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...all long pig, all the time... ([personal profile] froodle) wrote2007-01-13 11:38 am

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Man, what the hell is going on with parsnips in this city? There is like a Leeds-wide shortage of parsnips. All Morrisons had were two lonesome prepacked bags of the most tiddly and pointless parsnips ever to be dragged from Gods green earth, and at my local greengrocer? Three. THREE! How am I supposed to make roast parsnips if the Parsnip Gods conspire against me in this way?

Well, my four day weekend was a veritable cornucopia of joy, cake, joy, pastries, joy, potroast, joy, Colin Farrell and joy. It was joyful. Went to A&Js, where the four of us cooked a big roast dinner, (well, three of us. James mostly just got in the way) watched TV and discussed such mind-boggling questions as

  • Could Sunny Baudelaire bite through Dalek battlearmour?
  • Is it possible to build a robot capable of defeating Mister T?
  • What were the people responsible for the new Rocky movie thinking?


Of course, the rest of the week was the usual round of stupid customers, rude customers, customers who can't speak English and customers who for one reason or another are just plain annoying. Still, it is now Saturday, I have in the bag at my feet three parsnips and batteries for a remote control Dalek (which I shall be using to chase Bellatrix around the room until I get bored or she stops freaking out), and the sequel to Elizabeth Knox's fantastiful book, the Rainbow Opera, so if the idiot in the computer booth next to me would just stop his wittering, I'm pretty much set for 48 hours of gleeful lazification.

[identity profile] imbeiaiel.livejournal.com 2007-01-13 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
Could Sunny Baudelaire bite through Dalek battlearmour?

Definite yes.

[identity profile] imbeiaiel.livejournal.com 2007-01-13 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
No competition! It feels sort of cruel even pitting them against each other. I'm starting to feel sorry for the Daleks - that's sort of like admiring Liam Neeson's hair of doom in "High Spirits - very very wrong.

[identity profile] imbeiaiel.livejournal.com 2007-01-13 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
LJ just ate my comment so apologies if you get this twice! I was going to say that he'd waffle about blueberry scones and set Wesley on them - watchers are evil.

[identity profile] imbeiaiel.livejournal.com 2007-01-13 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
So very true. I'd feel absolutely no remorse either

[identity profile] imbeiaiel.livejournal.com 2007-01-13 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I want one! I want one! But what would you have on the back of the t-shirt?

[identity profile] downandup.livejournal.com 2007-01-13 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Asda had oodles of parsnips when i got dragged there at 4am yesterday morning!! then again it was asda at pudsey!!

Parsnips, the universe and everything...

[identity profile] miriglum.livejournal.com 2007-01-16 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)

Mr T could only be defeated by a robot Mr. T. It stands to reason. Perhaps it could scream some strange amalagmation of 'I pity der fool' and 'exterminate'. I'll leave that one with you.

We had pasnips for tea the day before yesterday, roasted, with chickpea curry. It was quite scrumptous. I hope the parsnip lorry makes it "up north", though. We used to find bizarre leeds-wide shortages of vegetables - like brocolli - if one place didn't have it, don't even bother checking anywhere else, because sort sort of HIDEOUS BROCOLLI BEAST has obviously consumed it all. Obviously.

Miriam

[identity profile] downandup.livejournal.com 2007-01-29 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
lol btw I need your mobi number again as my fone died and I lost all my numbers.
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[identity profile] downandup.livejournal.com 2007-01-29 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
yip yip Iv still got my regular number...

be good to meet up for a cuppa some time

[identity profile] imbeiaiel.livejournal.com 2007-01-29 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Works for me! Wesley... where did it all go wrong?

[identity profile] downandup.livejournal.com 2007-01-30 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Fabtastic hunni
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