Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

We have "the drawer" in the kitchen...

Oh ho, Paul - if only it was so simple.

Its all to do with lay lines, ethnic pathways, higher levels of consciousness and Quantum Entanglement. The ancients of the Far East tried to explain the phenomina through the theory of Feng shui. The Aboriginal Austrailians had their dreamtime, but it is all to do with the effect of consciousness upon the physical.

At least these "The drawer" portals are fixed and regular but there is some overspill of the affect. Socks are particularly and universally susceptible. Local to our house, the horseradish sauce pops in and out of existance from the fridge all the time.

I just completed a brief inventory of “the drawer” and prepared a list:
5 corks
4 pocket knives
45 cal. Casing
A pair of pliers
5 die (dice)
2 Screwdrivers
A small bag of cat nip
A zipper bag containing batteries
A pair of scissors
Approximately 20 pens and pencils
2 expired drivers licenses
A compass
Book of matches from “Crab House at Pier 39 San Francisco
3 rolls of tape
3 pin on buttons (One is Bob Dylan “The Times They are a Changin”, another is “Smokey the Bear” and the third indicates: “Well behaved women rarely make history”)
A St. Christopher medal offering protection to those who enter the drawer nether world.
And a can of Tibet Almond Stick for blending out scratches in stain/ varnish.

The above list comprises about 30% of what’s in the drawer.

I've had a good idea today for monitoring waistline expansion. Let me just define a term or two:
....
For all those innys I recommend a small stick with notches on to check the depth.

Inspired.

hehe. I haven't considered that method though it sounds like a good one.
Another method is the ratio of hem line to waist line. The object is to keep the hemline number larger than the waistline. My newly acquired spare tire caused me to break the tie.

[prendrelemick]

GG: What! No string??? So much for Universal String Theory.

Futher to Pauls belly button theory:- If you can't see it, you really need to lose weight.

[MarkBastable]

We have "the drawer" in the kitchen.

Our "drawer in the kitchen" is a room in the East Wing. Back in the old days it used to be the scene of jolly birthday bashes and impromptu games of cricket, but now my wife uses it to store items that she has bought at boot fairs with a view to, er, selling them at boot fairs. Her stock control policy is a bit like a one-way valve, and now it's not actually possible to get the door open, so we may have to have a new door put in, leading from the knot garden, in order to get the stuff out.

[Paulclem]

Our "drawer in the kitchen" is a room in the East Wing. Back in the old days it used to be the scene of jolly birthday bashes and impromptu games of cricket, but now my wife uses it to store items that she has bought at boot fairs with a view to, er, selling them at boot fairs. Her stock control policy is a bit like a one-way valve, and now it's not actually possible to get the door open, so we may have to have a new door put in, leading from the knot garden, in order to get the stuff out.

You have a walk in "drawer"?

Given the physics of these things, it could be quite dangerous/ exciting.

[Sancho]

I keeping with Gill’s literary travels post, here’s Pablo Neruda’s house in Santiago:



I have no idea who those people are, but it was a warm day on Sunday so lots of folks were out and about – but nobody had shorts as fancy as Gill’s.

Anyhow, this restaurant is a few blocks away and is named for the poet:



Good food, friendly staff, and Live jazz downstairs - Jiggy, baby.

On another note, is life even possible without a junk drawer?

[prendrelemick]

Life would be harder than a hammer's dream - as Neruda may have once said.


I don't even want to approach our drawer, never mind listing the contents (which would be alot less classy than GG's stuff.)

[Paulclem]

Life would be harder than a hammer's dream - as Neruda may have once said.


I don't even want to approach our drawer, never mind listing the contents (which would be alot less classy than GG's stuff.)

I decided to venture into the "drawer". Here's a small amount of it's contents - I didn't delve too much.

1 rolling pin
1 bag of raffia
1 top from a thermos cup
Innumerable plastic money bags (empty)
1 big pair of scissors
1 pack of paintbrushes (1 missing)
innumerble packs of cellophane wrapped tissues
1 tape measure (that won't be there the next time I need it)
1 hair dryer
A pedicure set - open (whatever that is)
cellotape
1 xmas tree pastry cutter
1 spool of garden wire (I won't find that again either)
1 single green jelly mould
1 roll of wide brown tape for parcels
Half of a Bosch instruction manual (I don't know what for - the German bit is left)
several wooden pegs
1 tupperware lid
1 handheld fan

I hardly peeped below the surface. I know there were binoculars in there last week.

