Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2
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Pit Pony said:
Chieftain Fashven said:
On a rare visit to the local butcher, my better half bought some 'marinated boneless chicken'. She hasn't really mastered the local (Bulgarian) lingo, the assistant said something to her and she replied "yes, two please".
Roll forward a few days and I'm tasked with cooking dinner, chicken curry. Only this boneless meat isn't like any chicken I've ever prepared, skinny with weird muscle groups, no breast, no drumstick.
So, your dilemma, at what stage, preparation, cooking, or while she's smacking her lips and praising the result, do you tell her she's eating curried rabbit?
I'd probably suggest goat, squirrel or eagle, before rabbit.....maybe even swan..Roll forward a few days and I'm tasked with cooking dinner, chicken curry. Only this boneless meat isn't like any chicken I've ever prepared, skinny with weird muscle groups, no breast, no drumstick.
So, your dilemma, at what stage, preparation, cooking, or while she's smacking her lips and praising the result, do you tell her she's eating curried rabbit?
My mum used to cook rabbit, back in.the 70s but apparently, my wife woukd rather eat horse.
But you can't get after the last scandal.
fttm said:
Pit Pony said:
Chieftain Fashven said:
On a rare visit to the local butcher, my better half bought some 'marinated boneless chicken'. She hasn't really mastered the local (Bulgarian) lingo, the assistant said something to her and she replied "yes, two please".
Roll forward a few days and I'm tasked with cooking dinner, chicken curry. Only this boneless meat isn't like any chicken I've ever prepared, skinny with weird muscle groups, no breast, no drumstick.
So, your dilemma, at what stage, preparation, cooking, or while she's smacking her lips and praising the result, do you tell her she's eating curried rabbit?
I'd probably suggest goat, squirrel or eagle, before rabbit.....maybe even swan..Roll forward a few days and I'm tasked with cooking dinner, chicken curry. Only this boneless meat isn't like any chicken I've ever prepared, skinny with weird muscle groups, no breast, no drumstick.
So, your dilemma, at what stage, preparation, cooking, or while she's smacking her lips and praising the result, do you tell her she's eating curried rabbit?
My mum used to cook rabbit, back in.the 70s but apparently, my wife woukd rather eat horse.
But you can't get after the last scandal.
On our last trip to France, she was freaked out by the realisation that not all steak is beef. Hence eating rabbit, would be like feeding a vegan, a 4 bird roast, with a side order of pork scratchings in the canteen of an slaughter house.
She also likes her meat cooked the traditional English way (overcooked in the missionary position with the lights off).
Cotty said:
Blown2CV said:
not really her fault. ISIS was a commonly used name/acronym for all sorts of things before... you know... ISIS
I understand that a lady was taking a lot of grief because her shop was called ISIS. However Isis was the Ancient Egyptian goddess of love, healing, fertility, magic, and the moon so a completely different isis.john2443 said:
Cotty said:
Blown2CV said:
not really her fault. ISIS was a commonly used name/acronym for all sorts of things before... you know... ISIS
I understand that a lady was taking a lot of grief because her shop was called ISIS. However Isis was the Ancient Egyptian goddess of love, healing, fertility, magic, and the moon so a completely different isis.Mind you, their modern and rather slick parts could be confused rather more easily by the uninitiated for components of a missile guidance system than the gimcrack 60s doings of J Lucas Esq...
john2443 said:
Cotty said:
Blown2CV said:
not really her fault. ISIS was a commonly used name/acronym for all sorts of things before... you know... ISIS
I understand that a lady was taking a lot of grief because her shop was called ISIS. However Isis was the Ancient Egyptian goddess of love, healing, fertility, magic, and the moon so a completely different isis.Mrs K's birthday today,and she wants to go for a drive,as there is feck all else to do.
She tells me where she wants to go, as we drove that way a lot years ago, though she can't remember exact details. I plan the route, get half way there,and then she gives me more details. Turns out it is exactly 180 degrees the opposite direction she described earlier!
She tells me where she wants to go, as we drove that way a lot years ago, though she can't remember exact details. I plan the route, get half way there,and then she gives me more details. Turns out it is exactly 180 degrees the opposite direction she described earlier!
psi310398 said:
The American firm from whom I bought the electrical system for my Jaguar restoration renamed itself Infinitybox from Isis because it felt under pressure from the great Murican public to do so.
