What would you take?
Evening All

Mr Bin just asked what three things would you take on Ready Steady Cook to really piss them off?

Alaphabites, Crispy Pancakes and Potato Waffles was my choice, how about you?


( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 18:49, 152 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

^ Crispy Pancakes FTW
Mr Maladicta lives on tinned spaghetti and the cheesy ones (and orange juice to keep the scurvy at bay).

For me, I think it would have to be Micro Chips, Super Noodles and packet soup.
( Maladicta, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 18:51, Reply)

Easy,
Tin of beans, loaf of bread, butter.
(Oil Slick, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 18:52, Reply)

Hmm
Strawberry Neskwik (how do you spell that?), a Burger King cheeseburger, and a 5kg bag of rice.

How are you?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 18:53, Reply)

That's easy.
Nigella Lawson.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 18:57, Reply)

Mr Inabin
has just suggested twigglets, fizz bombs and a whole cow.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 18:57, Reply)

A whole cow?
Fine then, Rachel Ray.

Oh, it has to be a dead cow? Julia Childs.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:01, Reply)

Chewing gum.
Salt.
Mixed peel.
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:01, Reply)

advocat (sp?, you know the yellow stuff)
cola bottles and bulghar wheat
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:01, Reply)

i'd take
a ready made pizza, a bottle of wine and a trifle
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:02, Reply)

Mrs L
I'm pretty sure a cow would cost more than the £5 budget.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:12, Reply)

Hmmm
A can of Fosters, a packet of cashew nuts and a beermat. Can be done for a fiver (just).
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:16, Reply)

Makes me sound well ignorant,
But what kind of things do you have for meals ancrenne?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:21, Reply)

£5?
I'll change mine then!
A packet of paracetamol, a squid and a bag of whole nutmeg.

EDIT: PoD, vegan-ness isn't as limiting as you'd think. We always have lovely food when I'm there!
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:24, Reply)

^ Can you get a squid for under a fiver?
I'm not sure. I know they were cheap in Pervland and handily shrink-wrapped in the supermarket for your accidental grabbing pleasure.
( Maladicta, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:27, Reply)

Yeah, squid
Is about 50p an inch.
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:27, Reply)

Well there you go
That's me learned something new today.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:28, Reply)

*nods*
Like... Stir frys are vegan if you don't put meat in or use egg noodles.

Curries are another good example.
I made tomato, chilli and vodka pasta last time I was there, t'was lovely!
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:32, Reply)

Hmm, interesting
I heard something about this vodka paste, sounded interesting.

I'll stick to having meat by the bucketload though I think. I like the taste muchly. Not the expense though.

In other news, I found a cut across my wrist today at work. No idea how I did that, but it ain't in a good place.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:35, Reply)

Balls.
I have to go get my sister from the station.
*grabs Metallica CD*

Catch you later!
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:41, Reply)

I would take potatotes...
Potatoes and .......more potatoes.




Guess what I like.
( girlinthehole, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:42, Reply)

I actually
Saw it once when all someone took on was potatoes.

How about a bottle of sunflower oil, a bottle of groundnut oil, and a bottle of extra virgin olive oil?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:44, Reply)

*giggles at the idea of 50p an inch*
Not keen on squid, I must say - I used to eat around it in Italy.

In addition to that, I think cooking with Blue Nun would be funny, too.
( Maladicta, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:46, Reply)

Ummm
The state of Armenia, wasabi paste and a small yorkshire terrier called "Bobby".
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:03, Reply)

I'm not sure
that the state of Armenia can be bought for £5
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:07, Reply)

I think you can buy Zimbabwe for £5
If fact I'm pretty sure you can.
( girlinthehole, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:10, Reply)

^ Rwanda is cheap too, it doesn't work very well.
The infrastructure's fucked.

But it does contain jam, a mountain of cabbages and a radiator.
( Maladicta, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:15, Reply)

Where did everyone go?
I rushed back from the beauticians to get here and I'm all alone : (
( girlinthehole, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:21, Reply)

Just us then Miss Blouse
I'm bored with the Liverpool match already.

