A bag full of wild plums and I'm going back to where I found them again this weekend for a load more. Most of the blackberries around here are a bit naff though.

Alt answer: A huge cookery book as a birthday present for a friend. She claims to finally understand why her "swing like a lumberjack" approach to dicing vegetables makes my mind boggle now.
( Labmonkey last thought about having another coffee on, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:04, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Look, it was a just one-night stand, OK?
Keep your hands off my 'bag full of wild plums' in future.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:12, Reply)

*denies everything*
( Labmonkey last thought about having another coffee on, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:16, Reply)

8 minutes between a post mentioning plums and a response. I expect better than this from you.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:18, Reply)

It's not good, is it?
I'll try harder.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:19, Reply)

In other news... I have been thinking about trying to run a supper club as mentioned a couple of weeks ago - thoughts?

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:21, Reply)

what's a supper club?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:24, Reply)

underground restaurant "for one night only"

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:26, Reply)

do you serve coal and moles and holes?
they are the sort of things that are underground and rhyme
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:27, Reply)

Where?
As in what part of the country.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:27, Reply)

That London

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:28, Reply)

stupid London
it steals all the good things
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:28, Reply)

Good idea, where the with it people are.
What exactly does it involve?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:29, Reply)

fixed menu. Limited number of people (I think we could seat 20 in our flat) promoted by word of mouth. Try it as a one-off evening & then maybe hold one once a month if it went well.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:32, Reply)

It's got to be a winner.
I'd like to try it.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:34, Reply)

I will gaz you once I have given it some more thought.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:37, Reply)

Merky buckets

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:39, Reply)

This could be the start
of a new form of next-level super-pimped-out elite B3ta bash.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:41, Reply)

Just you and me and the fellow in Devon then.
I don't like Congnac, but I do like single malts. Is that OK?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:47, Reply)

It certainly is. I love the malts.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:52, Reply)

mm single malts
I currently have a head cold, and last night my mother made me hot whisky using Laphroaig. Oddest taste ever
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:53, Reply)

Good work, mater.
I do like Laphroaig, but I've I could only have one malt for the rest of my life I'd go for the 15-year old Bowmore.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:55, Reply)

I am making a bottle of Oban last until September at the moment.
Just a tiny sip at 22:00
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:56, Reply)

Mmm I like Oban

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:56, Reply)

I'm not a fan myself
I'll enjoy a cognac though. Or a good quality vodka if that sort of thing isn't frowned upon.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:55, Reply)

XO Hennessy is my all-time favourite drink.
It's £100 a bottle though, so I only buy it every fourth bottle.

I've also had £12-a-shot rum and (honestly this exists) gourmet sipping tequila and was amazed how nice both of them were. I've had expensive vodkas but cannot get excited about it as a drink.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:56, Reply)

I like the taste of vodka, simple as that
I've had a lovely thai whisky that was more like drinking chilled brandy. but nicer than that sounds.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 18:06, Reply)

vodka when a decent brand
is fine straight. But if cheap it must be mixed
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 18:16, Reply)

who would you invite?
and why not just swap and swap about?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:29, Reply)

You make it open to all but charge for the food (fixed menu published in advance). People bring their own booze.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:30, Reply)

I see
that makes sense
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:30, Reply)

It's not one of your 'swingers' nights, you know.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:31, Reply)

They're not *my* swinger nights
they're everybody's swinger nights!

/Mr Dalliard
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:32, Reply)

I love you.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:34, Reply)

I don't love her, I just say that so I can see her breasts

(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:35, Reply)

(sotto voce)
Does it work...?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:36, Reply)

no
but he still tries
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:38, Reply)

Bless his little chubby cheeks.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:41, Reply)

that was the second attempt
please don't remind me
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:42, Reply)

Haha traumatised, at all?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:52, Reply)

What supper powers do you have?

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:24, Reply)

he can leap tall yorkshire puddings in a
single bound
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:25, Reply)

Impressive.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:26, Reply)

Faster than a speeding box of micro-chips

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:27, Reply)

not that tall - I'm only 5'8"

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:26, Reply)

The power to griddle?
HARD!?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:25, Reply)

the power to kill a yak from 200 yards away
WITH MIND BULLETS
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:27, Reply)

how about the power



to move you?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:28, Reply)

That's telekinesis, Kyle

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:29, Reply)

Do it.
It's an excellent idea. I'd come.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:26, Reply)

I'll gaz you once I've thought it through

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:28, Reply)

Please do.
Or just have me to dinner with a menu like the one you posted before and I'll pay for the ingredients - or provide the wines and cognac...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:30, Reply)

I has silver straws

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:32, Reply)

*rubs hands together*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:34, Reply)