It did it basically exploded! But looked perfect on the outside because we’d painted it in gorgeous shiny acrylic to look like a unicorn
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@blurstoftimes it should come as no surprise that I am a huge fan of 'We' - I just love the weird descriptions of shapes and colours. It's superior to 1984 imo. Keep going, you will feel very accomplished 
@EddieBeds eek what a nightmare! Glad you are back home and safe and with a takeaway. Might go for one myself actually... #influenced
Spent the day with a pal on Hampstead Heath and managed to get a slot in one of the ponds. It was bloody freezing but you do feel great with all those endorphins. Now watching my beloved Papa Klopp and the boys
@EddieBeds eek what a nightmare! Glad you are back home and safe and with a takeaway. Might go for one myself actually... #influenced
Spent the day with a pal on Hampstead Heath and managed to get a slot in one of the ponds. It was bloody freezing but you do feel great with all those endorphins. Now watching my beloved Papa Klopp and the boys
@Breakdance Badass omg I do apologise but I have never heard of such a thing, I consider c******** to be the most inoffensive of all vegetables!
@crystaleyesd But of course! How I would love to spend an evening drinking mezcal, eating crisps and discussing sci fi with you. I agree about the Way he describes numbers and people as shapes and letters, it’s such a clever way of putting you in the position of seeing their brainwashed, totalitarian world from his perspective! Like their whole way of conceptualising abstract ideas is entirely alien. What a bummer ending though. Are you a big sci fi fan too? @Pocahontas and I definitely first bonded over a mutual love of Asimov (and the simpsons!)
@EddieBeds so glad to hear all is ok and hope you have a lovely relaxing evening tonight!
Im really intrigued to hear Why the cows is crap? I used to love Dawn o’porter’s insta but she kind of annoys me now
@crystaleyesd But of course! How I would love to spend an evening drinking mezcal, eating crisps and discussing sci fi with you. I agree about the Way he describes numbers and people as shapes and letters, it’s such a clever way of putting you in the position of seeing their brainwashed, totalitarian world from his perspective! Like their whole way of conceptualising abstract ideas is entirely alien. What a bummer ending though. Are you a big sci fi fan too? @Pocahontas and I definitely first bonded over a mutual love of Asimov (and the simpsons!)
@EddieBeds so glad to hear all is ok and hope you have a lovely relaxing evening tonight!
Im really intrigued to hear Why the cows is crap? I used to love Dawn o’porter’s insta but she kind of annoys me now
I need this bread in my life.
@blurstoftimes if you like cucumber, Diana Henry's Korean cucumber salad is lovely, my toddler and I are big fans!
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Diana Henry's guide to easy Korean cooking
It isn’t just curiosity that draws us to a particular cuisine:
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I adore Korean food and this sounds amazing - thank you so much!@blurstoftimes if you like cucumber, Diana Henry's Korean cucumber salad is lovely, my toddler and I are big fans!
Diana Henry's guide to easy Korean cooking
It isn’t just curiosity that draws us to a particular cuisine:
(Apologies for Telegraph link!)
Joining the cucumber chat, my family is obsessed with his very simple salad. We have it pretty much every week https://www.budgetbytes.com/cucumber-mango-salad/
But, going back to my roots, this is the cucumber salad of my childhood. I replace the sour cream with alpro Greek soya yogurt and a squeeze of lemon. And the dill needs to be fresh, not dried. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/221075/gurkensalat-german-cucumber-salad/
What I'm really hankering after is a good panzanella (that cob!) But Mr Harry is coeliac, and it just doesn't work with gf bread. Need to wait for his night shift in a few weeks so I can go on another gluten dinner binge.
But, going back to my roots, this is the cucumber salad of my childhood. I replace the sour cream with alpro Greek soya yogurt and a squeeze of lemon. And the dill needs to be fresh, not dried. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/221075/gurkensalat-german-cucumber-salad/
What I'm really hankering after is a good panzanella (that cob!) But Mr Harry is coeliac, and it just doesn't work with gf bread. Need to wait for his night shift in a few weeks so I can go on another gluten dinner binge.
