Free association thread 2

[MichaelinChina]

It sounds like a boat being called in on the lake.

"you shall have a fishie, on a little dishie..when the boat comes in!"

 

[NaokoSmith]

"you shall have a fishie, on a little dishie..when the boat comes in!"

Oh dear, poor Piglet's goldfish has gone to the great bowl in the sky! She was very sad. We still didn't flush it, we had a short but moving ceremony in the garden and Piglet wrote RIP Jason on a lolly stick to mark the spot.


(I better take fish fingers off the menu for a few days )

 

[MichaelinChina]

Oh dear, poor Piglet's goldfish has gone to the great bowl in the sky! She was very sad. We still didn't flush it, we had a short but moving ceremony in the garden and Piglet wrote RIP Jason on a lolly stick to mark the spot.


(I better take fish fingers off the menu for a few days )

One of my classes has a pet goldfish in a bowl in the classroom.
I think it's Goldfish Mk3 or 4; they get a new one nearly every week. They keep dying. It's the water; can't drink it (and they don't neutralise it), so how can fish live in it?

I had fish and chips, scallops and prawns the other night. yum!

 

[NaokoSmith]

One of my classes has a pet goldfish in a bowl in the classroom.
I think it's Goldfish Mk3 or 4; they get a new one nearly every week. They keep dying. It's the water; can't drink it (and they don't neutralise it), so how can fish live in it?

I had fish and chips, scallops and prawns the other night. yum!

That does sound good!

I had some delicious duck the other night, although I am wondering if I should've had the cassoulet.

 

[MichaelinChina]

That does sound good!

I had some delicious duck the other night, although I am wondering if I should've had the cassoulet.

I had roast duck the other day..succulent slices of duck meat, dribbled with some kind of brown sauce (dunno what it is but it goes well with duck). I added some lettuce and rolled it up in the thin pancakes (supplied with the duck). 20 rmb...that's about 3 dollars for half a duck sans head .

 

[NaokoSmith]

I had roast duck the other day..succulent slices of duck meat, dribbled with some kind of brown sauce (dunno what it is but it goes well with duck). I added some lettuce and rolled it up in the thin pancakes (supplied with the duck). 20 rmb...that's about 3 dollars for half a duck sans head .

I don't know what my duck cost, cuz I wasn't paying, but I suspect it was a bit more than that

I had this starter that was a delicious pork croquette, with tiny crispy bits of pig's ear.

I always wanted to try trotters, and they do sell them in the market but I'm a bit unsure how to heat them up. You are supposed to heat them up, I guess? not just eat them cold.

 

[MichaelinChina]

I don't know what my duck cost, cuz I wasn't paying, but I suspect it was a bit more than that

I had this starter that was a delicious pork croquette, with tiny crispy bits of pig's ear.

I always wanted to try trotters, and they do sell them in the market but I'm a bit unsure how to heat them up. You are supposed to heat them up, I guess? not just eat them cold.

pig's trotters..I remember having them when I was younger..kind of an old-fashioned food now. Maybe noone knows how to cook them like grandma did.

I see them here..lol EVERY bit of the pig here is for sale..even the pizzles and intestines. Lung is tasty cooked up; my ex used to get it free from the butcher in Oz. I might get some trotters one day. Cold is OK.

 

[NaokoSmith]

pig's trotters..I remember having them when I was younger..kind of an old-fashioned food now. Maybe noone knows how to cook them like grandma did.

I see them here..lol EVERY bit of the pig here is for sale..even the pizzles and intestines. Lung is tasty cooked up; my ex used to get it free from the butcher in Oz. I might get some trotters one day. Cold is OK.

Oh? well I'll try them cold then Perhaps with some seafood salad from the fishmongers.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Oh? well I'll try them cold then Perhaps with some seafood salad from the fishmongers.

when I've had them in a restaurant, the waiter brings out disposable plastic gloves to hold and eat them.

 

[NaokoSmith]

when I've had them in a restaurant, the waiter brings out disposable plastic gloves to hold and eat them.

Disposable plastic gloves? And hot towels at the end too, of course. How considerate. But I like to get my fingers messy.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Disposable plastic gloves? And hot towels at the end too, of course. How considerate. But I like to get my fingers messy.

um the hot towels (in the really good restaurants) come at the start..

In the supermarket, people use plastic bags to handle the meat and seafood (choose your own y'see). Then turn them inside out with the foodstuff inside. Hygienic huh?

yes yes,, Ms Sticky Fingers

 

[NaokoSmith]

um the hot towels (in the really good restaurants) come at the start..

In the supermarket, people use plastic bags to handle the meat and seafood (choose your own y'see). Then turn them inside out with the foodstuff inside. Hygienic huh?

yes yes,, Ms Sticky Fingers

Dr. Sticky Fingers <snerk>. Hand me the plastic gloves, then.

Here they started charging 5p for plastic bags to keep the pollution down.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Dr. Sticky Fingers <snerk>. Hand me the plastic gloves, then.

Here they started charging 5p for plastic bags to keep the pollution down.

5p Dr?

here it's 2 jiao (omg that's less than a cent)..I often get 2 - to make it stronger.

 

[Aynmair]

5p Dr?

here it's 2 jiao (omg that's less than a cent)..I often get 2 - to make it stronger.

In Italy you get looked at funny if you lick your fingers ... but my Italian friend misses that little American decadence...

 

[MichaelinChina]

In Italy you get looked at funny if you lick your fingers ... but my Italian friend misses that little American decadence...

finger lickin' good!

 

[NaokoSmith]

finger lickin' good!

Chicken nuggets!

I better go and buy them, since the fish fingers are off the menu.

 

[SamScribble]

Chicken nuggets!

I better go and buy them, since the fish fingers are off the menu.

I've caught quite a few fish in my time, but I've yet to see one with fingers

 

[Handley_Page]

I've caught quite a few fish in my time, but I've yet to see one with fingers

Me too.

 

[NaokoSmith]

Me too.

Me three.

 

[Handley_Page]

Me three.

My Three Brothers
[Joyce Grenfell]

 

[SamScribble]

My Three Brothers
[Joyce Grenfell]

My Three Sons - Fred MacMurray

 

[NaokoSmith]

My Three Sons - Fred MacMurray

Oh, there are three of us on here!


Hullo HP!
'Lo Sugar.

 

[SamScribble]

Oh, there are three of us on here!


Hullo HP!
'Lo Sugar.

Hello, Honey

And the little one said: 'Roll over. Roll over.'
And then there were two, and the little one said: 'Roll over. Roll over ....'

 

[NaokoSmith]

Hello, Honey

And the little one said: 'Roll over. Roll over.'
And then there were two, and the little one said: 'Roll over. Roll over ....'

Rolling over in a bed! What can I associate with that?

Rolling down grassy hillsides - why do we love it as children? It makes you so dizzy! but it just is irresistible, LOL.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Rolling over in a bed! What can I associate with that?

Rolling down grassy hillsides - why do we love it as children? It makes you so dizzy! but it just is irresistible, LOL.

oh roll me over..in the clover.

and you are right about rolling down hillsides as kids. I recall rolling down this huge sand hill at a beach. Same sorta thing.