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Economic Output: First: 
Yannia top 0.2%. Second: 
The Choir Boy top 0.3%. Third: 
Icarianna top 0.6% ... Middle: 
Nudesia top 14% ... Last: 
Pencil Sharpeners bottom 0%
Try shepherd's pie and a pint at a local pub. England's greatest contribution to the world, after punting, Victorian prudery, Duran Duran and Jack the Ripper.
We have something like that, here in PT. We do it with prawns, pork, tuna, hake.
We do all kinds of fish and other dishes. The seafood casserole is particularly good. And cod. Our specialty. Cod is god.
You don't believe me ? Google Massachusetts and Holy Cod.
I don't know about other countries, but frozen seafood and fish stores here are bound by Law to show their names in Latin. Health authorities assume that us Portuguese, being a seafaring nation, are natural born marine biologists. Just in case we're buying chat au lapin.
I thank them for that. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. It sounds profound, said in Latin.
So you buy clams here.
Or should I say Venus Mercenaria ?
Just called someone a wanker today. A bloody wanker.
And it felt good.
I rarely talk to anyone except by Zoom, and if it’s work I know not to say someone’s a wanker, even if they are. If a car splashed into a puddle lickedysplit and soaked poor me standing on the pavement so I was a drowned rat, I would call forth ancient French-Canadian curses from deep in the soul, but wanker would not be one, because looked upon in the light of cool reason, wanking is not the greatest calamity that can befall someone.
[quote=friends_of_dorothy;43951794]I rarely talk to anyone except by Zoom, and if it’s work I know not to say someone’s a wanker, even if they are. If a car splashed into a puddle lickedysplit and soaked poor me standing on the pavement so I was a drowned rat, I would call forth ancient French-Canadian curses from deep in the soul, but wanker would not be one, because looked upon in the light of cool reason, wanking is not the greatest calamity that can befall someone.[/quotem
A drowned rat ? Must be a Canadian idiom.
I don't believe you. You've never seen a drowned rat. I've seen a few of them, in Australia.
It’s an English idiom, sweetie..
A drowned rat: “used to describe a person who is very wet and miserable”
However, in Scottish it is pronounced as a drooned rat.
I love accents. But it isn't always easy. Sometimes locals make it hard, when you're foreign. I experienced that in Dublin. And politely replied. I may have suggested the bloke his mother was Molly Malone and that she traded more than cockles and mussels.
Basket Weaving: First: The Choir Boy top 0.7%. Second: 
Rainbow Beach top 1%. Third: Nelvana iii top 2% ... Middle: 
Dancing Dragons bottom 47% ... Last: Pencil Sharpeners bottom 0%
In Nudesia, power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky.
Wadelhelpia and Nudesia
Dear Weekend, You were fab! Let’s do this again in five days time. xxx FoD
Obesity: First: Grave raven top 0.03% (64th in NationStates). Second: Pencil Sharpeners top 0.05%. Third: 
Prosophobia top 0.2% ... Middle: Nudistia bottom 27% ... Last: Yannia bottom 0% (20th from bottom in NationStates)
In Freelanzia, a murderous reputation can revitalise a flagging celebrity career.
Tuesday is Trivia Showdown Night at Tommy’s Bar
Here is your bonus question for a date with the celebrity of your choice..
Name the only animal that blushes..
a) cat
b) porcupine
c) human
Whisper your reply to Sal. She will check it with the Book of Answers.
Happy Tuesday !!!
Government Size: First: Yannia top 0.08%. Second: Nelvana iii top 0.09%. Third: 
The Nude Beach top 0.3% ... Middle: 
San Francesco Bay top 15% ... Last: Pencil Sharpeners bottom 0%
In Icarianna, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma.
Oh is it a cat, oh is it a porcupine? No the answer is C.
Humans blush, cats and porcupines do not. That is the correct answer. Please say who you want as your date and we will arrange a table in the restaurant for Friday night. Thank you as always for answering the bonus question. xx
Compliance: First: Nelvana iii top 0.3%. Second: Yannia top 2%. Third: The Choir Boy top 4% ... Middle: 
Barbilindo top 24% ... Last: Pencil Sharpeners bottom 0% (15th from bottom in NationStates)
In Massimolandia, kids are taught in schools to argue with their parents.
Cats have no shame, so how could they blush? Maybe dogs don’t blush, but they can look guilty when they’ve done something wrong.
Sorry for being away. Not feeling very well lately, in RL. I feel a fatigue I can't explain, listless. Went for a morning stroll today and I had shivers, felt warm, my hands were reddish and swollen. Been spending the rest of the day in bed, not really looking at TV, don't feel like reading. Been eating fruit and drinking tea.
You're right about cats and dogs.
Maybe porcupines are hiding storms of emotion behind that armour of spines. They just don't show them.
Maybe they're English.
Actually porcupines have funny, delicate facial features.
Eating fruit and drinking tea should be beneficial, dear. I’m sorry that you’re not feeling well. xxx
Thank you, dear.
I did feel better after eating a couple of oranges late in the morning.
Been watching a British crime drama series set in Northumberland. Beautiful landscapes. Lovely accent.
About Britain, this is from American-British author Bill Bryson's book Notes from a Small Island (1995). I quote from memory.
"I arrived in England and everybody called me mate and luv. I immediately knew I'd have lots of friends and be loved."
Thursday at Tommy’s
Cats free, Animals that Blush half price
Dogs fresh water at Spot’s Spot
Gat to Tommy’s or Spot’s Spot NOW !!!
Residency: First: 
Nudist Dreamland top 0.3%. Second: 
Test Icicle top 0.4%. Third: 
Friends of Dorothy top 0.5% ... Middle: Dancing Dragons top 11% ... Last: Freelanzia bottom 5%
In 
Carefree Island, children gain their first sex education from reading the dictionary.
It breaks my heart to see the Great Cat/Dog Divide here too. An issue the world has been facing since the dawn of time. Even Noah struggled with this. Possibly he invented the Spot's Spot concept on the ark.
I often go to Spot's Spot and try to teach them. Don't chase cats. Don't chase postmen. But I'm barking up the wrong tree.
Not even in Lady Laura's world does one find a place built in peace and union. She tries, but her rose-tinted glasses are not enough. Animals speak, no farm animal ever goes to slaughter, squirrels dressed in livery are her devoted servants ; a grumpy wildboar is her Equerry.
But there are deeper, darker forces she can't grasp. Things that lurk in the night. Outside the brightlit, comfy halls of Château Mondragón.
One day she sent a patrol of tin soldiers to the Black Forest.
They never made it back.
Even the weasels fear these unknown children of the night. They blame it on wolves. They started a political party, demanding wolves to be investigated, rounded up, sent to "special facilities".
Lady Laura heard all parties fairly, but upon hearing this she...changed. Her true, royal power shone like a thousand stars.
NO !
I don't know what's going on in the Black Forest, but we shall not give in to inter-species hatred.
We are all One. How would YOU feel, Weasels, if I called you are a miserable, treacherous race of liars and fearmongers ? Fancy being stereotyped yourselves ?
"Hear hear", Willy the Teddy Bear whispered.
"Yes, there will always be fear of the unknown. But the the unknown isn't one of your own ! Just think about it ! The toys and stuffed animals you've known all your magical lives become the Enemy over night ?
Just because some populist politician
-her eyes darting the Weasels leader-
says you should ????
NO. We shall not submit to fear.
So I command you, all animals, both domestic and wild, and all my toys, my beloved, to join me as one and fight this menace !"
Or so the story goes.
Portugal has qualified for the Eurovision final.
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