Schmutter

From Facebook Archives

23 March 2010 at 16:04

Anyone need an interview suit?   

St Oswald's Hospice Shop at FourLaneEnds has a Geeves&Hawkes of Saville Row charcoal pinstripe for £10, it's a 40R which won't fit anyone in this house even if they'd wear it.   

The cloth feels as soft as silk. Luvverly bitta shmutter.

Tylebach Have you got a photo hun, and what size is the jacket?

Bentonbag  It said 40R on the label and I'm not sure whether that's waist or chest - I assumed chest - either way no use to any of my boys, or even me

23 March 2010 at 16:07

Also Asda Benton has lined lumberjack shirts/jackets at £4 each - mostly in large and XL sizes - but only in red/black check. We now have one each and I know what next year's Xmas photo will look like.

Some readers may wonder why a good Catholic girl would use a Yiddish word for clothing.   

Blame childhood listening to radio programmes such as Round The Horne with writers like 

Marty Feldman.  He also had his own tv sketch shows.  Then there was The Rag Trade on tv.  

Not forgetting the work and influence of the wonderful Barry Cryer.

 

Three Spring Things

From Facebook Archives

22 March 2009 at 21:34

I’ve been given 3 bunches of pink carnations and 3 boxes of Thornton chocolate creams (mint,orange,violet).  Yummy Mummy's Day.

22 March 2015 at 15:01

Today I have planted: 

Heinz Tomato Ketchup freebie seeds, Sweet Baby tomato seeds, Alicante tomato seeds, marrow, pumpkin, and butternut squash all in boxes on the front windowsill (aka the greenhouse); 

Tom Thumb lettuce, Rocket and Mr Fotherington's Asian leaves in a slug protected planter on the garden table; 

and cress in an eggbox on the bedroom windowsill. 

If all goes too well I may be looking for homes for seedlings in a few weeks’ time.

McChurch  I can`t believe tomato ketchup can be grown from seeds.  Does it grow actually in the bottles?

Mrs Poet  Can you grow ketchup?

Ms Brysio Bugail  You two beat me to it, that was my reaction, what a sense of humour... !??

Mr StBernard  Give me a shout if you have too many tomato plants

22 March 2018 at 14:37

The warm weather has made the frogs really jiggy.   

There are 7 clumps of spawn, the most we’ve ever had.   

Mrs Quilt is coming over to take a cupful for her water-feature.

🎕🐸🍅 

We no longer plant tomato seeds but get plants at local allotment sales.  That way we don’t have an excess of seedlings to deal with, and the plants we get are varied and healthy.

 

After The Equinox

From Facebook archives

21 March 2009 at 09:48

4 pints of milk have been stolen from my doorstep again.   

At least this time the bastards didn't leave a drained bottle in the hedge.

Nice policeman due at 11.

21 March 2010 at 21:27

Actually turned off the central heating this evening - God bless cavity wall insulation

21 March 2011 at 17:05

Feeling pi**ed off.

With herself as much as anybody else ...

Ernextdoor  Why Ms B????? xx Pop round xx

Hagrid  Why? Have u had one of those days? X

Bentonbag  Sometimes the road we travel is all up hill

21 March 2023 at 08.23

Mother seldom resorted to vulgarity but I'm afraid I'm going to resort to one of her sayings when nearing the end of her tether...

This rain is getting on my tit ends!