Confession ~ napkinmania ~ I just can't stop!

[WillsBabe]

I tend not to use cloth napkins, unless it's a special occasion, owing to the fact a hate laundering them, and then of course you have to iron them to get those nice folds. That is one housewifely duty too far for me.

I don't use fabric napkins either unless it's a dinner party. I don't mind ironing them when I do use them, though. I'm obviously not as fastidious as you: I don't iron them into folds. I just iron them flat and then fold them. I hope the pre-dinner drinks will have distracted anyone from noticing my half-assed housewifery!

 

[An Officer]

Pre-dinner drinks AND ironed fabric napkins, sounds to me like they damn well ought to like it and say thank you, too... unless they're some sort of Hyacinth Bucket expecting a "candlelit supper".

 

[starrchild]

Pre-dinner drinks AND ironed fabric napkins, sounds to me like they damn well ought to like it and say thank you, too... unless they're some sort of Hyacinth Bucket expecting a "candlelit supper".

Using the Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles.

 

[WillsBabe]

Pre-dinner drinks AND ironed fabric napkins, sounds to me like they damn well ought to like it and say thank you, too... unless they're some sort of Hyacinth Bucket expecting a "candlelit supper".

Using the Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles.

The WillsBabe Residence; the lady of the house speaking...

 

[Mary Ann]

Pre-dinner drinks AND ironed fabric napkins, sounds to me like they damn well ought to like it and say thank you, too... unless they're some sort of Hyacinth Bucket expecting a "candlelit supper".

Using the Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles.

The WillsBabe Residence; the lady of the house speaking...

Can I have a number 16 combo and some prawn crackers, please?

 

[An Officer]

^ This is not the Chinese restaurant. This is a residential number and you are speaking to the lady of the house on a white, slim line telephone with last number redial facility.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

I tend not to use cloth napkins, unless it's a special occasion, owing to the fact a hate laundering them, and then of course you have to iron them to get those nice folds. That is one housewifely duty too far for me.

I don't use fabric napkins either unless it's a dinner party. I don't mind ironing them when I do use them, though. I'm obviously not as fastidious as you: I don't iron them into folds. I just iron them flat and then fold them. I hope the pre-dinner drinks will have distracted anyone from noticing my half-assed housewifery!

You don't need to launder them you just 'acquire' more

Pre-dinner drinks AND ironed fabric napkins, sounds to me like they damn well ought to like it and say thank you, too... unless they're some sort of Hyacinth Bucket expecting a "candlelit supper".

Pre-dinner drinks AND ironed fabric napkins, sounds to me like they damn well ought to like it and say thank you, too... unless they're some sort of Hyacinth Bucket expecting a "candlelit supper".

Using the Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles.

Pre-dinner drinks AND ironed fabric napkins, sounds to me like they damn well ought to like it and say thank you, too... unless they're some sort of Hyacinth Bucket expecting a "candlelit supper".

Using the Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles.

The WillsBabe Residence; the lady of the house speaking...

Using the Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles.

The WillsBabe Residence; the lady of the house speaking...

Can I have a number 16 combo and some prawn crackers, please?

^ This is not the Chinese restaurant. This is a residential number and you are speaking to the lady of the house on a white, slim line telephone with last number redial facility.

See ~ there is a snob within us all ~ apart from macloudt!

And I love that programme and not a bit ashamed to say so (There is no smiley for a being snobbish!) Right off to eat my stuffed aubergine, with a proper napkin

 

[Mary Ann]

See ~ there is a snob within us all ~ apart from macloudt!

That's kind of you to say, but I'm the one who purchased fabric to sew my own table linen, remember? And if you do the tablecloth trick we want to see video evidence!

 

[An Officer]

I had lunch at an Italian place today, and they had huge, soft, white cotton napkins, and I thought of you, K'Ehleyr... I was tempted, but valiantly resisted. You are being a very bad influence on us all!

 

[TrickyDickie]

And here I thought this was going to be a thread about that compulsion to tear up paper napkins into little strips!

That does bring to mind the fact that when I was knee high to a grasshopper I enjoyed tearing the hell out of used tea bags and strewing the contents all over the house. I would squeeze the bejeebers out of 'em first. Drove one of my older brothers absolutely nuts!

 

[K'Ehleyr]

See ~ there is a snob within us all ~ apart from macloudt!

That's kind of you to say, but I'm the one who purchased fabric to sew my own table linen, remember? And if you do the tablecloth trick we want to see video evidence!

If I buy some and send it to you would you make napkins for me? I will have to go out with a posh friend who has that facility ~ Oh hang on I have a lunch date tomorrow...

I had lunch at an Italian place today, and they had huge, soft, white cotton napkins, and I thought of you, K'Ehleyr... I was tempted, but valiantly resisted. You are being a very bad influence on us all!

You could have got one and sent it to me!
I think if we're being charged 12.5% service charge ~ then we deserve something for our money!
I'm going back to Wabi tomorrow with a different consort ~ if I can pursuade him to play along I may have a spare one

And here I thought this was going to be a thread about that compulsion to tear up paper napkins into little strips!

That does bring to mind the fact that when I was knee high to a grasshopper I enjoyed tearing the hell out of used tea bags and strewing the contents all over the house. I would squeeze the bejeebers out of 'em first. Drove one of my older brothers absolutely nuts!

TD, I totally adore the use of the word 'bejeebers' and the phrase 'knee high to a grasshopper' but the mutilation of teabags I just can not condone

 

[Yeoman Randi]

I use to be really big on the tiny bottles of shampoo and stuff that you get at hotels. Lately though with the limits as to what liquids you can pack i haven't been doing that. I can't think of anything at a restaurant that might have fallen into my bag. But then again, i rarely go out to eat!