*edit* to answer the question,

A Bombay Bad Boy Pot Noodle, a dead squirrel I found in a hedge, and a vial of my own semen.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:24, Reply)

i'm here
lurking/cooking
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:26, Reply)

I'm here too.
Although I don't have much to talk about as I have done nothing all day.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:26, Reply)

I am here also
But I'm considering doing something more productive than lying on my bed. Probably not going to happen though.

My fun new cables arrived today!! Yay!
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:26, Reply)

Ah BK, I knew I could rely on you.
Finished your lasagna?

What do you do when you've run out of it?


Yay! more friends rally round.
( girlinthehole, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:27, Reply)

Mrs Bin
You could talk about your hopes and dreams : )
( girlinthehole, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:29, Reply)

@BGB
Eat pasta, usually.
I am planning something Thai curry based with chicken thighs tomorrow though.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:29, Reply)

@PoD
What cables?
Anything fun?

*edit* BGB, that's a lovely thought.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:29, Reply)

Fun new cables?
Not 3 words I would expect to see together in one sentence.
( girlinthehole, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:30, Reply)

Scart to VGA cables
And a female to female scart connector.

It means that next year at uni, I can hook my freeview box into my monitor, and my ps2 and wii, meaning I don't need to buy a tv to have in my room there. Plus it's a bit geeky.

Hoorahs!!

edit - Yes, I know it makes me very sad.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:31, Reply)

I'm amazed that you
managed to find cables to do that.

*edit* BGB Mr Inabin will happily spend £50 on a cable. I HAVE to find cables exciting.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:32, Reply)

@BK - The only time I regret being a vegetarian (who eats fish)
Is when my sister makes Jamaican chicken and rice.

The times I've been tempted to fall off the wagon. It doesn't quite work with quorn.
( girlinthehole, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:33, Reply)

Found it on amazon actually
I was quite surprised myself.

If you like cables:
The ridiculous cable

From an old newsletter.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:34, Reply)

@BGB
The lovely Miss Keloid did me Morrocan chicken on Saturday - it was glorious! Couldn't be a veggie, me.

*edit* @PoD

Female to female you say? *ponders*
Maybe cables can be more exciting than I previously assumed.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:35, Reply)

@BK
I've made Morrocan vegetables with cous cous which was nice.

Lesbian cables FTW!
( girlinthehole, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:37, Reply)

That would work
Used to eat veggie most of the time as the ex-Miss K was vegetarian, apart from fish. Which is cheating.
And I like cous-cous.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:39, Reply)

TRL
Julia Childs FTW! My mother has two enormous books by her, completely covered in cooking stains, she uses them all the time. Her and Elizabeth David.

I would take: strawberry bootlaces, some biltong, and a chinese cockle-picker.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:42, Reply)

Good evening my cuddly QOTW'ers
To piss off Ready Steady Cook, I would take myself and two clones because I'm not that good at cooking.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:43, Reply)

Evening Mr Spakka
Evening Mr Spakka
Evening Mr Spakka

How are you all
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:48, Reply)

We're all fine thanks.
We're about to hijack Ready Steady Cook and turn it into a slapstick comedy show.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:51, Reply)

Wht, og why
Does a simple trip to the station take over an hour?
Living in the middle of nowhere sucks, hard.

Plus I've gotta cook dinner now, and nobody thought to tell me that i could've gone too a shop on the way.
Fuck it, we're having beans on toast for dinner tonight.

EDIT: There're no beans. Fuck.
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:55, Reply)

@spakka - you mean to say
that it isn't laughable already?
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:56, Reply)

Oh Kaol
I've got some beans. If I take them out of the tin I think I can squeeze them down the intertubes.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:57, Reply)

So
Toast and alcohol for dinner then?

