Comments on: Zucchini - The final frontier http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/07/28/zucchini-the-final-frontier/ Deliciously Hedonistic Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:17:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Alastair Bathgate http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/07/28/zucchini-the-final-frontier/#comment-347 Alastair Bathgate Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:09:44 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/07/28/zucchini-the-final-frontier/#comment-347 Ahhh...."complete wobbler" - when someone totally loses it. Perhaps not quite on the scale of Michael Douglas in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_Down" rel="nofollow">Falling Down</a> but either in a funny way such as Basil Fawlty hitting his car with a branch in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gourmet_Night" rel="nofollow">Fawlty Towers</a> or just simply, and hopefully temporarily, getting a bit tooooooo mad about something. The transatlantic phrase "chill out, dude" is a universal remedy for these situations. Ahhh….”complete wobbler” - when someone totally loses it. Perhaps not quite on the scale of Michael Douglas in Falling Down but either in a funny way such as Basil Fawlty hitting his car with a branch in Fawlty Towers or just simply, and hopefully temporarily, getting a bit tooooooo mad about something. The transatlantic phrase “chill out, dude” is a universal remedy for these situations.

]]> By: Ms. Q http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/07/28/zucchini-the-final-frontier/#comment-343 Ms. Q Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:30:10 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/07/28/zucchini-the-final-frontier/#comment-343 Hmm...red wine served at great than 25 C (I had to do the conversion to F to figure out how warm that was..egads) is pretty warm. Ugh. Plus you had the attitude. As an American, it's interesting to read your idioms - "complete wobbler" - I had to figure that out by context! I know a few of your expressions (British murder mysteries - Elizabeth George for one) but "wobbler" was new one for me! Thanks for the restaurant warning. Doubt I'll be in West Yorkshire in the near future but this post is lending credence to the "British food is bland/bad food" reputation. When I was in the London area this past May I did try a Beef and Ale pie. Good freakin' [fill in deity of choice] that thing was massive. Nice flaky heart-attack producing crust, butter-drenched soggy veg but me and my friend enjoyed a nice wine red wine, can't recall which one. I pretty much dug out the pie innards first, then nibbled a bit on the crust just to see. I think it was 75% crust, 25% innards. It's fun reading about your wining and dining! Hmm…red wine served at great than 25 C (I had to do the conversion to F to figure out how warm that was..egads) is pretty warm. Ugh. Plus you had the attitude. As an American, it’s interesting to read your idioms - “complete wobbler” - I had to figure that out by context! I know a few of your expressions (British murder mysteries - Elizabeth George for one) but “wobbler” was new one for me!

Thanks for the restaurant warning. Doubt I’ll be in West Yorkshire in the near future but this post is lending credence to the “British food is bland/bad food” reputation. When I was in the London area this past May I did try a Beef and Ale pie. Good freakin’ [fill in deity of choice] that thing was massive. Nice flaky heart-attack producing crust, butter-drenched soggy veg but me and my friend enjoyed a nice wine red wine, can’t recall which one. I pretty much dug out the pie innards first, then nibbled a bit on the crust just to see. I think it was 75% crust, 25% innards.

It’s fun reading about your wining and dining!

]]> By: Ciaran http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/07/28/zucchini-the-final-frontier/#comment-333 Ciaran Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:29:26 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/07/28/zucchini-the-final-frontier/#comment-333 That sounds quite entertaining actually - do you think they'd allow me to go as a spectator, rather than a diner? That sounds quite entertaining actually - do you think they’d allow me to go as a spectator, rather than a diner?

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