Indeed not. But, imo, that =/= ‘pompous’. But glad you count him as a Good Egg anyway ;- )
but some bum-punctures?
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Oh, no, it was worse than that. Leaves? Nothing so innocent.
“Then they wrestled like enemies, rolling in the black mud, with the flowers crushed between them. … All the wood seemed moving with them, as if they had disturbed it into utmost life. Bubbles of air burst and leaves were shaken loose on them. … Under her elbow was the skeleton of a stoat, threshed out of its grave by their fury.”
I suspect that the “bitten on the bum” bit was a DWJ addition; it was read out at a turkey reading and not for the first time that hour, she corpsed and became incoherent.
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And see http://thog.org/longer.html
Gus, watch out for Mike Cule if you read that. It will add to the essential flavour.
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Urrrk!
‘Bubbles of air burst’, did they? Riiight…
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Probably thinking of Ernst Stavro rather than Henry, but since the former was reputedly named after the latter’s father, I think it still counts.
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Mike was the final straw.
Gus Is Broken and wandering weakly off in search of Drink.
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My work here is finished.
For a bit, anyhow.
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Talking of finishing work, I was up to my eyes for the last couple of days so am about to listen to both nights’ offerings. Have a can of cider to hand - will this be enough?
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Nowhere near enough, esp for last night’s.
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A conservative assessment, TFM. Emergency tanker on its way, joe.
Soo
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Gawds, you’re not wrong. Is it just me or is Heather Bell a truly dire actor (at least on radio)?
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On radio, she sucks. No info about stage/film work.
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How is That Chatelaine and her post-Wedding feets? EMNTK.
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Right. Salad having been constructed and consumed (well, half ovvit), some thoughts:
- Make sure your cauli when floretted is going to be considerably bigger than a tin’s worth of chickpeas. Mine was a small, yet perfectly formed, head, and it was a bit overwhelmed by chickpeas. Go generous on the olive oil for tossing the cauliflower and onion.
- Make your florets quite small/cut them with flat surfaces, and possibly delay putting the onion in the oven with them for 10 mins or so
- Exercise caution with the paprika when it comes to frying the chickpeas. I am, as those who love and / or feed me know, a paprika freak, but it would be easy to end up with a ‘muddy’ taste. I used pul biber flakes rather than cayenne for this bit, btw.
- The dressing is lush and would work with lots of other things, imo. But then I love tahini and dressings based on it anyway
- While this went very well with Squeaky Cheese, I reckon it would also be a splendid partner to lamb kofte.
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Most recent IMDB entry is 1979, which hardly bespeaks a glittering career
And that was an episode of Terry and June…
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Stun a stoat sideways.
She was Clarrie 1979 - 1986. Maybe she went over to radio exclusively…
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Of course. She has such a gift for it
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Ahem. It occurred to me earlier, and you have now reminded me, that the Late Stoat upthread was handicapped by an inability to distinguish the arse from the elbow…
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Clever Gus. That’s me forewarned.
Always a Good Thing.
Slammers?
Soo xx
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Yes please.
I have a rather beautiful etching of a stoat hanging in my hallway. It is now forever tainted for me by a mental image of it stuck in a large buttock. Who should I blame? And don’t say some author or other, in something I was never likely to read.
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