Monday, January 21, 2013

nine irons

life can be unfair. i'm feeling better but the roads are icy, i fell on my tender arse whilst taking ruby for a walk so i can't hop on the bike and head to the bakery. poor little me.

do you notice any difference between the 2 photos other than one package being larger than the other? if you look closely there is a difference in the contents but the labeling on the packages is identical. i didn't notice any difference and purchased the large package thinking i was getting hand rolled tea balls. imagine my surprise when i made my first cup of tea and had a strange item unfold before my very eyes.

what i got was fucking chrysanthemum flowers. they don't look too bad but they taste like shit. it's was a very large package i purchased so i'm either going to be drinking a shit load of tea i don't like or absorbing a $17.98 loss. i bought them in chinatown so there are 2 chances of getting a refund and slim just left town. the feckin nine irons always seem to be one step ahead of me. so it goes.

i love you sons of bitches.

61 comments:

Anonymous said...

Learn to read, ya fucking caucasoid cunt!

Thomas Tusser in "Five Hundreth Pointes of Good Husbandrie", 1573:

A foole & his money,
be soone at debate:
which after with sorow,
repents him to late.

There's a Caucasoid born every minute!

Gorilla Bananas said...

It's definitely not distinct packaging, but what do you expect in Chinatown? Most people who buy stuff there can probably smell the difference. Chrysanthemum tea is supposed to be sweet according to wikipedia. Maybe you don't have a sweet tooth.

billy pilgrim said...

there's milk chocolate sweet and there's chrysanthemum sweet, i'll take milk chocolate sweet.

Anonymous said...

You mean you'll take refined sucrose aka 'White Death' sweet. Yes?

Chocolate - cocoa, is not sweet, but bitter and vile.

Chrysanthemum tisane has many health benefits, not the least of which are:
It helps in easing giddiness and is very effective at easing the strains of a woman's 'monthly'.
We all know you need tremendous help in easing your 'giddiness'.
And GOD knows we suffer monthly from you PMS!
Jaysus, do we suffer!

Anonymous said...

Speaking of PMS(1).
The fair Leslie experienced her first bout with PMS 7 days before her menarche(Brought on after being thrown from a speeding automobile legend has it.)AND has not recovered from it to this very day.

Explains a lot, don't it?

(1) Priggish Masshole Syndrome

Leslie said...

"Shoved" and it wasn't speeding. My sister isn't good at multi-tasking. The rest you completely made up, as usual.

Anonymous said...

Legends are necessarily not wont of truth.
That's why they call 'em legends!
Now you've spoiled yours and soiled our object of worship.
You're just mortal now.
Hell, we've all been 'shoved' out of slowly moving, perhaps parked, automobiles - some of us more than once and by people quite adept at multi-tasking.
We have always held you to a higher standard - and you have never disappointed.

The loss of a Hero in a child's eye is devastating.
Are you happy?

Leslie said...

I'm still a legend. Ask anyone.

Anonymous said...

So is Lance Armstrong, but something has changed.
He too is mere mortal now.

I'd like to ask your sister about your status as a 'legend'.
Would this be possible?
Would this be advisable?

Leslie said...

She would have no choice but to concur. I am top dog now. She needs me. Funny, innit?

She is easily found. Use your bean.
Warning: You two have nearly identical personalities and she'll give you a run for your money on mind-boggling amounts of information retention. Fucking Aquarians are SO annoying.

Leslie said...

BEST TEA EVER

Anonymous said...

".....Fucking Aquarians are SO annoying......"

Yet you still need US. Funny, Innit?

Every Top Dog needs:

"Not bird, nor plane, nor even frog, it's just little 'ole me, Underdog!"

How's that for mind-boggling information retention? That was from memory!
Granted, The Tutor's memory. My memory is devoid of all knowledge.

By the way, "Top Dog" is a brand of very cheap wiener up here. Product of Maple Leaf Foods - home of the Listeria monocytogenes Burger!

