Moan, Moan, Moan - 2011

[Anthony Darby]

I think it would be pointless. They even cut the meadows in so-called reserves where there is no sport played and spray weed killer at the boundary between the grass and the wild shrubby areas, leaving a wide strip of bare earth.

[Maggi Young]

Start a campaign, Anthony. If nobody does anything then nothing will be done.
It's like the lottery, if you haven't got a ticket, you sure as hell won't win! 

[Anthony Darby]

I knew I was doing something wrong! I've always said "when my ship comes in I'll be waiting at the airport". I'll make enquiries and see if there are some reasons I haven't thought of?

[annew]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who doesn't want all my food items presented in a vertical stack in the middle of a huge plate that is evidently large enough on which to present the food PROPERLY.

[ranunculus]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who doesn't want all my food items presented in a vertical stack in the middle of a huge plate that is evidently large enough on which to present the food PROPERLY.

Hear! Hear!

[Maggi Young]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who doesn't want all my food items presented in a vertical stack in the middle of a huge plate that is evidently large enough on which to present the food PROPERLY.

 Have you been out somewhere fancy to eat, Anne, or just watching Masterchef on TV?

[mark smyth]

On Monday I had to go to the Chiropodist because my wee toe was giving me pain after a few hours at work. By the time I get home its red and tender.

It had 7 corns. £20 thank you very much he said. He didnt even file off dry skin on the soles of my feet.

[Lesley Cox]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who doesn't want all my food items presented in a vertical stack in the middle of a huge plate that is evidently large enough on which to present the food PROPERLY.

No m'dear, you are NOT the only one. You probably don't like to see either, the chefs with their long hair unconfined; tattooes from ears to navel; wiping their noses with the backs of their hands then smearing them down their filthy aprons, - and never a latex glove in sight - and using hands which we have no reason to believe have been washed, making the offending stacks. My kitchen is far from pristine but I think twice about eating out anywhere these days. All the above are commonplace on the Masterchef and other programmes.

[Anthony Darby]

On Monday I had to go to the Chiropodist because my wee toe was giving me pain after a few hours at work. By the time I get home its red and tender.

It had 7 corns. £20 thank you very much he said. He didnt even file off dry skin on the soles of my feet.

One foot in the grave and the other covered in corns Mark?

[Lesley Cox]

It had 7 corns. £20 thank you very much he said. He didnt even file off dry skin on the soles of my feet.

You could probably get your money back Mark by selling them off to a Masterchef kitchen. Corn and bacon quiche is very good. They might take the dry skin as well.

[Anthony Darby]

 
I hope the next Australia vs New Zealand cricket test has the same teams if only because I'm fed up with this new word "dayboo" the commentators keep using.

[maggiepie]

You could probably get your money back Mark by selling them off to a Masterchef kitchen. Corn and bacon quiche is very good. They might take the dry skin as well.

Lesley, you are such a treasure.
I don't remember the last time I had such a belly laugh.
Thank you!!
 

[Anthony Darby]

It had 7 corns. £20 thank you very much he said. He didnt even file off dry skin on the soles of my feet.

You could probably get your money back Mark by selling them off to a Masterchef kitchen. Corn and bacon quiche is very good. They might take the dry skin as well.

A side of pork scratchings?

[annew]

Nowhere fancy - even our local pub. An advert in a free magazine (being Yorkshire these are the only kind I read) shows one of these offending constructions by their new 'chef'. I think at chef school they are taught how to hide their badly cooked food under a covering of garnish.
The dish is called "Pan-fried sea bass on a bed of sauteed potatoes and chorizo, topped with a trio of colour". How else do you fry something except in a pan?? "A trio of colour"??  The recipe included advises one to "dress the plate with balsamic vinegar" - goodness, that's original and ground-breaking isn't it? I wonder how he thought that one up? Of course, if he didn't pile the food up so it only covered 10% of the plate's surface, he wouldn't need to dress the flipping thing.
As Lesley said, the chef has been busy building the pile of food with his fingers (probably wiped on that horrible towel hanging from their apron that chefs always use to keep their bacteria handy in) so it's probably cold by the time the poor waitress has got it to the table at a snail's pace so as not to topple it.

I feel better now.

[Anthony Darby]

A new take on the 'Big Mac'?