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Vanilla coffee
Far too many of the Milk Tray chocolates a customer gave us, could I convince the office staff that we have had a confectionery related robbery?
I'm drinking an Iced Caramel Macchiato that I got from Starbucks this morning on the way to school. Apparently, I am now immune to caffeine. Still yawning.
I've just cracked open a well earned bottle of Badger's Golden Glory (the toils of work...) - although I do fancy a wine but dare not have it for fear of not being able to follow the dictates of my alarm clock in the morning. I'm taking it into the bath with the newly arrived Pro Bono Publico...I promise I won't drop it in the water. :smilewinkgrin:
Isn't living by the alarm clock absolute hell on earth? Just keep buying those lottery tickets and hoping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Even if you were to drop Pro Bono Publico Bono into the water, it still wouldn't be as wet as some of the politicos and media pundits mentioned therein.
At the moment, I'm finishing a bottle of Chianti following spaghetti on cheese and toast; ever the Epicurean.
Yep it's a pain, but I make my small protests, including refusing to get to work on time everyday - I'm a model employee. Though I could never be as good as Wilde when he was editor of Woman's World magazine when he used to stumble in at the earliest time of about 11am everyday and be gone by about 1-2pm at the latest. What a man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Currently, my eyes have given up (I can barely see this) and I'm getting tired so I'm doing the sensible thing of putting a Woody Allen on and cracking open a couple more beers; another Badger beer and the Erdinger which I've just found under the Chablis. Bonus!
Just got in for breakfast after the morning rounds. Had Porridge, bacon, egg, mushroom, tomato and toast, with a pot of tea.
Bread, cheese and a jar of olives for my pack-up today, I think.
Salmon and broccoli melt.
What's a broccoli melt? Sounds interesting!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I'm currently eating a fruit pie wit icecream. Yum E.
I literally cannot think of a better decision than to eat a jar of olives. Kalimata, of course. With a glass of fine red wine. And some brie cheese on peppered crackers and...Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I'm making my way through a second bottle of Weston's Stowford Press Cider, lovely stuff, and watching the excellent, excellent Annie Hall again.
I decided to dispence with a meal this evening as I cannot stand cooking.
So I have been enjoying bagel chips with a large bottle of Duvel beer and a 500 ml bottle of Fuller's Bengal Lancer pale ale. It seems as though it's doing the trick and I should soon be asleep.To close one's eyes and float away is about as goods as it gets.
When I can't be bothered to cook, which is actually more than you might think, I always opt for a cheese and crisp sandwich, which is marginally better than just crisps and a lot more satisfying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Oh, the Duvel large again, got to be a good thing. I'm not come across the Bengal. I have to agree with the sleep thing. I like to be exhausted, barely able to keep my eyes open before I hit the sack, which is why I go to bed around 1.30am when not at work; I like the deep sleep.
On sleep: last night I dreamt of riots in Sheffield, petrol bombs and being slashed by a razor blade, nasty stuff. I woke up and went to work. Metaphorically speaking it all came true. I was even attacked by a water bomb on the way home. It's nice to be appreciated...
You mean the keyword ISN'T the kitchen table??? :) Right now I am consuming some freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and drinking a nice, cold glass of tea! Surprisingly, the tea really compliments the chocolate chip cookie in a way that I honestly thought would be disgusting. Haha don't feel bad I am sure over half the population consumes a meal or two at the keyword :)
Just ate some spaghetti, and I am about to get some water. Really thirsty.
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Originally Posted by Neely
Not quite as evocative as Daphne du Maurier's 'Rebecca' but it could be as a result of reading 'Pro Bono Publico' which mentions the post war riots in the UK that broke out over uncontrolled immigration.
I have just noticed a typing error in my previous post which should have read 'dispense'. That's what comes of trying to type on Duvel and English ale.
Softmints.
Ha, yes it doesn't have the same ring to it does it? Sort of like a council estate version of Manderley!Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Yes, I'm just touching upon the start of that in Pro Bono, though I haven't been able to progress with it as much as I would have liked because of work and after school tuition (and an essay). Hopefully though, if I can pull my finger out over tomorrow, I can have that nonsense out of the way and can read and relax over the weekend.
After an Italian salad a la Waitrose ready meals, I have availed myself of a Minervois Grande Reserve 2009 red wine. Once again, a minor region provides a wine of exceptional value.
Sounds nice, the wine I mean, you seem to have a better way with wine than me - which reminds me I need some more wine glasses.
After my bath, I'm considering what to do next: that bottle of Chablis, a beer, orange juice and an easier night? To film or not to film? If film, which film, for I can't read or write because my eyes have packed in and my brain ceased for the day? Hmmm...