Anonymous said...

That tea ball link is emblematic of Scorpios:
All style, no substance.
All form, no function.

Anonymous said...

I googled "Leslie's sister" and got this

Anonymous said...

And for god's sake DO NOT google "Leslie's Brother"!

Jaysus, I'll never recover from that!

Leslie said...

I'm sure it was less traumatic than when I googled YOUR brother!

You better take it down a notch, nine iron.

billy pilgrim said...

wow, that tea looks like the seahorse farm i bought from the back of a comic book.

BBC said...

Billy P, would you care to explain to me why you put up with the fucking bitch fucking around in your blog degrading it?

She'll do that anywhere she can you know. Bill

BBC said...

At least Thim's hasn't dropped his hat into the ring on this post yet, thankfully, because I expect better than that from that good man.

Leslie said...

Look who's back. Mr. Big Exit.

And look who's starting shit. Mr. Attention Whore.

BBC, why don't you let people make their own decisions in life instead of trying to bully everyone into allegiance to you? It only shows how weak you are.

thimscool said...

For what it's worth, I got a message from Leslie this weekend which confirms to my satisfaction that she is:

1) distinct from ALTF and most of the other online persons collectively referred to as "the demented one". However, she is smelly.

2) innocent of continuing to provoke BBC by visiting blogs he frequents and making snippy snappy comments to infuriate him. This is the work (sic) of the actual demented one (ALTF et al).

She does seem to have responded in kind above, but how could one not be offended by the implication that she and George are one flesh?

In short, I don't like to see the two fight each other when they should focus their fire on the common enema.

Leslie said...

It's my nature to call bullshit when I see it. And BBC is bullshit. That doesn't mean I'm commenting on blogs he frequents and I again invite him to provide links supporting his claims.

Until he does that, he can fuck right off with his bullshit self.
How many grandiose statements has he made about wanting to be left alone? And what happens when he's left alone? He devotes every post to being stalked and picked on, and returns to blogs and leaves attention-seeking comments.

The man is a pathetic, needy individual, and he's an idiot.

Anonymous said...

thimscool said,

"......but how could one not be offended by the implication that she and George are one flesh?....."

If by 'she' you mean Leslie, well all The Tutor and I can say to that is, "Leslie does in no way brandish the necessary 'vessel' needed to accommodate a one-flesh scenario."

Who's George?

Anonymous said...

Leslie venomised,

".....The man is a pathetic, needy individual, and he's an idiot......"

I cannot speak to the validity of the suppositions that Mr. BBC is both pathetic and needy. I can, however, assure you lot that he is not an idiot.
Idiots cannot be taught to read and write - they're too stupid. Imbeciles, conversely, can be taught to read and write at a level sufficient to express themselves - if only in rudimentary lexigraphy. At worst, the poor man must be considered a 'High-Functioning Imbecile".

thimscool said...

$17.98 Canadian?

I think you should switch back to the blueberry cinnamon coffee.

Anonymous said...

In honour of the return of the Prodigal:

He went away and you hung around
And bothered me, every night
And when I wouldn't go out with you
You said things that weren't very nice.

My boyfriend's back and you're gonna be in trouble
(Hey-la-day-la my boyfriend's back)
You see him comin' better cut out on the double
(Hey-la-day-la my boyfriend's back)
You been spreading lies that I was untrue
(Hey-la-day-la my boyfriend's back)
So look out now cause he's comin' after you
(Hey-la-day-la my boyfriend's back)
(Hey, he knows that you been tryin')
(And he knows that you been lyin')

Leslie said...

An idiot, dolt, or dullard is a mentally deficient person, or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way.

billy pilgrim said...

well bill, if my memory serves correct it wasn't that long ago people were asking me the same question about you. don't forget it was your graphic comments and insults that drove most of my traffic away.

just as my youthful innocence and wide eyed wonder at the world has helped in rehabilitating you, i'm hopeful it will do the same for the ladies taking you to task.

