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Nanny state or Elf and safety gone mad???

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felice Thu 24-Jul-14 08:47:17

A friend ended up near London due to work last night, booked into a B&B then went to get something to eat, thought he would be naughty and went to KFC, he was told they were not allowed to sell chicken with bones in it !!!!!!!!!!!
Why not, is the British public now not thought to be capable of eating Chicken.
You can buy a Chicken in a supermarket cook it and eat it, it has bones in it.
He was so surprised he phoned me to tell me.

Nonnie Sun 27-Jul-14 09:59:12

Nonu we did the same for many years and we always found the French very tolerant of our attempts, albeit none of us was a linguist. Most people are not!

Nonu Sun 27-Jul-14 10:28:25

Nonnie.

Well at least there are two us !!

BIG smile

Terrafirma1 Sun 27-Jul-14 10:38:25

To the uninitiated nonu and nonnie do have a certain similarity tbhmm Are you related or just sisters under the skin?

rosequartz Sun 27-Jul-14 10:52:30

This thread put me in mind of some books I read about Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter, who often visited 'Cluck in a Bucket' with her partner Lola.

There is a lot of clucking going on grin

rosequartz Sun 27-Jul-14 10:53:21

Sorry, Lula (apologies to Lula)

Ana Sun 27-Jul-14 11:12:10

absent, of course I knew what you referring to. Hence my 'waspish' comment. I can't imagine that Felice would have taken the slightest offence at Nonu's post.

Nonnie Sun 27-Jul-14 11:19:46

No Terra Nonu and Nonnie and not related but seem to think alike some of the time. There is also a Nonny on here but I don't know her/him either.

Nonu Sun 27-Jul-14 11:29:39

ANA smile

Nonnie I think you have summed it up ! smile

GadaboutGran Sun 27-Jul-14 11:43:33

I think an invocation of strict Health & Safety rules is needed on some current GN threads to preserve the health & safety of the whole community.

Terrafirma1 Sun 27-Jul-14 11:49:25

tbconfused?? Not sure I get this?

GadaboutGran Sun 27-Jul-14 12:14:38

Coming on GN doesn't do my BP much good these days TF1 & I get the feeling it does the same to others. Off back to the garden & gentler pursuits now.

Nelliemoser Sun 27-Jul-14 14:08:37

There is a Ninny about as well .

Terrafirma1 Sun 27-Jul-14 15:29:43

They could be a Shakespearean pop group " Hey ninny, nonny, nonnie no(nu) ! tbgrin

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Nonu Sun 27-Jul-14 15:45:17

I like your sense of humour TERRA!

Spot on !

Don"t know what the other GALS think?

LAL!!!

felice Tue 29-Jul-14 15:54:07

Not really bothered at all, fell don some rather steep stairs on saturday, broke right arm in 2 places, and little finger of left hand, got more bruises than I thought were possible.
Back to hospital on Thursday tomake arrangements for possiblesurgey.

Ana Tue 29-Jul-14 16:10:39

Oh, felice, how awful, that sounds very painful! sad

Nonu Tue 29-Jul-14 16:14:28

Poor,poor you,fELICE so very sorry to hear that.

My warm thoughts are with you.

XX & someflowers

numberplease Tue 29-Jul-14 16:22:59

Sorry to hear that Felice, I can sympathise, I didn`t break anything in my fall 3 weeks ago, but my arm is still mostly out of action and very painful, so can`t imagine how much agony you`ve been in.

POGS Tue 29-Jul-14 16:25:46

felice

OUCH!

What a nuisance for a few weeks. flowers

Lona Tue 29-Jul-14 17:02:53

That will cause you some considerable difficulties felice, I hope you have someone to wait on you hand and foot look after you? flowers

Galen Tue 29-Jul-14 17:16:42

Are you R handed? That's horrible, great sympathy!

mcem Tue 29-Jul-14 17:34:48

Sorry to hear that felice. When I broke my wrist 3 years ago it was a simple break and after a few weeks in plaster and some physio, was absolutely fine. I hope your injury follows my pattern as I now suffer no ill effects at all. Fingers crossed for a straightforward recovery.

felice Tue 29-Jul-14 17:58:33

Thanks everyone, i am right handed !!!!!!!! I have DD upstairs but she has her hands full and SIL is away most of the week.
Strangely enough it is not too painfull, didn't go to the hospitaluntil SO arrived for luch today and took me there. O k attempting some supper,,

rosequartz Tue 29-Jul-14 20:07:37

Look after yourself (and get someone else to bring you gourmet meals on wheels). Hope it mends nicely and quickly.

Mishap Tue 29-Jul-14 20:13:30

So sorry to hear that - what a pain. Blooming bones take a long time to heal!