Will be airborne in a couple of hours with screaming, wriggling toddler strapped to me and fellow passengers wishing that BMI baby provided complimentary earplugs.
However, it will all be worth it when I get to my destination and unwrap my fish, chips, mushy peas and scraps. ‘Scraps’ would appear to be a Northern delicacy only, as when I lived south of Watford, no-one I met was willing to believe that eating fish shop cupboard scrapings was legal. Southerners have some far stranger practices of their own: curry sauce on the chips, and mushy peas which are the wrong colour (not nearly fluorescent enough). I used to bring the odd can of Bachelors ‘chip shop style’ mushy peas over in my hand luggage, but I have to say that crispy, skinny little French fries just don’t do them justice.
Aahh. I can almost smell them already.
Or maybe the Tadple needs a nappy change?
NB – this bizarre spellchecker integrated into blogger just tried to replace ‘earplugs’ with ‘warbles’? What is a ‘warble’ when it’s at home?
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“Warbles” is what Hélène Segara does, in her dreams. The reality is, sadly, “loin de là “.
Comment by Suziboo — October 7, 2004 @ 2:02 pm
never heard of any warble…
Negrito | 08.08.04 – 5:18 pm |
Comment by Negrito — October 8, 2004 @ 9:01 pm
dunno what a warble is, just give me real mushy peas and vinegar…malt vinegar, none of this wine vinegar rubbish!
Vitriolica Webb | 08.08.04 – 7:29 pm |
Comment by Vit — October 8, 2004 @ 9:02 pm
doh!
of course, warble as a verb. missed that completely…
Comment by petite — October 8, 2004 @ 9:03 pm
There’s an amusing-ish mushy pea anecdote at:
http://www.petermandelson.com/questions.shtml
Personally, I think they’re a crime against peas.
Tim | 08.08.04 – 9:49 pm |
Comment by Tim — October 8, 2004 @ 9:03 pm
????!!!
Tim, you are from Preston and therefore supposed to be on my side!
The fish n chips were divine by the way
(it took me half an hour to write this – sodding qwerty keyboard…)
petite anglaise | 08.08.04 – 10:55 pm |
Comment by petite anglaise — October 8, 2004 @ 9:03 pm
you meant you don’t have french qwerty?
Vitriolica Webb | 08.08.04 – 11:30 pm |
Comment by Vit — October 8, 2004 @ 9:04 pm
I’m an azerty girl myself.
Oh and my mum’s dictionary has this to say about warbles:
n. swelling or abcess beneath the skin on the back of horses, cattle, and other mammals, caused by the presence of the larva of a warble fly (hypoderma bovis).
Come to think of it, I think BMI baby do provide these. All part of the service.
petite anglaise | 08.09.04 – 7:38 pm |
Comment by petite — October 8, 2004 @ 9:05 pm