Edit: well, I started with Another Woman, but now I think I am going to go to bed, a little too tired for all of that.
Tea and dates.
Three billion year old blocks of granite and a river of bubbling molten lava
Lol! I am drinking my spit right now. Duh. Eww.
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Originally Posted by mystyrmystyry
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I've not long back finished off a homemade pizza, nicked a bit of the kids Easter Egg and now I'm drinking a Chablis 2009 - having laboured all day at my last ever essay. As I watch Brief Encounter safe in the knowledge that I will never again write an academic essay (I think anyway) and with the understanding that tomorrow I'm going to get very, very drunk - I'm feeling quite pleased with myself and even somewhat happy!
vegemite toast and earl grey tea.
A handfull of pecans and dried apricots washed down with a glass of Stoli vodka on the rocks.
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liquor and beer and everything's clear
My blueberry muffins are about to come out of the oven. Muffins for breakfast!!
Smoked alien tongue - eat them before they eat us I reckon - quite delicious and tender - though it does feel a bit strange being aware that it may be tasting me back...
A beverage for leverage: Dr Miracle's Magickal Elixir ['The Blind Shall Walk Again! The Deaf Shall See!'] (might be snake-oil)
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Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry
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Omelet and water.
I have just been out munching with my brother and dad to a decent restaurant/pub. I had a chicken dish which was OK. The fresh garlic bread was the best part of it though. I washed it down with two pints of Doom Bar and a Leffe. I'm now going to drink a coffee as today I have got my hands on some potentially good coffee - Santos, Brazil and then I think I'll have a glass or two of Riverview red - it's the best I could get my hands on at the time. I've got The Sting today, so I'm going to put that on as tonight's viewing! I've never seen it.
Riverview Red eh? I just checked it out and it comes from Hungary, so it should be OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
I was very off colour yesterday and drank only water and no food. Better today but I think it's advisable to avoid alcohol for another day. You will need to suspend belief for 'The Sting' but that's been par for the course in Hollywood for years.
It is quite nice and I have only just remembered where I have seen it before - they serve it at the Crucible/Lyceum theatres in Sheffield as the standard red wine - £3.80 a small glass mind, whereas I have the whole bottle for under a fiver! It's very fruity and easy drinking, but nice and dry as I like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Speaking of that, I was in the Botanical Gardens this afternoon nosing about behind John Parrot and Stephen Henry, you must have seen me, the good looking one with the shades and grey t-shirt? (No, I wasn't on the TV actually I don't think, but I was nosing around.)
Glad you are feeling better. There's nothing worse than being ill, but at least you appreciate the food and drink all the more when you are better.
I have managed to steal a couple more chapters of Pro Bono in today and I am very much enjoying it, you have a good style, like a fine Chablis 2009! Tomorrow, after taking the kids to the park, I have an appointment with my deckchair in the back garden and I'll be able to read some more. I can't believe I am about free; no more damn essays!
I've ended up watching Dirty Harry. :rolleyes: I'll watch The Sting another day. Missing Woody Allen though, need the pent up anxiety and talk of analysts and biting humour, tomorrow maybe?
porridge. lol. You guys make me feel like I'm on prison rations....:puke:
Watermelon and tea.
I hope you continue to enjoy the book, I was also re reading it in the garden today. By chance I discovered that the BBC is showing (tomorrow evening?) the titanic match between Steve Davis and Denis Taylor. It must rank as one of the most exciting snooker matches ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Apparently, 18 million viewers tuned in at the time and I reckon there were probably as many nervous wrecks when it was over. Spellbinding stuff.
Oh wow, I'll try to catch that thanks, I didn't know so many watched it - 18 million is incredible. It has to be one of the classic games of all time.
The wine is quite good indeed and the coffee is the best I've had since Pollards...not a bad day again, touching wood.
Porridge is a good morning starter, and if I was sensible enough to have breakfast, I would go with that (sometimes I do). However, if it is night in sock land, I would need to know where the beer/wine/cider is coming from. :smilewinkgrin:Quote:
porridge. lol. You guys make me feel like I'm on prison rations....
Well it turned out to be an interesting programme about people who were involved in the match, apart from the players, although it did show important moments in the contest. It was quite moving in its way and it highlighted the reason why snooker players are worth their money because, unlike in team sports, there is no margin for error and the pressure is intensely personal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
It was amazing how Davis kept his composure, albeit with obvious difficulty, when, after such a marathon struggle, Taylor finally potted the black.
Getting back to the thread's raison d'etre, I have just had salad and prawns with Soave as a gentle demi-sec wine to compliment the food.
Having had another busy day, just getting in at 10/11pm over the last couple of days, I'm going to have a bath and then drink a cold Stowford Press Cider.