tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post1507527739278870233..comments2022-01-11T20:50:21.015+00:00Comments on Frog Blog by Frog in the Field: Family Sit Down Meals Have Gone to the DogsFrog in the Fieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990222544828204911noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-18817432730548406602008-11-25T21:49:00.000+00:002008-11-25T21:49:00.000+00:00Came back to read this again via Potty Mummy. Sti...Came back to read this again via Potty Mummy. Still funny!Working Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16243697047355131343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-57691141379754708322008-06-09T09:05:00.000+01:002008-06-09T09:05:00.000+01:00Marvellous! Love the flying bread -must try that. ...Marvellous! Love the flying bread -must try that. Could help get the girls in the rounders team...<BR/><BR/>Sounds like my kind of kitchen (and family!) too.Carah Bodenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429666157453439321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-76398966550495788842008-06-06T21:50:00.000+01:002008-06-06T21:50:00.000+01:00sounds like heaven! I do love farm kitchens and be...sounds like heaven! I do love farm kitchens and being with family... v envious!Sparxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075991922896922279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-10498862145410955742008-05-31T15:51:00.000+01:002008-05-31T15:51:00.000+01:00Site of Special Scientific Interest...Site of Special Scientific Interest...Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-49183243215697119932008-05-31T10:48:00.000+01:002008-05-31T10:48:00.000+01:00Just found your blog...via the feature in the Dail...Just found your blog...via the feature in the Daily Telegraph (Sorry! I am a bit tardy I know!). I like your blog very much and will keep on reading.<BR/><BR/>My family are bad enough and my in-laws are 300 miles away (and they are the ones with the sense of humour!!) Keep up the good work!Hadriana's Treasureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740533954842010870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-59156189582559464402008-05-30T20:23:00.000+01:002008-05-30T20:23:00.000+01:00You paint a vivid picture, dear frog. I can just p...You paint a vivid picture, dear frog. I can just picture you all at your mafia style gathering.<BR/>p.s. Just looked at your party bags - they're lovely.Gone Back Southhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391620186388562057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-11057303879804824972008-05-30T13:31:00.000+01:002008-05-30T13:31:00.000+01:00Hee hee, I love that they all keep a straight face...Hee hee, I love that they all keep a straight face in front of their mum. Hopefully it's a talent you too will develop as the years go by. :DJo Beaufoixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00957369658590225971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-24964081993081047262008-05-30T07:16:00.000+01:002008-05-30T07:16:00.000+01:00OHMYGOD! I read the last four lines first - I don...OHMYGOD! I read the last four lines first - I don't know why, but I then read the rest of the post feeling relieved, but a little traumatised nevertheless!<BR/><BR/>Dear friend, you are a scream.<BR/><BR/>Bea xdulwichmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106294077068237863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-32216049772617915642008-05-29T08:30:00.000+01:002008-05-29T08:30:00.000+01:00My Nan used to call everyone "Cock" enough said!My Nan used to call everyone "Cock" enough said!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-9084255342368575882008-05-28T21:20:00.000+01:002008-05-28T21:20:00.000+01:00'Dogs, Dick' reminds me of the one about the sole ...'Dogs, Dick' reminds me of the one about the sole and the eagle, recently deceased and on their way to the Pearly Gates. The sole, spotting the eagle says "Ah, Eagle" to which the eagle replies, "Ah, ...!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-4625092196022458052008-05-28T18:23:00.000+01:002008-05-28T18:23:00.000+01:00They sound like a great family! Could you wangle...They sound like a great family! Could you wangle an invitation to dinner for me? They wouldn't notice one extra, would they?Mean Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829239249872290230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-59690246836038504932008-05-28T12:47:00.000+01:002008-05-28T12:47:00.000+01:00oh right dogs dick, get it!the bread throwing is a...oh right dogs dick, get it!<BR/><BR/>the bread throwing is a great tradition, I shall implement it forthwith. In fact might go the whole hog and start chucking their food at them, that could work.<BR/>PigxPig in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631525119816074013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-32672311625662919352008-05-27T23:33:00.000+01:002008-05-27T23:33:00.000+01:00Fortunately, this lot have not yet developed the a...Fortunately, this lot have not yet developed the art of making comments that their mother cannot hear. Much to their disappointment.the mother of this lothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04173598381711792094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-75250252244166901172008-05-27T23:03:00.000+01:002008-05-27T23:03:00.000+01:00Ha! Normally in our house it is dad who is like yo...Ha! Normally in our house it is dad who is like your mother-in-law... I think he has some sort of time delay to his hearing or something!Laura Jane Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12483166722690608208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-47581552276253191372008-05-27T17:45:00.000+01:002008-05-27T17:45:00.000+01:00Hi Grit,excuse my ignorance, but what's SSSI place...Hi Grit,<BR/>excuse my ignorance, but what's SSSI places??<BR/><BR/>Hi MH, very kind comments indeed.