I finally lost the plot

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:05 pm

Puppy Rosie has got to 6 months old now and needed a new basket to sleep in.

One, because she ate the last one, and two, she's grown a little.

I bought her a new basket and said to Mr Oscar 'Let's wrap it up for her and she can open it christmas morning'.

He looked at me in that strange way that men do and said

'IT'S A DOG..... HOW WILL SHE KNOW??

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:07 pm

oscar;1091525 wrote: Puppy Rosie has got to 6 months old now and needed a new basket to sleep in.

One, because she ate the last one, and two, she's grown a little.

I bought her a new basket and said to Mr Oscar 'Let's wrap it up for her and she can open it christmas morning'.

He looked at me in that strange way that men do and said

'IT'S A DOG..... HOW WILL SHE KNOW??

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:16 pm

oscar;1091525 wrote: Puppy Rosie has got to 6 months old now and needed a new basket to sleep in.

One, because she ate the last one, and two, she's grown a little.

I bought her a new basket and said to Mr Oscar 'Let's wrap it up for her and she can open it christmas morning'.

He looked at me in that strange way that men do and said

'IT'S A DOG..... HOW WILL SHE KNOW??

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Post by **spot** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:46 pm

I'm the last one to anthropomorphise the behaviour of dogs but I'm reasonably sure there's a distinction, even in a dog's mind, between watching on Christmas day and joining in. Having a new basket to unwrap when everyone else is unwrapping things would be a treat, you wrap it up for her.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:55 pm

I totally agree with Spot.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:59 pm

spot;1091553 wrote: I'm the last one to anthropomorphise the behaviour of dogs but I'm reasonably sure there's a distinction, even in a dog's mind, between watching on Christmas day and joining in. Having a new basket to unwrap when everyone else is unwrapping things would be a treat, you wrap it up for her.

Arrrrrr thanks Spot.

kayleneaussie · Post by **kayleneaussie** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:01 pm

I would wrap it......I have wrapped all of meline pressies and she wouldnt have a clue and I am the one who is going to have to open them.......and a few years ago I wrapped my dogs pressie and put it under the tree

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:08 pm

OpenMind;1091559 wrote: I totally agree with Spot.

That doesn't mean you haven't lost the plot though.:wah:

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:14 pm

OpenMind;1091567 wrote: That doesn't mean you haven't lost the plot though.:wah:
Agreeing with Spot :yh_rotfl

I am sure that puppy will actually love all the tearing open of paper and diving in amongst it all. I will wrap it up but it now means i have to get the other two something and wrap their's up as well. We can't have them getting jealous!

Our dogs have always enjoyed a full christmas dinner and some think i lost the plot years ago doing that. :wah:

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:16 pm

oscar;1091578 wrote: Agreeing with Spot :yh_rotfl

I am sure that puppy will actually love all the tearing open of paper and diving in amongst it all. I will wrap it up but it now means i have to get the other two something and wrap their's up as well. We can't have them getting jealous!

Our dogs have always enjoyed a full christmas dinner and some think i lost the plot years ago doing that. :wah:

I saw the dog Marley from Marley & Me on tv the other morning and he was going nuts tearing open a feather pillow. He was enjoying it with feathers everywhere. Wrap the prezzie for puppie.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:20 pm

oscar;1091578 wrote: Agreeing with Spot :yh_rotfl

I am sure that puppy will actually love all the tearing open of paper and diving in amongst it all. I will wrap it up but it now means i have to get the other two something and wrap their's up as well. We can't have them getting jealous!

Our dogs have always enjoyed a full christmas dinner and some think i lost the plot years ago doing that. :wah:

Better to have lost the plot and be happy than be sane in misery, methinks.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:21 pm

we wrap our 4 cats toys for them, they are part of the fam, and they love the paper sounds.

the go nuts with tissue paper!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:26 pm

Odie;1091593 wrote: we wrap our 4 cats toys for them, they are part of the fam, and they love the paper sounds.

the go nuts with tissue paper!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I don't have any pets but my kids when they were little would go silly over an empty box.:wah:

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:30 pm

qsducks;1091600 wrote: I don't have any pets but my kids when they were little would go silly over an empty box.:wah:

Knowing our pup, she will totally ignore the lovely new basket and curl up and go to sleep in the wrapping paper. The cats have always done that with new baskets as well. :wah:

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:31 pm

oscar;1091606 wrote: Knowing our pup, she will totally ignore the lovely new basket and curl up and go to sleep in the wrapping paper. The cats have always done that with new baskets as well. :wah:

The wrapping paper is warm...makes sense.

