# The British Isles Experience **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183 "2003-06-16T10:48:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/21 "2003-06-16T16:32:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > **OK, I can buy that. The housebroken part, I mean. As for the out numbering - until they actually outweigh you, it shouldn’t count.** By the time they outweigh you, they won’t be willing to be seen in public with you. So that’s sorted. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/22 "2003-06-16T16:55:12Z")
Wah. Nobody emails me. **Rue** , to be a truly Progressive Parent™ you have to be open to having your son(s) ears pierced. I can say that with security, having had the offer turned down by said son. (Luckily he declined because I’m thinking our parochial school might have a policy against pierced sons.) But tattoos are definitely NOT in the offing for the Cherry Children. No, they have to be earning their own income (and preferably paying their own mortgages) before I’ll consent to such a thing. But piercings, eh. They’re just _ears_. I got wild in my old age and several years ago got the cartilege pierced in one of my ears, which in Daughter’s mind makes me Rad Cool. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/23 "2003-06-16T17:33:16Z")
**Rue** - is this the kind of hijack you thought I might have tried?? > [@](#): > > The cake recipe I use is the pudding pound cake recipe that was really popular 40 years ago, before cake mix companies started adding pudding to their mixes. All you do is mix that flavors of cake and pudding as you like - chocolate-chocolate, yellow-vanilla, lemon-vanilla, chocolate-vanilla - what you combine is up to you. The same recipe applies for all. > > preheat oven to 350 > Grease and flour pan or put cupcake papers into cupcake pan. This works for bundt, layers, and sheetcakes. > > 1 box cake mix (I like the kind that have pudding in the mix, but plain ones work too) > 1 box instant pudding mix > 1 cup milk > 1/2 cup oil > 4 eggs > 1 tsp vanilla > > Mix together until all ingredients are blended, then beat on med-high for five minutes (by the clock) Pour into pan(s) and pop into oven. > > A bundt cake takes 55-60 minutes, sheet cake or layers take 45 more or less, cupcakes maybe 35 minutes. Do the toothpick test. > > Cool then frost. Eat. Enjoy. 'cause if you’d rather I didn’t, I won’t. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/24 "2003-06-16T20:22:50Z")
Me want cake! Me have ingredients to make **FCM** cake. Me may have to make cake! [sub]I said this all caveman style in case **Ex** reads it. That way he’ll be confused, cause **Angel Pants** was talking all caveman grunty but about cake, so he won’t be able to decide whether or not it was all manly[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/25 "2003-06-16T22:47:01Z")
Lies, all lies. Trust me, if I _had_ flashed **Rue** , he would still be recovering. And Rick and I don’t kiss all the time. Just most of the time. [sub]we have to eat, after all[/sub] I am glad I made a good impression on **Mrs. Oleth**. I liked her, too, especially after she guessed that the high school reunion I am going to this summer is my tenth (add 15 to that 😃 ). Thanks to both of you for bringing the kids along to play with Rick. 🙂 The ship ride in particular brought back some fond childhood memories. Speaking of name dropping, we met Dave Barry!!! [sub]Or someone who looked a lot like him. [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/26 "2003-06-16T23:44:13Z")
I have a complaint. In my universe, **Rue** ’s MMP threads exist to perform the following functions: [ul][li]I get to say “Hi” in passing to cool people once a week.[/li] [li]I get to post incredibly stupid stuff, and nobody looks at me like I’m weird.[/li] [li]I get to irritate **Coldfire** , because he has to read my incredibly stupid posts.[/li] [li]I get an opportunity to fool the casual viewer, who may or may not go away thinking I’m witty and debonaire. I still haven’t got the “symbol” tag down pat. Sorry.[/li] [li]I get to schmooze **FairyChatMom** for no particular reason.[/li] [li]I don’t have to think much, unless it’s one of those “Flight of the Bettie” threads. Then I have to whack the noggin a little bit.[/li] [li]I get to make fun of **welby**.[/ul]That last point is my real issue, here.[/li] There ain’t no “makin’ fun of **welby** ” to be had in this thread, because the little puke never showed up. The next thing you know, I’ll be asking about **Fairychatdad** ’s water-taxi job, and I don’t want to do that. Mostly because I’m envious. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/27 "2003-06-17T00:23:08Z")
