Lunch: I just bought lunch from the canteen. Big mistake. I had an 'Escoveitched Black Bream' that was waaaaaaay overcooked and tasted unpleasant. And a bowl of mixed salad, the nicest thing about the salad was the roasted fennel, that was okay in a very tough, woody sort of way. Most of my lunch went in the fucking bin. What a waste of £4.85.
Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
I haven't had lunch yet - my day of best intentions went down the swanny -
Got up early to get to work early and planned to stay late to get through a load of papers that my lazy collegues had allowed to build up in my one day off - lazy twits - but then...
1. Tube no move? Why no move? 2. Computer no want log into records programme. 3. Call to cover clinic front desk at 4.15 until 6pm - why no finish work? 4. Stupid job. 5. I'm all alone... 6. Stupid link to website full of freak-heads has made me feel sad about humans.
Still - I've been offered a film! I start work in July, which means that I can a) pay some bills, b) do job I love, c) go on honeymoon afterwards.
I watched Daft Punk's Electroma last night - it is rubbish. 75 minutes long, 15 of which robots drive car, 50 of which robots walk in desert, the rest of the time was good. It is worse than the russian Solaris.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
I had three rounds of toast and a nice, shiny Braeburn apple - washed down with a pint of ice cold water.
Rock 'n' fucking roll, motherfuckers.
ETA: Congratulations on your film, Benjamin.
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Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
It’s interesting that you mention lunch, Barry, because, you know, it’s something that happens to almost all of us, and I’ve been thinking about mine.
Except that I’d forgotten about it until you mentioned it.
The thing is, last night I made a really nice big pot of lentil stew, with pork ribs, stewing beef, onions, potatoes, mmm all lovely in a delicious stock. Normally I would take a Tupperware of it to work with me, but today I didn’t bring anything because I thought I would be going to a school in Wakefield (I get around, me; I was in Blackpool yesterday – I was really looking forward to spending half an hour on the promenade after my meeting, maybe have a thoughtful fag looking out to sea, but it was the shittiest rainiest grimmest bleakest day in the whole world ever, so I never even got out of the car. I just took a photo of the tower with my phone while at a traffic light and got the hell out of Dodge). But now it turns out I’m not going to Wakey after all, the upshot of which, is, gentle readers, that I have no lunch with me.
Oh my, that’s a real quandary, you’re thinking. And you’re right, it is a quandary. What shall I do?
There’s an Italian sandwich/eatery/take-out café just downstairs, or there’s a Waitrose up the road.
What should I have for lunch, TMO? Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
I reckon that you should have an Italian sandwich.
Just my tuppence worth.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
chips. good ones. edit: that's not an option is it. go with the italian. waitrose will sell you a sandwich, wrapped in plastic, an apple, a drink in plastic, a bag of crisps and a snack. go with the italian thing.
me i've got the choice of brown rice with soy, green beans and peas. or a roll with marmite.
or both. \m/
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Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
I could always go to the mad butcher for one of his award-winning pork pies.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
Chips are an option, yes. Italian chips.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: 'Escoveitched Black Bream'
quote:What a waste of £4.85.
On a slightly Bream-related note, I bought some fresh Sea Bream from Sainsburys just the other day. It had been reduced from £5-99 to £4-19 due to the proximity of the 'use by' date. Unfortunately I forgot about this, and had to chuck the stinking fish away yesterday. £4-19 down the fucking toilet. Great. Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
I have just eaten a packet of hand fried parsnip chips. That's what is says on the packet. Big letters. Hand Fried Parsnip Chips. The Artisan Delicacy.
Made in Herefordshire, apparently. The back of the packet says "Thank you for choosing our parsnip chips made on our home farm in Herefordshire. After selecting the finest vegetables we top and tail them by hand, then small batches are sliced straight into hot sunflower oil, retaining all of their natural flavour and goodness."
They were flavoured with "sea salt and black pepper", which had all dropped to the bottom of the packet, meaning as I got to the broken curled up bit ends at the bottom my fingers were coming away smeared with flavouring, which I licked off before diving in again. Now my mouth has the tingle that comes from too much pepper, but which is delightful.
But, essentially, they're just posh crisps, really. Crisps with pretences. Ideas above their station.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
You didn't actually put the fish down the toilet did you Zygote?