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:34 pm

I have had my Scrappy's present under the tree since I put it up. Its a doggy cracker full of doggie goodies, like cookies and dog drops. My mum always buys him a gift as does my MIL, we also give him a christmas dinner when we eat ours....not at the table on a plate though:-2:-2 we dont have any spare dining chairs:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:36 pm

Chezzie;1091614 wrote: I have had my Scrappy's present under the tree since I put it up. Its a doggy cracker full of doggie goodies, like cookies and dog drops. My mum always buys him a gift as does my MIL, we also give him a christmas dinner when we eat ours....not at the table on a plate though:-2:-2 we dont have any spare dining chairs:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl Have you thought about a high chair?

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:39 pm

jimbo;1091620 wrote: oscar had a plot

yeah right :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

And it got lost:yh_rotfl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:57 pm

jimbo;1091620 wrote: oscar had a plot

yeah right :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Watch it Dumbo... you have to meet me at the FG meet up in a few weeks!!!

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:01 pm

oscar;1091649 wrote: Watch it Dumbo... you have to meet me at the FG meet up in a few weeks!!!

Maybe someone will mail him a toupee and you won't recognize him.:yh_rotfl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:08 pm

qsducks;1091658 wrote: Maybe someone will mail him a toupee and you won't recognize him.:yh_rotfl

There is not a toupee large enough in the world to cover Dumbo's head :yh_rotfl

He'd need a grizzly sat on his head to disguise that shining orb :yh_rotfl

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:17 pm

oscar;1091664 wrote: There is not a toupee large enough in the world to cover Dumbo's head :yh_rotfl

He'd need a grizzly sat on his head to disguise that shining orb :yh_rotfl

Can't you find a good sized rug in that country?:wah:

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:26 pm

qsducks;1091673 wrote: Can't you find a good sized rug in that country?:wah:

There's some full size goat skin rugs up my local carpet shop, one of those might just cover the back of his head :yh_rotfl

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:28 pm

oscar;1091679 wrote: There's some full size goat skin rugs up my local carpet shop, one of those might just cover the back of his head :yh_rotfl

How big is his head?:wah:

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:33 pm

qsducks;1091682 wrote: How big is his head?:wah:

We had a large moon recently. it was the closet the moon had been to earth in 15 years so appeared ginormous. I couldn't see anything because Jimbo was out in his garden and his head eclipsed the moon :yh_rotfl

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:35 pm

oscar;1091691 wrote: We had a large moon recently. it was the closet the moon had been to earth in 15 years so appeared ginormous. I couldn't see anything because Jimbo was out in his garden and his head eclipsed the moon :yh_rotfl

Yeah, I saw that moon and it was huge. It was Jimbo's head and not the moon I saw:yh_rotfl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:38 pm

jimbo;1091697 wrote:

millenium dome jimbo's head

huh fear not in london i can just blend in with the local scenery

:D:D

Are you going to stick some candles to your head to match the Dome? :wah:

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:39 pm

oscar;1091700 wrote: Are you going to stick some candles to your head to match the Dome? :wah:

And scare small children walking down the street?:wah:

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:40 pm

oscar;1091700 wrote: Are you going to stick some candles to your head to match the Dome? :wah:

That would make our Jimbletoe look extremely religious and something.:guitarist

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:40 pm

My daughter just left Sheila's pressie wrapped under our tree, and we have one for her that i wll be wrapping tomorrow:D she will have some meat and yorkshire pud, but she is naughty and wont eat her vegetables:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl oh but she will have some sausages for breakfast with us:D

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:42 pm

kazalala;1091705 wrote: My daughter just left Sheila's pressie wrapped under our tree, and we have one for her that i wll be wrapping tomorrow:D she will have some meat and yorkshire pud, but she is naughty and wont eat her vegetables:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl oh but she will have some sausages for breakfast with us:D

What is yorkshire pudding?

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:48 pm

qsducks;1091708 wrote: What is yorkshire pudding?

