What are you eating/drinking right now?

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Originally Posted by Emil Miller

I have just eaten spaghetti with the proverbial Chianti: in this case Chianti Colli Senesi 2009 from Panezio of San Gimignano in Siena. Yesterday, an Italian woman of my acquaintance bought me a bottle of Bordeaux wine which I don't usually drink on account of its after effects for those who eat little meat. This, coupled with the Chateauneuf du Pape from neighbours for taking care of their cat, means that I shall be partaking of Quorn pseudo meat dishes in the near future. Stay tuned to this thread.

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You have me fancing red wine now, there is nothing better than Italian food, I'm off to have a good Italian meal out this week sometime (half-term is pure joy).

After a couple of ciders I'm going to open a bottle of wine and have a couple of glasses. It's a Riverview white, decent for the price I believe and on goes another Woody - Cassandra's Dream, a recent one that looks good but has average reviews.

What do you mean the after effects for those who eat little meat? Does Bordeaux wine have that effect, surely not?

Edit: the wine is good, the film is not so good.

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Originally Posted by Neely

You have me fancing red wine now, there is nothing better than Italian food, I'm off to have a good Italian meal out this week sometime (half-term is pure joy).

After a couple of ciders I'm going to open a bottle of wine and have a couple of glasses. It's a Riverview white, decent for the price I believe and on goes another Woody - Cassandra's Dream, a recent one that looks good but has average reviews.

What do you mean the after effects for those who eat little meat? Does Bordeaux wine have that effect, surely not?

Edit: the wine is good, the film is not so good.

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Yes, I'm afraid that a wine that was specifically produced for meat eaters is too heavy when eating small non-meat meals. When I was a relatively enthusiastic meat eater, I drank many a bottle of Bordeaux red. Now that I am a non foodie, I find that Burgundy is just about all that I am able to handle apart from the Italian reds. However, thanks to the introduction of Quorn, I shall be drinking Bordeaux again in the near future.

Both Woody Allen and wine are not to be trusted unless you are automatically sceptical of the one and informed of the other. All wines that have names associated with scenic localities ie. Riverview, Blossom Hill etc., unless it concerns the area in which it is grown, should be avoided by the scrupulous wine drinker.

Tonight I had beer, but tomorrow I have to go to the supermarket and hope to pick up a suitable wine for my evening meal.

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Originally Posted by Emil Miller

Yes, I'm afraid that a wine that was specifically produced for meat eaters is too heavy when eating small non-meat meals. When I was a relatively enthusiastic meat eater, I drank many a bottle of Bordeaux red. Now that I am a non foodie, I find that Burgundy is just about all that I am able to handle apart from the Italian reds. However, thanks to the introduction of Quorn, I shall be drinking Bordeaux again in the near future.

Both Woody Allen and wine are not to be trusted unless you are automatically sceptical of the one and informed of the other. All wines that have names associated with scenic localities ie. Riverview, Blossom Hill etc., unless it concerns the area in which it is grown, should be avoided by the scrupulous wine drinker.

Tonight I had beer, but tomorrow I have to go to the supermarket and hope to pick up a suitable wine for my evening meal.

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Yes I see regarding the wine.

The Woody Allen film was not his best, but the wine was pretty good - Hungarian! They are no Chablis but for under a fiver they are decent red and white wines, they are also incidentally, the house wines served at the Crucible and Lyceum theatres in town and once again what I am currently drinking - the white. I would generally agree with the names though, sounds fair game.

I am coming to the end of Woody's catalogue of films just about, one in the post and a few not available on DVD. I have now seen the vast majority of them (all but about 4/5) and enjoyed the ride and will continually dip into them. My brother has stopped receiving them from me as he says that when you have seen 50, you have seen them all. I don't know what he means.

I am thinking about looking into French cinema a bit again (as well as taking advantage of the Igmar Bergman festival that's coming to the showroom in a bit). I have ordered the Jean De Florette and Manon Des Sources double which has excellent ratings (bought because I got sucked into my daily Amazon spam) and a storyline which sounds interesting. Who knows, maybe I'll try and pick up a little French and fail again as well? The last time I could nearly order a sandwich.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...F8&me=&seller=

Well here I am, having just finished a salad and some snacks with a bottle of white wine that should strictly have been reserved for fish; namely Muscadet 2009. Waitrose have put up some interesting new wines but they are 2010 vintage, which is too early for even white wine to be displayed. Am I being finicky? No, because long experience has shown me that even with wine of a relatively humble origin, it needs to be aged in the bottle before being sold in order to get the best of it.

