TRhe last part of Agnes zoo joke was:
The lions say: Absolutely brilliant, today we had Fish and Chimps with
Mushy Bees
I like that, but I think it might need a bit of explanation for those
outside the UK. One of our favourite take-away meals, especially in the
north of England, is fish
Thanks to Jean in Poole for explaining mushy peas to the non-UK audience.
The first time I came accross them after moving to UK put me off for life.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
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Around Nottingham, mushy peas are often eaten with mint sauce. There is a
stall on the Nottingham market that sells hot mushy peas, and people stand
and eat them at the stall.
Mint sauce is made from finely chopped mint, sugar and vinegar (we like a
mixture of balsamic and cider vinegar, but
Edith
You make the mushy peas even worse with the addition of mint sauce.
My husband keeps a jar in the fridge, and the whole family crignes when
it comes out. He likes it on new potatoes.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton, on break from garden duty.
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*_Water vs Wine _*
It has been scientifically proven that if we drink 1 liter of water each day,
at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo
of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria found in feces.
In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of Poo. However, we do not run that
risk
I had to laugh when watching a craft programme last week ago or so. The male
presenter was so thrilled at the decoupage packs they were selling and was
enthusiastically telling viewers that We have poo and baby poo. Of course
he meant Winnie the Pooh, but it had me giggling because he obviously
FOR LEXOPHILES (LOVERS OF WORDS):
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1. A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
2. A will is a dead giveaway.
3. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
4. A backward poet writes inverse.
5. In a democracy it's your
I came up with a good one for DH's birthday. It's
traditional for me to bake a Brownies Cockaigne cake with a
milk-chocolate bar melted over the top, but he's on a
low-sugar diet this year, so I meant to make a quarter
recipe and put in as many walnuts as it would stick together.
I'd forgotten
For all the fans of Harry Potter, here's a bit of news from UK:
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Royal Mail is issuing a series of seven stamps
depicting the covers of the best-selling ''Harry Potter'' books just
before the final volume goes on sale.
Millions of the stamps will be issued on July 17
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Just to turn you off mushy peas for life if you haven't tasted them
(absolutely delicious!), the Wikipedia entry is:
Mushy peas are dried marrowfat peas which are first soaked and then
simmered
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