EVEN VEGGIE'S LOVE THIS KIND OF MEAT
Been waiting for the kettle to boil, seemed like it was taking ages, returned to the kitchen, someone had switched it off at the wall, d鈥檕h. Needed to blog, so have resorted to a pint of water instead, much better for me anyway.
Hey would you like to see a picture ?
鈥 went to see Meat Loaf last night. He was great and I took a picture to show you all...
I鈥檇 like to accompany each entry with a picture actually, I change the wall paper on my phone to a snap shot of the day every day anyhow, sometimes I may change it three or four times in a day, it keeps things moving forward. Last few days screen savers have been, the mushroom foray - you could all get to see Fergus, my mum鈥檚 stew 鈥 you could try and spot what鈥檚 in it cos鈥 she sure as hell won鈥檛 tell me, my new/old Beetle which I love, the dog that looks like a teddy, many different herrings, as they say in Sweden.
Hey, need help today, if you鈥檙e up for it. On the show last night we stumbled upon the question,
鈥淲hat鈥檚 the difference between a quiche and a flan?鈥
Well it went crazy. So many different opinions but nobody really knew the answer, now please DON鈥橳 get involved with that one but we would like to do some more heated debates about questions we all think we know the answer to, when of course really we do not. So, infuriatingly obviously simple questions please, that are really difficult to answer. Thank you.
The other highlight of yesterday was I saw (pallindromic phrase by the way, WAS I SAW) the delightful Emma 鈥淏aby Spice鈥 Bunton at the gym. She looked radiant, so healthy, I asked her how she鈥檇 got on on Saturday in SCD and she said she鈥檇 won ! I also asked her was this the fittest she鈥檇 ever been to which she replied, 鈥渘ot far off,鈥 good for her.
Today I鈥檓 off to the B.B.C. television centre to give a talk on light entertainment in front of three hundred or so people. Apparently the session is the most oversubscribed, ho hum, better think of something to say then. Er鈥r鈥, no it鈥檚 gone.
Tonight on the show, I think we鈥檙e discussing i.q.鈥檚 and poison. Ever been poisoned, was it fun, would you do it again, recommend it to your friends ? Ha ha.
Dreamt early this morning that I鈥檇 already written this blog, it was nothing like this though.
Right, off to see if the kettle's feeling overcome it's bout of pneumonia, then back to bed with a cuppa and then I鈥檓 gonna bang out two pages of,what鈥檚 gonna be in the internet tv. show. My agent鈥檚 been screaming at me for the last few days and It's really beginning to hurt my ears.
Today could be the day eh ?
I love that, mainly because it鈥檚 true.
x.
Comments
I was going to ask about pictures!
If you get it figured out I'd like to see Enzo please. Photos of my dogs (full-time) are on my blog. Not sure if Enzo is only yours part-time or if you were Enzo sitting.
Kate
(not quite awake yet)
Morning Chris,
Who turned off the kettle?
Read in a book once that interfering with electrical things can be a way for spirits to communicate (lights flickering etc.) Of course there is always a slim possibility it was a person I suppose ;-)
Mmmm simple questions where no one knows the answer, I guess we must avoid the "Chicken and egg" one too!
I will think of one and post it later.
Have a great day, piccy sounds cool!
P.S. do you mean internet TV show could start tonight when you said today culd be the day?
Morning Chris - am I your first?
Two things I ponder: what's the real difference between working hard and working smart? I'm working smart (need to be at home to get the house sale completed and not be interrupted) but I have to work hard too! My Dad once sat on a plane with the CFO of General Electric and the guy said "the problem with you Brits is that you reward effort". He's right - all those people looking to make sure you're in on time, whatever on time is these days.
Ponderable number two: can a trained solicitor still really fail to distinguish between November and October. We're trynig to complete next week...colossal incompetence!
Hope you have a great day.
Morning Blogers and schloggers.
I have to say thank you to Chris (again) for the show dedication last night!! :-) I even went to sleep with a smile on my face and it had nothing to do with Mrs BigUn :-)
What is the difference between a flan and a quiche?
Flan:
FOOD COOKERY an open, usually round, pastry or sponge case with a savoury or fruit filling
Quiche:
A savoury tart filled with an egg-and-cream mixture and various meat or vegetable ingredients
Well at least that is what the Encarta Dictionary: English, says. All I now really is they both taste good! ;-)
The closest I have come to being poisoned could only be from an overindulgence on alcohol which has (in the past) been known to run through my veins and make me feel particularly poorly if that counts?
A very happy Tuesday one and all :-)
Keith
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P.S. Just so that you do not think last nights show has changed me here is a little joke to help you through the day :-)
A blond enters a store that sells curtains.
She tells the salesman, "I would like to buy a pair of pink curtains."
The salesman assures her that they have a large selection of pink curtains.
He shows her several patterns, but the blonde seems to have a hard time choosing.
Finally she selects a lovely pink floral print.
The salesman then asks what size curtains she needs.
The blonde promptly replies, "Fifteen inches."
"Fifteen inches?" asked the salesman.
"That sounds very small - what room are they for?"
The blonde tells him that they aren't for a room, but they are for her computer monitor.
The surprised salesman replies,
"But miss, computers do not need curtains!"
The blond says, "Hellllooooooooo! I've got Windoooooows!"
Sorry to all you blondes out there but, aw gowan smile :-)))
Good morning Christoff,
I saw meat many years ago at Bingley hall in Stafford,he put on a great show.Glad to see the big guy is still doing the business. Got you down as a coffee person for some reason, coffee in the morning tea in the afternoon for me.
My nan used to make the stew to die for,never tasted a stew like it since, she used beef shin I think, though she always called it broth, come on our team!!.
Pottsie.
Ooooh, just thought of a question but it's one that no one knows the answer to! Any "What the Bleep do we know" fans will understand - a bit quantum!
What is solid matter?
If everything is made up of atoms, which are made up of particles of energy etc that all move about within a space(sorry, I'm sure another blogger could describe it better). How is anything solid, or is it a state of mind???
Morning Chris,
Glad to hear you're making the web tv show. I've been pondering on what you might decide to do with that idea. It will be yet another reason we all feel that we know you a little better than we did before.
It's been an early morning blog for me too, have just started a personal diary blog, finding it most theraputic.
My infuriating question is what are the correct uses of an apostrophe? In other words is it Chris's blog and if there were 2 Christophers would it be Chrises' blog?
I'm always confused! That's a statement not just directed at the above question I'm just confused... Still smiling though:)
Did I tell you the ski holiday booked in the middle of the night at the weekend is going to my favorite chalet hotel in La Daille? I've not been this excited about a holiday in ages.
Have a good Tuesday and I'll be there in the car at 5pm.
Lynda
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Pictures would be great - am keen to see whether that mushroom really is a natty hat or not. I'd also like to see the ukelele woman - was she on again last night?
Inernet TV idea sounds top - though bear us in mind who have to go up the wooden hill early, wontcha pls Christophle?
My question is... why is it, when asked to furnish a really fiendish question to fox even the lowliest fox, my brain goes blank? Might have to get back to you on that one.
With more coffee. You may have rheumatic kettle, we have awful vending machine that seems to delight in only chucking out half a cupful.
Wow - seem to be spelling things better today.
Today might be the day, but yesterday was also a day too - and got to speak to someone fabby as part of job. made a dull day sparkle - in the same was as blogging does.
Take care y'all, and love love love.
Good morning, shmorning
Meat Loaf brings back many memories, I expect the concert was awesome, especially so at the Albert Hall (I think I heard you say).
I'm not sure I have woken up properly yet - will have to go for a caffeine fix....again!! I don't often struggle to think of things to type - as you know!!! : )
How fab was the show dedication!!!! : ) made my day!! Thanks again Chris : )
This internet TV show of yours Chris is gonna be big....the way forward mate - tell your agent to get off your back (and ears) - otherwise he will have the blog force to deal with!!! : ) Having said that, we eagerly anticipate any new venture.......: )
Can't stop thinking of Meat Loaf songs now......
Have a good one
Gaby
xx
What a wonderful idea - chamging your photo on your phone like that.
The question that someone asked me once and that I still love is:
Will your answer to this question be no?
Have a great day.
Kelly x
I would just like to express my thanks to everyone that passed on their kind thoughts to me yesterday. I already am seeing the break down of both the marriage and the business as a release.
Last year I had the opportunity to go to Lapland for 3 months to work as a kennel hand, helping to train the dogs for the sled races. It didn't pan out though, because of the business and the husband and so I stayed here out of a sense of duty. Next year will be a different story if the opportunity raises itself again, helped along with a few not so subtle hints from myself!
I did enjoy running my own business, and feel that it is better to have tried and failed rather than not try at all, as then you will always be left wondering - the same theory applied to the relationship too. I do not 'hate' him, nor even dislike him. I just know that I don't want to be with him anymore, and he doesn't want to be with me. We had some of the most amazing times together, but they have fizzled out to be replaced with suspicion, mistrust and deceit. Not the best recipe in the world!
So yes, today is the day, same as yesterday was, and sunday and saturday.
