tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post8922466753054101037..comments2023-11-03T12:45:06.591+00:00Comments on Why Miss Jones...: Exciting/doomed interactive elementMiss Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11405389518233540306noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-2484968943353958002009-11-04T00:14:27.790+00:002009-11-04T00:14:27.790+00:00i don't have a clever answer...or more honestl...i don't have a clever answer...or more honestly, i don't have an answer at all. just a suggestion. look in the indian cooking sections of stores, if such a thing exists. i think i may have found something very similar...renhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367609289511936558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-90355553875879765012009-10-25T22:18:18.899+00:002009-10-25T22:18:18.899+00:00Well, Holly, this has thrown a spurtle into the wo...Well, Holly, this has thrown a spurtle into the works. Or not. You should know, by the way, that no contribution is more warmly received on this blog than a geeky one. <br /><br />Ralph, haha, I will be heading to Green Cuisine ASAP to try and sort this out once and for all.Miss Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11405389518233540306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-46468201866076514722009-10-23T14:55:01.814+01:002009-10-23T14:55:01.814+01:00I live in Scotland. I offer that information as a ...I live in Scotland. I offer that information as a loose apology for the slightly geeky contribution that is to follow: <br /><br />1. I don't think it is a spurtle. A spurtle is like a wooden spoon with out the spoon (basically a stick, sometimes with a thistly thing carved on top) used for stirring porridge. <br /><br />2. I think that this is a rolling pin for making oatmeal.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133069095436148644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-87997828072312441552009-10-20T23:39:46.523+01:002009-10-20T23:39:46.523+01:00I'm sticking with my initial guess, at the cer...I'm sticking with my initial guess, at the ceremony, of gnocchi roller. Sounds like the sort of twee-I'd-like-a-house-in-Tuscany-but-if-I-could-afford-one-I-wouldn't-have-a-first-house-in-East-Dulwich-let-alone-Peckham-even-if-it-is-"Bellenden-Village"-so-in-the-meantime-I'll-spend-£50-on-gnocchi-roller-from-Green-Cuisine-and-every-week-my-two-sprogs-Tarquin-and-Perdita-shall-dine-on-fine-Italian-fayre-and-I'll-concoct-some-myth-about-being-taught-how-to-make-gnocchi-by-an-old-nonna-in-a-backstreet-in-a-Tuscan-hillside-village-when-I-entertain-my-friends-Gideon-and-Jemima-even-though-the-gnocchi-they're-eating-is-from-Sainsbury's-cos-let's-face-it-it's-a-bit-of-a-fag-making-your-own-innit-and-after-all-I-was-too-tired-having-spent-my-afternoon-pointing-Tarquin-and-Perdita's-M1-Abrams-armour-plated-pushchair-at-pedestrians-on-Lordship-Lane kind of thing you'd find in these parts.Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16209629032227396369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-53522993236437070992009-10-19T21:33:21.462+01:002009-10-19T21:33:21.462+01:00Hi Frances. I love this! I'm not sure of its p...Hi Frances. I love this! I'm not sure of its practical application but really, who cares.Miss Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11405389518233540306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-37950441943345235882009-10-19T19:53:48.544+01:002009-10-19T19:53:48.544+01:00I think it is an implement that you apply to your ...I think it is an implement that you apply to your lower legs to create the illusion that you have previously been wearing socks. A bit like how in the war they pretended to be wearing stockings by drawing on their legs.Francesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-38892840481834788312009-10-18T23:54:50.211+01:002009-10-18T23:54:50.211+01:00Despite my reservations at its double-ended pointi...Despite my reservations at its double-ended pointiness, I think it is almost certainly a spurtle. Do you concur, Dr Hudson? <br /><br />More creative guesswork still welcome, obviously.Miss Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11405389518233540306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-30451111349938260352009-10-16T13:06:29.944+01:002009-10-16T13:06:29.944+01:00Alas, I fear you are right - although I am glad to...Alas, I fear you are right - although I am glad to have added the word 'spurtle' to my vocabulary.Mrs Haineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18252597620840045391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-73159909419279276092009-10-16T12:15:43.628+01:002009-10-16T12:15:43.628+01:00I know what it is.I know what it is.Robert Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347761587707437261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-84319471171419199732009-10-16T00:57:00.296+01:002009-10-16T00:57:00.296+01:00Honestly, this is going way better than I would ev...Honestly, this is going way better than I would ever have thought. <br /><br />Salvador, the more comments the merrier is what I say. Your Laurel and Hardy facts are impressive but will not be considered come adjudication time. However, you do score extra points for correcting your own spelling, and also for such a genius answer that is entirely appropriate to the area of London where I won it, which you could probably call the Hackney of south London. In wallpaper news, I couldn't say if it is a fashion wallpaper, I can only say it is a Laura Ashley wallpaper, and it is my bathroom wallpaper, and I put it up myself, which I would be very proud of if I had managed to do it slightly better. You will notice that the photo is carefully framed to avoid showing any of the ropey joins or peeling bits. Also, I am excited to be the subject of discussion at anyone's breakfast table.