Things We Like

[Monkey]

Two rolls on square sausage adorned with Branston pickle on a Saturday morning.

These? Must be more of a Scottish thing as I've not seen them down here for years. Almost forgot they exist.

 

[The Iron]

 

[Monkey]

A bag of these little buggers is champion.

 

[Leo]

These? Must be more of a Scottish thing as I've not seen them down here for years. Almost forgot they exist.View attachment 4362

Aye....the very fellows. Very popular up here & tasty as fuck......mind ye I do like my chuck.....

 

[SALTIRE]

These? Must be more of a Scottish thing as I've not seen them down here for years. Almost forgot they exist.View attachment 4362

Lorne, vile stuff.

 

[Leo]

Lorne, vile stuff.

and your delicacy is as opposed to my tasty preference ?.....

 

[Stevencc]

Lorne, vile stuff.

Are they different to regular sausages/sausage meat in anything but shape?

 

[SALTIRE]

Are they different to regular sausages/sausage meat in anything but shape?

Made with really cheap ingredients, I always used to nearly boke when I used to pick them in a job I used to do picking orders for SPAR shops.

 

[Leo]

Are they different to regular sausages/sausage meat in anything but shape?

The lorne sausage, also known as square sausage, slice sausage or a flat sausage, is a traditional Scottish food usually made from ground meat and rusk. It is commonplace in traditional Scottish breakfasts and is said to originate in Lorne, Argyll. (googled)....Very, very popular and tasty....up here irrespective of Saltire's put down,

 

[Monkey]

Are they as nice as these? 8 sausages for 16p at ASDA.

 

[Leo]

Are they as nice as these? 8 sausages for 16p at ASDA.

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.......never tried these mate. Doubt if I will....I'm not on my uppers yet.

 

[Monkey]

You will one day. Can't keep living like a King in retirement

 

[epic73]

Football, rain, and football in the rain.

 

[Leo]

You will one day. Can't keep living like a King in retirement

as long as poss mate, as long as poss.......don't want to sound snobbish but a 2p banger....well, hmmmm?

 

[Monkey]

.......never tried these mate. Doubt if I will....I'm not on my uppers yet.

as long as poss mate, as long as poss.......don't want to sound snobbish but a 2p banger....well, hmmmm?

My dog would turn his nose up at these and he keeps trying suck himself off

 

[Leo]

My dog would turn his nose up at these and he keeps trying suck himself off

 

[epic73]

Not being dead.

 

[JimJams]

How do you know?

 

[Magic]

My choice of friends.

So, I've got a really close friend, she is the best. Known her from when I worked at Waitrose and she has only ever met one friend of mine. Last night I went for a few drinks with her, arrived at the pub, it was actually annoying how much she was on her phone. After a pint she was like let's move down the road, I was like yeah whatever. Walked into the Slug and Lettuce and there were three friends of mine sitting at a table, WTF? Walked into the place and there was a mate of mine who lives the other side of London, I was genuinely like WTF? Eventually a bunch of other friend trickled through.

With only ever meeting one of my friends once she managed to gather like 10 people and organise a surprise birthday party for me. To say I'm blown away is an understatement.

Additionally the last few years haven't been the best for me with my dad's unexpected death and my gran's (his mum) fast decent into insanity and stroke which lead to her death a year from it (lived with her until I was 4 as my parents couldn't afford their own place (anyone walking from Leyton station to Leyton Orient would walk past the place, basically why I'm an Orient fan... Fuck sake granny), fair to say we were very close). Towards her end when she was in a home me and my mum had a holiday planned to the Caribbean for my dad's anniversary. My friend above called the care home every few days to check on her status.

I was debating a job in Ecuador recently but one of things that has held me back is the current frail health of my other nan. Above friend has said that if I do go away she'll pop round my nans every week for tea and cake to make sure everything is okay. Like, she just goes above and beyond a normal friend and I am so damn lucky!

Additionally when my gran was in a care home we were looking to sell her flat in order to raise funds. Another mate of mine, an estate agent with a long term (10 years) girlfriend and daughter (who I am godfather to, which is a complete honour), with the costs that brings plus mortgage etc. offered a deal that if we rented out the flat he would make up the shortfall for the care home bill, which completely blew me away.

So, things I like, friends in general, not got a clue what I've done to deserve it but I genuinely have some of the best ones possible to have who go far and away beyond what I'd expect from a friend.

That's ace to be fair mate. Nice one.

I'm lucky if I allow myself a wank on my birthday.

 

[epic73]

Dad's 50th birthday party today, got a bunch of fun stuff.

 

[Monkey]

Dad's 50th birthday party today, got a bunch of fun stuff.

What fun stuff?

 

[epic73]

What fun stuff?

80ish people coming over, food truck, Trump pinata, etc etc etc

 

[Monkey]

80ish people coming over, food truck, Trump pinata, etc etc etc

Sounds like fun does that. I'll just be watching the X Factor and drinking turps.

 

[Leo]

Sounds like fun does that. I'll just be watching the X Factor and drinking turps.

go the whole hog and buy some 16p sausages from Asda Monkey.....

 

[Leo]

I am.......

 

[Monkey]

go the whole hog and buy some 16p sausages from Asda Monkey.....

Piss off I'm having these with my turps mate!

 

[mowgli]

Piss off I'm having these with my turps mate!

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Probably more meat on a gnats arse than in that crap.

 

[Leo]

Probably more meat on a gnats arse than in that crap.

so you haven't actually tried gnats arse ?.....

 

[Leo]

Piss off I'm having these with my turps mate!

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always some fucker flashing the cash.....

 

[Monkey]

always some fucker flashing the cash.....

Haha cost me a pound note these did.

The Turps 79p