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by Zygote:
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: 'Escoveitched Black Bream'
quote:What a waste of £4.85.
On a slightly Bream-related note, I bought some fresh Sea Bream from Sainsburys just the other day. It had been reduced from £5-99 to £4-19 due to the proximity of the 'use by' date. Unfortunately I forgot about this, and had to chuck the stinking fish away yesterday. £4-19 down the fucking toilet. Great.
See, it's a subsidised canteen, so I don't always get suspicious about cheap fish, but this one tasted fucking rank. I only managed two mouthfuls before I binned it.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:You didn't actually put the fish down the toilet did you Zygote?
No. In the bin, actually. It'll be creating a right old stink. Was wondering why cats keep eyeing me up through the window. It's okay you little bastards! Help yourself to it! I'm not stopping you.
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Posted by sabian (Member # 6) on :
I just finished off a ham salad sandwich on 'Tiger Bread' (sainsbury thing, I didn't ask) and a bottle of diet pepsi.
bliss, now just to have a smoke..........Er, no, I don't do that anymore! Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
What I'd like for lunch is... a Ploughman's. A big wedge of sharp Cheddar, a lump of crusty bread, some pickled shallots, pickled walnuts and piccalilli, a couple of tomatoes and a crispy apple... a crispy Russet, actually. And a cold pint of Old Speckled Hen.
Or a dirty great crab and a pint of cider.
Posted by sabian (Member # 6) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: You didn't actually put the fish down the toilet did you Zygote?
Isn't that how you dispose of dead fish?
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
Ah. I see why they're eyeing me up now. They can't open the wheelie bin. I might go and open it for them in a sec. Better the cats enjoy it than me completely waste £4-19. Two pints down the drain. It makes me sick.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
quote:Originally posted by sabian: Isn't that how you dispose of dead fish?
Small dead pet fish, yes. But not large dead supermarket sourced fish. My childhood saw the flushing of three goldfish (dead) and two stick insects (live).
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: And a cold pint of Old Speckled Hen.
Mmmmm... My girlfriend's just stocked her fridge up with loads of Speckled Hen. The woman got taste. Her place tonight.
Posted by sabian (Member # 6) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: My childhood saw the flushing of three goldfish (dead) and two stick insects (live).
Small fries!
I flushed my brother's head... Twice.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by sabian: I flushed my brother's head... Twice.
Did the toilet still contain shit and piss?
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
fried rice, chili and ginger and soy, green beans and peas. coffee now.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
I don't fucking believe this. My brand new squash racket arrived this morning. A steal at £30 on Ebay (RRP £150), but my soft-arse brother has cried off from tonight's session due to a "blister on his foot". Surely you can still run around with a poxy blister on your foot? Might encourage it to burst or something...
Louche: Do you fancy a game of squash? The court's booked for 7pm. Sugden Sports Centre, just off Oxford Road.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Sadly, Zygote, I am off out ont lash tonight so will not be able to be your temporary squash partner. The fact that I can't play squash, am embarrassingly unfit and would have had to play said squash game in a lacy top, long skirt and pair of 4 inch heels er, doesn't really come into it.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
i just read zygotes post and my amp from ebay arrived.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Sadly, Zygote, I am off out ont lash tonight so will not be able to be your temporary squash partner.
No worries. I have issued a blanket text message to all my friends who play/have played squash. Just a matter of waiting for the fish to take the bait.
Anyway. What's everyone getting their Dads for Father's Day? I have yet to reach a decision. Probably something golf-related I suspect. Or, I could just take him out for a few pints. I really don't know.
[Edited to maintain clarity.]
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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by doc d: i just read zygotes post and my amp from ebay arrived.
That's some spooky shit right there.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by Zygote: What's everyone getting their Dads for Father's Day?
I Amazoned my old man this Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
innit
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: I Amazoned my old man this
Yeah, I was thinking of getting him some new music, but he only likes The Temptations. He owns every single piece of music released by them, so I'm pissing against the wind there.
Fact: I was named after one of the Temptations.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
quote:Originally posted by Zygote: Anyway. What's everyone getting their Dads for Father's Day?
Nothing.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
I was going to ask why, but I'd best not.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
eddie kendricks?
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Zygote: What's everyone getting their Dads for Father's Day?
I got my dad an Incorporated Association of Organists tie, and a CD of organ music. I'm pretty sure he's going to dig them...
