Monday, September 29, 2008

Fun Monday # 85 Dare I show my closet!


I am actually on holiday and as you are reading this I should be in Corfu enjoying some sun~ well that's the idea anyway!
When Alison said that her daughter Cassie was hosting this week I really wanted to participate so I decided to prepare in advance and schedule the post to be published on Monday. Lets Hope it works.

So what task did Cassie set us...well she might be young but she knows just how to embarrass me this as she says:

I want to see the inside of your closet!! I want to see if your closet is as messy as mine!!! You can't organize it before you take the picture!!

Well I have wardrobes rather than a closet! Oh how I long for a closet I actually had huge one built in my last house and it was brilliant. I took a few snaps as I was sorting out some clothes to take on holiday so it's not exactly tidy~ actually the wardrobes are never that tidy but going on holiday gave me an excuse so you see Cassie I obeyed your rules! Your mom will tell you I'm not always good at keeping to the rules!
Anyone who has an eye for fashion will also realise that I keep clothes that are years old and will probably never wear again so I think I will need to have a good turn out when I get back from my holiday.

I'm sure you don't want explanations of what's what so I'll leave it there. Oh one thing I will say is the long dress in the last picture (yellow /orange flowers) is one I made way back in the 80's just to highlight how I hoard!

I'm sorry I won't be visiting this week but I'll try and take a peep at some when I get back. Have a fun day and if someone would let me know in comments who is hosting the following week I would be very grateful. Thank You

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Friday, September 26, 2008

I'm off to Corfu today!


I'm hoping for some sunny weather and hopefully I will be taking lots of photos to show you when I get back. I'm leaving EmBee at home with my mother; I think they can cope without me for a week!
I'll see you all in a week :)


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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Goji Bush!

A friend of mine order some Goji plants months ago and had promised that I could have one of them. They finally arrived a few days ago and I thought I had better plant it straight away. My friend said the bushes can grow to 3 metres so I got EmBee to buy large pot and some compost to start the process.

Yesterday I set about planting what looks like a little twig and I'm wondering how many years it will take to establish and start producing fruit. According to my information there should be some fruit after a couple of years. So we will have to wait and see and keep our fingers crossed, but I reason if they can grow in the Himalayas in Tibet, they might manage to grow here. In the mean time I will have to continue buying the dried berries.
I'm wondering if there are any bloggers who have tried growing them!


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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Witty Wednesday # 66 Cake or Bed and more



I have John to thank for this:

CAKE OR BED

A HUSBAND IS AT HOME WATCHING A FOOTBALL MATCH WHEN HIS WIFE INTERRUPTS,

'HONEY, COULD YOU FIX THE LIGHT IN THE HALLWAY? IT'S BEEN FLICKERING FOR WEEKS NOW.'

HE LOOKS AT HER AND SAYS ANGRILY, 'FIX THE LIGHTS NOW? DOES IT LOOK LIKE I HAVE 'POWERGEN' WRITTEN ON MY FOREHEAD?
I DON'T THINK SO!'

'FINE!' THEN THE WIFE ASKS, 'WELL THEN, COULD YOU FIX THE FRIDGE DOOR? IT WON'T CLOSE RIGHT'

TO WHICH HE REPLIED, 'FIX THE FRIDGE DOOR? DOES IT LOOK LIKE I HAVE 'FRIDGIDAIRE' WRITTEN ON MY FOREHEAD? I DON'T THINK SO!'

'FINE!' SHE SAYS 'THEN YOU COULD AT LEAST FIX THE STEPS TO THE FRONT DOOR? THEY ARE ABOUT TO BREAK'

'I'M NOT A CARPENTER AND I DON'T WANT TO FIX STEPS', HE SAYS, 'DOES IT LOOK LIKE I HAVE 'TAYLOR WOODROW' WRITTEN ON MY FOREHEAD?
I DON'T THINK SO! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS, I'M GOING TO THE PUB!!!!'

SO HE GOES TO THE PUB AND DRINKS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS................

HE STARTS TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT HOW HE TREATED HIS WIFE, AND DECIDES TO GO HOME

AS HE WALKS INTO THE HOUSE HE NOTICES THAT THE STEPS ARE ALREADY FIXED.