<br /><br />Simmo, this is an aggressive and dangerous suggestion, but also, hahahahahahaha. You can say what you think it is. If it's what I'm also thinking of, I'm not sure it should be so pointy at both ends..?<br /><br />Hel, this is genius, and precisely what I will go on to use the mystery object for once the competition closes.<br /><br />Anonymous, if you have ever read this blog at all, you will know I am nothing but a sentimental idiot, so the ruler stays with me. I'm very glad that you like it though.Miss Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11405389518233540306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-67818926638924964412009-10-15T20:49:45.267+01:002009-10-15T20:49:45.267+01:00Can I have the ruler as a prize instead? (Not that...Can I have the ruler as a prize instead? (Not that I know the answer - if the ruler is the prize thought I'll make it my life's work to find out)...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-74286071437975458992009-10-15T13:44:03.079+01:002009-10-15T13:44:03.079+01:00It looks like the 'spokey stick' that my s...It looks like the 'spokey stick' that my sister and I once dreamed up to use against cyclists (although its use was never implemented). The idea was that whenever a pesky cyclist runs a red light or fails to stop at a zebra crossing in front of you, you whip out your stick and jam into their spokes, bringing them to an immediate stop. A short, sharp tumble ensues and a lesson is learned not to do this irritating manouvre again.<br /><br />However, now that I am a cyclist myself and realise how much easier it is not to slow down for a zebra crossing if possible (too much momentum lost), I have adapted the 'spokey stick' for use against other cyclists. Those who run red lights nearly mowing people down but bell-ringing furiously as if it's their right of way. Ditto to the pavement cyclists. They all deserve a swift poke. <br /><br />I do also think I know what it is. And it has a brrrrrilliant name. Should I say or will that spoil things so early in the precedings?Mrs Haineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18252597620840045391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-21596763193427880682009-10-15T13:25:12.252+01:002009-10-15T13:25:12.252+01:00I think it's a useful wooden implement for pro...I think it's a useful wooden implement for prodding at annoying children and/or flatmates who might get under your feet mid-bake. It looks sturdy enough to deliver a pointed warning to any would-be bowl-licker. That's what I'd use it for anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-80430160741362685472009-10-15T10:06:12.360+01:002009-10-15T10:06:12.360+01:00And it is of course Daylesford. Sorry if you got u...And it is of course Daylesford. Sorry if you got unnecessarily excited at receiving three comments. Another fine mess....Salvadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11432574180945160475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-1815785742996932682009-10-15T09:59:25.391+01:002009-10-15T09:59:25.391+01:00Although I've now just realised that the last ...Although I've now just realised that the last bit doesn't work as Hardy - while fatter - was also taller than Laurel so I guess that scuppers my chances completely.Salvadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11432574180945160475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839580695171614261.post-78631420829394678302009-10-15T09:56:29.854+01:002009-10-15T09:56:29.854+01:00This competition generated - in a butterfly flappe...This competition generated - in a butterfly flapped its wings kind of way - two exciting sub-topics around our breakfast table.<br /><br />a) The wallpaper behind the mystery object and whether this was or was not "fashion wallpaper".<br /><br />b) My wife remembering that she had been given a jar of Draylsford jam by Elizabeth Murdoch's production company when attending a work "awayday".<br /><br />Anyway I thought the object was the handlebar section of one of those wooden organic Scandinavian (probably) bikes much beloved of the offspring of the middle-classes (nothing wrong with that) in Hackney where we live.<br /><br />Although unlikely to win with this lame offering, I don't like marmalade either so in the event nobody else enters (even more unlikely given the stakes and jeopardy involved here) I'd prefer Laurel to Hardy.Salvadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11432574180945160475noreply@blogger.com