OMG–Nigel and Darrell The Totally Unofficial Faux Faces Of Kinder!!!!

When we got in from work yesterday there was a parcel of a very mysterious type nature waiting in the porch of Castle Greysquirrel addressed to Monkey, Darrell and Nigel ….. to wit us!!!!!We didn’t recognise the handwriting, but were very excited by the romantic London postmark, because parcels from London are always very important.

We let Nigel do the honour of revealing the contents of the said parcel ….. OMG …OMG ...OMG… his (and our) eyes were as big as saucers as we all spotted the name “Kinder” through the bubble wrap  …… and we have to admit, by this stage all our hearts were going ten to the dozen!!!It seems that although Darrell and Nigel had recovered fairly quickly after the mahoooosive, slight disappointment of both their applications to be the Face of Kinder 2013 being “rejected” as unsuitable, under a minor technicality, namely – that they are monkeys and not children (as required) …..

…. The Lovely Kirsten from Kinder had obviously got wind of their let down and taken it very much to heart and in an effort to help Darrell and Nigel get over their “rejection” had sent them each their very own “Totally Unofficial Faux Face of Kinder 2013” packs …… A deafening silence fell upon our kitchen as we looked at them, we were all totally overwhelmed and moved in a Hello Magazine type way.

And, we are not ashamed to say that there were several manly sniffs ….   to think that someone from such a company, in the midst of a national (worldwide??) campaign could be so kind and thoughtful as to take on board Darrell and Nigel's disappointment!

However, once Nigel had regained his composure, he immediately suggested that we had …. "better get stuck in"  as it would look awfully ungrateful and rude not too! It was a gift that was meant to be eaten with robust pleasure and gusto,  rather than just looked at …. and it would be wicked to let them go stale …..!

What is he like?

There then followed much happy nomming!!! ….. Our score on our Richter scale of noms?  …… 20/10 of course!!  Thank you Kirsten and everyone at The Kinder Factory, you’ve made three monkeys very happy, this was well worth being rejected for!!!!! xxxxx

More Best Kept Village Developments

Darrell  has noted that the council have now added five hanging baskets of pansies to the post that we think may well be the floral epicentre of our village,  as it eagerly awaits the much anticipated judging of the Best Kept Village competition to begin …..

….. but though very lovely ….. we didn’t really think that pansies are renowned for their trailing properties (unlike some varieties of lobelia or fuchsias)  ….. but then,  who are we to question such matters of a horticultural type nature when all our gardening knowledge comes from occasionally watching of Alan Titchmarch when nothing else of interest is on the tele.

Darrell also noticed that there had been some interesting developments in the large plant containers outside The Woodman pub …..

….. so taken in by the display was he that he actually went up close to drink in their fragrance ……

…… only to discover that the abundance of foliage and flowers that had caught his eye was in fact faux, a confection of weather-proof floral frippery ….. strategically placed betwixt “real” fauna and flora and planted in real soil possibly to "deceive" the Best Kept Village judging panel into believing that a robust programme of planting had  occurred …….. We are entirely sure that this move bodes well for our village’s success  ……. it may cost us valuable marks …….

Happy Birthday Marc

Robust and Very Happy Birthday Greetings to our lovely, lovely friend Marc, in whose lounge, “London Lounging”  was born …. amongst his mahoooosive collection of cushions, which change to suit his whim and mood, once, twice …. three times a day.  Marc IS London Style ….. and without whom London and Darrell would know nothing about de rigeuer.

We are sorry we can’t be with you today, but you know that you will be in our hearts …..

…. and as Nigel blew out your birthday candle we each made a special birthday wish for you …. Darrell wished that “the girls” would sweep the board at every show they entered this summer and fill the house with rosettes  …… I wished that you would find happy and wondrous things when you go to your beloved summer fetes, fayres  and carboot sales …..

…… and Nigel wished that you would always have a very ample sufficiency of Kinder chocolate ….. because we know it is your very favourite confectionary comestible of choice! We hope that about covers all bases!!!

xxxxx WE LOVE YOU MR MARC xxxxx HAPPY BIRTHDAY xxxxx

Nigel’s Bespoke Suit Arrives ….. An Emotional Occasion For Us All!

Sometimes you just don’t need words ….. suffice to say Nigel’s much anticipated bespoke suit has finally arrived from Lorraine, the suit he will be wearing to Queen’s Garden Party at Buckingham Palace later in the month ….

Let’s just say that Nigel was soooooooo excited when the parcel arrived that he didn’t stand on ceremony and just stripped off there and then in our utility…..

And then, when he stood before us, all resplendent, all we could do was sob, and sob and then sob some more ….. working our way through a whole box of man sized tissues.