AS HE ENTERS THE HOUSE, HE SEES THE HALL LIGHT IS WORKING

AS HE GOES TO GET A BEER, HE NOTICES THE FRIDGE DOOR IS FIXED.

HONEY, HE ASKS, 'HOW'D ALL THIS GET FIXED?'
SHE SAID, 'WELL,
WHEN YOU LEFT I SAT OUTSIDE AND CRIED. JUST THEN A NICE YOUNG MAN ASKED ME WHAT WAS WRONG, AND I TOLD HIM.
HE OFFERED TO DO ALL THE REPAIRS, AND ALL I HAD TO DO WAS EITHER GO TO BED WITH HIM OR BAKE A CAKE.'

HE SAID, 'SO WHAT KIND OF CAKE DID YOU BAKE?'

SHE REPLIED, 'HELLOOOOO.., DO YOU SEE 'MR KIPLING' WRITTEN ON MY
FOREHEAD?

I DON'T THINK SO!'
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Embee is responsible for this:

CALM

Some doctor on television this morning said that the way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started.
So I looked around my house to see things I'd started and hadn't finished and, before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of shhhardonay, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of vocka, a pockage of Prunglies, tha mainder of bot Prozic and Valum scriptins, the res of the Chesescke an a box a chocolets.
Yu haf no idr who fkin gud I fel.
Peas sen dis orn to dem yu fee ar in ned ov inr pece
Chherrsss
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Daffy sent me this:

Fairy tale

One day, long, long ago there lived a woman who did not whine, or nag
But this was a long time ago.......and it was just that one day.

The End
NO COMMENT NECESSARY!


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Barbara forwarded this from Yoli's blog:

Poetry

A Woman's Poem

Before I lay me down to sleep, I pray for a man, who's not a creep,

One who's handsome, smart and strong.

One who loves to listen long,

One who thinks before he speaks,

One who'll call, not wait for weeks.

I pray he's gainfully employed,

When I spend his cash, won't be annoyed.

Pulls out my chair and opens my door.

Massages my back and begs to do more.

Oh! Send me a man who'll make love to my mind,

Knows what to answer to 'how big is my behind?'

I pray that this man will love me to no end,

And always be my very best friend.

A Man's Poem

I pray for a deaf-mute gymnast nymphomaniac with huge boobs who owns a bar on a golf course, and loves to send me fishing and drinking. This doesn't rhyme and I don't give a s***.

Enjoy your day

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Autumn Jobs

I've been pretty busy today and I haven't really had any time to prepare a proper post.
It is now officially Autumn (yesterday being the Autum Equinox) so the days will be getting much cooler and it will be getting darker a little earlier each day. As it was a dry day I decided to spend some time in the garden putting away the garden furniture until next year. As I was doing this it made me realise that we've had such a rotten summer that I've only managed to eat my lunch outside, a couple of times this year. So I'm hoping for a mild winter to make up for it!


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Monday, September 22, 2008

Fun Monday # 84 Team Sports



Our hostess today Heather and what topic has she set us today.....

Sports. More specifically, the sports team that you are rabid about. Maybe you love the Dallas Cowboys. Maybe you never miss a Cincinnati Reds game. Perhaps you follow every goal of the Fighting Illini Water Polo team. Or maybe nobody can tear you away from a Manchester United game. I want to hear about whatever sports team(s) that make you cry tears of joy when they win and tears of sorrow when they lose.

And on the flip side, I also want to hear about the teams you love to hate and why you hate them so much. You know what I mean. Like when you meet a new friend who is really cool and fun, and then you find out they root for your most hated rival team and you actually consider for a moment that you can't be friends anymore. Those teams.

That's it. And if you don't like any sports at all, I don't know what to say to you. Tell us something else you are impassioned about.


Well this is easy or maybe difficult because I do not follow any team sport in any way shape or form. Well actually that is not strictly true as I'll explain in a minute. As a child, my mother and I had to keep absolutely silent for my father to watch TV which was either sport (mainly football and cricket), cowboy films and comedy. My mother and I used to look at each other and burst into fits of giggles which did not go down well. This, together with having to go watch my father play matches or as I got a bit older field for him and my brother to play cricket really put me off.
I have only ever been to a football match once in my life and that was to see Bristol Rovers play because my then boyfriend's cousin was in the team. I also attended one Rugby match for similar reasons. When I was training to be a nurse I went to see a match (can't even remember who was playing) with a doctor, with whom I was quite friendly so I feigned an interest! Big mistake it was pretty boring but the drink in the pub after was worth the boredom!

