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17 Feb 17 - 08:20 PM (#3839623) Subject: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Got badly told off by Stu on his "alternative doodah" thread for talking about what he didn't think his thread was about, and gillymor therein enjoined me to "start my own Trump thread." Thus chided, I've decided to comply. So, in line with Stu's strictures in his thread, here are my rules for this thread. There are no rules. This thread is about Trump, but I, the thread owner, policeman and dictator of this thread, will be severely pissed off should ANYONE (yes, this means you, Jim, Raggytash, Dave, and anyone else lusting to be a member of the elite section of tbe Usual Suspects) stick to the subject. Only thread drift will be tolerated. I'm going to start off with the Final Word on Trump, then I shall drift this thread. Final word on Trump: he's a twat. Now the weather in Bude is very mild at the moment. I've been revelling in the joy of the multitudinous visitors to my bird table. But I have a major problem. A spectacular male pheasant, who we've named Phil, has been a regular guest for weeks. Almost a pet pheasant, he doesn't run away when I open the back door. In fact, he will nibble my nuts right up to my feet. Peanuts, duh. The problem is that he has commandeered our back door step as his lavatorium. We are inadvertently treading pheasant shit everywhere. I know we could lays eat Phil. But does anyone have a more humane solution? |
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17 Feb 17 - 08:22 PM (#3839624) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Always eat Phil, though I'm loath to repeat that. |
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17 Feb 17 - 08:54 PM (#3839629) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Stanron Yes you could have your Phil and eat it. |
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17 Feb 17 - 08:56 PM (#3839630) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Yebbut he's a luvly feller....and I'm hardly what you might call a pheasant plucker... |
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18 Feb 17 - 12:30 AM (#3839642) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: EBarnacle So singe the feathers, staying upwind. |
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18 Feb 17 - 03:27 AM (#3839649) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Mr Red There is no final word on Twitler. History will be written (is being), history will be re-written, alternative facts will come to light (are), he may light the blue touch paper. Let us just call it "alt-history", it is already being laid down on the world wide waste. That is the nature of divisive people. And just to set the proper trend, may I compliment Mr Steve Shaw on his keen analysis and erudition. Not that I am fishing for compliments you understand . |
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18 Feb 17 - 04:40 AM (#3839664) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Trump is indeed a twat, but dangerous too. We had a male pheasant in our small garden two days ago. The shooting season is in full swing and I reckon he was sheltering from the guns, poor chap. We already had a Mr Magniphicent in our last house, so this one is Phred. They do seem to produce an awful lot of poo don't they? Our mob of ferocious seagulls were being very unkind to Phred, so he eventually phled. |
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18 Feb 17 - 04:45 AM (#3839667) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Stanron Senoufou wrote: Our mob of ferocious seagulls were being very unkind to Phred, so he eventually phled.The battles of the forum echoed in the garden, but which is which? |
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18 Feb 17 - 04:52 AM (#3839670) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Stu Yay! Way to go Steve ;-) |
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18 Feb 17 - 05:10 AM (#3839679) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Dave is walking up in Ribblehead today, I might go and join him for a pint later I think they are having a session tonight. Just think about it, music, song, laughter .............. and no f'ing Mudcat |
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18 Feb 17 - 05:31 AM (#3839682) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash A couple of weeks ago in my weekly shop I bought a large amount of tomatoes. I am the only person in the house that eats tomatoes as they seem to affect my good ladies Rheumatism. Last week I bought more tomatoes thus I has a surfeit. This morning I have made some Tomato Soup so they don't go to waste. It's rather good even if I do say so myself. |
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18 Feb 17 - 05:48 AM (#3839684) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: TheSnail Trump Evolution |
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18 Feb 17 - 06:00 AM (#3839685) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Nellie the Elephant ........................ .... she went Trump Trump Trump |
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18 Feb 17 - 06:03 AM (#3839686) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw I usually find tomatoes bought in winter to be a bit insipid. I look out for the labels to make sure they come from as far south as possible. Just had some nice cherry toms on the vine from Waitrose that were grown in Sicily. Shops ruin tomatoes by keeping them cold. Low temperatures switch off genes that promote the production of those lovely tomatoey flavour volatiles, leaving just sugar and acid tastes. The genes don't switch back on even if the toms are warmed back up. The worst thing is to keep tomatoes in the fridge. Another tip is, when making tomato soup or tomato sauce, to add half a teaspoon of sugar. The Italians do it all the time even though their tomatoes are lovely already. It works - don't ask me why! I've found that tinned plum tomatoes are just as good as the real McCoy most of the time for sauces and soups. Supermarket brands can be a bit chemical and stalky and I'm particularly not fond of Morrisons. My favourite brand is Cirio - very reliable with good, thick juice. Napolina are OK too. |
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18 Feb 17 - 06:04 AM (#3839687) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: DMcG I object: this thread is not drifting enough, in direct opposition to the expressed wishes of the opening poster. Now *I* want to know why my printer keeps insisting it is out of paper when it demonstrably isn't. |
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18 Feb 17 - 06:05 AM (#3839688) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw I was about to give you a very stern warning there for straying on-topic, Snail, but that is SO bloody funny! 😂😂😂😂😂 |
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18 Feb 17 - 06:06 AM (#3839689) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: akenaton Oh dear!...just imagine the outcry had some idiot put President Obama at the end of the process......the sky would certainly have fallen. The mob would be out in force, even the proper liberals would have been slightly offended......;0) |
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18 Feb 17 - 06:10 AM (#3839690) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Shhhhhh.... |
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18 Feb 17 - 06:22 AM (#3839696) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Good morning Akenaton, are you OK. |
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18 Feb 17 - 06:28 AM (#3839699) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: akenaton Hello Raggytash, very well thank you, and thank you very much for the further information....A |
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18 Feb 17 - 06:29 AM (#3839701) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Ask him why he's not a pheasant plucker. |
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18 Feb 17 - 06:48 AM (#3839705) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Jim Carroll "The mob would be out in force, " It only takes one to nause up a friendy thread You really can't win with these people, can you Jim Carroll |
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18 Feb 17 - 06:51 AM (#3839706) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: gillymor Straying-on which topic, Steve? Lumping Phil in with the likes of scum like Trump doesn't seem quite fair. Are you sure you're not endangering this ground-dwelling bird by feeding him? He could be easy prey for some feline. |
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18 Feb 17 - 07:23 AM (#3839712) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw The nearest house is almost half a mile away and there are no cats. Plenty of buzzards round here, but they'd rather eat worms and beetles than go for pheasants, lazy buggers. I've seen little kestrels bringing down big, fat wood-pigeons and we have sparrowhawks as well, but Phil doesn't give a stuff. |
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18 Feb 17 - 07:41 AM (#3839713) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: gillymor Good to know, if he's like our pheasants over here he's probably a pretty stout fellow. |
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18 Feb 17 - 07:53 AM (#3839714) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw He's bloody well-fed. Costs me a fortune and what thanks do I get? A poo-laden back door step! 😩💩 |
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18 Feb 17 - 08:30 AM (#3839719) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Pete from seven stars link Yeh that link was a bit amusing snail . In fact the whole things laughable ! Getting back on topic : we kept some ducks in our back garden once and they used to use the back door step as their loo . Which just reminded me of the experiment I heard about where monkeys were given keyboards to see if they could produce anything coherent, but they mostly used them as toilets . We used to have a goat too , and she had a habit of jumping sideways onto the window sill to look in on us . |
