I'm pretending that my flat isn't a massive tip
because I have absolutely zero desire to tidy it up. So far it's working rather well.
(berk, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:09, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I'm slightly envious of peopel that can happily live in a mess
I spent all day cleaning Thursday and I felt fantastic afterwards. Scrubbed all the skirting boards and light switches, gave the hob a good scrubbing so the kitchen sparkles. Oh and I swept the roof garden, it looks so much bigger!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:12, Reply)

Within two days the kitchen will doubtless be splattered with deep-fried marshmallows etc so enjoy it.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:21, Reply)

haha
gonz has never used the frier again! Everything once, that's how it works ;)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:21, Reply)

In this instance that's probably a good thing.
Although my mother had one and it meant that we could have CHEESE EGGS which are fucking brilliant.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:26, Reply)

....tell me more

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:28, Reply)

They are basically scotch eggs, but in place of the breadcrumbs you put cheese.
They'd make Gillian McKeith break down in tears - a good thing in itself - but they taste incredible.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:30, Reply)

oh one of the chefs on a cooking channel was making scotch eggs
with black pudding. I think he has a stall at the market near you actually?
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:32, Reply)

I know his stall well.
The black pudding ones are delicious. So much so that I bought one a little while back, then went back and had another. £7 on scotch eggs in an hour - no wonder I'm fucking bankrupt.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:34, Reply)

ahaha
I will have to wander down and check those out then! In fact all his stuff looks amazing. I may have to wait till payday
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:36, Reply)

That whole farmer's market is fucking brilliant.
Not least for the house prices round here.
Idiot with money I may be, but I've still got £90k equity in my flat.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:41, Reply)

it's only going to take me about an hour to get there as well GLESS

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:42, Reply)

It's not as bad as I made out, really
there's a sink full of washing up and a pile of stuff on the living room floor, and I need to hoover. It'll take me 30 mins, tops. I'm still ignoring it though.
(berk, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:25, Reply)

I've got a good couple of hours to do.
Since my ex told me there was no way my daughter will be staying over until she's 'at least five' my flat has gone to shit.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:31, Reply)

Your ex needs her knees broken
but I suppose if she's being reasonable about giving you access at her own place, that's something at least. Why won't she let your daughter stay at yours?
(berk, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:33, Reply)

Because monty's house is made of drugs

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:36, Reply)

But as I recall
the ex isn't a great deal better in that regard? Besides, I'm sure Monty behaves himself around his little 'un and that if she were to visit, anything and everything naughty would be safely stashed away. I'm sure the ex knows that, too.
(berk, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:39, Reply)

She knows that good and well.
She knows for sure that I'd never in a million years let her come to harm or even see any of that stuff. She knows it but pretends that's a concern. Despite the fact that when she handed my daughter over to me a couple of weeks ago she was blatantly coked out of her mind.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:43, Reply)

You daughter will be a very interesting case of nature vs nurture

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:44, Reply)

She's being brought up brilliantly, though.
For an only child she knows very well that sharing is good, snatching stuff is bad, etc. - compared with the girl upstairs who's a few months older, she's an angel. She gets overexcited rather than tantrummy, and when she does this her mother gets her to sit on her bed for a couple of minutes to calm down. So far so good, it seems.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:50, Reply)

well that's good to hear

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:52, Reply)

Because she knows how much I and my family want it and therefore because she can say no, she does.
I can sympathise a little - my mother recently pointed out that as a mother, you don't trust ANYONE with your child, even if you're married to them it's hard to let the child out of your sight, but there's an undercurrent of spite to all this which is most definitely not just a genetic desire to protect one's offspring.

Still, I was allowed to take her to my mother's 60th last Sunday which she'd been saying no to for about 6 months. That was a fairly major event.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:39, Reply)

Of course I've never met her
and am never likely to, so I shouldn't pre-judge...but your ex really does sound like a fucking disgraceful excuse for a human being. Using your kid as a pawn in some mindgame is just not on. I'm really happy for you that you got to take her to your mother's birthday bash, though.
(berk, Sat 21 May 2011, 10:42, Reply)