Yes I'm sure that you will enjoy the films you have mentioned as they are based on the writings of Marcel Pagnol who wrote about the area of southern France where he lived and is revered in France as one of its great modern writers. Ingmar Bergman's films are something else, being the opposite of sunny France and more about the subtle greys of northern Europe. I think that Wild Strawberries may be his best film but he is principally noted or the Seventh Seal among others.

Manon of the Spring is one of my favorite movies, Neely. I haven't seen Jean de Florrette-too sad!

For dinner: fish fillets (yes, frozen), potatoes au gratin (boxed) and strawberry shortcake (yum).

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Originally Posted by Emil Miller

Well here I am, having just finished a salad and some snacks with a bottle of white wine that should strictly have been reserved for fish; namely Muscadet 2009. Waitrose have put up some interesting new wines but they are 2010 vintage, which is too early for even white wine to be displayed. Am I being finicky? No, because long experience has shown me that even with wine of a relatively humble origin, it needs to be aged in the bottle before being sold in order to get the best of it.

Yes I'm sure that you will enjoy the films you have mentioned as they are based on the writings of Marcel Pagnol who wrote about the area of southern France where he lived and is revered in France as one of its great modern writers. Ingmar Bergman's films are something else, being the opposite of sunny France and more about the subtle greys of northern Europe. I think that Wild Strawberries may be his best film but he is principally noted or the Seventh Seal among others.

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Originally Posted by qimissung

Manon of the Spring is one of my favorite movies, Neely. I haven't seen Jean de Florrette-too sad!

For dinner: fish fillets (yes, frozen), potatoes au gratin (boxed) and strawberry shortcake (yum).

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Excellent, it has great reviews so I am looking forward to it.

Yes I'm not sure about Bergman, I have Hour of the Wolf and it wasn't really my sort of thing but I have to take advantage of screenings while they are being shown.

So 2010 vintages are too early, I'll keep that in mind, I wouldn't have guessed that, that they need two years in the bottle.

Just finished drop scones with bananas and strawberries (Elsantas of course).

Edit: I'm about to go on the back with three/four books and a large raspberry and pear cordial with loads of ice and floating raspberries. This is what life is about.

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Originally Posted by Neely

Excellent, it has great reviews so I am looking forward to it.

Yes I'm not sure about Bergman, I have Hour of the Wolf and it wasn't really my sort of thing but I have to take advantage of screenings while they are being shown.

So 2010 vintages are too early, I'll keep that in mind, I wouldn't have guessed that, that they need two years in the bottle.

Just finished drop scones with bananas and strawberries (Elsantas of course).

Edit: I'm about to go on the back with three/four books and a large raspberry and pear cordial with loads of ice and floating raspberries. This is what life is about.

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Just had beans on toast and am drinking Bitburger beer imported from Germany.
If you want to drink 2010 wines, they will pass muster but they are better drunk later but not more than a couple of years. Only expensive wines will improve in the bottle over many years.
I was checking out some YouTube videos of Bergman today and discovered the famous dream sequence from Wild Strawberries, here it is.

http://youtu.be/A3n4TxNeaPg

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Originally Posted by Emil Miller

Just had beans on toast and am drinking Bitburger beer imported from Germany.
If you want to drink 2010 wines, they will pass muster but they are better drunk later but not more than a couple of years. Only expensive wines will improve in the bottle over many years.
I was checking out some YouTube videos of Bergman today and discovered the famous dream sequence from Wild Strawberries, here it is.

http://youtu.be/A3n4TxNeaPg

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Yes that's quite an interesting and disturbing little sketch, there was a moment in the Wolf one where a man kills his own son, drowns him, needless to say that was also disturbing viewing, pretty bleak, give me the French countryside.

Yes I've had the bitburger before it's not bad as I remember. I expect that the 2010 rule doesn't apply to my favourite Hungarian wines then?

I'm currently drinking the Tillington Hills cider again, it's just above average. I can't go on with this mediocrity!

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Originally Posted by Neely

Yes that's quite an interesting and disturbing little sketch, there was a moment in the Wolf one where a man kills his own son, drowns him, needless to say that was also disturbing viewing, pretty bleak, give me the French countryside.