Cheers all,
MW. a!
whats the diffrence between a casarole and a stew !!!!
Mariella W, a! #48 (yesterday)
I am sure you will look back and you will feel glad that you have now realised/discovered that enough is enough - I am sure we have, all of us, given too many 'benefits of the doubts'.....but THIS time you know you will put up with no more. You will feel liberated, stronger and more in control.
In the meantime, we are all with you and sending you happy feelings.
Gaby
xx
Meatloaf concert - fabby or what ?? ! v jealous. looking forward to seeing the piccie. Bat out of Hell is one of my all time favourites -- and also one of the few songs I know the words to !!!! (much to my friends surprise as I'm mainly into classical and 'easy listening' )
this web tv thing sounds like its really taking off -- Good luck with it - can't wait to watch online.
Heard the tail end of the quiche/flan debate last night, it was very funny and had me laughing out loud in the car.... sure the driver behind me thought I'd gone mad..
Been thinking about a question and the only thing i can come up with is who decides what things are called - eg, why is a table called a table and not a chair ?? who decides ??
I'm on hols now for the rest of the week so I'm off to potter . Have a good day all
Linda xx
Hey Mariella, was just thinking about you and then there you are, one of the first blogs.
Sending you lots of positive vibes today. You sound like you're a very strong woman anyway, but a few more won't hurt eh?? As the Mother Superior in The Sound of Music said "When one door closes, another one opens" and I've found it always to be absolutely true. We need to get rid of the bad stuff to make space for the great stuff that's just waiting to come into our lives.
Have great days bloggers ( and Chris - Moving on up by Primal Scream between 6 and 6.30 for Cath and Rich, pleaaaaaaaaaase???)
Love you all lots :-)
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hey!
Im having one of those days today that you havent caught up with yourself. I got up late and rushed to work and i feel undone. I look less than radiant!
The thing is I really wanted to look and feel good today! Its my dads birthday today and I feel the old man only ever really sees me when I make an effort!
I was also determined todaywasthe day that I get back to life! I have had some exams and let everything else slip away! I havent read anything that wasnt about poverty and inequality for months, I have let my body drift from toned to soft and my bank balence is more un healthy than me!
well thats in, on returning from my fathers I shall do a work out, read some bloody fiction listen to some ella fitzgerald and have a glass of shiraz!
em25x
internet tv show,eh! sounds promising! I already watch one or two video podcasts...
one little idea for you chris, is that Bam Bam (who use to do the breakfast show on kiss 100) is doing a breakfast show podcast, and you pay 拢1.50 a week to download everyday.... www.theshow.com
innovate, i say, would you charge for people to get your show? would the people here pay a little amount of money to watch it???
i know i would..
just a thought, have a good day all
Morning bloggers - it's my first time so be nice.
My question is - why is it whatever time I leave the house between 8 and quarter past I always get to my destination at the same time. Are mysterious forces at work??? Or perhaps just traffic flows on the M3!
I've been poisoned - once - when eating my boyfriends mussels he abanded at the side of his plate when he wasn't looking. I thought he was being fussy and didn't realise the awfulness that would ensue.(don't force things - especially closed mussels - one of life's important lessons?) Can't be all that bad - as any man who could still love me after all that was worth keeping - he's now my husband.
Have a nice day - roll on 5 o'clock...
Lucie
Good morning all
McCrumble here, facing another day in solitude with the sullen Ravel for company. Thank goodness that technology has reached the state where I can be hidden from view yet still communicate as if I were just next door.
Can we post pictures, or just you Chris?
Have I ever been poisoned? No, though I have, inadvertently, been the cause of a mass poisoning myself. If you want to find out what happened (I am too ashamed even now to go into details), then I suggest clicking on the following links and reading the story....
Part I
Part II
What's the difference between a quiche and a flan, you asked last night (and this morning). I took your question seriously and dispatched him to the nearest village, where there is a small supermarket. I told him to buy a quiche and a flan. He came back with a scratched face and neither of the items. I asked him what happened.
'I said to man in shop that I want kishflan. The man look at me like I am village idiot. I repeat I want kishflan. He try to understand but I think his English not good as he is coming in Italy. I say I must have kishflan or my boss unhappy. Then he understand and get angry. He ask if I want to kiss Fran? I think he cannot say words proper so I say yes, you got it mate. Then he take swipe at me like a girl and scratch my face. I think about punching his lamp out, but think twice and stop my fist. He call behind him and nice looking woman come out. He call her Frances and say do you know this idiot. Again I want to hit him. Woman says she never seen me before. Man says I want to kiss her. Woman smiles and says she not available. Man shouts something in Italian and tells me to never come back. Sorry boss, he is stupid man and now we cannot go back to the shop.'
I was tempted to send Ravel back with a hand-written note, but thought it better not to draw any attention. So I'm afraid, Chris, that the question remains unanswered. On top of that, we are also facing a period of enforced hunger. The mad shopkeeper has the only shop within walking distance.
J McC
HI
I have looked up stew which is a dish of meat and vegetables cut quite thickly. But casserole is nearly the same! But the word casserole was actually the name of the dish/pot the "stew" was served in! Aaagh!
x
Hi Chris and fellow bloggerines
Many different herrings indeed! I was waiting for the sandwich toaster to do it's thang yesterday, and my boss had switched that off at the wall instead of the kettle. I only realised after about 1/4hour once no smoke was pouring out of it!
I took a pic on my phone of the sunrise yesterday morning, and one of the sunset later on - seem to have a bit of an obsession with the sun lately. My favourite photo I've taken is one of the sun over the Palace Pier (in Brighton) of a massive grey sky with the (godlight) sunrays bursting through. It's title is 'Why we live in Brighton'.
Only ever seen Meatloaf in Rocky Horror - SUPERB!
re poisoning...I think my drink was spiked on Saturday. Fortunately I was staying with two good friends after we had been out so they made sure I was ok, but it's a very scary thought.
CATHERINE #6. My science teacher always said that a thing is solid if you can't drop anything into it or through it...
Hope your talk goes well today Chris,
love
hazel
x
Oh DAN #12 - Casserole in the oven, stew on the stove.
...and my question...where does the muck in a 'self-cleaning' oven go?
ciao bellas
xx
Morning...
I would love to know why it is that some of us cannot tolerate certain sounds - such as a fork scraping on a saucepan (it even hurts me to write that), finger nails down the blackboard, (and in my aunt's case a tea towel drying a wooden spoon - what's all that about?!?!) Maybe the evolutionary (kissing) expert chap has a theory?
Thx,
Emma
PS Sorry if I've made everyone reading this' toes curl.....
Hey Chris (and all the bloggers)
If today is the day, then, is tonight the night?
Love & Laughter from Shirl.....x.
The question that I've never had a proper answer to is.... why is Christmas Day always on the same day, but Easter changes each year? Basically, why do we celebrate Jesus's birthday on the same day every year and his resurrection on different dates?
Maybe if I'd ever listened in church I could have a stab at this one. Even better if I'd gone. Hmmn.
Another question that perplexes me - why don't some people go for gingers? Missing out I say.
Au revoir mes puces.
x
Mornin Christoff,
When should you use a semi-colon ; ?
Why do biscuits go soft and bread go hard?
Why do your own farts smell alot better than everyone else's?
Why is it so cold at the top of a mountain when it's nearer to the sun?
Why is it more difficult to tell the difference between hot and cold with you eyes shut?
Why is diesel more expensive than unleaded when it used to be the other way around?
Ian
Good Morning One and All
Another great post, I love to have a sneaky read first thing in the morning whilst planning my working day !
Loved the show last night 鈥 I was actually grateful for being in a longer traffic jam than usual as it meant I got to hear more of the show. Awesome show dedication too鈥.
Meatloaf hey ? I have a mildly amusing story about Mr.Loaf. In another lifetime (it seems so long ago now !!) I was a guest of a guest (Hootie and The Blowfish) on your fab show 鈥 TFI Friday. Anyway, we had been told that other guests were going to be REM, Meatloaf, the chap out of Cheers, Melinda Messenger, Larry Hagman, Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach鈥 Long story short, myself, a friend and a couple of the Hootie boys were sat in the Odd Spot opposite the studios watching the MPVs pull up with their blacked out windows trying to guess who would be emerging next鈥. I was really looking forward to seeing Meatloaf as he had always seemed so dramatic and rather like a one man rock opera, I knew he had recently had all his hair cut off but that was about it. Myself and a Hootie were walking out of The Odd Spot just as another MPV pulled up鈥 Out stepped Larry Hagman or so I thought, I vaguely remembered him from his Dallas days when I was a kid, I pointed out with pride that I recognised this fellow now standing in front of me, only to be told by the chap I was with, 鈥渆rm, no Tracey-Ann, that鈥檚 Meatloaf鈥濃. I`ve never lived it down since ! 鈥 It was a lot funnier and more embarrassing for me at the time (especially the very bewildered look on Mr. Loafs face !!)鈥 I guess you had to be there !!! And I know, they look NOTHING like each other鈥. I don`t know what I was thinking !
