tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post1759727381846503270..comments2024-03-29T09:47:24.234+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: MilkYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-3729734010632677202021-02-05T07:17:23.487+00:002021-02-05T07:17:23.487+00:00A lovely story, but visions of those little bottle...A lovely story, but visions of those little bottles of milk warming up on the radiator with a straw sticking out in kindergarten still send nauseous waves...thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-38742945441360780882021-02-05T01:23:37.648+00:002021-02-05T01:23:37.648+00:00Your story reminds me of something similar. When w...Your story reminds me of something similar. When we were living in Singapore, my daughter (aged 8) had to join a Malay class. She had a book entitled "Hujan coklat" (Raining chocolate). This might give you an idea for Book Two in your series. If so, I wish to negotiate a percentage.Margaret Butterworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132595996801386452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-87473594390504448032021-02-04T22:33:56.755+00:002021-02-04T22:33:56.755+00:00Lake Erie or the lake of eeriness?
Watch The Paral...Lake Erie or the lake of eeriness?<br />Watch The Parallax View (1974) directed by Alan J Pakula.<br />There's a cameo role by Hume Cronyn, as a small town newspaper editor.<br />Years ago in Gloucester I met a man who was Cronyn's double, and who came from Edinburgh. <br />Alan J Pakula came to a bad end.Hameldaemepal@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231016503726428849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-46547959608655229552021-02-04T22:21:01.165+00:002021-02-04T22:21:01.165+00:00I suppose I'll buy your children's book wh...I suppose I'll buy your children's book when it comes out. Please make the illustrations amusing. Could you get on it soon? My grandbabies are already 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 and they'll be wanting a copy while they're still young enough to appreciate it!Hilltophomesteaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926731207526014550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-73790423290861802282021-02-04T21:51:20.911+00:002021-02-04T21:51:20.911+00:00I was "Expectation" - the one in the mid...I was "Expectation" - the one in the middle.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-77011035050409484072021-02-04T21:49:16.616+00:002021-02-04T21:49:16.616+00:00I never knew that about George Lazenby. Undoubtedl...I never knew that about George Lazenby. Undoubtedly, many things related to the assassination of JFK remain puzzling and rather eerie too.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-50265163805442512532021-02-04T21:47:35.112+00:002021-02-04T21:47:35.112+00:00I wrote it because in Phoebe World nothing matters...I wrote it because in Phoebe World nothing matters more than milk.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-10877083050061304552021-02-04T21:07:27.292+00:002021-02-04T21:07:27.292+00:00What a wonderful story for Princess Phoebe! We hav...What a wonderful story for Princess Phoebe! We have missed out on Milky Bars over here. I don't think I've ever seen any although we do have Nestles brand candy.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-3296080168508694612021-02-04T21:06:59.233+00:002021-02-04T21:06:59.233+00:00Which one were you? Which one were you? Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-55980135065035824542021-02-04T18:11:25.738+00:002021-02-04T18:11:25.738+00:00*Classic Ads: Big Fry Turkish Delight With George ...*Classic Ads: Big Fry Turkish Delight With George Lazenby.*<br />YouTube.<br /><br />George Lazenby named some of the men involved in the conspiracy to murder President Kennedy, when he appeared on The Simon Dee Show. <br />Lazenby waited until the last moments of the talk show to name names, while the credits were going up. Dee looked nervous, as well he might have been.<br /><br />Funny, but that episode of Simon Dee was mysteriously scrubbed by the BBC.<br />Hameldaemepal@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231016503726428849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-78861001114585185482021-02-04T17:33:10.500+00:002021-02-04T17:33:10.500+00:00She was round again this afternoon. Three weeks ol...She was round again this afternoon. Three weeks old tomorrow. Should I get her a card?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-37795267489976889892021-02-04T17:32:07.361+00:002021-02-04T17:32:07.361+00:00Sounds like your mother was a bit of a leftie! As ...Sounds like your mother was a bit of a leftie! As for the Five Boys chocolate bars - I had not thought of them in many's the long year. "Thatcher! Thatcher! Milk Snatcher!"Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-41802868778028795802021-02-04T17:28:36.389+00:002021-02-04T17:28:36.389+00:00Us Yorkshire folk will have nowt to do with "...Us Yorkshire folk will have nowt to do with "Nesslay". It is pronounced like the verb to nestle - to settle or lie comfortably within or against something.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-58126736481480662652021-02-04T17:24:25.721+00:002021-02-04T17:24:25.721+00:00I believe it is called dissonance.I believe it is called dissonance.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-71424583454895818052021-02-04T16:20:12.935+00:002021-02-04T16:20:12.935+00:00Doesn't work now you have to sing "nessla...Doesn't work now you have to sing "nesslay's milky bar". Swiss subjugation. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-46107464777875053792021-02-04T15:53:07.285+00:002021-02-04T15:53:07.285+00:00Orange? Why orange? It does not follow as the nig...Orange? Why orange? It does not follow as the night the day.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-12367612332395790852021-02-04T15:23:31.898+00:002021-02-04T15:23:31.898+00:00Your china model of the Milky Bar Kid is a highly ...Your china model of the Milky Bar Kid is a highly sought collectible.<br />Among my souvenirs is the Martell Cognac Monocled Man (see online).<br />My Monocled Man is a china water jug, though I keep him in a display cabinet.<br /><br />Perhaps you can show younger readers what the Five Boys Chocolate Bar looked like, a Frys confection long gone. Five Boys delighted our industrial, postwar, tramcar generation. We were beneficiaries of Clement Atlee, one of our great Prime Ministers. Francis Beckett wrote a searching biography of Atlee.<br /><br />My mother was born eight years before Mrs Thatcher, and outlived her. <br />When Lady Thatcher died my mother (in her 90s) said, *She took the school milk away from the little children when she was Minister of Education, imagine doing that.*Hameldaemepal@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231016503726428849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-66963790453688864912021-02-04T14:05:02.347+00:002021-02-04T14:05:02.347+00:00A delightful grandfather's story if ever there...A delightful grandfather's story if ever there was one. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-73770684271487904832021-02-04T13:22:19.124+00:002021-02-04T13:22:19.124+00:00OGS certainly looks like The Milky Bar Kid. With ...OGS certainly looks like The Milky Bar Kid. With that twinkle in his eye, he also looks as though he still partakes of mother's milk! Probably gets it flown in from Norway.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-76920333272599745212021-02-04T12:47:14.026+00:002021-02-04T12:47:14.026+00:00Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the toast of Milkchester.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the toast of Milkchester.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-51546752973083181462021-02-04T12:39:49.884+00:002021-02-04T12:39:49.884+00:00The advertising certainly worked for me. I still l...The advertising certainly worked for me. I still like "Milkybars" and used to wear my cowboy suit when I visited pubs - in the days before COVID.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-41327586700879380752021-02-04T12:37:22.309+00:002021-02-04T12:37:22.309+00:00The little one certainly looks drunk after a good ...The little one certainly looks drunk after a good feed - all floppy and "out of it" like a politician after a boozy free lunch.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-44523765784743948292021-02-04T12:04:54.848+00:002021-02-04T12:04:54.848+00:00Ah yes, how lovely is a milk drunk baby?
There'...Ah yes, how lovely is a milk drunk baby?<br />There's an opiate style factor in milk which causes it.kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17733888108530605722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-81344536827869668302021-02-04T11:53:07.930+00:002021-02-04T11:53:07.930+00:00I was a fan of the Milky Bar Kid. He looked so muc...I was a fan of the Milky Bar Kid. He looked so much like my young cousin it was uncanny, even down to the glasses they wore. They could have been twins.<br />Princess Phoebe is three weeks old already? She'll be wanting her own car soon.JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-6667647611303363712021-02-04T11:23:07.612+00:002021-02-04T11:23:07.612+00:00Besotted with milk Debby. BURRRRP! The Little Prin...Besotted with milk Debby. BURRRRP! The Little Princess was with us for several hours yesterday. She will be three weeks old tomorrow morning.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com