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18 Feb 17 - 08:55 AM (#3839723) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Our conservatory windows and even the car are simply covered in poo from those ferocious seagulls. It's all my husband's fault. He's been putting out bread for them, as he thinks they're fabuluosly beautiful birds, "So big, and so shining!" They fight like anything with the other, smaller birds, grab all the available food and swallow it whole, then have a sideways poo at the windows as they depart. If only they'd poo on my husband, perhaps he'd be a little disenchanted and stop spoiling them. Supermarket tomatoes are horrible. As you say Steve, completely flavourless. The ones we grow in our greenhouse are gorgeous. The smell! The taste! We grow several varieties, from those tiny ones up to the big 'beef' ones. But that's for late summer. Until then, my husband uses Tesco ones for cooking and slings in half a dozen Scotch bonnets so the taste of anything at all is swamped by fiery stinging heat. Yuk. |
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18 Feb 17 - 09:06 AM (#3839726) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Saw an article in a magazine about how they love guindilla chillies in the Basque Country so I bought a jar. They came picked in spirit vinegar. I could easily have scoffed the whole lot even though a mild fire was burning in my mouth and tum. They're a bit thick-skinned but I'm a convert. Mrs Steve won't even try one. I may finish the jar this evening! |
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18 Feb 17 - 09:14 AM (#3839729) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler I am always interested when the word "seagull" is used as it is covers so many species. We get Common gull and black-headed gulls here all the year round with occasional visits from Greater and Lesser black-backed gulls and some Herring gulls. And this is at least 30 miles from the sea! It gets very confusing as they vary in plumage so much between juveniles and adults. I think the supermarket tomatoes are actually getting worse over the years. Robin |
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18 Feb 17 - 09:28 AM (#3839734) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Bee-dubya-ell I move that this thread be disqualified for inadequate thread drift. As this image shows, there is far too much of a direct correlation between Donald Trump and a pheasant to make carrying on about Phil the pheasant true thread drift. Please find an emu or ostrich to carry on pointlessly about. |
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18 Feb 17 - 09:50 AM (#3839736) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Are you sure thats not a cockatoo |
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18 Feb 17 - 09:51 AM (#3839738) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Greg F. Or, in Trump's case, a dodo? Unfortunately, the wrong one's extinct. |
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18 Feb 17 - 11:30 AM (#3839754) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Mr Red Is that Pheasant a Poo Relation? Or someone who gives a shit? Unlike............. er, oops, I nearly strayed on-topic. |
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18 Feb 17 - 11:36 AM (#3839757) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Stilly River Sage If the pheasant is too pleasant an avatar for the named thread topic, I'll offer this nasty piece of work in the insect world, the aptly nicknamed Puss caterpillar. These things sting like a sumobitch if you brush against one. I've been stung a couple of times - you want to amputate the limb to stop the pain for the first hour or so after contact. (The adult is called the "flannel moth.") |
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18 Feb 17 - 12:14 PM (#3839762) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker Seagulls are nasty c@nts... the tories & ukip of all the avian species.... 😡 |
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18 Feb 17 - 12:27 PM (#3839764) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Hahahaha! I'm laughing my head off at this thread, it's brilliant! We found a huge queen W.A.S.P. in the conservatory. They're coming out of hibernation just now and looking for somewhere to build their Headquarters. They can sting like anything. We put it in the garden shed. Husband is cooking a turkey leg stew thing. He puts peanut butter (!), tomato paste, spinach, chopped Tesco apologies-for-tomatoes, onions, loads of Flora cooking oil, a crumbled Maggi stock cube, far too much salt and coarsely-ground pepper, two tablespoons of Madras curry powder, and five Scotch bonnets squashed with a spoon. He then adds boiling water and stirs up the concoction, adding the meat from the turkey leg (and the skin - Africans never waste anything edible) Once the cats start coughing their little lungs out, he starts the rice-boiler and in a few minutes his Hot Horror is ready. If one put a tiny little bit on one's tongue, it would be off to A&E. The kitchen ceiling is now a fetching shade of orange. |
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18 Feb 17 - 12:48 PM (#3839769) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou A sort of strange, sprayed-on-looking orange...... |
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18 Feb 17 - 01:41 PM (#3839780) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Raggytash, are you saying that the difference between the photo of T**** and the photo of the bird is that one is just one prize cock whereas the other is a prize cockatoo? Herring gulls are actually regarded as a vulnerable species, believe it or not. When one nicks your ice cream or your cod in batter it's only being a gull, and we have sort of encouraged 'em with our slack attitude to leaving waste lying around and chucking 'em titbits. Down on Bude canal people feeding the ducks cause a frenzy. Mallards are aggressive birds which land on water with a spectacular splash. But the black-headed gulls are amazing to watch - they land so delicately that they hardly cause a ripple. Dammit, I love 'em all, and they are dinosaurs, don't forget! Been down there this afternoon. Gorgeous sunny day with the mercury up around fifteen. |
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18 Feb 17 - 02:03 PM (#3839782) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker "Herring gulls are actually regarded as a vulnerable species"...!!!??? Bah.. harumph... this is what's wrong with the world.. I tell you it's PC gone mad...!!!!! 😜 |
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18 Feb 17 - 02:13 PM (#3839785) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw We also have a puss moth, Acme, but it's a different species and the caterpillar looks nothing like yours. I like to think that it's distanced itself... |
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18 Feb 17 - 02:29 PM (#3839789) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw "Is that Pheasant a Poo Relation? Or someone who gives a shit? Unlike............. er, oops, I nearly strayed on-topic." You're all right, mate. Accidentally nearly straying on-topic is the main point of the thread. The more "oopses, nearly strayed on-topic!" we get, the better! I have a bird-bath on a plinth that my late aunt gave us. Great sentimental value. Casually glanced out of the kitchen window this afternoon only to see Phil the pheasant sitting on it doing his I'm-the-king-of-the-castle thing. Very amusing sight it was. I've now cleared the poo out of the bird bath. |
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18 Feb 17 - 02:33 PM (#3839790) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Pete from seven stars link Picture made me laugh Bee |
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18 Feb 17 - 03:11 PM (#3839797) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: meself Hate to change the subject, but .... For awhile I was thinking, Trump will start losing support when his supporters realize that he hasn't created any new jobs after a year or so - but now I think that job-creation really doesn't matter: he will just tell them he's created millions of jobs and they will believe him ... this really is depressing .... |
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18 Feb 17 - 04:03 PM (#3839803) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Bee-dubya-ell Trump could create absolutely YUGE numbers of jobs by issuing an executive order requiring that every adult American own at least one pheasant. Why, PetSmart alone would need to hire a bazillion new workers just to sell pheasant cages, pheasant food, and cute little plaid jackets for pheasants to wear during cold weather. |
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18 Feb 17 - 04:39 PM (#3839808) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Oh I want a cute little plaid jacket for our pheasant Phred! He'd look so sweet, and it would keep him lovely and warm in winter. |
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18 Feb 17 - 04:59 PM (#3839811) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Joe Offer The humo(u)r inspired by Trump continues to be terrific. If he doesn't get through a full term without being impeached, maybe he can get a job as a muse. Take a look at the cover of this week's "Nothing to See Here" cover in Time Magazine, about the chaos in the White House: |
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18 Feb 17 - 06:15 PM (#3839823) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Now, now, meself and Joe Offer. No objection to your mentions of T**** but did I detect an "oops, accidentally nearly went on topic there?" Why no, I did not! If this happens again, Joe, I'll have no option but to report you to yourself. Believe me, he won't be happy, will you? Er, I'll get back to you....🤔 |
