gordonimmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07968587552406323837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-5024043506260507412009-07-16T21:03:22.357+01:002009-07-16T21:03:22.357+01:00Steady on abahachi, there are limits to protest dr...Steady on abahachi, there are limits to protest drinking...<br /><br />@GF - that sounds really rather pleasant, I could go for that. As for track days, its something I keep considering so maybe i should mention it loudly to my mum pre. christmas...<br /><br />@tfd - "But only as far as Northampton". I love it. Recklessness has its limits, and that limit is, as ever, Northampton.<br /><br />@tracyk - Camper van!! Do it!! He'll love it!!! Get a massive one!!! They rule!!! Trucking forever!!!<br /><br />Sorry.snadfrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031570810395121782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-91572654753899350372009-07-16T20:25:44.717+01:002009-07-16T20:25:44.717+01:00I thought the Procter & Gamble thing was based...I thought the Procter & Gamble thing was based on the moon and stars logo - typical urban legend, rather than deliberate spoiler from a rival. Entirely agree with GF on the US mass-produced beer issue (some of the small artisan breweries seem to be okay, though I've never been bowled over by any of the stuff available over here in the UK) - but the notion that Budweiser is the King of Beers, as opposed to a tasteless rip-off that steals the name of one of the actual great original lagers - well, that <i>is</i> satanic by any reckoning. I'd rather drink Carling, and that's saying something.Abahachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06007129278000634520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-25772152999729206242009-07-16T20:15:58.690+01:002009-07-16T20:15:58.690+01:00Who remembers the rumour that Proctor and Gamble b...Who remembers the rumour that Proctor and Gamble bankrolled Satanism? Apparently started by a bunch of fundamentalist pyramid sellers of a rival soap powder.<br /><br />Or the one about McDonald's hamburgers being made out of worms? <i>Nobody</i> knows who started that one; if it was a rival hamburger chain it backfired, because every chain saw a dip in sales.Tim (Kalyr)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00960811565368970485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-22362005037920789562009-07-16T19:54:38.912+01:002009-07-16T19:54:38.912+01:00May: It shouldn't even be up for discussion, C...May: It shouldn't even be up for discussion, Coors is in about the same league as Millers Lite and Bud Lite and should be boycotted along with them because it's awful!goneforeignhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05903220453599675348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-60353749987969307412009-07-16T19:31:31.672+01:002009-07-16T19:31:31.672+01:00goneforeign: I absolutely agree that Adolph Coors ...goneforeign: I absolutely agree that Adolph Coors is a deeply unpleasant ultra-conservative ideologue and the stuff he does support is probably a lot more powerful and dangerous than the modern-day KKK (which isn't, as far as I'm aware, one of those causes). By "in those days", I was just referring to the belief that the finances of the brewery itself, as opposed to his personal fortune, were bound up with those of the Klan, which (and I may be wrong) isn't now given such wide credence. Of course, the moral Rizla that divides the concepts of "the brewery" and "his personal fortune" doesn't make the thought of knocking back a Coors over dinner any more palatable but, until the nefarious practices of the bosses of every company producing food or drink gets printed on the packets, I wouldn't make a point of refusing that and tucking into, say, the Domino's pro-life pizza it's served with. Though the cheapskate serving takeaway pizza and insipid American beer at a dinner party - <i>that's</i> who'll I'll be boycotting!May1366https://www.blogger.com/profile/16866631487529467391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-74257552276248807512009-07-16T19:05:27.449+01:002009-07-16T19:05:27.449+01:00Ink! No more reading? *cries* That or dairy, which...Ink! No more reading? *cries* That or dairy, which is almost as upsetting.<br /><br />Train would be nice, though I've always wanted to go round the UK in my own leisurely time, so the idea of a camper van is quite alluring. Don't think hubby would do it though.<br /><br />Cup of tea or coffee. Blee, I feel sick most mornings anyway, so the idea of choking food down is a no-no.<br /><br />The home for the terminally confused for a little lie-down and some nice meds?<br /><br />MUSHROOMS! Is someone knows me well enough to invite me to dinner (and believe me, Jon is so anti-social, they won't be coming from his friends), they will have heard my anti-fungi rant before. When I was a veggie (12 frigging years) mushrooms turned up in absobleedinglutely everything. Hence ranting. Shellfish would freak me too, those EYES! Those TENTACLES! Those EXTRA LEGS! Or NONE AT ALL! Bleeeee. Pass me any leftover sprouts though, that bubble and squeak sounds just yumlicious!TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00286764670162439668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-20384535877754045682009-07-16T18:41:59.392+01:002009-07-16T18:41:59.392+01:00snadfrod, I have a lease car from work, which mean...snadfrod, I have a lease car from work, which means I'm insured to drive any other lease car. A few years ago a colleague had a prang, and she was lent a lease car which hadn't yet been returned to the lease company after the driver had got another job.<br /><br />She came bouncing into my office and dropped a key on my desk. "Want a go in the Merc?" she said. (It had belonged to the Director of Nursing.)<br /><br />This was in MK, which is right next to the M1 so I had a bit of a blast. But only as far as Northampton.treefrogdemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08668655760960757921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-39584717002215911692009-07-16T16:59:39.640+01:002009-07-16T16:59:39.640+01:001. All the food things people have mentioned, but ...1. All the food things people have mentioned, but I think it would be hard to be allergic to pollen, too. I would hate to not be able to go outside after a long winter just when things were starting to grow.<br /><br />2. Jet pack<br /><br />3. An apple cut into little pieces with a few spoonfuls of cereal and with milk.<br /><br />4. I don't know but I wish he'd come back because I got an email saying the blog would be taken down in 20 days as a spam threat if we don't undergo a review, and I don't know whether to respond or not, because maybe the email is spam. Blimpy? are you there?<br /><br />5. Usually if somebody knows us well enough to invite us over to dinner they know we're vegetarian. If I was served meat I would just say, I'm sorry, I'm a vegetarian. But I can always make do with salads or veg or bread or whatever else is on hand. I would never ever eat meat though, not even to be polite.<br /><br />Malcolm had to pick a vegetable at the grocery store that he'd never tried before, and he picked brussel sprouts. I braised them. Delicious. There aren't a lot of foods I don't like.steenbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14870117999742670522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-48225606830336698262009-07-16T15:54:56.152+01:002009-07-16T15:54:56.152+01:00Snad: I can relate to your desire to just once, dr...Snad: I can relate to your desire to just once, drive a fast, stable and exciting car, I've always enjoyed it, in fact on Saturday we're driving to LA, about 450 miles, which is something I used to do and enjoy regularly.<br /> A suggestion, give yourself a birthday present, there's racing driving schools at several of the major circuits where you can be taught how to handle a fast car on a racing circuit; they will provide the car which can range all the way up to a fairly hairy racing machine.<br />I remember that there was the Jim Russell school at Snetterton in Norfolk and I think I've read of others also.goneforeignhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05903220453599675348noreply@blogger.com