Spoilt BratsMr Newton sighs, "ever known anyone so spoilt you would love to strangle? I lived with a Paris Hilton-a-like who complained about everything, stomped her feet and whinged till she got her way. There was a happy ending though: she had to drop out of uni due to becoming pregnant after a one night stand..."
Who's the spoiltest person you've met? Has karma come to bite them yet? Or did you in fact end up strangling them? Uncle B3ta (and the serious crimes squad) wants to know.
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chthonic, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 14:11)
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Shallots, eh?I'm surprised brackishboy hadn't heard of shallots, I mean it's not like they haven't been on sale in every supermarket and greengrocer in the UK for just about as long as I can remember. And, thereby hangs a tale...
One of my Mum's friends thought I was rather spoiled because, as an admittedly rather loud and annoying 8-year-old, I would often add stuff to the shopping list. Not being a particularly wealthy family, we shopped wisely but not extravagantly - no cheap crappy burgers, because there's very little actual nutrition compared to proper meat, kind of thing. So Mum's friend was a little taken aback to find that I'd come back with a big bag of shallots and a small (half-size) bottle of semi-decent red wine. "Mum, can I have these?"
"What for?"
"I need it for the boef bourginon, those onions we have are too harsh"
Yep. My Mum indulged my extravagant food shopping shopping (and to a fair old extent, encouraged it). Spoiled, though? I don't know, who got to sit down to a really keen meal that evening?
Length - about 2"-3", and about 1" to 1.5" across with brown or purplish skin, with more flavour but milder than an onion.
(, Sat 11 Oct 2008, 12:40, Reply)
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