Hey, yeah - where the heck is **welby**?? And **Ex** , he drove 4PM-1AM on Saturday night and 11-6 on Sunday. He likes _Invictus_ and hates _Spry_. And [here’s a pic](http://groups.msn.com/CaptStevesWanderingStar/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=59) of him at the helm of _Nimble_ his first day on the job. Yeah, it’s a lousy pic because I’m a lousy photographer, but it really is him. [This one](http://groups.msn.com/CaptStevesWanderingStar/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=60) is a little better. Thanks for asking! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/28 "2003-06-17T00:42:39Z")
Okay, so I clicked the first link, and thought, “so that dark blob there is the Luckiest Man In The World.” Then I clicked the second link and thought, “he’s mostly obscurred by the helm console, but I have a half-assed side-view of his head.” No. No, no, a thousand times no. This just won’t do. What we require is a family shot with you, him, and **PerfectChild** actually _facing the friggin’ camera_. That’s just common courtesy, sweetheart. And I figure that **welby** just gave up, admitted that he was a base coward, and elected not to face me. I win. ---
**Author:** ![earthpuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@earthpuppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earthpuppy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/29 "2003-06-17T01:30:17Z")
**Ex** , **welby** was around earlier today saying something about Loch Ness, Playboy magazines, and a rubber suit. ---
**Author:** ![earthpuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@earthpuppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earthpuppy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/30 "2003-06-17T01:33:57Z")
and **wintermute** pondering what he’d look like in a kilt… those two are gettin really strange. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/31 "2003-06-17T10:11:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* > \*\*What we require is a family shot with you, him, and **PerfectChild** actually _facing the friggin’ camera_. > > That’s just common courtesy, sweetheart. \*\* Like [this,](http://groups.msn.com/FairyChatMom/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=1) sugar dumplin’? It’s not a completely accurate photo, though. My hair is shorter and no longer pulled back, the kid’s hair is longer and hanging free, and the cap’n shaved his cheeks, leaving fuzz around his mouth and chin only. But other than that, that’s us. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/32 "2003-06-17T11:40:33Z")
Yes. Exactly like that. You guys are just soooo cute. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/33 "2003-06-17T12:07:49Z")
So you think a “tabor” is a kind of [drum](http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/ijs/pipe-and-tabor.html), **Wintermute**? Fool! It’s a [box](http://www.paxhouse.com/monstrance.html) you use to hold the monstrance. Duh! Wearing a kilt, **welby** would look like… naw, that’s **Ex** ’s job, the **welby** -bashing. Oh sure **Elle** n, they can get pretty much anything they want _pierced._ If they can look me in the eye and ask for it pierced, I’ll drive them down to the mall and get a hole pounded in it. (So? Does that make me “progressive” enough?) No, I don’t think that’s an appropriate hijack for this thread **Snickers**. Now if it was for “Poke Cake”, that would be different. (Yeah, like I’m even going to _try_ to control the hijacks. Where’s the fun in that?) I think it’s manly to _want_ the cake **Swampy**. It’s the threat of _making_ your own cake that might set off **Ex**. But we all know how sensitive he is anyway about the whole “manly” issues. I don’t lie **Brynda**. I never lie. That’s one thing you can always count on, if I put something in a thread, it’s true. Every last bit of it. Now, you might remember things differently, but then _you_ aren’t a Trained Observer, now are you? Didn’t think so. (We could put it to a vote. See who believes me and who believes you. But I wouldn’t want you that embarrassed, so I won’t.) Ha! The joke’s on you **Ex**. **Coldfire** doesn’t read these anymore. Heck, NO ONE reads these any more. These threads are just for us, the Cool Kids who post in 'em. (I think they figure we’re just benign unless they start getting complaints. THEN the boot will fall, let me tell you!) Who names those boats? _Nimble?_ _Spry?_ I guess it’s better than _Wallowing Cow That Smells Faintly of Vomit._ So there’s that. GETTIN’ strange **earthpup**? Where have you been? Sheesh. -Rue. (it’s what’s for dinner) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/34 "2003-06-17T12:13:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > \*\*-Rue. (it’s what’s for dinner) \*\* mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I wish… Huh? Wha…?? No, I didn’t say anything… ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/35 "2003-06-17T12:56:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by earthpuppy \* > \*\*and **wintermute** pondering what he’d look like in a kilt… > > those two are gettin really strange. > > :dubious: \*\* Don’t be hatin’! So, **earthpuppy** , what do _you_ look like in a kilt? