A Life of Crime and Chocolate

Gotta be Nutella...

I'm not big on sweet spreads or frostings, but I can fall for Nutella once in a while.

What's a "spread?" Is this some British term confusing me again? Is it like frosting/icing or are you getting into the realm where we should all go post answers over on erotica forum? That is, do you put it on your "puddings" or on your partner? I seriously don't know! link me!

I don't like coffee. I know, I know, but no matter how much you yell, I don't. Tea/cola for my caffeine, please. Or hot chocolate.

okay, HJ, I knew the Brits were asleep by now, so I went to look it up. It's like thick frosting, sometimes with nuts or honey. They spread it on their "toast," by which I think they mean "toast."

except for all of us, I hope, your delightful nutty writing friends who are in(to) chocolate.

What's the Ultimate Chocolate Spread?.....

And the WINNER IS!.....

Hey Jude - Melted Chocolate..... Ahhhh NO!
Mr Mitchell - Melted Chocolate..... I already said NO
Shakesbear - Cabury Bournville - OMG!!!!!!!! NO!....
Lorna W. - What's a spread? - If you don't know, I don't think you can win

So... that leaves DocBrown and what did he say? - NUTELLA!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATION!!!! You know your chocolate spread!!!! For getting the right answer your gonna get a Million dollars. Don't ask me when but some how some where your gonna get a Million dollars.

YES!!!!! - It's NUTELLA

For those of you who have not tried it.... shame on you. STOP what your doing right now, get in your car, bicycle or walk to your nearest grocery store and buy one. If your grocery store doesn't carry it (sue them). Do what ever you have to do and go buy some NUTELLA - Pop the lid and say hello to Paradise!

heyjude said:

Thanks for your Google-fu!

One thing I can't do is nuts in my chocolate. Ew.

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In the UK nuts is sometimes used as a slang word for testicles. I just have a filthy mind and this made me laugh. Thanks HJ!

The Funny Guy said:

What's the Ultimate Chocolate Spread?.....

And the WINNER IS!.....

Hey Jude - Melted Chocolate..... Ahhhh NO!
Mr Mitchell - Melted Chocolate..... I already said NO
Shakesbear - Cabury Bournville - OMG!!!!!!!! NO!....
Lorna W. - What's a spread? - If you don't know, I don't think you can win

So... that leaves DocBrown and what did he say? - NUTELLA!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATION!!!! You know your chocolate spread!!!! For getting the right answer your gonna get a Million dollars. Don't ask me when but some how some where your gonna get a Million dollars.

YES!!!!! - It's NUTELLA

For those of you who have not tried it.... shame on you. STOP what your doing right now, get in your car, bicycle or walk to your nearest grocery store and buy one. If your grocery store doesn't carry it (sue them). Do what ever you have to do and go buy some NUTELLA - Pop the lid and say hello to Paradise!

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NOOOOO!!!! Nutella is - well, I don' like it and think it ought to be illegal. blech! phatooey!

I'm in British time and awake. How are we all tonight?

I went through a weird phase once when I was ill and the only thing I could stomach eating was Nutella. Ate jars of the stuff at a time. Then I got better and couldn't really stand the stuff any more.

Orion does their own version which is even worse though. (Orion is Nestle in CZ).

Best chocolate spread I've come across was Green & Blacks, the organic chocolate company. Oh and the Marks & Spencers one with truffle in.

heyjude said:

Hee, same slang here but it didn't register for me. For shame!





We're good. My kids and their friend are having a disco party in the living room. I'm pretty sure my husband just left me. So, all good!

How's you?

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I'm good thanks.

Okay, not chocolate. Psychology is on my mind today. Why is it so hard to get certain chores done? About April, I started thinking, "I really need to caulk." (Caulking in an RV, plus wire-brushing battery terminals, is a the equivalent to mowing the lawn, or maybe cleaning the gutters for normal people.) In early May, I actually got all out the gear and stuck it by my front door, so I'd trip over it and be forced to do it. Six weeks of tripping later...I finally caulked today (because the first monsoon rain is tomorrow afternoon, and really, it has to be done). And it took only an hour! I mean, what is wrong with me that I make such an ordeal out of it? (I could blame a healthy fear of climbing ladders at my advancing age, but honestly, that's a mere excuse.)

I don't procrastinate about most things, but somehow, fix-it chores are my bane. (And it's why I didn't decide to live on a sailboat instead. Boats require 10 times the work. Eventually, procrastination would literally sink me.)

Which reminds me I haven't turned on my cell phone in like five days. So I get ya on the hating the phone.

heyjude said:

Hee, same slang here but it didn't register for me. For shame!

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Is the "For shame!" for me? For having a dirty mind?

heyjude said:

We're good. My kids and their friend are having a disco party in the living room. I'm pretty sure my husband just left me. So, all good!

How's you?

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I is fine. Spent today at a craft fair. Lots of live music and the most amazing chips. Did not sell anything though!

Pleased for every one who has had a good weekend.

lorna_w said:

(Caulking in an RV, plus wire-brushing battery terminals, is a the equivalent to mowing the lawn, or maybe cleaning the gutters for normal people.) ,.)

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What is this cleaning gutters you speak of? If I do that, won't I disturb the poke growing in them? What about the little pine trees and tiny oaks?

Stlight said:

What is this cleaning gutters you speak of? If I do that, won't I disturb the poke growing in them? What about the little pine trees and tiny oaks?

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Excellent point. Stay green, baby! And dusting? A commie plot. I've always thought that.

lorna_w said:

Excellent point. Stay green, baby! And dusting? A commie plot. I've always thought that.

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I have a sign up in my home that says "You are welcome to admire the dust, but please do not write in it."

Hello, house of chocolate lovers.

I discovered an awful thing last night. Chocolate bites back!! I know, I know - hideous! I bit into a piece of Bournville dark and broke a tooth. Ugh. Fortunately the tooth does not have a nerve (thanks to a root canal many years ago) so it's not sore and I can wait until the dentist opens tomorrow morning but meh, it's turned into a very expensive slab of chocolate.

But never let it be said that I gave up on chocolate. Never. I nuked it in the microwave for a few seconds, to soften it - and finished half of the slab.

Gail 1 - chocolate 0



Lesson: Don't leave a slab of chocolate in an unheated room in winter.

Gail that is awful! Putting chocolate in a microwave is so awful! oh - how is the tooth?

The tooth is all fixed, thanks. But the wallet is a whole heap lighter. Sheesh! Dental work is expensive!

My hubby made a joke. He suggested we have the chocolate wrapper framed and sent to the dentist with a note that reads: This is what put your kid through college.

Knowing my dentist, she'd probably hang it up in the waiting room.