Well
I am at home today feeling exceptionally sorry for myself. head full of snot, bright red nose caused by excessive blowing and aching all over. The BF, in a rare act of extreme loveliness has offered to get some shopping for me which has cheered me up immensely.

Two questions.
1. apart from loo rolls and orange squash, what should I put on the list? I did think that an aardvaark may be appropriate. I think I have til about 2 to get the full list texted over....

2. Who has been surprisingly thoughtful to you today?
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:15, 52 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Well, it's probably the least he can do
if there's been that much "excessive blowing."

_Sorry...
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:17, Reply)

*high fives*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:17, Reply)

ha ha
you been watching through the curtains?
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:18, Reply)

It was a stirling performance
You almost got a standing ovation out of me
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:19, Reply)

well
that could be misinterpreted.....
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:21, Reply)

When I say 'almost'
it occurred to me just in time that I didn't want to blow my cover.

(Just my wad.)
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:23, Reply)

stop
making me laugh, it hurts...
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:26, Reply)

I believe this is the point
at which I'm supposed to look you straight in the eye with an excessively serious expression and say, in my best attempt at a teacher's voice,
"What are you laughing about? Do you find something amusing, young lady? Perhaps you'd like to share it with the rest of us?"
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:30, Reply)

fookin'
excellent response there. Have a click. I never, ever thought that I would be the recipient of those words again...
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:32, Reply)

I fucking haven't.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:19, Reply)

calm down
I wasn't accusing you of that dear chap!
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:22, Reply)

Get him to get you an aardwolf.
Comfort food - ingredients for a chicken noodle soup, or curly fries and chicken dippers. Fuck yeah, seaking.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:19, Reply)

soup!
have to be pre-made, can't be arsed to make and absolutely no energy - exhausted just by typing. Good idea though, thank you.
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:20, Reply)

Pre made?!
You can do it all in one pan, 6 ingredients.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:31, Reply)

chillis, garlic, ginger and lime and make it into a spicy soup - should sort you out.

(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:22, Reply)

^ Listen to him Doris, he is wise.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:23, Reply)

I'm listening
and thinking if there is any way I can persuade the BF that many brownie points would be earned by concocting such a delight for me....
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:24, Reply)

If I were you,
I wouldn't use the specific phrase 'brownie points' in case he gets the wrong idea.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:31, Reply)

but
aren't we all bummers on here? did I get the wrong website?
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:33, Reply)

One way to loosen your phlegm, I suppose
*feels a bit sick*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:34, Reply)

Hey Monty
did I hear right? You have been described as "easy on the eye".....are you basking in smugness?
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:37, Reply)

Well, he is pretty gorgeous
Particularly as one of the founders of the League of Flappy-Haired b3tans.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:42, Reply)

Faintly embarrassed, actually.
But flattered, of course...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 12:15, Reply)

one small problem
is lack of pans - mate's birthday at weekend and spent Saturday making rice and peas - all still in dishwasher.....complete with congealed coconut milk....
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:23, Reply)

If only there was a way to clean them.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:26, Reply)

Nah - leave them for the saucepan fairies.

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:29, Reply)

I could
always take them to Starbucks if I could be arsed...
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:33, Reply)

You take your dirty pans out of the house with you?
Internet people are weird.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:39, Reply)

failing that then, is there a Thai takeaway anywhere near you?
Get a thing called a Tom Yum soup or Fishermans soup (this one has seafood in) or similar.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:39, Reply)

cheers
but they don't deliver *cries into piece of kitchen roll*
I have exhausted myself so am going to go and watch some daytime telly in the hope I will be inspired enough to get to the office tomorrow...
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:41, Reply)

I may be obsessive but I couldn't have slept a wink all weekend
knowing there were that many dirty dishes downstairs.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:44, Reply)

it's ok
they are hiding in the dirty dish cabinet. And I haven't slept much anyway due to excessive partying on Saturday and being otherwise occupied. I can't see them....
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:50, Reply)

for me, it's just the knowing...
I admire your resolve!
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 11:56, Reply)

My boyfriend has been looking things up on the internet
to try and find out why my extremeties are always cold.

