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Sue Northcott
Maryland Specials Raisin, Oat, Choc Chunk and Maple Syryp Cookies Review |
Nicey,
I'd really like to put Chris Rayment off from any interference with sheep. Particularly those friendly seeming woolly creatures who hang around at the little car park at the Bwlch on the A4061 between Treorchy and the Afan Valley. They are quite partial to a nice cup of tea and a sit down, preferably in the car of some passing tourist who has stopped to admire the view and left the doors open for a second. They are also fond of ice cream. There's usually an ice cream van on the site. I think the sheep have been trained to snatch cones as a marketing ploy which makes the visitors buy twice as much in order to quiet the screaming kids.
(I think you need a sheep icon, but that could just be my cultural leanings.)
Sue Northcott
P.S. I'm quite partial to Gabriel Oak, but wouldn't want him to come at me with a knitting needle. BTW, I think it was clover that made the sheep bloat |
| Nicey replies: Yes the Bwlch ice cream eating sheep are are indeed one of South Wales' most spectacular tourist attractions. I think we stopped there once as a child and then after that learnt our lesson and would simply drive past slowly, laughing at people being set upon by marauding sheep. I found this photo on flickr. Aren't these the same sheep that have learnt to cross cattle grids by laying down and rolling across them? |
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Chris Rayment
Maryland Specials Raisin, Oat, Choc Chunk and Maple Syryp Cookies Review |
Yes Nicey, you’re right! I did Far from the Madding Crowd for ‘O’ level so we watched the film and the sheep poking incident left a lasting impression, I’ve always felt secure in the knowledge that if ever I found a distressed sheep whilst out on a ramble I’d know what to do to relieve it’s distress.
Bringing the topic back to tea and sit downs, I also remember an episode of Follyfoot where a horse with colic was brought to its feet by a hot beverage from a Thermos (I believe it might have been coffee) being poured into its ear!
One should never dismiss the power of hot beverages in a rustic setting.
Chris Rayment |
| Nicey replies: Oh yes the invigorating hot drink in the ear, I wonder if it works on lions too.
Mind you don't go upsetting any slumbering big boned sheep next time you are out for a walk. |
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Andy Donovan
Maryland Specials Raisin, Oat, Choc Chunk and Maple Syryp Cookies Review |
Dear Nicey et al,
A little off the topic of tea or biscuits (but kind of on the topic of sit-downs) I was reading your reply to Chris Rayment's message and was reminded of how the yoghurt eating 'real women' are so surprised that the yoghurt 'tastes just like a desert'. I always thought it was a desert, and so was never that taken aback that it tasted like one. Maybe their judgement was clouded by their bloatedness.
Also, a tip for the Senokot lady - it's easier to digest food when you don't keep it in your handbag.
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| Nicey replies: They should be pleased that they are able to sort themselves using puddings. I'm sure there was a scene in 'Far from the madding crowd' when the sheep had eaten something that made them all puff up like balloons. This made them very unwell indeed and they were scattered around the field with their legs in the air. I think Alan Bates had to poke a knitting needle in them to deflate them. I'm certain I'm not making this up. |
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Chris Rayment
Maryland Specials Raisin, Oat, Choc Chunk and Maple Syryp Cookies Review |
Dear Nicey, Wifey and young staffers
I too am often puzzled by the addition of ‘real’ to assorted nouns. I understand ‘real chocolate’, that’s a definite plus, and I always figured ‘real fruit’ meant ‘not those wax imitation designers put in bowls in hotel receptions fruit’. I’m all in favour of more ‘real’ stuff instead of artificial, but sometimes it’s a bit silly – what really puzzles me is ‘tested on real women’ – as opposed to what, androids, crash test dummies, shop mannequins?
I think I’d better have a sit down with a cup of real tea, and in the absence of biscuits (must visit Asda at lunchtime), a (real) Clementine.
Chris Rayment |
| Nicey replies: I think you are referring to those poor bloated real women with digestive discomfort who need to eat yoghurt apparently. They are in good company as there is a whole host of presumably real women taking all sorts of things for their dodgy insides. There's the Senokot lady who is able to stop feeling all bunged up and starts the day properly with a sort of satisfied smile. She probably bumps into the Diacalm lady who is now able to leave the house having previously been wedded to her downstairs lavvy. Perhaps they are all heading off for elevensies with the new lady who appeared on telly last night who had the most graphic problems thus far and needed a special 'softening' pill to sort her out.
Now far be it for us to poke fun at peoples ailments or cast aspersions over their diet but I can't help thinking who would win in a fight between all of them. My money's on the Senokot lady. I so want to do a poll on this. |