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
i've got my dad nothing, i'm going up to see him next month and will surprise him then. oh shit i should send him something shouldn't i?
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by doc d:
quote:Originally posted by Zygote:
Fact: I was named after one of the Temptations.
eddie kendricks?
Clue: His surname begins with 'H'.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
I've no personal experience of that particular cd player, but the reviewer here gave it 3 stars out of 5, however he looks like a bit of a cunt.
Push me. Pleeease. Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Speaking of Jimi Hendrix... I got that album, it was the right one. The track I was thinking of from it was Drone Blues, not Jimi Jam. The intro to Drone Blues fucking rocks! It's like psychedelic wah-wah speed-bluegrass, or something.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: Speaking of Jimi Hendrix... I got that album
Which one might that be?
Posted by missgolightly (Member # 34) on :
I went up to see my Dad last weekend and gave him a card and book about wine. However, I found out last night that my stepmum's chucking him out for cheating on her (same reason my mum chucked him out 20 years ago), so I doubt he'll have a very good father's day. Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Nine to the Universe... or Message from Nine to the Universe, as it's called now.
Posted by SilverGinger5 (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by Zygote: I don't fucking believe this. My brand new squash racket arrived this morning. A steal at £30 on Ebay (RRP £150), but my soft-arse brother has cried off from tonight's session due to a "blister on his foot". Surely you can still run around with a poxy blister on your foot? Might encourage it to burst or something...
I was well organised and actually had a game of squash at 7.20 this morning. I felt really energetic when I got into work but come about 12 I was really starting to flag so off to the pub for a couple of guinness and i'm sorted now.
Also they've just started pouring champgane for everyone at work! This is turning into the best Friday ever. Well, since the last one where I wasn't at work.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by missgolightly: I went up to see my Dad last weekend and gave him a card and book about wine. However, I found out last night that my stepmum's chucking him out for cheating on her (same reason my mum chucked him out 20 years ago), so I doubt he'll have a very good father's day.
He's a very naughty man isn't he. My Dad's guilty of the same (only the once, mind), which means that when we meet up for a pint on Sunday, my girlfriend is finally going to have to meet his 'wife' - she's gargoyle-like and extremely boring. Nice one, Dad. Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
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Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
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Posted by missgolightly (Member # 34) on :
quote:Originally posted by Zygote: My Dad's guilty of the same (only the once, mind), which means that when we meet up for a pint on Sunday, my girlfriend is finally going to have to meet his 'wife' - she's gargoyle-like and extremely boring. Nice one, Dad.
Yeah, my stepmum is a bit evil and has no sense of humour at all, so we're hoping he'll do better next time, lol.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by missgolightly: Yeah, my stepmum is a bit evil and has no sense of humour at all, so we're hoping he'll do better next time, lol.
At least you're rid of her. I wish - no, I can't bring myself to call her my stepmum - she would dump my Dad. She's a disaster waiting to happen. Compulsive, manipulative liars usually are.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
The men in your family don't really have good luck with women, do they Zygote?
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
I would totally play squash with you, Louche
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
Oh, I went for pasta and meatballs from the Italian place. Very nice. Forgot my wallet. Guy said it's okay, pay him later. So I have an excuse to go for a fag in a bit and pay him back. And buy some chocolate while I'm there. Or a square of millionaire's shortbread.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: The men in your family don't really have good luck with women, do they Zygote?
Lol. That's true. It's his own fault for tiring of the 'mundane marriage routine' and kicking off an affair with someone close to him at work, before allowing the 'someone' to spread lies ensuring that there was no going back for him with my Mum.
Me - I've always just been a terrible judge of character. Taking people at face value as opposed to using one's inbuilt bitch-detection-unit. I can't say that about my current* woman though. She's the sanest woman I've ever met. But, having said that, we're only 5 months in. There's still time for change...
My brother isn't concerned with good or bad luck with women - he simply chooses to stay alone, drink excessively and generally fuck around whilst not working. I should, perhaps, take a leaf out of his book.
Edit: *I hate using the term 'current' when talking about relationships, but I can't think of a nicer way of wording it.
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Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
quote:Originally posted by mart: Or a square of millionaire's shortbread.
what the expletive deleted is that?
edit: just had an hour on the phone to my dad. :ninja
he's great when he's on form. and he's on form a lot recently. cor. i love my dad.
he's learning funk with his guitar tutor next week. i'm hoping we can sit around discussing chicken scratches, while digging through my records in the coming months.
