[HPforGrownups] A very British Christmas (OT)

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 6550

Neil Ward at neilward at dircon.co.uk wrote:

> Um, lamb isn't a Christmas thing.  Also, Yorkshire Pudding is always served
> with beef and any variance from that rule is punishable by death.  You
> should serve mint sauce with lamb.

I beg to differ. My Yorkshire granny vociferously states that Yorkshire
Puddings (note the plural :D) are served with everything, since the whole
point is to smother them in gravy and pretend they're meat so nobody will
notice that the turkey is about the size of a rat.

>> Neil wrote: "mice pies"
>> Simon replied:
>> Mice pies? Are they any good?
> Neil replied:
> They are delicious.  I usually eat them coated in the blood of a strangled
> cat.

HEATHEN! Mice pies should always be eaten raw with no adulterations like
cat's blood! ::fumes::

Someone (Neil/Simon) said:
>> Later on, it's traditional to
>> have a blazing row with a relative about something trivial and get
>> completely rat-arsed.
> Joywitch asked:
> Do you become rat-arsed as the result of eating too many mice pies?

No. You become rat-arsed as a result of eating too many Tournedos de Rato.

--John

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John Walton     john at walton.to

When I am an Evil Overlord...#142
If I have children and subsequently grandchildren, I will keep my
three-year-old granddaughter near me at all times. When the hero enters to
kill me, I will ask him to first explain to her why it is necessary to kill
her beloved grandpa. When the hero launches into an explanation of morality
way over her head, that will be her cue to pull the lever and send him into
the pit of crocodiles. After all, small children like crocodiles almost as
much as Evil Overlords and it's important to spend quality time with the
grandkids.
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