Newbies query: Emily, tell me:

[Sally, la reina]

Okay! Margaritas for me! Let's toast Heiderson.

[Félix]

I'll drink to Heidi anytime.

[Jim]

Here's to Heiderson, one of the nicest people you will ever meet.

(I actually like the bear face by the way)

[Heidi]

You guys are just trying to buy time out from behind the ficus. It won't work! Although, for the life of me, I can't understand why you'd want to get out of a valid excuse for margarita time.

[Sally, la reina]

::peeks out from behind ficus::


::giggles maniacally::


::burps::

[evie]

Is your television situation the same as in America? That is, do you Australians watch more reality shows or sitcoms?

It's probably much the same . I watch very little television. I don't want to watch medical procedures. I have watched a "filthy house" show accidently .

Do I Floss?

Yes I do and I attend the dentist for regular checks and cleaning.

I use whatever floss mr evie buys at the supermarket. I think flossing is disgusting and a very private function. I certainly don't want to find any used floss floating in the toilet.

[Sally, la reina]

We certainly do not want that.

Can I correctly assume, then that Mr. Evie does the majority of the shopping at your Sydnionaisain abode?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Is that located in the Shire?

[Sally, la reina]

Australia.

[evie]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Is that located in the Shire?"

I live in the eastern suburbs. The shire is south of the city. I haven't watched the reality show of the same name.

I grew up in the shire . I haven't lived there for thirty years but my Mum still lives in the family home.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Oh, you grew up in the Shire? I was actually referring to Tolkien's Shire.

[evie]

:tells Chuck to mind his own business::

[Sally, la reina]

::dials private Chuck line to ask about evie's toenail grooming habits::

[Sally, la reina]

Lee: What do you think about arroyos?


Cynthia: Do you prefer the Trojans or the Indians as a mascot?

[evie]

Can I correctly assume, then that Mr. Evie does the majority of the shopping at your Sydnionaisain abode?

Yes.

[Félix]

Sally said Sydnionaisain.

[Phil]

Shouldn't that be Sydnionaisian?

[evie]

When you drive do you experience what us Yanks refer to as "road rage" or do you use the time to practice mindfulness and deep breathing techniques

I don't drive.

[Emily]

Phil wrote: "Shouldn't that be Sydnionaisian?"

Sydneysider is the local term.

[evie]

Emily wrote: "Phil wrote: "Shouldn't that be Sydnionaisian?"

Sydneysider is the local term."

Hi there my Melbourne friend . How is the weather down south?

[Emily]

We have lived up to our four seasons reputation today. Started grey and rainy, turned into beautiful sunshine and blue skies (for a few hours), and now it is definitely heater weather again ;)

[evie]

Emily wrote: "We have lived up to our four seasons reputation today. Started grey and rainy, turned into beautiful sunshine and blue skies (for a few hours), and now it is definitely heater weather again ;)"

Perfect!

[evie]

What do you do as far as medicine when you have a sore throat? Do you gargle salt water, suck on lozenges, or eat asprin?

I sometimes gargle with salt water, sometimes suck a lozenge . I might take paracetamol but I don't do aspirin. I tell the rest of the family to gargle with salt water when they have sore throats. My daughter never does it, but mr evie does. He also gargles with aspirin and rubs Vicks on his throat too. I never do that.

[evie]

Sally wrote: "Do you see how many of the 25 questions I asked our friend down under she answered?"

I asked you a question over in the toilet thread that you have yet to answer.

[Sally, la reina]

::runs to the toilet thread::

[Phil]

::reminds sally to check for paper before she sits down::

[Félix]

Yarn?

[Sally, la reina]

Ah yes. That was Lg's question though. I just piggy backed her.



Then she bucked me.

[Sally, la reina]

Evie:

do you knit? Crochet? Cross-stitch?

What do you do with your fingers when not on GR or reading or TCing?

[evie]

Sally wrote: "Evie:

do you knit? Crochet? Cross-stitch?

What do you do with your fingers when not on GR or reading or TCing?"

My sewing skills are poor. Years ago I knitted part of jumper(pullover). I did some crochet way back in high school. I made a shopping bag for mum. The yarn was nylon and really stretchy,so when she filled it with fruit and veg it just about dragged on the ground.

I like to draw.

[Sally, la reina]

No, they're not. They might be bad.

[Sally, la reina]

With what do you draw? Coloured pencils? Oil pastels? Charcoal? #2 mechanical pencils, like me?

[evie]

Pencil.

[Jim]

I'm still waiting for an answer from Sally in the guest thread.

[evie]

Sally wrote: "Ah yes. That was Lg's question though. I just piggy backed her.



Then she bucked me."

Whoa !

[evie]

Sally wrote: "No, they're not. They might be bad."

Really bad.

[Cynthia]

Jim wrote: "First of all why would you slap the pitcher out of my hand, it was to help celebrate you. (You have made me waste a lot of digital alcohol the last few days)

Secondly, why would you think I was no..."

HAHAHA. Digital alcohol. I'm in favor of this.

[Cynthia]

Sally wrote: "Lee: What do you think about arroyos?


Cynthia: Do you prefer the Trojans or the Indians as a mascot?"

I prefer the Chiefs.

[Cynthia]

Now that song from "Peter Pan" is stuck in my head.

I'm an Indian too,
A Sioux, A Sioux...

[Scout]

I've wondered that also.

[Sally, la reina]

The founder of the group and a few of us broke off of another group that was together since 2007 called MiniAmsterdam. When MiniAm started breaking up we wanted a place to be silly and happy and not so strict with all the specific thread rules other groups had at the times.

He has since left this group to run Running With Scissors.

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Sally wrote: "Gail: see msg 136

Phil and Heidi: from my magnificent noggin

Evie: 138"

Yes I had seen msg 136, I just didn't want to muscle in on Evie's thread. She is playing along quite nicely.

[Emily]

Evie, do you ever go to the big fish market in Sydney?

[evie]

No I don't Emily.

[Emily]

I've been there once when I visited my brother (in Rozelle). It's pretty awesome, I would love to be able to buy all my seafood from a place like that. If you're ever nearby it's worth a visit.

[evie]

A friend of mine shops there regularly and loves it. She rings me sometimes when she 's there to tell me what I'm missing and what she's buying. She is a great cook and so is her husband so they buy up and come home and have a cook off.

[Cynthia]

LOVE a cook-off. My Italian friend and I used to do that. I miss it. And I miss her. I should have her over.

[Emily]

My friend has been living in Spain for the last 2 years and is visiting us in November. We're already planning our cook-off :)

[Sally, la reina]

Cynthia. This isn't evie's thread. Just right now I'm grilling her. As soon as another noob comes along I'm going to grill them.

[Cynthia]

What did I say, Sally? I don't know which way is up right now. Sorry.