My mother, on the other hand will swipe every fricken Sweet n Low package she can get her hands on!

 

[propita]

That does bring to mind the fact that when I was knee high to a grasshopper I enjoyed tearing the hell out of used tea bags and strewing the contents all over the house. I would squeeze the bejeebers out of 'em first. Drove one of my older brothers absolutely nuts!

TD, I totally adore the use of the word 'bejeebers' and the phrase 'knee high to a grasshopper' but the mutilation of teabags I just can not condone

Yeah, K'Eh, you're a Brit. Those terms are--where are they from? Well, we've heard of them out in California, and I know they're not from around these parts. But I always heard it used in "scared the bejeebers out of" someone.

And if you liked "knee high to a grasshopper," you'd probably also like "I was a nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rockingchairs." Ah ... such images.

 

[Mary Ann]

If I buy some and send it to you would you make napkins for me? I will have to go out with a posh friend who has that facility ~ Oh hang on I have a lunch date tomorrow...

Sure. I can just about machine sew rectangles and squares. Seriously, my machine sewing skills are pretty basic, but I love my machine nonetheless. It makes me feel all domestic-y, probably because the rest of my housekeeping doesn't.

 

[TrickyDickie]

That does bring to mind the fact that when I was knee high to a grasshopper I enjoyed tearing the hell out of used tea bags and strewing the contents all over the house. I would squeeze the bejeebers out of 'em first. Drove one of my older brothers absolutely nuts!

TD, I totally adore the use of the word 'bejeebers' and the phrase 'knee high to a grasshopper' but the mutilation of teabags I just can not condone

Yeah, K'Eh, you're a Brit. Those terms are--where are they from? Well, we've heard of them out in California, and I know they're not from around these parts. But I always heard it used in "scared the bejeebers out of" someone.

And if you liked "knee high to a grasshopper," you'd probably also like "I was a nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rockingchairs." Ah ... such images.

I hadn't heard of the cat one until my wife introduced me to it. The others had been used by my family for years.

In my own defense, I grew out of that and I only ever did it with black tea, never with green, white, or....Earl Grey.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

I use to be really big on the tiny bottles of shampoo and stuff that you get at hotels. Lately though with the limits as to what liquids you can pack i haven't been doing that. I can't think of anything at a restaurant that might have fallen into my bag. But then again, i rarely go out to eat!

My mother, on the other hand will swipe every fricken Sweet n Low package she can get her hands on!

Oh I collect all the french mustard I can get in little packets and the shampoo etc is only what you pay for so is deserved to take home

That does bring to mind the fact that when I was knee high to a grasshopper I enjoyed tearing the hell out of used tea bags and strewing the contents all over the house. I would squeeze the bejeebers out of 'em first. Drove one of my older brothers absolutely nuts!

TD, I totally adore the use of the word 'bejeebers' and the phrase 'knee high to a grasshopper' but the mutilation of teabags I just can not condone

Oh I have many packets of french mustard etc. filched from pubs! And you pay for the shampoo etc in hotels so it's fair play.
As for bejeebers, it originates from bejesus, which is an Irish curse or saying, depending where you stand on religion I s'pose


Yeah, K'Eh, you're a Brit. Those terms are--where are they from? Well, we've heard of them out in California, and I know they're not from around these parts. But I always heard it used in "scared the bejeebers out of" someone.

And if you liked "knee high to a grasshopper," you'd probably also like "I was a nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rockingchairs." Ah ... such images.

I love it! My feline friend has just run from the room! Look him up on facebook ~ Sirsqueak Ofmoorecourt!

If I buy some and send it to you would you make napkins for me? I will have to go out with a posh friend who has that facility ~ Oh hang on I have a lunch date tomorrow...

Sure. I can just about machine sew rectangles and squares. Seriously, my machine sewing skills are pretty basic, but I love my machine nonetheless. It makes me feel all domestic-y, probably because the rest of my housekeeping doesn't.

I may take you up on that! Drank too many cocktails to aquire any napkins today

TD, I totally adore the use of the word 'bejeebers' and the phrase 'knee high to a grasshopper' but the mutilation of teabags I just can not condone

Yeah, K'Eh, you're a Brit. Those terms are--where are they from? Well, we've heard of them out in California, and I know they're not from around these parts. But I always heard it used in "scared the bejeebers out of" someone.

And if you liked "knee high to a grasshopper," you'd probably also like "I was a nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rockingchairs." Ah ... such images.

I hadn't heard of the cat one until my wife introduced me to it. The others had been used by my family for years.

In my own defense, I grew out of that and I only ever did it with black tea, never with green, white, or....Earl Grey.

Bejeebers comes from the Irish term 'bejesus'. Depending on if you're religious or not it's a curse or simply a saying.
And as for tea ~ Son went to a Japanese part of London as part of his A level studies (?) and bought home green tea. I have now bought a tea strainer so we can sample it properly

 

[WillsBabe]

Yeah, K'Eh, you're a Brit. Those terms are--where are they from?

I'm in the Uk and "knee-high to a grasshopper" is a common phrase to me. I think I first heard it as a kid on a Hovis tv commerical of all places! (That's be about 30+ years ago).

 

[M'Sharak]

(There is no smiley for a being snobbish!)

Say it isn't so!

 

[K'Ehleyr]

(There is no smiley for a being snobbish!)

Say it isn't so!

Make it so *points finger in forward direction*

 

[Windoze 95]

@ bejeebers. LOL!

K'Eh (hopefully I can call you that for short like half of the other members without getting killed by the Klingon half of you ) I wonder why you have this strange habit of taking the napkins. When you were a child did you have napkins in your house?

((And for confessions, I don't take anything, but I do bite my finger nails. )