It went on to be an exceptional show, I loved it ! Elvis Costello was sublime, REM were amazing, Meatloaf put on a stellar performance but for me the best part was once filming had finished and Hootie and REM played Driver 8 together. I was so grateful to have been there for that. Those were the days !!!!
Good luck with your talk on light entertainment. I`m sure you`ll go down a storm. Its so awakening isn鈥檛 it ? To deliver a talk to an audience, fab! I have to present to people from time to time as part of my job and I love it !!! I also gave a talk at our local church for Harvest Festival about the joys of growing your own veggies ! (don`t quite know how I got roped in to that but it went well I think !!) and then last week I gave a lecture to a group of Upper 6th Students on the subject of 鈥淲here do we go from here鈥 ?? That was hard work !!! I hope it goes really well for you, I can understand why it would be so over subscribed !
I`ve never been poisoned鈥 Not that I know of anyway, Venom ER on late night Animal Planet is always good for an exceptional and very dramatic bout of poisoning鈥
As for questions鈥 I have so many, I will ponder this later when I have space in my head to do so鈥.
My goodness, look at the time, work to do !
Have a fantastic day one and all鈥 Its Tuesday 鈥 Wooo Hoooo !!!!! x x
Oh 鈥 and pictures would be a very welcome accompaniment鈥.
Today could well be the day..
at 10.17 am today a violet pulsing beam is going to hit the earth. the Earth will receive the initial pulsing of the neon Violet Ray beam through the Earth and then once that has struck through the center of the Earth it will create an umbrellic-like Violet Dome around the planet.
From the beam inside the Earth and the dome of Violet Rays over lighting the Earth, this will be the most intense striking of the Violet Ray into the Earth and its atmosphere on record. Not only will this offer great transformation, it will intensify the projection of thought and feeling a million fold. This means people鈥檚 thoughts, feelings and words will be amplified a million times, therefore the necessity for positive thoughts, positive feeling positive imagery, and positive spoken word on that day is so great.
So... be positive today and make things happen! we are here to create, the most amazing gift we have. Live life with love and be strong.
I am not saying the beam is true or real or happening, be nice though so why not!!
Just keep it flying on! but according to meat life is a lemon so suck it and see.
Emma #21
Hey don't knock your aunt about the spoon thing, I cant stand it either, they either have to drip dry or at a push I pat them dry, Phew thats a bit of a relief, I thought it was just me! I also cant stand my finger nails touching saude...... ok maybe that is a little strange!
Good to see the big un is ok, I missed the blog yesterday, got caught up with work but listened to the show on my walk home and naturaly had to check out what I'd missed!
It's good to see you and yours are being positive about the whole thing, my dad was very ill about 14 years ago and it was hard to stay up beat when I went to see him. On the flip side of the coin, my friend and mum both have had treatment and are doing fine and dandy, I ran (well walked 3 legged!) the race for life in celebration of them, it's got to be one of the most emotional days I've ever had.
And Mariella # 11
Maybe your wizards are at work and all will turn out for the best.
I had a similar experiance about 11 years ago and upped sticks and moved 200 miles away from my home town.
It really did work out for the best, I still get home sick and miss my family and friends quite badly some days but they are only 3hrs away, and we run an open house policy, visits are frequent as are phone calls. I'm sure no matter how shellshocked you were feeling over the wkend you will come out the other end stronger and happier.
ok enough of my babble!
Morning!!
Sorry, haven't been around for a few days... was boarding a plane as you began Friday's broadcast Chris, and was very, very busy with work yesterday...
With regard to the weekend going fast - didn't it just?
Went to meet up with someone special and had a wonderful time with him - can't wait to do it again....
Sounds like the foraging was good fun - life should be about learning new things - the world is a great big University - every day should be a school day!!!
Re: stews - if anyone has a recipe for Chicken stew - would you mind sharing it? Have looked at a few online, but they're no really what I want and I may end up inventing my own - I may poison myself...
Poisening - once ate a Rat Pack (used to be in the Army) that was 'off', besides that, have eaten dodgy food when out for dinner, but never knowingly poisened myself or anyone else for that matter although I have been tempted.....
Have a Tremendous Tuesday all
XX.
Must say Emma Bunton was by far the best on SCD on Saturday - i can see her definately being in the final if not winning.... would love to see meatloaf in concert - that would doube the number of concerts i have been too - so my repertoire would be Julian Lloyd Weber/Evelyne Glennie (Sage Gateshead) and Meatloaf - hows that for eclectic!!!
Rob
Newcastle upon Tyne (cureently in London on a training course)
Hate to make it simple for you as i was shouting at the radio whilst cooking tea last night. The difference between a flan and a quiche is the way the pastry is baked. Flan's are cooked blind e.g. the pastry is cooked first by putting greaseproof paper and beans on then baked, then the ingredients is put in afterwards. A quiche is cooked with the ingredients already in. Of course flans can also be sponge but the sponge is made first then ingredients put in but as you can see by a quiche lorraine the ingredients is all put in together and then baked. Blimey wondered if O level cookery would ever come in handy - thank you to Calthorpe park school!
Saw a brilliant beetle today painted lime green with amazing flowers all over in pinks and purples looked ace. Personally i would like a VW camper van, pink with white daisy's cannot wait. Emma bunton looked wonderful on screen but also Claire from Badgirls looked amazing for her age in Strictly. Love it completely addicted.
What about this veil debate going on personally i think its bang out of order, i dont think anyone in any country has a right to tell you how to live or what to wear. There was this awful woman on the Jeremy Vine show yesterday saying that all signs for religion should be banned. Now im now religious but I respect others views, doesnt she understand that for some people there religion is the only thing that makes them get up in the morning. A woman with a very closed mind!
Blimey young doctor making me blush today, he says i smile all the time, and i said as your a Psychiatrist you know that smiling is important for good mental health. He said "Smiling is the second best thing you can do with your mouth" told him im not gonna ask him what he means - little bu*&*r!
Any way off to belly dancing in a bit - what a giggle! The woman who teaches us is great she wears the full outfit and even goes to the garage wearing it. She is a big believer in empowerment to make us strong.
She also teaches me Aromatherapy and has said i am very aware and intuitive, but sometimes it can scare me. I am learning Indian head massage next. Now there is an amazing race the Native american indians a lovely culture i have just been advised on a brilliant book to read about them and would love to learn more! Right back to work have had my rant for the day. Have a good day folks xxxx
Hi Chris
First time at this blogging malarky
so might wright something interesting next time.
keep it up (the good work that is)
DANGEROUS B
Hi Chris
First time at this blogging malarky
so might wright something interesting next time.
keep it up (the good work that is)
DANGEROUS B
I have not been poisoned myself but when we were kids there was a laburnum tree in the garden - we weren't allowed near it because the seeds are poisonous. My brother told his friend this, who therefore immediately ate a seed pod! My poor mother had to take him to hospital to have his stomach pumped (having made him drink salt, vinegar and water [doctor's advice] to try and get him to throw up first.). He didn't do it again!!!
Also, a friend of mine got salmonella poisoning but the pain presented itself in her lower right abdomen rather than her tummy area...so the doctors removed a perfectly healthy appendix. It then took 2 days after the op for her to persuade the doctors that the pain was still there....
Why do cats have sandaper tongues but dogs dont?
Why are dogs healthy if they have a wet nose but other animals including humans may be ill if they have a wet nose?
Why are cats the only animals to purr to show pleasure?
Why do humans blush but not other animals?
Why do people ring me when I have been thinking of them and people say 'I was only thinking about you the other day' when I ring them?
I expect you can answer all these
The differenes between casseroles and stews is to do with the original way they were cooked - stew in a stew pan on the hob but casserole in a casserole dish in the oven. BUt nowaways they are sort of interchangeable with different methods of cooking and pans etc.
Stay happy
Sal
have been poisoned several times - Dodgy goan prawn curry!
My brother and I were helping move car batteries for dad and he got liquid on his fingers so tasted it to see what it was. It was battery acid - doh! Foolish boy!
Today is the day (but then so was yesterday - and tomorrow will be too)
Carpe Diem and all that - my most quoted python phrase from Holy Grail "GET ON WITH IT" so do, and enjoy shloggers.
Love Jennie (from the blog)
Hi Chris
You looked bloody great at the Meat Loaf concert last night, saw you standing in the q for the loos during the interval.
Hope you enjoyed the concert as much as we did.
Absoloutly love your show.
Toni
Hi Chris (and all),
Well, today IS the day. There is only today and that's just a fact. We don't know that until we're slightly older and it's just as well. Imagine knowing that you only have today and you're only 14! You know what I mean, I'm sure. Anyway ..... don't squander it!
I'm rubbish at thinking along the lines of questions that don't have answers, so I won't even try.
Apostrophes - (lindyloo #7) I believe you would write Chris's blog and Chris' blogs. I think! I work with someone who knows English inside out. I mean, he really KNOWS English and he despairs of the rest of us who just take a flyer at letter writing - most of it grammatically incorrect and not structured properly!
