Tell Us Something Really Trivial About Your Life (Vol 31)

[DickyC]

Sometimes a bottle of Old Speckled Hen really hits the spot.

[Bobberoo99]

glenrobbo said:

Plying old people with whisky, young Bobbers? Then making them march home?
Is that how you treat your friends?

Shame on you!

Says the man who got an impressionable young chap drunk in Oxford and then asked him to "see me back to my apartment", which turned out to be a shared room in a YMCA, with three other blokes!!!!

[Bomma220]

Bobberoo99 said:

Says the man who got an impressionable young chap drunk in Oxford and then asked him to "see me back to my apartment", which turned out to be a shared room in a YMCA, with three other blokes!!!!

I'd have been in there too if I hadn't buggered my knee up. Had it all booked, had even ironed my pyjamas ready.

Sod it

[glenrobbo]

Bobberoo99 said:

Says the man who got an impressionable young chap drunk in Oxford and then asked him to "see me back to my apartment", which turned out to be a shared room in a YMCA, with three other blokes!!!!

It was actually a YHA bunkroom with five other blokes. And en-suite ablutions. And discounted beer at the bar

At least I saw you safely back to the station for your journey home. I didn't just send you out into the night to fend for yourself in the dangerous backstreets of the City of Screaming Pariahs.

[glenrobbo]

Bomma220 said:

I'd have been in there too if I hadn't buggered my knee up. Had it all booked, had even ironed my pyjamas ready.

Sod it

Pyjamas, Bomma?

You're better off with a pink onesie, no ironing needed!
Or a spangley leotard and tu-tu.

[Bomma220]

Well, I say pyjamas, it's more like this really:



And a pair of those slippers with the curly up toes.

[glenrobbo]

DickyC said:

Sometimes a bottle of Old Speckled Hen really hits the spot.

Or a can?

I wonder how they get it in there?

[DickyC]

Disaster.

No tea bags.

Back of cupboard, loose tea. Old but unopened. Can I remember the secrets of loose tea? Warm the pot. What else? Is there chanting? Sacrifices? That sort of thing?

[Bobberoo99]

DickyC said:

Disaster.

No tea bags.

Back of cupboard, loose tea. Old but unopened. Can I remember the secrets of loose tea? Warm the pot. What else? Is there chanting? Sacrifices? That sort of thing?

Quite possibly all of the above Dicky, you'll also need a tea strainer!!!

[Bomma220]

I haven't used loose tea for years. Only thing I can remember about it is don't forget to use a strainer or you'll end up with half a cup of tea leaves

If you can't find a proper strainer, an old sock should suffice. Something similar, anyhow.

[Bomma220]

Incidentally, if you do have to resort to using a sock, make sure there are no holes in it. Otherwise you'll still end up with half a bloody cup of tea leaves.

[Bobberoo99]

And remember to wash it before you put it back on!!!

[Bomma220]

Bobberoo99 said:

And remember to wash it before you put it back on!!!

Indeed old boy. Certainly be worth turning it inside out and rinsing it under a tap at least.

Grandbomma's paying a visit a bit later. I've just discovered there's no Cornettos in the freezer, I'd best nip to the Co-Op.

[DickyC]

You know the stories of sacrifice and collective spirit and all that during the war? Nothing would stop the plucky Brits? My dad said there was a strike at Vickers aircraft factory at Brooklands during the war when it emerged the strainer in the tea urn was made from a sock from the husband of one of the canteen ladies.

[Bomma220]

I was just looking at the local news, what about this bugger?

https://newsletters.jpimedia.co.uk/weekly-roundup/...

Bloody glad I don't bother with the gym.

[glenrobbo]

No teabags? No Cornettos?

Have the Procurement Committee been involved in re-organising the supply of comestibles again?
Bloody useless!

Thank heaven they have no part in the Absinthe supply chain, or we'd be truly buggered!

As for the loose tea, Dicky, have you considered alternatives such as coffee, Ovaltine or Bovril?

Or popping over to the Teaspoon Thread and asking if they have a couple of teabags to spare?
On second thoughts, maybe not.
They would probably brand you as a heretic.

[glenrobbo]

Darjeeling
Assam
Lapsang Souchong
Earl Grey ( available in 50 different shades and burger mott )
Typhoo
Aung Song Su Chi
Nettle
Camomile ( blends into its' surroundings and can be difficult to spot, especially from 1760 yards range. )
Mister
PG Tips
Brook Bond Dividend
Brooke Shields
Pu-erh Missus
Oolong
Traditional Jasmine
Modern Jazzmine
Pine needle

These are just some of the various types of tea that are currently not in stock in my cupboard.

Edited by glenrobbo on Sunday 19th May 09:33

[Bobberoo99]

Mrs Bobbers has developed Plantar Fasciitis in her left foot, she compounds the issue by insisting on wearing flat soled shoes, one of our friends from last night finally convinced her that they were a big part of the problem, so today will be spent trying to find her some shoes she likes with the correct support, wish me luck I'm going to need it!!!!!

[Bomma220]

glenrobbo said:

Camomile ( blends into its' surroundings and can be difficult to spot, especially from 1760 yards range. )

Brooke Shields

[Bomma220]

Bobberoo99 said:

Mrs Bobbers has developed Plantar Fasciitis in her left foot, she compounds the issue by insisting on wearing flat soled shoes, one of our friends from last night finally convinced her that they were a big part of the problem, so today will be spent trying to find her some shoes she likes with the correct support, wish me luck I'm going to need it!!!!!

Plantar Fasciitis? Hellfire, sounds like the poor woman's got some kind of bloody conifer growing out of her foot

Still, good luck with it old boy, hope you get it sorted. There's a pair of secateurs in the hangar if that's any help.

Edited by Bomma220 on Sunday 19th May 09:35