[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

hee ! i like you.

Thanks you (doh - you didn't mean me!!)

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i may kill myself : if it keeps raining all the way into JUNE.

Please don't.... Send the rain to me, we've had very little this last month and all my plants are wilting.

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I know. I HATE that test too. It's just a jet of air --- but my eyeball isn't made to have ANYTHING shot at it, thank you very much.

Looking at your avatar I thought you had 20/20 vision...

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i showed him though, i turned stark white and almost fainted, and had to lie down with my feet up and eat some sugar. "hm, you're very sensitive, aren't you," he said to me. as if it were *surprising* that i would react badly to things being shot at my eyeballs, with no warning whatsoever. sheesh.

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Prostate check? Hah! that's nothing! Just you wait for the annual colonoscopy. Now that's a gas!Especially the flushing part.

Try a sigmoidoscopy, especially when the monitor for the camera is close at hand...

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Wait till you see the probe they use! It's 4 feet long and 1 inch in diameter, then you'll also be stricken with heart problems. There's a good part though, they have to administer an opiate of some kind. Cool buzz. Of course no driving allowed.

No opiate or other inducements given, see above...

Originally Posted by nekokami

You people. (You MALE people, I mean.) Until you have had your uterus "sounded" you don't know what discomfort is. I am so glad I decided to opt out of having babies.

No, I will not provide further details.

On second thought, maybe I WILL. You can prevent this by sending large quantities of chocolate my way. 70% cocoa or don't waste my time.

Chocolate given...

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i know, right ??
y'all, i would take that very seriously. you should be organising a freighter-load of 70% chocolate by tomorrow morning, if you know what's good for you. and i say that as a woman.

Booked for delivery..

Originally Posted by montsnmags

While tactfully avoiding the ARRGHHNOTHESCREAMINGHORRORMAKEITSTOPMAKEITSTOP! subject, the times that news or documentary programs have shown a mammogram in action, I've thought to myself, "No...that can't be right...surely...". It made me wonder if, when they said "screening" they meant "screen printing").

I've chartered a tanker.

Cheers,
Marc

Mine said repeatedly, never again and can I go home....

You can't charter the tanker - I had the last one in port...

Originally Posted by RWood

I have found that white chocolate does not relieve the cravings of women. It is no substitute for the REAL chocolate at the 70% cocoa level. Marc, make that a supertanker, a PANMAX tanker may not be enough.

not what I read...

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Originally Posted by nekokami

Yes. Exactly.

I'm one of the few people I know who will actually eat the 99% stuff straight, though. (I admit I do generally prefer it as the base for my hot cocoa.)

Virtual tankers of chocolate are acceptable, so long as they are described enthusiastically enough. Extra points for organic fair-trade chocolate. I also accept single-estate organic Darjeeling tea, preferably first flush rather than autumnal.

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

hmm, all this talk of chocoate has sent me to the kitchen... now i am savouring some "sélection NOIR 72% cacao aux éclats de fèves de cacao caramélisés" : 72% black chocolat with caramelised fragments of cacao beans. miam... here neko-chan, have some. the chocolate has a full rich flavor and is agreeably creamy as it melts on your tongue, and the fragments lend interesting texture as they are slightly crunchy and chewy between your teeth, with a rather smoky taste...

Originally Posted by pshrynk

And.... this is a rant in what way?

Originally Posted by Patricia

Wood hasn't any chocolate because he isn't a woman. It is women who need chocolate. And, on reading the last few posts I now have a serious envie de chocolat...

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I just found an other rant. Sexism.
I love dark chocolate!!! Now where is it written that it's a women only thing?

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh, men may *love* chocolate ; but only women *need* chocolate.

Now this is getting very serious... all...

patricia, i've saved you some of mine. you know i'll always share chocoalte with you. i might even have enough for the rest of you lot, if you play your cards right. if not, Geoff is the resident chocolate fairy in these parts...

Thank you - NOW I BEG to ask, please leave the Chocolate giving to the expert..... or no-one will get any. The over bookiing of tankers, big, large super-size or what-ever is seriously depleting my treasure troves...

Originally Posted by RWood

What is this a karma for chocolate ransom?

You may be lucky one day...

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

why, would that work ?

Try it and see..

Originally Posted by pshrynk

In those circumstances, I usually have an informal discussion with one of the not really key players, asking for "input" and then do whatever it is that is needed to be done. Then, when someone raises questions, I tell them that I "talked with some people" and that they gave input. Then act as if there were no real reason to be upset, since the project worked.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than for permission.

Amen....

Better not stay away too long next time - you lot are capable of doing a lot of damage on your own... As they say, "when the cats away the mice (and squirrels) will play" ...