Enjoy Tuesday - wish I had a ticket for your over-subscribed (of course!) talk.
C xx
Morning Bloggstereenies,
Yep, have poisoned myself once when I was a lad just to get back at my parents. They'd stopped me going out or something like that, so I drank a bottle barbeque lighting fluid, not a good move, still I've forgiven them for my reckless action. It was their fault after all.
Hi Chris
Got a question for you. When does night become morning? I got in at 2 O'clock this morning but then i was woken up at 3 .30, clearly, the middle of the night.
Blog Virgin here so here it goes!
I'd like to know who develops brand names - so you have Nova - meaning 'doesn't go' (bet that was popular!) then you have in France 'Granny Bars' which are cereal bars but are they really made from Grannies? And what about, Bimbo Bread in Spain! - All weird but there must be others out there.. and how come plummers can work with gas? Does that mean that pilots can drive buses cos that really would be an interesting journey!...
Bon temps tout le monde, le soleil est ici!
MW, a! #48 and Nicki #58 yesterday...(I've only just had a chance to catch up to DBT's blogs)
Been there, seen it, still go through pain even though it was four years ago...he got nearly 拢60,000 from the house and I got 拢22,000, and paid nothing towards the house. By the time the house was sold I was 拢15,000 in debt which was down to him not paying, and there was sweet FA I could do about it.
It REALLY REALLY HURTS but the support of your friends and family can help the pain to lessen, and the satisfaction of knowing that what goes around comes around.
Precious little solace at the moment I know, but please be assured it will get better.
Today is the day it starts.
Thinking of you
love
hazel
x
Hi Chris,
Great Blog. Re "What tHe BLEEp Do wE (k)now!?" and solid matter #6 and #21
Heisenberg (one of the discoverers of quantum physics) said atoms are not things, they are only tendencies. So solid matter becomes one of many possibilities!!?!
looking forward to the show
hi chris!
flan/quiche. I always thought a flan was sweet and quiche was savory. but isn't the word flan american? someone tell me if I am wrong.
blimey chris pictures on the blog!
well i'm off as have got a lady coming round to interview me about my obsession with shoes! yippee!!!
love to all you bloggers! alex
I am sitting in work just waiting for 5 o'clock to come around. Bored bored bored. Why cos everyhting is working correctly, it only gets interesting when thing go horribly wrong.
Here I am , brain the size of a planet and what am I doing , blogging for the sake of something to do.
God I wish something would fail so I can fix it.
Never mind its lunchtime, I am off to eat , something fresh and fruity I think.
Any of you out there have all systems A ok.
Hello Chris !
I hear you talking about your Blog all the time, so today for the first time I thought I'd take a look. Don't know how you find the time to read all your replys but I hope you read mine. I dont have time to play on my PC in the mornings as I'm too busy feeding my chickens, dogs, cat, rabbit, guinea pigs, zebra finches, fish and lastly my parner before I go to work although he sometimes has to go hungry if I run out of time!
As a fellow 'foodie' I've really enjoyed the food slot but you're playing havock with my diet! Looking forward to the evening you do shellfish, (my fave) as I need some new ideas for the topping on my undergrilled oysters. Hope you can help.
Oh, well - better not keep the customers waiting any longer.............................!!
Jules
Second post of the day - and it's been a good one so far.
Is it just me, or is Mcc hilarious? Kichflan - genius.
Still can't think of a suitably foxing conundrum, apart from obvious things like why does my hair only ever look good just before I go to bed.
Is that a girly thing?
Poisoning - once got the food variety from eating a duff ocean stik (stix plural). Have never been able to chomp on crab since. Maybe is no bad thing.
byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
When its raining and you dont have an umbrella, would you stay dryer if you ran or walked?
Don't know much about questions that should know but don't, however, i do know about poisoning unfortunately soem years ago i poisoned my husband by making a salami and cheeses sandwich with extremely dodgy salami. poor thing was very ill but forgave my ineptitude.
Far too forgiving me thinks, ooh i did hear a sort of question last night on Radio4 "What is an innocent victim and is their a victim who had it coming?"
Glynne (who should really be completing my morning taks and it 12.40 already!)
Hi Chris, got all sorts on my blog, photos, videos, music, even smellyvision.
Its amazing what you can do with a blog nowadays.
I just started it in 2004 as a recovery from alcoholism story and its grown many heads arms and legs that navigating it now - well its huge
why do they put sesame seeds on burger buns, but no other buns. Ive been told we cant digest them and they come out whole, so who decided THAT was a good idea??
I am working from home today, so I get to see my family, and Im revving up for the United game tonight. My kettle is boiling, so Im off for some lemon tea!!
Hi Chris, another pallindrome is; A man a plan a canal panama. Brill Eh? Steve.
Quiche -v- Flan: I agree with the explanation regarding whether the pastry is cooked before adding the filling. However, another explanation is simply adopting words from other languages which is basically the reason for the Stew -v- Casserole question. Quiche and casserole are both French words which we have adopted.
Regarding the Easter question: the date Easter is celebrated is based on the lunar pattern. Something like Easter Sunday being the first Sunday after the third moon of the year (I may have the exact calculation wrong but hopefully you get the idea).
Well for my first time on the blog that went on a bit.
Enjoy the rest of your day bloggers.
Cats have prickly tongues for pulling out the feathers from the birds they wish to eat and they also come in handy for the frequent grooming which they do. Dogs don't tend to groom themselves quite as thoroughly and tend to eat bigger prey.
No one knows how cats purr - or is this an urban myth and some scientist has actually figured it out. Maybe the scientist who works it out will put the answer up for auction on Ebay like Carly Simon did with the "You're so vain" story.
Well for my first time on the blog that went on a bit. Enjoy the rest of your day bloggers.
Howdy People :-
Annoying question :
What is the opposite of escalator ?
When I was younger the "moving staircases" only ever did go "up". In fact, the only place I ever saw them originally was "C&A". C&A was also the first place I ever saw the "Internal Security" TV screen where you used to stand and watch for yourself "look Dad, I'm on TV" (and pretend thsoe big black globe things that did the filming was summat out of Dr Who)
Poisoned ? Yup I got food poisoning from (I suspect) a famous fast-food chain breakfast. It co-incided with me losing weight and started rumours in my office (well a different one - ha ha ha). Basically I went from 16 stone to 14 via diet but lost no girth at that point for some reason and then when I got poisoned, lost 18 pounds in three days and seemed to shrink and all the weight loss girth went with it. Unbeknown to me I apparently had stomach cancer (!!!) and only found out when someone in the staff canteen asked me outright (I had noticed they were slowly increasing my portions and this was to see what I could manage to eat "Oh look, there's no room for chips on your plate, never mind have them on a separate plate". So much for the new food regime!). As the person who asked me said "You shrunk before our eyes and you were all clapped-in. People were saying Stomach cancer was all it could be....." I was touched when she said "When I heard the news, I went home and cried". Awwww.
lyndyloo #7 : Appostrophes get mis-used all the time now. Using them in plurals has become very common now (for instance in a Supermarket I saw a sign "Sauces and Vinegar's") and no doubt will soon be the "standard" and those of us who (think we) know how to use them properly will soon be "wrong"
Oh dear, just heard on news that Ross Davidson who played "Andy" in Eastenders (as I recall he got squahed by a bus in the show) has died from a brain-tumour. Felt just as surprised though when the Rad-2 newsreader said he was 57 but if I'm honest not because that's a young age to "go", my reaction I'm embarassed to admit was "Good grief, was he as old as that now?"
#45 Having a similar day to you.
One question - why does everyone seem grumpy today? Is it the weather?
All the people around me are looking as miserable as sin - I want to shout cheer up very loudly.
I'm in a brilliant mood.
Roll on 5pm to make it better.
Very jealous of your mushroom day Chris.
Love and all that.
Kelly
XXX
At primary school the teacher did show and tell about a really poisonous plant - can't remember it's name but I know it when I see it! Anyway this bit in the middle is really poisonous and on the way home from school we found some and one of the Clayton boys (there were 6 of them altogether!) ate this bit - he was ok and did not die but we were all well impressed!
By the way their Mum was really clever - she made them all proper sport shorts overnight when they went home from school and said they needed shorts for the next day!!
She also used to dye her shoes so one pair could last her ages - well impressed. I think eventually she had a little girl to go with all the boys -ahhhhhhh
Hi STEEVIE FAE DUNDEE + GLAS Thank-you. Joy of joys! I learned something technical, and it works! I don't always close the window as I sometimes like to look at other stuff too, and the links are at the top of the page.
A question for you all:What is supper? Is it just posh peoples tea, or dinner, or is lunch posh peoples dinner? My 6 year old gets quite confused when he is invited to friends houses, sometimes for tea, sometimes for dinner, and very occasionally supper! Is it a class thing, or a time of day thing, or a regional thing? The one thing we can all agree on is breakfast right? More tea vicar?
Love and Peas,
xxxx
Spoodle Doo - #48
You get wetter if you run, despite being out longer if you only walk. Its something to do with the force in which the raindrops hit you. Think I saw the experiment on brainiac or something similar.
cheers,
MW, a!
