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Old Oct 23rd 2005 | 3:00 am
  #31  
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:57:51 -0500, [email protected] wrote:

    >In article <1h4w5sr.1rwytjogcrm9kN%this_address_is_for_spam@y ahoo.com>,
    >[email protected] (chancellor of the duchy of besses o'
    >th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:
    >> *From:* [email protected] (chancellor of the duchy of
    >> besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy)
    >> *Date:* Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:33:25 +0100
    >>
    >> <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>
    >> > In article
    >> > <1h4w2yz.1qqq53m100ipjkN%this_address_is_for_spam@ yahoo.com>,
    >> > [email protected] (chancellor of the duchy of besses
    >> > o'
    >> > th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:
    >> >
    >> > > *From:* [email protected] (chancellor of the duchy
    >> > > of
    >> > > besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy)
    >> > > *Date:* Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:31:19 +0100
    >> > >
    >> > > Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> > >
    >> > > > On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:19:51 -0500, [email protected]
    >> > > > wrote:
    >> > > >
    >> > > > >So, who ate what?
    >> > > > >
    >> > > > >(And would anyone be interested in a London dinner?)
    >> > > >
    >> > > > When the worst SF food is better than the best London food? :-)
    >> > >
    >> > > Oh- not a problem. Iconoclast probably won't be here, so we won't
    >> > > need
    >> > > to scour those dives he managed to find! :)
    >> >
    >> > Well, I was going to suggest that a Mexican on Leicester Sq. would be
    >> > the
    >> > appropriate place!
    >>
    >> Oh, I've a better suggestion. Any place that, on the menus, has "First
    >> things First!" above the starter selection and "Down to Business!" above
    >> the mains.
    >And laminated menus. With colour pictures.

Where the food turns out to be even worse than as illustrated.
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Old Oct 23rd 2005 | 3:00 am
  #32  
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Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

    > On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:57:51 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
    >
    > >In article <1h4w5sr.1rwytjogcrm9kN%this_address_is_for_spam@y ahoo.com>,
    > >[email protected] (chancellor of the duchy of besses o'
    > >th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:
[]
    > >> Oh, I've a better suggestion. Any place that, on the menus, has "First
    > >> things First!" above the starter selection and "Down to Business!" above
    > >> the mains.
    > >
    > >And laminated menus. With colour pictures.
    >
    > Where the food turns out to be even worse than as illustrated.

And a completely different colour.

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Old Oct 23rd 2005 | 3:01 am
  #33  
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:57:52 -0500, [email protected] wrote:

    >In article <[email protected]>,
    >[email protected] (Magda) wrote:
    >> *From:* Magda <[email protected]>
    >> *Date:* Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:52:44 +0200
    >>
    >> On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:50:45 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin
    >> <[email protected]>
    >> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    >>
    >> ... On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:46:27 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
    >> ... wrote:
    >> ...
    >> ... >On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:35:32 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin
    >> <[email protected]>
    >> ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    >> ... >
    >> ... > ... On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:28:30 +0200, Magda
    >> > <[email protected]>
    >> ... > ... wrote:
    >> ... > ...
    >> ... > ... >On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:23:55 +0100, in rec.travel.europe,
    >> ... > ... >[email protected] (chancellor of the duchy
    >> > of besses o' th' barn and
    >> ... > ... >prestwich tesco 24h offy) arranged some electrons, so they
    >> > looked like this :
    >> ... > ... >
    >> ... > ... > ... The Rev Gaston <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> ... > ... > ...
    >> ... > ... > ... > Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> ... > ... > ... >
    >> ... > ... > ... > > On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:19:51 -0500, in
    >> > > > > rec.travel.europe,
    >> ... > ... > ... > > [email protected] arranged some
    >> > > > > electrons, so they looked like
    >> ... > ... > ... > > this :
    >> ... > ... > ... > >
    >> ... > ... > ... > > ... So, who ate what?
    >> ... > ... > ... > >
    >> ... > ... > ... > > I had a salade au crottin chaud, tuna steak and
    >> > > > > sorbet to finish.
    >> ... > ... > ... > >
    >> ... > ... > ... > > I saw a potage, some pâté de foie gras, ris de
    >> > > > > veau, more tuna, a crème
    >> ... > ... > ... > > brûlée and some cheese around, but don't remember
    >> > > > > who ate what. Lots of
    >> ... > ... > ... > > coffee, too ! Stanislas insisted that the wine had
    >> > > > > to be a bordeaux, so
    >> ... > ... > ... > > that's what we had. One bottle for five people. No
    >> ... > ... > ... > > AA amidst us. :)
    >> ... > ... > ... > >
    >> ... > ... > ... > > Gaston (the four-legged one) had only water. The
    >> > > > > poor dear is on a diet. :(
    >> ... > ... > ... >
    >> ... > ... > ... > I had escalope de foie gras, tuna and creme brulee.
    >> > > > Donna had foie gras,
    >> ... > ... > ... > ris de veau and Vacherin, Earl had an egg thing and
    >> > > > steak, Stanislas had
    >> ... > ... > ... > potage, magret de canard, and coffee.
    >> ... > ... > ... >
    >> ... > ... > ... > Considering the place was selected at random from a
    >> > > > guide book I thought
    >> ... > ... > ... > it was pretty nice.
    >> ... > ... > ...
    >> ... > ... > ... But... what did Mixi have?
    >> ... > ... >
    >> ... > ... >A pair of burning ears.
    >> ... > ...
    >> ... > ... Did Grunge have the same?
    >> ... >
    >> ... >A little.
    >> ... >
    >> ... >How were your ears?
    >> ...
    >> ... Incandescent. We had to turn off the CV.
    >>
    >> Curriculum Vitae?
    >>
    >Password-protected?

