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To be in tears about what Billy Crystal said?

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AnastasiaBeeverhausen · 30/09/2025 08:18

We were on a train and he was really rude about what I’d cooked. It was some sort of cheese casserole. It’s the first time I made it but I thought it tasted ok.

He also took the last seat at the table so I had to sit on my own. He ended up admitting the casserole tasted better than he’d initially thought but it was too late. I was so crushed that I woke up in tears.

I’m no stranger to night time disappointment; Many’s the time I’ve had to have words with DH first thing in the morning because he’s cheated.

But I thought better of Billy.

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Cabinqueen · 07/10/2025 10:15

@Mummylovesmonkeys a couple of months ago I (very loudly apparently) threw The Dickhead Donald out of my house for hanging his wet socks up to dry on the top of my doors, and that very unhappy looking wife of his just gave one of her enigmatic grimaces and walked out behind him dressed like Jackie O.... 🤣

MrsSkylerWhite · 07/10/2025 10:01

Next time, call me. I defeated John Simm, The Master, without breaking a sweat. Crystal? Ha! no problem.

AnastasiaBeeverhausen · 07/10/2025 09:57

So this morning I woke up really worried that I haven’t been looking after my gecko properly. I didn’t realise they need a heated tank and just how many crickets they need to stay alive.

I’ve just been carrying it around in my pocket or in my shoulder and giving him maybe one cricket a week, as and when I happen to find one in the garden 😳

The realisation that I’ve been practically starving him made me feel awful.

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Fishingboatbobbingnight · 05/10/2025 22:36

Consider yourself fairly fortunate to have escaped with a snippy Billy Crystal.. I have never recovered from the complete roasting I got from Bill Clinton many years ago for propositioning HIM in the Oval Office. Incandescent with rage he was.. and tearing at the walls looking for the security cameras I was going to use to entrap him with.

The Oval Office desktop was surprisingly comfy though .. twas padded with some sort of green leather for me to slither all over in my femme-fatale come-hither way.
(Then my DH turned up and told me to stop slithering , pull myself together and leave Bill alone) I was pretty cross as was in some new kind of spy job .. and needed to get Bill compromised. Bloody DH lost me my job . Bastard never apologised . Probably a democrat. (Although we live in Sussex ) 😂…

Butchyrestingface · 05/10/2025 17:30

Poor Billy's house burned down in the California wildfires earlier this year, @AnastasiaBeeverhausen. So perhaps you should cut him a break. His dream self is probably still a tad testy after everything that's gone on.

I'm sure your casserole was delicious and he didn't mean to swipe your seat. Smile

Lou802 · 05/10/2025 17:26

I'm with Billy on this.

But I still think you should LTB.

Bellasayscheeseplease · 05/10/2025 16:02

Elvis once took me for a ride on the back of his motorbike. He was still slender and sexy: it was before he overdid the fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. He wore all the leathers and drove very confidently. Then he turned off the track into some caves, roared through these - and left me there. I don't know to this day how I got out or where he went. I've never been a big Elvis fan, and was even less of one after that.

ElderFlour88 · 05/10/2025 10:13

Ed Gamble appeared in my dream last night, completely naked (he assured me it was for some sort of film role) and proceeded to squat down

EatAllDay · 05/10/2025 08:39

So sorry Billy was mean. You should hang out with Will Smith instead. I spent time with him recently when I bumped into him trying on jeans in River Island. He was walking around the shop in his socks modelling the jeans for me (and maybe his wife was there / mute on the sidelines).
in real life I now consider us friends

cheekybtch · 04/10/2025 22:53

Anastasia, as in Russian royalty. Beaverhausen, as in, where the beaver live.

Butteredtoast55 · 04/10/2025 22:50

I don't know about Billy's behaviour, but I had a very vivid dream that left me in no doubt that James Garner (of The Rockford Files) is absolute dynamite in bed, and in a number of other places around the house for that matter!!

CoffeeCantata · 04/10/2025 22:41

I had a dream around the time Oasis were planning their reunion concert.

I was having a dinner party and Noel and his mum were sitting chatting away at the table with me. There was a hot tub in the corner of the dining room and a fully-clothed (no funny business) Liam was sitting in it amongst the crockery, happily washing the dishes with a little mop and admiring my Denby service.

It was a really lovely, relaxed occasion, I remember.

AnneShirleyBlythe · 04/10/2025 22:41

Peridot1 · 30/09/2025 09:47

I sometimes have really weird dreams too - usually if I’ve woken up and gone back to sleep. Am glad it’s not just me!

I sometimes think if my weird dreams were ever analysed I’d be locked up!

I had one were I was in a relationship with Harry Styles. I’m 61. He was lovely though. I still feel quite affectionate towards him. And it was a relationship not a sex dream. I woke up feeling all happy.

