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[144man]

Have some borscht and beetroot to yourself.

[westgrandboulevard]

I think I'll pass. It sounds horrible.....

[144man]

It tastes wonderful. You can have it hot or chilled.

[moe]

It's not horrible, westgrand; my grandmother made it and it was delicious!

[144man]

wgb, some shops sell it, but homemade is better.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'm probably biased. I have at least one near neighbour who is Polish. She's very sweet but her cooking smells are less than inviting.....

[144man]

Maybe she's trying to spice up your life.

[westgrandboulevard]

She's very impatient and loses her temper when things don't go right in the kitchen, which is often.

The smell is dreadful.

I hear her screaming. Then the food itself starts to come out though the xpelair.

The birds in her garden are an extremely well fed flock....

[moe]

Yep, that's the Polish; they try to feed you as you get anywhere near them, whether the kitchen or the garden [[oh....went to a garden party........)

[westgrandboulevard]

People have been known to just stand in her garden, with their mouths open.

It's like feeding time at the Zoo.....

[144man]

You're making me feel hungry now.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'll ask if she has a bun she could throw.......

[moe]

I'll take her pierogis.........

[westgrandboulevard]

I had to Google that one, moe, as I've never heard of them.

I imagine they could be quite tasty...and, I suspect, also rather fattening...

[moe]

Tasty, oh yes..........come stuffed with a variety of things [[cheese, mashed potatoes, prune, sauerkraut) Fattening? Most definitely!

[144man]

I think I've had them stuffed with mined meat in chicken soup.

[moe]

Could be 144man.........some boil and heat / some boil and fry [[both with melted butter and onions..........YUM!

[arrr&bee]

Haaaaaaaaaaaa,this lady needs to work for me,i need a master cook for this wonderful elixur[it's good for america]smell???what smell[one whiff of this stuff will kill your sense of smell anyways]haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Moe, after I'm reading arrr&bee's newest post about 'elixur', your pierogis suddenly start to sound mighty attractive...

[moe]

I'll bet westgrand!!!! I'm not a "hoochie cooker" R&B.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'm on your side, moe. That bit that reads "this lady needs to work for me" : now, that's very 1950s, isn't it?! The word 'needs' I would imagine is very much open to debate - and I'd also imagine the words ' work with'me' might have sounded a whole lot sweeter to a hard working lady of the 21st Century. LOL

I'm not stirring with a wooden spoon here, you understand - just saying....!

[moe]

I see why you're not..............because the pot is too hot

[westgrandboulevard]

On the subject of pots being hot, reminds me it's ages since I ate a good curry...!

[moe]

A good curry? I'm right with you westgrand!!!!!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Indian food has an appeal that Chinese food simply doesn't, although I've never quite managed to identify the reasons. Perhaps it's simply the spices...

[144man]

You need good timin', tikka tikka tikka, good timin'...

[westgrandboulevard]

And some of Donna Summer's 'Hot Stuff'.....

[144man]

I might try Culture Club's "Korma Chameleon".

[moe]

Chameleon? Now that's a different color!

[144man]

What colour is a chameleon on a mirror?

[arrr&bee]

Hoochie cooker...haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa a...i'm on the floor over here...moe you got away with words[i don't know how you got away but you did]...haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

[[I think a plane just flew overhead)

Meanwhile, I'm still trying to decide what colour a chameleon on a mirror would be....its default colour, maybe....

[moe]

I think our chameleon goes with whatever it feels like!! Purple today, blue tomorrow.........like that lizard/paint commercial. Have you seen this?

[westgrandboulevard]

No, not seen that one. I've seen lights in public places which steadily work their way through the colour spectrum, so guess that process works on the same principle.

I can understand that a chameleon may view and recognise colours, but I can't understand how it can then match itself to them.....

[arrr&bee]

Chameleons????color spectrums???!!hey what is this ...a science project???hey i'm getting sober somebody turn the record over...did somebody let science geeks in here while i was incapacitated,or maybe i'm not actually here but still confined to my cell[opps,err,hehe]my room yeah that's it my room...hey i see the colors too but who is that leprechun with the pills coming towards me...to be continued.........!

[144man]

Leprechauns make a welcome change from pink elephants.

[westgrandboulevard]

And the pink elephants disappear quickly, as they mistake the leprechauns for mice.

[moe]

Leprechauns bring gold!!!!!!
Or do they???

[westgrandboulevard]

It makes more sense to stick with the Lottery tickets, moe....

[144man]

I believe there's a crock of gold buried at the end of the M25.

[westgrandboulevard]

Not one but many crocks of gold are buried on the M25.

Each one is marked by the presence of a speed camera

[144man]

Are you saying that speed cameras are there to raise revenue rather than to improve road safety? Who would ever believe that?

[westgrandboulevard]

All those drivers who receive a Fixed Penalty Notice....

[144man]

Of course, you can always get your husband or wife to take your points for you. No one ever gets caught doing that!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

My chauffeur is a gorilla, which takes care of all that for me.

Much simpler, and keeps me out of prison

[moe]

I remember Jeremy Clarkson talking about this, westgrand. It's the equivalent to our "Photo Radar." But yours is much worse.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'm one of those who feels that the presence of speed limits and cameras [[working or not) does effectively regulate speed, and maintains an even flow of traffic. There are exceptions [[some people hit the brakes hard as soon as they reach a speed camera, then accelerate) but generally I think they do assist road safety.

But...we are a 'small' island for the density of population in at least some parts of it, so I guess the regulation needs to be tight.

And, in almost all cases, if someone is fined for speeding, it's only because they were indeed speeding - so it is fair.

But.... it's not always so easy to keep to those speed limits

[moe]

No...........speed is better on the Autobahn!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Oh yes moe, agreed - speed is fine, especially when there's plenty of space, and so a nice wide margin for error...

It's when our speed meets someone else's speed, or an immovable object, that it becomes, ahem, tricky...

[moe]

Very.................but what a way to go!!