I don’t think you can confess to a crime (vis eating entire advent calendars in November) and then claim that you ‘supposedly/allegedly’ scoffed it.
If you do the crime and confess it, then you will be henceforth considered as ‘guilty Mr Sssue and I are currently engaged in quality controlling a couple of those plastic tubs. But would be quite happy to conmpare and contrast the glass bottles of said sweeties. ’.
§ue
Sorry Sue. It won’t happenagain. I did and he did fall off and I am not going to be the one to help him up .
Sue, my point is :did I (and dh) or did I not commit a crime?? If anyone perceives it to be a crime to scoff Advent Calendars in November, then maybe we did commit a crime. DH and I do not think this to be the case as we, in consuming the said products, had the interests (and purses) of all here at the forum as our main focus.
To heck with our waistlines we said.
Stuff the cholesterol levels we said.
Rubbish the blood sugars we said.
To blazes with the cost we said.
In the true and genuine spirit off all that is November, the month preceding the Christmas Season, we said to ourselves -we gotta do this … and we did.
Now I don’t know if you or anyone else here wants to engage in a discussion on the finer points of act and rule utilitarianism or if you would just rather accept that this trial was conducted out of the goodness of our hearts and our personal needs and concerns were laid aside
Of course you do Sarah. Such unselfish acts should not go unrecognised
My goodness, Mick I’m impressed! You have been wasting time.
You should sign up to one of my famous correspondence courses like Cat Whispering or Time Travel for Beginners or simply use Virgin Media for your broadband connection and while away endless days waiting for something (anything) to happen.
AD
By the way, Sue has been on one of these courses for two years now and we haven’t noticed any difference.
It wasn’t a euphemism AD but it absolutely should have been… for all those keen readers my ET finger has lingered on into today! If it drops off ill let you know x
There’s little reindeers in the shops Maltesers ones they’re keeping me busy… they have an FB stamp of approval and are highly recommended! Mr FB has informed me he is picking a bottle of wine up on way home I say that’s me sorted don’t know what he thinks he’s having?? X
I sincerely hope it doesn’t drop off Flutterby, i’m sceamish about things like that …
Me too Grandma for a start it’s my index finger I can’t give a birdie if I lose it ! No AD that’s not a euphemism either… x
Actually Grandma, Mr Sssue and I have between us eaten one plastic box of Quality Street and one plastic box of something else, it may have been Celebrations (shocking memory prevents my remembering and it was only finished yesterday) and opened another box of QS. So if scoffing advent calendars in November is a crime, then so is scoffing plastic boxes full of chocolates. I normally only eat dark chocolate, but for some reason this time of year the QS come out. And I can’t even eat any of the toffees, cos I’ve only got half a temporary filling left (mid root canal treatment). So you are right. ‘Twas not a crime of any kind. §ue
Um. What’s a ‘birdie’? Sounds like a euphemism to me.
§ue
When my "broad"band started buffering I signed up for an “underwater basket weaving” course. I have now supplied 8 tons of garden furniture for Wyvale nursuries while waiting for iPlayer to finish showing the acclaimed documentary “Fen Tiger Unicorn Rainbow cheese farming” as sponsored by A.N. Aphid and Ant associates.
PS I am not totally convinced that my recent “contributions” to the MS Society forums are particularly useful. (except to exercise my snigger muscles)
Mick
You weren’t supposed to tell anyone about the time travel course AD. That was a secret.
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I thought you gave someone the bird with the middle finger…
Exercising snigger muscles is very important. So my physiotherapist tells me. Or exercising some other muscles. I don’t know, I wasn’t paying attention.
§ue
The birds two fingers isn’t It?? Like their wings no?? I thought I was fluent in swearing!? Clarification gratefully received … x
The V sign, with the back of the hand facing your opponent, goes back to 16 November when Peru beat New Zealand 2-0 to win a two-leg playoff and earn the 32nd and last spot in the World Cup field in Russia. The Peruvians made the two fingered salute to the New Zealand end of the stand only to discover that there weren’t any there. I will go down as the seventh biggest waste of time this month. (As recorded by the official AD WoT Index).
I think the term ‘flipping the bird’ is an American term. Usually it implies sticking just the middle finger up, knuckle out in a slightly aggressive manner. Sorry for being so pedantic. It unfortunately comes naturally. §ue
well i opened the cinnamon liqueur and it’s blended with bourbon (like JD).
it made me shudder so i added a little tonic but could only find cinnamon flavour fever tree.
my DNA will taste of bloody cinnamon!
still i’m soldiering on with it.
i’ve poured you all a glass
I didn’t realise how interesting the origins of swearing is. I knew my potty mouth had some relevance to an ancient language, therefore it must have specific meanings. I believe my ancestors must have been fluent in every uttering of such words & it is perfectly acceptable that profanities are in my genetic makeup, that explains an awful lot.I blame the generations before mine, I will use this fact every time I may slip up & refer back to this & state it wasn’t me that started it, therefore, I am not to blame. On the subject of eating all one’s sweeties & chocolate before the event, remember, Dentists are closed for Xmas & the New Year, you have been fore warned. xx