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Who's first, me or Small?

But burned parsnips are the best ones, Spiro! We all fight over them! And tell him they're not burned, they're caramelised :)

Massive, the cake I posted the other day used battery-operated mini-lights hidden in straws.

Does she have her own tooth fairy, Spiro? MissTwigs does. She has a brilliant name but it would utterly out me :)

DD is the same about writing letters but she's become suspicious that the tooth fairy and father Christmas have quite similar curly writing!

And last weekend during te Colonel's organisation frenzy he emptied the sock drawer out into the floor and there at the bottom were some letters in children's writing which DS picked up immediately asking what they were! Thank goodness he can't read really yet and that Dd was not around as they were her letters to the tooth fairy that I just didn't have the heart to throw away!

She's on the cusp of not believing but I think still wants to believe in the magic so I hope it lasts a bit longer still!

Ladies, I am tired and frazzled so I bid you a good (or bad) knight.

DS on the otherhand is terrified by the thought of a fairy coming into his room and stealing his teeth that I've had to say that I'll tell the toothfairy not to come into his room!. Think it may be this that's weakening DD's belief!

Night maud. xx

You should read One Pair of Hands about the adventures of a very amateur cook-housekeeper in the 1930's. One of my mum's favourites. She did things like put a couple of bottles of expensive red into the stew. and burn things. and drop the grouse out of the roasting tin onto the floor.

Night Maud!

Found it - my favourite bit of the Man in George Gently

Phwoar!

Night Maud, we can't have you frazzled, can we? Who will read Plato on the Aubusson withMmr Thornton if you allow yourself to become overtaxed.

We don't have tooth fairies on the Island!

Twigs - I totally agree with you re cremated parsnips - nothing worse than mushy, soggy ones. You'll have to PM your tooth fairy's name - I think you've told me before but can't remember it.

Massive, that book looks great - have just added it to my amazon wishlist.

I wonder if I can guess which bit this is, Spiro?

I was right!

I meant the speech, not just the Rizla...

Oooh yuk @ the smoking though - think how much his breath would stink...

Oh, sorry for maligning you, Spiro!

I have a roomful again so i had it on mute. I wish i could have muted my own snort when I saw the Rizla come out.

I shall have to revisit tomorrow when I have the house to myself

We don't have parsips on the island either, believe it or not. They don't know what they're missing do they?

You didn't complain about John Porter and his cohiba, Twigs...

I'm not sure he could actually do anything that I wouldn't be willing to find an excuse for

No parsnips, Massive?!?!?!

I'll have to watch the Ricky clip when I can have the sound on :)

The man himself or one of his characters? Tis easy to forgive giZzy his homicidal-tendencies but I'm not so sure I could the Real mAn ah who am I kidding? if i actually was in a position to be able to forgive him he'd probably get away with most things!!

No parsips, Twigs. No rhubarb, either

No parsnips or tooth fairies?! can we send some over?? I love parsnips particularly well-cooked caramelised ones. Not had any for ages! Want some now!!

No rhubarb?! What desolate place you living in???

Ah, well now, if there were no rhubarb then I'd happily move there for rhubarb 'tis grossness itself.

Bitey knight!

No, I probably wouldn't go quite that far for the Man himself, although I'd like to think he isn't an UWPDLCAWHT in real life!

(well, maybe just LC from time to time)

Will you just look at the time? Way past by bedtime!! Knighty-bite

Definitely needs a bit of LC time!!

You mean to say you don't like rhubarb, Twigs?!?!

Oh dear, it's late and I am too dopey to work out the "LC" but I am sure i wouldn't mind.