Ah, welcome, Leonie69! Always great to have a new face and voice in this crazy group. Some of us are here all the time and some just pop in now and then. Some speak often, others don't so much. Please feel free to "do your thing" here...as long as it's legal. LOL

Ima

Welcome to the Board....there is always room for one more "nut"

There "Are no rules here".......... Dozy keeps us in line.

Only thing is:

MsBlank's "Cabana Boy" is off limits.

and...Beware of Mr. Puff's "Soup Of The Day".....can be a little raunchy.

I'm gonna have to do sumpin bout my cabana boy....he's more popular than me!!!!
Seems like more and more of ya want a piece of him!!!! LOL
Mebee he can take shifts and help Mr. Puff with soup!

I'm nuttier than a fruitcake....when I'm around. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Will have cabana boy serve ya up some of grannie's roadkill and Mr. Puff's soup :P

lol ...........:-) Just so long as the roadkill isn't poor cabana boy - maybe that's what Mr Puff has put into his soup. Best get a banana boy instead - better for you. Versatile too.

And if that's the cabana boy flashing his assets, then Mr Banana will show him just how versatile he can be ... hehehe.
Great meeting you all but sun's going down and I've spent way too much time on this dang keyboard. Take care.

I just went to see the Minion Movie last night. I'm seriously thinking of trading my cabana boy in for a Minion!!! They are so adorable.
And as for the soup......I'll give you my portion.......I think it's skunk jerky soup. Most folk around here are not up to sharing....but I don't mind since I have to watch my carbs these days.

Welcome to this group of nuts, Leonie. You say the sun is setting at your place. Where are you hailing from. We sure are a crazy bunch, but it is so much easier to laugh then to cry. I so far have avoided this terrible disease, but gracious Grannie invited me as I was a smoker for 37 years. I am praying that I have dodged this awful condition. If you are another nut???? So glad you are here.

Hello May ... just peeped in but stand a jolly good chance of burning my bread & butter pudding in the oven. I'll make it quick - I live in South Africa and it is now 6.48pm. It is winter here so the sun sets pretty early, at about 5.20pm. Temps are kinda mild but we have had some pretty nasty days that has me peeing icicles.
Yes, I am a COPDer having smoked 2+ pack/day since my rebellious teens in the 60's. So here I am, nuts like every one here, trying to make the best of a foul situation.
So be it. Must go .... pudding is tooooo brown on top ........ urgh, another oopsie. :-)

OMGosh!!!!!!!! bread pudding!!!!!!!!! I usually don't eat sweets....but damn.....I'll take some of that thar pudding (my newest BFF)......lol
Welcome.....I'll get some brandy carmel sauce to put on that "slightly" overly browned puddin!!!!

I didn't think it got cold in south Africa. I don't get out much.
I also don't have COPD. However a 3 pack a day habit for over 20 years has laid the groundwork....but hope I dodge the bullet too.

Oh wow South Africa..there are wild animals there....aren't you afraid? I bet "Roadkill" takes on a new meaning when you hit a elephant...how do you cook elephant? Mr. Puff you could make many gallons of soup with one elephant.

First, grannie, you need to start with a reallllllllllly big pan.

Welcome Leonine, let me give you a little orientation. First of all it's important that you know, I'm the only normal one here. Ignore the ugly remarks about my soup. The rest of them are all about half a bubble off level.

Just so you know, don't waste your time trying to "borrow" MsBlank's boy toy. She's very stingy with him. Grannie tried to borrow him all winter and was refused. She even offered some of her cornbread and beans for bribery.

Grannie is a very good cook and a published author. Her best selling cookbook has made her filthy rich , so I suppose she could buy her own boy toy. Here's a copy of her cookbook...... ... http://i1265.photobucket.com/albums/jj512/MrChestnut/Fiftyfour/possumrecipes-parts-big1.jpg

MsBlank is secretive about her business, but I suspect it involves the CIA. Grannie has connections with the CIA too. I suspect that they can most likely see us through our computer monitor. That's why I always make sure I'm wearing pants, and I'd recommend that you always do the same.

Deb doesn't seem as crazy, but I'd bet there's some well hidden skeletons there.

There's a few other nuts to watch out for too, but I don't have time to explain all of them.

Ima...watch out, this one will get you when you least expect it, I urge situational awareness.

Gro... This guy seems to be on a suicide mission to get murdered by a blond.

IDozy.... Is the founder of this forum and rules with an iron hand. She will surely be questioned when Gro disappears. She is blond.

There are many more

Hey....I just hide the bodies after grannie and IDozy are done with them! (I recently retired from the funeral home business after 30+ years....true story).
I hope to retire from working on live victims....I mean ppl in the near future.

Mr. Puff tries hard to act like he rules the roost around here, but we only take him serious when he is wearing his red boots :P
For the most part.....it's pretty quiet around here while we wait around for soup.....hoping we each get picked for the prized soup made form roadkill and other odd tidbits.
No worries tho......you are less likely to die from his soup and grannie's road kill than some "accident".

I have to change avatars often to keep "others" from finding out my true identity....that is why I'm a "Blank"....the MS part is a mystery (or it use to be....lol).

So when do we all get some of that bread and butter pudding? It will be a welcome change from soup!

Welcome, I live in Canada and I speak Francais. I have been quiet lately having taken up Aqua Fit, now I'm tired all the time. It ends next week, then you will hear more from me. Have fun here, we are an interesting bunch.You will find that out yourself, watch out for Puffy's soups and Grannie's roadkill.

Haha, Grannie, depends on the size of Mr Puff's trunk. What with all the hoo haa about Cecil the Lion getting canned, our sentiments run high on steriods when it comes to our wildlife, especially elephants and rhinos. SA is a pretty vast country so I'm embarrassed to admit that the only time I've ever been to a safari reserve was on our honeymoon - and then it animalistic behaviour of a different kind. Plenty of other wild animals though, the 2-legged kind - not easy to spot in the dark ... ;-)

Oh May and MsBlank, dodging the bullet is a hit & miss affair - no one can really explain why some smokers get shot to hell with this disease and other heavies get off unscathed. In my case, we owned and ran a laboratory for testing various construction materials and many kinds of noxious chemicals were used in the processes. Our environment was pretty toxic, though no one really thought about it at the time. The smells were more of a complaint than anything else and someone usually bore the brunt of teasing. The pulmonologist lays blame for our emphysema (yes, both hubs and me .... aaargh) and said our chain smoking was kiddies play by comparison.

So if you can dodge the bullet, you're the lucky ones - my neighbour wasn't so lucky and he'd never smoked a cigarette in his life. Same case with my GP's mother. We just happened to draw the short straw.

Bread pudding turned out terrific - dished up 4 servings between the two of us, not much room left for Mr Puff's soup of the day... please don't save the pot scrapings for me, will rather wait for badger casserole ....lol