tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post8825938217513921994..comments2023-12-15T02:38:55.020+10:30Comments on Still Life With Cat: And in my nightmares ...Kerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-31868584212868809682008-11-14T22:43:00.000+10:302008-11-14T22:43:00.000+10:30A cheese platter or a lolcat? I guess the latter ...A cheese platter or a lolcat? I guess the latter will be cheaper.<BR/><BR/>(Btw, Lulu has chomped on rodent bait and lived to tell the tale. Foolhardy rather than smart?)Elsewhere007https://www.blogger.com/profile/11123268008264450222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-74108815470252238492008-11-14T16:18:00.000+10:302008-11-14T16:18:00.000+10:30DD, I meant 'one glass' rather than 'one glassful'...DD, I meant 'one glass' rather than 'one glassful'. I refer you to James Thurber's essay about grammar, Miss Groby, and the Container for the Thing Contained.<BR/><BR/>'My only problem is that the children don't drink champagne, and may expect presents.'<BR/><BR/>Well you haven't trained them properly, obvs. I am reminded (as I so often am) of a line of Fran Lebovitz's: 'Children, even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, tend to be sticky. One can only assume that this has something to do with not smoking enough.'Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-88030697294171863052008-11-14T14:19:00.000+10:302008-11-14T14:19:00.000+10:30Is it still a diet if its your steady diet, or is ...Is it still a diet if its your steady diet, or is that a staple diet. Or am I making this up? My only problem is that the children don't drink champagne, and may expect presents.<BR/>TyaakianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-34586334080587115052008-11-14T12:53:00.000+10:302008-11-14T12:53:00.000+10:30One flute? You can do better than that.And a champ...One flute? You can do better than that.<BR/>And a champagne diet is a valid diet. It's not what "nutritionists" or "doctors" would recommend, but it's a diet nonetheless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-54166231721490840262008-11-14T12:04:00.000+10:302008-11-14T12:04:00.000+10:30DD, I have always believed this myself. My idea of...DD, I have always believed this myself. My idea of going on a diet is drinking a lot of champagne, which makes me not feel like eating. It kills a number of birds with one flute.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-14984289654189115902008-11-14T11:59:00.000+10:302008-11-14T11:59:00.000+10:30You don't have to prepare a bottle of sparkling wh...You don't have to prepare a bottle of sparkling white or a barbecue-suitable cabsav.<BR/>Therefore drinking superior to eating, QED.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-69647922430580194542008-11-14T11:21:00.000+10:302008-11-14T11:21:00.000+10:30Oh yes, Ms Tartan. Processed "meat", in-flight cra...Oh yes, Ms Tartan. Processed "meat", in-flight crackers and radioactive cheese.<BR/><BR/>You''ll notice the kitteh hasn't touched it. I once called the vet in a panic when I saw Madam snuffling around in the snail bait (this was in the tortoiseshells' brief 'inside/outside cat' period) and the vet said 'Don't worry, they're extremely careful about what they eat. Cats are very smart. It's dogs you have to worry about.'Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-75414358469756952152008-11-14T08:58:00.000+10:302008-11-14T08:58:00.000+10:30Cup Week seems to usher in the onset of Christmas ...Cup Week seems to usher in the onset of Christmas nowadays. Time now goes into a rapid downhill skid of work deadlines, present buying, Christmas parties and stress. I love Boxing Day.Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14210474034971320200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-19522253817037559842008-11-14T08:55:00.000+10:302008-11-14T08:55:00.000+10:30That's American food on that plate all right. My ...That's American food on that plate all right. My innards are shrivelling just looking at it.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-24500000012412069802008-11-14T07:19:00.000+10:302008-11-14T07:19:00.000+10:30I asked my Mum the other day if there was anything...I asked my Mum the other day if there was anything I could bring on Christmas Day. She said it would be good if I got there early to rearrange the chairs.<BR/><BR/>Which I'm trying very hard not to read as a less than ringing endorsement of my bikkie baking skills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com