Chris - You cheer me up every day as I drive home from work, arrive home and make the evening meal. Your show is fun and upbeat xx.
Blogs are sad. This new thing that's gripping everyone just oozes loneliness. Stick to a private diary and pass the advice on.
Ta
Dr J McC
Thank you for making me laugh again today. I really needed it.
Big Un- caught up on old blog comments and am so pleased to hear your news.
Questions...please someone tell me why a fortnight is called a fortnight?
Saz
x
Hi Stevie fae #54
Escalator from the French, 'l'escalier', meaning the stairs, stairwell etc
...so you only get an 'up' escalator or a 'down' escalator...there isn't a separate name for these mechanical beings because you would be able to go up, as well as down, the stairs.
C'est tout mes petits
Adieu a demain
j'adore
hazelle
x
PS. I forgot, pictures would be great - the mushroom that could be worn as a hat sounded particularly fab last night,
Kathryn x
bonjour Christophe
You are so right, this veggie loves Meatloaf!
My younger sister poisoned herself by eating a hyacinth when she was small. She ended up in Sheffield Childrens Hospital throwing up over our long-suffering mum.
I got food poisoning in Tanzania in the middle of the Serengeti. Not an experience I can recommend. We'd spent the day spotting giraffe, zebra, and of course, Warthog. When we got to the safari lodge the meat eaters ate Warthog stew, and the veggies amongst us had vegetable noodles. BIG mistake! As you'll have guessed, there aren't many amenities in the middle of Africa so it wasn't the most fun I've ever had. Still, the rest of the holiday was totally amazing.
So glad it's Tuesday afternoon, and that the flan/quiche dilemma rumbles on.
My favourite conundrum has always been:
how does the man who drives the snow plough get to work?
Kathryn x
On the subject of heated debates you could always go for the jaffa cake- cake or biscuit?
But then that could turn out ugly even though there is a right answer. Not that i'm saying just in case I get lynched
xxx
Oh, just thought of another question:
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Warlock?
x
Hi All
LMAO - a great "eats, shoots & leaves" moment in the blog today :) I missed yesterday's blog and was working backwards so when I read:
- you could all get to see Fergus, my mum鈥檚 stew 鈥 you could try and spot what鈥檚 in it cos鈥 she sure as hell won鈥檛 tell me...
I thought that CE had actually named his Mum's latest stew!
That made me chuckle.
Ian
Hi Chris,
Firstly something that has bothered me for a number of years now: What is sliced bread the best thing since?
Secondly, re. last night's 'Fox the Fox' question, I distinctly remember hearing the exact same question on the 'Genius' prog. - Radio 4 with Dave Gorman (I think his adjudicator that day was Brian Sewell) probably a couple of months ago now.
The response that time went something like:
'How many people actually ring the number?' followed by 'I rang it once to ask the people at the other end 'How many people ring this number?', getting the response you're the second, and the other person rang to ask the same thing!'.
Keep up the good work...
Cheers
Coxy
Helen #65 - isn't a warlock just an "evil" wizard - then again Blizzards "World of Warcraft" only have Warlocks (and MAGES).... so maybe that is not really an answer ;-)
La Deuxieme Poste Pour Le Jour:
I confess that I don't usually have time to read through the blogs. Sometimes I skim but feel like a cheat. Today I made time to read them all for the past week and what a joy it has been - especially Big Un's news. Fanatstic! What a feeling that must be. Love your jokes too. I missed the (your) show last night but will catch up with it at the weekend. What an interesting and eclectic lot you attract Chrismos. Well done. xx
If toxic is the same as poison then I have been very toxic very often and it's been mostly self-inflicted but I do believe that I have been genuinely and deliberately poisoned by Rohypnol(?) - the date rape drug.
A girlfriend and I were sharing a bottle of wine in a wine bar and believe it was spiked which is why it affected just the two of us from our 7 strong girlie group. Luckily we were in the company of good friends and got home without anything worse than throwing up and falling over happening to us. Aparrently we just couldn't stand up which was quite amusing but also quite worrying for our company. Our memories of most of the evening were wiped too. I couldn't even remember where I lived to tell the cab driver so a 'non-poisoned' friend in the group came home with me and I was very surprised to see her there in the morning. It wasn't until the next day that an A & E nursey neighbour of mine said our symptoms sounded just like a date rape drug poisoning and that there had been quite a spate of them in the area at the time. A very nasty business. I've heard that you can get paper strips to test drinks now. A good idea for everyone methinks. I didn't drink again for nearly a year after that experience! x
On the subject of IQ I can boast that I have an IQ of 157. On the suggestion of a company director following a job interview I was tested by MENSA. I just called them up and they sent me a test for free. I completed it within the hour they suggested and sent it off with a cheque for 拢10 to be marked. They wrote back saying that my IQ was 155 - in the top 1% of the country! Whoopee!! To get a certificate I needed to sit a proper supervised THREE HOUR test which cost a further 拢10. The tests can be sat in colleges all over the country. I sat mine in London's Birkbeck College in 1999. I was sent a certificate a week later saying that I had an IQ of 157 - in the top 0.5% of the country! What a boost!!! It's not about the size of your hard drive but the speed and accuracy of your processor aparrently. It's about reasoning and rationale and logic not memory and recall. What a relief. I've got a dreadful memory for most things except numbers. I have a store of at least 200 telephone numbers in my head including mobiles and I love mental arithmetic. I often thought I was 'stupid' because I couldn't remember stuff. No good for exams. Hence my 'work it out' skills developed better than my memory as they are more reliable. I got my friends to do the same but nobody came close to me. To rub it in I had my certificate copied onto a T-shirt which I have now lost (or had stolen more likely!). I got over it about three months later and went back to mixing with my old crowd of friends! (Joke). It means nothing really. xx
Debs xxx
P.S. Can't get Baccarat's Yes Sir I Can Boogie out of my head today. It's a very sexy number. Could it make a play list this week please? For all the sexy men out there who like a French accent. Merci. x
P.P.S. #54 - Surely the opposite of escalator is descalator?
Hi Chris
So did you get your mobile back then? I was thinking how cool it would be to find a mobile only to find out that it was yours!
If you did get it back did you take the finder out for a beer with the team as promised?
Love the show Chris by the way.
Debbiex
In answer to Sarah #60
a fortnight is an abbreviation of fourteen nights.....fortnight.
K.
Dear CLP,
Somewhat inane but this has bothered me for years:
If a fly accidentally flew on to a bus or (God forbid) a plane and was clever enough to disembark the other end would it:-
a) be upset about the lack of family and friends in its new surroundings?
b) be thrilled by the exciting turn of events and new opportunities offered?
c) not care at all and just find the closest dog poo?
It's a puzzler!
Ta ra,
Sarah
sarah #60
A fortnight has been abbreivated from fourteen nights which is as we all know is two weeks!
Being a bit of a fountain of useless knowledge today.
Off to see Rocky Horror tomorrow night, taking my wonderful niece, who as far as i'm aware has never seen the film, and even more scary has never seen me in my french maids outfit! Richard Hillman the mad murdering man from Coronation St is the narrator. Can't wait!!
MW, a! (again)
Quick joke for you today:
A ham sandwich walks into a bar, the barman says, "I'm sorry, we don't serve food in here"
Mornin' Chris and all :-)
First off.....how nice of you to dedicate yesterday's show to Big Un....how utterly sweet :-) You know how to make a day special!!!
I booked my flight over - YAY!!!! Can't wait...only for five days at the end of October, but hey I get to see my Dad (he may not remember (alzheimers) so I am thrilled. PLUS - I get to hear you in real time Chris - YAYYYY - and get to have chips and mushy peas. (I am a veggie who also loves Meatloaf). I also have to think about what I also 'need to' eat while I am there - you know, cornish pasties, choccy biccy's - any other suggestions ?????? I better start my diet now so I can eat what I want for five days :-)
Karen D - my son worked in Calgary for the summer, absolutely loved it and is applying for full time jobs in Calgary for next year (he is in his last year of Uni) so if that is the case, I will be visiting Calgary - we should get together for a cuppa :-)
Mariella - speaking from experience, things WILL get better. As Hazel said, support from your friends and family is of the utmost importance. I also went to see a therapist which was (and still is) a lifesaver. Surround yourself with positive people - you will come out the other end, stronger and happier. No, it sometimes won't be easy but listen to the wizards !!!
Chris - internet show....excellent, can't wait. Pictures - yes pleeeeeaaaasseee.... I hope your talk goes well today - I am sure you will wow them just as you do us every day.
