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Sorry Xenia...

588 replies

duchesse · 02/02/2008 16:58

...for starting that thread when I didn't believe you existed (and I genuinely didn't). I've done some proper research now, and realise that you are real person with fantastic real achievement. I apologise unreservedly for my previous thread, which was genuinely not designed to get at you since I did not believe you existed. I am aghast and incredibly impressed at how much you have achieved, and look forward to sparring with you again some time...

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Pan · 03/02/2008 13:41

Ha, Xenia!!

I have neither a podge, nor an O Level in Woodwork. 6ft, 13 and a-half stone, and svelte with it.

BUT we have, I'm afraid, no future.....your dry cleaning bill probably exceeds my salary.

Judy1234 · 03/02/2008 13:55

I don't get anything dry cleaned except the boys' blazers once a year. It's too expensive but yes that doesn't look good and there are other candidates. Look what happened when I breached the usual rule that women marry up before? It certainly was a useful lesson in why most women marry men who earn more.

marina · 03/02/2008 13:57

Xenia, while you are here, you mentioned something in a thread recently which I have googled and it was really helpful. Don't really want to go into more detail but I'd never have come across it otherwise and I really appreciate it

fortyplus · 03/02/2008 14:05

Xenia - my mental pic of you hadn't extended to the ample bosom!

Blimey! You're one hell of a catch... private island... 6 figure income... and now I find you're 32DD to boot!

Maybe you should be speed dating instead of MNing?

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duchesse · 03/02/2008 14:12

And god, Xenia, do your boys not slop stuff down their blazers? I used to have to have mine done half-termly when child 1 was at a school with a dry clean only blazer. He was a messy little sod. Not even allowed to wear the blazer during the day, but still managed to get what looked like lunch on it...

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chipmonkey · 03/02/2008 14:32

Blazers were supposed to be part of our uniform when I went to school but after first year no-one ever bought them. Irish Mammies have more sense than to dry-clean uniforms!

lucyellensmum · 03/02/2008 14:43

fairyfly, you would have to be familiar with Xenia and her exploits to understand this thread i guess. Its all meant in good fun - and quite frankly, she enjoys the attention. Well actually she would tell you she couldnt give a fiddler's fart, but i bet she is preening

Habbibu · 03/02/2008 14:43

Xenia, did you see you're on most people's list of most intriguing MNers? I suspect that has you laughing too!

lucyellensmum · 03/02/2008 14:45

Xenia doesnt own her own private island.

Does she???

I'll be impressed so long as its not the Isle of Sheppy

Habbibu · 03/02/2008 14:47

My PILs own an island... Not so exotic as Xenia's, I'll wager.

fortyplus · 03/02/2008 14:49

lucyellensmum - xenia has a tropical island with its own python

fortyplus · 03/02/2008 14:50

xenia you really should have a 'Meet the real Xenia' event - you could charge 20 quid entry fee - I'd be there!

Judy1234 · 03/02/2008 14:54

d, I think they're just very scruffy (re no dry cleaning). I am sure the blazers could do with being dry cleaned more often. Is that the difference then - the rich save money on dry cleaning so they can buy islands.... (not that I'm properly rich)

Yes, the island is in warm climes but it doesn't have a house on it or anything. It's no more impressive than someone who buys a property in France, is it really? It's just an unusual choice rather than showing I'm very rich or anything.

Habbibu · 03/02/2008 14:55

Do you camp when you go there, Xenia?

Judy1234 · 03/02/2008 14:57

We haven't stayed the night on it once yet unfortunately although last month we decided we probably safely could next time. I'm just fairly cautious over my safety with having so many children etc. Last month was the first time we've been left and the boat has gone away and come back later.....just as well it came back as I can't get very good mobile signal. I spoke to my son for about 3 words before it cut out.

fortyplus · 03/02/2008 14:59

Could you get a satellite phone?

anorak · 03/02/2008 15:04

LOL Xenia, fame at last eh? A legend in you own lunchtime, no less

Judy1234 · 03/02/2008 15:15

Yes, satellite phone may be on solar power. I was reading about steel drum things you can cook in using solar power rather than lighting fires which are being sold in Africa etc. one third I think it said of all cooking on the planet is done on smoky open fires.

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duchesse · 03/02/2008 15:19

Parabolic cookers Bloody brilliant idea, especially considering that so many energy poor countries are sunny, and that so many women and children in the 3rd world suffer from burns. I read once that most deaths of young women in Bangladesh (Or was it Pakistan??/) are due to saris catching light on open fires.

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clam · 03/02/2008 15:29

Look ladies. I'm trying to do some work here, and all I end up doing is keep taking a quick peek on here to see what you're all asking her next. 'Her' being Xenia (sorry!)

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duchesse · 03/02/2008 15:45

clam- the original car crash thread?

I'm doing invoices punctuated by sneaky peeks on here...

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Judy1234 · 03/02/2008 16:08

..of all those chip pan deaths / damage to theh face (i.e. men killing Indian women who don't do as they're told)

lucyellensmum · 03/02/2008 16:56

her own Python? huh, thats nothing, i used to have TWO!! Well actually they were DPs but i used to have to do for them because, get this, he used to say "they might bite me".............yes, they might, bloody well bit me enough times. Can't say im that enamoured of them now (snakes that is)...um, i'm waffling.

hmmmm, xenia is talking about inhabitable island with limited phone access, strange wildlife - she IS talking about the isle of sheppy.11

Actually, did you know that the Isle of sheppy has the only indiginous colony of scorpions, they live in a wall of an old dairy - apparently.

Judy1234 · 03/02/2008 18:50

I took a picture of it about 2 years ago but it was mostly under leaves. I was looking at it when I uploaded the latest pictures last week and it must be a snake. It's got scales but most of the body was under leaves and I didn't feel like disturbing it. I didn't see any last month although at one point something big moved under leaves so that might have been a snake.

Xenia69 · 03/02/2008 21:15

Quote from fortyplus:

"If you Google xenia this is what comes top of the list www.wwwescort.co.uk/"

I think its irrelevant to the present discussion to post such disgusting link.