That’s when I usually have them too! I get up for a pee at 5 or 6 go back to sleep & dream all sorts of weird stuff! This morning I dreamt I was a a student midwife & all the patients were in a ward labouring & I was running from one to another while the actual midwives sat in the staff room drinking tea! Then my niece turned up as a patient! There was no privacy they were all just on beds, no curtains or anything! I was drenched in sweat when I woke up!

JudgeJ · 04/10/2025 22:04

viques · 30/09/2025 18:33

You acted for all of us. 🏆

She was breathing, so definitely his type.

Cattenberg · 30/09/2025 23:28

Miffylou · 30/09/2025 10:43

I will shamelessly seize this opportunity to ask if anyone can interpret a dream I had years ago.

A Wise Woman told me the three secret rules of life:

  1. "Never consort with those in grievous distress." (I wasn’t in distress and didn’t know anyone who was.)
  2. "Never travel in a horse-drawn cart." (I never have, wasn’t planning to and don’t know anyone who's got one.)
  3. "Never go to Budleigh Salterton." (I've never been there, wasn’t planning to go there, and don’t know anyone from there.)

Any thoughts, anyone?

Edited

I went to Budleigh Salterton this summer after seeing a beautiful photo of it, and walked along the beach. It wasn't as nice as I expected. Also, on 28th July, part of the cliff collapsed onto the beach and some sunbathers were lucky not to be buried.

So I think the Wise Woman is indeed wise and you should probably heed her advice.

DontBuyANewMumCashmere · 30/09/2025 20:30

PruthePrune · 30/09/2025 17:09

@DontBuyANewMumCashmere

I used to have a bit of a crush on Gordon Brown.

Well at least my crush was only a dream!!

I'm sure he may be very nice, but he's not exactly my normal hot crush material 😂

viques · 30/09/2025 18:33

Mummylovesmonkeys · 30/09/2025 12:10

I hit Donald Trump round the head with a garden spade last night because he was stalking me - I am a fat 67 year old gran, so not his ususal type!

You acted for all of us. 🏆

Miffylou · 30/09/2025 18:32

viques · 30/09/2025 18:30

I would stop reading Thomas Hardy novels for a start.

Good idea! They’re all so damn depressing anyway.

viques · 30/09/2025 18:30

Miffylou · 30/09/2025 10:43

I will shamelessly seize this opportunity to ask if anyone can interpret a dream I had years ago.

A Wise Woman told me the three secret rules of life:

  1. "Never consort with those in grievous distress." (I wasn’t in distress and didn’t know anyone who was.)
  2. "Never travel in a horse-drawn cart." (I never have, wasn’t planning to and don’t know anyone who's got one.)
  3. "Never go to Budleigh Salterton." (I've never been there, wasn’t planning to go there, and don’t know anyone from there.)

Any thoughts, anyone?

Edited

I would stop reading Thomas Hardy novels for a start.

PruthePrune · 30/09/2025 17:09

@DontBuyANewMumCashmere

I used to have a bit of a crush on Gordon Brown.

LeftieRightsHoarder · 30/09/2025 15:06

Very early in our relationship, my boyfriend turned in his sleep and punched me in the chest. He was trying to escape from attackers in a nightmare. I was most offended. He was gutted when I told him in the morning, and I was still feeling resentful. He apologised over and over again, really upset.

After 20+ years of happy marriage, I remind him of this occasionally if he criticises me about anything! It works every time.

BonfireNight1993 · 30/09/2025 14:56

LTB (leave the Billy)

BitOutOfPractice · 30/09/2025 14:34

DontBuyANewMumCashmere · 30/09/2025 12:45

These are so funny!
I have very vivid dreams.

Once I developed a crush (in my dream) on Gordon Brown and in that dream we were snogging - it was super hot (in the dream).
It was quite a long dream and there were many phases to it but basically he was a very attractive ladies man (I am NOT attracted to these types at all!!), suave and sophisticated.
And hot?!

I never really worked out why. He was still just Gordon Brown, with his voice, and wearing a suit, and everything.

I met him in the early 90s when they were still in opposition and let me tell you he had something about him. And a magnificent head of hair.

I just very slightly mistyped “something” then and my phone autocorrected it to honeybun which is a word I’ve never used before so perhaps my phone agrees with me about Gordon Brown.

Bearwithi · 30/09/2025 14:21

Renamed · 30/09/2025 12:15

Also just googled cheese casserole and found this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_potatoes

hash browns, chicken soup, cheese, onions and cornflakes! Mmm. Maybe Billy could have been a bit more tactful, but really…

🤢🤢🤢

Frenzi · 30/09/2025 13:24

Jason Donovan isn't as nice as he makes out.

Last week I told my boss to shove her job and was told I had to have a meeting and could bring a representative in with me. Jason refused as he was too busy going out for lunch with my sister!

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