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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Diane CBPFC on January 26, 2009, 03:34:24 AM

Title: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Diane CBPFC on January 26, 2009, 03:34:24 AM: The Year of the Ox
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Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Vulture on January 26, 2009, 06:04:44 AM: Gong hei fat choi.
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Diane CBPFC on January 26, 2009, 06:18:30 AM: I bought a box of fortune cookies. ;D
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Vulture on January 26, 2009, 07:07:27 AM: Quote from: Diane CBPFC on January 26, 2009, 06:18:30 AM
I bought a box of fortune cookies. ;D

Wot! No Chinese meal?
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: The Peepmaster on January 26, 2009, 09:23:04 AM: Vulch - Ni hao, ma?

Have a good'un.
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on January 26, 2009, 09:57:46 AM: I'm not sure a lump of coal and some shortbread would cover it, but a very Happy New Year to Vult and all our Chinese members and visitors.
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Vulture on January 26, 2009, 09:47:30 PM: Quote from: The Peepmaster on January 26, 2009, 09:23:04 AM
Vulch - Ni hao, ma?

Have a good'un.

Ni hao, ma?
I'm fine thanks; how are you?
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Roger Kettle on January 26, 2009, 10:26:07 PM: Happy New Year, Vulch!
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: The Peepmaster on January 26, 2009, 10:30:10 PM: Quote from: Vulture on January 26, 2009, 09:47:30 PM
Quote from: The Peepmaster on January 26, 2009, 09:23:04 AM
Vulch - Ni hao, ma?

Have a good'un.

Ni hao, ma?
I'm fine thanks; how are you?

That's good to know. Have a couple of beers down the paub tonight.
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Vulture on January 26, 2009, 11:30:24 PM: Quote from: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on January 26, 2009, 09:57:46 AM
I'm not sure a lump of coal and some shortbread would cover it, but a very Happy New Year to Vult and all our Chinese members and visitors.

mmmmm - shortbread! Damn; too late to go and get some. :-[
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Diane CBPFC on January 27, 2009, 07:58:38 PM: I did make a stir-fry last night and we had fortune cookies for dessert.
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Fyodor on January 28, 2009, 06:11:35 PM: I was surprised to hear some guy on the wireless saying that the fortune cookie is an American phenomenon.
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Roger Kettle on January 28, 2009, 07:28:53 PM: Like Chop Suey.
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: The Peepmaster on January 28, 2009, 08:16:49 PM: Like Chicken Tika Masala too.

Except it wasn't American. It was a British invention.

And obviously it's Indian, and not Chinese.

Although it's not really Indian (or Bangladeshi) as it originated in the UK.

Invented in an Indian (or Bangladeshi) restaurant though, albeit one that was in England, (or certainly a part of the UK).

What I mean, is that it's not from Asia, like Chop Suey is meant not to be, (if Roger's right).
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on January 28, 2009, 09:18:41 PM: I believe Chicken Tikka Masala originated in Glasgow, Peepsie, although there is some dispute about this.
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Malc on January 28, 2009, 11:58:35 PM: No, that's Chicken Tikka McSala.
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: The Peepmaster on January 29, 2009, 01:04:28 AM: Yeah, Tarks - that's why I said it was invented in part of the UK. I had a feeling it might have been Scotland, and I was counting Glasgow as being a part of Great Britain.
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on January 29, 2009, 07:41:20 AM: I know you did, Peepsie, but then you specifically plumped for England, although you covered yourself with your bracketed remark. The dispute is between Glasgow and a restaurant in Birmingham I believe, so I was merely seeking to expand your information, not correct it, Sassenach.
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: The Peepmaster on January 29, 2009, 09:07:27 AM: I wonder where mince was invented...
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Malc on January 29, 2009, 11:45:04 AM: Quote
I know you did, Peepsie, but then you specifically plumped for England

To explain- "England" is the title of the new movie he's starring in. Peepsie had to gain a considerable amount of weight to play the Isle Of Man, a loner tax haven living on the edge of the law, neither a country nor a county, living by its own rules.
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Malc on January 29, 2009, 11:45:51 AM: I've been down the pub.
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: The Peepmaster on January 29, 2009, 12:59:19 PM: You should have said - I'd have joined you.
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Malc on January 30, 2009, 04:41:36 AM: Why? I'm not coming apart.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I've been down the pub again.
Title: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!
Post by: Vulture on January 30, 2009, 07:13:47 AM: Quote from: Malc on January 30, 2009, 04:41:36 AM
Why? I'm not coming apart.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I've been down the pub again.

We'd never have guessed!