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That's very sweet of you to say, fourcats.
And
don't worry, we closed her into a guest room, and put some newspapers down before we left.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 18, 2006 at 5:24 AM
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Good point, markng ...
Nice stereotyping, too, btw.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 18, 2006 at 5:22 AM
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oh mad, i do love the way you write. i hope michelle didn't piddle on
the floor while you were gone.
posted by
fourcats
on August 17, 2006 at 10:34 PM
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I'd would be laughing too if I know I am going to be blowing up your suburb. :-D
posted by
markng
on August 17, 2006 at 6:31 PM
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If only I weren't already spoken for, Wiley.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 9:30 PM
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It was actually pretty good, Bandana, my sweet ...
I'm not a fan of that sort of thing in general, though. It all seems so stagy and fake, somehow.
Particularly, the stage, and all the fake palm trees.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 9:29 PM
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Mademoiselle
LOL You came through it all with flying colours luv and look now, you have meeting the son to look forward to now.
posted by
WileyJohn
on August 15, 2006 at 9:14 PM
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really? How was the show? I'm happy you are back, I was sort of wishing you were here.
Sometimes I wish the world would end, then I could be with you all day. I want to be stuck in between the universe, and you.
posted by
bandanafish
on August 15, 2006 at 8:55 PM
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I was watching the Miss Teen USA pageant, and feeding my tarantulas ...
but, all the while, I was thinking of you.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 8:44 PM
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hey, what are you doing? Just wondering.
posted by
bandanafish
on August 15, 2006 at 7:26 PM
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If I ended up preparing the dinner, Ann, the poison control center would need to be notified to be on stand-by.
Meanwhile, I know my mother brought it up, but, quite frankly, I'm not sure whether the invitation was accepted, or not. I'll have to ask her; she actually seemed to be able to follow what they were saying.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 5:42 PM
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Well, TAPS, there are far less healthy addictions, I suppose ...
such as, say, faberge egg collecting. (You'd be surprised how that can really get out of hand.)
Anyways, thank you so much for the compliment.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 5:37 PM
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Actually, BlackPearl, the cake survived ... sort of.
It just looked really messed up. They appeared to put it in the freezer (for some reason), and then it was never heard from again, so ...
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 5:34 PM
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Did your mother return a dinner invitation for them? Then you could execute your sweet vengeance by cooking up a mysterious dish. Provided of course Mom approves.
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on August 15, 2006 at 3:27 PM
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Mademoiselle, I'm afraid I'm getting addicted to this blog. The posts are very witty and humorous. Keep writing.
posted by
TAPS.
on August 15, 2006 at 3:24 PM
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Mademoiselle,
I've had some Middle-Eastern dishes, but nothing too adventurous. It was okay. I have to be careful, though, since I'm no fan of really spicy dishes, and from what I understand, many Middle-Eastern dishes can be super spicy. Sorry you dropped the cake. Maybe you could have had a few extra slices to fill up on. :)
posted by
BlackPearl1
on August 15, 2006 at 3:11 PM
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Probably not, Talion ...
Although, one curious thing I've noticed, is that Chinese food pretty much always tastes exactly the same, regardless of the restaurant.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 1:22 PM
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Mademoiselle
I love Chinese most of all too. Not too keen on Thai, however. I tried two different local restaurants, but considering I'm in Memphis, I doubt this is the alpha and omega of the cuisine.
posted by
Talion
on August 15, 2006 at 12:50 PM
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My mother is quite adept with the chopsticks, too, Talion.
Meanwhile, I'm able to pick up, dip, and eat sweet & sour pork using only my toes.
P.S. As I'm sure you're aware, there are huge discrepancies within Asian cuisine. Thus, I love Chinese ... hate all the rest.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 12:47 PM
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I love Asian food. I eat with chopsticks and everything. I even have my own set. If you think the guy in the poolhall with his own stick is a badass, imagine the reaction to the guy in the Asian restaurant with his own chopsticks. I even learned there's a difference between Chinese and Japanese chopsticks.
posted by
Talion
on August 15, 2006 at 12:32 PM
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One time, Talion, a date took me to a Japanese restaurant ...
and the food tasted so terrible, I actually couldn't take it, and walked out.
In hindsight, I probably should have told him why, though.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 12:24 PM
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I've never had an opportunity to sample Middle Eastern cuisine. As long as someone else does the preparing, the dish isn't still moving and doesn't bite me first, I'll try anything.
posted by
Talion
on August 15, 2006 at 12:12 PM
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Did you like "Frida", Blanche?
I had kinda mixed feelings about it, actually.
I thought both she and Doctor Octopus were wonderful in it, though. Clearly, her high-water mark as an actress.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 11:49 AM
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Thank you so much, cosy ...
That's very nice of you to say.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 11:47 AM
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I'm actually hoping to learn how, Aaron ... seriously.
Maybe, I should ask the daughter ... just as soon as I find out what her name is.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 11:45 AM
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That would be cool if they did, though, Bandana
And, that's an excellent question about the mono-brow ... which, btw, is also known as the uni-brow ... or, in this household, the "Bert".
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 11:44 AM
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She actually does (supposedly) want to hang out with me, Runs at dawn.
