That's right I am...

Now, eat some marmite and give me 20!

You are the Horkmeister General.

Thanks, pal. You're a doll!

Having read the Asberger's Syndrome discussion dontcry, I just want to say I'm really impressed by the compassion and caringness you always exhibit here on Wordie.
You're a good trooper, trooper! Look for your promotion papers in next month's pay envelope.

Thanks for your suggestions. You may want to look at the list again, as I've changed it to "Keeping Secrets," more in line with the original intent of the list--which you might find interesting...

Ahhh, that explains the horking behemoth noises I've been hearing coming from the cellar. He's allergic to cherry tomatoes.

Sorry, you will have noticed the cherry tomato plants have been stripped bare. I fed them to your behemoth. He was pining so much for you, and they seemed to do the trick.

Keep it -- I keep a spare copy in the bedroom...

I plead guilty dontcry. Issuing commands in the hot sun was so fatiguing I had to lie down on the hammock & have a quick snack.
By the way the troops & I checked out - I mean secured - the interior of your place. There may be a few things missing from the refrigerator (is the refrigerator still there?).

Also I borrowed your "Perry Como Performs Live With AC/DC" CD. I'll FedEx it back next week.

Thanks, guys! I'm back. The Porch looks great, but was someone eating peanut butter on the hammock?

I'll be there to direct the troops, issue orders & commands, keep everyone in line. You're in good hands, dontcry.

I'm also away for a week or so, so I won't be able to help with the porch. :-( But I do need someone to come by and check in on the birds....

Have a great time, dontcry, whatever you're up to!

I'm there, dc. I'm on holidays, I have plenty of time to spend on the porch.

Awww. I'll do some gardening. The curly kale will be exquisitely cared for. See you soon!

PS: I love you guys.

dontcry will be leaving for a few days (don't cry -- you'll make ME cry...) I need someone to take care of The Porch while I'm gone. You know the rules: rocking, sitting, eating, drinking, napping, stretching, scratching and some word games -- and maybe a little cricket (just off the porch on the back 40). Also, it wouldn't kill you to water the vegetables and pull some weeds.

So, who's in? Don't fight, there's plenty of room.

Bastards!

You can do lactic fermentation with any kind of salad or vegetable greens. Not quite the same as burying seal skulls in the ground or whatever, but the result will nonetheless be reasonably potent. If you can imagine a kind of sour mizuna pesto, that's what you'll end up with. Quick plug here for Sandor Katz's fascinating book 'Wild Fermentation', which is the source of my expertise in this area. The last time I did a ferment from greens, I left it in jars on my section of kitchen. My flatmates, not knowing what it was and fearing I was brewing Alien Plague, chucked it out.

Maryland, splits the difference!

In Alaska? Or in Iceland?

OK then. Open salad bar on the porch for dinner tonight. Don't be late.

I just harvested a bumper crop of mizuna (it's a salad green) from my garden. Does anyone know if/how I can preserve it? I don't think even my officemate can help me eat it all...

Your cookie expertise is required here. I'm sure yarb's choice of cookie will not escape your notice.

Yes, quite the coinkydink ain't it?

It's official: arby doesn't have toejam. Isn't that amazing? That makes two people now.

Sorry, dontcry. Just think: It'll be over by tomorrow. :-)

I'm with you, spiritually (but not on the Porch).

I'm so bummed, I have to go. I spent all day preparing for a dinner party and now I have to host the damn thing.

Have you seen Meet the Fockers? Well, that's what I'm about to host, on the porch. I don't think I'm a Focker, but time will tell...I may turn out to be the biggest Focker of them all.

Hold me.

Welcome back! Now I should probably change the name of one of my lists.

I want you to do a Life On The Porch list. When you're ready. Here's a *hug* from me to go on it.

What yarb said, dc. If you go away, at least come back soon.

*they always do...buwahahaha*

You slag-ass macaroon. It won't be the same without you.

NEVER you, Pro.

it's mostly my fault, and I apologize. I feel responsible for both the Jap comments and the potentially poisonous conversation (nothing happened, though), then I talked too much about Italy, too. Then I read French, and it's like sex to me (actually better, see oligosexual). Sorry dontcry.

Thanks for the clarification Comrade.

Check, please.

Mwa! I'm thinking Russian or possible Czechoslovakian...scary!

It's "a European" because of the harder "Y" sound of the "eu."

But, why does it sound better to say
"A" history test -- but "An" historic event?

Don't forget an European accent. It's a must for all evil twins.


P.S. How is it the word "European" starts with not one but two vowels, and yet it still seems weird to use "an" before it?

Excellent idea TYP. Psst: don't tell anyone, I want to create an ambush! With the goatee, no one will suspect a thing!

You need a doppelganger by the name of Alwayslaugh. Add a little suspense to the proceedings.

And yes, this person most definitely should have a goatee.

Wordie.......too......slow......must.....retire.....to......porch......now.

Got 'em! Sorry to have kept you up...take a nap today, on me!

That sounds wrong, doesn't it?

Thanks for ponying up for toejam -- you're a gentleman and a scholar!

Did you get the tank tops? I had a sleepless night wondering if your tanks might have to go topless today.

dontcry, we are on the same page about relicious!!

http://www.localoaf.org/2007/01/19/relicious/

I'm out!

Ta for recognising that I've got a hacker, dontcry.

dontcry, don't cry:
Wanna read something amazing? An old, old list by uselessness: Word Guidelines for Wordie.
Everyone has a perception of how Wordie should be. How lucky we are, everyone is different.
Even if nobody else is so perfect as me.

But sometimes "out" is just: "i'm out -- gonna go to bed -- night."

actually, most times "out" is "ow."

I think of about as "ow" and "out." sometimes out is ow.

I like "about". I usually think of it like this:
abOUt.