When I was going to the airport in Bristol a few weeks ago, a farmer was moving cows. One of them licked our taxi. It was rank.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:58, Reply)

@Kaol
Got any eggs? You can work wonders with eggs.

Edit - PoD - taxi rank....very funny!
( girlinthehole, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:58, Reply)

BGB
Yes I can... You offering?

*creepy wink*

EDIT: I've reached a new low, I'm sorry, that was unlike me.
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:01, Reply)

@Kaol
Eh!
( girlinthehole, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:03, Reply)

Fertilised?
*shoots self*
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:04, Reply)

*laughs*
I thought that's what you meant but wasn't sure.


That's so bad *grin*
( girlinthehole, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:06, Reply)

You're the one that implied
That I can do wonders with eggs...

But no, no eggs.
My family are having toast for dinner, because they're rubbish.

I, on the other hand, have found a Milky Way in my coat pocket. Ten points to me.

EDIT: Minus three points, it's horrificaly mushed.
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:09, Reply)

@Ethelred
But the comedy trio consisting of me and my two clones will turn it into a proper slapstick show.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:09, Reply)

Ethelred
That lasagne monster badge is now nestling smugly in my profile.
Cheers for that!

I have had the last of my lasagne so I am sated, now with beer.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:12, Reply)

Are you still lodging these days Kaol?
Or living with family again?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:12, Reply)

so Kaol
Not one person in your household had the gumption to say when you were out, 'hang on, we've only got bread in the house'?

Then they are all stupid and deserve to have toast.
Will Dominos deliver?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:14, Reply)

Family at the moment
Waiting to hear from a mate if I can move in with him in September, to London.

Not getting my hopes up, but I'm looking to move on.

EDIT: Mrs. L, no company will deliver to here... Middle of fucking nowhere.
Agreed, they're all stupid. *eats Milky Way*
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:15, Reply)

...
@ Mr Spakka - I shall wait with baited breath and rubbed thighs...

@ BK - No worries took me 5 mins lol
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:15, Reply)

Ah right
You would think they would have thought to let you know and you could have got something.

Just lord it over them with your milky way goodness.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:19, Reply)

Hang on!
If I lived in the middle of nowhere, I would make sure I had a well stocked cupboard of food stuffs to throw together in such an emergency.
( girlinthehole, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:25, Reply)

If I lived in the middle of nowhere
I'd grow my own food.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:26, Reply)

Not to rub it in too much
but I had pizza and it was gooooorgeous. Plus malteasers and crisps, washed down with killer coke.

All the major food groups in action there :)

Kaol, put the milky way in the freezer and eat it in an hour. Failing that, find a crunchie, put that in the freezer and be highly impressed with how it tastes after an hour.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:28, Reply)

Evenin' becks
I haven't had pizza in ages, which is surprising as it's one of my staple diets when I'm at uni. All that cheese and pepperoni goodness.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:29, Reply)

If I lived in the middle of nowhere
I'd have a tribe of umpa loompas to grow it for me
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:30, Reply)

Me either PoD
but I figured I'd treat myself after the last couple of days at work. Plus I've quit smoking, but have no chance to put on weight as I have to literally climb a hill to get to the rabbit sitting place.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:31, Reply)

@Becky, I like you a lot but....
When we meet I'm going to cut out your metabolism with a bit knife borrowed from Kaol and surgically inplant it in me : )
( girlinthehole, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:32, Reply)

Hey becks
That is indeed a rich and varied diet.
Says me with 6 courses of lasagne in the last three days.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:33, Reply)

Don't forget one course of vomit too, BK
Pizza doesn't seem to make me gain weight, of which I am glad.

I also haven't had a toastie in nearly a week! Ee-gads.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:34, Reply)

Evenin' beckx
Junk food and excersize FTW!

EDIT: @POD: It must be your metabolism then.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:36, Reply)

@PoD
The vomit was expenditure, rather than income:)
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:36, Reply)

Junk food and exercise
Just junk food. I did exercise today, vastly over rated.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:37, Reply)

I found
Space Raiders too.
I fuckin' rock!

