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by DRT » 20:58 Thu 03 Oct 2013
AHB wrote: Nothing
No.
djewesbury wrote: Flesh.
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by jdaw1 » 21:02 Thu 03 Oct 2013
You had written and printed the first draft of the introductory spiel for a chapter of The Book . Standing in the kitchen, hesitating about what to eat, you decided that the first draft was so awful that you ate it, mostly to hide your embarrassment, and, rather than waste time eating a more ordinary lunch, went to re-draft it.
So, a small piece of paper?
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by DRT » 21:03 Thu 03 Oct 2013
jdaw1 wrote: a small piece of paper?
No.
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by djewesbury » 21:12 Thu 03 Oct 2013
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by DRT » 21:14 Thu 03 Oct 2013
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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by Alex Bridgeman » 21:38 Thu 03 Oct 2013
A portion of vitamin P
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by djewesbury » 21:39 Thu 03 Oct 2013
Toast
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by DRT » 21:40 Thu 03 Oct 2013
AHB wrote: A portion of vitamin P
No.
djewesbury wrote: Toast
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by jdaw1 » 22:25 Thu 03 Oct 2013
Something that, three months ago, you would not have chosen to eat.
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by DRT » 22:35 Thu 03 Oct 2013
jdaw1 wrote: Something that, three months ago, you would not have chosen to eat.
Yes, but something more specific needs to be guessed.
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by jdaw1 » 22:43 Thu 03 Oct 2013
DRT wrote: jdaw1 wrote: Something that, three months ago, you would not have chosen to eat.
Yes, but something more specific needs to be guessed.
We are into salad and vegetables.
Or, more accurately, Derek is now into salad and vegetables; we eat proper food.
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by djewesbury » 22:46 Thu 03 Oct 2013
Beans
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by DRT » 22:58 Thu 03 Oct 2013
jdaw1 wrote: We are into salad and vegetables.
Or, more accurately, Derek is now into salad and vegetables; we eat proper food.
You regularly eat what I ate.
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by DRT » 22:58 Thu 03 Oct 2013
djewesbury wrote: Beans
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by Glenn E. » 23:41 Thu 03 Oct 2013
jdaw1 wrote: Glenn E. wrote: Walmart?
No. Not in the UK.
Ah. Target, then?
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by jdaw1 » 23:54 Thu 03 Oct 2013
Caesar salad?
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jdaw1 wrote: Caesar salad?
No.
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by Alex Bridgeman » 07:18 Fri 04 Oct 2013
Rhubarb
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by djewesbury » 07:29 Fri 04 Oct 2013
Custard
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by DRT » 08:36 Fri 04 Oct 2013
AHB wrote: Rhubarb
No.
djewesbury wrote: Custard
No.
I have just eaten the same thing again.
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by djewesbury » 08:38 Fri 04 Oct 2013
DRT wrote: AHB wrote: Rhubarb
No.
djewesbury wrote: Custard
No.
I have just eaten the same thing again.
The very same thing? Are you ruminating?
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by DRT » 08:46 Fri 04 Oct 2013
DRT wrote: djewesbury wrote: I have just eaten the same thing again.
The very same thing? Are you ruminating?
Yes. My mum told me to chew my food thoroughly.
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by jdaw1 » 09:11 Fri 04 Oct 2013
Yoghurt?
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by djewesbury » 09:14 Fri 04 Oct 2013
Cheese.
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by DRT » 09:22 Fri 04 Oct 2013
jdaw1 wrote: Yoghurt?
50% of what I ate was yoghurt.
djewesbury wrote: Cheese.
No.
The Postie just made a delivery
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by Alex Bridgeman » 12:45 Fri 04 Oct 2013
Yoghurt on muesli / granola
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by DRT » 13:04 Fri 04 Oct 2013
AHB wrote: Yoghurt on muesli / granola
No.
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by djewesbury » 13:04 Fri 04 Oct 2013
Yoghurt on fruit
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by DRT » 13:08 Fri 04 Oct 2013
djewesbury wrote: Yoghurt on fruit
Hurray!
Daniel's up.
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by djewesbury » 13:09 Fri 04 Oct 2013
What a healthy regime. What's in my sandwich?
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by DRT » 13:09 Fri 04 Oct 2013
A pork pie.
