Space Marine and Dragonwrangler Bar & Grill

BigWords said:

Oooh - there's a bar not far away called... Creepy Wee Pub? I can't remember the exact name, but it really does live up to its' name. Ten or fifteen people, and it starts to get really crowded.

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I once went in a pub where it was so small that the two entrance doors on opposite walls almost touched. Somehow they found space to play darts!

BigWords said:

If anyone wants to know how bad the food can get here, then I have horror stories to tell.

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Ooo, if you do that then I'm telling my Ginster's Cornish Pasty story again.

You know I could be writing something...

aliwood said:

You know I could be writing something...

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This is true.

aliwood said:

You're going to get paid to watch a film.

How cool is that?

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So kewl.

I just have to remember to rent the darn thing.

aliwood said:

Ooo, if you do that then I'm telling my Ginster's Cornish Pasty story again.

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What about kidneys? I have never understood the British taste for that: something that you have to soak overnight to get the piss out of it, and you guys say, "mmm, I gotta get some of that!"

Then again, we hillbillies have no room to talk:

chitterlings
squirrel brains with scrambled eggs
southern fried opossum

jallenecs said:

What about kidneys? I have never understood the British taste for that: something that you have to soak overnight to get the piss out of it, and you guys say, "mmm, I gotta get some of that!"

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I... actually dislike kidney, so I can't speak to that, but some of the traditional foods go waaaaay back, when all parts of the animal were devoured. There are still some very, very strange foods to be had if you venture far enough off the touristy trails. A lot of them absolutely icky.

We haz snow!!!!

It's not a lot, but enough for a blanket on the grass. And it's cold! I'll actually have to break out the winter jacket.

Raventongue said:

Whaaaat. Tell me they were all unhurt and ran around haywire through the nearest town. That would be awesome.

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According to the news, none the cows were seriously hurt. Most got up and started walking around after the truck tipped.

jallenecs said:

Here's a pic from the Interwebs:

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If that pic isn't photoshopped, OMG!

BigWords said:

Sirius?

Too obscure?

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Too Harry Potter. Sirius Black turned into a dog.

That pic is photoshopped Just look at the fuzzy fur over the ladies neck.

And Sirius Black is based on Sirius the Dog Star (an actual star). Like many of Rowling's names they had meaning later in the person's life

CM, you are wanted in the SS-SFF-SS

jallenecs said:

Less cute

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Still, the fluffiness to teeth ratio...yeah, it's still pretty cute. (In a picture, anyway.)

aliwood said:

You know I could be writing something...

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Gogo!

LadyV said:

Too Harry Potter. Sirius Black turned into a dog.

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Been a while since I read that... I was thinking 80s childrens television.

BigWords said:

I... actually dislike kidney, so I can't speak to that, but some of the traditional foods go waaaaay back, when all parts of the animal were devoured. There are still some very, very strange foods to be had if you venture far enough off the touristy trails. A lot of them absolutely icky.

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True. That whole nose-to-tail philosophy is where stuff like chitterlings comes from. And brains, which I can't even be in the same room with, it's so nasty. Poverty makes the most unappealing food surprisingly appetizing, I guess.

On the other hand, some of the notorious Brit foods, like blood sausage and haggis, I actually like. Go figure.

Black pudding is horrid. Horrid I say. And I didn't know what it was until after I bravely sampled some (helps that a kinda cute guy asked me politely if I wanted to try some).

Morning all

*searches around for coffee*

On odd foods from animals - the stuff I ate in china put me off all meat rather permanently.

Pickled chickens feet is all I have to say on that.

slcboston said:

Broiled.


Why would you boil perfectly good meat unless you are making soup?





Or, you know, British.

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I wouldn't boil prime rib.

Not British, perhaps the grade of the meat is in question?

We all know sheep are tough.

DL Hegel said:

We all know sheep are tough.

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Dense would be more accurate...

BigWords said:

Sirius?

Too obscure?

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BigWords said:

Been a while since I read that... I was thinking 80s childrens television.

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And I was thinking you were referencing the Olaf Stapledon novel (which I have read).

Since we mentioned Harlan Ellison recently, how about Blood for a dog name?

jallenecs said:

On the other hand, some of the notorious Brit foods, like blood sausage and haggis, I actually like. Go figure.

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Me too. I like me some black pudding. Though I've only had haggis a couple of times - it's not that easy to find outside Scotland. Or maybe I'm not looking in the right places.

eyeblink said:

And I was thinking you were referencing the Olaf Stapledon novel (which I have read).

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I should really learn when to stay silent, that way people will think I'm smarter than I am...

And, for those interested.

jallenecs said:

I read in an interview that Mouse was based on the Caucasian shepherd. My sister said she saw one in real life just a few weeks ago. She said it was unreal just how BIG the dogs are.

Here's a pic from the Interwebs:

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Now that's my kind of dog!

Andelana said:

I always thought of him more like a bigger chowchow... But then I've known a chow, so that was easier for me to picture

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We had a chow when I was little. Cool dog.

Huh, I didn't know that was today.

Works out well though, given I'm walking back from work at 11pm

Does that make it winter solstice for you guys?

_Sian_ said:

On odd foods from animals - the stuff I ate in china put me off all meat rather permanently.

Pickled chickens feet is all I have to say on that.

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Really? That was what did it?

Not the live shrimp?