Problem is they've been away all of last week, so they didn't do any shopping in ages.
Haha!
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:38, Reply)

I've just had an idea
If I really wanted to piss off Ready Staeady Cook, I could cook my clones and eat them.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:40, Reply)

BGB
I used to have a fabulous metabolism where I could sit round all day, eat crap and not put on weight - in fact I did when I was a film student.

Now I walk about five miles a day as I don't have a chance to sit down, have a stupidly healthy lunch and feel I've therefore earned the right to eat crap in the evening :)

I could never do a desk job again as I fidget too much

Edit: Kaol, your blood story made me feel hungry again. I'm a sick sick puppy I know *feels ashamed*
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:46, Reply)

Reet my lovelies.
I'm off to bed to finish my book.

I have a busy today tomorrow waiting for the new qotw to start while chatting with various strangers and looking at pictures of kittens on the interweb.

Then it's the gym : (


Edit - @Becks - office jobs make people fat tis true.
( girlinthehole, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:47, Reply)

Noooo
gyms are evil and bad. Go for a wander instead. Fresh air, instead of air con, nice surroundings instead of sweaty gross people in lycra...gym is hell to me.

Night x
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:50, Reply)

Night BGB
What are you reading incidentally?
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:51, Reply)

I'm just back
from the Eat All You Want Can Chinese place down the road.
*feels ill*

I disgust myself.
( thealternativefact, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:55, Reply)

'night BGB
What's worse than a desk job is working from home. Thank god for my cyclerides.

Edit: Evenin' clendrix
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:56, Reply)

Evening clendrix
I love all you can eat places. I feel I make my money back very quickly, and then quite a lot more. Love it.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 21:59, Reply)

I went to
An All-You-Can-Eat Chinese place in Chinatown.
£3.99 per person.
T'was mostly onions, very, very little meat.
I wouldn't recommend it.
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 22:02, Reply)

I've never had all you can eat Chinese
Pizza and Thai though...*drools a bit*
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 22:03, Reply)

Or best ever...
Curry pizza from Tariq's in Headingley.
Sounds like it would be greasy as hell, but it combines 2 of my favourite things in one package of Indo-Italian genius.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 22:05, Reply)

Jimmy Chung's Chinese Buffet FTW
It's an awesome place. And the record we have for getting a plate taken away is under a second.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 22:07, Reply)

I had a
Hoisin duck pizza one.
That was fuckin' good.

Saything that, I had a deep-fried mars bar, and thought that was good too.

You're best off not taking my word for stuff.
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 22:08, Reply)

OMG
Just turned over to BBC 3 and it's Tomb raider Daniel craig nekkid. I'm really losing it now, I wrote my final dissertation based around female roles in action films, so Tomb raider featured heavily, but have forgotten so much of it.

/guilty pleasure.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 22:09, Reply)

I had a hoisin duck pizza too
I spent the first half of it being confused, and unable to decide whether or not I liked it.

I gave up soon after the first half, having made my decision.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 22:09, Reply)

There is an all you can eat veggi Indian
open near here. It's £8 though. As soon as I have some money I'm there!

MrL is very picky about curries though, he's from the Midlands.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 22:17, Reply)

Evenin' A
How are you this fine, rainy evening?

I've gone all evening without leaving my bed. Go me.

edit - Good to see you can eat roast potatoes. I make mighty roast potatoes. Also, mushrooms are evil, in many ways.

I ain't the biggest fan of vegetables, so probably wouldn't make a great vegan. I also love cheeeeeeese.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 22:34, Reply)

Ning A
what festival you going to?

Edit: Just found this :)
stupidfilter.org/main/index.php?n=Main.About
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 22:39, Reply)

Evenin ancrenne
I've been snowed under this week by job application questionnaires and companies changing the dates of my interviews.

