Happy September

[Pooka]

nurseduckett said:

... and one of them (not saying which) got sloshed on half a pint of lager. I assume she was sloshed, because she couldn't follow the cricket debate and kept giggling. (probl. a foreigner).

I don't happen to get sloshed on pints, mind you. And I wouldn't dare be bothered with half-pints myself; those glasses are right puny if you ask me. Anyway, I'd probably just order another. Don't you know what they say? "Real men drink pints."



I suppose, I'd actually get sloshed after one pint, which is then followed by several glasses of red wine.

[Crusoe]

nurseduckett said:

Personally I think they are girlieWussies for not playing on in a spot of drizzle. Call themselves Men? Hah. Real Men would play cricket throughout an overhead lightning storm, they would bat and bowl for the Ashes as sharks were circling all around and would continue to shout for LBW even if they'd gone out there without their wellyboots on, for heavens sakes.

But it wouldn’t be the same if they didn’t go off for rain and what-have-you. It’s one of those things which helps us to confuse foreigners with when they see people who’ve spent a fortune on tickets applauding because play has been stopped.

nurseduckett said:

I was in a pub on Wednesday. There was some bloke there with two ladies, one on either side of the lucky whippersnapper chap. They took photographs of each other, which meant rearranging the chairs, appeared to be having a very intense yet jolly debate about cricket, and one of them (not saying which) got sloshed on half a pint of lager. I assume she was sloshed, because she couldn't follow the cricket debate and kept giggling. (probl. a foreigner).

I hate it when you get rowdy groups like that in the pub. Sounds to me like they may all have been foreigners. Just the sort we need to be confusing with baffling sporting events.

[Crusoe]

puka said:

I suppose, I'd actually get sloshed after one pint, which is then followed by several glasses of red wine.

Or some of these?

[Pooka]

webb said:

Or some of these?

Just so long as the bottle's not too slippery.

[Luxury Yacht]

Well, it's still September, and I'm still happy.

Lux's Amazing Diary:-

Rule 27: pay attention to the quantities of food that you are cooking. Do not put the usual amount of Marmite in when you are cooking half the usual quantity.

On the other hand, it does mean that you get taken out to dinner instead.

Rule 28: Do not bother with hoovering when someone is coming to stay. If you wear the right dress, they will not notice the floor.

Rule 29: if a guest brings you a present of three different types of tea, and the guest is of the preferred sex, then fall in love immediately.

If they're really nice to you, then generously allow them to take away your sports supplement from the Sunday paper to read on the train home.

[Crusoe]

Gosh, what wonderful rules, Lux: they seem to have provided a thoroughly enjoyable weekend. I wonder if these are the sort of culinary suggestions that Nigella was thinking of when coining the term “Domestic Goddess”?

Mind you if I wear a dress, whilst it might, initially attract some attention, I think that eyes might very quickly cast down to the floor or, in fact, anywhere else.