[kiki1982]

I decided to pop into the blokes' thread because they all popped into the girls' thread and what do I find? They are discussing the man drawer (go to 1:30).

oo, what is in our man drawer?

passports
Oyster cards (for when we go to london)
at least three old mobile phones
several cables
one old silver cigarette box
anti-stomach acid fluid
1 UK Nokia phone charger
1 China card set
1 naked ladies card set
oh, a set of international plug adapters
several unidentified objects
1 match box with one match in it
1 old discman
1 set of headphones for my old Sony Ericsson mobile
1 red bike light (still works)
1 old square battery
1 old wallet (full)
passport photos
spare keys to our present lock
1 empty bag


It's only a small drawer...

And now the girl will vanish into the girls' thread again

[Paulclem]

I decided to pop into the blokes' thread because they all popped into the girls' thread and what do I find? They are discussing the man drawer (go to 1:30).

oo, what is in our man drawer?

passports
Oyster cards (for when we go to london)
at least three old mobile phones
several cables
one old silver cigarette box
anti-stomach acid fluid
1 UK Nokia phone charger
1 China card set
1 naked ladies card set
oh, a set of international plug adapters
several unidentified objects
1 match box with one match in it
1 old discman
1 set of headphones for my old Sony Ericsson mobile
1 red bike light (still works)
1 old square battery
1 old wallet (full)
passport photos
spare keys to our present lock
1 empty bag


It's only a small drawer...

And now the girl will vanish into the girls' thread again

I've suggested a new Superhero - Drawer Man!!

Might be confusing given the number of outside trouser pant wearers there are in the superhero fraternity.

[Sancho]

Drawer Man, played by Slim Pickens:

Junk drawer contents check, in it you will find:

~ 1 forty-five caliber automatic
~ 2 boxes of ammunition
~ 4 days concentrated emergency rations
~ 1 drug issue containing: antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
~ 1 miniature combination Roossian phrase book and bible
~ One hundred dollars in Rubles
~ One hundred dollars in gold
~ 9 packs of chewing gum
~ 1 issue of prophylactics
~ 3 lipsticks
~ 3 pair of nylon stockings

Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.

Major Kong from Dr. Strangelove:

http://youtu.be/F5qqfsQGYus

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

...I don't even want to approach our drawer, never mind listing the contents (which would be alot less classy than GG's stuff.)

I'll loan you my St. Christpher before you head in, probably more appropriate for Mark's walk in.

I decided to venture into the "drawer". Here's a small amount of it's contents - I didn't delve too much.

1 rolling pin
...
1 hair dryer
...
1 spool of garden wire (I won't find that again either)
...
Half of a Bosch instruction manual (I don't know what for - the German bit is left)
...

1 handheld fan

How big is that drawer ?! and why would you need a manual for a Bosch spark plug? Just check the spark gap and screw the damn thing in and attach the wire.

1 naked ladies card set

Don't let the door slam on your way out, but please leave the cards behind.

Drawer Man, played by Slim Pickens:

...

Major Kong from Dr. Strangelove:

http://youtu.be/F5qqfsQGYus

Brilliant. We found our hero.
Thanks for the Neruda photos btw.

[prendrelemick]

Sancho: I may have to disqualify your drawer as there are too many useful things in it and they are not random enough. It is a drawer you could tip into a hold-all and set off on an adventure.

Kiki: Having keys to your present lock in there is fairly impressive. There are about 20 keys in ours and I don't know what they are for.


I opened my drawer this morning, thinking of doing a list - then shut it again with that immortal phrase " I really must sort this lot out."


Is there a ubiqitous man drawer object? I really thought it would be string - but not so.

[MarkBastable]

Is there a ubiqitous man drawer object? I really thought it would be string - but not so.

A large square battery of undetermined vivacity.

[prendrelemick]

A large square battery of undetermined vivacity.

Present!


err.. not large though.

[Sancho]

Got one – vivacity unknown, but it tingles if I lick it.

I think if there’s one item common to all junk drawers, it’s that ubiquitous “chunk of unknown substance.” It could be animal, mineral, or vegetable. It might have hair. It might not. Possibly it moves of its own volition.