Now I don't want to give the impression I don't like sport because that is not true, I do enjoy some of it in small doses but the one sport that would keep me glued to the TV is tennis. It is the one sport that I really love and played very competitively for many years. So I suppose you could say I follow the British Davis Cup Team. Not that they did very well this weekend losing to Austria, resulted in them being relegated from the world group.

Well that's it really, except of course the other thing I'm impassioned about is my family, so I'll leave you with a picture of my grandchildren (3 on the right) with a couple of their friends, when they were staying with me last month.


I'm sure that you will find many more posts that prove to be a lot more interesting than this one from the others participating this week.

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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Sunny Sunday

Today has been a beautiful sunny day and you could be forgiven for thinking it was the middle of summer instead of heading for autumn. Embee and I had to take a little trip to London but it seems that we have actually spent more time in the car than anything. The traffic was horrendous and it took us three and half hours to get to Greenwich (we were there for less than 4 hours on business) and it then four hours to get home. So we are pretty tired as you can imagine.

I think it's off to bed for me and I'll see everyone tomorrow and I might be late getting my Fun Monday post published!

Before I retire I would like to wish Sam good luck as she is running the Race for the Cure today. I also wish good luck to Alison and her family who I believe are also participating. I don't know what time the race starts but I hope that everyone has a good time and I'm sure lots of money will be raised for this very worthy cause.


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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Second Anniversary for MsCellania


Ms Cellania first tiptoed onto the blogging community on 20th September 2006. Until then my only experience of blogging was reading Sam's blog and a few other food blogs belonging to some of Sam's friends. Beccy quickly followed and I became part of a cosy little world. At that time I had no expectation of anyone other than family and maybe a few friends ever reading my daily drivel. Yes that's what I planned a sort of diary so that the girls and I could keep in touch and feel closer because we live so far apart.
Little did I know that two years on they would be blogging less and I would have met so many new friends. I think it was joining in Fun Monday from the beginning that has really introduced me to so many more delightful bloggers. I started my Witty Wednesdays intending to run it for a month and see if anyone would join in, and I was pleased when a few people did from time to time. For me this seems to have become a regular weekly slot as I now get lots of emails with jokes and cartoons and some bloggers just visit me on this day. I've been wondering should I keep it going or try something different~ what do you think?
I'm sure those who know me well will know that I am not very technical and have very little knowledge about using the different computer programmes but I do try and I have at least learned to do a lot more with my photos!

Are you into stats I'm not really but this will be post 732 on this blog. On my photo blog which I started some seven months later there are another 104 posts and I have had over 40,000 visitors, which might be few compared to many of you but it amazes me.
I'm also surprised at the old posts that get the most page views!

So during the past two years, on average, I have managed to sustain a daily post. I realise that there is very little substance to many of my posts and although I want to continue I do not always have anything of note to share. As I see friends dropping off the radar I do sometimes wonder if my addiction to blogging is healthy so you never know I may decide to reduce the time I spend at the computer. I certainly need to tidy up my side bar so that might be my first task when I get back from my next holiday. Ah now holidays always provide blog fodder so I'll have something to share in October!

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Friday, September 19, 2008

Booze 'n' Book

Just thought I would show you a picture of the alcohol Embee brought back I assure you I don't need to attend AA. This will last us a nice long time and it's lovely to be able to offer family and friends a drink when they visit.

Yesterday my post (mail) did not arrive until 6:30pm; this is very late in the day although I know someone has to be last! Anyway there was a package for me and it was from my friend Daffy. She has sent me another book which I am looking forward to reading when my mother has finished with it and this will then go on to Beccy. I wonder if anyone else has read and enjoyed this book!
Thank you Daffy, we really appreciate your kindness.