Anonymous said...

billy pilgrim said,

".....don't forget it was your(BBC) graphic comments and insults that drove most of my traffic away......"

I suspect the fair, but firm, BBC thought he was doing you a favour pilgrim. You know, culling the herd, reducing the quantity to maximise the quality of your traffic.
He meant well.

Anonymous said...

Leslie, defined a Scorpio,

".....or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counter-productive way....."

Counter-productive?
Self-defeating?

For whom?
This question is not at all flippant. Think hard, I mean REALLY hard, before you do not respond.

Anonymous said...

Tomorrow, January 23, 2013, is the 134th anniversary of the infamous battle of Rorke's Drift - part of the Anglo-Zulu War.

Perhaps BBC has timed his return to coincide with this event?
The handsome devil does resemble Lieutenant John Chard of the Royal Engineers. The Tutor bears a striking resemblance to Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead. Well, at least to the actors in the 1964 movie "ZULU" anyway.

The sexiest man alive, or dead, is Paul Newman. Michael Caine is a close second.

Anonymous said...

Did you hear me Leslie?

"The sexiest man alive, or dead, is Paul Newman. Michael Caine is a close second."

Wake up!

Leslie said...

You told me to think hard, REALLY hard,and I got sidetracked.

I love Paul Newman, even though he was a tad short. Michael Caine, not so much. I'm not partial to rummies.

Leslie said...

Also? I have a job. I cannot be here for your entertainment all the time.

Anonymous said...

".....I'm not partial to rummies......"

Rummies?
How deliciously archaic a term. Besides, The Tutor informs me you are not impartial to them either.

"......You told me to think hard, REALLY hard,and I got sidetracked......"

Did it hurt?
Did you colour-code as you digressed?
Thank you for not responding though.

Anonymous said...

".....Also? I have a job. I cannot be here for your entertainment all the time......"

Yes you can. You just choose not to because you are a selfish sot.
And you're pikey too!

Rummies?
Sot?
Pikey?

How wonderfully Chaucerian of us!

Leslie said...

I'm not the least bit embarrassed by my color-coded clothes closet, so fuck off. I am tidy and efficient, and it looks pretty!

Leslie said...

And stop fucking around in Pilgrim's blog and degrading it!

Anonymous said...

".....I'm not the least bit embarrassed by my color(sic)-coded clothes closet, so fuck off......"

And apparently not in your proclivity for gratuitous alliteration either it would seem.
Now get back to your peonage, you indentured helot.

Anonymous said...

Leslie said,

"....And stop fucking around in Pilgrim's blog and degrading it!....."

As I am sure you are aware, I do that anywhere I can you know. Leslie

Anonymous said...

billy pilgrim said,

".....just as my youthful innocence and wide eyed wonder at the world has helped in rehabilitating you, i'm hopeful it will do the same for the ladies taking you to task......"

I cannot speak to your youthful innocence - I was not born when you were a youth. Shite, I don't think my parents were even born then - and I suspect your 'wide-eyed wonder' has pharmacological origins, but please to reveal what revelational rehabilitations you have in mind for us of the weaker sex?
And what is the recidivism rate for these wonders of behavioural modification you peddle?

thimscool said...

Find a good looking turtle mate soon... you don't want to end up with a butter beak!

Anonymous said...

thimscool said,

".....This is the work (sic) of the actual demented one (ALTF et al)......."

Although I have the utmost respect for your 'book learnin'', I must protest. You do not have the academic standing necessary to diagnose 'dementia'.
You are right, but for all the wrong reasons.

"......In short, I don't like to see the two fight each other when they should focus their fire on the common enema......"