Yes I've had the bitburger before it's not bad as I remember. I expect that the 2010 rule doesn't apply to my favourite Hungarian wines then?

I'm currently drinking the Tillington Hills cider again, it's just above average. I can't go on with this mediocrity!

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I don't know who directed the Marcel Pagnol stories as I haven't seen them, but it is unlikely that they will match Bergman in serious cinematic consideration even though they will be more popular generally.
The Bitburger was, to say the least, a disappointment in that it belongs to that genre of beers which are very sharp and dry with a crispness that doesn't go well with a palate accustomed to something more mellow.
Today, I travelled to the South coast to take advantage of the warm weather and had the local beer which was soupy and best avoided; on returning, I have been drinking vino reddo with salad ( currently the subject of an EU-wide e.coli scare) so if you don't hear from me again, it will be because I've fallen from my perch.

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Originally Posted by Emil Miller

I don't know who directed the Marcel Pagnol stories as I haven't seen them, but it is unlikely that they will match Bergman in serious cinematic consideration even though they will be more popular generally.
The Bitburger was, to say the least, a disappointment in that it belongs to that genre of beers which are very sharp and dry with a crispness that doesn't go well with a palate accustomed to something more mellow.
Today, I travelled to the South coast to take advantage of the warm weather and had the local beer which was soupy and best avoided; on returning, I have been drinking vino reddo with salad ( currently the subject of an EU-wide e.coli scare) so if you don't hear from me again, it will be because I've fallen from my perch.

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Oh dear, I hope the e.coli brew doesn't bite. I hope you got a discount...

I have had a "smashing" day today, playing tennis in the park and then having a pub lunch with Bitburger on tap (I have to disagree I really enjoyed it, but then again, after 9 sets of tennis anything cold would do - though perhaps it is just a question of palate and not taste). We then went for a bit of a bike ride and then played more tennis and finished in the pub again. Spot on, nice tan and I also won.

Currently, I am am raiding Mrs Neely's "pear" ciders again because there is nothing else apart from a stray beer. I'm about to put what is going to be probably last unseen Woody Allen, Broadway Danny Rose, apart from the latest ones coming out of course, Midnight in Paris which I want to see, though I keep returning to them.

South coast sounds good, top day for it.

More days like these please.

Edit: I have found a couple of cans of Scrumpy Jack at the back of the fridge, might have a couple of those; need to replace lost fluids. Going out for a meal tomorrow and Saturday - making the most of the half-term see?

Kipper herring, stuffed olives and a couple bottles of Spaten Optimator.

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Cantaloupe melon for breakfast.

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Originally Posted by Neely

Edit: I have found a couple of cans of Scrumpy Jack at the back of the fridge, might have a couple of those; need to replace lost fluids. Going out for a meal tomorrow and Saturday - making the most of the half-term see?

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And why not? Every day free from the tyranny of work is to be savoured. Today I arose at 10.00 am and fed my cat before grilling a piece of fish and eating it al fresco in the garden. I spent the next hour and a half reading the newspaper and talking to my cat. Then I did some housework and discovered that cleaning the toilet is best done to the music of Mozart's 23rd symphony by courtesy of radio 3. Now I am drinking Berthold Keller Belgian super strength beer 9%, and jolly good beer it is although I have only seen it in tins so far; a few crisps to accompany make it a very satisfying end to the day.

Scrambled eggs and an English muffin.

I've just eaten spaghetti and am drinking the usual Chianti accompaniment, in other words, another bottle for the recycled rubbish bin.

I am drinking, against my better judgement, a Bordeaux red, Chateau du Gazin 2008 Canon-Fronsac which won a gold medal at the Concours Medoc in 2010.
I bought it because it had been reduced from £11+ to £7+, and also because Macon was the region from which I bought my very first bottle of wine in England decades ago. It is, as was to be expected, rich and heavily fruited in accordance with Bordeaux in general and does not presage an easy awakening tomorrow but, C'est la vie.

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Originally Posted by Emil Miller

I am drinking, against my better judgement, a Bordeaux red, Chateau du Gazin 2008 Canon-Fronsac which won a gold medal at the Concours Medoc in 2010.
I bought it because it had been reduced from £11+ to £7+, and also because Macon was the region from which I bought my very first bottle of wine in England decades ago. It is, as was to be expected, rich and heavily fruited in accordance with Bordeaux in general and does not presage an easy awakening tomorrow but, C'est la vie.

