Is she finally stepping out from the MR fog? Took a full day off Twitter to let the likes pile up, almost impressive
She’s made the tweet her pinned tweet. I was so sick of looking at those bloody pieces of toast.Is she finally stepping out from the MR fog? Took a full day off Twitter to let the likes pile up, almost impressive
Come to us, perceptive squiggle! Can some kind of Saint Squiggle pleeeeeaase add to this that Jack will have surely been paid quite a lot of money to write for GQ, and she can stop pleading poverty now.Quite agree.View attachment 328224
I have to say, I don't recognise JM's characterisation of her grammar school at all. I went to one around the same time as her (different county) and it was a perfectly normal mix of rich people, poor people and in the middle people that was pretty reflective of the area I lived in. I think maybe things have changed with exam practice and insane parents but that's not when she was there... I suppose 'I was perfectly average in my broad cross section of a school' doesn't fit her narrative.All of us Scottish people (regardless of rural, semi-rural or urban background) just stared and we were like 'we just went to the local school? And there were rich people and poor people and in the middle people and it was fine?'
Aye a Tesco value lemon is hardly William Morris curtainsJust looked on Tesco at that most exclusive of items the fresh lemon. You can get them from as little as 14p a lemon. Maybe not a priority item if you're really on the bones of your arse but hardly a crate of champagne.
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I make pizza dough, and a72 hour prove is quite normal but, and this is a big but, its a controlled temperature prove in the fridge, the warmer the place where you prove, the shorter the proving time needs to be.Ah, the infamous weighty wistful whirls of whimsy.
In this recipe, she encourages people to leave their dough in a warm place for 3 days. She has no concept of health and safety. Given that she is explicitly writing for inexperienced cooks - and given that the Facebook Pound a Day group (her target audience) often sees questions like What can I do with some pasta? - she should be extra vigilant. People who know nothing about cooking will follow each step as it is written, without the experience to say "hmm this looks dodgy." It's a wonder she hasn't been sued for food poisoning!
Plus, those will taste rank - even yeast doughs that prove a few hours too long can taste bad, let alone a whole weekend.
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I wouldn’t call it ‘school shopping’ as such in Scotland but there’s definitely a lot of placing requests for children to go to a school which isn’t in their catchment - maybe because we’re smaller geographically we have a better idea of the quality of nearby schools through speaking to parents at local swimming classes etc as opposed to reading inspection reports or carrying out visits to multiple schools.Maybe that’s the difference between England and Scotland then - a greater mix of social classes living within smaller areas. Although I stand by my comment that it’s unfair to accuse the English of “school shopping” to avoid their kids mixing with poorer people. Scottish people would do it if the need arose I’m sure.
That’s not to say that English schools are fully homogeneous* when it comes to class. I went to a rough-as-arseholes comp and there were kids who’d be considered “upper” working class, if that’s even a thing (definitely wouldn’t actually cross over into middle class) amongst kids from really quite deprived backgrounds.
*Look, I’m using “homogeneous” properly!
i LOVE your name!Did anybody even ask?
I’m usually not a fan of the stupid literal renaming of things as it’s just cringe. But I have to admit that I saw a raccoon referred to as a “trash panda” and I love it. One of my cats looks like a fluffy (not floofy) raccoon so she gets called a little trash panda. Sleep Warren is just eurgh though.It just reminds me of the adverts Dave (British TV comedy channel) used on the buses and at train stations where they renamed things. They did one for barbecue items and, for example, called a mushroom a 'sweating fungus wheel' and corn on the cob a 'yellow kernel dispenser'. It's so painfully unfunny.
I'm on my eternal grunka; who is king, her son or the youtube guy? Please tell me it's her son.
Oh noOh blimey, I thought she was saying she loved her 10yo, but no, it's gennaro who is the king.
I love that even the nominations list is iconic! Seriously impressed by the forensic level of detail!Most entertainingly bizarre lie
I always have lemons in, so useful in cooking, salad dressings, drinks etc. the zest is so good in cakes, icing and savoury things when you need a good hit of lemon, vinegar or bottles lemon juice just isn't the same.Yes.
The lemons get me too.
Fresh lemon juice can add so much to many dishes - salad, soup, fish. But JM makes out that only snobby twats would waste money on fresh lemons
Because if you are poor you must survive on stewed yellow sticker slop and fresh, tasty, textured food is Not Allowed.
Yes! This was it, the previous cats. Thank you so Matt much MattIt was when someone asked her about her previous cats and she said what cats I've never had a cat before.
Then someone said yes you have you used to blog about them. They were called Harriet and Milliband. She said I obviously meant I've never had a cat in this house before. How dare you bring up my previous cat ownership.
such lesbian much cliche
Just checked in with Jay from the Inbetweeners to confirm his availability later in the month and he said “award ceremony? already completed it, mate” so I guess we’d better get Novak Nail after all.I love that even the nominations list is iconic! Seriously impressed by the forensic level of detail!
Please can I suggest that the Most entertainingly bizarre lie award is presented by Jimmy Nail & for some reason Novak Djokovic?
#The Sloppies
ETA - Sorry, that was a chaos of my own, @HotesTilaire has already secured Jay from The Inbetweeners to present that one! Therefore .: that cheeky little duo have kindly agreed to sponsor the award!
I lived in England as a teen, and went to a really shit comp. We shared a fence with a very posh private prep school, and occasionally little 9-year-old toffs would come and throw pennies through it at us during break time.I have to say, I don't recognise JM's characterisation of her grammar school at all. I went to one around the same time as her (different county) and it was a perfectly normal mix of rich people, poor people and in the middle people that was pretty reflective of the area I lived in. I think maybe things have changed with exam practice and insane parents but that's not when she was there... I suppose 'I was perfectly average in my broad cross section of a school' doesn't fit her narrative.
(In unrelated people who fuck me off on Twitter, there's a posh 'journalist' who went to a £21 grand a year school who bores on about how grammar schools should be abolished but that private schools are fine. Dazzling lack of self-awareness.)
Apparently fresh lemons are also great for nail whitening and hand cleaningI always have lemons in, so useful in cooking, salad dressings, drinks etc. the zest is so good in cakes, icing and savoury things when you need a good hit of lemon, vinegar or bottles lemon juice just isn't the same.
These sorts of questions should never be answered, it's a means of fishing for the answers to password security questions.
Well Bercow said himself that the comprehensive that his kids go to in London is very mixed, so I understand that not all schools will be completely segregated in England.
I'm pretty sure if there was a system in place that encouraged that behaviour in Scotland, that behaviour would emerge.
Why would you use the codename for your ladygarden as a password. Well I guess no one would even know.
She does seem to like looking at her own writing, doesn't she?
I bet when she was at school every 'S' in her name looked like this one.
So, I'd like to vote for the physical awards look like this...
The SloppiesThe Sloppies
Surely the trophy should be a gold plated shopping trolley
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