Et tu, Barniabus?
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Old Oct 23rd 2005 | 3:01 am
  #34  
Magda
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:53:29 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:49:30 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:43:29 +0100, in rec.travel.europe,
... >[email protected] (chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
... >prestwich tesco 24h offy) arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... > ... Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
... > ...
... > ... > On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:40:24 +0100, [email protected]
... > ... > (chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h
... > ... > offy) wrote:
... > ... >
... > ... > >Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
... > ... > >
... > ... > >> On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:31:11 +0100, in rec.travel.europe,
... > ... > >> [email protected] (chancellor of the duchy of besses o'
... > ... > >> th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy) arranged some electrons, so they
... > ... > >> looked like this :
... > ... > >>
... > ... > >> ... Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
... > ... > >> ...
... > ... > >> ... > On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:23:55 +0100, in rec.travel.europe,
... > ... > >> ... > [email protected] (chancellor of the duchy of
... > ... > >> ... > besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy) arranged some
... > ... > >> ... > electrons, so they
... > ... > >> ... > looked like this :
... > ... > >> ... []
... > ... > >> ... > ... But... what did Mixi have?
... > ... > >> ... >
... > ... > >> ... > A pair of burning ears.
... > ... > >> ...
... > ... > >> ... You could have had the Erwtensoep then!
... > ... > >>
... > ... > >> Me??
... > ... > >
... > ... > >One! :)
... > ... >
... > ... > He?
... > ...
... > ... I was assuming the burning ears would be shared around.
... >
... >You were mentioned, too. Care for a bowl of Erwtensoep?
...
... or erwtensoep? Better watch your Ps and Qs.

Go say it to David.
 
Old Oct 23rd 2005 | 3:02 am
  #35  
Magda
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:57:52 -0500, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected]
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... > ...
... > ... Incandescent. We had to turn off the CV.
... >
... > Curriculum Vitae?
... >
... Password-protected?

Good one, Barney! LOL
 
Old Oct 23rd 2005 | 3:02 am
  #36  
Martin
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:00:56 +0100, [email protected]
(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h
offy) wrote:

    >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:57:51 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
    >>
    >> >In article <1h4w5sr.1rwytjogcrm9kN%this_address_is_for_spam@y ahoo.com>,
    >> >[email protected] (chancellor of the duchy of besses o'
    >> >th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:
    >[]
    >> >> Oh, I've a better suggestion. Any place that, on the menus, has "First
    >> >> things First!" above the starter selection and "Down to Business!" above
    >> >> the mains.
    >> >
    >> >And laminated menus. With colour pictures.
    >>
    >> Where the food turns out to be even worse than as illustrated.
    >And a completely different colour.

Although the colour was the same when the food was cooked.
Grocers' apostrophes are sprinkled liberally amongst the fly droppings
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Old Oct 23rd 2005 | 3:04 am
  #37  
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 17:02:31 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:57:52 -0500, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected]
    >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    > ... > ...
    > ... > ... Incandescent. We had to turn off the CV.
    > ... >
    > ... > Curriculum Vitae?
    > ... >
    > ... Password-protected?
    >Good one, Barney! LOL

Sssshhhush! Mixi doesn't know that we know the password.
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Old Oct 23rd 2005 | 3:18 am
  #38  
Magda
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:22:32 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (The Rev Gaston)
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :


... I had escalope de foie gras, tuna and creme brulee. Donna had foie gras,
... ris de veau and Vacherin, Earl had an egg thing and steak, Stanislas had
... potage, magret de canard, and coffee.
...
... Considering the place was selected at random from a guide book I thought
... it was pretty nice.

