Reptiles on the Loose

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Innocent Bystander wrote:Bathrooms never have enough food. [snip] I've mentioned to the wife about having at least a tin of biscuits in there, but she frowns on the suggestion for some reason.
Erm, yeah...about that....

How do I put this? ...Ah, here we go:

Yes, that's certainly a way of killing two gastrointestinal birds with one stone, but the appeal of efficiency that direct is frankly lost on me (not to put too fine a point on it, but the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie is about certain standards after all, so I'm forced to do just that).
Innocent Bystander wrote:What makes it worse is the current craze for soaps that smell like chocolate and bath-bombs that look like iced fancies ( wee buns. I don't know what the American translation is).
Madness. Insanity. Nano does not approve. But what is a bath-bomb? Sounds like a particularly meanspirited roadblock to world peace; y'know, blast 'em while they're lolling in the tub.
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I feel so useful today :D

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or "here ya go cupcake" :twisted:
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Whatever happened to the time-honored, good ol' cigar?
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:lol: good question :lol:
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I've always thought of iced fancies as being something different to cupcakes. In my childhood, they were generally small cubes of sponge covered in coloured cake icing. I see that other people, even this side of the pond, do now seem to include certain types of cupcakes in the definition, but they still need to be covered in cake icing (preferably hard icing) to be classsed as "iced fancies". (Fondant fancies would be covered in soft, fondant icing.)

Bath bombs are usually spherical and, when dry, feel like tennis-ball sized lumps of pumice. However, chuck one in the bath and the thing will effervesce, producing loads of scented bubbles and fizzing in a strangely comforting way.
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benhall.1 wrote:Bath bombs are usually spherical and, when dry, feel like tennis-ball sized lumps of pumice. However, chuck one in the bath and the thing will effervesce, producing loads of scented bubbles and fizzing in a strangely comforting way.
Why, it'd be just like living in a movie.
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I am extremely disappointed that these reptiles do not cause general mayhem although I am glad that harm rarely comes to them.

I've never heard the term "iced fancies". I would imagine a selection of pastries with a glaze, rather than icing. I am glad I've never been invited to sample "iced fancies". I don't like cupcakes or cake generally. I would feel deceived.
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You don't like cake! You'll be telling me you don't like apple pie next ...
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mutepointe wrote:I am extremely disappointed that these reptiles do not cause general mayhem...
Well, it's not like I didn't try with my 2nd pic. I hope someone flinched.
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I thought your first and second pics were just cute.

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I like cheesecake and pound cake. To which my wife always responds, "You like the two @#$% cakes without icing." Growing up, I always had a pumpkin pie for my birthday. Now I don't have birthdays. Baklava is the only perfect pastry. And no chocolate drizzle on the Baklava either! Butter cookies are OK too.
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benhall.1 wrote:I thought your first and second pics were just cute.

:love:
In your finding those cute, I determine that you have ice in your veins...this equation is driving me nuts.

I did choose the first one for cuteness; I like anoles and enjoy watching them do anole things. The second I chose because MTGuru finds those scary, and Gatorzard had a nice in-your-face and grumpy quality to him, sort of like the people at the Help Desk. Not cute. But, cute to you......I don't want to overthink this.

For my money, you can't beat a tuatara for cute, especially this fellow:

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You guys may be squabbling over cute and scary but for cool this is your lizard:
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Jesus Christ Lizard
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I can't for the life of me see how we went from lizards to iced fancies. Lizards don't even like iced fancies. I don't think.

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oh, this is just a weekday thread.
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