Have currently got two definite interviews, one possible interview, and a questionnaire I'm finishing off.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 22:41, Reply)

@beckx
Interesting link. I wonder what would happen if we apply it to b3ta. It may make ignore-lists redundant.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 22:45, Reply)

Ahh cool beans
Sounds rather fun :) Best of luck at the recruitment agency tomorrow x

Edit: I found it on another forum I frequent and instantly thought of an area of here I'd apply it to.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 22:46, Reply)

Interesting site becks
I tried the demo of it, typing in crap, and it said it was most likely fine, which was strange.

Sounds much better than I imagined ancrenne. I'm finding it tough eating at other peoples houses, as I have recently developed an allergy to mushrooms.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 22:47, Reply)

I've not played with it too much yet
as I'm doing a bunch of other stuff at the moment, but it seemed interesting in a developing kinda way, so maybe wait for updates on it.

Ancrenne, I thought you said you found a substitute for eggs? Was planning on picking your brain to make omelette - well not literally, well you know ,)
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 22:56, Reply)

Vegen yorkshires!
www.vegsource.com/talk/recipes/messages/98271.html

www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/591591_Ener_G_Egg_Replacer___454g.html
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:05, Reply)

So
Is anyone up to anything interesting tomorrow? I am apparently having a look at my bosses laptop to see if I can fix it. Who knows what she'll have managed to do to it.

Also, IT'S MY WEEKEND! I realise this may make you all hate me. A lot.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:06, Reply)

OK
I have slobbed on the sofa for 90 minutes and I feel able to move again. But my burps are garlic prawn flavoured.

I never answered Mrs Bin's question about Ready Steady Cook:
Jelly Tots
Raw whale meat
Coconut milk
( thealternativefact, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:07, Reply)

The Yorkshires don't work
as it's got marg in it.

The egg stuff looks interesting though. I think the one A posted is one I'll get my sister in law to try first for me, but the other one looks more like a thickener for stuff or paste than something I could use to make omelette.

Will do more searching in a bit
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:09, Reply)

No problem!
@ POD.

I've not been to work for 3 weeks. Now you hate me!
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:10, Reply)

No reason you couldn't use sunflower oil
rather than marg, I usually do.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:12, Reply)

Well yes, Mrs L
But I hate most females. I have issues.





Ok, I don't actually. I just have bad luck.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:12, Reply)

Tis true
I might have a go at making them at some point - minus the beef drippingness as I've never liked ones that are saturated in that.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:13, Reply)

*puts on housewife pinny*
I find that the key to a good Yorkshire pudding is to have the fat (as a veggi I use sunflower oil) as hot as you can and the batter as cold as you can. Once the yorkshires are in the oven DO NOT open the door for 20 minutes.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:21, Reply)

I think I've broken QOTW
I posted a story today, and it's gonna make it to "best of" at this rate.
WTF?
There're several options.

1) QOTW is cliquey as hell and my legions of fans have been clicking away.

2) All the other QOTW entries sucked this week, so it got high up on a few clicks.

3) I'm just awesome. Very awesome.
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:23, Reply)

Because it's in 11th place
At the moment.
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:27, Reply)

How do you know it's in 11th?
Is there some ranking page I can't see?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:28, Reply)

@ Ancrenne
Being a grown up does suck completely.

i had to do mortgage stuff today, that's proper grown up.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:29, Reply)

I saw nothing
I know nothing!

*edit* no editing has taken place.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:32, Reply)

As soon as PoD
Sees that, I'm deleting the post. It's a secret.
Use it wisely!
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:36, Reply)

I didn't know that either
They should really have a button.

I dread the day I have to get one of these mortgage things. I really, really, properly seriously do.

Go for it Kaol.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:37, Reply)

Fantastic
Mortgages scare me.
I need someone to leave me some land in their will, then I'll build my own house.
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:39, Reply)

Erm
And you would build a house without needing a mortgage?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:43, Reply)

I've never wanted to own a property
just seems like too much of a hassle. Sure it's your own place and all, but you're the one stuck with stuff when it goes wrong. I've been lucky with landlords though and never had one that's had a problem with me decorating however I like and fixing things when they break. Not allowing me pets at my current on is a bit of a fucker though.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:44, Reply)

I must go to bed now
as my eyes hurt.