<BR/>Don't be fascinated, you'll have nightmares!<BR/><BR/>Hello LBD, you know about their funny quirks? Do you deliver the Sunday paper?<BR/><BR/>Hi Crystal,<BR/>I don't live with my farmers mother, we did it for two months only and I think it was enough for both of us, never easy sharing your lifelong space. We live within a few hundred yards of eachother and that's fine.<BR/><BR/>Expat Mum, howdy, howdy!<BR/>Surely Jilly Cooper novels are a bit risque aren't they? Ooh, we're terribly decent here you know (hah!). <BR/>You really can't imagine the noise, especially after a few bottles of wine and pogo stick races up and down the flagstones.<BR/><BR/>Thank you Milla, but really, I am very serious you know.Frog in the Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990222544828204911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-91599053036907246172008-05-27T17:28:00.000+01:002008-05-27T17:28:00.000+01:00very funny Froggie.very funny Froggie.Millahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-72377105409333134372008-05-27T14:56:00.000+01:002008-05-27T14:56:00.000+01:00Sounds like a Jilly Cooper novel - great fun. We h...Sounds like a Jilly Cooper novel - great fun. We have a lot of family meals with just three kids and two parents. It gets very noisy so I can't imagine what a brood of 7 could manage.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-7949710764942211912008-05-27T11:52:00.000+01:002008-05-27T11:52:00.000+01:00These old farm house kitchens will always be the h...These old farm house kitchens will always be the hub of the home. So much went on in those rooms, I doubt much happened in the other parts of the house. Mine is just the same. I don't have in-laws anymore and I have to say I'm not bothered! I do often wonder however, what it would have been like if I had moved in with the farmer's mother. I don't think I would have lasted very long.<BR/><BR/>CJ xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-35521896913739360052008-05-27T11:19:00.000+01:002008-05-27T11:19:00.000+01:00Ah, the in-laws and all the funny little quirks th...Ah, the in-laws and all the funny little quirks they posses. Sucha joy and a trial until you learn the language!Tattieweaslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-47569106464405958672008-05-26T23:39:00.000+01:002008-05-26T23:39:00.000+01:00Ah, a woman after my own heart marrying into a fam...Ah, a woman after my own heart marrying into a family of whom can be said, what they do best is eat. Your mention of the Pig bench, however very much put me in mind of the Sopranos - or even Don Corleone - I'm thinking the scene with the horse's head... Love the bread catching and the dogs, Dick. Excellent blog!LITTLE BROWN DOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752176955139690523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-19553905983283985722008-05-26T21:45:00.000+01:002008-05-26T21:45:00.000+01:00Froggy! That was LOL funny! You're brilliant at th...Froggy! That was LOL funny! You're brilliant at the succinct, to the point blog, genius.<BR/>I am fascinated by your life really, my childhood ambition was to be a farmer, I spent days and weeks on my mum's best friend's farm learning the trade and still yearn for the small holding/chicken pen/goat farm. Instead I live in a new build (carbon almost neutral footprint) with a pocket handkerchief garden, but we are still looking for my dream...A few more pay rises on husband's part and we'll be there. V envious. MHMillennium Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828746856608057335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-66183322003610868332008-05-26T20:32:00.000+01:002008-05-26T20:32:00.000+01:00i love the way that families are like SSSI places;...i love the way that families are like SSSI places; they have their own habitats, flora and fauna. bread throwing is a visiting seed we may have to try and cultivate!Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-59970413365485020202008-05-26T10:11:00.000+01:002008-05-26T10:11:00.000+01:00Hello and Welcome to that cold chic with a long bl...Hello and Welcome to that cold chic with a long blog name! Have just visited you, a lovely Blog.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hi Ernest, Rayburns are indeed similar to Agas.<BR/>Ours though, is not on all the time because the wood hasn't been sawn up with our ear-splitting, noise polluting chainsaw.<BR/>I think our carbon footprint is fairly light though, all the wood is from our farm, stuff either dead and fallen or stuff we have been governmentally-instructed to remove, to encourage wildlife (oh, really) and enable us to put double fences everywhere to stop animals noses touching. I wish I was exagerating and talking complete skwit, but I'm really not.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hi Adventure Togs, don't encourage them! Tomatoes sliding down walls were known in their younger days, usuallu involving homemade runner bean wine!<BR/><BR/>Hello Blogthat Mama, our family is not so much of a challenge but an evolutionary development.Frog in the Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990222544828204911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-18894097458480996852008-05-25T18:42:00.000+01:002008-05-25T18:42:00.000+01:00Glad to read your blog again, frog in the field. I...Glad to read your blog again, frog in the field. I've been busy getting addicted to several blog sites and thoroughly enjoying it. Family sounds challenging and entertaining at the same time.blogthatmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12584817207287233580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028087689359453320.post-13332952716615003062008-05-25T17:47:00.000+01:002008-05-25T17:47:00.000+01:00You could start a new sport - "bread throwing". Yo...You could start a new sport - "bread throwing". Your family sounds like fun and the kitchen huge!<BR/>Love your blog and I'll be back for more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com