Lesbian quarrel

[BirdOfPassage]

Wonder what you think of this. I am in her kitchen, cooking dinner for us. I need tarragon, which we are both sure will be in her massive herb rack (of which she is very proud). It isn't. I say "You could go and get some from the Coop" (not more than 5 mins away on foot, 2 in the car). She says "Oh I'm not going just for that, can't you use something else?" I am stumped, both at the refusal, and at what to substitute (tarragon and burned-off alcohol give the dish its distinctive sharp taste). Anyway, I use thyme and basil and it turns out ok - but not as good as with tarragon.

After the meal, we have a blazing row - about something completely different, and it turns out to be the end of the affair (my decision). Now I'm wondering if my 'stumpedness' at her refusal affected the development of the row... BTW I don't regret the end of the relationship.

Co-op does sell tarragon. We both knew that.

You know I was joking, right?

You use dried herbs?

I shall betake myself to netmums now.

What a fabulously odd thread.

Do lesbian squirrels eat chicken then? I thought all squirrels were herbivores?

I really think you should have used fresh herbs.

Incredibly tactless to suggest to lesbians they might want to try Basil. They're surely more likely to go for Rosemary?

I thought this must be about a lesbian QUARRY where convicted lesbian offenders hew heavy rocks out of a cliff while wearing dust covered denim shorts and thick leather belts. Am naffed off, I can tell you.

My parents are alllllways arguing about tarragon (they're lesbians), if it's not tarragon it's thyme. Notttttttttttt.

OP -I would be bloody annoyed as well if I was in the kitchen cooking a delicious meal (burned alcohol yummmmm) and my lazy partner wouldn't help out by taking a few mins to get some essential ingredient. Substituting basil for tarragon - it's nothing like it - the very idea. You're well rid.

This is the funniest, bizarrest thread I've ever read! Hilarious!

Bird, hope you're okay.

Why is this thread funny? - I walked out after 10 minutes due to boredom, have just read back to check all the hilarious posts I missed - and I can't find any - not one. Zilch - Zero -

If you think jokes about 'lesbian squirrels' are funny - you need to widen your circle of friends.

If I posted on every thread someone else thought was funny and I didn't, to ask why it was funny then I wouldn't have time to see the circle of friends I already have never mind widen it.

"Wonder what you think of this".

Hmmm I am struggiling to find the words actually. Baffled, bemused, intrigued just for starters.

Someone said that this was the kind of argument all couples have, irrespective of gender. Agreed, but generally doesn't descend into the end of the relationship and then a close analysis of the role played a herb. It might not be PC to say this, but it is the truth!

Bird, hope you are taking these comments as they are intended to be taken, affectionately humorous. If you didn't finish your post with the clarification that you had no regrets about ending the relationship, then I wouldn't have been so flippant.

Don't bother with the analysis, as you say - you are pleased it is over. The meal has been eaten and enjoyed it would seem, so forget about it!

Bird-why didn't you drive down to the Coop to replenish the rack and provide the meal with it's necessary dried herbs whilst your lesbian partner carried on where you left off?

I do think seasoning with salt and pepper is of paramount importance. Was there the right balance of salt and pepper in the preparation?

What do I think of this?

Well I don't think it's a quarrel is exclusive to lesbians.

I reckon gays and heterosexuals all over the country argue over tarragon and the refusal to harvest it all the time.

Oh no, Lynette, you are very very wrong.
The issue of dried herbs is one that is unique to our culture and community. You would need to be a lesbian to Know.

Just don't get us started on condiments...

Oh go on. Where do you stand on brown sauce?

Am I missing something?

Brown sauce is only for stone butches.

[wanders off in misty-eyed reminscence about stone butches - I can't remember the last time I encountered one of those]

Coop does sell tarragon, but only the massively overpriced glass jars. They don't have the refills.

Teacup - some Tarragon perchance?

Listen you crazy herb people, what can I do with a load of chervil? My (heterosexual, if it's relevant) DH has gone all horticultural without thinking through the consequences.

Oh, when I read coop, I thought it was tarragon growing by the chicken coop, not the Co-op!