Speak to you all tomorrow.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:49, Reply)

Mortgages and the like are pants
..and not in the good, who made them, way

We should all live in tents and migrate with the seasons. The Alps in winter and the Med in summer would do nicely.

On the flip side though, I made the decision a few years back to destroy my mortgage as quickly as possible, and with various saving, overpaying and get-rich-quick schemes, I should be mortgage free by March next year at the latest. Sooner if possible. Screw you Nationwide.
( Fireflier La la la la, not listening on, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:56, Reply)

Night Mrs L
All this talk of food tonight has made me monumentally hungry.

In my head, buying property is just the done thing, like when I chose to go to uni, so I imagine I'll end up doing it, and making it into a technological wonderland.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:57, Reply)

I'm gonna make a house out of
Four shipping containers.
It'll be awesome.
( Cawl, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 23:57, Reply)

...off on a Whedonesque tangent...
re: shipping containers.

This was the one thing that got me about Firefly. I love the series to bits, but in (I think) the first episode, the crew end up meeting a contact in this place which is built up from shipping containers.

I just kind of thought that by the time we've colonised other planets, we might have abandoned the standard ISO container format....
( Fireflier La la la la, not listening on, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 0:01, Reply)

I dunno
I used to be really really materialistic and have tons of stuff, but in the last few years I've downsized my life and am happier for it. I always wanted to be minimalist as clutter and crap drives me mad. Don't get me wrong, I still have plenty of clutter, but it's organised better now.

Night Mrs L

I'm off to bed as well. Late start tomorrow, but still recovering from yesterday. Edit: Forgot to say, some of the pressure is off now as we have a locum starting next week, but she doesn't start until the day after the other nurse leaves, so no crossover to tell important stuff. Still, better than nothing :)
Night all xx
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 0:03, Reply)

I would like to be not materialistic
But I would also love a house when I'm older that is full of awesome stuff. Me with my stupid love of technology and musical instruments.

It makes me feel a bit bad really.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 0:12, Reply)

.
Re mortgages: I'm basically with what beckx said. I tend to uproot myself and go travelling every few years, so having a mortgage seems like added hassle.

@Fireflier:
"We should all live in tents and migrate with the seasons. The Alps in winter and the Med in summer would do nicely."

Personally, I'd prefer the Alps in the summer and the Med in the winter, but that's just me.

EDIT: 'night Mrs. L and beckx
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 0:15, Reply)

Really, it's part of my...
..."don't worry so much" plan for life. I'm in the happy position to get this done just now, but I'm acutely aware that this might not be the case in the future. So I'll take the sort term pain now, deny myself other stuff that I might well do/get/experience otherwise, and generally [iss myself off so I don't have to worry about it in the future.

I've always been the sensible one, so I'd love to get in the position where - well, I don't feel like I hae to worry so much.
( Fireflier La la la la, not listening on, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 0:15, Reply)

The only stuff I'd be sad if I didn't have
Is my bass, my lizard, my tortoise and my knives.

Really though, those are all replaceable.

But I'd not like to live in a tent. That'd suck.
Shipping container house FTW.
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 0:15, Reply)

Hmmm...
You do have a point there ancrenne...
I think I could live on your sofa, forever. It's powerfully comfortable.
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 0:22, Reply)

That's a fair point...
Vodka is my one weakness.
*frowns*

Anyway, I'm going to bed now (shock, horror, etc).

Night anyone who's still here!
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 0:29, Reply)

Night Kaol
And others, as I'm gonna head off too, as I have things to do tomorrow.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 0:31, Reply)

Help!
It's all gone dark!

*Ppphhhppt*

Damn you pesky kids!
( Fireflier La la la la, not listening on, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 0:47, Reply)

'night leavers
and 'night me.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 0:54, Reply)