Unlike Sir C who is, I believe, something of a big girl's blouse, I can attend a

[Sir C]

Oh, yeah. All that shït, too. No potatoes, though.

Plenty of potatoes. Saigon is a goldmine of little French bistros run by Gauloise-puffing veterans who apparently never left. In the 'Nam one is rarely more than 10 minutes from a decent steak frites.

[Burney]

V's mother's local vicar is a woman who loves another woman, with whom she co-habits. Yes, a lesbonian vicar, no doubt engaging in unnatural practices.

Christ! What is wrong with these people? How can they allow themselves to be preached to by such open deviants?

Don't they know it's crucial to only allow yourself to be preached to by closeted deviants?

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

Thought you were talking about me c. I blushed like a maiden and started batting my lashes

What's dog like then c? I always imagine the meat will be a dark grey colour with a very slimey texture.

(your mum's a bit of a dog imo).

[Burney]

Plenty of potatoes. Saigon is a goldmine of little French bistros run by Gauloise-puffing veterans who apparently never left. In the 'Nam one is rarely more than 10 minutes from a decent steak frites.

Yes, but that's not Vietnamese food, is it? That's like saying UK food is a great source of okra because you can get a bhindi bhaji on most high streets.

[Sir C]

What's dog like then c? I always imagine the meat will be a dark grey colour with a very slimey texture.

(your mum's a bit of a dog imo).

I have only eaten dog once, and that was in a 5 star hotel in Bucharest during the Glorious Years of Socialism. Cutlet of dog was the only item available on the luncheon menu.

It was rank; grey, gristly and repulsive. Much like your mum.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

He called you a vegetable, h.

I'll take no bricbats from a fellow that dines on man's best friend b

[Sir C]

Yes, but that's not Vietnamese food, is it? That's like saying UK food is a great source of okra because you can get a bhindi bhaji on most high streets.

I didn't say it was a great source of potatoes, I simply said that potatoes are freely available for those of you with more paysanne tastes.

[Burney]

I have only eaten dog once, and that was in a 5 star hotel in Bucharest during the Glorious Years of Socialism. Cutlet of dog was the only item available on the luncheon menu.

It was rank; grey, gristly and repulsive. Much like your mum.

To be fair, the Romanians probably were never going to be able to do it justice, were they?

[Burney]

I'll take no bricbats from a fellow that dines on man's best friend b

'Man's best friend' - so we're still talking about your mum, right?

[Sir C]

To be fair, the Romanians probably were never going to be able to do it justice, were they?

It came, I remember, with boiled barley of such repulsiveness as to take the breath away.

One can certainly understand why some amongst us are so keen on such a system.