Root Veg Serf. Hir Oes i'n Llyw Annwyl!

Which makes them very uninteresting! Possibly even block material.

Can you get a fake Russian passport, Lord? Might be safer.

No phone, buy a burner when you get there.

No laptop. Buy one when you get there and connect to the 'real one' back in Mercia via Remote Desktop over a VPN.

Wear a balaclava

Old joke.
heavily bandaged patient: Doctor, will I be able to play the violin after I recover?
Doc: shouldn't be a problem
Patient: great! I could never get the hang of it before.

I go for denizens. But "scum of the earth" also works.

The world just watches because a raging mob with pitchforks, rope and blazing torches attacking Parliament and stringing up the occupants would be frowned on by the Met. Dunno why. If peaceful protest is illegal and/or ignored, what's the alternative?

That would be fun, but it sounds like it's the CITY - not Greater London, so the Lord Mayor would do it, not Khan.

Who suggested it?

TBF, Guardian is reporting that the Israeli government has dismissed 88% of the claims - obviously wrongly. And I suspect the other 12% had the charges dismissed when/if they got to court. The world knows that genocide, murder, crimes against humanity, are being committed daily by the IDF.

No need to follow them back unless their profile looks interesting.

That is a feckin' big junction.

Paywall

Chinese restaurants in Aberystwyth do have a bit of history. I remember visiting (early 90s?) & went to a big (and very good) Chinese restaurant on the prom. A few years later it was two takeaways. The story was that there was a family row, involving meat cleavers being waved in the street

Of course. It would be hard to miss. But very useful at work - she can bag up a couple of pounds of turnips while simultaneously taking payment. And when she's doing the accounts she can count up to 15. Well, 13.

I couldn't remember the details. I know that their farming practices had been a bit of a problem - various fertilisers causing problems, like the guano (although that was very widely imported from South America to Wales) - too much seaweed as well?

Didn't the residents of St Kilda have some nutritional issues due to the diet of seabirds?

I remember visiting a very good Chinese in Llanfair PG many years ago. Presumably not the same owners?

I always thought that 'scampi' was bits of dogfish!

It's true. One of the Chinese restaurants in Aberystwyth got done by Environmental Health about 30(?) years ago when they found frozen seagulls in the freezer. I'm guessing plucked. The suspicion was that the chicken chow mein might not have been 100% chicken. Can't remember what their excuse was!

Chinese would be nice, but it's a 20 mile round trip to the nearest one, and my favourite one closed down a couple of years ago.

Thankfully the one that was done by the EHO for having seagulls in the freezer also closed many years ago.

NOW they mention chips, and the two chippies in Borth have just closed. What kind of rubbish chippie closes at 8pm in August?

As always, Caveat Emptor. No refunds.

An interesting philosophical question: is a fridge actually a fridge if it doesn't contain any cheddar (or similar)? Manchego, Parmigiano and Feta are bonuses, but cheddar is essential. Smudge (my eldest pussy cat) would be most miffed if she didn't get her nightly ration of grated extra-mature.

True, but they are always *in addition to* grated cheese (except cottage cheese, which is a bit of a disappointment and isn't improved by grated cheddar)

Deal. Shall I wrap them?

Samantha the three-armed vegetable serf

Largely unaffected. We've always been very flexible re: different currencies* on the Rootveg'R'We stall & in ÞNCB. You should see Samantha juggle groats, turnips & spuds.

Special today: 3 swedes** for 1 groat or 7 for a scilling

* currency exchange and handling fees apply
** Lars & his 2 brothers

Oh Gods, kill me now!

Bona!

Of course, you non-retired folk don't realise how lucky you are. After retirement you don't get weekends to relax. It's DIY, gardening and shopping trips 7 days a week.

Damn! Found a dead one in the bathroom last week (cats) and chucked it out without retaining the snout. Are mice and shrews vile creatures as well?

Cheating