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Thursday, September 18, 2008

A=Apples and P=pressie

Yesterday, I took my mother out to visit my brother and one of the reasons we went was to pick up some cooking apples. These apples are from one of his neighbour's trees and can you believe they never use them. The branches hang over into the field behind my brother's house so they are easy to scrump (steal). The haul was not as good as in previous years but I'm happy. Now I have to start preserving them. You may also espy some cucumbers,at the end of the table,they are from my brother's garden.

Last night Embee returned home from his week in France and Belgium he hasn't unpacked any of the wine from the car so I'm not quite sure what he brought back. However he did bring me a Norah Jones CD, some hand made chocolates and chocolate pate which is in a tin that reminds me of an old fashioned boot polish tin. I will save that for when the family visit but the date on the chocs means I have to eat those!


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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Witty Wednesday # 65 Cartoons (part 2)


Continuing from last week some more of the cartoons I had from Daffy









Have a fun day and remember it's all downhill to the weekend.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Feeding Time



Yesterday as I was walking in the hospital grounds taking my mother to her appointment, I suddenly noticed these two little fellows. Being a good little blogger I whipped out my camera and took a picture. They were busy feeding and were quite oblivious of all that was going on around them. I would have liked to creep a bit closer but I didn't really want to startle them.

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Monday, September 15, 2008

Fun Monday # 83 Everything is useful!



Our hostess this week is Rayne and she says:

'Almost everyone I know keeps things that others would consider junk. Twist ties, used wrapping paper, etc. What thing or things do you hang on to, and why?
Or, if you are one of those super organized and practical people and don't hang on to things like that, do you have a collection that you would like to share with us?'

I was brought up after the war when things were scarce and when I first got married in the mid 60's we didn't have much money so everything was saved and recycled. The current recycling trend comes fairly easy to me, although, I know, many would consider I keep junk.
All the things you see in the collages below I keep and use again. Rubber bands come around the mail, envelopes come in junk mail, and cardboard boxes are not so easy to store. I don't get too much string these days but it's very useful in the garden, wrapping paper is re-used especially by Father Christmas! Jam jars are kept for just that and pickle making and for other types storage. Plastic bags are always used again, and if I need to send parcels I have plenty of padded bags. Old Christmas cards and birthday cards are made into tags and notelets a couple of you will have received these!

You might wonder why I have included coffee...well I buy several jars when they are cheap, that's just another saving device.
This may not be quite what Rayne had in mind but it's one of the excuses reasons I have so much clutter around my house. If the grand children are visiting and need things to be creative I can usually come up with the goods as I did this summer. So as far as I'm concerned that is reason enough to keep squirreling things away!
I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else saves so see you soon.

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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Tortoises are still enjoy some sun

I spent a couple of hours outside this morning doing this. I noticed that two of the tortoises were enjoying a little sunshine and I thought I would capture the moment!
Above is Tom and Tog and below is Topsy who for some reason stayed in the house!


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Saturday, September 13, 2008

A house with two views

A couple of weeks ago I took this picture of the sunset looking out across the back of our house. At the same time the view across the front of the house was of huge dark clouds scuttling across the sky. It's hard to believe one can get two such different photos within the space of a few seconds!



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Friday, September 12, 2008

Not a lot to say......

Today I am just doing a little recap on my week (the bits I haven't mentioned unless you plurk). On Tuesday I caught up with a friend when she came for coffee; this gave me the perfect excuse to make one of my cinnamon apple cakes. Just before my friend left my brother arrived bringing a ginger cake for my mother and some tomatoes from his greenhouse. I was pleased to get some tomatoes because my small crop was a complete disaster and went rotten before they ripened. The cake was still hot as he'd only just made it. My brother has turned into a good cook in the past few years and always cooks the evening meal ready for when my sister-in-law gets home from work (you can tell I'm envious). Pity EmBee won't be reading this.....why you may ask....

Well, on Wednesday, he left here at 5:30am to pick up his sister and take her for their annual week in France and Belgium. He says this is the last time he will do such a long drive in such a short time, but then he's been saying this for the past couple of years so I won't hold my breath. The bonus is that he stocks up our wine cellar while is is over there~ so plenty of champagne for me!
Also on Wednesday I took my mother back to the hospital for an ultrasound on her liver and we will be back there again on Monday next when she has to have a baruim swallow. Hopefully this will be the last tests she has to go through because it does wear her out. Generally, I would say she is a bit better than a few weeks ago because she is coughing less, so maybe that's a good sign.
Not a very exciting week so I'll leave it there! Have a lovely weekend everyone.

