tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post2788370635360881541..comments2023-09-22T13:57:20.922-04:00Comments on From The Valley To The Palais: Birthdays, teapots and the lurgynappy valley girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-68802644189815439122011-04-21T12:17:03.958-04:002011-04-21T12:17:03.958-04:00Lurgy sounds so wonderful - just like you had the ...Lurgy sounds so wonderful - just like you had the plague. Did she take a few steps back?!<br /><br />Happy belated Birthday. That's a very lovely teapot!Calif Lornahttp://califlorna.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-63768559513963799302011-04-21T12:16:47.902-04:002011-04-21T12:16:47.902-04:00Lurgy sounds so wonderful - just like you had the ...Lurgy sounds so wonderful - just like you had the plague. Did she take a few steps back?!<br /><br />Happy belated Birthday. That's a very lovely teapot!Calif Lornahttp://califlorna.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-13849102677929583262011-04-19T09:47:09.536-04:002011-04-19T09:47:09.536-04:00Ah yes the lurgy, its sort of like a cross between...Ah yes the lurgy, its sort of like a cross between chicken pox and bubonic plague?<br /><br />You have missed it right?<br /><br />Oh....<br /><br />*giggles at own warped sense of humour and potters off*Muddling Alonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702217530704657676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-59044359059935490012011-04-12T21:39:00.095-04:002011-04-12T21:39:00.095-04:00Great job here. I really enjoyed what you had to ...Great job here. I really enjoyed what you had to say. Keep going because you definitely bring a new voice to this subject. Not many people would say what youve said and still make it interesting. Well, at least Im interested. Cant wait to see more of this from you.Nederlandhttp://chat4less.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-88119404413272333912011-04-12T14:13:25.670-04:002011-04-12T14:13:25.670-04:00Mickle - what a great memory!
Mud - I don't t...Mickle - what a great memory!<br /><br />Mud - I don't think I need to do anything else to stand out.....<br /><br />Tanya - so having lived in the UK did you know what it meant?<br /><br />About last weekend - you're right. All the best stuff....<br /><br />NB - thank you - and keep clear of that lurgy!nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-38628136664265445682011-04-12T07:47:03.043-04:002011-04-12T07:47:03.043-04:00How did I miss this? I must have been down with t...How did I miss this? I must have been down with the lurgy! Happy, happy birthday to you, squashed tomatoes and stew, bread and butter in the gutter, happy birthday to you...Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-90224189206705637442011-04-11T19:51:01.596-04:002011-04-11T19:51:01.596-04:00Love it. But doesn't all the good stuff and be...Love it. But doesn't all the good stuff and best culture come from Spike whether the goon show or Monty Python? Hope you feel better and I know what you mean my kids think I'm crazy not to want to go to Chuck'd'cheese (yet...again..)About Last Weekendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716571630418078937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-61845653175144743312011-04-11T15:54:25.875-04:002011-04-11T15:54:25.875-04:00Lol on the lurgy! And happy belated birthday! Ho...Lol on the lurgy! And happy belated birthday! Hope you are enjoying your teapot :)Tanya (Bump2Basics)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11190613569079236305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-13291332017207452402011-04-11T07:40:08.274-04:002011-04-11T07:40:08.274-04:00Happy lurgey-less birthday! Maybe you can start a...Happy lurgey-less birthday! Maybe you can start a rumour about a new 'British disease' doing the rounds?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-62091365941269184422011-04-10T07:39:55.795-04:002011-04-10T07:39:55.795-04:00While I have grown up with Spike Milligan's wr...While I have grown up with Spike Milligan's writing I can understand the confusion "lurgy" can cause. <br /><br />Another term for colds and mild flu that I grew up with here in NZ is "the dreaded plague" - I expect this term would terrify your Long Island friends and neighbours!<br /><br />Now, happy family memory from the late 1970s - Dad, Mum, Sister and self all in bed by 9.00pm on a Sunday ready to hear "The Goon Show". Mum would promptly go to sleep while Dad, sister and self happily listened and laughed. Our stroppy, stubborn and utterly bloody-minded cat, Bits, would snuggle down between Mum's feet!!!Mickle in NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10432796020646607634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-30440452559199529242011-04-08T10:36:34.703-04:002011-04-08T10:36:34.703-04:00Marla - it's just an expression that I think e...Marla - it's just an expression that I think everyone in the UK knows, meaning an unknown illness (usually flu-like) that will be going around at any given time. Also known as 'the dreaded lurgy'. <br /><br />Elsie - no bouncy castles, but did have a lovely meal out and yes, lots of tea.