Have a good day bloggers
Luv
Joannie xxxx
Hi Mariella just popped on and saw you are off to Rocky Horror will be fun. I went several years ago in Wimbledon all dressed up in suspenders etc with a few friends walked around the corner into the high street and blow me Wimbledon had just won the FA cup and the bus was going through the town centre. Never been so embarassed but it certainly was one of the best nights of my life. Have a good one hun and if you have never been, remember a lighter. Me im having a quiet one making a couple of dream catchers for some friends and practicing some belly dancing - what a giggle must buy myself a nice shimmy belt. cya x
not sure if i am allowed to ask things here - this is my first day on the BLOG (listen to the show most days Chris - especially love fridays - great start to the weekend)
my wife went to my sons first parents evening yesterday (I am, unfortunately, working away this week) and the teacher said that he had scored well in his "PIP" test - does anyone know what a pip test is? all I can see is that the hearing test is sometimes called a pip test - but she said that my son was well above average (to the tight side of some graph apparently).....
thanks all bloggers (or maybe this is one for "fox the fox") ;-)
Good afternoon fellow bloggers, hope you're all well.
Mariella #73 - I took my son to see RHPS in Bristol a couple of weeks ago. It was (as always) absolutely brilliant - really impressed with Richard Hillman as he was very good. It's just what you need after your weekend!
Oh and if we're asking questions, how do they take caffeine out of coffee? and what do they do with all the left over caffeine?
Keep smiling everyone!
'afternoon my 'ansome, and everyone 'an all.
Missing my west country routes again - obviously.
Still, thought I would just mention my own worst poisoning incident. It was semi self inflicted but not sure which was the real culprit.
It was whilst in Peru on a shoot when on the last night we went out for dinner which as usual started with celebratory drinks. Nice and strong ones made with the local liquor Pisco, so it was Pisco sours all around. Pisco, egg whites, sugar, angatusra (sp?) bitters and ice - now don't knock it till you've tried it v.v.nice with an amazing kick!
After a couple of these we went out on for dinner, at which I chose a fish and prawn dish. As I type it sounds like a receipt for disaster but after a week dinning on Ceviche, fresh fish 'cooked' only by marinating in lime and chilli I had no reason to doubt the quality of the local cooking or produce.
The next day we had to take two eight hour flights one to get to Miami and then next back to the UK.
The full description is not really necessary here suffice to say getting to the airport was close having to stop the taxi three times, making the gate and onto the flight whilst having to stop walk not run to the ladies every 5 minutes was not easy.
The darned director thought he was helping by carrying his own bags for a change, and advising me not to let any of the airline staff realise how sick I was or they wouldn't let me on the plane.
Anyhow, once the plane was in the air I was finally allowed to be ill and ill I was. I couldn't even move my eyeballs without it sending me into fits of vomiting. Eventually I didn't know what was making more of a flapping vaccum-y sound me or the plane toilet! Nice.
The flight attendants however, were angels they had all seen and experienced this before and took the best care of me. Luckily there was four seats in a row available and they lay me down.
I got a small glass of water with 2 teaspoons of sugar in and was askedo do a Tequila style shot - licking salt from my hand and downing the sugar water. Needless to say this suggestion made me cry. In the end I sipped the water, they wetted my wrist and poured on the salt then wrapped a napkin around it. I was then able to lie down.
Every so often more salt and more sugar water, graduating onto ginger ale.
It worked so well that I was even hungry by the time I got to Miami!
I still use it today, although thank god I haven't felt that ill since. Sugar for the nausea and salt for replacing basic lost body salts.
Not so sure everyone needed the details (there were more) but it bought back some memories!
Jennerx
I have always believed that if I run in the rain I would still be exposed to the same volume than if I had walked, therefore I would be just as wet by the end whichever speed!
Here's a longer one:
An Australian guy decides to travel around the Greek Islands. He walks into a bar and Jill (the Australian Barmaid) takes his order, a Fosters, and notices his accent. Over the course of the night, they get to know each other.
At the end of Jill's shift, he asks her if she wants to come back to
His place and have sex with him. Although she is attracted to him, she says no.
He then offers to pay her $200 for sex. Jill is travelling the world
And because she is short of funds, she agrees.
The next night the guy turns up again, orders Fosters and after showing her plenty of attention throughout the night, he asks if she will sleep with him again for $200. Jill remembers the night before and is only too happy to agree.
This goes on for 5 nights. On the 6th night, the guy comes in, orders
Fosters and sits in the corner. Jill thinks that if she pays him more
attention then maybe she can then shake some more cash out of him again, so she goes over and sits next to him.
She asks him where he is from in Australia and he tells her
"Melbourne".
"So am I... What suburb in Melbourne?"
"Cranbourne, he replies"
That's amazing..." she says, "So am I - what Street?"
"Virginia Street" he replies
"This is unbelievable..." she says, "What number?"
He says "Number 20" and she is totally astonished.
"You are not going to believe this but I'm from Number 22! My parents still live there!"
"I know..." he says, "Your Father gave me $1,000 to give to you"
Great News BigUn!!
Where in the nursery rhyme does it say humpty dumpty is an egg?
What if the hokey-pokey really is what it's all about?
What would happen if an Irresistible Force met an Immovable Object?
If water spins clockwise when it drains in the northern hemisphere, and water spins counter-clockwise when it drains in the southern hemisphere...which way does it spin at the equator?
If you fart and burp at the same time, would it make a vacuum in your tummy?
Why is it that people duck in the rain, do they really think the rain won't hit them?
It's all very mysterious?!?!
Just to round you off of 69 comments!
How about what is the difference and when should you use affect as opposed to effect?
I wonder why it is that when you go to your doctor that as soon as you sit in the waiting room you no longer feel ill.
Some very good posts on here. Especially Crumble. Maybe Crumble you should do your shopping on the internet.
Hi all,
Firstly sorry but my blogging has been a little irregular of late, my fella says it's because I'm a veggie - but that opens up not too atractive picture, so we shan't be going there eh?
Big Un - fantastic news couldn't be more chuffed
Mariella - Now it's time to be true to yourself, I know it can be a bit frightening, but like I said the other day, good stuff is just round the corner.
And, as for being poisened, I think I have had the big wammy on that front. A few months ago I was in hospital (only a minor thing) and when asked if I was alergic to anything I told them that Penicillin had no theraputic effect and just made me unwell. So the nurse wrote that I was Penicillin resistant, so I guess they gave me an extra bit to overcome resistance, however I nor the medical staff were expecting full blown anaphalactic shock.
I was very very ill and as I was just coming round from the operation I was aware of seeming like I was in a scene from casualty, with those big electrical shock things where someone shouts 'CLEAR'. I was as bright red as a tomato
and very swollen all over for a few hours but seemed to recover very quickly.
The end result is that I must NEVER,EVER,EVER have penicillin again and only survived because it actually happened in the recovery room in hospital.
The only lasting thing (s) Ihave of the experience is that I have to wear a medic alert bracelet (not very attractive but essential) and a bad back as the 'CLEAR' shock is so violent I got a nerve trapped, but that will get better (I hope) in time.
Anyway, sorry I seem to be whaffeling on (it's all due to my irregular blogging I'm sure!!
I'm also sure that one day us veggies will rule the world
Bye, bye have the rest of a great day
Until 5, Chris
Luv
Nicki
Obviously far to much time on my hands today or just feeling gobby! Looking forward to the discussion on IQ I love this subject as it is the biggest load of b*&^%ks ever, Intelligence Quotient created so Psychologists could measure people and put them into little boxes. Hitler believed in IQ which just says it all. Little tests that are given in specific environments supplying reels of statistics to come up with one little number that makes us look at people in different ways. Lets face it how many people know someone with a fantastic IQ who has no common sense at all. Also IQ is now used for apparent different intelligence's including emotional intelligence. So the question is does having or not having apparent good or bad IQ count. Should a person be judged because of that number and if someone has good IQ has it made them a better person. IQ is extended from the Bell Curve - the norm and oddly most people who have been writing on here dont want to follow the NORM. I find that extremely interesting. Can you imagine if you thought you were a bright intelligent person with plenty to say and then did an IQ test and it was NORMAL or even LOW. How would that make you feel? Anything that categorises people or projects a norm can only be bad in my book. Individual differences thats whats important being who you are and not being subjected to being placed under a number.
Could say more but thiink i better shut up now - more work to do. cya folk xxxx
Hi Chris and bloggers
Second day off work today- begining to feel better so back in tomorrow. What a treat- able to watch countdown and submit a daytime blog!
So Chris, I have always wondered what is the difference between a discussion(sometimes heated and passionate!) and an argument?
As a child I was an inquisitve child and questioned everything(still like that as an adult I suppose!) I was always getting told by my mum to "stop arguing"- I just wanted to know more! The childhood- "Why?" !!
I'm a teacher and work with kids who question everything and love a good debate- other teachers always comment on "how argumentative" children are!
And relationships! Why does a discussion get defined as an argument. Why can't we discuss and debate without one party(the bloke in my case!) stomping off and saying that he doesn't want to argue!!!!
Perhaps its all about definitions.
Debbie X
Fab blog Chris...hope Baby Spice didnt blush when you told her how fit she looked :-)
ps...lets throw another one into the equation, what about the difference between a Quiche, Flan and a Tartlet!
I just can't get enough...
Iain #83 - when you are affected by the effect.
The effect of the sun's rays has a detrimental affect on your skin.
Debster #69 - that sounds like my experience too, I have no memory of...
