Agreed, but mixed with a generous pouring of Glenfiddoch and imbibed frequently one tends to forget all about the acidic taste of the tea. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
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Agreed, but mixed with a generous pouring of Glenfiddoch and imbibed frequently one tends to forget all about the acidic taste of the tea. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
I'll get tae tea soon, but the Scots are nae known fur their great intellect, lassie*! Note jocky's use of quote tags!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
:)
That's been said about me in a few different places, although this is probably the first time it's meant tongue-in-cheek!Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
:lol:
Tea?
Black lychee.
If Earl Grey is the nobility of tea, and I do like a cuppa the old fella, the the chai lychee I drink is not just king, but all the gods of taste as well. I'd like to be able to describe it in the normal male manner of comparing the taste to certain things best portrayed by angels, but the mixed company forbids me!
That opinion will only be acceptable if you have an alternative.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Otherwise I shall have Parker fetch the doorman to have you ejected!
(I hope you're an anti-tea person; we haven't had someone forcibly removed from the premises since jocky's mam tried to barge in a while back)
Oh my god, looks like you'll be next on the list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
Herbal infusions are NOT tea!
Best adverts in television history. Damn the tree-hugging, politically-correct, anthropocentric do-goodedness which caused them to disappear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
*besides the fact that just about everything useful ever invented was invented by a Scot.
Funnily enough, I don't like scotch in tea, while scotch in coffee - a substance I usually rate right next to used sump oil on the drinkability scale - is great.Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
Maybe it's that 6:1 ratio I use?
That critique on tea was unsurpassable and should be the definitive last word on the subject, however, I have this terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach that we have not heard the last of this. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
well! you obviously missed my last post athiest! :p
SO why idnt I get this wonder tea then ? :p ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
This is also my opion if you are talking only herbal infusions. Im talking arabic based in black tea mixed with fresh herbs like mint , or sage , or cloves.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Hey They still have pretty good adverst, johnny vegas and sock monkey! NO patch on the BT soapsyle adverst though!Quote:
Best adverts in television history. Damn the tree-hugging, politically-correct, anthropocentric do-goodedness which caused them to disappear.
Sorry I was gone for a while, I was just getting my steel helmet and flak jacket from the loft as I had this strange feeling that the thread was getting a wee bitty dodgy. Arguments about tea have a habit of getting out of control. Tea has never had the same resonance with me since they invented tea bags. :)
Wow are you THAT old?!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
Yes, my mammy was 127 when she passed away, only two days after Athiest booted her off the Blokes thread. :bawling::bawling:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
So you were drinking tea over 101 years ago?
:confused: he isn't serious about his mam being deadis he??
Aye, my great grandma used to sip it with me regularly while passing on her words of wisdom, in fact she is still on the go. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
Bloody Nora! what do they have in the water in scotland?? :eek2:
:rolleyes:
Usually whisky. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
Athiest, I have not forgot the Quote quip, you should know us Jocks have long memories, what were we talking about again? ;)
I certainly did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
(Although........ Irish tea? It just doesn't sound right. Where do they grow it?)
Correct, the cudgels are drawn and all other cliches standing by!Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
Ah, that's ok, then. I was a bit worried that that curried grass gunge some people drink and call "tea" is what you meant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
Tea bags?Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
What are they?
Long memories? Is that why you wear kilts?Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
Tea, mate; tea!
Athiest, this was a good nights work, we have vanquished the women without breaking sweat and reclaimed our thread. The stars are in heaven and all is right with the world, hopefully! So whats on the agenda for tomorrow? See you can argue about 500lb Mako sharks, but mention tea or lipstick and all hell breaks out. :D
I keep trying to get out for a fish, but a combination of weather & baby are conspiring to keep me home. I'm sick at hearing what people are catching - we're having a peculiar winter down here where the fish haven't gone away because winter forgot to arrive this year. Friend of mine caught a 40kg kingfish at my spot last week.Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
His funeral's on Tuesday.
