Elegsabiff Blog Comments (9,358)

Just call me Fred

I have mini magnums. And rather dodgy wine. C'mon round!


BROWN. No. Brown trim? could work.

RE: They Walk Among Us!

I was once setting up a catering function with an organizer who had total control of a pretty huge budget. We settled on a working figure of R100 000 and I said we'd need 50% up front. Oh right, she said, let me just get my calculator ...

a real numbers person, obviously.

Just call me Fred

I didn't buy anything at all, I was chained to my desk. YES PLEASE take me shopping I honestly haven't a clue.

Just call me Fred

Oh thanks Barney make me feel special

Just call me Fred

Don't mock it, Barney, as trompe l'oeil it's surprisingly effective

Just call me Fred

C'mon KN Pedal liked it

Skin? Hmm. I was planning a neck to toes flannel goonie as a back-up for the t, but if you think it will help ...


Pedal, yup, and I flaunt it, baby. Pretty unbelievable, huh?

Just call me Fred

Molly, I did blink at your second paragraph. Then I re-read it, ohhhhh right

RE: Your Profile And You

always interesting to be described by others - looks and personality.

Have you ever had that thing where someone says wow, you have a double, it's uncanny and then they introduce you to your double and you're thinking SERIOUSLY?

Just call me Fred

Fiery, that's me. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. I do think men must like talking to someone 'safe' who can be quizzed about women. Just flirt a little, guys. Pay the ferryman

Just call me Fred

Pat, between the cat on one side and the dog on the other I can barely roll over, let alone roll out of bed. And at my age, anyone who can sweet talk his way past the dog is a charmer of note and welcome

Just call me Fred

Map, the days of calling me Auntie Biff were over before they started. I'd rather be Fred.

Just call me Fred

Molly, I'm not very good at frilly.

Just call me Fred

Hmm, Z, I think you'll be okay for a thousand miles yet.

This is your car we're talking about, right?

Just call me Fred

Cat, I rather like a beard. But mine would be ginger, a frightening thought. Maybe you're right.

Just call me Fred

Ek, do you think it's time to shed the dungarees and t-shirts? Hmmmm. I'll have to think about that ...

Just call me Fred

Sola, I think of myself more as a coach

Just call me Fred

Redex, thanks!!

Just call me Fred

Taking afternoon to go shopping

Later xx

Just call me Fred

Running out of battery here so will be back later but serene, you're on different time zone so before you go - tell me HOW ok?

Just call me Fred

Sitting in my car giggling and getting odd looks. Love you all for making me laugh, but yup Titch I know you're joking. Even though half the guys on CS nearly changed their name to Fred before they finished reading your comment.

Just call me Fred

I'm going to work now so can't chat until later. If there's some advice to chat about, thank you in advance.

RE: Relationship Killers

Bet that went down well with some if not all of your ladies, if my experience is anything to go by!

I can't switch off THAT quickly, I disappear for an hour or two for a walk or a drive, but when I come back I can't be doing with sulks or the fight rehashed in cold blood. Talk, sure. Please. There was an issue, now we settle it properly if it's still an issue, but not on and on and on.

If I can't fight I go quiet and cold, and fret. Nobody should have to face Biff when she's polite.

Trouble is it can take months to have the first fight, bit late then to realize he's rubbish at it

RE: Here's to us

It was when I found myself looking at the ant poison in the DIY shop and wondering how much I would need to sprinkle on his food to do the job yet not be too obviously spotted in the autopsy.

Get a grip, Biff, I thought. Not worth it. Just GO. So I went.

In retrospect I'd rather be a widow than a divorcee so maybe I made the wrong decision?

There should be a tongue-in-cheek emoticon on here. But it did cross my mind and so it was the reason I left.

RE: Stick a straw up your nose.

Oh good now I know what to look forward to if I ever have an op. my eyes are watering at the thought. Eek.

Think yourself lucky, you could have had a catheter, and removing that would have probably needed the entire nursing staff lined up, chests at the ready, to distract you

Indie publishing - a fact or two

Tatami, as you found, having the idea isn't the hard part, and playing with it is the fun part. Carrying it through - that's the grind. I reached a point with my first book where I realized I had read it over 30 times with all the edits and re-writes and picking and pruning, and I hated the sight of it. HATED it!

But the creative stage? Best feeling on earth

Indie publishing - a fact or two

KN, so do I!

RE: An Eye For An Eye

I liked Pat's solution but few would take it. Always the chance of getting out early, a successful jailbreak ...

That's terrible about your brother. As for the statistics, a guy here was murdered when he went to a house party to ask them (politely) to keep the noise down. He was knifed by one of the merry party-goers who didn't like being told what to do. Point is - we're all still talking about it. Six or seven years ago, the only murder we've had here in my small town for a decade or more.

That wasn't what your blog was about. Perfect world? Put a microchip in someone's brain which will explode if they try to do it again. Trouble is, way too SF to actually do, but it would be an elegant solution and put their own survival in their own hands.

I do disagree with one thing, a spontaneous love-turned-hate lashing-out is not the same as premeditated murder. People serve life-sentences for losing their tempers once, while career criminals work the system and get out after minimum sentences.

Indie publishing - a fact or two

Crazy, just publish your blogs

RE: We are all human

Sorry, me being whimsical. Animal Farm also held all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.

And if I've confused you more, please ignore me. I'm a bit of an idiot

RE: We are all human

NICE blog. Despite the Animal Farm comment, which I couldn't resist, I am 100% behind you. Oh dear, I really should ask you to delete the comment, shouldn't I?