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19 Feb 17 - 01:35 AM (#3839853) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: EBarnacle When you get an insect sting, hit it with some meat tenderizer. It really works to draw the pain. When I was living on my schooner, we called gulls [generically] flying rats. The fill the same ecological niche. Vultures, too. Someone has to clean up the garbage. |
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19 Feb 17 - 01:38 AM (#3839854) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: EBarnacle Oh, yeah, 50. The first time I saw a Bald eagle in Brooklyn it was sitting atop a house eating a herring gull and being ganged up on by a buch of gulls trying to get it to abandon its meal. |
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19 Feb 17 - 02:16 AM (#3839857) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Joe Offer Well, c'mon, Steve. Did you look at that magazine cover? It's hilarious! -Joe- |
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19 Feb 17 - 03:17 AM (#3839862) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Mr Red I read the Time article. But with a name like Tr ..... oops you know what, we know where the wind is coming from. |
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19 Feb 17 - 03:34 AM (#3839866) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou EBarnacle, I read that as "...hit it with a meat tenderiser..." and assumed you meant that one intense kind of pain would supplant the other! A chap in our village has had a beautiful wall built along the front of his house. It's the kind I really like, traditional Norfolk flint-and-brick. It must have cost quite a lot, as it took a while to do (a skilled craftsman did it, not the chap himself) I want a wall like that, it would keep the litter out that drifts into our garden. Passing children on their way to school chuck their sweet wrappers and drinks cartons onto our front border. |
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19 Feb 17 - 08:02 AM (#3839921) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw On this occasion, Joe, I've decided to give you a second chance, but beware: you're only getting 67 more...keep 'em coming! Funny, that, Senoufou. I thought the same thing. My idea of meat tenderising is a wooden mallet and a lump of meat wrapped in clingfilm. If I really have to do it, I try to do it outside. Saves on redecorating costs. 🤓 |
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19 Feb 17 - 08:12 AM (#3839923) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw I'd rather have gulls than street pigeons. Wood pigeons are pleasant enough beasts as long as they stay away from my brassicas. The biggest nuisance at our house is jackdaws. They can get through incredibly small gaps to get into the roof space and they drop bucketloads of twigs down the chimney in the hope that some will jam and allow them to build up the nest. Cost me two hundred quid to get cowls fitted to keep the buggers out. I admire them for their charmless intelligence. |
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19 Feb 17 - 08:19 AM (#3839926) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash If you like Herrings Gulls Steve I will arrange for a few thousand surplus to requirements here to be shipped down to your neck of the woods. Flying rats is being kind to them. They are destructive, shite hawks. In a former life I looked after buildings. My annual budget spend for making repairs to the building caused by Herring Gulls was approximately £1000 per annum per building. Multiply that by the number of buildings in Scarborough and Whitby and you have a bill running into millions. |
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19 Feb 17 - 09:50 AM (#3839944) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Jim Carroll "Flying rats is being kind to them" Ah - c'mon Raggy - all god's chillun got wings (or is that Red Bull drinkers? The only creature I have ever made the effort to drive away is the ***** sparrowhawk that has occasionally put in an appearance in our (euphemistically titled) 'garden', and even then, I could never bring myself around to harming it. I did baulk once when I was called in to do some work for a nurse in Knightsbridge (of all places) She adopted the practice of opening her spare-room window and covering the floor with pigeon food - a skating rink, or what? Jim Carroll |
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19 Feb 17 - 09:58 AM (#3839947) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Stilly River Sage As I waited on my brewing my tea this morning a couple of red birds (cardinals) were bobbing in the garden closest to my kitchen window. The feeders are across the driveway. Never gulls out there, but lots of finches and mourning doves and occasional pyrrholoxia, blue jays, and hopefully the gold finches will notice the nyjer (thistle) seed feeder. Nothing Trump-shaped for the time being. |
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19 Feb 17 - 10:10 AM (#3839952) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw I've been putting out nyger seeds too but hardly a goldfinch in sight. I wonder how they know that those tiny little seeds are there. Hang on to your shitehawks, Raggytash. We already have a good supply! |
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19 Feb 17 - 10:41 AM (#3839956) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: EBarnacle OK, I should have said rub it on instead of hit it. |
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19 Feb 17 - 10:45 AM (#3839960) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Stu I think Trump is a real rotter and anyone who likes him is a poo-sniffer. I also think Ake, Teribus, Keith, Jim and Steve all all wrong and know nothing. TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP FARTY TRUMP FARAGE IS A TOSSPOT MAY NOT (NICE) BOTTOMS! HOORAY FOR LIBERALS! BOO TO CONSERVATIVES! UP THE VILLA! |
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19 Feb 17 - 11:23 AM (#3839967) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw "Villa?" You were doing all right until that... |
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19 Feb 17 - 11:27 AM (#3839968) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Stu Look, I'm trying to hijack this thread and start an almighty row like wot the other threads go like. We don't choose our football teams, they choose us. Have some sympathy. |
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19 Feb 17 - 11:55 AM (#3839970) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Like religion, you mean? Oh, hang on, football IS religion... Don't just say God, say Shankly... [There, that should kick something off, Stu...hey, football, "kick something off..." Geddit? Whaddam I like!] |
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19 Feb 17 - 12:35 PM (#3839973) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker Bearing in mind I have absolutely no interest or need for football or religion... The other day I was having some idle banter with the mrs regarding women's football.. My argument was.."21st Century - isn't it about time women's and men's top level football teams were integrated...??? We'd might even stand a chance of winning the world cup again... 🙄 |
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19 Feb 17 - 12:45 PM (#3839975) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou I just ran that idea past my football-mad husband, punkfolkrocker. After he'd finished laughing his head off, his infuriating answer was, "Jamais!! Jamais,jamais,JAMAIS!!!" Asked to explain, he said that 'women are fragile and might get hurt'. Male chauvinist pig! Wood pigeons are all very well, but they make the most insufferable din at dawn down our chimney. (DOO DOO DOOOOOH) And contribute to the ever-increasing mounds of poo everywhere. And do rather embarrassing things on the fence in front of our kitchen window. Puts one off one's lunch. |
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19 Feb 17 - 12:53 PM (#3839977) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Wood Pigeons are wonderful .................. especially with a plum sauce |
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19 Feb 17 - 01:25 PM (#3839980) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw You only THINK you have no need for football, pfr. I'm theorising that you developed an aversion at an early age as a result of over-exposure to Man U fans. Mixed-sex footie? Hmm. The post-match baths could be interesting.... |
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19 Feb 17 - 01:30 PM (#3839981) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Senoufou, are you sure you're blaming the right culprits? That sounds like a collared dove call. Wood pigeons sound more like "do DOO do, do do," usually rendered as "my TOE'S sore, Betty." |
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19 Feb 17 - 01:44 PM (#3839982) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker I grew up in the west country.. absolutely no inspiring football teams anywhere for hundreds of miles.. ..just a football free void from all points of the horizon.. My heart is empty.. I grew up unable to form a romantic hero worshipping attachment for 11 men in shorts..... 😜 As a boy, I was a loner.. My passion was angling.. ..and.. just me and my dog going for long walks to spy on lady nudists deep in the sand dunes... |
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19 Feb 17 - 01:47 PM (#3839983) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Oh yes Steve, definitely wood pigeons. We have a few collared doves as well (quite pretty little things) I used to get my teacher-colleague's game bag on a Monday, with wood pigeons and rabbits in, free if I was prepared to pluck/gut/skin them (not a problem) Our wood pigeons are fat as flawns, they hoover up anything after the gulls have gone. Rather like He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, the male on our fence is always sexually harassing females. They don't seem terribly interested, but he never gives up. Males have that curious dipping their head down thing in their mating dance. The ladies just want to be left in peace to hoover. |
