Comments on: death by stapler http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/12/27/dreary-christmas/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:06:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: petite http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/12/27/dreary-christmas/#comment-1329 petite Mon, 03 Jan 2005 13:26:58 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/12/27/dreary-christmas/#comment-1329 suziboo - marvellous. it brings back fond memories of being referred by the maternity hospital to a dietician. I changed hospitals. And managed to put on 20kg. And lose them again. So there. suziboo - marvellous. it brings back fond memories of being referred by the maternity hospital to a dietician. I changed hospitals. And managed to put on 20kg. And lose them again. So there.

]]> By: suziboo http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/12/27/dreary-christmas/#comment-1328 suziboo Mon, 03 Jan 2005 13:13:26 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/12/27/dreary-christmas/#comment-1328 :grin:The worst prezzie I got from my MIL was for my birthday which happened to fall during my first pregnancy. I should explain at this point that my MIL is as skinny a French female as you're ever likely to come across, as she puts it, as soon as she puts on a kilo or two extra, she is "incapable de manger-c'est physiologique". Hmm. So I clearly don't have the same reaction and being 4 months pregnant doesn't help any, so MIL got me a lovely set of bathroom scales (might I add that up to that day I had never owned scales, having other things to do with my time) which she said would help me to make sure things didn't get out of hand.:wink: :grin:The worst prezzie I got from my MIL was for my birthday which happened to fall during my first pregnancy. I should explain at this point that my MIL is as skinny a French female as you’re ever likely to come across, as she puts it, as soon as she puts on a kilo or two extra, she is “incapable de manger-c’est physiologique”. Hmm.
So I clearly don’t have the same reaction and being 4 months pregnant doesn’t help any, so MIL got me a lovely set of bathroom scales (might I add that up to that day I had never owned scales, having other things to do with my time) which she said would help me to make sure things didn’t get out of hand.:wink:

]]> By: kjr http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/12/27/dreary-christmas/#comment-1320 kjr Sun, 02 Jan 2005 22:03:30 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/12/27/dreary-christmas/#comment-1320 It all sounds hideous. Trust England made up for it. Spent Christmas in England this year and so am now on a desperate countdown to next Christmas when in theory I should spend it in France. However I did say recently to my Frog that he needn't think it will be 1 BritXmas for 1 French one. The ratio will be at least 2 to 1 or even 3 to 1. I was (half) joking but I might try to subtly wear him down through the year... My dad was/is a terrible gift giver to my mum. When I was too young to realise and re-direct him, he got her kitchen scales. A few years later when I was old enough to know better (and should have boycotted it) he got her one of those electric blankets where each person can control their side. She, in her pre-menopause days liked it good and hot - he didn't. That way they could both be happy. Except my mum wasn't - she was devastated. It all sounds hideous. Trust England made up for it. Spent Christmas in England this year and so am now on a desperate countdown to next Christmas when in theory I should spend it in France. However I did say recently to my Frog that he needn’t think it will be 1 BritXmas for 1 French one. The ratio will be at least 2 to 1 or even 3 to 1. I was (half) joking but I might try to subtly wear him down through the year…

My dad was/is a terrible gift giver to my mum. When I was too young to realise and re-direct him, he got her kitchen scales. A few years later when I was old enough to know better (and should have boycotted it) he got her one of those electric blankets where each person can control their side. She, in her pre-menopause days liked it good and hot - he didn’t. That way they could both be happy. Except my mum wasn’t - she was devastated.

]]> By: David K http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/12/27/dreary-christmas/#comment-1306 David K Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:03:42 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/12/27/dreary-christmas/#comment-1306 Yes, yes, but what chateaux and vintage was the Paullac? Yes, yes, but what chateaux and vintage was the Paullac?

]]> By: Ruth http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/12/27/dreary-christmas/#comment-1304 Ruth Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:06:36 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/12/27/dreary-christmas/#comment-1304 I'm guessing a 'cocotte minute' is a kind of pressure cooker? Always trying to increase my (French) word power, as the Reader's Digest used to have it. Thanks for your hilarious recent posts... I’m guessing a ‘cocotte minute’ is a kind of pressure cooker? Always trying to increase my (French) word power, as the Reader’s Digest used to have it. Thanks for your hilarious recent posts…

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