How to make Yorkshire pudding

1. What should a proper Yorkshire be like? Light is the optimum word here – light as in airy but also as in crisp. There should be a light, crisp crunchiness on the outside but with a hint of soft squidginess within. All very difficult, you might be thinking, but that's not so, because once you've got the right recipe and, most importantly, the right tin to make it in, and have carefully read and followed these instructions, you'll never have a failure – and that's a promise!

2. To make a Yorkshire pudding to serve six to eight people, you will need a roasting tin measuring 12 x 10 inches (30 x 25 cm) with a solid base (it needs to be solid enough to be placed over direct heat – a vital part of the whole technique). Begin by placing a sieve over a large mixing bowl, then sift in 6 oz (175 g) plain flour, holding the sieve up high to give the flour a good airing as it goes down into the bowl. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that self-raising flour will give more spectacular results – it won't. Plain flour is much better.

3. Now, with the back of a tablespoon, make a well in the centre of the flour and break 2 large eggs into it. Add a pinch of salt and some freshly milled black pepper. Measure 6 fl oz (175 ml) milk and 4 fl oz (110 ml) water into a measuring jug.

4. Then begin to whisk the eggs with an electric whisk and, as you beat them, the flour around the edges will be slowly incorporated.

5. When the mixture becomes stiff simply add the milk and water mix gradually, keeping the whisk going.

6. Stop just before the end and scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula so that any lumps can be pushed down into the batter, then whisk again until all is smooth. Now the batter is ready for use and although it's been rumoured that batter left to stand is better, I have discovered no foundation for this – so just make it whenever it's convenient.

7. To cook Yorkshire pudding – remember, keep everything hot: hot oven, hot tin, hot fat and don't forget good oven gloves to protect your hands. Remove the meat from the oven (or if it's not ready, place it on a lower shelf) and turn the oven up to gas mark 7, 425°F (220°C). Spoon 2 tablespoons of beef fat into the Yorkshire pudding tin and allow it to pre-heat in the oven.

8. When the oven is up to temperature, remove the tin with your gloves on and place it over direct heat (turned to medium). Then, when the fat begins to shimmer and smoke a little, pour in the batter. Tip it evenly all round and then place the tin on a high shelf in the oven and cook the Yorkshire pudding for 40 minutes or until golden brown and crisp.

9. Serve it cut into squares presto pronto! Yorkshire pudding doesn't like waiting around – it can become soggy. Try to arrange things so that it is taken from the oven just as everyone is sitting down to eat.

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:49 pm

These are yorkshire puds,, you have them on your dinner with gravy,, they are made with simly flour, eggs and milk:D equal portions of each mixed together to form a sort of batter then cooked in the oven in little bun trays:D

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:50 pm

oops see i was beaten to it:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl that pics a bit big too i will change it i think

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:54 pm

Thanks Kaz...will have to try it. My mom visited England several times and is always raving about your food. She's got a thing for your scones:wah:

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:03 pm

qsducks;1091720 wrote: Thanks Kaz...will have to try it. My mom visited England several times and is always raving about your food. She's got a thing for your scones:wah:

scones are very easy to make too,,, cheese, fruit,, plain, lovely warmed ,, and of course gorgeous with jam and cream:D

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:03 pm

The very first yorkshire pud I made rose right up and there was nothing left in the bottom. It was alll up around the side of the tin. Mum advised me that I'd whisked it for too long.:wah:

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:04 pm

sorry Oscar,,, think i sidetracked your thread a bit

o:o

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:17 pm

kazalala;1091734 wrote: sorry Oscar,,, think i sidetracked your thread a bit

o:o
That's quite all right, my little northern Bird!

Good subject, Yorkshire puds. My mum told me once that northern peeps dipped them in glue to shoe the horses during the war when metal was short and have been known to crazy-pave the patio as well.

Has any-one tried a large yorkie pud filled with mincemeat, onions and gravy? :-4

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:04 pm

jimbo;1091754 wrote: dont even think about starting again with the mincemeat allready

:-5:-5

I'm talking beef mincemeat jambo and not the stuff 'Sir stuffit' invented back in 1612. That is sweet mincemeat when the poor had nothing to stuff their pastry with. Sir Stuffit came across the idea when sweeping the floor of his bakery one night. He spotted the sweepings of rat droppings, dead cockroaches and sawdust and began stuffing pastry with it. No-one noticed and now even the Queen eats them.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:39 pm

oscar;1091525 wrote: Puppy Rosie has got to 6 months old now and needed a new basket to sleep in.

