Karen came lumbering out of the kitchen with her flavored tap water...

Have you ever tried to wash dishes in a sink with one of those filters installed? Maddening. They take up ridiculous amounts of room.

Also, who wants Crystal Light residue in their stroganoff?

They take up ridiculous amounts of room.

But -- raspberry-flavored plates!

In other news, I fucking hate the APA.

Is it compatible with beer taps?

How long until somebody spikes one of these with vodka?

Pwned, pwned, pwned. Pwned and I read SP's comment before posting. So banned.

Dammit, people, if you don't go out and buy one of these, Pur might have a bad quarter! And that might have a ripple effect in the stock market! Buy! Buy! Buy!

Gonerill: My deepest sympathies for your tragic circumstances.

Has anything particularly bad happened, or just the usual APA nonsense?

And thanks for the bacon sprouts recipe. It killed at dinner last night.

or just the usual APA nonsense?

Just the usual. I should have said in the other thread, "Christmas is you spouse buggering off to Baltimore at 4am on the 27th, leaving you and the kids at home with headcolds."

It killed at dinner last night.

w00t!

but it's got electrolites

It's what stroganoff craves!

In other news, I fucking hate the APA.

I thought you were a sociologist?

And doesn't the APA start like tomorrow or Friday, not today?

A re-read of 11 is in order, Perfectly Goddamn.

Gonerill's woman is the P. See 11.

BTW, Sifu, have you arranged for the flophouse to get NFL network on Saturday night?

Good idea, SP. You should really get on that, Sifu.

Oh, I get it now. Does Gonerill sometimes post using his real name on another well-known blog? Or is it impolite to ask.

All of us here are famous under our real names, PGG. I adopted my handle from a XIXc Maine lighthouse-keeper.

18: I've been working on it. As a backup, there's a gay sports bar not too far away that we could duck out to.

have you arranged for the flophouse to get NFL network on Saturday night?

John Kerry's working on it. Sort of.

Thanks, Senator Kerry!

I view all these filtered water things--and I confess that I had one once myself, like an idiot--as god's way of making sure that stupid people end up without their teeth in old age.

there's a gay sports bar not too far away

With possibly, no, definitely, the best onion rings evah.

IYKWIM. AITTYD.

Game's on NBC and CBS.

The league's decision to simulcast the game came amid mounting Congressional pressure to make the potentially historic game more broadly available.

Sweet.

It's the Terri Schiavo of regular season NFL games.

Well they are getting the circus part down. Now where is my bread.

I love the notion of a constituent calling his Congressman to complain that he doesn't have the NFL Network.

It's so nice to know that the country will make sure that the *really* important stuff gets taken care of.

Isn't it?

Completely. Did I mention that I'm surrounded by several piles of recently-acquired commercial goods, myself?

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It does, just not in the little pre-calculator above your rack.

I'll have to wait until it's my turn again to see if you are trustworthy.

35: Did you get a juicer?

Also, Scrabuleux en Francais is suboptimal. The tile distribution is not changed nearly as much as it should be.

39: Nope. I'm not into kitchen appliances that have fiddly extra parts that need washing. As you'd know if you could see the current state of my kitchen. Which luckily I can't, because Mr. B. and PK insisted on putting the tree in the middle of the room, and it blocks my view! Hurrah!

37: Stop talking about Ned's rack, apo. He's really self-conscious about it.

I'm not into ... fiddly extra parts that need washing.

Sexist.

Women are not kitchen appliances, Ned.

No, Ned, they're rebellious sex toys, like in one of those distopian nightmares.

Tell that to my dishwasher.

Gonerill has a bacon sprouts recipe? Someone please re-post the link. I have one as well that I made for Christmas dinner. It also incorporates shallots and a balsamic glaze.

Brussel sprouts and bacon: two great tastes that taste great together.

Here you go.

Ah, yes. Thanks, Teo. That is indeed an excellent way to make brussel sprouts. The recipe I mentioned above is basically the same procedure, except you add some quartered shallots to the sprouts and you add a splash of balsamic vinegar in the last 10 minutes of cooking.