Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

A plastic spoon? Wouldn't scissors be easier? My mother likes a bucket of salt or bleach so she can see their pain.

The not nice was bred into me.

I don't really want to see them suffer. I'd just prefer them not to eat the things I'd like to eat.

If they eat too many of the things that are growing in my garden I reserve the right to revisit that statement. Or if they touch any of my courgettes.

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

Errrr... what's that? :eek:

Trying an oyster is likely to occur first :rotfl:

Plus you get condiments with oysters. I'm not keen on chocolate body paint or whipped cream shenanigans. Personally.



I have to take my evening meds but too floppy to stand up. Sigh. Trying to work up enthusiasm.

Edit: if you aren't sure about raw oysters you can get tinned smoked ones in oil. They taste VERY different, The smoked ones are meatier, drier and....smokey. And, well, cooked! But it might be an introduction to the idea for the moderately intrepid? They are no better looking really IMO. We eat them with tooth picks as a canap! or as part of antipasti sometimes.

zagubov

Nikkster wrote: »

Hmmm... I'll be needing some protein to go with all the vegetables I'm growing :doh:

Maybe they taste horrible? They don't look very appealing.

Edit: http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/chefs/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/how-to-prepare-and-cook-slugs

That's a good evolutionary trick. But then that would favour predators that'll eat any old rubbish, like dogs.


Kind of the opposite of these poor creatures.

Doozergirl

lostinrates wrote: »

Do you know something, I also dislike escargot. I thought for a while I liked them, then realised I really just liked garlic and butter. Fennel I felt obliged and beneficial to train myself to like, snails and slugs? I just don't. When we garden the front we chuck 'em onto the road and watch them get run over. Very mean . Very un Buddhist.

The size of your land, you could hold a national championship in this sport. I would volunteer chewy to represent Surreyshire, or wherever it is that I've already failed to remember

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

Plus you get condiments with oysters. I'm not keen on chocolate body paint or whipped cream shenanigans. Personally.

Yeah - I prefer condiments like Tabasco. Probably rather better suited for one of those activities than the other

Can someone fetch the meds for you? I'm sure you would rather get them yourself but is it an option?

GDB2222

Doesn't LIR have a job lot of Tabasco?

mystic_trev

So I thought I'd share it over here as it made me smile!

The wife said to me, "Whenever a World Cup game is on, let's eat something to do with that team for dinner that night."

Mexico was on, we had burritos.

Japan was on, we had sushi.

USA was on, we had burgers.

Italy was on, we had pizza.

Tuesday is England, so we're going out.

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

Yeah - I prefer condiments like Tabasco. Probably rather better suited for one of those activities than the other

Can someone fetch the meds for you? I'm sure you would rather get them yourself but is it an option?

They are about four feet away

Doozergirl

chewmylegoff wrote: »

That's pretty much what OH said to me last night, punctuated with sniggering, as I stalked around the back garden with a torch and a plastic spoon.

You know what you need now?

One of those whizzy electric bug zappers!

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Doesn't LIR have a job lot of Tabasco?

Many many many miniature bottles of Tabasco. I like Green tobacco though.