If by 'the two' you mean the jaundiced Ginger and yours truly, we are not fighting - it is Sapphic foreplay.
Oh and you Yankee males are sure into 'bum' humour. Why is that?

billy pilgrim said...

thims - i'll be watching that tonight on my new pvr.

aquarian - like all cognitive therapy the results are not always transparent but rest assured i pay close attention to your mood swings and deep psychosis.

i have a more optimistic prognosis than your probation officer and will continue as a member of your support team for the foreseeable future. mr cook does seem to be a stressor in your life that you are unable to let go.

you may soon be able to take a simple part time job.

Anonymous said...

billy pilgrim said,

"......mr cook does seem to be a stressor in your life that you are unable to let go......"

Are you sure?
That is a huge relief.
For far too long, I thought I was the stressor in his life - sheesh, all that angst for nothing.
I can't let go, Leslie crazy-glued me AND is black-mailing me - she has pics of me and a certain Canada Post employee in rather compromising frocks.

As far as the simple part time job is concerned, I've been unemployed since 2000 and am trying desperately to stay that way.

Anonymous said...

The Tutor has a question for y'all.

He says, and I believe him, that his bladder can hold, safely, 2 full litres of fluid!
Presumably blood-free urine.
He would like to know if BBC can top that!

Leslie said...

Sean Payton has only been released early from Gitmo so that Roger Goodell can come to the Superbowl in New Orleans without getting poisoned or shot.

Anonymous said...

Leslie with Sportsball Thingies!
Again!
Billy P, would you care to explain to me why you put up with the fucking bitch fucking around in your blog degrading it?

She'll do that anywhere she can you know. Bill

Leslie said...

I don't wish to read about the tutor's weak bladder. Seems like only yesterday he was peeing in hotel sinks and blogging the pics!

Leslie said...

Speaking of the tutor, here's a comment from the Saints fan forum, under the heading "Sean Payton is a Free Man"...

Goodell is still gonna have a lot of NOLA waiters DNA in his meals. He ought to bring his own chef and groceries!

Leslie said...

Now, the only thing left for me to be upset about regarding my beloved Saints is that next season's Superbowl is in Metlife Stadium in the toxic wastelands of Secaucus, New Jersey, and that shithole stadium has no lid on it.

The Saints should not have to play football OUTDOORS in the FREEZING COLD! That is for savages like the Packers!

Leslie said...

I suspect this is the life BBC would be living if he only had some balls and a dog.

Please note the dog is named "Spirit".

Anonymous said...

".....Seems like only yesterday he(The Tutor) was peeing in hotel sinks and blogging the pics!....."

I queried him about this and he says it was last week. And it was a Marriott, apparently, where that sort of behaviour is de rigueur.

Did he show the tip of his pee-pee, Les-lie?

billy pilgrim said...

the weekend with the final 8 teams was the pinnacle of the nfl season. now it's all hype and bullshit and the rubes are lapping it up.

the 2014 world cup in brazil will be one for the ages.

Anonymous said...

The World Cup is REAL sport!
In this, Mr. pilgrim, we most assuredly agree!

Messi or Ronaldo, individually, could whoop Who Dat Drew's arse with both hands tied behind their backs.
Shite even Maradona in his bloated geeserness could do it!

billy pilgrim said...

will rooney have any hair left in 2014?

texlahoma said...

That song reminds me of Obama yesterday, rolling in a Cadillac.

I think you'll be absorbing a $17.98 loss, it's up to you if you want to drink tea that tastes bad on top of that.

billy pilgrim said...

tex - the tea is starting to grow on me. good chance i'll drink it all.

Kelly said...

Yeah, the flowery tea balls you described would probably make me sick, too. I'm not much into rolled balls of tea, anyway.

At first glance, I thought those were bags of bloody shit balls. Then I realized the red color covering on the bags and proceeded to take a lengthy toke and read on.

I posted a link to this post and he next on facebook. Hopefully, you won't be bothered by any nuts. I think you may have enough, already.

thimscool said...

What? Deez nuts?

TheWayfarer said...

Glad the cat-fight's over!