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by djewesbury » 13:22 Fri 04 Oct 2013
DRT wrote: A pork pie.
Note to try pork pie sandwiches. Nope
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by Alex Bridgeman » 13:39 Fri 04 Oct 2013
Pickle
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by djewesbury » 14:00 Fri 04 Oct 2013
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by DRT » 14:05 Fri 04 Oct 2013
Cheese and pickle.
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by djewesbury » 14:06 Fri 04 Oct 2013
DRT wrote: Cheese and pickle.
and
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by DRT » 14:10 Fri 04 Oct 2013
Not my turn.
Off to dinner at M-i-L's. Every silver lining has a cloud.
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by djewesbury » 14:12 Fri 04 Oct 2013
At least it won't be fruit and yoghurt.
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by Glenn E. » 15:02 Fri 04 Oct 2013
djewesbury wrote: DRT wrote: Cheese and pickle.
and
Hamburger!
"Pickle" to you is what we call "relish" over here, isn't it?
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by djewesbury » 15:10 Fri 04 Oct 2013
Glenn E. wrote: djewesbury wrote: DRT wrote: Cheese and pickle.
and
Hamburger!
No.
Glenn E. wrote: "Pickle" to you is what we call "relish" over here, isn't it?
Yes. Why do you do that..?
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by Alex Bridgeman » 15:14 Fri 04 Oct 2013
Glenn E. wrote: "Pickle" to you is what we call "relish" over here, isn't it?
Kind of; there's a difference between pickle, relish, chutney and pickled xxx. Pickled xxx tends to be something that has been soaked in vinegar or flavoured vinegar - egg, onion, gherkin etc. Pickle tends to be small bits of vegetable in a sauce which contains vinegar (look up Branston pickle or Piccalilli on Wiki or the Cross & Blackwell website). Relish is the same as you think of when you say relish - mushed up vegetables in a spicy or acidic sauce. Chutney tends to be sweeter but can be the same texture as pickle or relish.
djewesbury wrote: DRT wrote: Cheese and pickle.
and
Ham?
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by djewesbury » 15:16 Fri 04 Oct 2013
AHB wrote: djewesbury wrote: DRT wrote: Cheese and pickle.
and
Ham?
And so the baton passes to our own Mr Pickle-Chutney-Relish, AHB... Your question, sir.
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by Alex Bridgeman » 15:22 Fri 04 Oct 2013
I apologise in advance for not being able to give the rapid fire response to poor quality guesses that most participating will be used to.
My maternal grandfather is less famous that the man from Del Monte. Nevertheless, he was a member of government and held a number of other posts and completed a number of firsts which led him to become a minor dignatory in some parts of the world.
Can you name the ministerial post he held, or the country in which he held it, or one of the other official posts he held, or one of the firsts he achieved which led to his reputation becoming established?
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by djewesbury » 15:29 Fri 04 Oct 2013
AHB wrote: I apologise in advance for not being able to give the rapid fire response to poor quality guesses that most participating will be used to.
My maternal grandfather is less famous that the man from Del Monte. Nevertheless, he was a member of government and held a number of other posts and completed a number of firsts which led him to become a minor dignatory in some parts of the world.
Can you name the ministerial post he held, or the country in which he held it, or one of the other official posts he held, or one of the firsts he achieved which led to his reputation becoming established?
Given the (hopefully) rather challenging nature of the question, I will allow one answers to each of as may of the above questions as you wish, to be posted with each guess. Answers must be clean as this is a family friendly forum.
Minister for Agriculture in Argentina.
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by Alex Bridgeman » 15:35 Fri 04 Oct 2013
djewesbury wrote: Minister for Agriculture in Argentina.
No.
Am I allowed to guess so that if I am wrong you can then have another guess?
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by jdaw1 » 15:43 Fri 04 Oct 2013
Belgium?
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by Alex Bridgeman » 15:48 Fri 04 Oct 2013
Not Belgium.
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Not Argentina or Belgium
Not Minister for Agriculture
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by Glenn E. » 17:20 Fri 04 Oct 2013
Ireland?
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by DRT » 17:42 Fri 04 Oct 2013
You're not Welsh, are you?
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Not Ireland nor Wales.
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Not Argentina, Belgium, Ireland or Wales
Not Minister for Agriculture
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2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!