All I could think of was https://vimeo.com/40699110#t=480
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My partner, as I walked into view just now:
“Philip, you handsome racist git.”
Me: dumbfounded stare
Her, looking up at me: “Wait, not you!!”
She was watching “The Crown” on TV…
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“Do the arms of the Poang interfere with your elbows?”
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“You can’t diplomat a diplomat.”
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I’ve said this exact same thing before. Very likely in the same context.
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And that would be Concordia?
It’s like I’m there playing the games with you! 
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What with that today, and Ark Nova (“welcome to the Vulturedome”) and Lords of Waterdeep yesterday, it’s been a fair old weekend for catching up on games everyone but me has olayed.
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Oh, well, yeah, that too. And, in that context, you don’t even have to worry about diplomatic immunity or what to do with the corpse.
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Oh, are you okay?
Yes, I was just thinking about Hamlet.
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Makes a change from the Roman Empire
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(Carrying my daughter to breakfast)
“Breakfast breakfast breakfast breakfast
breakfast breakfast breakfast breakfast
breakfast breakfast breakfast breakfast
Mushroooom Mushroooom”
“Daddy, it’s Badger.”
I’ve never been more proud.
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I must say, for some reason, most of the children I know (including mine), these days hate mushrooms…
Why would you? They are delicious!
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My mother-in-law was not the best cook (and could only afford to buy a bunch of canned stuff). My wife didn’t like mushrooms because her only experience with them were slimy and gross. Once I lured her away did she get exposure to good mushrooms. Now she loves them and mushroom risotto is one of her favorite dishes. I also taught her how to appreciate steak that wasn’t well-done.
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Since age 20 I’ve been systematically working through my dislikes. Mushrooms are one of the last holdouts. I avoid them, don’t hate them. Olives are one of the few things left I truly can’t eat.
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Snake, snaaaake, ohhh, it’s a snake!
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I must say, for some reason, most of the children I know (including mine), these days hate mushrooms… Why would you? They are delicious!
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I found I liked broccoli that way. I still don’t like it raw, but in a stir fry or teriyaki bowl, it’s great.
Yeah, olives (green or black) are right out.
I wish I could like bananas, but I just don’t like the smell, the taste, or the texture.
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Funny thing about olives, the first time I heard anybody not liking olives was when I moved to the UK back in 2003.
Olives are massive in Spain (and the Mediterranean region) mainly due to necessity. In my parents younger times (late 40s to early 60s) Spain was very poor after having gone through a Civil War and not being eligible for the Marshall Plan food supplies from across the Atlantic (having been neutral through WWII and ruled by a fascist regime also helped). I remember comments like bans on white bread, or pets being a rarity right after the war ended in 1939 would give you an idea of the level of food scarcity around.
Olive groves cover the majority of the central plains in the Peninsula, so olives were accessible as a cheap snack full of energy. What many people don’t know is that olives right off the tree are really bitter, and they need macerating to lose some flavour. Soaking them with brine and herbs can make them change flavour in very different ways.
So for the baby boom generation (my parents’), olives were considered a treat. And the tradition has continued.
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“What is ‘Essence of Avocado’?”
“It’s just avocado.”
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“OK, I’ll go outside and eat rocks”
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