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Well it sounds pretty fine to me - and what the hell give yourself an extra hour in bed!

I've just had a couple of steady drinks along with Manon des Sources, a Black Sheep and a couple of Duvels.

chocolate cake.. :drool5:

fritos

I have partaken of spaghetti on melted cheese and, because my local drink store was out of Chianti, I am drinking Valpolicella. Earlier today, while working in the garden, I enjoyed a couple of Burg Keller lagers @9% proof alcohol. Life looks pretty rosy just now, but let's wait until the morning to judge the wisdom of the tendency to imbibe above the recommended requirement of 1/2 pint of beer and 1 glass of wine per day.

Laffy Taffy

Sucking blocks of Cadbury Old Gold Chocolate and Almonds, AND Old Jamaica

And coffee

Back on Berthold Keller's strong lager, following some Thai ribbon noodles and tofu, and now eating some, wait for it, .... Sizzling King Prawn Crisps .
Another of Berthold's lagers should see me happily on my way to bed.

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Originally Posted by Emil Miller

Back on Berthold Keller's strong lager, following some Thai ribbon noodles and tofu, and now eating some, wait for it, .... Sizzling King Prawn Crisps .
Another of Berthold's lagers should see me happily on my way to bed.

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I'm not familiar with the Berthold's lager I must say, though anything that takes the pain away can't be too bad.

I've just come back from a 10 hour joint beer and tennis session, on and off, on and off etc, etc, which as pretty good. Now though I am settling for cold ginger beer with ice - quite refreshing.

Unbelievably, until tody I have gone a whole seven days without alcohol of any order. Quite amazing. I intend to make up for that in the coming days though.

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Originally Posted by Neely

I'm not familiar with the Berthold's lager I must say, though anything that takes the pain away can't be too bad.

I've just come back from a 10 hour joint beer and tennis session, on and off, on and off etc, etc, which as pretty good. Now though I am settling for cold ginger beer with ice - quite refreshing.

Unbelievably, until tody I have gone a whole seven days without alcohol of any order. Quite amazing. I intend to make up for that in the coming days though.

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Well tennis and booze don't exactly go together, but if I had to choose between one or the other think it's fairly obvious what mine would be.
Berthold's lager is brewed in Belgium by an expatriate German and is sold very cheaply in my local store. Unfortunately, at 99p a throw, it is quickly bought by the local nesbits.

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Originally Posted by Emil Miller

...it is quickly bought by the local nesbits.

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"Nesbits"...another fine entry that will be logged into my Emil Miller vocabulary list.

Right now, I am snacking on some "Cheex-it" crackers along with fresh ground coffee mixed with a shot of Drambuie.

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Ah, "Nesbits" is a term used extensively by my brother.

Today I have been on a mountain bike trail from Bakewell to Buxton with regular pub stops of course. This includes lunch outside the Buxton opera house in the sun. Not bad at all.

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"Nesbits"...another fine entry that will be logged into my Emil Miller vocabulary list.

Right now, I am snacking on some "Cheex-it" crackers along with fresh ground coffee mixed with a shot of Drambuie.

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Nesbits is a name that I came across via Neely. It refers to Rab C. Nesbit, a character in a UK comedy television series about a grotesque drunken character in Scotland. Unfortunately, they are equally prevalent in England and infest establishments where the beer is cheaper than elsewhere.

All I've had today is two Imodium+ tablets:(

Some Nesbit examples for Gilliatt, be warned...

The Original Nesbitt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k7VoFiagfs

Modern Day Nesbit's on TV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4YhH...eature=related

The Nesbit Night Out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXYd7...eature=related

That's enough of that!

Just sitting off my pasta and double helping of cherry pie and ice cream. Currently sipping a cheap French bottled lager; BiereSpeciale - it is anything but. Got a Leffe in the fridge for later though.

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Originally Posted by Neely

Some Nesbit examples for Gilliatt, be warned...

The Original Nesbitt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k7VoFiagfs

Modern Day Nesbit's on TV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4YhH...eature=related

The Nesbit Night Out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXYd7...eature=related

That's enough of that!

Just sitting off my pasta and double helping of cherry pie and ice cream. Currently sipping a cheap French bottled lager; BiereSpeciale - it is anything but. Got a Leffe in the fridge for later though.

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Yes, the whole liberal democratic trash heap in one session. With its self-imposed nemesis about to to make itself felt, the most worthwhile thing is to watch it come down. Apart from that, enjoy the Leffe.

