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I saw some "Irish Cream" Chocolates the other day. I would have bought some, but they were in a jar on a shelf about 8ft up and I hadn't the heart to ask the rather short sweet shop lady to reach them down for me. I felt very virtuous.Jud wrote: Hope the aspidistra is ok (had to google what it was)
*Sings in broad Rochdale accent* It's the biggest aspidistra in the world! (Gracie Fields, 1938)
Looking at the pictures of it on google I think my mum and dad might have one in their living room. Probably trying to pretend they are posh
Re 'irish cream chocolate.I sometimes put Baileys in the topping on my chocolate cake,it makes it even more indulgent!Now that song will be ringing in my head all day Katie.Lol
I believe the common name for an aspidistra was 'Mother in Law's Tongue'.
Philip (sarah) wrote: "Re 'irish cream chocolate.I sometimes put Baileys in the topping on my chocolate cake,it makes it even more indulgent!Now that song will be ringing in my head all day Katie.Lol
I believe the c..."
Really? I thought it was a Parlour Palm. Never had one, mind you. I think they went out of fashion with antimacassars.
p.s. baileys in a chocolate cake topping sounds divine... Might have to do that next time
I can never keep Bailey's long enough to bake a cake.
Could be wrong Philip,tried to Wiki it but none the wiser,where is Ignite when you need her?Jud and Katie have you tried the Hazelnut variety of Bailey's. Bliss according to Phil.
http://plantemania.files.wordpress.co...Hazelnut Bailey's sounds rather delicious. I must leave some hints around for Christmas!
I've gone through two bottles of Baileys in two weeks. Shocking. I keep buying it to take to our Christmas dinner here but it keeps disappearing!
It certainly looks like my MIL's tongue.OOPS! that was a major mistake,what if she finds this forum when she gets her Kindle?Patti if you grant me a real wish I will buy you a bottle of Bailey's.
I prefer Kahlua or Amarula to Baileys. maybe I've just had too much of it.
Havn't tried those Gingerlily.*makes note*
Adios, Mother in Law!- friend of mine from the Authonomy days wrote this amusing book about her travails with her MIL.
Is it available for Kindle Philip?
Philip (sarah) wrote: "Is it available for Kindle Philip?"I assumed it was, but now I've looked I can't find it! The anthology that she edited Summer Shortsdefinitely is and features (coughs modestly) one of my stories.
Nasty cough that Philip - I think you need some hot Bovril to soothe your throat.
Gingerlily (lovable author) wrote: "Nasty cough that Philip - I think you need some hot Bovril to soothe your throat."It is actually quite nice as a drink. By the way, do you know why you don't have to keep it in the fridge?
I have no idea. But I'm sure you are about to enlighten us.
Gingerlily (lovable author) wrote: "I have no idea. But I'm sure you are about to enlighten us."Ah,you noticed the rhetorical nature of my question
A scientist from the company told me that it was so full of salt, it couldn't "go off if it tried".
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Aspidistra and parlour palms are two different things. Antimaccassas fell into disuse when gentlemen stopped treating their hair with Maccassa.We have a aspidistra in our hall. No, we're not, before you ask.
Philip (sarah) wrote: "It certainly looks like my MIL's tongue.OOPS! that was a major mistake,what if she finds this forum when she gets her Kindle?Patti if you grant me a real wish I will buy you a bottle of Bailey's."
I'll grant any wish in my power for you, Sarah. :)
Geoff (G. Robbins) wrote: "Aspidistra and parlour palms are two different things. Antimaccassas fell into disuse when gentlemen stopped treating their hair with Maccassa.We have a aspidistra in our hall. No, we're not,..."
Ok, I stand corrected. Quite educational this place, isn't it? I think I'll go and stand behind the aspidistra for a bit and hope no-one notices me ;-)
Patti (Totally Bananas) wrote: "Philip (sarah) wrote: "It certainly looks like my MIL's tongue.OOPS! that was a major mistake,what if she finds this forum when she gets her Kindle?Patti if you grant me a real wish I will buy yo..."
Destroy all disrepectful comments I have made re my wonderful mother-in-law.I adore her really.Honest I do.Seriously!
If you want to see why I should wear a Cloak of Invisibility (or certainly should have done in my teenage years), have a look at this post:http://philwhiteland.blogspot.com/201...
Philip (sarah) wrote: "Patti (Totally Bananas) wrote: "Philip (sarah) wrote: "It certainly looks like my MIL's tongue.OOPS! that was a major mistake,what if she finds this forum when she gets her Kindle?Patti if you ..."
Sweetheart, you can remove any comment you've made that you like. Just click the little 'delete' at the bottom right of the comment. It's there next to 'reply'
Tomato sandwiches I love, tomato soup I hate and tomato sauce ugh!Now cheese and marmite sandwiches, oh Yes!
Only Joking Patti.MIL would laugh her head off at my comments,she has a great sense of humour and knows I love her though we can drive one another to distraction.
Pat (Scorpio) wrote: "Tomato sandwiches I love, tomato soup I hate and tomato sauce ugh!Now cheese and marmite sandwiches, oh Yes!"
Now we're talking!
Aspidistra is different from Mother-in-law's Tongue too. That's Sanseveria (although the spelling might be a little awry! I'ts straight out of my head!)
Huh? You're out of your head? I suggest a nice lie-down.
Ignite wrote: "Aspidistra is different from Mother-in-law's Tongue too. That's Sanseveria (although the spelling might be a little awry! I'ts straight out of my head!)"Ignite misspelling? Tell me it isn't so. My brain couldn't take it.
Thanks for enlightening me Ignite.Cup of tea coming up.
Philip wrote: "What really bugs me is if you (by which I mean me) make a relevant comment in a thread, and then the next responses all refer to something that somebody more interesting referred to just before you."That seems to happen to me a lot but when you get to my old age you expect to get ignored
Kay! You've been very quiet recently. Or have I just not seen your posts...?
Hi Gingerlily been keeping quiet just lurking ,thank you for replying to this post lol!!!!
I was using my x-ray vision :)
Patti (Totally Bananas) wrote: "I've gone through two bottles of Baileys in two weeks. Shocking. I keep buying it to take to our Christmas dinner here but it keeps disappearing!"I just put a recipe in the recipe thread for a cheap way to make Bailey's type drink. If you try it out you could make loads and keep tweaking it to your taste....Good excuse.
Kay (Golden Girl) wrote: "Philip wrote: "What really bugs me is if you (by which I mean me) make a relevant comment in a thread, and then the next responses all refer to something that somebody more interesting referred to ..."Oh no you don't (to use a Christmas theme)!
I think I've more or less ceased to exist on Facebook. Nothing I put there engenders any comment at all.
Lorraine ♥ purr purr ♥ wrote: "Aw that's a shame :("Don't sympathise, Lorraine, you'll never get rid of me if you do ;-)
I wasn't aware you were on Facebook, Phil. Why don't you drop a link in your author thread?
You are on my Facebook, but I think the cloak must be working....
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Steady Past Your Granny's (other topics)Summer Shorts (other topics)
Adios, Mother in Law! (other topics)
Not that I am Victorian,have a parlour or am even posh for that matter!HeHe.