We are not ashamed to say that robust and raw emotion was rife and flowing in the kitchen Castle Greysquirrel at that moment ….

Words can not express how overcome we were and how very proud we were of “our little Nigel”… we barely recognised him, save for his blue socks, he looked sooooo handsome ….. all we wanted to do was drink him all in.

It really was a moment worthy of a twenty page, world exclusive Hello Magazine type photo-shoot

Who knows what tales he will have to tell us of his grand adventure when he comes back, who’s hands he will shake, how many times he will curtsey, and what the Queen will say to him if he is selected for a private audience …..  and knowing Nigel how many times he will avail himself of the royal tea tent!

Lorraine – Maker of Nigel’s Bespoke suits …….. and all future outfits … 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/raspberryraingalleries/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

Eurovision Aftermath!

First of all …. well done Darrell for a very long evening of vigorous tweeting …

…. especially as he would be the first to admit that he is not really that au fait with the machinations of twitter ….. he really did admirably.

We armed ourselves for the evening with a smorgasbord of comestibles, encompassing both sweet and savoury delights …

…. all washed down with a nice cup of tea every time there was a lull in proceedings or the song at the time wasn’t doing anything for me!

At 8.59pm Darrell tweeted on our behalf that Russia would be in the top five ….

…. and,  as the results came in,  we wished we’d had a fiver on our Derek Acorah type, spooky prediction!

Denmark were the victors ….. with, to be honest a song that we really didn't rate that much …….
….. our only comment was that as the song ended there was a mahooosive shower of glitter ticker tape,  which did seemed a tad suspicious in its celebratory previousness.

We all watched it to the bitter end, even though bless him, Nigel’s eyelids got heavier and heavier …. and good for Bonnie,  got she 13 points more than the 10 we predicted and didn't come last,19th was quite respectable!

I also suspect that there may have been a little flirtatious tweeting going on with Darrell because at around eleven o’clock he became all secretive as to who was “beeping” him …. and his little cheeks went all red and florid !We ended the evening wondering …..

…… wondering if we would ever be lucky enough to go to Eurovision in real life …. Perhaps when Nigel goes to the Queen’s Garden Party at Buckingham Palace he could ask the Queen if he could possibly have any tickets she or her family couldn’t use ….. as she MUST be offered tons of them as ruler of an entrant country!

The Eurovision Song Contest …… TONIGHT ….. And Our Concise And Considered Twitters

You may have thought we had been a little remiss this year in our not mentioning it before …. but YES …. we WILL be glued tonight,  as per usual,  to our televisual highlight of the year The Eurovision Song Contest,  even though, to be brutally honest and with much candour,  we don’t think that Bonnie Tyler has a swinging cats chance in hell, of getting more than dix points at the end of the proceedings ……..

We have not missed any of the semi final qualifying rounds this week ……

….. which,  shall we say,  have caused us not a little amusement ….. with regards to song lyrics, staging, costumes and overall over the top performances ….. at one stage Darrell laughed so robustly I thought he might have wet himself!

If you remember our plan last year for Darrell to relay our concise and considered opinions via twitter @DarrellMonkey during the evening ….. was cruelly thwarted, after Darrell went **** over ***  on our newly polished floor and ended up in casualty ….. well,  we are going to attempt it again tonight ….. so if you would like to join us at Castle Greysquirrel …… let’s all party in a multicultural and totally nonsensical song type way ….. vive la difference and come on Bonnie!

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Making Pizza With Nigel

Yesterday all was very quiet on the Food Dept. front where I work,  so I asked Nigel to pop in after his shift in his beloved kitchen as I was trying out a new scone based pizza recipe for next weeks demonstration  ……

…. and I needed his advice re: considered topping options and innovative topping placement, but to be honest asking for Nigel’s considered opinion when faced with a wide and varied selection of aforementioned  toppings doesn’t really work  ….. as his attitude is why only have one or two toppings when there are ten to choose from….. if they all taste good,  why not bung them all on in great plenitude …. and once the cheese has melted all over the pizza   … it didn’t really matter how delicately your placed your mushroom slices, peppers or salami  …. because everything would end up in the same place anyway …… to wit his tummy!!!

The boy has so much to learn about fine cuisine ….. but he washed up with robust enthusiasm and set the table, whilst I kept my eye on the oven.

When it came out …. it smelt and looked delicious despite my reticence to just chuck it all together as advised by Nigel   ….

….. And how did it taste ……???

I’ll leave Nigel to have the last word …… nomtastic !!!

So nomtastic in fact that it fair beat us both …. we were forced to leave a little bit for Mr Manners ……. after the toppings had been nibbled off first of course …….  what are we like?