Get well soon ali !!!!!

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 07 Dec 2005, 09:35

Please post your get well soon ali posts here. The poor dude is stuck in the ERI. Those of you who have been in a hospital will know how much being in one sucks.

Porty - ali has put in a special request for an argument between you and me as he is - and I quote - "bored".

He has also intimated that he hasn't eaten since Monday so I suggest we argue about food.

Here goes.

"My mum's chips were better than your mum's chips" - discuss.

Ed · Post by Ed » 07 Dec 2005, 10:15

Has anyone sampled both Mum's chips?

I prefer jacket spuds.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 07 Dec 2005, 10:35

I make much better chips than my mum ever did. Chunky, twice cooked and to say they are tasty would be an understatement. I imagine someone like Ali would love my chips, coated in sea salt and dipped in Baxters rich tomato chutney or maybe fresh salsa mmmm ,mmmm.

What do you thisnk would go well with my chips?

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 07 Dec 2005, 10:50

Ali

Hope you feel better soon.

My favs are potato wedges cooked in the oven with olive oil and a bit of smoked paprika - yum and served with sour cream to dip.

Just think Ali you are having your pre Xmas detox!

Get well soon

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 07 Dec 2005, 11:18

Porty wrote:Chunky, twice cooked and to say they are tasty would be an understatement.

Only twice cooked, Porty? Oh dear. It's got to be thrice in the Priest household: one boiling, 2 fryings. Then swallowed without any chewing, preferably with a side order of fried bat, and washed down with the still boiling oil. Lovely.

Get well soon Ali.

ali · Post by **ali** » 07 Dec 2005, 11:25

[quote="Dadaist".

He has also intimated that he hasn't eaten since Monday so I suggest we argue about food.

Here goes.

"My mum's chips were better than your mum's chips" - discuss.[/quote]

ecm and I wentfor a cuppa (I'm allowed tea) in the staff restuarant an the guy in front of us in the queue had a hugeplate ofmacaroni cheese andthe fattest,crispest goldenest chips with what looked like a bowl of curry sauce. provocative bstrd

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 07 Dec 2005, 11:27

Hope this is worth 4p a minute Ali!

What a sympathetic lot we have on this board!

PS
Porty, I do the 'double frying' thing too. Gives nice, crispy golden brown chips with a fluffy inside. Delicious

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 07 Dec 2005, 11:31

Ali, I ate in that restaurant for 10 days earlier this year, and I can assure you that the chips are rubbish. Not as bad as Porty's though.

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 07 Dec 2005, 11:53

Ali, you haven't got time to be bored. You've still got just over an hour left of your free access to the digital archive - time for a few more searches surely?

You need something to take your mind off food. Any cute nurses?

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 07 Dec 2005, 11:55

Jackson Priest wrote:Ali, I ate in that restaurant for 10 days earlier this year, and I can assure you that the chips are rubbish. Not as bad as Porty's though.

I think if you're being forced to fast, any chips would be good chips. Glucose drip and chips...don't think it'll catch on somehow!

Hope you're coping Ali and I would join you in your fast but I'm a bit peckish and just about to eat a lovely, buttered fruit scone with my morning coffee

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 07 Dec 2005, 13:00

Hey Ali and good to hear from you. Out tomorrow?

ali · Post by **ali** » 07 Dec 2005, 13:52

thanks for all your messages (and recipes), friends.

I won't say that the food in here is'nt great (How would I know?) BUT even tho I've had nowt since 9 am monday I still hadto ask for a sick bowl when the lunch arrived on the ward today . just the smell made me feel ill.
yours fading away
ali

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 07 Dec 2005, 13:52

I am tucking into a nice soft, doughy roll filled with strong cheese and a large dollop of Ali's home made chilli jam. Yummy.

Sorry, Ali but I have to keep my strength up for all these trips to the hossie.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 07 Dec 2005, 13:53

ali wrote:yours fading away

HA ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha etc.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 07 Dec 2005, 14:37

ali wrote:thanks for all your messages (and recipes), friends.

I won't say that the food in here is'nt great (How would I know?) BUT even tho I've had nowt since 9 am monday I still hadto ask for a sick bowl when the lunch arrived on the ward today . just the smell made me feel ill.
yours fading away
ali

maybe you should change your signature to "what no doughnut?"

