Unutterably Silly So what are you doing RIGHT NOW?

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

I am usually too lazy and buy them at the supermarket. They bake them here. Not as good as home made.
I will try to find mums recipe. Maybe the loved one will share if we are lucky.
You need to decide if you like chewy(my favourite) or crunchy.

...and sometimes you don't decide. Random circumstances, ingredient quality, oven temperature, humidity, Reserve Bank rates, solar flare status, if the Moon is in the Seventh House, and Jupiter's aligned with Mars...all these things meet to determine the outcome.

Cheers,
Marc

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Slightly OT, but a useful piece of information is that Horlicks eaten straight from the jar is surprisingly tasty - but not quite as tasty as Ovaltine.

hm. i'm trying to decide whether i want to test this out with the jar of horlick's i've got in the kitchen...

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Sock it to me!

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Sock it to me!

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

You're both wrong...it's "Psock it to me" time...

(This is MR, you know....)

well, obviously it would be psock it to me, even i know that. but, ah, what exactly does "psock it to me" mean ???

I'm going to post just a little taste right now. I'm still working on in. I need Pshrynk to answer a very important question, before I can post more.

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

You say "processed cheese product," we say yum!

Originally Posted by Dylrob

I think you misspelled "eww".

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Kraft processed cheese is from my childhood. But of NO comfort.

But the stink of a kerosene heater is comforting no matter how stinky it is.

hm, i had a petrol heater (i think it must be similar) in my old appartment. it was pretty to look at and toasty warm, but there was nothing comforting about the stink ! luckily, it was only stinky when i shut it off.

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Bluddy rain. The cat won't go out. And he keeps walking on my laptop and keyboard, kissing me, and wanting a cuddle. He always loves me more when its cold and wet
I am now giving up on doing more work he's now logged me out with his bum anyway.

little bug has (so far) never logged me out with her bum, thank heavens, but she does often suffer from that syndrome of "pay attention to me NOW !!!" so common to cats. actually both of them do. sadly, it seems to have almost nothing to do with the weather. it does make it hard to get any work done though.

Originally Posted by montsnmags

The Loved One is making ANZAC biccies again. Mmm, ANZAC biccies, arggglll....

recipe please ? i googled them too and they sound tasty !

Originally Posted by montsnmags

...and sometimes you don't decide. Random circumstances, ingredient quality, oven temperature, humidity, Reserve Bank rates, solar flare status, if the Moon is in the Seventh House, and Jupiter's aligned with Mars...all these things meet to determine the outcome.

Cheers,
Marc

ah yes, cooking as a science. that is usually how almost all my recipes work.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Is it comforting then? Or sets off your PTSD?

I've not seen/used one in decades but I think it would be more comforting than anything else.

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

well, obviously it would be psock it to me, even i know that. but, ah, what exactly does "psock it to me" mean ???

There was a TV show in the US from 1968-1973, know for it's frenetic pacing and non-sequiter comedy. Totally off the wall stuff. One of their many trademarks was taking the same comedy bit and doing it over and over again from ever possible angle/variant.

The particular joke series involved was a lady saying "And now folk's, it's sock it to me time", followed by some form of faked punch, which the lady was always trying to dodge, never sucessfully.

This was just one of many ongoing punchlines, such as: "The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate" award, the dirty old man chasing the old lady on the bench, or having a near endless chain of people saying "Goodnight, Dick" at the end of the show...

Uncompared silliness....

[yvanleterrible]

The actual phrase was taken from a hit record entitled 'Respect' (1967) recorded by Aretha Franklin, which featured a chorus repeating 'Sock it to me' quite rapidly in the background. The phrase 'to sock it to someone' originally meant 'to put something bluntly' (and was used as such by Mark Twain). Black musicians gave it a sexual meaning, as in 'I'd like to sock it to _her_.'

Naturally the Llounge way to Psock it is to use the avatar in us...

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Naturally the Llounge way to Psock it is to use the avatar in us...

groannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.....

[Patricia]

I've just come back from a day out to Becherel, the French book village. I bought a load of Pleiades for my partner and we had a very nice lunch in a creperie.
There's a cafe called "La vache qui lit" (named after the cheeese spread, "La vache qui rit).

[dsvick]

Originally Posted by Patricia

...we had a very nice lunch in a creperie.

The creperie, I love it. That's what I'm going to call the shoddy looking diner at the end of the street from now on.

Originally Posted by Patricia

There's a cafe called "La vache qui lit" (named after the cheeese spread, "La vache qui rit).

No poohbear, she said cheese spread, not easy cheese.

[poohbear_nc]

No poohbear, she said cheese spread, not easy cheese.

Close enough for me! She never actually said whether it came in a can!

[dreams]

Originally Posted by Patricia

I've just come back from a day out to Becherel, the French book village. I bought a load of Pleiades for my partner and we had a very nice lunch in a creperie.
There's a cafe called "La vache qui lit" (named after the cheeese spread, "La vache qui rit).

It sounds as though you are having a lovely time. What are "Pleiades"? I only am familiar with the stars and a California wine.

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Close enough for me! She never actually said whether it came in a can!

It doesn't. It comes in triangles wrapped in aluminum paper, in a round cardboard box box.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laughing_Cow

[dsvick]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

It doesn't. It comes in triangles wrapped in aluminum paper, in a round cardboard box box.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laughing_Cow

Wow, we just bought some of that last night, at least I'm pretty sure that was it. My daughter likes it.

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by dreams

It sounds as though you are having a lovely time. What are "Pleiades"? I only am familiar with the stars and a California wine.

Pléïades are good. It's a collection of books, great classics in a small format but hard bound and printed on bible paper, so they pack a LOT of content for their weight and size. Almost as good as e-books

My mother has a few of those and I read from some of them when I was a teenager. I remember Edgar Allan Poe, and Proust (which I didn't read then), and there were some theater plays also, but I can't remember which ones. I loved reading from those. They are beautiful objects.

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by dsvick

Wow, we just bought some of that last night, at least I'm pretty sure that was it. My daughter likes it.

Yes - I have it too. [It's also a good way to get pills into fractious felines] - yummy!

[dreams]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Pléïades are good. It's a collection of books, great classics in a small format but hard bound and printed on bible paper, so they pack a LOT of content for their weight and size. Almost as good as e-books

My mother has a few of those and I read from some of them when I was a teenager. I remember Edgar Allan Poe, and Proust (which I didn't read then), and there were some theater plays also, but I can't remember which ones. I loved reading from those. They are beautiful objects.

Thank you for explaining, FlorenceArt. We used books like that for upper level Literature at University.