Let's Talk About Cheese
A typical family dinner33 total reviews
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
This is an entertaining post Jim and once a conversation starts at the family table, you never know where it sill go and yours was so diverse and full of fun here Jim, much enjoyed, I rarely eat cheese, but when I do I like mature English cheddar, ha ha ha, love Dolly x x x
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This is an entertaining post Jim and once a conversation starts at the family table, you never know where it sill go and yours was so diverse and full of fun here Jim, much enjoyed, I rarely eat cheese, but when I do I like mature English cheddar, ha ha ha, love Dolly x x x
Comment Written 11-Dec-2023
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I go for the milder cheeses myself. Nothing too sharp. Glad you enjoyed this, Dolly. These were fond remembrances and not exaggerated too much. Yes, he really did put the cat in the refrigerator!
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Poor cats
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Poor cat x
Comment from gramalot8
I love this. It's amazing how just starting with one simple subject... cheese... ended up hliding on through several subjects to end up bring about roller coaster rides and sensitive tummies.
Hey... the extra sharp cheddar for me, please! Lol
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I love this. It's amazing how just starting with one simple subject... cheese... ended up hliding on through several subjects to end up bring about roller coaster rides and sensitive tummies.
Hey... the extra sharp cheddar for me, please! Lol
Comment Written 11-Dec-2023
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Our conversations frequently went that way. We just had to get 'em started.
I loved those time. I used to roll my kids down the hill in tires. Those were the Goodyears.
Comment from barbara.wilkey
With my boys about the time a meal was over we'd try to follow the path of where our conversation began and where it ended. Often, we'd get lost. LOL Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed reading.
"Do you know what Greg did the other day?" said Linds. (asked Linds.)
He continued. "There's a rollercoaster a (comma after 'continued,')
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With my boys about the time a meal was over we'd try to follow the path of where our conversation began and where it ended. Often, we'd get lost. LOL Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed reading.
"Do you know what Greg did the other day?" said Linds. (asked Linds.)
He continued. "There's a rollercoaster a (comma after 'continued,')
Comment Written 11-Dec-2023
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That's funny. Sometimes my wife and I will do that when one or the other of us will say, "How did we start talking about that?" Like you said, we couldn't always remember. Glad you enjoyed it.
Comment from Lea Tonin1
Hahaha. This is the best one! Love it! Kids are hilarious and I'm so sorry about the super powers lol! I enjoyed this! I see no issues with grammar or consultation or subject matter. It's a great submission you did an amazing job! Have a great day!
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Hahaha. This is the best one! Love it! Kids are hilarious and I'm so sorry about the super powers lol! I enjoyed this! I see no issues with grammar or consultation or subject matter. It's a great submission you did an amazing job! Have a great day!
Comment Written 11-Dec-2023
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Thanks so much, Lea, and for the 6 stars too! Those rocket launches get my wife every time. My grandson had a wiggly tooth the other day, and I told him I could get it out in no time and showed him the tool. He wouldn't let me.
Comment from tfawcus
Now, there's a pretty cheesy conversation! Great way to get the kids talking though. I admire your ability to take an everyday event such as a home cooked meal and turn it into an amusing story. Lovd it.
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Now, there's a pretty cheesy conversation! Great way to get the kids talking though. I admire your ability to take an everyday event such as a home cooked meal and turn it into an amusing story. Lovd it.
Comment Written 11-Dec-2023
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We had a lot of laughs in my family. They still like to tease me about "the disgusting meals" I used to prepare. The most teasable one in the family was Linds. Whenever she heard the mixer going, she would come running, knowing that I always gave her some licks of batter or frosting or whatever I was making. One day I made some white chocolate instant pudding. She didn't come in right away so I had time to put some mayonnaise, which looked exactly like the pudding, on a rubber spatula. When she came in, I gave her that to lick. You should have seen her face when she tasted it, expecting something sweet!
Comment from Tom Horonzy
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A
Bonus
Six for leaving the irrational
History ofAurie and friends
Behind and
For this
Line; Do you know that if your feet smell and your nose runs, then you are built upside down?
Is that your own creation
? You should
Use
It in one
Of rose
Short contests
Mostly offered
Tom
Comment Written 11-Dec-2023
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I think I might have heard that sometime through the years, but not sure when or where.