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/36 "2003-06-17T13:09:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* > \*\*And I figure that **welby** just gave up, admitted that he was a base coward, and elected not to face me. > > I win. \*\* Well, to the victor go the spoils… ::wiggles eyebrows suggestively:: ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/37 "2003-06-17T13:09:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by swampbear \* > \*\* Of course, the fact that he turned down beer leaves me shocked beyond words! \*\* Didn’t **Rue** tell you that he liquors the kids up before he takes them out? What’s beer compared to a nice single malt scotch? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > \*\*Yeah, good thing you sent it to her in e-mail. Wouldn’t want to hijack a thread for a cake recipe. Now, would we? > -Rue. (terse) \*\* Of course we wouldn’t, Rue. We try not to repeat hijacks without a little break between them. Otherwise this all just gets repetitive. However, I’ll go ahead and hijack it with my Turtle Cheesecake recipe. Crust 2 cups of Graham Cracker Crumbs 1/3 cup sugar ½ cup of butter, melted. Combine crumbs and sugar, mix well. Add butter and stir until doughy and press into the bottom of the cake pan Caramel Filling 30 caramels 3 Tbs milk ¾ cup chopped pecans Place caramel and milk into saucepan on low heat and heat until melted. Add pecans and stir until evenly coated. Pour onto crust. Make sure you leave ½ inch between the edge of the caramel and the cake pan. This will ensure that your pan doesn’t stick to the crust after cooking. Chill for 30 minutes. Cheesecake 3 packages of cream cheese, softened ¾ cup sugar 1 ¼ tsp of vanilla 3 eggs 2 tsp lemon zest ¾ cup of chocolate chips 1 Tbs milk. Add chocolate chips and milk to sauce pan and cook over low heat until melted. Set aside to cool. Mix cream cheese at high speed until fluffy. Make sure you use a soft spatula to move cream cheese from sides of bowl so that it mixes evenly. Add sugar a little at a time, mixing well. Add eggs one at a time, making sure each is completely mixed in. Add vanilla and mix well. Pour batter into crust. Pour chocolate into pan and stir with a fork until evenly spread out. Bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes until center is just set. Cool for 1 hour. Refrigerate at least 3 hours. Serve with whipped cream. Drizzle with chocolate and caramel if desired. (I don’t serve with whipped cream. Actually, it doesn’t usually last long enough to drizzle with chocolate and caramel either.) > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wintermute \* > \*\*I wonder how **Welby** looks in a kilt. \*\* Pretty damn good, if I do say so myself. Plus I get the breeze on my naughty parts. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* > \*\*And I figure that **welby** just gave up, admitted that he was a base coward, and elected not to face me. > > I win. \*\* Psh. I thought we had a truce, there **Ex** old pal. After all, you were faring so poorly against me before I figured that **Fairy Chat Mom** called a stop to it out of pity for you. Now I see that you’re just a glutton for punishment, and I have to stop making fun of you. After all, if you’re a glutton that means you like it, perhaps in a sick kind of fantasy pervert way, and I want no part of your perverted fantasies. I’m happy to be part of other people’s perverted fantasies, though. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > \*\*-Rue. (it’s what’s for dinner) \*\* Can I have the **Wintermute** instead of the **Rue**? And no condiments, please. Unless you’ve got Teryaki sauce. Mmmmm, **Wintermute** in Teryaki sauce. Drool? What drool? ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/38 "2003-06-17T13:10:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by earthpuppy \* > \*\ ***Ex** , **welby** was around earlier today saying something about Loch Ness, Playboy magazines, and a rubber suit. \*\* Whoo! That’s my kind of man! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/39 "2003-06-17T13:11:28Z")
Where’s **welby**? We want **welby**! Woe! Wretchedness! Winsome **Wintermute** wants **welby**. Weird, **welby** lessness. That was harder than it looked. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183/40 "2003-06-17T13:12:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wintermute \* > \*\*Well, to the victor go the spoils… ::wiggles eyebrows suggestively:: \*\* Bah! He’s no Victor. He’s more of a Mortimer, or an Edwin. Plus he whines about not being able to mow the lawn. What kind of person complains about that? Ah, yes. A pansy. Geez **Wintermute** , I get a little busy for a day and you’re already looking for a replacement. I’m wounded. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-isles-experience/182183.md?page=3)