...and regarding Easter and Christmas...Easter is to do with the lunar cycle and originated (I believe) in the Pagan calendar. Easter is another word for Oestre (or egg) and is a celebration of birth...bursting forth from the egg...this is why it is used in the Christian calendar for Jesus' rebirth...and it's all to do with where the moon is in relation to the natural cycle of the earth with regard to fertilisation, birth, life and death - or the four seasons. As these seasons are governed by the moon this is why Easter is moveable.
Christmas is a date, like your birthday is a date. 'Jesus' was born on a certain date, now given by the various religions to be 25th December. Therefore Christmas isn't moveable.
The reason people live by the moon is because the forces from and to the moon are always constant; so at particular times certain things will always happen, regardless of whether the sun is out or not.
For the person that wanted a semi colon, there you are, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A SENTENCE WHERE YOU NEED TO TAKE A LONGER PAUSE THAN A COMMA WOULD ALLOW, BUT NOT A FULL STOP.
Here endeth the lesson - I do hope it makes at least some sense!
...and I notice no-one has helped me with my 'self-cleaning' oven question.
Am now going to drink tea and have cig.
love
hazel
x
Can't wait for Wednesday's show. Ricky Ross what a guy one of Britains greatest singer / songwriter's.
Two of the most inspirational personalities that have brightened up my life for the past two decades on the same show.
I believe it is their first meet as well.
So what can Chris ask Ricky, that hasn't been asked a million times before?
V.V excited about the show.
Dyoungone.
Ian,
Effect is the noun, i.e. "short term effect", affect is an adjective i.e., "how would that affect you in the long run?"
A tartlet is a small tart and a tart is a flan that is baked in a tin with a closed bottom where as a flan is cooked in a tin with an open bottom (take that as you wish)! However Chris may have other suggestions for this word hee hee 成人快手 time yippee and off to listen to the programme evening all x
Why is it that flammable and inflammable both mean the same thing?
BigUn- great news from last week.
Joannie- have a great time in the UK when you get over here.
Just been reading through the rest of Fridays marvellous posts and realised I had been terribly rude and not replied to a couple :
Mark at 57 (on Friday 13th) - I am glad I could be of help ! I really hope you find it and that when you do its the same one you remember from all of those years ago !
Debbie at 88 (on Friday 13th) I completely agree with you ! I loved your post. Congratulations on meeting someone who is obviously very like minded. I am planning on going to the London TR Seminar next year. I could go on and on and on about reasons and seasons but won`t ! Surfice to say - So far, in my 31 years, I have had the most amazing life. All down to reasons and seasons. The chain of events that have been triggered by a chance meeting in a bar, or talking to someone about something and your path taking a whole new direction. Its amazing. I truly believe that my path is mapped with signs, be it people or otherwise. Will you be attending the next TR seminar or is one most definitely enough ? All that walking on fire !!??!?!?
Oh and Chris - I can't remember if it was yesterday or the day before (might have been yesterday !) but you were talking about peoples names....Well, my surname is GINGER ! You wouldn`t believe how many times people on the other end of the phone say "oooh, are you ??!!" and when I worked in America everyone thought it was my first name.. Very odd ! Its a great name, although I hated it as a kid. Now I love it as it means people always remember me and in my line of work thats a must !
And for the record, No, I`m not... I`m blonde !
2 mins to 5 ! Yiippppee !
Have a fantastic evening one and all ! x x
Hi Chris and everyone
Going to miss the programme tonight as I'm on week 2 of my plumbing evening class. We did soldering pipes the first week - how cool is that?
On a poisonong/foraging note, I once found two huge mushrooms growing under the hedge in the garden. My mum was a bit worried when I fried them up to eat them, but I said 'If I die, they were poisonous'. Oh, the confidence (stupidity) of youth. Needless to say they were fine or I'd be blogging from beyond the grave!
Good luck with your chat tonight.
Jan x
Meatloaf keeps coming up in conversation on the radio. I would like to ban the mention of his name, not because I don't like him but because my husband has decided it would be a good name for our unborn child. The constant mention keeps it at the front of his mind. He is threatening to register the baby (due two days ago) Meat Dempster.
Oh no now it is on the radio and he'll hear it in the car!
i like your show very much becouse i feel chilled out and i love it you make me happy
Hi Chris!
Talking of heated debates, what do you think about call centres?
(See blog
By the way, although you don't want more comments about Quiches and Flans, it prompted a big discussion between my husband and me. HE said that quiches are any "egg based pie". I disagree. I think that a quiche is short for a quiche lorraine - an egg and bacon pie, and EVERYTHING else of that nature is a flan. In other words, really you can't have a brocolli quiche for instance. So there you go!
Sally
p.s. As I wrote this I got a call from a call centre. I couldn't even bring myself to answer the question "Good Afternoon, are you Mrs. Sally Lomax......" AARGGHH!
Cool Piccy
oh God i am so thick! :-(
Thanks Mariella and Karen D. I am beating myself for being quite so stupid!
How can i not have worked that one out?
Its been buggin me for days.
Saz ( Ashamed of Kent)
Christophe Lammy Pie and schloggmeisters
quiche, flan, tartlet.....all things that your mum claims to have home made and buys from shop to put in middle class picnic with extended family that you don't often see.....
Simple question that is really difficult to answer......why do all estate agents feel compelled to lie even when there is absolutely no need to.......who knows!! (trying to buy and sell house at the mo.....)
Today is not the day...but tomorrow could be! Who knows......here's hoping!!
Hiya Chris and all in Schlog-blogdom,
Wassup with wasabi? It's fab stuff, you only need a teeny bit that's all. A little bit of what you fancy does you good and all that malarkey.
I'll have to take yourself and Sally out for a sushi-fest so you can get the opportunity to appreciate the wonderment of the green spicy gorgeousness!
As this is my first ever post here, please let me say, 'Great Blog', 'Great Show', 'Keep Well' and 'Hug Often.'
Best wishes
Donna, Harlow
Ok then, i have a question for you all. What makes someone feel attractive....sexy even? Does it come from within, or is it only external influences that can make you feel attractive? ie. the office flirtation, the second look from a stranger in a street etc.
I dont want to bring the blog down, but i feel the need for a blog support moment.
How do people get the confidence to feel attractive, and allow themselves to feel that way? I spend most of my time feeling like a big fat frump. I sometimes am ok with the fact that i am 'curvy', my husband loves me and finds me attractive, but that doesnt make any difference to me. Its harsh, but my view is that he has to think that, we are married. I sometimes wish that i could get the second look from a stranger in the street to re-inforce my confidence, but is that bad.... besides i dont get them!
I know this is all about my lack of confidence etc, but i am lost.... i dont know how to change my thinking. I am sure that the lack of confidence is why i eat too much, its esier to eat and be fat than to feel confident, attractive and dare i say it.... sexy.
Am i rambling, probably. So there is my question.
How do you feel attractive.
Apologies for any and all appaulling spelling in this and my previous message, I have a virus today and although very woozy still felt the need to blog - only cats to talk to at the moment I'm afraid!
Thanks for playing Counting Crows Mrs Jones, Chris it is one of the songs I always put on to put a wiggle in my walk and fire in my heart!
Jennerx
when on holiday to malta i hav a cup of coffee and go to the beatch with my familly and my frends please may you play abba thank you for the music ofr my family
Wow, I'm in shock, can't believe last nights blog just got read out. FANTASTIC
(Microphone still not working though!) More testing later me thinks
Thanks Chris
You are ACE
#48 Spoodle doo
When its raining and you dont have an umbrella, would you stay dryer if you ran or walked?
No less a scientific institution than Brainiac carried out an experiment and found that it is better to walk when it is raining rather than running. Apparently the impact with the water encourages more saturation of clothing.
So as with so many things in life it's better just to walk and have the time to take notice.
Much love
Feste xx
Ooooh! Get you all technoed up! When you're a fast learner it doesn't matter how long you leave it to catch up coz you know you always will. Lovely pic. Thanks.
xDx
You write a lonely little yarn Jenner. More please.
xDx
Meat Loaf ha! I saw Joe and Sam Brown and until you've heard Joe Brown do Zepplin's gallows pole you haven't lived.
It's level 42 tomorrow, The Mannfreds on Friday and Rick Wakeman on Sunday, we get all the latest bands in Suffolk
How nice it was to hear during Tuesdays sport interview that a genuine celebrity, the former Glasgow Rangers and Holland footballer Arthur Newman has decided to donate all the proceeds from his book to charity.
If only more of these so-called celebs, most of whom would not even make my z list would donate the proceeds from their book sales then at least they would be doing some thing constructive.
It would also be nice if the current squad of footballers, who make millions each year, decided to do the same with their books.
Another group of people who could benefit from Arthur Newman鈥檚 example would be politicians.
But I guess I will have to continue dreaming, as I think hell will freeze over before the above mentioned would ever do this.
Hello all
question ,, whats the difference between ,unlawfull ..and illegal.....one is against the law and the other is ......a big sick bird ...sorry great blogs today thanks chris for starting it . makes my day .