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19 Feb 17 - 01:51 PM (#3839985) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Jim Carroll " spy on lady nudists deep in the sand dunes..." Sounds more interesting than any match I've ever attended. I have only been to a handful of games in my life The two most memorable were 1 A Celtic/Rangers match in Glasgow - men in cages at either end of the pitch 2 A Fulham/Man City match at Craven Cottage The most interesting moment was when a skein of geese flew down the Thames - the players played but the entire crowd stared up into the sky - and the ref!! Magic Jim Carroll |
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19 Feb 17 - 01:52 PM (#3839986) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash "the ladies just want to be left in peace to hoover" You would prefer to vacuum? Well bless my soul. |
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19 Feb 17 - 01:54 PM (#3839987) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Hahahaha punkfolkrocker! That sounds like one of those sinister psychological profiles. "He was a loner..." Norwich City FC have sunk in my husband's esteem. He bought a top in the Sale in the Norwich City FC shop on Saturday, and the chap offered him a free DVD of last season's highlights. My cheeky and rude husband said, "I am verrry surrrprrrised zerre were eneee 'ighlights to film!" He got the DVD anyway. And a very nice, smart bag-for life. |
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19 Feb 17 - 01:57 PM (#3839989) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash I have been to three professional football matches. Bolton V Preston score 0-0 Man City V Preston Score 0-0 Oxford Utd V Somebody (left at half time) score 0-0 My claim to fame is thus: I have never seen a goal scored in a professional football match |
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19 Feb 17 - 02:23 PM (#3839991) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou You're obviously a jinx Raggytash! |
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19 Feb 17 - 03:11 PM (#3839997) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Billy Connolly's team was Partick Thistle. He once famously said that he spent his childhood thinking that the team's name was Partick Nil. |
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19 Feb 17 - 03:12 PM (#3839998) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw I have a soft spot for Norwich City, but only because of Delia. |
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19 Feb 17 - 03:49 PM (#3840006) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou I used to live in 'Pairtick' when I taught in Glasgow. There used to be an Orange March every year, with fifes and those big drums. And also a Catholic March with accordions. It was a bit like Belfast. I had to smile at the colourful abuse hurled from the other faction on each occasion. But the Glasgow folk were tremendously jolly and friendly the rest of the year. Being half-Irish myself, as were many Weegies, I found their sense of humour and warmth struck a cord in me. I like Delia too. Her recipes are simple and sensible. I've got one or two of her cookery books. |
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19 Feb 17 - 04:07 PM (#3840011) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: akenaton Sen...My Cartoonist hero Bud Neill invented the character "GI Bride" one of the inabitants of Calton Creek(Calton is a district in Glasgow) a fictitious small town in the old West. Gi Bribe was always shown trying to bum a "lift hame tae Pertick" GI Bride |
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19 Feb 17 - 04:25 PM (#3840014) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Oh that's fascinating akenaton! The little flat I bought was in Caird Drive. I left Scotland in the seventies to teach in Norwich, but I still miss it. |
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19 Feb 17 - 07:40 PM (#3840035) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw "I grew up in the west country.. absolutely no inspiring football teams anywhere for hundreds of miles." Don't tell my mate that who played for Argyle in the '60s... When I were a little lad up north I often went to Gigg Lane, home of Bury FC. They never made the first division as was, but they nearly got there one season. There was one twat who went every week and spent the whole match banging a big bass drum at the back of the terrace. You'd see some of the best football at those lower division games, quite a few hairy-arses in the teams admittedly, but the games were fast and open and the lads would NEVER have kissed each other after scoring goals. Gigg Lane always boasted a good pitch but in those days some of the pitches were like swamps in winter. You could hardly move in the goalmouths without wellies on at times. Me mum and dad still live just a ten-minute walk from "t'Gigg." Nowt wrong wi' any of it! |
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20 Feb 17 - 04:05 AM (#3840069) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou I went to one Celtic-Rangers match back in the seventies and spent the whole time cowering while angry and vituperative men roared out murderous insults and jumped up and down all around me. I was a tiny little thing and looked about ten. The most interesting thing I saw was the innovative way people made use of empty beer cans. They used two as stilts to get a better view, and any others were copiously weed into and hurled at the opposition. There were rivers of wee coursing down the terrace by the end of the match, and fights breaking out all over. I adore people-watching, and I was partly terrified and partly fascinated. |
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20 Feb 17 - 06:16 AM (#3840092) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Mr Red "Villa?" You were doing all right until that... Aston Vanilla - easily licked! |
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20 Feb 17 - 06:19 AM (#3840093) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Stu Enjoying yourselves are you, taking the pish out of the mighty Villa? We're being beaten by the Toon Army tonight. Ah well. |
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20 Feb 17 - 06:20 AM (#3840094) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Dave the Gnome Did you know that you can't kill yourself by holding your breath? DtG |
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20 Feb 17 - 06:26 AM (#3840096) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash I thought Aston Villa was a Roman building near Birmingham. |
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20 Feb 17 - 06:27 AM (#3840097) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Dave the Gnome ..and why is that you can pick your friends and pick your nose but you can't pick your friend's nose? :D tG |
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20 Feb 17 - 06:27 AM (#3840099) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Come to think of it I thought Sheffield Wednesday was a bank holiday. |
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20 Feb 17 - 11:35 AM (#3840165) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker Half my family were evacuated from Birmingham and settled in Scrumpyshire due to a bloody big nazi bomb obliterating their tenement home... When I was a boy, my Uncle who was middle aged in the 1960s, constantly regaled me with stories about his beloved Villa suffering at the vicious feet of "Dirty Derby"....??? Googling "Dirty Derby" - these days it seems to be a very common diluted term applied to all and sundry.. But back in the 60s my Uncle was digging deep back into his cultural history & emotional memory.. probably before World War 2..??? perhaps a single legendary pitched grim bloody battle of studs, mud, and blood.. Now long forgotten...?????? Now if football was still played as pugilistically like that.. I'd might take an interest in the game... |
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20 Feb 17 - 12:09 PM (#3840170) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou It sounds as if you might enjoy Rugby Union punkfolkrocker. Plenty of mud, blood and studs there! |
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20 Feb 17 - 12:37 PM (#3840182) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker Sen - my wife is a valleys girl raised on a desolate Welsh hillside... Be assured she watches every Wales match on our big telly and goes mental with over excitement.. I had bruises on my arm after the latest Wales V England grudge match... When I was 11 I got sent up to a Grammar School, football was not even mentioned - as if it just didn't exist.. My school was a rugby school.. and I instantly took to the rough and tumble.. But I was so short sighted and, as much as i insisted, teachers would not let me play with my glasses on [even though they were already held together with sellotape from playground scraps..] So i got stuck on the sideline freezing my bollocks off.. That's the start of how I began skiving off games and PE to surreptitiously learn to play guitar and smoke dodgy 'herbal fags' in rock bands... 😎 Well.. that was rugby's loss.... |
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20 Feb 17 - 01:03 PM (#3840191) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou re Sheffield Wednesday being some sort of bank holiday, I used to believe that Accrington Stanley was a famous chap from Lancashire. |
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20 Feb 17 - 01:18 PM (#3840196) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Several years ago my husband went on a special coach trip to Man U's stadium at Old Trafford with a lot of other nitwits (I didn't go) He was shown around the changing rooms and saw Rooney's peg where he hangs up his clothes. I think he genuflected in front of it. They weren't allowed on the pitch, but he asked in broken English if he could just kiss the turf at the edge and the man let him. He came home in a state of ecstasy, the silly bugger. |