I bleeping love my Marmite, a big jar of it costs more than a bottle of vodka here, what a country!I have marmite with most thingsthat’s why I am drawn to @MarmiteExtract
I am watching 3 billboards outside ebbing Missouri, but the language is spoiling it. Is it really necessary? 
Oh I thought that movie was amazingI am watching 3 billboards outside ebbing Missouri, but the language is spoiling it. Is it really necessary?
What language, I loved that film?I am watching 3 billboards outside ebbing Missouri, but the language is spoiling it. Is it really necessary?
I loved Three Billboards so much. Made me laugh and cry, as all the best films do. Sam Rockwell and Frances McDormand are brilliant.I am watching 3 billboards outside ebbing Missouri, but the language is spoiling it. Is it really necessary?
I don't read much sci-fi to be honest, although I enjoy watching it. Dune is amazing ofc, and I really like Ursula le Guin, but I've never read any Asimov! I keep meaning to read some Strugatsky too - have you read Roadside Picnic? The film is so incredible I'm just not sure the book could compete... I'm glad you finished We though! And YES to mezcal margs and a frau book club!
I've been in a bit of a book rut ever since the PhD - my mind has gotten stuck and so I've been reading environmental history books in my spare time
I did buy this the other day though, which I'll start tomorrow! I don't know why but I really love translations (Russian in particular) - the words have a lyrical quality that you don't get in English novels. Fitzcarraldo Editions haven't let me down once. Fraus should check out Olga Tokarczuk who just won the nobel prize! 
Every time I see a mention of chilli jam, I wonder if this is the new crisps... (paranoid android)
I guess I am old fashioned, every other word....
@MarmiteExtract same here, I’ve never read any of her stuff before, and never will again. Truly awful
@blurstoftimes you know the way DO’P is now irritating in Inata? Well that’s kind of the way the book is annoying. Trying a bit too hard!@Harrybosch you need to spoiler *whispers* cucumber, the very mention makes me feel physically ill
I loved 3 Billboards, I don’t remember any bad language, but then I love somewhere that the word c*** is used as a term or endearment
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Haha, @Spoonfulofjam, worry not — it was a very literal question about jam! I've not noticed any crisps chat for a few days, unless it's all gone over my head. Although there have actually been a few mentions of Marmite recently, so maybe I should join you in your paranoia 
@Captainmouse we have very different opinions here, as I love dialogue that turns the air blue. Hope you enjoyed the film anyway!
@Captainmouse we have very different opinions here, as I love dialogue that turns the air blue. Hope you enjoyed the film anyway!
omg my love I hope you’re doing better today?? So glad you’re not alarmed though.
Did you get to sit on one of those squishy black mattresses - they’re heaven why does no one make chairs that cosy ?!catching up and laughing along. At a stage where I have brain power to read again, started devotion today - it’s sort of freaking me out already so not sure why I’m reading it as we still don’t have back curtains (ETA the 20th
). I really loved self care (can’t remember author) and think a lot of tattlers would as it’s so apt about #girlboss commercial feminism.
Just jumped over to this thread to see what it’s all about.
First page you discuss The Detectorists, which is one of my favourite comedies, and I recommend to everyone.
Then I jumped to this page and found you talking about 3 Billboards, an incredible film and one I recommend to anyone who will listen!
Do I need to GrunkaLunka all the threads, or can I jump in here? Please tell me this doesn’t move as quickly as Monroe’s threads else I won’t be able to keep up!
First page you discuss The Detectorists, which is one of my favourite comedies, and I recommend to everyone.
Then I jumped to this page and found you talking about 3 Billboards, an incredible film and one I recommend to anyone who will listen!
Do I need to GrunkaLunka all the threads, or can I jump in here? Please tell me this doesn’t move as quickly as Monroe’s threads else I won’t be able to keep up!
@OhhBacon the advantage here is it’s like a hop and off city tour, you don’t need to catch up as we go round in circles!
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