It's my parsley and I'll cry if I want to - 10/10 thread. All welcome!

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look, where in NE Essex should I get a train to? Need to organise now.

DH won't be attending I'm afraid. Nor will DD. Yay! {blush]

However, nor will I if you don't tell me where to go. As it were.

Franny,

Obv Mangoes is non negotiable! I mean in addtion to mangoes of course.

F,

Call trainer, gald mojo is returning, we need you to keep us in line!

I make v good chicken satay skewers for the normal folk and very good vaggie sausage rolls (non Greggs) for abnormal.

Yes, I have noticed I typed vaggie not veggie, but it's funny. So I left it in.

osmosis, you need to email me, as I said earlier
i'm not going to put the town on here as it is where I live and I don't want it searchable

wombling PHEW re mangoes

LadyW - are you Indian or did you live there as an expat?

Ah, I missed it. Soz.

Veggie samosas, choc brownies, tomato salad, mangoes?

OB I am Indian, but never lived there, sarf londoner, born within earshot of the bow bells infact

don't bring that much stuff wombling

just the brownies and mangoes will do

OB am going to bed now but will reply with secret location tomorrow
you know this makes the whole thing MUCH more exciting anyway

I feel all exposed, now I have divulged my ethnicity on here, as if some mners might shun me or something, am I being paranoid? Can't shake it though (the feeling).

Ah, I was most impressed with the curry type items that keep appearing in your lists of food and was perplexed as to how an ordinary englisher could be so well versed. IYSWIM.

I'm sorry I asked LadyW I suddenly thought after I'd asked that it was inappropriate and didn't want to make you awkward. Pretty sure most MNers wouldn't use it negatively though anyway.

MN is weird - you build up an image of what each MNer looks like and being white and english I assume most of the people I talk to are as well (not that it matters) despite not living in this country till I was 21 myself anyway!

I hope I haven't made myself sound like an arse, I lived in Pakistan for about 5 years and just find myself curious about people from all around the area. Make any sense?

Just re-read it, and yep, I DO sound like an arse!

Phew. Such a sensitive subject you can accidentally put your foot, other foot, whole leg, left bum cheek etc in yer mouth without meaning anything. Not very 10/10 though the whole buttock munching thing.

I was born within earshot of a muezzin's minarette.

Dad was amazed that the women gave birth without their faces showing and legs akimbo and would B/F in the corridor as long as it was just the norks on show and no-one could see the face.

I always had Fran as a blonde B4 baby pouch pics

Avi,

Thank you, and OB, you don't sound like an arse at all, it is just that this sort of thing has happened befoe with phone conversations/interviews etc, and I think that people generally think that everyone is like them, and sometimes are put off if they find they are not IYSWIM. Sorry, not explaining myself v well.

Why were you al in Pakistan OB?

hi all

just popping my head in as i am knackered, eaten badly but will exerfcise tomorrow.

hope all are wel

xxxxxx