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Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
shortbread topped with chocolate and caramel
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
how is that rich man's shortbread?
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Because it has chocolate and caramel on it, instead of being plain, mungo.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
yeah but that's hardly millionaire status is it?
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Did your Mum get remarried, Zygote? I feel a bit sorry for her now.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
it's an imaginative use of language, scienceboy
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
quote:Originally posted by doc d: yeah but that's hardly millionaire status is it?
It's not povvo either, though, is it?
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
its an exaggeration of the truth, languagenerd.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Hyperbole is fun, though.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: Hyperbole is fun, though.
I saw some kids playing that on Tooting Common the other day.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: Did your Mum get remarried, Zygote? I feel a bit sorry for her now.
You'll be delighted to hear that just three years ago, a certain 'Zygote' was proudly walking his Mother down the aisle - well it was in a Register office, but, you know, she got remarried to a lovely man and they both lived happily ever after.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
I like a happy ending. I wish someone would marry my Mum, though.
Perhaps I should list her on eBay.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
If I wasn't already spoken for I'd snatch her up in a heartbeat. Based on what I've heard about her in the past. Seems like quite a catch. And you could call me Daddy.
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Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
I just bought my dad a book with photographs of tramps - called Phil and Me or something - it looks great, and he loves photo's of tramps, does the old man.
Going for a book called Travel's with Heroditus for the in-law-old-man... looked good too.
I love books - must not spend money on them at moment - but did just buy Zodiac and a William Boyd one.
And a book called Nationality:Wog caught my eye.
Oh and, thanks Zygote!
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:I like a happy ending.
It's amazing really. The turnaround in events, that is. I mean, when my Dad confessed to my Mum that he'd been having an affair, it totally destroyed her - as you'd expect after 25 trouble-free years together. After gradually picking herself up from the ashes left behind, she ceased to restrict herself solely to the house, being 'the doting Mother'; instead, she got a full-time job, started socialising for the first time since her teenage years, met a great guy and is happier than she's ever been.
My Dad, on the other hand, is stuck with a horrid woman who's trying to take him for every penny he's worth, and is, in all honesty, a very unhappy man. Just goes to show eh.
Right, that's enough soppy shite from me for a while.
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Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
quote:Originally posted by Benny the Ball: And a book called Nationality:Wog caught my eye.
is that the one about the tailor from nigeria that ended up in leeds? hounded by the cops?
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
and as itsafridaythread: charity shops. i bought a pair of jeans for 4 quid, a plant pot for 3 and some records. one is a bit funky house and will be shipped off to a friend of mine. ones a bit fucking downbeat and shit. jaziac sunflowers "eyes of love" any takers? the other one is a gil scott heron thing, that might be re-edits. who knows? i mean it says gil scott heron, but there's no more information for me to decipher. it could be a bootleg. anyway the track listing matches its your world. that ones a keeper.
total cost in the shop for the lot? a tenner. i only went out for the plant pot.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
Well played doc. A most impressive haul.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Zygote. I did you a disc... then I left it at work. I'll post it on Monday.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
i was fairly impressed. now i'm trying to find somewhere that does good, cheap, framing.
i want to frame the stevie wonder "looking back" triple lp. you know the inside? with that wonderful picture split over three sleeves? either as one long thing matted, or i'm gonna split it and put it in separate box frames and stagger it over a wall like er, well those flying ducks people used to have.
and i want to do something similar to my ohio players "honey"
ideas of where to go?
Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
Balham high street has one, next to the Double Espresso cafe or there abouts. And there's one in Balham. And in Tooting by the Shree Krishna restaurant.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: Zygote. I did you a disc... then I left it at work. I'll post it on Monday.
Cheers BM. Really looking forward to hearing it.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by Zygote:
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: Zygote. I did you a disc... then I left it at work. I'll post it on Monday.
Cheers BM. Really looking forward to hearing it.
Received it this morning. The whisky is currently in full flow as a mark of respect to the legend. Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Aces!
Sorry it took so long to get to you. Bit of a hectic week.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
No worries. The delay only heightened my anticipation and, subsequently, the first listening of it was extremely satisfying. Brilliant album. His best release by far, in my opinion. Danke schon.
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