BBQ's

Well have had a good weekend. Not done a lot, yesterday went out to the baby stores at the Watford retail parks :-0 We went to get an idea on the kit out there and what we need. Had to pay a quid for a brochure from Mammas and Pappas. Quite funny when you go in because all the woman start moving to the right of the shop where the clothes are and all the blokes go to the left and start pushing buttons and levers on the pushchairs, well I call them pushchairs but they are these giant transformer style things that turn into about 3 different things. They are huge and now I know why they are going for the 4x4's.

Had my sister, her hubby to be, niece and my Dad up today for a BBQ. Went out a couple of weeks ago and treated ourselves to a new BBQ (we have been using a tiny £5 one and before that a large rusty bin) got a very good 3 burner gas one, my mate gets a very good discount from a rather large DIY store so took him along. GAS I hear you tutting. Well yep after using them quite a bit round Oz there was only one way to go when we bought our next one. Today I prepared all the food got the BBQ out of the shed and turned it on and in 5 mins we were away and cooking right next to the back door because it was not that hot most people stayed in the kitchen. Now the old one I would of had to go out prior to sorting out the food. Get dirty loading the coals in and sorting out the best places for the firelighters. Finger in the air for the wind direction and speed of said wind, light the match, get another match and try again and again and again. Go in and get the lighter fluid. Light match, WHOOSH and RUN, let the flames die down and move BBQ away from the tree and the house to the back of the garden and wait 30 mins for the coals to burn down while stinking of an arsonist. Then go and prepare the food with my new lighter fluid hands for extra taste.

Yep tut tut a gas BBQ.

Baby news - Mrs PF thinks that last night she felt a flutter in the belly. She thinks that it was the baby and not the madras so Euston (For the Americans this is very similar place to Houston, well sounds a bit like it) we have lift off. Will be a long time before I'm able to feel the baby.


Footie news - AJ to Everton is the latest rumour. Can not wait to 31/8 and the transfer window is closed.

Todays Fact - The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.

If you include the births from North London Indians it would also include the population of New Zealand :-)

On this day - 12th June 1839

Abner Doubleday is credited with inventing the game of baseball by drawing up the official rules in Cooperstown, New York - now the site of the United States National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

The World Series, have to keep reminding our friends over the pond that there is a world outside of the states.

Todays Joke - The Italian Virgin

Maria had just got married and being a traditional Italian, she was still a virgin. So, on her wedding night, staying at her mother's house, she was nervous.

But her mother reassured her. "Don't worry, Maria. Tony's a good man. Go upstairs and he'll take care of you."

So up she went. When she got upstairs, Tony took off his shirt and exposed his hairy chest. Maria ran downstairs to her mother and says, "Mama, Mama, Tony's got a big hairy chest."

"Don't worry, Maria," says the mother," all good men have hairy chests. Go upstairs. He'll take good care of you."

So, up she went again. When she got up in the bedroom, Tony took off his pants exposing his hairylegs. Again, Maria ran downstairs to her mother. "Mama, Mama, Tony took off his pants and he's got hairy legs!"

"Don't worry. All good men have hairy legs. Tony's a good man. Go upstairs and he'll take good care of you."

So up she went again. When she got up there, Tony took off his socks and on his left foot he was missing three toes. When Maria saw this, she ran downstairs. "Mama, Mama, Tony's got a foot and a half!"

"Stay here and stir the pasta," says the mother. "This is a job for Mama."