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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. Posts: 1696
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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.
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You didn't actually put the fish down the toilet did you Zygote?
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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.
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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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!
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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.
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?
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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quote:Originally posted by Zygote: Anyway. What's everyone getting their Dads for Father's Day?
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...
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