tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post4888191244716020049..comments2024-03-09T11:29:48.585+00:00Comments on Flowerpot Days: The joys of youthFlowerpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-79912219775071292082008-01-11T09:10:00.000+00:002008-01-11T09:10:00.000+00:00ellee - I quite agree!omega mum - good to meet you...ellee - I quite agree!<BR/><BR/>omega mum - good to meet you and that paints a lovely picture. Silence. Minus tongues!<BR/><BR/>Philipa - my brain is whirling now!<BR/><BR/>sweet irene - teh management try ad encourage students so I suppose that's why they didnt say anything. also the owner is quite shy and would find that difficult I think.Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-68416040647548301612008-01-11T09:08:00.000+00:002008-01-11T09:08:00.000+00:00Crystal - no, you're not the only one. I guess we ...Crystal - no, you're not the only one. I guess we all feel the same way!<BR/><BR/>elizabethm - chimney and stove saga continues but making great progress. Somewhat hampered by teh weather but it's all coming along well!<BR/><BR/>MissU - no I dont think it would have put them off their stroke actually! They were completely oblivious! As for making money - well, they do a lot of takeaways and deliver to local businesses. That's their main income.Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-73495460784961605062008-01-11T03:01:00.000+00:002008-01-11T03:01:00.000+00:00That must have been pretty unappetizing. Too bad t...That must have been pretty unappetizing. Too bad the management didn't say anything about this behavior, because it was totally inappropriate. There is a time and place for everything and this was not it.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-52173364971526428112008-01-10T22:32:00.000+00:002008-01-10T22:32:00.000+00:00Actually it's probably a good thing that Nick Robi...Actually it's probably a good thing that Nick Robinson and Max Hastings don't do that - sorry fp, I'm sure the Max Hastings image is enough to put you off your supper.<BR/><BR/>So, anyway, back to the hungry young lovers meeting in a frenzy of darting tongues...Philipahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440234602399886097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-83798106078885778372008-01-10T22:17:00.000+00:002008-01-10T22:17:00.000+00:00I can't help it Ellee - in-yer-face rebellion in a...I can't help it Ellee - in-yer-face rebellion in an oh-so-smooth package. Have you read 'Letters to a Contrarian'? So inspirational. And apparently <A HREF="http://www.nyrm.org/2001/features/brits.html" REL="nofollow">Christopher</A> was offering people a feel of his newly fuzz-free testicles, well you wouldn't get Nick Robinson or Max Hastings doing that now would you?Philipahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440234602399886097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-55348826725607059222008-01-10T22:13:00.000+00:002008-01-10T22:13:00.000+00:00My own feeling is that they ran out of conversatio...My own feeling is that they ran out of conversation within hours of meeting each other and decided this was the only way they'd get any stimulation from their meetings. If they stay together, they'll still be eating meals opposite each other, but without the tongues to break up the silences. Interesting - I always wondered how those relationships started, and now I know.Omega Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06510548355469861782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-53263574362602253442008-01-10T18:28:00.000+00:002008-01-10T18:28:00.000+00:00There is a time and place for everything, that's f...There is a time and place for everything, that's for sure.<BR/>Pip makes me laugh with her fixation on Hitchens.Ellee Seymourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647480320978146418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-78503383799175144962008-01-10T17:43:00.000+00:002008-01-10T17:43:00.000+00:00I'd have pulled up another chair to put my feet on...I'd have pulled up another chair to put my feet on, folded my arms and just watched them for a while. I bet that would have really put them off their stroke!<BR/><BR/>It sounds like a great place. My overactive brain is trying to work out how much they can potentially earn with only 3 tables!Elaine Denninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640829930815645105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-36359197488949921572008-01-10T17:26:00.000+00:002008-01-10T17:26:00.000+00:00Good to catch up with your blog again (and I am wi...Good to catch up with your blog again (and I am with you on the tongue swallowing). Hope the chimney and stove saga is moving on nicely. It will be all worth it. I am sure you will love it!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-18715608143315819572008-01-10T16:51:00.000+00:002008-01-10T16:51:00.000+00:00Well I was hungry...I don't mind affection (not th...Well I was hungry...<BR/><BR/>I don't mind affection (not that I'm in the least affectionate) but to see people doing it in public does actually offend me. Sorry, but I guess I am a prude.<BR/><BR/>Crystal xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-27079535360175136372008-01-10T16:08:00.000+00:002008-01-10T16:08:00.000+00:00Ak - and there I was thinking I was being very stu...Ak - and there I was thinking I was being very stuffy! Glad it's not just me!Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-68349312761522678782008-01-10T16:00:00.000+00:002008-01-10T16:00:00.000+00:00There's a time and a place and that was niether! ...There's a time and a place and that was niether! It would have put me off my food too. :(Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-16591545946368427412008-01-10T15:34:00.000+00:002008-01-10T15:34:00.000+00:00RC - yes it was gross. But it was funny watching e...RC - yes it was gross. But it was funny watching everyone completely ignoring them - in a British fashion - while these two carried on, utterly oblivious. I bet if someone had asked them to stop, they would have said, 'Who? Me?'Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-78804605379273222182008-01-10T15:11:00.000+00:002008-01-10T15:11:00.000+00:00Gross.Maybe it's my own shyness, but I really don'...Gross.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's my own shyness, but I really don't like having to watch displays like that at all. Take it somewhere else, people.<BR/><BR/>The "tongue swallowing contest" line,on the other hand, I loved. Heh.the rotten correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704525054720181936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-89854869975798906272008-01-10T14:57:00.000+00:002008-01-10T14:57:00.000+00:00lane - it's a strange thing isnt it? It was just t...lane - it's a strange thing isnt it? It was just too personal watching that. And no, I haven't been back to that weird writers' cafe. I'm not usually over there and the owner really put me off!Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-523137862340766882008-01-10T14:56:00.000+00:002008-01-10T14:56:00.000+00:00philipa - I'm sure I did when I was in my twenties...philipa - I'm sure I did when I was in my twenties - but not to that extent!<BR/><BR/>Laurie - I'm glad it's not just me. Good point - how come they make it look so sensuous in the movies when most of the time it's not at all?Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-90162878365683994682008-01-10T14:27:00.000+00:002008-01-10T14:27:00.000+00:00I couldn't eat while all that tonsil tennis was go...I couldn't eat while all that tonsil tennis was going on. Ugg:-(<BR/><BR/>On another note, that cafe sounds wonderful. I love cafes, especially small ones run by interesting people. It sounds great. Do you ever go back to the (slightly weird) writer cafe?Lane Mathiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08147122748453850264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-52556123738335495022008-01-10T14:22:00.000+00:002008-01-10T14:22:00.000+00:00ICKi don't like watching other people neck. it's ...ICK<BR/><BR/>i don't like watching other people neck. it's much less glamorous than in the movies....<BR/><BR/>ick.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408579395752156780.post-66185948510967404702008-01-10T12:24:00.000+00:002008-01-10T12:24:00.000+00:00I must be such a prude, I could never do such a th...I must be such a prude, I could never do such a thing in public when I was twenty something and flooded with those hormones. I can't really remember kissing and my overriding memory of kissing my ex in a dark street was wondering if I was being watched, can't remember the kiss at all.<BR/><BR/>I could quite happily look at Hugh Jackman or Chris Hitchens naked, but not on a formica table in a cafe, ya know? Time and place.Philipahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440234602399886097noreply@blogger.com