Mind you, their modern and rather slick parts could be confused rather more easily by the uninitiated for components of a missile guidance system than the gimcrack 60s doings of J Lucas Esq...
Good old Joe. Working with old cars and bikes soon made Mind you, their modern and rather slick parts could be confused rather more easily by the uninitiated for components of a missile guidance system than the gimcrack 60s doings of J Lucas Esq...
me adopt his nickname....The Prince of Darkness.
Example, positions on a Lucas three way light switch. Dim, flicker and smoke.
My other half complains endlessly about the clocks going forward saying she loses an hours sleep, then gets up on Sunday morning without setting the alarm, just waits until she wakes up naturally.
She then moans all day about being tired because she has lost an hours sleep and it will take her all week to get over it.
She then moans all day about being tired because she has lost an hours sleep and it will take her all week to get over it.
davhill said:
psi310398 said:
The American firm from whom I bought the electrical system for my Jaguar restoration renamed itself Infinitybox from Isis because it felt under pressure from the great Murican public to do so.
Mind you, their modern and rather slick parts could be confused rather more easily by the uninitiated for components of a missile guidance system than the gimcrack 60s doings of J Lucas Esq...
Good old Joe. Working with old cars and bikes soon made Mind you, their modern and rather slick parts could be confused rather more easily by the uninitiated for components of a missile guidance system than the gimcrack 60s doings of J Lucas Esq...
me adopt his nickname....The Prince of Darkness.
Example, positions on a Lucas three way light switch. Dim, flicker and smoke.
Watching Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Question is when was last commercial flight of Concorde
1998
2003
2008
2013
Her (confidently): 1998
Me: who do you know that?
Her: because XXXX took a flight in Concorde and last time we were at his house there was a picture of Concorde in his hall
Me: oh right and it said 1998
Her: no there was date on it
Me: ?
It was 2003. That programme is a goldmine for her daft comments
Question is when was last commercial flight of Concorde
1998
2003
2008
2013
Her (confidently): 1998
Me: who do you know that?
Her: because XXXX took a flight in Concorde and last time we were at his house there was a picture of Concorde in his hall
Me: oh right and it said 1998
Her: no there was date on it
Me: ?
It was 2003. That programme is a goldmine for her daft comments
Edited by Adam. on Saturday 5th June 02:23
Yesterday, I was taking the wife into town so she could meet up with a couple of friends, she wanted to leave at 11:15.
I'm out mowing the lawn, got side tracked so wasn't on track to finish by 11:15 (not an issue), I popped my head in at 11:05, to ask if she was still on track to leave at 11:15, if she was running late I'd carry on with what I was doing, if not I'd clean up to leave.
Me: "you still on track to leave at 11:15?
Her:" I'm actually ready to leave now'
Me: "OK, shall we go now then?"
Her: "Errr, umm, err OK!" with a look and voice that says I'd rather not.
Me: "so you don't want to leave now?"
Her: "I'd rather not as I'd get there too early"
Me: "so why did you say you were ready to leave now?"
She didn't answer.
Just another case of her talking for the sake of talking, there was absolutely zero point in that conversation
All she needed to do was to answer my initial question with "Yep". Anyway, 11:15, I was ready, she wasn't!
I'm out mowing the lawn, got side tracked so wasn't on track to finish by 11:15 (not an issue), I popped my head in at 11:05, to ask if she was still on track to leave at 11:15, if she was running late I'd carry on with what I was doing, if not I'd clean up to leave.
Me: "you still on track to leave at 11:15?
Her:" I'm actually ready to leave now'
Me: "OK, shall we go now then?"
Her: "Errr, umm, err OK!" with a look and voice that says I'd rather not.
Me: "so you don't want to leave now?"
Her: "I'd rather not as I'd get there too early"
Me: "so why did you say you were ready to leave now?"
She didn't answer.
Just another case of her talking for the sake of talking, there was absolutely zero point in that conversation
All she needed to do was to answer my initial question with "Yep". Anyway, 11:15, I was ready, she wasn't!
Edited by HTP99 on Sunday 11th April 10:08
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