What's mildly amusing you today?

[skysidhe]

Whilst waiting for my variety pears in a bag to ripen, I looked to the internet for help in knowing 'exactly' when a pear is ripe.

This little bit of advice amused me.

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And what is the best way to eat a perfectly ripe pear?

"After years of study, scientists have found that a really juicy pear is best eaten while naked, in the bathtub, so that you needn't be concerned about the abundant juice streaming down your chin," he laughed

[classicman]

[Sundae]

/\Snort/\

Mulling over last night, where Mum hosted a meal for 8 instead of the 6 she expected - thank goodness for her habitual over-catering!
She asked me this morning where I got the bottle for the dressing from. Eh?
The little plastic bottle that was in the kitchen.
Oh right.

It wasn't mine you see.
We'd realised that the balsamic dressing was out of date, so Mum binned it rather than have any of her guests notice and laugh at her. I offered just to whip some up but she declined. Then, as if by magic, a tiny bottle appeared on the table, filled with balsamic dressing.

One of Mum's friends then offered to dress the salad.

Now looking back, said friend is a cheeky mare.
She came to dinner with her own dressing.
She then proceeded to dress both bowls of salads with her own dressing, despite there being two dressings on the table so that people could dress to their own tastes.

As Mum assumed it was my dressing she just went along with it.

As you can tell from it being in this thread, I'm less annoyed than amused at her front.

[ZenGum]

Bring a bottle - ur doin' it wrong.

[Griff]

Are all your Mom's friends that cheeky? There is probably a novella in these dinners if you have the time. That is the kind of by-play that I never seem to notice and then am left wondering where the acrimony comes from.

[Sundae]

Well, there was the cheeky one who told another guest that she was coming on the day.
Said guest then called Mum, because she knew Mum didn't know.
And the other cheeky guest who called mid-afternoon to say she was bringing another colleague.

I'm not much on formality, but this had been arranged over a month ago, so two new guests were a bit of a surprise.
Imagine if Mum had been cooking something number-specific, like... steak I suppose, or lobster (unlikely, but you know what I mean). She'd have had to rush out last miniute to buy more.

Thing is, the group all used to work together, so they aren't as well attuned as people who come together as friends because they are similar. Conversely, this allows them to accept eachother's foibles more easily, and not take too much offence.

[infinite monkey]

Email from Kohl's: Extra 20% off, because Christmas only comes once a year.

Only? Once a year is way too damn much, if you ask me, especially since a year now goes by in about a month and a half, to us old folks.

I think every 5 years would be nice.

[Lamplighter]

Every 5 years might be about right.

The out-years would fit right in with how often I remember the birthdays of my wife and 3 daughters.

[Lamplighter]

USA Today
Cathy Lynn Grossman
12/27/11
President Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are the nation's
most-admired man and woman — again — in the annual USA TODAY/Gallup Poll.

Most admired men
1) Barack Obama
2) George W. Bush
3) Bill Clinton
4) Rev. Billy Graham
5) Warren Buffett
6-tie) Newt Gingrich
6-tie) Donald Trump
8) Pope Benedict XVI
9) Bill Gates
10) Thomas Monson

Most admired women
1) Hillary Clinton
2) Oprah Winfrey
3) Michelle Obama
4) Sarah Palin
5) Condoleezza Rice
6) Laura Bush
7-tie) Margaret Thatcher
7-tie) Ellen DeGeneres
9-tie) Queen Elizabeth
9-tie) Michele Bachmann

GBW is still on the list ???

[Griff]

Is there a most hated list, because I'd bet it would break out about the same.

[classicman]

The last sitting presidents always seem to be on those lists.

Oh, and USA TODAY is a Gannett-owned biased piece of crap. I used to work for them. (cheapshot, but it felt good)

[infinite monkey]

A student who lost their FA here due to non-attendance and general tomfoolery and incompetence, filled out a form to cancel their aid so they could "Unattend another school." Have at it, sweet cheeks. See you in a year, appeal in hand.

[DucksNuts]

The dream I just woke up from..it was in a hospital and I was someone of importance.

Then this girl came with two round holes in her hand and a bit of sinew poking out. i was explaining that it looked like a fish had been tapping at the wound...when I looked down at my own hand and saw what looked like the baby turtle from finding nemo trying to sink into my skin..then it did and was visible under the surface. I grabbed a bottle of cleaner and tipped it over the bump and the turtle split the skin and came out..followed by a toadfish.

[glatt]

Woah!

[infinite monkey]

My cow orker is so cute and funny. She's fairly new. I adore her.

We were talking this morning about students and parents, and she said that she's not saving money for her kids' college, she's saving for their therapy.

She has a sense of humor like mine.