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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Didn't he do well says a proud grandmother!


You must forgive me for jumping up and down with excitement but I'm feeling very proud of my grandson, Dillon, who is 15 years old. He received his Junior Certificate examination results yesterday and he did very well. The education system in Ireland is different to the one we have here the UK. So after only three years of study (UK they get 5yrs) he went the honours route where the grades are:
A= 85%
B=70-85%
C=55-70%
D=40-55%

Dillon got 3 (A's) in Geography, English, Religion; 5 (B's) Maths, Art, Sciences, History & CPSE (civil, social, political, education); 2 (C's) Irish & Metalwork; 1 (D) French.
You can imagine the whole family are delighted with his results. He now has a transitional year where he has to do some work experience and community work alongside school subjects. After this he begins the final two years of study for his Senior Certificate which will, hopefully, enable him to go into higher education at college or university.

Congratulations Dillon, you did very well X

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Witty Wednesday # 64 Cartoons


Here are some of the funny cartoons my friend Daffy sent me. I'll keep the others for next week:










Today it is warm and sunny so I'm smiling how about you!


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Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Million Dollar Friends Award



I have just (well it's was just when I started to write the post it's now overdue) had another award bestowed upon me by Storyteller @ Small Reflections. I am flattered to be given this one it's the closest I'll ever get to a million dollars! She tells me the award comes with 'rulez' what's rulez I don't know that word do I!!!!

Ok lets see what they are:

1. Only five people allowed.
So far so good I understand!

2. Four have to be dedicated followers of your blog.
See this one is difficult you can be a dedicated follower with out ever leaving a comment, or you can visit regularly once a week like some followers do on Fun Monday or Witty Wednesday...will have to think about this!!

3. One has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world.
Yes that might be easy as I already have someone in mind!

4. You must link back to whoever gave you the award.
No problem I always do that..I know my manners :)

My four are:

Steffi
Alison
Alix
John

My new friend is:
Petra

I think that's about it 'the rulez' were not too bad to follow!
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Monday, September 08, 2008

Fun Monday # 82 and a Missing tooth


I am not joining in Fun Monday this week but I'm sure there will be some great opening paragraphs to read. It does seem kind of funny not to be participating as I have missed very few in all the time it had been running. Woodlandmamma is hosting this week and this is the challenge she has set:

Write the beginning of an unusual love story (not a real one). I only want the first paragraph. You can add an illustration or a picture to spice it up if you are really daring.

I'm sure there is still time to sign up!
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Who lost a tooth last week??
Now I bet you are wondering why I'm posting a picture of a tooth. Those who plurk will know that last week while I was talking to the Bank Manager this front crown fell out leaving an ugly gaping hole. I was so embarrassed I couldn't get out of the bank quick enough. I rushed home and phoned the dentist to see how quickly he could see me...and his wife/receptionist said he didn't have an appointment for several weeks but she would speak to him and ring back.
A couple of hours later she said he would see me at the surgery the following day which was not a day he normally worked but he had to be there to do some work. I can tell you I breathed a sigh of relief. When EmBee came in from work I refused to smile at him (nothing unususual there hehe), he wanted to see the gap but absolutely no way was I going to expose my hag like gap to anyone!

The following day normality was restored and the tooth was firmly back in its rightful place. I now have to hope that it remains there because it could be major work if it doesn't. I have a follow up appointment next month so fingers crossed. This little episode set me back £70 but it was worth every penny to feel normal again and be able to smile.
Did you think you were going to see a picture of the gap sorry no can do....well it might have looked something like this...........



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Sunday, September 07, 2008

Brotherly Love

Boys will be boys.
I grabbed the camera to snap this and forgot to check settings so it's pretty poor but they were having a lot of fun!


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Saturday, September 06, 2008

How to keep a man!!!!

