At least that is the reason given given by my wife’s parents for attempting to persuade me to clear the tea time table of the potatoes and meat. Now if I was out working all day with my hands (stop guffawing those who know me), or I was perhaps all skinny and bony, I could empathise with their concern. However, apart from week time walks in the park with Anna, I don’t tend to use up a lot of energy really, so I’m sure this well intended attempt to feed me up is not 🙂 The vodka however is a different story – they bought back a bottle of Absolut vodka (which costs a silly amount over here in Kazakhstan) back from their holiday in Turkey. Even better, it was the raspberry flavoured variety – only pipped at the post by the (black?)currant variety. This bottle has magically been disappearing quite quickly over the weekend. Even Irina’s Dad (normally a brandy man) has been sampling it!
There see, just add some fruit in the picture, et voilà , it looks so much healthier!
October 12th, 2009 7:32 pm
Did you know whistling indoors makes means you’ll have NO money in the future, 🙂 its true honest, err so the they say over here ….. and do you find yourself lying awake at night wondering, ‘where do lobsters spend the Winter ?’, ..when someone is kind of annoyed with someone else over here, I’ve heard them say ‘I will show you where the lobster spends the Winter’, i.e. send you to a distant place no-one knows ! I haven’t heard any equivalent for the summer, e.g. ‘I will show you where the penguin spends the summer’. umm, nuff said !
October 13th, 2009 1:24 am
I knew the whistling thing was a no-no, thanks to Lucky’s videos from Almaty – http://www.youtube.com/user/Lucky21842 , but didn’t realise it was money-based.
re. lobsters/penguins – I imagine “there is room for one more in my freezer” might also get the message across 🙂