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20 Feb 17 - 01:34 PM (#3840201) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Bee-dubya-ell Once again, this thread is drifting perilously close to being on-topic. The difference between a football riot and a Trump rally is not that great. Please change the subject to something with a very low Trump-quotient. Like hedgehogs. CLICK! Unfortunately, it is impossible to find anything with a Trump-quotient of absolute zero. |
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20 Feb 17 - 02:09 PM (#3840212) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker Hedgehogs... about 20 years ago.. after an extreme heavy nights boozing with mates.. I came home with a big fat hedgehog in a Tesco carrier bag... It seemed ok when I released it in our back garden... never saw it again.... |
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20 Feb 17 - 02:14 PM (#3840216) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker ..well.. I expect some of you have woken up with worse after an excessive night on the beer & shots... !!!??? 😜 |
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20 Feb 17 - 07:08 PM (#3840300) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: frogprince pfr, I do hope you released the little critter without rendering this song obsolete... |
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20 Feb 17 - 07:12 PM (#3840301) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw What's the difference between a hedgehog and a Volvo Estate? With a hedgehog the pricks are on the outside... |
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20 Feb 17 - 07:14 PM (#3840302) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw 💯‼️ |
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20 Feb 17 - 08:46 PM (#3840312) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: EBarnacle The difference between a football riot and a Trump rally is that half the audience at a football riot has something to celebrate, however ... |
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20 Feb 17 - 09:15 PM (#3840314) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Donuel How much rent must we pay to post on your private thread? https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/tom-toles/?utm_term=.9fff71b6e2db |
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20 Feb 17 - 09:40 PM (#3840316) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Rent-free as long as you stay painstakingly off-topic. Any thread drift is acceptable though any mention of the Labour Party might get you a badly-smacked botty. Indeed, the very mention of it in this post has already caused me to self-flagellate. As it were. I could only find a small ball of string but I've warned myself that there WILL be a "next time." I lead by example. |
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21 Feb 17 - 03:50 AM (#3840343) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Mr Red thinks A good job I didn't mention: West Bromwich Ambulances, Acrid Town Stanley, Rent a-Sunderland or even Hamilton Agri-Chemicals. Phew! PS I used to live in the Baggies' town. Worked near Vanilla Park. Managed to avoid both. |
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21 Feb 17 - 04:29 AM (#3840352) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash My good lady has just taken our male cat to the vets, he was fighting last night and it looks like he came second. No surprise really he hasn't a bad bone in his body, a BIG softy. |
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21 Feb 17 - 05:27 AM (#3840366) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Bee-dubya-ell Now, that's what I call off-topic! Cats! No Trump content at all! No... Wait... CLICK! |
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21 Feb 17 - 05:31 AM (#3840368) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Stu Lost 2-0. Bah. |
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21 Feb 17 - 05:32 AM (#3840369) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Had a thought, it looks like he came second but I haven't seen the other cats. There was a hell of a contretemps at 3 this morning, enough to wake me up, that went on for about 15 minutes. He's back home now, looking a little sorry for himself. |
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21 Feb 17 - 06:05 AM (#3840373) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Good game, good spirit though, Stu. I'll have Deacon for Liverpool if he promises not to over-hit every bloody cross! |
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21 Feb 17 - 07:15 AM (#3840382) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Oh no Raggytash! Oh dear! Vets are expensive, as I know to my cost. We have a psychocat in our neighbourhood that terrorises all the gentle moggies. I chase him when I see him heading our way. Hope your cat is okay. |
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21 Feb 17 - 08:49 AM (#3840402) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Jaysus, just realised you meant Villa, not Sutton, Stu! Obviously, as Newcastle are now managed by the second-greatest Liverpool manager of all time I'm not miserable. You have my sympathy, however. 😈 |
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21 Feb 17 - 09:32 AM (#3840416) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Seventy Two Quid !!! Just as well I love the little bugger. He's very timid and very sweet natured. The only people he comes near are myself, my good lady and my son who has an affinity with all animals. Mind you the Vet is superb with cats. |
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21 Feb 17 - 09:37 AM (#3840418) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Donuel Having found the origin of dark matter and the fractional spin of its particles compared to our baryonic matter which spin at whole numbers along with the nature of dark matter stars which are cool, massive and powered by dark matter annihilation they form super super massive black holes which act as elementary particles and are in fact the same as black holes everywhere, mystery solved regarding the additional gravity of the universe. The mystery of dark energy follows similarly with the ever increasing formation of black holes and the balancing reaction of space energy to seek equilibrium until space snaps at some point when it can no longer balance the warping of space due to the predominance of a black hole universe, then Boom! the universe undergoes a sudden state change like water suddenly changing to ice instead of being liquid. Mysteries solved, so I need a new mystery to solve. What have you guys and gals got by way of spare mysteries that need solving? |
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21 Feb 17 - 09:52 AM (#3840423) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Why does toast always fall butter side down? |
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21 Feb 17 - 09:53 AM (#3840424) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker What have you guys and gals got by way of spare mysteries that need solving? Why would anyone pay £5000 to a Secondary ticketing site tout for an Ed Sheeran concert ticket...??????? 😕 |
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21 Feb 17 - 10:06 AM (#3840433) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Donuel Toast acts like the feathers of a dart and sends the denser butter side down 62.6% of the time depending upon distance of the fall. Who the F0c& is Ed? It's a mystery to me. |
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21 Feb 17 - 10:19 AM (#3840437) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash OK Donuel, If as Shakespeare wrote "Music is the food of love" Why can't rabbits sing? |
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21 Feb 17 - 11:23 AM (#3840457) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Donuel A rabbits voice is often mistaken for a quiet growl. Lion head rabbits are famous for this. All rabbits can scream or cry in a baby human manner just like fawns do. The other songs of the rabbit are percussive with their teeth or by their rear foot. Their form of purring is a chittering of their teeth which may be a song to them. Trumper the Shakespeare of rabbits has chittered that pleasure is the fundamental food of love in his song A Kiss Is Just a Kiss. |
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21 Feb 17 - 11:32 AM (#3840464) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Donuel I just clicked the fiddling fish for the halibut. Ah, I feel better now. |
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21 Feb 17 - 11:36 AM (#3840468) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: EBarnacle That's love, not lust. Play on. Brush up your Shakespeare. |
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21 Feb 17 - 11:38 AM (#3840471) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Thank you Donuel, I am slightly more erudite now. I'd never heard of Lionhead Rabbits until you mentioned them. |
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21 Feb 17 - 11:38 AM (#3840472) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Mr Red and they'll all cowtow.......... As Stubby Kay sang. |
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21 Feb 17 - 11:42 AM (#3840474) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Donuel Which reminds me that Barnacles have the largest proportional penis in the animal kingdom. |
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21 Feb 17 - 11:45 AM (#3840476) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash We've been up to Middlesbrough today (god forsaken place) to do various odds and sods that required a big town and I've stock up some of my spices. Old stuff binned and nice fresh coriander, cumin, turmeric, garam masala, green cardamoms and a tandoori masala which I've never tried before. A curry of some description will be on the menu this week, possibly a Butter Chicken Balti.......... nice! |
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21 Feb 17 - 12:01 PM (#3840483) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Donuel I like cardamom and coffee. I like mayonnaise too. But not in coffee. |
