What a scrumpcious afternoon.
I couldn't stand being in the office this afternoon, so I took a half hol on impulse. I spent the time walking over Totternhoe Knolls searching for orchids. Didn't find any, a bit early really, but was surrounded by clouds of Small Blue butterflies. I'm so chilled now that nothing you good people do will thaw me out.

What do you guys do for an instant chill?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 20 May 2010, 19:25, 29 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I'm totally dressing boi tomorrow
I'm gonna be so chill I'll be chillier than a set of penguin bollocks
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 20 May 2010, 19:33, Reply)

Well, that's good
I don't think I could carry off that sort of look.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 20 May 2010, 19:48, Reply)

I'm pretty sure that I can't.
But it will be fun trying :)
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:11, Reply)

I stick my head in the freezer.

( girlinthehole, Thu 20 May 2010, 19:34, Reply)

to check on the bodies, of course

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 20 May 2010, 19:38, Reply)

To look for an ice cock I suppose.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 20 May 2010, 19:41, Reply)

I saw that on a porn once, it was all squooshy and melty and...
I think I need a lie down
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 20 May 2010, 19:47, Reply)

You need a blast chiller.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 20 May 2010, 19:49, Reply)

I cook
It helps me to relax (or if it goes wrong, just become a different type of stressed :P). Generally, the worse the stress, the more complicated the food I do.
Exams soon, definitely considering getting the ingredients, pan, and wood for the bbq to do a proper traditional paella just for the challenge (/as an excuse to impress friends/have a few beers). (If anyone can suggest where I might be able to pick up some saffron in Oxford, tell me please, the supermarkets always seem a bit crap for obscure/posh stuff, and can't think of anywhere I've discovered in the market that would.)
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Thu 20 May 2010, 19:40, Reply)

Try a better sort of supermarket.
Google it.

Edit, dont bother with the google. Why don't you go into an indian takeaway and ask the staff if you can have (buy) a teaspoon full?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 20 May 2010, 19:43, Reply)

Tried
Only have the middle of town/Summertown supermarkets due to lack of transport, which consists of an OKish Sainsburys, a crap co-op, and a not that great M&S.
There's a deli in the covered market I might try next time I'm in town though, the internet seems to think it's pretty good.
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Thu 20 May 2010, 19:58, Reply)

I love Oxford Market, you've got to be lucky with it.
Especially the cheese.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:01, Reply)

The cheese man is nice and smiley
Which in my experience either means he's really good or pretty bad, but I don't eat enough good cheese to be worth finding out (generally a brick of sainsburys cheddar bought during the termly big shop will last me the term)
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Thu 20 May 2010, 20:12, Reply)

Well, I'm pretty sure he sells it in tiny portions.
So as you obviously are not a food chav, save up a bit and create a cheeseboard for a meal one day.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:15, Reply)

Ooh, good idea
Yeh, definitely no food chavvery here. Closest I get is liking my bacon cooked enough to shatter :D
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Thu 20 May 2010, 20:23, Reply)

That's an indulgence I could live with.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:25, Reply)

just about any "ethnic" food shop will stock it.
the grotty wee indian shop round the corner here (carlisle, so not exactly metropolitan) sells it and many "obscure/posh" ingredients too.
bloomin' forrins.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 20 May 2010, 19:59, Reply)

Seconded.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:01, Reply)

The sainsbury's
just down the road from me is fairly little and it has saffron. It's pricy, mind. But thirded, yeah - a lot of ethnic type shops will probably have it too.
(berk, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:17, Reply)

I
make cake. I eat the cake. I have a cheeky smoke. I eat more cake. And then I sleep. Best evening in on your own ever.
(berk, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:18, Reply)

Wot, no alkeyhol?

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:24, Reply)

Not necessarily
I prefer weed myself - it definitely relaxes me more, but I'm wary of smoking it too often. That said, if I don't feel like a joint, or I don't have any weed, I'm quite partial to a couple of pints of cider!
(berk, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:28, Reply)

Liquid nitrogen.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:20, Reply)

To drink or applied externally?

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:23, Reply)

However you like, either way it'll give you an instant chill.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:24, Reply)

You say that
but it actually burns like a motherfucker and leaves a nasty scar.
(berk, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:29, Reply)

Depends on how you are exposed
If you keep a layer of gas between you and the liquid nitrogen (i.e. only small amounts, don't contain it) then its just cold since the gas insulates you.
Just splashing it on the floor is also nice and cooling (and fun)
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Thu 20 May 2010, 20:34, Reply)

Yes.
I was being facetious.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:46, Reply)

I wrap myself up in a bottle of wine.......
And sit and look at the park opposite my house and watch the squirrels.
( girlinthehole, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:28, Reply)