But shouldn’t cookware last longer than 3 uses? If you have to replace them that often it’s no longer a convenience gadget.

Are we long lost sisters?

Does your neighbour know my mother? She won’t let anyone near the washing machine or dryer unless someone is home to check on it and nobody is allowed to use the wireless (!) phone during storms. Though she’s better than my grandaunt who would always pack a suitcase and sit ready to run on the stairs during storms.…

I have no crockpot experience, but my mother used to have a special pot that she got for her wedding. My dad couldn’t stand any food that had ever been in contact with that pot even if it was only used for reheating. My mom thought he was just being weird because nobody else ever complained, until I came along and…

I think my German geography teacher would have a lot to say to Mrs Hampton.

Would vegans/vegetarians be the LGBTQ+ eqivalent in your cookbook religion? Why am I thinking so much into this?

The German version at one point changed ‘you shall not kill’ to ‘you shall not murder’, so people could no longer use that as an excuse to avoid military service.

Some international students tried to do that once, in front of the theology college next to the university of all places. They didn’t last long though. Hell has no fury like a mob of angry students who are late for class and you are the thing in their way.

I have a leatherbound copy of the Divine Comedy with gilded edges. You’d be surprised how many people have mistaken it for a bible, even when they could see the cover.

It’s hard to see, but I guess at least the black ones are some of these sock-sneaker-things.

It always surprises me that in the US the most extreme/conservative religious groups are Protestant, while in most other countries it’s still the Catholics.

She’s one of those people whose age I could never guess, just based on her styling. Her looks vary between someone half my age (26/13) and someone 10 years older than me. Before I knew who she was I thought she was around my age.

To be fair, there are many ads for personal care products that don’t show the body part it’s used for.

Retaliating by pulling out a pair of newly bought egg scissors and staring him blank in the eyes has also proven to be effective.

Did your gran have 6 Welsh ex-husbands?

I got my name because when my mother was at the ob/gyn there was another woman with a small child who had that name.

Mercedes was, and still is in some countries, a regular name. It was the name of Jellinek’s daughter, he was a racing driver and named a new model after her. The name became so popular that it somehow became the company name.

If you read it, those are only inspired by seafood and are made to look like it. The ‘tuna’ is raspberry, the ‘sea urchin’ is melon+mascarpone and the ‘egg’ is pudding flavoured.

Never buy a woman a birthday or holiday gift that plugs in.

Look at the publishing date. ;)