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21 Feb 17 - 12:42 PM (#3840488) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Donuel btw The moon used to be only 15,000 miles away and Earth tides were miles high. Surprisingly Jupiter has shrunk by 1/3 since its largest diameter. Could the plot of the movie 2010 be true? Nope. |
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21 Feb 17 - 02:36 PM (#3840520) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw "Which reminds me that Barnacles have the largest proportional penis in the animal kingdom." You might have thought it'd be cockles. |
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21 Feb 17 - 03:39 PM (#3840540) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Dave the Gnome I used to believe that Accrington Stanley was a famous chap from Lancashire. I think you would love Stanley Accrington Eliza. Very funny chap and a good friend who has been known to dip into here for some absurdities at times:-) I am sure the new administration the white house has provided many an opportunity for ridicule but as this thread is not about that let us leave it there :-) His other great skill is anagrams. I guess he must have come up with the obvious Damn Old Turd and many more besides. Anyway, Shaw (to use the affectation favoured by your avid fans on here) If we are not allowed to discuss T***p can we mention fart, air biscuit, botty burp, but yodel, rump roar or sphincter siren? DtG |
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21 Feb 17 - 03:52 PM (#3840543) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Bee-dubya-ell My wife likes turmeric in coffee. The only thing I like in coffee is more coffee. |
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21 Feb 17 - 04:31 PM (#3840552) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Ha Dave, I'll have to watch out for Stanley Accrington's posts on here, he sounds fun! I watched an excellent Brian Cox documentary about the planets, and they had a video mock-up of what the moon would have looked like when it was that size Donuel. It was massive and glowing red hot, rising above the horizon of Earth. (And I really fancy Professor Cox!) |
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21 Feb 17 - 04:41 PM (#3840554) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Dave the Gnome I don't think he ever posts, Eliza, just watches. He is not as daft as the rest of us but often far funnier :-) DtG |
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21 Feb 17 - 04:49 PM (#3840556) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Are you referring to treading on a duck or cutting the cheese, Dave? As this is my thread and I don't care whether or not anyone else likes footie, I'd like to inform y'all that I've just watched the most amazingly wacky match of all time, Man C 5 Monaco 3. Two great attacks, two terrible defences, comedy of errors and totally thrilling. I cannot be gainsaid. |
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21 Feb 17 - 04:51 PM (#3840557) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw I believe lots of women love Cox, Eliza. I'll get me coat then... |
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21 Feb 17 - 04:55 PM (#3840558) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Dave the Gnome Ah. OK. Furry Nuff as they say in St. Helens. As long as something happened and something else didn't I suppose it must be, errrrr, thingy. Whosisname... Love and kippers DtG |
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21 Feb 17 - 05:09 PM (#3840562) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Hahahaha Steve, I think you'd better get your coat... Reminds me of the Boat Race joke: 'Princess Anne kissed the cox of the winning crew'. |
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21 Feb 17 - 05:27 PM (#3840564) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Donuel Hey Stanley, have you ever wondered why proposed strange stars and stranglet particles are as evidence free as Big foot? It is unstable in our universe and the dark matter universe until it breaks down. Like a hybrid dark-regular matter they are homeless unlike the dark low spin matter created from the matter antimatter annihilation. Surface tension arguments be damned. Its enemy is heat so what is left of heavy strange matter can happily reside in the dark matter universe as its spin falls below 1 when its strange quark goes AWOL. Nothing created - nothing destroyed but rather an orphan of both universes but buried in e dark. Stranglet solved. |
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21 Feb 17 - 07:26 PM (#3840604) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw When I was at university, Eliza, I got in with A Bad Lot, aka the rugby club, even though I've never played rugby in my life and didn't even know the rules. All I know about rugby is that it's a game played by men with oval balls. Anyway, we routinely got wasted in the all-male union bar (yes, you heard me right) where we could sing obscene songs. One of the worst involved the Boat Race. I think there may have been a thread on it but I shall at this juncture refrain from identifying it (you can bet your life that somebody will!) Drank a yard of ale in there once. It took me 55 seconds, not because I was a slow drinker but because I couldn't control the turbulent gushing of the beer. I'm not proud. |
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21 Feb 17 - 07:53 PM (#3840611) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: EBarnacle Would that it were true, Donuel. Remember that cockles and mussels were once alive, alive-o. |
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22 Feb 17 - 03:45 AM (#3840664) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Steve, I briefly had a rather drunken specimen of a Scottish boyfriend at Edinburgh Uni, and he used to haunt the Union Bar, dragging me along with him. (It was open to females too) I could only manage a half of McEwan's Heavy, but he could drink to Olympic standards. The lads in there sang all the rugby songs and I'd sit there delighted. The songs I dimly remember were:- some thing about an Eskimo called Nell, a chap with large...er...testicles apparently twice as heavy as lead with which he could perform unlikely feats, a lady called Liza who was entreated to show her legs, and someone standing on a bridge at midnight doing rather strange things to their crutch. It was this Scottish chap who took me to the Rangers - Celtic match. I suppose nowadays one would have to sing about Inuit Nell. Doesn't have the same ring about it does it? |
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22 Feb 17 - 04:33 AM (#3840679) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Yep, all those songs and more! |
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22 Feb 17 - 07:59 PM (#3840874) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Mackerel pâté: Two tins of mackerel in oil, drained Juice and zest of a smallish lemon (don't use bottled juice) One tablespoon creme fraiche One teaspoon of English mustard out of a jar (Colman's - duh) Small grinding of black pepper A few drops of Tabasco Put the whole lot into a jar and whizz with your hand blender. No need to go berserk. You could always go rustic and just mash it all up with a fork. I find it tastes better if you make it a few hours ahead and chill it. Consume with crispy buttered toast. I tell you, you'll live forever. |
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23 Feb 17 - 04:30 AM (#3840906) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Smoked Mackerel Pate 3 Smoked Mackerel Fillets, beak up into your blender, add teaspoon of lime juice, 1/2 teaspoon English Mustard, 1/2 teaspoon of Horseradish Sauce and cream to blend, blitz until smooth place in a Ramekin and chill. Nice ! Amounts can be varied to suit tastes and it also works REALLY well with Kipper fillets. |
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23 Feb 17 - 06:18 AM (#3840927) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Smoked Mackerel Tartare Two or three smoked mackerel fillets, skinned and flaked Two hard-boiled eggs, chopped up A large gherkin or the equivalent in those stupid little cocktail jobbies, chopped into little pieces 4 tablespoons Hellmann's Black pepper Chopped parsley (or dill) - a tablespoonish Squirt of proper lemon juice out of a real lemon Combine. You can just put everything unchopped on a board and chop it all together if you like and add a bit of lemon juice afterwards. Don't over-chop. Keep your chopper under control. Lemon zest on top is good. It's a bit posh is this. Impress your mates. Serve it with some fancy ciabatta or something equally pretentious. |
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23 Feb 17 - 06:49 AM (#3840933) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Dave the Gnome Really weird thing with me and smoked mackerel. I can eat mackerel with no issues although it is not a favourite of mine. I can eat other smoked fish - herring (as in kippers), salmon, trout, all sorts. But I cannot eat smoked mackerel. Twice I have been doubled up with stomach cramps and cold sweats for about 2 hours after partaking. I am not going to try it again! DtG |
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23 Feb 17 - 07:30 AM (#3840939) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash I'm the same with Pork. I love bacon and ham, boiled ham but although I like pork I invariably throw up after eating it, especially if it is served in a casserole or with any sauce, even apple. |
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23 Feb 17 - 09:09 AM (#3840959) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Greg F. What happens if you're served up a nice, steaming pile of Trumpism? |