I know exactly where you are coming from, I hope you made it look like an accident! As a matter of interest when Global warming strikes, will New Zealand go down before Scotland? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Yeah, he got run over on the street.Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
The bloke who did it backed over him three times by mistake after the intital incident. Damnedest thing...
Actually, you will want to move here. I believe that the Gulf Stream is going to dissipate and Scotland will become one big glacier, while the warmer South Pacific will turn Auckland into a tropical paradise. We love global warming!Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
What, a glacier again? We will get through it as we have through the ages, freezing our nuts off is part of our psyche. When it comes to the worst just remember your pal Jocky and his extended family, three hundred tickets to Auckland should just about cover it. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
IM sorry I can't resist the similarities...Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJPFSNu_QNs
Only in this case its more a case of tryng to take over a thread but tough luck mates!
:p
I knew it, I have had this terrible foreboding all night. Nightshade you are deadly. :) Right if you give me your address I will send down a few quid, but for God's sake keep it quiet! You have been a witness to a few male atrocities, personally I can forgive you, but I am not so sure about Athiest. These Antipodians are an unforgiving lot. Go while the going is good. Tomorrow I shall be mostly eating humble pie. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
OOh I must be having a thick day I almost missed the pun! A few quid wont cover it I'm afraid but I will take a life time supply of vegetarian haggis!Quote:
Originally Posted by jocky
One haggis per lifetme is enough.
predrelemick, you have sneaked in under the radar again. I can safely say that I speak for the whole nation of Scotland and its 5 million inhabitants, by pointing out we all hate the bloody stuff. Burns has got a lot to answer for. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Well, obviously not here, but its distinctive leaf blends that make the tea "Irish". We are connoisseurs of Tea... which is only to be expected from being the country with the highest tea drinking % (per capita basis) in the world. :) It is after all the answer to everything. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Niamh, I never fully recognised the significance of tea to the western world until now. I dont suppose you can give me the ratios for guiness in the Emerald Isle, that may throw up some interesting statistics. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Last winter we got snowed in. By day 5 , It was a Scott of the Antartica scenario in our kitchen. the wife thought I should dig a way out for the quad bike, We were running out of supplies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Vegetables, -"not to worry open a tin of beans"
Milk,- "meh we 'll use powdered."
Coal,- "we can chop up some old fence posts."
Sugar,- "there's always treacle."
Tea, " where's me shovel! I'm going out, I may be some time."(I was, about 3 hours)
Ahem!
I would just like to draw the gentlemen's attention to the link in my signature.
I have put my head forth for shaving for charity and it seems to me that some of the esteemed members ought to stump up a dollar or pound to assist the cause.
I'll even send you a lock of hair!
:D
Thats Brilliant Ath! we'll have to see a before and after. :) I'll throw a few coins your way. ;)
I didn't realize that was a link! You should check out the Coffee thread they are always going on about unwanted hair removal. you could try waxing.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
I had noticed meant to ask when is the deadline/ when do you intend to do it? only Im skint till the middle of the month....
OWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I think not!
All through August.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
Good on ya!
How about plucking each hair? ;)
Are you just shaving your face and head? Wouldn't it show way more commitment if you did the whole body?? I'd throw in some cash for that..
Not forgetting toes and fingers of course! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
Well, I had to do, shall we say, "certain parts" prior to my vasectomy a while back and I'm not doing that again!
Plus, if I do my body, people will have to look at it.
:eek2:
Is it too cold in New Zealand for that?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Only in the South Island.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stargazer86
Up here - Auckland - winter isn't cold by any usual standards. For most of the winter, you're down to t-shirts in the afternoon.
Bit different in SI, where it might be -1 C, snowing, and a 40 knot southerly. Not too many t-shirts down there!
Oh you're in Auckland? I have a bunch of cousins who live there.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
I don't know celsius :P but anything negative or snowing sounds too cold for me!
I checked out your shave the athiest link. That's a really great cause that you're working for! I only wish I could give more. I've bookmarked the page though just in case I'm ever able to in the future.