Mundane News

[Flick of the Elbow]

No courgettes in the supermarket again today. They are rapidly assuming the value of a wartime banana. Is this a real crop failure or a punishment beating from Spain I wonder.

 

[TVC]

The three packs of mixed peppers are now two green and one red. How are we going to survive?

 

[summerdays]

No courgettes in the supermarket again today. They are rapidly assuming the value of a wartime banana. Is this a real crop failure or a punishment beating from Spain I wonder.

I eat so many in the summer glut that the rest of the year I can't face a courgette! Then just before ours are ready again I start looking forward to the first fresh courgette of the year!

 

[potsy]

Can somebody explain what these courgette things are?

 

[TVC]

Can somebody explain what these courgette things are?

They have them in the south, don't worry about it.

 

[Haitch]

Can somebody explain what these courgette things are?

Green

 

[potsy]

They have them in the south, don't worry about it.

But I am worried, I was blissfully unaware of them earlier, but now they are in short supply I fear I may be missing out

 

[TVC]

But I am worried, I was blissfully unaware of them earlier, but now they are in short supply I fear I may be missing out

You know those bits of cucumber you get in your kebab, they are a bit like that but with much less flavour.

 

[Reynard]

I've got a schtonking recipe for garlic & dill pickled courgettes...

That aside, I'm sitting here listening to the footy on the radio. Not as pleasant as it could be - we're getting flattened... Ah well, I'll go for a nice ride in a bit to cheer me up.

 

[TVC]

I've got a schtonking recipe for garlic & dill pickled courgettes...

That aside, I'm sitting here listening to the footy on the radio. Not as pleasant as it could be - we're getting flattened... Ah well, I'll go for a nice ride in a bit to cheer me up.

Never mind, listen to 6Music from 4pm they are talking to the founder of Erased Tapes Records. That's what I'll be doing anyway.

 

[Reynard]

Never mind, listen to 6Music from 4pm they are talking to the founder of Erased Tapes Records. That's what I'll be doing anyway.

Well, we just pulled a goal back in added time. Now why couldn't we do that earlier in the game? Aaaaargh... I'll be out on the bike then, but plan on getting back in time for the England v France rugby game.

 

[potsy]

I've got a schtonking recipe for garlic & dill pickled courgettes...

That aside, I'm sitting here listening to the footy on the radio. Not as pleasant as it could be - we're getting flattened... Ah well, I'll go for a nice ride in a bit to cheer me up.

Cambridge don't kick off until 3pm

 

[potsy]

You know those bits of cucumber you get in your kebab, they are a bit like that but with much less flavour.

Eww, this explains why you southern lot are so weak and pitiful

 

[Reynard]

Cambridge don't kick off until 3pm

Am a Gooner born & bred. Grew up a stone's throw from the stadium...

 

[Maverick Goose]

We don't have such things north of Watford, thankfully.

Oi - though thinking about it - as you were.... I used to go into Slough on a Saturday afternoon to spend my earnings from working in the library on a Saturday morning! That's where I bought my first album in the little arcade.... I fondled it for several weeks before actually purchasing it! Queen's Greatest Hits! (In one of those plastic wallet like sleeves in the rack!

Tis true I might be being a little unfair...isn't the bus station a listed building?


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