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 07 Dec 2005, 15:06

Dadaist wrote:maybe you should change your signature to "what no doughnut?"

That has a ring to it.

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 07 Dec 2005, 16:02

Get well soon Ali!

I had to close my window last night because someone nearby was baking donuts and the smell was just droolworthy..

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 07 Dec 2005, 16:19

Porty wrote:
Dadaist wrote:maybe you should change your signature to "what no doughnut?"
That has a ring to it.

Please, the cow thread is enough.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 07 Dec 2005, 16:20

What a great word Rupunzell. I used to have the hots for an older woman, I wasn't quite sure how to describe the attraction but now I know. She is droolworthy.

CatzVP · Post by **CatzVP** » 07 Dec 2005, 16:38

Hope your on the up Ali

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 07 Dec 2005, 16:52

Porty wrote:What a great word Rupunzell. I used to have the hots for an older woman, I wasn't quite sure how to describe the attraction but now I know. She is droolworthy.

Maggie Thatcher?

Carol Thatcher?

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 07 Dec 2005, 18:04

Hope you're feeling better soon Ali and I won't be cruel and mention chips.

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 07 Dec 2005, 23:25

teddygirl wrote:Hope you're feeling better soon Ali and I won't be cruel and mention chips.

Yes, I hope you feel better soon too!!!!

And I won't mention chips either, but I like mashed tatties or a filled baked potato instead!!!

Tuna and sweetcorn is quite nice!!!

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 08 Dec 2005, 10:45

How is the man today?

ali · Post by **ali** » 08 Dec 2005, 13:00

Porty wrote:How is the man today?

I'm home. Relieved and eating like Hungry Horace. I won't go in to details but what an experience. Everything they say about the NHS is true - both good and bad. The staff are, without exception, angels and make a difficult experience as untraumatic as they possibly can. The conditions they are working under, though are, even in a brand new hospital like the ERI, terrible. I saw some unbelievable things and its almost enough to make you sign up with BUPA - and that is something for me to say.
Thanks again for all the messages of support (and chip recipes!).

PS apologies for the bad grammar, spelling and punctuation in my hospital posts and PM's. It's amazing how your brain falters when there is no protein to fuel it. I couldn't concentrate on reading the paper or watching telly and had real trouble putting sentences together. The internet access was very slow and via a tiny keyboard built in to the back of the TV remote!!!

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 08 Dec 2005, 13:03

Welcome home.

When I was in, it was the lack of sleep that got me. I was very, very happy to go home.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 08 Dec 2005, 13:04

Glad to hear you are home and eating again

ali · Post by **ali** » 08 Dec 2005, 14:31

Dadaist wrote:Welcome home.

When I was in, it was the lack of sleep that got me. I was very, very happy to go home.

Oh yes. Amen to that, brother D!!

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 08 Dec 2005, 14:41

Did the docs manage to find out what's wrong with you

ali · Post by **ali** » 08 Dec 2005, 14:54

Sandra wrote:Did the docs manage to find out what's wrong with you

Well, they ruled out a couple of things - so that was good. Just got to eat less, stop the fags, take more exercise, chill - the usual sort of advice to middle-aged codgers like me.

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 09 Dec 2005, 19:28

ali wrote: Well, they ruled out a couple of things - so that was good. Just got to eat less, stop the fags, take more exercise, chill - the usual sort of advice to middle-aged codgers like me.

I could have told you that without making you fast for 4 days

been told the same thing myself apart from the fags

So how many kebabs have you scoffed since you got home

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 09 Dec 2005, 20:21

With all this talk of fat laden chips, I'm just hoping you weren't in cardiology

. Bet you're glad to be home where ecm can cosset, adore, nurse and generally pamper you............

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 09 Dec 2005, 20:51

ecm can cosset, adore, nurse and generally pamper you............

As ecm herself would say: Hahahahahahhaha!!

Mind you, he did look rather fetching in his jammies.....................!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 09 Dec 2005, 20:56

Poppy wrote: As ecm herself would say: Hahahahahahhaha!!

Mind you, he did look rather fetching in his jammies.....................!

Ha ha indeed, you beat me to it, Poppy.

Talk Porty ~ Portobello

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