^, <, V

[Hester]

^ This side of the border, we celebrate the opening of the summer season one week earlier than

our Yanqui cousins. Our upcoming long weekend is Victoria Day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Day

No specific plans for it yet. Might buy some sparklers (as it's also our traditional "fireworks" holiday).

< Still hyper from a surfeit of social activity this weekend (well, by my hermit standards anyway)

V Favourite holiday and corresponding activity?

[Blunderbuss]

^ humm america go to disney world lol

< that was a lovly breakfast thanks

V whats the best part of the english breakfast

[The Chapman]

^ In my humble opinion, getting rid of it; for me, it feels like I've eaten a large lump of cement. Which is why I spent my time eating Lebanese salad at kiosks.

> I have to go to work, and I don't feel I accomplshed enough over the weekend.

V I'll pass that along; the best part? the beans? Wot?

[Blunderbuss]

^ it has to be the bacon

< hummm why cant birds fly backwards

V why cant pengins fly?

[Hester]

^ Ask Pirate Seika -- she must know:

https://pyracy.com/forums/index.php?showuser=4817

< I like the grilled tomatoes and mushrooms in the English breakfast. The cold toast is a bit mystifying, though. (I know of one Canadian family in which a silver-plated toast rack given as a wedding present by a British relative became a running-joke "regift" that got presented to each newlywed couple in turn, never once leaving its shrink-wrapped box in over 20 years.)

V Strangest present you've ever received? Did you "regift" it?

[CrazyCholeBlack]

^ well not directly to me but, the little swab received a very scary, very large, ceramic clown doll for her first christmas. She was a whopping 3 months old at the time. Talk about giving kids coulrophobia

< I hid the thing in the garage till I could think of a place to destroy it.

V Pass that one along, worst give ever?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ Ugh..One of those ceramic clown figurines..You made me laugh because I did the same thing

Ugh I do not like clowns..allow me to illustrate..

FUN..? or the stuff of nightmares?

This is in my terminal..I keep hoping it will fall over the railing...blargh...I hate this thing..

< Hey.no offense if yer a clown..

V Pass the q

[The Chapman]

^ 1) It's on a pallet jack; always bad! Anything on a pallet jack isn't art!

> Tim Curry in IT! (the miniseries)

V a neighbor girl came up to me after, oh, three years of knowing me on Halloween, and said, "Hey, that's a guy in a clown costume!" Revealing her perceptions of the figure as... some sort of... other being.

Scariest clown? Hey?

[Hester]

^Clowns aren't as scary as ventriloquist dummies.

^^Majolica serving bowl for baked potatoes -- shaped to look like a baked potato (or a giant turd, if no-one explained to you what it was supposed to be). And no, I did not regift it, I just junked it. However, its memory has given me years of amusement -- so, in that sense, I guess it was actually a really terrific gift.

< Bit giddy. Might be the drugs.

V Ever wake up laughing?

[Jacky Tar]

^ Nope, but gone t' bed laughin'.

< Laughin' beats goin' t' bed cryin'. I always sleep better after a good laugh.

V Wot helps ye sleep better?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ Aye.. A Disaronno an a hug r a goode start

< Sleeps like a rock these days. Mostly anyway..

V Light sleeper or could sleep at a construction site?

[Alder]

^ A challenge to slow a buzy mind; then deep wnough to miss the arrival and depatrue of a tornado.

< Loving the cool, morning breeze from the wondow above my bed.

V How do you prefer to awaken?

[Silkie McDonough]

^ Slowly, in the cool of the morning warmed by the embrace of a loved one.

< Still not well. Hoping this pain and dryness will go soon. Enjoying all that a spring morning can offer

V What is your favorite season and why?

[Blunderbuss]

^ summer the wenchs wear shorter skirts lol

<nearly summer

V passing on the Q

[Red-Handed Jill]

^ Fall. The weather is perfect then. And no allergies!!

< Still recovering from last weekend. Some assorted aches and bruises.

V Pass the question.

[Ransom]

^ Summer! Winters here are wet and long. I like sun, a blooming garden, and hanging out on the deck in the evenings. Preferably - like last night - with a dry gin martini, fresh smoked salmon dip and crackers, and good company.

< If I can't sleep I have a small collection of REALLY boring books. I select one of those and attempt to read it. Works 90 % of the time.

V Where is your favorite place to hang out at home? Inside or outside your fav?

[Capt. Sterling]

^ hmmm either the office, because I am usually stuck there working on something, the pool depending on the weather, or the kitchen... for some reason we are always in the kitchen talking

< Just got a package with a beautiful piece of real circa 1700 lace for a cravat... it is magnificent....

V where is your favorite place to congregate at home?

[The Chapman]

^ Inside, the kitchen. Close to the fridge for more beer. Outside, porch, weather permitting, preferably front to watch the world go by (although not as close to the fridge for beer).

> Spent the day indulging myself in my hatred of people who drive in pouring rain in silvery-gray cars with their lights off.

V Squirrels: feed them or try to run them off?

[Jacky Tar]

^ In the mountains we always fed 'em. Down here that just fattens 'em fer the coyotes.

< The coyotes, owls, and hawks usually eat the bunnies, but they like squirrels too.

V Do ye ever eat wild game?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ Only had buffalo meat and pheasant. However, more wild game is available these days in NY.

< Not a fan of "gamey meat"

V Fish, hunt or shop?

[Surfer Joe]

^ Mostly fish ... unless we need wild boar for the luau

< Hester loves wild game

V Most exotic thing you've ever eaten?

[LongTom]

^ Raw oyster. (Unless, maybe, a big floppy pencil eraser. No wait: that was the oyster.)

< Never eat too much watermelon. Ouch.

V Passing the question. (no, not like that!)

[Hester]

^ Turkish brain salad

Recipe: http://turkishcook.com/turkishfoodforum/bl...n-salatasi.aspx

< The colleague who made it was very insistent that I try it. This was before the BSE breakout.

V Oddest colleague you've ever worked with?

[Hester]

^ The red-headed guy at the ESL school who use to teach his students "pick-up lines" in his conversation class.

< Considering another rum, but thinking the calories might not be a good idea if I want my Regency ball gown to fit comfortably in early May.

V D'ya ever visit here when you're a bit drunk?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ I feeeruuuse t' answer that....

< mm DiSaronno....oops!

VEver fall asleep in (a meeting, class, church, concert, movie)?