Greek delicacy
Some of the stories this week are, um, interesting, to say the least. I know that service industry shoddiness is common, but to be quite so extreme..?

You know that old Scottish tradition where they used to pour porridge into an old wooden drawer, then let it set and cut it into slices for the menfolk to take to the shipyards for their mid-morning snack? (No? Trust me, they did – I read it in a Broons annual once, so it must be true).

My ex mother in law (RIP) went to Greece one year, and found that someone had applied the same principle to one of the drawers in her room. Only instead of porridge, they’d liberally filled the shoddily constructed item of furniture with a concoction of diced carrot, bile and assorted bits of partially-digested kebab. Apparently the smell made her eyes water.

Mmm, Tasty.

*Gags*
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 21 Jan 2008, 15:56, 10 replies)

Ewwwww
*clicks/barfs*
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Mon 21 Jan 2008, 16:11, closed)

What...
the porridge or the vomit?

;o)
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 21 Jan 2008, 16:12, closed)

Hard to say
Probably the vomit. Just. I'm not a huge fan of porridge.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Mon 21 Jan 2008, 16:22, closed)

scousers in greece
While working in Greece, I heard a story about a bunch of scousers who shat in their drawers on the day of departure. The cleaner found the shit and the police were called. In the end, the scousers were stopped at the airport and roughly strip searched. They all missed their flight and had to pay their own way back.
(frankspencer, Mon 21 Jan 2008, 16:28, closed)

Careful Frank...
you'll have the Scouse contingent calling your sexuality into question again.

(From my own perspective, I have absolutely nothing against Scousers, before anyone starts).

And to respond to BobFossil - no, I'm not wild about porridge either, despite my almost-but-not-quite-maybe-if-I-was-born-500-years-ago Scottish roots...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 21 Jan 2008, 16:35, closed)

Tis true about the porridge drawers
A student at my esteemed university made himself a big batch of porridge which he poured into a drawer and cut himself off a bit at mealtimes, intending to save money no doubt.
He went down with scurvy.
(biscuitsocks random gene expression, Mon 21 Jan 2008, 20:53, closed)

biscuitsocks
Glad I'm not the only one who knows about the drawer porridge.

I frequently live in a realm of 'did I imagine that or was it real', so I'm glad of the confirmation... at least if I AM mad, I know I'm not alone...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 22 Jan 2008, 0:06, closed)

That whole porridge vs brose thing...
My Uncle Willie-John - aka Mad Uncle Willie-John - made a huge tub of brose (porridge is for poofs) once a week & kept it in a specially lined drawer. Disgusting.
( MisterPunch did it that way on, Tue 22 Jan 2008, 13:56, closed)

I owned the same Broons annual!
I used to get bought a Broons/Oor Wullie annual every year.

Paw poured the porridge into the drawer and then cracked his tooth on a toy car when he tried to eat it.(He hadn't checked the drawer was empty first).

Hilarious stuff.
( faintpraise, Tue 22 Jan 2008, 22:18, closed)

I think I vaguely remember that one!
Oh, my aching sides...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 23 Jan 2008, 9:42, closed)