I read articles in both the Daily Mail and the The Telegraph about the following book:



From The Daily Mail By Annette Witheridge

Male author set to top bestsellers list with book telling women how to get a man - keep slim, stay home and cook dinner

A self-help guide that tells women to follow their man’s orders if they want to keep him has become an unlikely hit.

The book, titled The Re-education Of The Female, also says women should wear sexy clothes while doing the cooking and cleaning.

'The Re-Education of the Female', by single father Dante Moore, puts the blame for women being unable to find a good man squarely where he says it belongs: 'On the female'.

Stay skinny, cook, clean, wear sexy clothes, and do whatever he says because men are here to command - that is the way to catch yourself a good man, says Moore.

And with chapter headings like 'Appearance, Appearance, Appearance', 'You Knew He Was a Bum When You Met Him', and 'Are You an Indirect Prostitute?' he aims to force women to re-evaluate themselves and - ahem - clean up their acts.

Why does he feel such an overpowering urge to do this?

Because, Moore writes in his introduction: 'I want to express my anger and frustration as a man with the women I feel are mis-educated, misinformed, and ill-prepared about their responsibilities in getting and maintaining a relationship with a man of quality.'

Indeed.

Moore, a computer engineer and 33-year-old father of an 11-year-old boy, insists he is doing this out of love for women.

Growing up in America he only met his father a handful of times, he told the Washington Post, but was raised by his mother, two sisters, two aunts and two female cousins.

When he was a boy his mother told him he had to treat a woman 'like a queen'.

He tried that, he insists. For two years. And he lost every girlfriend he had.
Author Dante Moore, who claims he wrote the book out of love for women

So, he decided, it was time for a change. 'Once I started being myself and saying, 'look, I'm not going to do this, this, or that for women,' the phone didn't stop ringing,' he said.

It wasn't long before he decided to spread the wealth of his realisation.

Women, he insists, make it 'much harder than it is' to get a man. He distills a man's every desire down to three basic things: food, relaxation, and, of course, sex.

And all a woman has to do to fill those desires is stay skinny and sexy, cook, clean, and do whatever the man says.

'Here's a little secret, ladies,' he writes. 'Men never really ask for anything. They command.'

Echoing the sentiments of Beyonce's hit single 'Irreplaceable', he adds: 'And believe me, what you won't do, ten broads around the corner will.'

Size does matter, he says - very much. 'The fatter you get, the more you decrease your potential single-man pool.

'Let me give you an example. When you go to the grocery store to shop, do you pick out the nastiest-looking, most rotten, smelliest fruit or meat you can find? Oh, you don't? Why not? . . . It's the same with men when they see baby elephant-sized, out-of-shape women.'
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Similarly from The Telegraph

The Re-education Of The Female, by first-time author Dante Moore, advises women to follow their man's orders.

Despite the chauvinist opinions, copies have been flying off the shelves in the US.

One piece of advice reads: "Here's a little secret, ladies. Men never really ask for anything. They command. And believe me, what you won't do, ten broads around the corner will."

Mr Moore, a 33-year-old computer engineer, who has never married, continues: "The fatter you get, the more you decrease your potential single-man pool. Let me give you an example.

"When you go to the grocery store to shop, do you pick out the nastiest-looking, most rotten, smelliest fruit or meat you can find?

"Oh you don't? Why not? It's the same with men when they see baby-elephant-sized, out-of-shape women."

Mr Moore, who has an 11-year-old son from a previous relationship and has a girlfriend, says he has never found true love.

He insists all he wants to do is help women because he loves women. He grew up in a house with his mother, two sisters, two aunts and two female cousins.

Dr Gilda Carle, US feminist and TV therapist, has questioned Mr Moore's advice however.

She said: "He's never found the one, fallen in love and got married, so what make him an expert?

"Frankly, I would like to get any woman who has ever dated him on my therapist's couch."
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So what do you think readers:
Is this guy for real and does he believe what he wrote or is he very clever because his aim was to sell books and he's certainly doing that and probably making a fortune. The cynical me will opt for the latter, and I certainly won't be buying the book even though it sound like a good

.........when I read the article to Embee he said and I quote:

"I'm a tad disappointed you didn't cook dinner in a pink bra and frilly knickers" and we had a good laugh.

PS
on embees birthday he had this card I think it clarifies things in this household!!




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