But it's not really that thoughtful because he's only doing it as an excuse to try and make me give up caffeine for my health because I'm trying to get him to stop smoking so much pot for his.

So ultimately he just wants me to suffer as much as him from withdrawals.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 12:00, Reply)

I believe it's just down to your metabolism and the nature of your blood flow
Some people's bodies naturally have a greater blood flow (ergo more warmth) to their extremities than others. The amount of warmth you generate on the whole depends on your diet and your metabolism (which, in turn, are partially linked). So it's not really your fault if you have cold hands.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 12:06, Reply)

Yeah that's what I said
when I go and give blood I have to clench and unclench my fist for the duration to make my blood flow into the bag and my hands go all tingly if I raise my arm for more than a few seconds so I think I just have lazy blood.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 12:37, Reply)

If I remember correctly...
Wasn't there a TV documentary that explained that women have cold feet and hands because their homeostatic system is set up to keep warmth at the core of their body to keep the ovaries toasty, wheras men are designed to shed a lot of heat to prevent their testicles from overheating, or somesuch - it's definitely to do with a biological need for women to keep internal organs warmer and thus they reduce blood flow to extremities to save body heat....

So you should be ok on the espresso
(Chad, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 12:10, Reply)

I think I read that too
that women have a higher core body temperature. My ovaries do feel quite toasty.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 12:38, Reply)

Yes, they do rather
Mmmm...
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 13:23, Reply)

to get blood to your extremities, wave your arms back and forth like a spacker running.
That's what Bear Grylls does.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 12:28, Reply)

Bear Grylls warms his hands in the hotel he's staying in.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 12:38, Reply)

That's a harsh judgement.
If I'd spent the day filming in sub-zero temperatures, jumping naked into hazardous whitewater, eating scorpions and drinking my own piss out of a snakeskin, I reckon I'd probably demand a hotel room once 'cut' is called.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 12:53, Reply)

Ray Mears wouldn't do that.
Ray Mears would build his own hotel out of mud and fish that he'd caught using reeds. He's proper hardcore. He knows what to do. Always trust the survivalist who looks like he's eaten all the pies.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 13:07, Reply)

Exactly
I think if you're going to advertise yourself as a survivalist you shouldn't get to switch it off when you want.

There should be a Mears v Grylls survival-off or something. See who dies first. Although I've noticed that I've never actually seen Ray Mears making fire, he just shows the village kids how it should be done and then sets them to work on it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 13:11, Reply)

I've seen Mears show New Zealand Maoris how their ancestors 'probably' made fire.
They seemed pleased - Grylls carries a flint rod and bashes his knife against it to make sparks. There is one essential difference between the two boys. Grylls just wants to leave wherever he is whereas Mears just wants to make it nice - it's like a wilderness makeover show. To be fair, he'd be better off up against Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 13:21, Reply)

Bear Grylls
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 13:33, Reply)

so that's what his fucking name is
I've been watching his show here in Spain for the past couple of months without knowing the name of him or the program.

they just showed the desert one where he eats rattlesnake
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 13:19, Reply)

I know the behind-the-scenes survival advisor for that show
The crew first asked him whether you could make a water carrier from snakeskin, then a little while later whether you could drink your own piss.
He told Bear to drink a feck load of water before filming that one.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 14:08, Reply)

I'd seen another program
a few years ago about drinking piss in the desert.

it wasn't direct urine-to-bottle though- it involved covering and evaporating the water in the urine, and drinking that somehow
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 14:27, Reply)

Yep, it's just distilling the water.
Easy if you have the materials to hand.

I might hasten to add that distilled water is just as bad because it strips the minerals and salts from your body.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 14:47, Reply)

my wife...
thoughtfully stopped me worrying about what to spend money on by using my paycheque to pay her bills for the month...

Then again, I wouldn't have it any other way - and I get to have steak for diner, so it's a good thing, really.

As for the cold/shopping thing, I think that some sort of soup (mulligatawny is a good choice) to help steam the snot out... a good book wouldn't go amiss, either - makes waiting for your nose to stop running more enjoyable.
(Chad, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 12:13, Reply)

Thank you
all for your kind advice x
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 14:37, Reply)