Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)’s Comments (group member since Sep 20, 2013)

Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)’s comments from the Net Work Book Club group.

I like following Austen's example and being so polite it's insulting!! Besides, since you are being polite there's nothing the other person can take hold of.

Patti, the next time you have a bad day, or indeed today --just chant "Non Iligitimi Vencerat" which means, I believe, "Don't Let the Sons out of Wedlock Win."

You're in my pocket, lovey. I just made a very important break with a toxic relationship so I understand.

We had a lady who snapped in my hometown. Her husband was a drunk whose idea of a good time was coming home off his face and giving his wife a good hiding. One morning she did indeed snap; got out the double-gauge and shot him where he lay sleeping it off. Then she made breakfast, ate it, washed the dishes and called the cops to tell them, "I've shot my husband and I think someone ought to come out."

When they did they realised the man had been dead for a couple of hours. They asked her why and she explained that she had eaten breakfast. When they (very gently) asked why she had waited to do that before she called, she replied, "Well, afterward there wouldn't be time."

Everyone in town knew what she'd gone through for about ten years; general consensus was they wondered how she'd waited so long!! Or as my dad's generation would put it, "He needed killin'."

Oh that's purrrfect!

Wanna hear a cat joke? I'm just kitten.

Thank you MrB. I needed that! ;) Been going through some stuff here, and it's good to know I'm not alone. I get so tired of people contradicting me every time I open my mouth--and then from what they say, you know they didn't hear what you really said; they turned off their ears half way through and just started talking.

That and making their dietary choices a sort of religion (all the while mocking anyone with any religious/spiritual principles beyond Buddhism or maybe Hinduism). What really got me was them ranting on about how beekeepers "abuse" their bees. They don't know anything about beekeeping, obviously. You abuse the bees, they leave you.

I hear you. I was never vegan, just experimenting with vegetarianism. Several of the hardline vegans on VW later admitted that they had eating disorders. It's more socially acceptable to say "I won't eat that due to my principles" than to say "I have trouble eating anything at all." I too got tired of people who got angry at working lunches etc not revolving around what they were or were not willing to put in their mouths. It's all about me, right?

Patriciaenola wrote: "Oh Aye !!! I was so off topic - but there was my Mother's cooking that was no joke either -b oops must be more careful next time"

Sorry, my mistake, this is "Words/Phrases We Hate." I stand (or rather sit) corrected.

Chemicals, mostly. That's why I still do my own cooking. DH feeds on far too many cold cuts, which is one reason I got interested in Indian, Korean and Japanese cooking. Sadly the East is following the West into junk food though.

And that's no joke. Anybody got one?

I ran into it online about 10 yrs ago, on a vegan website called Vegweb, which is sadly defunct. The recipes are still there, but no chat because the spambots took over.

Frankenfood. The French tried crossing an apple with a tomato, calling it "Red Love"--you cut it open and the flesh is red--but people didn't like it.

Gross meal, MrB. Trust me.

It's like those bags of salad greens, with the big old "Gluten Free" symbol on them. Or fruit juice with the same symbol. Gluten free? I should hope apple juice is gluten free!!

You need to be hard-shelled to make it in comedy!

Bought a can of shucked clams the other day, and we ate it at lunch. I always read labels. On this one it said: "WARNING! May contain fish or seafood!"

Do tell. Who'da thunk it?

Of course. And I know you have the brains not to blame Him for those who claim to work for Him! I too have known quite a few who give Him very bad press, to the place where I myself have said, "If that's a Christian, I don't want to be one!"

Patriciaenola wrote: "Ori - you could blame it on the weather or perhaps suspect a Spiritual attack Religious people seem to fear HELL but another person may practice Spirituality because they have been there already an..."


I don't fear Hell, since I'm with Jesus Christ Fire and Extended Life!

Today's been weird too. Gosh I hope the p*lt*rg**st doesn't show up again. I had enough in 1991, I won't even write it down just in case.