Sizing Up A Satsuma


I'm double booked.
I've got baking to do for the flower show which coincides with lunch with gay friend
I differentiate his sexuality only because I need to whip my sass up in readiness for meeting
He has more one liners than the indomitable Tallulah 
And so the Boiled fruit cake, quiche and novelty animal made from a butternut squash can wait until 
tomorrow!
At least I've done the shopping in readiness. When I was sizing up the satsumas in Sainsbury's yesterday ( large ones can be fashioned into a passable snail btw!) I had an eye flirt with a man who was fumbling through the organic carrots. He is a nurse in A&E and I once took a patient from him in ITU who was very poorly many moons ago.....I remember he was cute but very  stressed.
I doubt he remembered me , but he smiled, which was nice.

36 comments:

  1. You are going to have to be a lot more obvious than batting your lashes. We've lost the knack with the birth of grindr.

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  2. Anonymous9:56 am

    I like Mavis' comment. I thought it was because I was old. I learnt late in life that a smile towards anyone can get you a long way.

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  3. i think we are all excited for you to fall in love again.

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  4. I can't wait to see the novelty animal made from a butternut squash !

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  5. I had to look up what a satsuma was! -Jenn

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  6. Looks like late night cooking for you, John.

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  7. Smiles and food. Those two always work.

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    1. Unless you have spinach in your teeth!

      Jo in Auckland

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  8. A meaningful smile from someone can keep you going for quite a while!

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  9. John, maybe you should take the advice of a woman on the radio the other day. She had been through a divorce and was lonely but not ready for another relationship yet. She said, "I'm trying to find a special friend, you know.. I need to get under a guy, to get over a guy"! I nearly wet myself laughing. Of course under/over depends on what position you play with gay team sports. ;p

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    1. Funny.....
      Steven I've ticked that box already

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    2. O_O I don't remember reading THAT blog entry! See, you are not dead yet!

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  10. "Fumbling through the organic carrots" sounds like he was checking the sexual health of a men's rugby team.

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  11. You could have boiled the fruit and other bits and bobs before going to lunch and left it until tomorrow before baking the cake.

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  12. Barbara Anne2:58 pm

    How sweet it is - both the cake and the lunch date! "Wink, wink, nudge, nudge" to quote a famous comedy group.

    Hugs!

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  13. "He has more one liners than the indomitable Tallulah
    And so the Boiled fruit cake, quiche and novelty animal made from a butternut squash can wait until
    tomorrow!"

    Actually, I think there might be a one-liner in THAT!

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  14. I thought a satsuma was some sort of dim sum dumpling--I guess not. Off to Google to look it up.

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  15. Perhaps you could go to Sainsburys again at the same time and say that you are searching for a carrot which is a double one,because you are hoping to carve it into the shape of a dog x

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  16. See, you are not dead yet! The best is yet to come.

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  17. When you've got it you've got it John...what more can I say ;)

    Jo in Auckland

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  18. Purely due to my interest in linguistics would it be possible to be told what "whip my sass up" means; because my attempts at deciphering are proving more disturbing than I expect may be justified.

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    1. Get my arch sassy replies all ready for a dialogue of filth

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  19. So you were flirting over the veggies? Extra points!
    And h omg dinner with witty friends is my fav pass time. I won’t venture cooking, but yeah, it’s super fun.

    XoXo

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  20. So, first I had t look up Satsuma and now I wonder how you make one look like a snail. Still, always nice to cruise when you’re shopping for fruit... or so I would imagine.

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