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23 Feb 17 - 09:30 AM (#3840964) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Oi, Greg! 😈 I can eat anything. The only thing I refuse to consume is apple sauce. What is the point of that horrid, watery, thin, sour gloop? Tonight I'm making the best soup ever, Gino's onion, bacon and tomato. Fry half a pound of chopped-up pancetta in a bit of EV olive oil. Chop up at least a pound and a half of white onions or banana shallots (escallions). Throw in with the frying pancetta and stir until the onions are very soft and turning colour. Add at least a whole can of plum tomatoes (Cirio or Napolina for choice) and a litre and a half of chicken stock, either home-made or made with Kallo organic cubes. Simmer for half an hour or more. Season with black pepper but go easy with salt as the bacon and stock will have added some. Serve it with some parmesan shavings and basil leaves on top. Good with pretentious crusty ciabatta. Tomorrow it could be Yotam's roasted cauliflower with chorizo, olives and pumpkin seeds... |
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23 Feb 17 - 09:40 AM (#3840967) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Just starting to get a bit windy here, Hello Doris!! |
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23 Feb 17 - 10:43 AM (#3840983) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Donuel I say let Trump and Tillerman finalize dropping all sanctions against Russia. After that he will have no reason to be President anymore. He will have more Russian money than God and retire to Mara D'Oro. |
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23 Feb 17 - 11:11 AM (#3840987) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw EXCUSE ME!!! That is NOT thread drift! Tsk! |
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23 Feb 17 - 12:41 PM (#3841002) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: EBarnacle I have avoided mackerel since 1969. We took a sailing trip to Block Island. We trolled a fishing line to see what we could catch. The only fish we caught were mackerel. The only places we caught them were near sewer heads. Bear in mind that this was in the era before mandatory sewage treatment plants. |
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23 Feb 17 - 02:11 PM (#3841023) Subject: RE: BS PRIVATE AMERICA FIRST From: Donuel along with the Post Office being privatized I foresee Federal lands becoming private or regulations unenforced. National Parks will become corporate owned and entry fees going into the hundreds of dollars. This land is your land will become a quaint antique notion. |
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23 Feb 17 - 02:30 PM (#3841029) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Donuel By a curious inversion exclusion phenomenon, Trump comments are in fact thread drift unless Steve believes I am unfairly pissing in his private sand box. |
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23 Feb 17 - 02:44 PM (#3841031) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker This thread now seems to be drifting into the realms of alternative reality dimensions.... 🤔 |
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23 Feb 17 - 03:37 PM (#3841048) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Steve, apple sauce shouldn't be 'watery, thin, sour gloop'. Come round ours in September and pick some of our huge and gorgeous Bramleys straight off the tree. Peel and chop into NOT too small pieces. Simmer very briefly with a smidgeon of water. Add brown sugar and mash only slightly with a fork. The resulting apple sauce is fluffy, sweet, not gloopy or sour and goes beautifully with pork (or any poultry) |
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23 Feb 17 - 03:43 PM (#3841049) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker The only liquidy apple that should go anywhere near pork is a flagon of rough cider... 😎 |
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23 Feb 17 - 03:43 PM (#3841050) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash I'm pleased to say that Doris was a bit of a squib here. A touch breezy for a couple of hours this afternoon but most years we have far more severe weather. |
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23 Feb 17 - 07:28 PM (#3841091) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Doris was an average winter blow the likes of which we get about six or seven of in an typical winter. We had 1.5mm of rain. Nowt. Eliza, I have two very large Bramley trees and I give away hundredweights of apples every autumn. Mrs Steve hangs on to a few pounds and makes apple sauce for herself which we freeze. The trouble with Bramleys for me is that the flesh promptly goes to mush when you cook it. I don't mind apples that hold their texture when cooked. |
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23 Feb 17 - 08:06 PM (#3841098) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw "An typical?" I can explain. I originally typed "an average" but then realised that I'd already used "average" earlier in the sentence so decided to change "average" to "typical" but forgot to change the article. Thanks for listening. |
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23 Feb 17 - 09:16 PM (#3841106) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker Stoke 1.... Nuttall nil |
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24 Feb 17 - 03:52 AM (#3841133) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Gawd Steve, that was no typical blow! And I don't think I could stand six or seven of those in one winter! Winds gusting to 80mph, our power off for six hours, and most serious of all MY ICE CREAM MELTED IN THE FREEZER!!!!!!! Peered outside early this morning, and lots of debris lying around in our small street. Our neighbours' large shed roof open to the skies, and branches everywhere. Luckily (huge sigh of relief) our greenhouse is still intact. And none of our windows blew in. I was amused to read you (like us) give away tons of Bramleys to neighbours every year. There's a constant stream of visitors here in September bearing carrier bags. We don't mind, as we can't possibly use the tons and tons of apples the tree produces. Even the windfalls disappear. Norfolk folk are thrifty. I only boil the apples for a minute or two, in a really tiny drop of water, and strain off any liquid that comes out, before mashing lightly. Loved your idea of Pliny the Younger and Pliny the Elder! :) |
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24 Feb 17 - 05:32 AM (#3841147) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash The Marmalade season has arrived in Chez Raggytash. I bought a box of seville oranges from the wholesaler this morning, enough for about 150 jars or so. All profits raised are donated to the Runswick Bay Rescue Boat and I already have several orders. Even if I say so myself, I do make very good Marmalade. |
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24 Feb 17 - 05:54 AM (#3841152) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw I leave the less desirable windfalls for the fieldfares, thrushes and blackbirds. I even collect some up and ration them out through the winter. Whaddam I like! The best panellist by a country mile on a dismal Question Time last night was the chairman of Stoke City. I'm a Stoke fan now! |
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24 Feb 17 - 06:06 AM (#3841157) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker When I was 10 - I had a mate same age who's hobby was making wine out of any spare fruit and veg he could scrounge. A mutual friend ended up establishing his own brewery in his 20s... He made one of the finest beers in the country [while I was still a beer drinker...] |
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24 Feb 17 - 06:24 AM (#3841159) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash For excellent beer non will exceed Red Fox Brewery in Coggeshall, Essex. The owner is a long standing and very dear friend of yours truly and he does make superb beer. |
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24 Feb 17 - 06:29 AM (#3841162) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Dave the Gnome Naylors, the brewery in our next village, all of half a mile away, makes some good stuff. Better still on a Friday the bar opens and they sell it for about £2.50 a pint :-) DtG |
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24 Feb 17 - 06:36 AM (#3841165) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Dave the Gnome Why are we discussing sensible stuff on here when we could be bringing much needed light relief to the Labour Party thread BTW? :D |
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24 Feb 17 - 07:26 AM (#3841178) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Nah. The best ale is Adnam's. Nothing touches Adnam's. My idea of heaven - sitting outside a country pub with a half of Adnam's watching Kemp's Men Morris. |
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24 Feb 17 - 08:29 AM (#3841187) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Dave the Gnome Very nice too, Eliza, but you are talking to a expatriate Manc living in Yorkshire here. Anything from Burton on trent up will always be better. For both beer and Morris ;-D DtG |
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24 Feb 17 - 08:36 AM (#3841191) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Dave the Gnome Ooooh - Flashback time. Tell you what very nearly did beat it though - Glass of Rodenbach outside a cafe watching Antwerp Morris dancing Cotswold in a little square in Bruges. Must revisit! :D tG |
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24 Feb 17 - 08:49 AM (#3841198) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker ...ah yes.. memories..... long ago when I was slim, long haired, and had boy band good looks... and could get cheaply pissed [and a massive hangover] on 3 bottles of Pils.. .. back when I was a student, I worked a summer in Butlins.. .. and copped off at a staff party with a very friendly buxom barmaid from Burton on Trent... 😋 I'm 58 now.. I wouldn't have the energy or endurance for her any more... |
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24 Feb 17 - 08:56 AM (#3841199) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Dave the Gnome Limerick challenge! A buxom young barmaid from Burton... Over to you :D tG |
