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phoenix Sat 28-Mar-20 15:19:11

Hello all, extra good wishes to you all.

Well, the newspaper (only once a week) needed to be collected from the village shop, so Mr P asked what else we needed. There were things that he had been unable to get from his supermarket trip, so I jotted them down, in clear, large print, giving additional verbal instructions suggestions.

(The village shop now has a "non browsing" policy, and have set up a counter in the doorway. Shoppers are encouraged to arrive with a written list, which they give to the staff member.)

His first attempt was aborted, he was shock to see the queue stretching 200 metres back down to the village square!

He came home, but said he would go back in an hour or so.

So, we had a light lunch (cheese on toast) and off he went.

I was planning to make creamed cabbage to go with the chicken hot pot for Sunday, so my list included a small green cabbage, and some cream.

I had actually said to himself "Don't get a white cabbage, it won't work, and if they don't have green cabbage, we won't need the cream, and we can just use the extra broccoli that you bought that we didn't need yesterday. He looked at me and nodded, as if to say "Roger! Willco!" and off he went.

The bit regarding "If no lettuce, get mushrooms, we will have to have steak, chips & mushrooms instead of our usual steak, salad & jp's" (Not as healthy, but needs must wink) seemed to have been taken on board.

However I'm now the less than proud owner of a very large white cabbage, and a large pot of cream confused.

I will list the white cabbage on the village FB page, there must be someone with a large family who can use it! (Can be left in a bag on our doorstep for collection) and I suppose I could make creamed broccoli!

Before anyone castigates me (big word for a Saturday) I really do appreciate the fact that Mr P does get the shopping, this post is meant to be a bit of lighthearted stuff!

Marydoll Sun 29-Mar-20 11:35:26

GrannyLaine, tu es sérieuse”?
Too much information we don't want to embarrass Grandad ??

Marydoll Sun 29-Mar-20 11:40:59

Oups, j'ai fait une erreur. J'ai oublié de faire accepter l'adjectif. Je ne suis pas très brillante !! ?

SirChenjin Sun 29-Mar-20 11:46:38

Vous êtes une femme et vous vous moquez de grand-père - ergo vous n'êtes pas très brillant. Pauvre Marydoll sadgrin

Marydoll Sun 29-Mar-20 11:50:44

FYI, for your information, I don't make derogatory comments behind DH's back, I say them to his face. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. You do have one, don't you?

Marydoll Sun 29-Mar-20 11:55:51

Sir Chenjin, Papy est un dinosaure. Il ne mérite aucun respect. ☹️

Grandad1943 Sun 29-Mar-20 11:56:24

SirChenjin Quote [Vous êtes une femme et vous vous moquez de grand-père - ergo vous n'êtes pas très brillant. Pauvre ] End Quote

I would agree SirChenjin, you are not very brilliant. ?

Marydoll Sun 29-Mar-20 11:58:01

Oh good to see you back, Grandad, I hope your walk was as pleasant as mine was.

Anniebach Sun 29-Mar-20 12:00:50

Cau Dy Geg

SirChenjin Sun 29-Mar-20 12:01:47

Vous n'avez pas compris mon message, n'est-ce pas? Oh mon cher - tu as encore échoué! grin

May7 Sun 29-Mar-20 12:05:54

Avez vous un cuppa anyone

Marydoll Sun 29-Mar-20 12:07:41

Je m'en suis rendu compte aussi, Monsieur Chenjin! Pauvre Grandad!

I think you mis-translated Sir Chenjin's comment, Grandad
We will let you off with it, even clever men makes mistakes, as you have found out to your sorrow by taking in the misandrists on the thread.?

Grandad1943 Sun 29-Mar-20 12:08:21

Marydoll Quote [ Papy est un dinosaure. Il ne mérite aucun respect. End Quote.

Marydoll, fancy calling your Grandpa a dinosaur that is truly awful coming from a close family member. ?

Where is your respect for the previous generations of your kin in all they have done for this country.

Just terrible.???

grandtanteJE65 Sun 29-Mar-20 12:08:29

Here we have proof that men and women think differently.

Any woman shopping has a backup plan: if they don't have this, I'll buy that instead.

No man thinks that way. He goes into a shop, buys what he was asked to, if they don't have it, he doesn't get it. Buying something else instead never occurs to him, as he has no idea what to get instead.

Frankly most women do the same at the DIY store. How the heck should I know what DH can use instead of 5mm screws?

Marydoll Sun 29-Mar-20 12:09:14

Oops, taking on. I'm allowed to make mistakes, I'm not very bright!

Marydoll Sun 29-Mar-20 12:14:44

Well, Grandad, if you are my grandad, you must be in the Guiness book of records. What an achievement! My father
(your son) was born in 1906, what age are you now?

At least your admission of age, explains your Victorian attitude to women. ??

Please say hello to Granny for me.♥️

Feelingmyage55 Sun 29-Mar-20 12:15:36

sirChenjin no idea. Baffled.

Marydoll Sun 29-Mar-20 12:19:26

Feelingmyage, Sir Chejin, was telling me off for mocking Grandad, but he misunderstood!

No more French from me, as that makes this thread difficult for others to ENJOY.
I'm not a cliquette!?

May7 Sun 29-Mar-20 12:22:47

Absolutely correct grandetaunteJE65
?
I’m the same in the Fishing tackle shop.
DH Get me a size 14 hook... not got one ....ok thank you leave shop
.....DH why didn’t you get me a 12 or 16 .... duh

Vive la difference

Grandad1943 Sun 29-Mar-20 12:23:31

Marydoll, just using Google translate. Those of us who only ever had a Secondary Modern education never got the chance to learn other languages.

At least not at the council estate school I attended in the 1950s. Connaught Road Secondary Modern it was named. Connaught Road Cowshed we always called it as kids there.

So, really never did have the chance to study French, but why anyone would wish to post in that language on an English forum is beyond me.

Especially if all they wish to carry out is very weak attempts to make personal insults towards me. The forgoing will surely signal to many that such persons have lost an argument or debate. ??

Gemini17892 Sun 29-Mar-20 12:25:14

Brilliant thread everyone ! Haven’t laughed so much for ages. Who knew cabbage could produce so much fun and laughter ?

GrannyLaine Sun 29-Mar-20 12:25:47

Marydoll Its all I have to hand, and a bit dried at the edges. Its ok I don't think he would comprehend, he would have no need of such stuff. It would be disrespectful to his prowess.

By the way, I am about to start making your Hot Cross Buns. I am supposed to be watching my diet, so its not my brightest idea but if I can lob some out to my family, I'm sure they will be appreciative.

Nico97 Sun 29-Mar-20 12:32:40

Cau Dy Geg This made me smile Anniebach. My mum used to say it to us as kids - or to my Dad when they didn't want us to know what they were talking about grin

Greymar Sun 29-Mar-20 12:32:49

Oh Mon Dieu, le gelle KY, c'est nest pas pour manger. Nous sommes vraiment dans un crise mais nous mentenir le decorum.

Marydoll Sun 29-Mar-20 12:35:12

Brought up in poverty, I also went to a state school, but despite all that, I did manage to get a decent education.
I have a Master's degree in French, German and English Language and Literature.
So the insult about Google Translate doesn't wash with me.

Before you get on your high horse, check first. I only replied to Greymar's post, which was in French.
Perhaps I'm not as thick as you first thought, I just don't broadcast it!!!!!!!

The word, pompous, patronising and posturing do come to mind.

Greymar Sun 29-Mar-20 12:37:03

J'ai confus, Ils sont plus de papis et son mari? Le papi " originale" et les papis additional?