Which surprises me a little, seeing as she kept giving me dirty looks the whole night. I just assumed that perhaps she liked Pavel, and was (somehow) unclear what our relationship was.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 11:41 AM
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Perhaps so, Factor, cause nothing on the menu appeared to be quite that exotic.
I would eat monkey brains, though.
However, not directly out of the skull.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 11:39 AM
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I'd take that offer, Bel ... not that I, like, condone violence, or anything.
However, this neighborhood is so "perfect" that I pretty much have to create my own excitement from scratch. As some of you have undoubtedly noticed.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 11:37 AM
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Unfortunately, Sophistie, I'm not even free to do as I please at home.
Unless certain people happen to be away.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 11:34 AM
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I like baba ganouj, tabouleh and felafels, Mademoiselle,
I wouldn't want to make a steady diet of them, but the eggplant dip, bulgar wheat salad and deep fried garbanzo bean flour cakes aren't bad. I'd be more worried that they seemed a little anxious for you to meet their son. An arranged marriage, maybe?
Selma Hayek's made big bucks off her mono-brow, especially as Freda Kahlo.
posted by
Blanche.
on August 15, 2006 at 10:35 AM
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I agree
you should've gotten a bit creative and made your own fun ! You are awesome at story telling, enticing the reader through and through
posted by
cosy
on August 15, 2006 at 9:52 AM
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You should have volunteered to belly-dance
I'm sure they'd appreciate the gesture of cultural sensitivity.
posted by
AaronB
on August 15, 2006 at 9:22 AM
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If my years of ghost expertise
serves me right, I believe after you guys left, they most likely retrieved back into their respective oil paintings in a grandiose hidden hallway.
p.s. when people have mono-brows, how many eyebrows do they consider to have?
p.p.s. it that a math question?
posted by
bandanafish
on August 15, 2006 at 7:31 AM
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I like trying foreign cuisine, but only if it tastes good
maybe you can take the daughter to a waxing place, eh?
posted by
Runs_at_dawn
on August 15, 2006 at 7:26 AM
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See, now, as long as there was not anything of dubious origin,
like monkey brain or any sort of "oysters," I would have found it interesting. I think the eating of gruesome stuff is more of an Asian thing though?
posted by
FactorFiction
on August 15, 2006 at 7:15 AM
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I'll trade you your neighbors for mine
Mine, tries to kill his family on a regular basis.
posted by
bel_1965
on August 15, 2006 at 6:54 AM
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Hmmm....
I learned to make the best of a bad situation and that one can suffer through for one will get home and can then do as one pleases! Hopefully the next one will be better!
posted by
Dr_JPT
on August 15, 2006 at 6:12 AM
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I do have a camera phone, Ann ...
However, there were simply too many sets of eyes, watching me like hawks. (Including, most importantly, my mother's.)
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 5:51 AM
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I thought you had a spy cam or cell phone cam to shoot discreetly.
Anyway, the important thing is that you are well.
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on August 15, 2006 at 5:43 AM
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That might have appeared rude (to take photos of the meal), Ann ...
I usually love spicy food, actually.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 15, 2006 at 4:44 AM
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From your description, the food probably had a spicy aroma. Too bad you didn't take pics of it.
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on August 15, 2006 at 2:22 AM
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It's a small but subtle difference.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 14, 2006 at 10:56 PM
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I didn't say, I didn't "go for them", ShutterCat ...
Only that I hated them.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 14, 2006 at 10:55 PM
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BUT IT WAS ALL IN CAPS
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 14, 2006 at 10:54 PM
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...I tend to go for "foreign" foods.
posted by
AlienInsomniac
on August 14, 2006 at 10:51 PM
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I am bored with the foods I grew up around so I tend to go for
posted by
AlienInsomniac
on August 14, 2006 at 10:51 PM
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I had no exclamation points in that headline...
posted by
AlienInsomniac
on August 14, 2006 at 10:50 PM
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food4thought, I love the one where he and Elmer Fudd reenact the Barber of Seville ...
And, they dance.
Also, I've noticed that in the earliest episodes, the fat characters (Elmer, Porky, etc) are not merely portly, but actually morbidly obese. I wonder why?
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 14, 2006 at 10:37 PM
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Mademoiselle...
I knew you shoulda taken a left toin at Albequioqi!
posted by
food4thought
on August 14, 2006 at 10:29 PM
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There's no such thing (as being too brilliant), Passion.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 14, 2006 at 10:03 PM
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Okay! You don't have to shout!
Perhaps, it's an acquired taste, ShutterCat.
I hate most foreign cuisine, actually. Even including Russian food ... which tastes like raw sewage.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 14, 2006 at 10:01 PM
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I've never enjoyed a thing about the middle eastern culture.
And it's not simply because they're all murderous whoremongers either....LOL! {thought your mom might like that one}
Mademoiselle is just a bit too brilliant for her own good.
posted by
Passionflower
on August 14, 2006 at 9:59 PM
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I LOVE MIDDLE EASTERN FOOD
posted by
AlienInsomniac
on August 14, 2006 at 9:51 PM
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You mean, what was it called, ShutterCat?
Beats me.
There were several courses ... each more pungent than the last.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 14, 2006 at 9:04 PM
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Um, okay, so what exactly did they serve?
posted by
AlienInsomniac
on August 14, 2006 at 8:45 PM
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