Happy birthday old bean
Can't wait to see you for drinks tonight

Yours,

Mabazritchie

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( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:25, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Pfft
I heard they went for tapas the other night.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:28, Reply)

with mabazaritchie's tastes I'd have thought they'd go for an indian
or moroccan
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:48, Reply)

I heard he's a real fan of Gulash
and other eastern european stews.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:49, Reply)

sorry
I realise that Gulash is in fact a soup and not a stew. So fuck you.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:50, Reply)

it's also spelt goulash

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:50, Reply)

see the end of my answer above

(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:52, Reply)

understood

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:53, Reply)

I was going to try and make the argument about goulash being a transliteration
but it's Hungarian in origin (I think) and they use the roman alphabet so it isn't at all.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:54, Reply)

Actually
"The name originates from the Hungarian gulyás" (taken form Wikipedia, I know it's probably a lie) so actually Gulash would be the more logical spelling.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:55, Reply)

Hungarian
is a shitty language. It's related to Finnish and Estonian but no other western languages. And it's a bugger to understand.

Paprika is nice though. Which is just as well, as the Magyars put it in every dish.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:55, Reply)

Nor is it related to a good number of non-western ones.
Yer Sanskrit, Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Pashtu, Farsi, even Tocharian... all of 'em Indo-European.

But the Hungarians just had to be different.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 14:39, Reply)

and kielbasa

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:50, Reply)

Mabazaritchie
might be what biochemists would refer to as an Enzyme inhibitor!

Sorry, that was a pish attempt at science humour
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:49, Reply)

HAHAHA
that actually made me do a proper laugh. But my feet didn't move a bit.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:50, Reply)

Did any wee come out?

( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:51, Reply)

No, but I do really want another cup of tea
which in turn will make me need a wee.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:53, Reply)

At which point
your feet will move to take you to the toilet.

Result.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 13:54, Reply)

Pffffttt!
*launches spanging missiles*
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 14:37, Reply)

*runs*

( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 19 Nov 2009, 14:42, Reply)