Rye Triscuits with caraway seeds topped with dill humus...and a coke.

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Originally Posted by Neely

Some Nesbit examples for Gilliatt, be warned...

The Original Nesbitt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k7VoFiagfs

Modern Day Nesbit's on TV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4YhH...eature=related

The Nesbit Night Out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXYd7...eature=related

That's enough of that!

Just sitting off my pasta and double helping of cherry pie and ice cream. Currently sipping a cheap French bottled lager; BiereSpeciale - it is anything but. Got a Leffe in the fridge for later though.

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Thank you Neely!
Now I understand.
Tonight, a pot of golden hominy with faux butter, a hunk of French bread and a bottle of Beck's

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My neighbour, a very attractive young blond from Poland, made me a superb strawberry and cream cake and asked me to take care of her cat when she visits her relatives in Poland at the end of the month. Now although I don't normally go for sweet foodstuffs, I do go for sweet women and, despite the obvious weight gain, I have already eaten three slices of the cake. The last time she baked me a cake I finished it in record time and suggested to her fiancee ( yes they still do the decent thing in Poland apparently) that were she to produce another, it would not go amiss with me.
However, the reason for this homily is that the cake has left me with little inclination for cooking and I have, after a suitable interval, settled for some Carlsberg Special Brew and crisps.

Oh dear, and it all started so well too - attractive blondes, strawberry cakes and then, bang, Special Brew. You have to be careful drinking that stuff that you don't end up like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KcO0Qa7ZTo&feature=fvst
(Please note this video is disgusting and some viewers may be offended)

I've been busy this weekend having gone out for a Mexican/Italian Friday and an Indian yesterday and to a BBQ this afternoon. I've ate too much, drank too much and spent too much, so next week will have to be a lot calmer.

Red Licorice

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Originally Posted by Neely

Oh dear, and it all started so well too - attractive blondes, strawberry cakes and then, bang, Special Brew. You have to be careful drinking that stuff that you don't end up like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KcO0Qa7ZTo&feature=fvst
(Please note this video is disgusting and some viewers may be offended)

I've been busy this weekend having gone out for a Mexican/Italian Friday and an Indian yesterday and to a BBQ this afternoon. I've ate too much, drank too much and spent too much, so next week will have to be a lot calmer.

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Proof that little boys shouldn't be allowed to drink strong beer. :biggrin5:
Now this over indulgence in food really ought to be curbed if you don't want to end up like this.

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5...ngreadyfor.jpg

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Originally Posted by Emil Miller

My neighbour, a very attractive young blond from Poland, made me a superb strawberry and cream cake...

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Is her name Corina?
Emil's mind begins to wander after a few of those brews.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv09QKB9FrI

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Originally Posted by Neely

....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KcO0Qa7ZTo&feature=fvst
(Please note this video is disgusting and some viewers may be offended)

I've been busy this weekend having gone out for a Mexican/Italian Friday and an Indian yesterday and to a BBQ this afternoon. I've ate too much, drank too much and spent too much, so next week will have to be a lot calmer.

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Yes, that was disgusting but it may be a foreshadowing of what is to become of Neely following his medley of international cuisine. Don't count on next week being calm, at least not in your gut.

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Originally Posted by Emil Miller

Proof that little boys shouldn't be allowed to drink strong beer. :biggrin5:
Now this over indulgence in food really ought to be curbed if you don't want to end up like this...

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I suddenly lost my appetite, therefore coffee is all that I am consuming at the moment.


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Now this over indulgence in food really ought to be curbed if you don't want to end up like this.

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No not at all, I'm in perfect shape, super fit and still good looking with no sign of flab. Someone described me as like a cross between Brad Pitt and Rafael Nadal yesterday. True, that person was me, but it is more or less accurate nevertheless, ish, in a way.

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Yes, that was disgusting but it may be a foreshadowing of what is to become of Neely following his medley of international cuisine. Don't count on next week being calm, at least not in your gut.

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No, no been fairly light eating and drinking today, though I am currently thinking about going to get a box of beers from the shop.

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Is her name Corina?
Emil's mind begins to wander after a few of those brews.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv09QKB9FrI

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:drool5: Wow. You have to have some money to get one of those.

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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle

Is her name Corina?
Emil's mind begins to wander after a few of those brews........

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No, her name is Agnieszka, and if I can persuade her to let me take her photo, I will post it on LitNet.