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24 Feb 17 - 09:17 AM (#3841206) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou A buxom young barmaid from Burton Seduced pfr, that is certain. But this party, you know, Occurred long ago, And now he's too tired to be flirtin'. |
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24 Feb 17 - 09:20 AM (#3841207) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash 15 Jars of Seville Orange Marmalade duly bottled (plus 3 small "sample" jars) Some have a generous slug of Jura single malt in for good measure, most of which are already accounted for. Back to the range tomorrow for another batch, Oranges already simmered. |
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24 Feb 17 - 10:32 AM (#3841236) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw A buxom young barmaid from Burton Espied pfr through a curtain They went for a snog On the ground by a bog And now both their bums have got dirt on |
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24 Feb 17 - 10:34 AM (#3841238) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw He makes damn good marmalade, does Raggytash. I can vouch for it. Just had a bit of crusty bread with some of Mrs Steve's lemon curd on. Scrumptious! |
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24 Feb 17 - 10:45 AM (#3841241) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Dave the Gnome A buxom young barmaid from Burton Just couldn't keep her skirt on To a young punkrocker She proved such a shocker That she left him limp and hurtin' DtG |
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24 Feb 17 - 06:31 PM (#3841317) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Hey Dave, gotta try to make your limericks scan! 😂😂😂 Anyway, Yotam's roasted cauliflower with chorizo and green olives. If you like spicy grub, you will LOVE this! For two. One large cauliflower cut into bite-size florets Handful of pitted green olives, any sort you like, chopped just a bit A biggish onion, or two, red maybe but who cares, cut into chunks A chorizo ring, skinned and cut into bite-size chunks At least a teaspoon of smoked paprika, to taste Salt and pepper 4 tablespoons of EV olive oil At least 3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed with the flat of a knife Handful of pumpkin seeds A big handful of chopped fresh parsley Get the oven very hot, at least 200C Get a baking tray about 40cm long and put a big sheet of greaseproof paper on it. Put all the ingredients except for the parsley in a bowl and mix thoroughly with your hands. Spread the mix on your baking tray. Put into the hot oven. It needs 25-30 minutes. Once or twice, take it out and toss everything around a bit. After 25-30 minutes the cauliflower should be al dente. Chuck the parsley on top and mix it in. Serve up and enjoy. If you like the spices in this you will think that it's food fit for the gods. I find it works best with a chorizo that isn't too "piccante!" |
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24 Feb 17 - 08:52 PM (#3841342) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw A buxom young barmaid from Burton Was tempted to not keep her skirt on To a young punkfolkrocker She proved such a shocker That his tackle was left limp and hurtin' There you go, Dave. No charge this time! 😎 |
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25 Feb 17 - 11:22 AM (#3841479) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Bugger. I really must remember to not split infinitives in limericks. Spanish tortilla tonight. I'll fan the flames of raging controversy and declare that I WILL be including onions. We're having it with a mountain of purple sprouting broccoli that I've just picked in the rain (note to self: check for slugs). Last nights roast cauliflower with olives and chorizo was the absolute dog's danglies. So easy! |
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25 Feb 17 - 12:48 PM (#3841499) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Wash the broccoli in a sink of salted water, that gets rid of the little buggers. |
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25 Feb 17 - 01:27 PM (#3841506) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker Cheers mates... Unfortunately I have made no progress on my limerick tribute [errrmmmm.. to myself...] because Mudcat is a family friendly website and my gutter mind won't budge from the punch line rhyme for Burton "Beef Curtain"... 😬 |
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25 Feb 17 - 01:31 PM (#3841507) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: punkfolkrocker massive oops... check my entry on the "Cornucopia of 1960's Brit. Folk" thread before a kindly mod hopefully deletes it very soon... 😳 |
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25 Feb 17 - 01:40 PM (#3841510) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou There was a Mudcatter called Steve. His error you'd hardly believe. 'Twas far from diminutive, He split an infinitive And caused all the pedants to grieve. |
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26 Feb 17 - 06:50 AM (#3841628) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Just finished off 5 Cottage pies to go in the freezer for my good lady. Made the meat part last night and just piped some Duchess Potato on top making them look very pretty. The third batch of marmalade is on the range now !! |
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26 Feb 17 - 07:02 AM (#3841630) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou Mmmmmmm cottage pies! 'Yares agoo' (Norfolk accent) I used to make really good cottage pies, steak-and-kidney pies and things like quiches, Cornish pasties and so on. I have to say, my home-made pastry is very good. But my husband used to open a tin of Madras curry and shake it all over my creations, as he said 'they had no flavour', the cheeky bugger. After foaming at the mouth many times, I suggested he learn to cook his own traditional food, which bless him he did. He now makes the most amazing stuff with ingredients I've never heard of or tasted. And I stick to my own British cooking. A bit like Jack Sprat and his wife! It works very well. |
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26 Feb 17 - 07:17 AM (#3841638) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw I do Mary Berry's version of cottage pie. Make the meat mix as usual, though my take on it requires starting with a soffritto of onions, carrots and celery, not TOO finely chopped. When the veg has softened I scoop it out of the pan which I then use to brown the mince. Next, in goes a scant tablespoon of plain flour. Once that's done the veg goes back in and it gets a small glass of red wine, some beef stock made with a cube, a dash of Worcestershire sauce and seasoning (plenty of salt). Simmer that for an hour and keep an eye on the liquid level. The big difference is the spuds. It uses a topping of salad or new potatoes, boiled in their skins in salted water until tender. Drain the spuds, add two tablespoons of EV olive oil some salt and pepper and break them up very roughly with a fork. That's your topping. Bake the whole thing for 25 minutes until the spuds are going brown and a bit crispy. |
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26 Feb 17 - 07:28 AM (#3841641) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Duchess Potatoes are to my mind the finest things that can be created with a humble spud. Boil the potatoes till almost ready then put through a ricer (no lumps) add copious amounts and butter and cream and gently blend. Don't overwork them they turn 'orrid if you do. Sometimes I will add finely sliced spring onions to the mix or on other occasions a healthy squirt or three of tomato puree. |
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26 Feb 17 - 07:32 AM (#3841645) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Steve Shaw Yeah, the potato ricer is a very underrated tool. Great for mash toppings and a sine qua non for making potato gnocchi. D'accord! |
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26 Feb 17 - 08:04 AM (#3841653) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Senoufou For the potato topping of a cottage pie, I use best quality baking potatoes (they seem to have a better flavour), simmer them, then mash (with an ordinary spud masher) with plenty of butter and fresh cream, salt and coarsely ground pepper. Plonk on top of the meat and spread with a fork. Very hot oven until browned. I just use extra-lean mince cooked with chopped onions for the underneath, simmered for about twenty minutes and thickened with good old original Bisto powder. I expect those who are more skilled than I are cringing, but this is how we cooked in the late forties and fifties, and I still do! Husband came home yesterday with a bottle of cider vinegar! I've never used that (no idea what one does with it) but he'd seen it somewhere and thought he'd have a try. I hope there's no alcohol in it, or I'll have to inform the Imam. |
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26 Feb 17 - 10:44 AM (#3841700) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Donuel I think plain cabbage with my favorite mustard is better than potatos |
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26 Feb 17 - 10:49 AM (#3841702) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Donuel Like most things butter makes it better. |
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26 Feb 17 - 11:34 AM (#3841713) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: EBarnacle Raggy, if you've finished them off how did they make it to the freezer? |
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26 Feb 17 - 12:01 PM (#3841719) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash I made them in take-a-way tin foil trays, meat in last night, potatoes piped on this morning, allowed to cool and then in the freezer. All individually portioned. I also prepared some Tandoori chicken earlier, need to make a sauce to go with them when I get home and some paratha's and saffron rice. |
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26 Feb 17 - 12:03 PM (#3841721) Subject: RE: BS: My very own Trump thread From: Raggytash Sorry ebarnacle only just realised your play on words Duh !! |
