The very IDEA of tea being drunk at 98.6°C is an utter disgrace to humankind. I only take a splash of milk in mine - but adding more than a couple of tablespoons of the stuff straight out of the fridge would render tea *already* at such a low temperature utterly undrinkable.
If were are ever to meet over a cuppa, Terry, I fear our relationship will be doomed from the start. Dare we even throw down a shared tea-drinking gauntlet in a local imbibery, scene of our meeting, or would we decide to play it safe and plump for coffee instead? 🤔 It's too much of a risk. I shall bring a Thermos.
Your planning list is a delight. I'm impressed (alarmed?!) to feature in it so regularly. #getalife 😉
I had an excellent and proper cuppa (half-pint mug, piping hot, the opportunity to add my OWN milk) in a café yesterday morning, but I counted that as an exception!
And tea in paper or plastic disposable cups is an abomination.
I love that your writing plan involves proofreading the article that you published the day before.
Your tea making process seems a bit tedious, to be honest. Assuming 2 minutes for the kettle to boil, the whole ordeal would take 11 minutes and 14 seconds. Rebecca would already be on to her second cup. Speaking of Rebecca, it was shocking to hear that she has come by these "lost lists" illicitly. She seems like such a nice person. Hopefully it's just a misunderstanding.
I'm getting hungry. I'm going to eat Terry. (Oops, forgot the comma.)
1. I find the best proofreading strategy is to either publish to everyone or print out hundreds of copies. It's then that all the errors come to light, so why waste time looking for them in the first place. Publish and be damned, that's what I say. 🤣
2. I do other things while the kettle is boiling and the tea brewing: working on my next contribution to world literature, reading someone else's contribution to world literature, or mangling a cat. Besides, I take this proverb very seriously: A watched pot never boils.
3. LOL. Reminds me of Eats Shoots and Leaves!
4. Re: Rebecca. Appearances can be deceptive. I've met her sort before.
All good things are worth waiting for, Sharron. While the kettle is boiling I do other things, like mangle a cat. Post-publication proofreading is very effective: that's when I discover all my typos! Glad you liked the newsflash. I like the words of Right, Said Fred, always have done! 🤣
LOL. Thanks, Mitch. Glad you found it chortlesome, and hope you're not in the dog house from the rest of the household. And yes, re Rebecca. The newspaper was my revenge for her trying to get me arrested for murder. That'll learn her.
That is the most delightfully British song I've ever heard.
I used to love it as a kid. I still find it very funny (never grown up!). But yes, typically British: the solution to everything is a cup of tea!😂
'Rebecca Holden, 27...'!!!!!!!!!! 😘
The very IDEA of tea being drunk at 98.6°C is an utter disgrace to humankind. I only take a splash of milk in mine - but adding more than a couple of tablespoons of the stuff straight out of the fridge would render tea *already* at such a low temperature utterly undrinkable.
If were are ever to meet over a cuppa, Terry, I fear our relationship will be doomed from the start. Dare we even throw down a shared tea-drinking gauntlet in a local imbibery, scene of our meeting, or would we decide to play it safe and plump for coffee instead? 🤔 It's too much of a risk. I shall bring a Thermos.
Your planning list is a delight. I'm impressed (alarmed?!) to feature in it so regularly. #getalife 😉
're getalife: 😂
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I find that tea in cafes tends to be disgusting, especially when they leave the teabag in and pour milk over it.
I had an excellent and proper cuppa (half-pint mug, piping hot, the opportunity to add my OWN milk) in a café yesterday morning, but I counted that as an exception!
And tea in paper or plastic disposable cups is an abomination.
At least we agree on SOMETHING
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I love that your writing plan involves proofreading the article that you published the day before.
Your tea making process seems a bit tedious, to be honest. Assuming 2 minutes for the kettle to boil, the whole ordeal would take 11 minutes and 14 seconds. Rebecca would already be on to her second cup. Speaking of Rebecca, it was shocking to hear that she has come by these "lost lists" illicitly. She seems like such a nice person. Hopefully it's just a misunderstanding.
I'm getting hungry. I'm going to eat Terry. (Oops, forgot the comma.)
In 11 minutes 14 seconds, Jim, I can be three cups down and already be boiling the (exhausted) kettle for a fourth!
LOL re comma! How did he taste? 🤣
I prefer quality to quantity
I don't need to choose between quality and quantity. I ONLY drink quality tea - and lots of it!
Wot? Teabags? Yeucchhh
I'd suggest we agree to differ, but it's too much fun arguing with you than to go THAT far! 😉
Never was a truer word spoken.
LOL
1. I find the best proofreading strategy is to either publish to everyone or print out hundreds of copies. It's then that all the errors come to light, so why waste time looking for them in the first place. Publish and be damned, that's what I say. 🤣
2. I do other things while the kettle is boiling and the tea brewing: working on my next contribution to world literature, reading someone else's contribution to world literature, or mangling a cat. Besides, I take this proverb very seriously: A watched pot never boils.
3. LOL. Reminds me of Eats Shoots and Leaves!
4. Re: Rebecca. Appearances can be deceptive. I've met her sort before.
4. 🙄
Nine minutes to make a cup of tea? I think not.
LOVED the news flash- hilarious! And the dancer in the white T-shirt! So light on his feet.
I was pleased to see that I am not the only one who carries out post-publication proofreading!
All good things are worth waiting for, Sharron. While the kettle is boiling I do other things, like mangle a cat. Post-publication proofreading is very effective: that's when I discover all my typos! Glad you liked the newsflash. I like the words of Right, Said Fred, always have done! 🤣
Rebecca has NOT taken well Terry's judgment of her tea-making skills. 👀
(There will be retribution.)
Oh yeah? Oo -er
Is that the sound of you quaking in your boots?
Yes. 😨
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Cackling? OMG I am surrounded by malevolence incarnate
LOL. Thanks, Mitch. Glad you found it chortlesome, and hope you're not in the dog house from the rest of the household. And yes, re Rebecca. The newspaper was my revenge for her trying to get me arrested for murder. That'll learn her.
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I hear you, brother 😂