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**Thursday 28th January daily chat thread!**

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  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
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    I am baking for a dress down / cakes fundraiser for Haiti. Obviously yesterday was a better day than today. Yesterday's Rocky Road good. My coconut pyramids have fallen apart today and my Lemon Drizzle cake is more a Lemon Drizzle Canyon.:( I'm hoping I can salvage my reputation with a Rhubarb and Custard Cake - think I'll move the shelves and pray. HARD. I may even suddenly become religious. Do you think God saves cakes?
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  • Pooky
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    LouiseJ wrote: »
    Hello My lovely Non troll friend:smileyhea actually the troll in Shrek was really Cameron Diaz so I would quite like to be a troll.

    I am marking assignments and trying not to reach for the bottle of antifreeze:rotfl: yes they are that bad.........opening line to an assignment.......

    ASDA is a sole trader owned by an American man called Mr W Mart:eek::eek::eek:

    I kid you not!!!!

    :T You couldn't make that sort of stuff up..................well the assignment writer obviously could... :D
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  • bank_of_slate
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    beanielou wrote: »
    OU peeps~Is the essay margin 10% either way??

    I'll probably get penalised for mine because it was 5,679 words in the end :(
    ...Linda xx
    It's easy to give in to that negative voice that chants "cant do it" BUT we lift each other up.
    We dont count all the runners ahead of us & feel intimidated.
    Instead we look back proudly at our journey, our personal struggle & determination & remember that there are those that never even attempt to reach the starting line.
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    LouiseJ wrote: »
    Hello My lovely Non troll friend:smileyhea actually the troll in Shrek was really Cameron Diaz so I would quite like to be a troll.

    I am marking assignments and trying not to reach for the bottle of antifreeze:rotfl: yes they are that bad.........opening line to an assignment.......

    ASDA is a sole trader owned by an American man called Mr W Mart:eek::eek::eek:

    I kid you not!!!!

    Still a lot of lead in the pipes down that way then..?
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  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    i've been thinking of going to the drs.... and telling them that i have no energy, motivation to do anything, have trouble getting to sleep at night, can't be arsed to cook so end up snacking on carp food..... i keep putting off doing the simplest tasks.. like scanning some docs, paying bills..... you get the idea....


    am i right in thinking i am verging on depression?
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  • becky_rtw
    becky_rtw Posts: 8,393 Forumite
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    Butti I bet they taste good even if they are a bit unlucky in the looks department - I love cake :)
  • pepe2008
    pepe2008 Posts: 5,158 Forumite
    Butti wrote: »
    I am baking for a dress down / cakes fundraiser for Haiti. Obviously yesterday was a better day than today. Yesterday's Rocky Road good. My coconut pyramids have fallen apart today and my Lemon Drizzle cake is more a Lemon Drizzle Canyon.:( I'm hoping I can salvage my reputation with a Rhubarb and Custard Cake - think I'll move the shelves and pray. HARD. I may even suddenly become religious. Do you think God saves cakes?

    If he/she:D does can one be saved for me?


    Best quote today 'salad is not food, salad is what food eats'.
    :D:D stay wonky :D:D

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  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    bank_of_slate wrote: »
    I'll probably get penalised for mine because it was 5,679 words in the end :(
    ...Linda xx

    what was your word count?

    i'm doing a foundation degree course so they are a bit harsher i think...
    Cats don't have owners - they have staff!! :D:p
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  • beanielou
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    Sounds like it scaredy :(

    Becky~You might be best to get a dressmaker to make you a dress?
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  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    scaredy_cat wrote: »
    i take it your students are 15 yrs old, Lou....


    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    This one is 17:eek:
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
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