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[Niceandbrutal]

*hangs head in shame*

sorry

 

[Britwitch]

*hangs head in shame*

sorry

kisses his cheek

Don't be. It's always good to hear about new things. It's good to share.

nod nods and offers some cookie cake

 

[thestruggle]

kisses his cheek

Don't be. It's always good to hear about new things. It's good to share.

nod nods and offers some cookie cake

nods in decisive agreement.

Besides, it's really not as random as things normally get. Just be glad we weren't suddenly steered into talking about some complete flight of fancy that has nothing to do with any sort of food.

And no, that's not a topic change! I promise!

 

[Niceandbrutal]

Cookie cake! The best of, well, everything!

*produces expensive buckets of ridiculously expensive but oh-so-tasty ice cream to go with the cookie cake*

I recommend the blueberry sorbet, although that is better on its own.

I feel that vanilla ice cream goes best with cake.

 

[StarryEyed665]

ICE CREAM ICE CREAM ICE CREAM ICE CREAM YAY YAY YAY YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY

Thank you! I actually did purchase some sorbet yesterday, I'm about to get it out now since it's such a fucking beautiful day what how did that happen

 

[Niceandbrutal]

There's a brand of ice cream in Norway called "Gårds-is" (Farmer's ice cream) that really is ridiculously expensive but equally delicious. The blueberry sorbet actually transported me back to my childhood for a split second because it tasted just like wild blueberries stirred together with sugar. My own Marcel Proust moment, if you will.

It costs something like 10-11 pounds for a bucket or close to 20 US dollars for a bucket of 3/4 liters. But worth it on special occasions.

 

[Britwitch]

That sounds immense!

might be craving ice cream now

 

[Bert_Fegg]

I'd like to post something nice here, but I'm not in the same league as you foodies. This is my Sister's birthday present, which is ten months late, but she's known me for half a century, so my guess is she'll just be happy [and surprised] to get it...


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/13799982993_3aacd97359_z_d.jpg

The photo is crooked - whoops

 

[Britwitch]

Oooh, that's really nice!

 

[thestruggle]

That's really lovely, Bert! I like that design a lot.

 

[Niceandbrutal]

What Britwitch said.

 

[Bert_Fegg]

Oooh, that's really nice!

The thing that amazes me is that the girl who did it has no idea of how talented she is. You know she just ran a marathon and drew a picture every mile - it was a charity thing - I think she raised about £300--00.

I'm in awe of people who can think a thing and make it real like that. It's only a tiny step away from magic....

 

[Bert_Fegg]

That's really lovely, Bert! I like that design a lot.

Check out some more of her stuff

I apologise for the fact that none of this is edible, but I'm hoping you'll settle for pretty....

 

[StarryEyed665]

Pretty is fine. Pretty is good.

Oh my GOD these are beautiful! I am so incredibly jealous and filled with admiration of her talent!

 

[Britwitch]

I love the ones with the maps in the background!
She's amazingly gifted!

 

[Bert_Fegg]

Pretty is fine. Pretty is good.

Oh my GOD these are beautiful! I am so incredibly jealous and filled with admiration of her talent!

You and me both m8. And yet she just can't see it. Strange isn't it?

My Philosophy Tutor once said that our true selves are invisible to us, because whenever we're really being ourselves, we're always doing something else. Not sure what I'm getting at here except we're our own template for the mundane I suppose.

 

[Niceandbrutal]

I loved the fox with the fiddle and the monster reaching for the moon.

 

[Britwitch]

I loved the fox with the fiddle and the monster reaching for the moon.

The monster makes me want to write a bedtime story.

smiles

 

[thestruggle]

I loved the fox with the fiddle and the monster reaching for the moon.

I like the fox, too! Foxes.

 

[StarryEyed665]

Those are wise words, sir Fegg. I understand what you are getting at. And your sister will absolutely love her present!

(Also, Camper Brit: are you partaking in the marathon?)

 

[Niceandbrutal]

It is clear I've fallen in with a crowd with impeccable taste.

*leans back on bean bag and smiles contentedly*

 

[Britwitch]

Those are wise words, sir Fegg. I understand what you are getting at. And your sister will absolutely love her present!

(Also, Camper Brit: are you partaking in the marathon?)

Marathon?

smiles with clearly no idea of what is being discussed

 

[DesEsseintes]

They're called Snickers now, Starry-Eyed, but I'll have one if it's going.

And on the earlier subject of ice-creams, this is the best supermarket icecream I've ever tasted. You can get it at Waitrose (of course) and it's like Dante's Paradisio dipped in liquid nitrogen.

 

[StarryEyed665]

(ze NaNo marathon that is currently underway? No? Okay *returns to corner, recently acquired bunny ears angling downwards in a sad manner*)

Oooh I feel a trip to Waitrose coming along . . .

 

[Britwitch]

(ze NaNo marathon that is currently underway? No? Okay *returns to corner, recently acquired bunny ears angling downwards in a sad manner*)

Oooh I feel a trip to Waitrose coming along . . .

readjusts her ears to a far more positive position

I've not been on the site much in the last few days, aside from updating my total.
Please, tell me more?

smiles hopefully