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Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 11:07 am
by gremlin
Stumbling across website that promises hours of wasted time.
https://oldconceptcars.com/
Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 11:12 am
by Rockburner
oooo - that's my friday wasted
Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 1:51 pm
by Taipan
Our puppy French Bulldog! People absolutely adore her. Both people we know and strangers. She gets so excited to see anyone and they cross the road to meet her!
Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:37 am
by gremlin
I went to a local-ish pub Saturday night for some pre-dinner drinks. Let friends pick the venue. They chose a pub I had not been to in years, as it always seemed full of poseurs and glamour-wannabe women.
In the intervening years since my last visit, the situation has hasn't improved. I have never been to a place so full of women pumped to max with botox, filler, teeth veneers, hair extensions and fake tits spilling out of designer dresses. Most of the blokes were all Hugo Boss, Moncler and 'Geeeeeezahh! Fahking lovely contract to do thirty fucking new build roofs!' whilst shoving bugle up their noses.
I could have spent all night in there people-watching.

Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:27 pm
by Yorick
gremlin wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:37 am
I went to a local-ish pub Saturday night for some pre-dinner drinks. Let friends pick the venue. They chose a pub I had not been to in years, as it always seemed full of poseurs and glamour-wannabe women.
In the intervening years since my last visit, the situation has hasn't improved. I have never been to a place so full of women pumped to max with botox, filler, teeth veneers, hair extensions and
fake tits spilling out of designer dresses. Most of the blokes were all Hugo Boss, Moncler and 'Geeeeeezahh! Fahking lovely contract to do thirty fucking new build roofs!' whilst shoving bugle up their noses.
I could have spent all night in there people-watching.

Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:48 am
by gremlin
Being reminded of my behaviour on Friday night. We went out for a PFL* on Friday, then, against our better judgement, went to friends in the evening. Well, I'd had far too much by the end of lunch, but decided that drinking many San Miguel lagers would be a good idea. My friend has just called to remind me that I was 'skating' up and down his hallway in his wife's slippers, discussing the length of Seb Coe's cock, moon walking in the kitchen (I can't moon walk) and doing my best impression of Joe Westerman, disgraced rugby player and making rude suggestions about Gregg's sausage rolls.
By all accounts it was quite entertaining.
No wonder I felt bloody awful on Saturday, mind.
*Proper Fecking Lunch
Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:17 pm
by Yorick
gremlin wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:48 am
Being reminded of my behaviour on Friday night. We went out for a PFL* on Friday, then, against our better judgement, went to friends in the evening. Well, I'd had far too much by the end of lunch, but decided that drinking many San Miguel lagers would be a good idea. My friend has just called to remind me that I was 'skating' up and down his hallway in his wife's slippers, discussing the length of Seb Coe's cock, moon walking in the kitchen (I can't moon walk) and doing my best impression of Joe Westerman, disgraced rugby player and making rude suggestions about Gregg's sausage rolls.
By all accounts it was quite entertaining.
No wonder I felt bloody awful on Saturday, mind.
*Proper Fecking Lunch
I've seen you after a few San Miguels

Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:25 pm
by gremlin
Yorick wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:17 pm
I've seen you after a few San Miguels
What didn't help was the Martinis I had before lunch. I know Antonio makes a bloody good one, so I sat at the bar and asked for his recipe. It goes like this:
Put ice cubes in big tumbler. Add a good slug of dry Martini and stir, in order to coat the ice with the Martini. Don't want it too sweet.
Pour away the excess the Martini. Now add a treble Absolut vodka, stir again and pour into a Martini glass.
Squeeze a length of lemon zest into the Martini, just to get the essence of oil, then rub it around the rim of the glass and place on top of the now prepared Martini.
So basically his Martini is a treble vodka, with a hint of Martini.
Bloody lovely, so I had another one after that.
I was three parts pissed by the time I got to the table.

Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:43 pm
by Taipan
gremlin wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:25 pm
Yorick wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:17 pm
I've seen you after a few San Miguels
What didn't help was the Martinis I had before lunch. I know Antonio makes a bloody good one, so I sat at the bar and asked for his recipe. It goes like this:
Put ice cubes in big tumbler. Add a good slug of dry Martini and stir, in order to coat the ice with the Martini. Don't want it too sweet.
Pour away the excess the Martini. Now add a treble Absolut vodka, stir again and pour into a Martini glass.
Squeeze a length of lemon zest into the Martini, just to get the essence of oil, then rub it around the rim of the glass and place on top of the now prepared Martini.
So basically his Martini is a treble vodka, with a hint of Martini.
Bloody lovely, so I had another one after that.
I was three parts pissed by the time I got to the table.
Pah! The Gibson rools ok!

Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:13 am
by Taipan
Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:03 am
by gremlin
Even though she's 18, I still put stupid notes and doodles in Gremlinette's lunch if I make it.

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And the fact that she still finds it amusing.

Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:37 am
by Mr Moofo
gremlin wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:48 am
Being reminded of my behaviour on Friday night. We went out for a PFL* on Friday, then, against our better judgement, went to friends in the evening. Well, I'd had far too much by the end of lunch, but decided that drinking many San Miguel lagers would be a good idea. My friend has just called to remind me that I was 'skating' up and down his hallway in his wife's slippers, discussing the length of Seb Coe's cock, moon walking in the kitchen (I can't moon walk) and doing my best impression of Joe Westerman, disgraced rugby player and making rude suggestions about Gregg's sausage rolls.
By all accounts it was quite entertaining.
No wonder I felt bloody awful on Saturday, mind.
*Proper Fecking Lunch
How do you know about the length of Seb Coe's cock?
Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:41 am
by gremlin
Mr Moofo wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:37 am
How do you know about the length of Seb Coe's cock?
I don't. And I have no recollection of discussing Lord Coe's appendage either.

Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:38 pm
by gremlin
gremlin wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:03 am
Even though she's 18, I still put stupid notes and doodles in Gremlinette's lunch if I make it.
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And the fact that she still finds it amusing.
Too late to edit this, but this evening she showed me a load of really old 'lunch notes' that she's kept over the years. Bit choked, if truth be told.
Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 8:06 am
by Noggin
Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 7:37 pm
by Noggin
Not happy exactly, but always makes me laugh.
Out with friends for lunch and the dish of the day was steak haché - so she asked the guys how they want it cooked and they both said saignant (or rare!!). In general, for a good steak, I'll have blue by choice, but haché/burger, I tend to go rare. So I said saignant as well.
She looked at me and questioned if I was sure.
Yes.
You want it rare?
Yes.
It'll be bloody (or 'blooudy!!)
Perfect!!
She was amazed that a Brit, and a female Brit at that, was asking for a rare burger
I've had that before elsewhere, but with Genepi. Apparently it's unusual for the Brits to like Genepi and especially the women

Infact in one restaurant when we were offered genepi as a digestif, the woman brought 2 x genepi and gave them to the guys and 2 x some fruit vaguely alcoholic thing for the two girls

Haven't been back there since
The stereotyping does make me giggle. But then, then don't know that I don't really fit into the 'nice middle aged middle class female' bracket!! A girl that bakes, dress makes, embroiders etc doesn't usually mechanic a bit and hurl motos around the place

I know some do, but it seems to raise eyebrows and cause surprise quite often!

(Even more so in France than the UK

)

Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:00 pm
by Taipan
French week at Lidl!

Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:49 pm
by weeksy
Taipan wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:00 pm
French week at Lidl!
@G.P needs this
Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:54 pm
by Taipan
weeksy wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:49 pm
Taipan wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:00 pm
French week at Lidl!
@G.P needs this
The rest of the offerings...
https://www.lidl.co.uk/c/flavour-of-the ... =lidl-plus
Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 7:03 pm
by G.P
Thanks for the heads up
@weeksy I've even got snail plates!