Hi all
Great show again tonight. Had the good fortune to be able to listen to ht ewhole thing as school closed following burts pipe and therefore no water or toilets.
That MP3 player thing was great. Congratulations by the way on being bale to work it better than Jonathon Ross. Any chance of seeing it as a regular feature say once a month a different radio 2 persons.
By the way does anyone else have a small crush on Jeremy Vine? Caused soley by the effect of his voice or am I just weird? Don't get to listen to him very often but when I do I could listen to him talk about anything.
YOu know that's the strange/good thing about this blog. The complete anonymity on here means I am starting to find myself telling you guys things that I normally wouldn't say in public. I feel that if I wanted to I could write things that i generally keep to myself. It's very cathartic so thanks to you all. (Not that I don't have friends in repsonse to the grumpy person who thinks this blog thing is just for sad billys.)
Absolutely bertain that I do have at least one question but seem for the moment to have forgotten it. Will postt at a later time if I ever remember it. Unitl then I shall leave you with the philosophicla tongue twister my pupils have been practising for pronunciation
je suis ce que je suis et si je suis ce que je suis qu'est-ce que je suis?
(I am what I am and if I am what I am, what am I?)
bye for now
Piglet xxx
P.S. How good was that episode of Holby City? Cried like a baby.
Chris,
Writing official letters at this time is no fun, but a glass of the red stuff helps, but the letters take longer to write and make no sense.
cheers here to another glass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great show Chris - Keep my radio smiling.
Here's a question I have been pondering for a while:
Why are there two tides a day when there is only one moon?
and another puzzler:
Is it better to wear dirty underwear or no underwear when you reach the bottom of the drawer?
I can see pro's and cons to both...
Wow Chris, pic looks like Close Encounters of the Meaty Kind.
Enjoyed the show tonight i-pod tunes cool go on da Vine man, been working late the last couple of weeks and the overtimes coming to an end, just have to bin the tv & listen at home. Have a good one tomorrow Chris.
Night all Batty
Hi Chris, driving home from Warrington tonight as I do every day, it was dark and wet and not even 6.00pm. Turned on the radio to your show and as usual was cheered up almos instantly. You were on about the blog and I have never blogged in my life so thought I would have a look tonight, and here I am. Perhaps I will think of an imponedrable question and post it tomorrow. I have Blue Meridian from Los Angles coming to stay at the weekend during their UK tour. Going to see tham at the Cavern on the 25th If anyone out there gets the chance to see them make sure you do.
Hi Chris and bloggers,
Just thought I would say a quick hello and complement yourself and your team on an excellent show every weekday evening.Every day as I drive home just after 5 pm I have a permanent smile etched on my face and am constantly laughing! Listening to your show is such an excellent way to finish the day and unwind. Thanks Chris.
Hopefully I'll get the hang of this blogging and be back again soon.
Paul.
Hello,
Sorry to hear that JANICE PALMER #59 thinks the blog is sad. It makes me smile. I think TV is sad. People can sit in the same room and watch TV, but not utter a word. This is for those who like a chat. I certainly am not lonely, but I enjoy being alone. Each to his own I suppose, but it's a huge conversation across the country, in fact the world, that you can chip into if you want to. I think any form of postive communication amongst the human race has to be a good thing. Chris starts it off, then he chips in on his show, and the conversations keep rolling.
I dont know why I wrote that because you wont see it anyway because you don't like the blog.
Enjoyed today LORNA and IAN HARRISON. Made me laugh out loud.
Love and Peas x
Oh sorry ROB #68 I forgot to add to previous:
I did think that, but when those words were invented, wouldn't all sorcerers have been thought of as 'evil'?
By the way, did I miss something, what's Blizzards "World of Warcraft"?
I like Wizard, it definately sounds less 'dark'. It makes you think of funny little old men in pointy hats.
Time for bed said Zebedee.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
Christoph lammie pie. Don't know why this just came into my head but when i was ickle i thought the song was"Good King Wenceless last looked out". I also though the line "the Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we" was stating that the Wombles of Wimbledon were common. I was well into my twenties before i relaised the real meaning of both!
I don't blog often, and I don't know why. But I wanted to say that I think I changed something today - I started work at 8 this morning and finished with a 2 hour chat/meeting with my new boss who is also my friend.
An aside: when your boss is your friend work is a joy!
I can't say what we discussed because I know all the staff at the office read this blog - but I left the office with the best feeling I have ever had leaving the office, because we had decided that we were going to do better. We concored the big problem and approched the vision from the other side.
And all because somebody stood up and said, it's not right, we can do better - you know what that took real bravery and they were right and we will do better.
The whole vale/cross thing is rubbish, I work in the most ethnically diverse building in probably the whole world, the Diwali decorations are great, and you should try fasting for the day for Eid, it makes you really appricate home cooked food shared with great people, two musslim ladies made us all mountains of amazing food using traditional recipes that aren't written down anywhere. Being white English I am completely in the dark about some of the Islamic traditions but I have to say that they are very similar to traditional Christian one's but at a different time of year. What people wear is irrelevant to what they are in there heart.
The only thing that remains impossible to a truely open minded person - Striking a match on a bar of soap
But can anybody tell me why, wherever I am travelling, either on foot, on public transport, on a plane, cycling, or in my car, is it always on the fold of the map?
And...
Why whenever I dial a wrong number, is it never engaged?
Thanks to Chris and all the Bloggers for making it acceptable to say - lets be different and rejoyce in it.
And another thing, is it just me? Or do you too know when the person sat in traffic at the side of you is listening to Chris as well?
Are you ever tempted to wind down the window and ask what they think?
Just a thought
Jones
Hi Chris, I listen to your programme every evening online whilst I catch up with all my emails and play games - my favourite is yatzy.
Hi Chris,
Thought you might like this site. It should make your head hurt working out how it is done.
Mind reading!
Take a look.
/files/psychic.swf
Remember to concentrate on the symbol and picture it in your mind before clicking on the orb.
Have fun.
Malcolm
I know it's late, I got in late, had a long day. Have been to Alfriston for a meeting this evening, very pretty place if you get the chance to visit Sussex on the South coast. Meeting was at 7pm though so I got to listen to the show... loved the Jez (don't think he's known as Jez much but I like it) MP3 stuff, always intrigued to know what other people have on theirs. I know I wouldn't be without mine.
Thanks to everyone that tried to help with the apostrophe conundrum I'm a little wiser now I think.
Onto the subject of poisoning, I remembered an incident with a Wembley stadium burger that I had during the Freddie Mercury tribute concert... wouldn't wish it on anyone.... feels like you're going to die. I did manage to keep away from the toilets long enough to see George Michael though, he was awesome! Got tickets to see him the day before my Birthday in December this year and can't wait.
Now however I need to get some shut eye, have to go to Widnes tomorrow.............
Sweet dreams bloggers and CE
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I wonder if Meat Loaf took his name from that song Paul Weller sang, which my little daughter thought at the time was : 'Everyone time you go away, you take a bit of MEAT with you' !!
Just to be boring...
(No.93) flammable is the opposite of inflammable, not the same
(83,89,91) effect is a noun, affect a verb - unless this rule is now considered not-PC. That's OK, in most cases I like the way language develops as people use it in different ways.
Bit late catching up with the Beloved Blog tonight. 'Night all....... xxoo
Back again,
Could clue 2 answer be Havent got a clue?
And I get hijklmno- H2o-water!
This is driving me mad!!!
Lyndyloo at Number 7, (Sounds like a good name for a TV series) I find the state of confusion is the best possible state for smiling, it's when you think you have a handle on something that you start with the moaning and groaning and griping and sniping!
My favourite saying, as used once during a post car park vehicle scraping incident. "Mate if ignorance is bliss, you must be ecstatic!"
This was after this person reversed his van into my car and claimed it was my fault! I wasn't in the car, the car was parked square in the car parking space and the engine was not switched on, i.e. it was parked! He actually thought I was giving him a compliment!
Hi
Just doing this for the first time today!!! Too old to qualify tho, quiche V flan Quiche is savoury Flan is sweet.
Got to dash off for a hair cut!!!
hello chris nice blog - from jon the watchmaker/expat in up state new york -- your been a bit mean on the womens min ! but it's your show !! so dosent matter what i say !
Morning Mr E (ok it's morning here for the next 3 minutes)
Quiche/ Flan it's easy.
Real Men Don't Eat Quiche! Fire in a google and you'll see.
Don't cook Quiche on to high a heat or you just end up with horrid scrambled egg type stuff and pastry.
Never been poisoned but took my dad for a chinese meal when I was a student. He got Salmonela was veh veh ill. I was gutted thought I'd killed him and how would I drop it into the conversation with mum. Caouldn't really just blurt out " Oh by the way I had a lovely meal but dad's dead"
Anyway enough rambling for now. Hope your talk went well and ther was no fruit thrown!
take and will dribble more soon
FWP
Hi Chris
on thursday you played a song by sam and joe brown a new one i think, please could you email me the name of the cd many thanx from patricia.im sure it was thursday you played the song.