We should have gone to La Crète.
 
Old Oct 23rd 2005 | 6:48 am
  #39  
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DDT Filled Mormons <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

    > On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:33:24 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    >
    > >On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:19:51 -0500, in rec.travel.europe,
    > >[email protected] arranged some electrons, so they looked like
    > >this :
    > >
    > > ... So, who ate what?
    > >
    > >I had a salade au crottin chaud, tuna steak and sorbet to finish.
    > >
    > >I saw a potage, some pâté de foie gras, ris de veau, more tuna, a crème
    > >brûlée and some cheese around, but don't remember who ate what. Lots of
    > >coffee, too ! Stanislas insisted that the wine had to be a bordeaux, so
    > >that's what we had. One bottle for five people. No AA amidst us. :)
    >
    > One bottle for five people???
    >
    > One of these days I'll come along to one of these do's, and you'll all
    > be shitfaced. Mark my words!!!

Why?

G;
 
Old Oct 23rd 2005 | 6:51 am
  #40  
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Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

    > On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:22:32 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected]
    > (The Rev Gaston) arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    >
    >
    > ... I had escalope de foie gras, tuna and creme brulee. Donna had foie
    > ... gras, ris de veau and Vacherin, Earl had an egg thing and steak,
    > ... Stanislas had potage, magret de canard, and coffee.
    > ...
    > ... Considering the place was selected at random from a guide book I
    > ... thought
    > ... it was pretty nice.
    >
    > We should have gone to La Crète.

Why?

G;
 
Old Oct 23rd 2005 | 7:13 am
  #41  
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DDT Filled Mormons <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

    > On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:33:24 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    >
    > >On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:19:51 -0500, in rec.travel.europe,
    > >[email protected] arranged some electrons, so they looked like
    > >this :
    > >
    > > ... So, who ate what?
    > >
    > >I had a salade au crottin chaud, tuna steak and sorbet to finish.
    > >
    > >I saw a potage, some pâté de foie gras, ris de veau, more tuna, a crème
    > >brûlée and some cheese around, but don't remember who ate what. Lots of
    > >coffee, too ! Stanislas insisted that the wine had to be a bordeaux, so
    > >that's what we had. One bottle for five people. No
    > >AA amidst us. :)
    >
    > One bottle for five people???

Tight bastards! :)

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Old Oct 23rd 2005 | 7:37 am
  #42  
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:33:24 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:19:51 -0500, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected]
    >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    > ... So, who ate what?
    >I had a salade au crottin chaud, tuna steak and sorbet to finish.
    >I saw a potage, some pâté de foie gras, ris de veau, more tuna, a crème brûlée and some
    >cheese around, but don't remember who ate what. Lots of coffee, too ! Stanislas insisted
    >that the wine had to be a bordeaux, so that's what we had. One bottle for five people. No
    >AA amidst us. :)

One bottle for five people???

One of these days I'll come along to one of these do's, and you'll all
be shitfaced. Mark my words!!!
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Old Oct 23rd 2005 | 8:13 am
  #43  
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:19:51 -0500, [email protected] wrote:


    >(And would anyone be interested in a London dinner?)

If it could be arranged for a weekend, I'd be up for it.



Keith, Bristol, UK

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Old Oct 23rd 2005 | 8:31 am
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:23:55 +0100, [email protected]
(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h
offy) wrote:


    >But... what did Mixi have?

http://www.trevweb.com/Stuff/media/chicken_head.jpg



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Old Oct 23rd 2005 | 8:54 am
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DDT Filled Mormons <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

    > On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:33:24 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    >
    > >On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:19:51 -0500, in rec.travel.europe,
    > >[email protected] arranged some electrons, so they looked like
    > >this :
    > >
    > > ... So, who ate what?
    > >
    > >I had a salade au crottin chaud, tuna steak and sorbet to finish.
    > >
    > >I saw a potage, some pâté de foie gras, ris de veau, more tuna, a crème
    > >brûlée and some cheese around, but don't remember who ate what. Lots of
    > >coffee, too ! Stanislas insisted that the wine had to be a bordeaux, so
    > >that's what we had. One bottle for five people. No AA amidst us. :)
    >
    > One bottle for five people???
    >
    > One of these days I'll come along to one of these do's, and you'll all
    > be shitfaced. Mark my words!!!

So that'll be five bottles for one person?
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