One, because she ate the last one, and two, she's grown a little.

I bought her a new basket and said to Mr Oscar 'Let's wrap it up for her and she can open it christmas morning'.

He looked at me in that strange way that men do and said

'IT'S A DOG..... HOW WILL SHE KNOW??

put a real dog bone in it, so she can smell it!

with our cats, everything is laced with fresh catnip!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

but we don't bring out their gifts until Christmas morning, and they just go perserk between the sound of the wrapping paper and the

scent of the catnip.

pets gotta have Christmas to!:-4

Post by **Peter Lake** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:11 pm

Odie;1091938 wrote: put a real dog bone in it, so she can smell it!

with our cats, everything is laced with fresh catnip!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

but we don't bring out their gifts until Christmas morning, and they just go perserk between the sound of the wrapping paper and the

scent of the catnip.

pets gotta have Christmas to!:-4

We will have enough trouble keeping a six month old pup out of everything as it is. Our Christmas this year has had to be 'Rosie Proof'. No large tree, dangling decorations, food lying around etc.

She is naturally very nosey at that age and everything has to be investigated.

It's very difficult with three dogs. They will all have to have a bone each or there will be tantrums all day.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:18 pm

Peter Lake;1091945 wrote: We will have enough trouble keeping a six month old pup out of everything as it is. Our Christmas this year has had to be 'Rosie Proof'. No large tree, dangling decorations, food lying around etc.

She is naturally very nosey at that age and everything has to be investigated.

It's very difficult with three dogs. They will all have to have a bone each or there will be tantrums all day.

even with the cats....gotta cat-proof it, nothing hanging, nothing breakable, no tinsels of any sort....what we do for our kids eh?

Post by **Peter Lake** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:24 pm

Odie;1091948 wrote: even with the cats....gotta cat-proof it, nothing hanging, nothing breakable, no tinsels of any sort....what we do for our kids eh?

Oscar actually buys a larger turkey than needed to take into account the added dog and cat meals. No more sprouts though, too much pharrrping!

We took 'Rosie' to see the people who abandoned her this week just to show them what they had missed out on. It was odd, she seemed to bristle as we walked up their path with her.

Oscar has bought her a bright pink diamantee collar. Today, she spotted a pink sweater for puppie's but i have to draw the line some-where. What will the neighbours think?

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:44 pm

Peter Lake;1091949 wrote: Oscar actually buys a larger turkey than needed to take into account the added dog and cat meals. No more sprouts though, too much pharrrping!

We took 'Rosie' to see the people who abandoned her this week just to show them what they had missed out on. It was odd, she seemed to bristle as we walked up their path with her.

Oscar has bought her a bright pink diamantee collar. Today, she spotted a pink sweater for puppie's but i have to draw the line some-where. What will the neighbours think?

so you found her running wild by herself?

don't believe folks that abandon their pets!

do you have a pic of her?

puppy will look oh so cute in a pink sweater:-4

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:36 am

oscar;1091525 wrote: Puppy Rosie has got to 6 months old now and needed a new basket to sleep in.

One, because she ate the last one, and two, she's grown a little.

I bought her a new basket and said to Mr Oscar 'Let's wrap it up for her and she can open it christmas morning'.

He looked at me in that strange way that men do and said

'IT'S A DOG..... HOW WILL SHE KNOW??

Wrap Rosie up instead......confuse Mr. Oscar! :yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl

And........of course Rosie will know............she's a woman!!!!!

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:28 am

Peter Lake;1091945 wrote: We will have enough trouble keeping a six month old pup out of everything as it is. Our Christmas this year has had to be 'Rosie Proof'. No large tree, dangling decorations, food lying around etc.

She is naturally very nosey at that age and everything has to be investigated.

It's very difficult with three dogs. They will all have to have a bone each or there will be tantrums all day.

:yh_rotfli was a bit worried about mine with the tree she does love shiny things:D but she has been pretty good,, although she did have a nibble at one of the pressies under the tree, so im wondering if its a good idea to let her unwrap her own pressie,,, :yh_rotfl