<br /><br />Iota - that is funny. My son thinks his teacher knows everything - much more than me. <br /><br />Lynn - really, I had no idea! Thanks for filling me in...<br /><br />Expat Mum - really gross, yes. I hope the boys don't pick that one up - sure they will....<br /><br />HOM - sadly not - we're planning to stay here & holiday in the US. Maybe next spring though....<br /><br />PantswithNames - Ahh, I'm sure he will remember in time. Yes, I thought the teapot was a very good choice. <br /><br />Diney - I think she just thought I was weird! But I am used to that....<br /><br />Julie - yes, indeed, has been some grisly stuff. Not too near us, about 30 miles away but near some beaches we go to in the summer.nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-59550773534693636922011-04-08T07:02:56.269-04:002011-04-08T07:02:56.269-04:00I've been reading some horrible stories about ...I've been reading some horrible stories about Long Island in the news recently....hope that's not near you!Juliehttp://www.madenglishwoman40.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-35942662155232769882011-04-08T06:53:09.924-04:002011-04-08T06:53:09.924-04:00Lurgy is just such a brilliant word - but the US t...Lurgy is just such a brilliant word - but the US translation is fairly gross so I'n not surprised that that Mum looked with horror! I'll bet she made a story about that conversation with her friends and family at your 'cute English' expense! Happy b-day ! Isn't it funny that the kids can't understand how we aren't having a party with games and a magician etc! (except 'special' ones, maybe!)dineyhttp://oldermumsarefun.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-6564945870940633322011-04-08T05:10:55.763-04:002011-04-08T05:10:55.763-04:00Lurgy is such a fabulous word though - exactly des...Lurgy is such a fabulous word though - exactly describes what it is!<br /><br />Happy Birthday.The Dr did well with the tea pot, I'm very impressed. It is my birthday next week and I don't think it has even crossed the husbands radar yet.Dorset Dispatcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457466586411004146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-62233332201198553512011-04-08T02:07:38.042-04:002011-04-08T02:07:38.042-04:00happy belated birthday. Fab teapot!! Are you comin...happy belated birthday. Fab teapot!! Are you coming over to the UK at all this summer?Home Office Mumhttp://homeofficemum.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-20873342028402013422011-04-07T22:13:06.558-04:002011-04-07T22:13:06.558-04:00I said "lurgy" a few weeks ago to no ava...I said "lurgy" a few weeks ago to no avail, and Lynn's right, it sounds like what they call a Loogey (no idea how to spell it), but it'a a big phlegm spit ball. And very gross indeed!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-78390806667391946802011-04-07T18:24:01.616-04:002011-04-07T18:24:01.616-04:00The thing is, lurgy sounds uncomfortably close to ...The thing is, lurgy sounds uncomfortably close to a very gross (in US anyway) expression for . . . well, I'll just say spit, even though that doesn't really cover the grossness of it. <br /><br />Sorry to be too excruciatingly correct to just come out and say it, but it's grossing me out just to think about it. Normally I try not to! It's probably what the lady you were talking to thought you were saying. But just ask any prepubescent boys to tell you. They'll know!Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-10360138278156598232011-04-07T18:11:23.193-04:002011-04-07T18:11:23.193-04:00Lovely tea pot.
I always think Pump It Up should ...Lovely tea pot.<br /><br />I always think Pump It Up should be called Pump Them Up.<br /><br />My daughter came home from school today all pumped up on pizza, strawberry cake and chocolate goodies, because it is her teacher's birthday. She made me guess how old her teacher is (we have this conversation quite often), and I went with 35. Very solemnly, she told me No! She's 21! She really thought she was (it's kind of young for a teacher with a son in 2nd grade).Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-49807043183294599572011-04-07T17:59:26.584-04:002011-04-07T17:59:26.584-04:00No way!
Hope you had a lovely birthday with lots ...No way!<br /><br />Hope you had a lovely birthday with lots of tea, and no bouncy castles....Elsie Buttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768998561385293241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-22880814667082028262011-04-07T16:10:01.270-04:002011-04-07T16:10:01.270-04:00So, "What IS that?"So, "What IS that?"marlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580355959958286958noreply@blogger.com