Thanks for the 6 stars, Tom!
Comment from Paul Manton
Jim, we've known each other since May, and I still can't work out which one of us is the loopier - but I suspect it's you, and whenever you write about your family, you call to mind the old adage 'Madness runs in the family - we get it from our kids!'
I think this may not be fiction, but I should pray more for your cat, since it wouldn't take long to die inside a refrigerator! Your kids are very funny though and sound like real children, but although I was a teacher more than 50 years, I have never regretted staying single!
The wonderful thing about this piece is that you were well aware that the conversation would go as it did before you started. You really are cut out to be a dad!
Best from Paul
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Jim, we've known each other since May, and I still can't work out which one of us is the loopier - but I suspect it's you, and whenever you write about your family, you call to mind the old adage 'Madness runs in the family - we get it from our kids!'
I think this may not be fiction, but I should pray more for your cat, since it wouldn't take long to die inside a refrigerator! Your kids are very funny though and sound like real children, but although I was a teacher more than 50 years, I have never regretted staying single!
The wonderful thing about this piece is that you were well aware that the conversation would go as it did before you started. You really are cut out to be a dad!
Best from Paul
Comment Written 11-Dec-2023
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Thanks, Paul. Although some of the stories might be slightly embellished, there's a certain amount of truth to all of it, even the cat in the refrigerator. (I'm fairly certain he wouldn't have left her in there more than a couple minutes; fortunately he knew his sister was about to go for a snack.)
I love that joke about madness--very true. They sure served to bring out my silliness. I'm looking forward to Dec. 30 when my whole family will be here to celebrate Elise's and my 50th wedding anniversary. I think they're planning some sort of roast for us!
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As long as the roast isn't you! If I don't say at the time, Jim, many, many congratulations on your Golden Wedding anniversary. Just recorded some very poor snippets of my singing carols. Brave enough to hear them? lyenochka wanted something for my interview!
Best wishes from Paul
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Sure, send them along. I like all of your songs.
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You may like my songs, Jim, but will you manage not to run out of the house screaming if you hear my voice??
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Give it a shot. Let's see!
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OK. Don't say I didn't warn you!
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Let's just say, your talents as a composer exceed your talents as a singer and leave it at that!
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In fact not, Jim. But the recording does not show what I can do. I sang five times in the Salzburg Festival after all. The truth is that Charlie is right. I haven't lost much power or tone, but to have the necessary control I should need to go back into 'training' for three months at least.
If you don't like the gruesome noise please delete it.
(And of course, the older one gets, it's the breathing control which gets harder.)
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I'm way ahead of you!
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Yep. Afraid so - but still singing in church every week. But now more of a specialist harmony singer.
Sleep well. It's bedtime in London.
Just posted 'Still, Still, Still'. To lull you to sleep!
Comment from royowen
I dint know whether cheese is a great subject or not, but it certainly is great to eat, particularly blue vein and extra matured Is also great. This is a great family get together Jim, well done my friend, blessings Roy
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I dint know whether cheese is a great subject or not, but it certainly is great to eat, particularly blue vein and extra matured Is also great. This is a great family get together Jim, well done my friend, blessings Roy
Comment Written 11-Dec-2023
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I like most kinds, myself, except maybe for Casu Martzu!
Even today when we are all together and the conversation stops for a bit, I'll say, "Let's talk about cheese."
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Heh heh
Comment from Wayne Fowler
Cheese whiz, Jim. What a dad wouldn't do to start a conversation!
Well written, of course.
I'm a standing joke around my wife's family. I decline cheese because I can't taste it on stuff. And if I can't taste it, why bother? They think I don't like it, but I do. I love that awesome cheese on Cheese Puffs! (the generic, naturally)
(smiley face here)
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Cheese whiz, Jim. What a dad wouldn't do to start a conversation!
Well written, of course.
I'm a standing joke around my wife's family. I decline cheese because I can't taste it on stuff. And if I can't taste it, why bother? They think I don't like it, but I do. I love that awesome cheese on Cheese Puffs! (the generic, naturally)
(smiley face here)
Comment Written 11-Dec-2023
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That's the best I could come up with at the moment.
I'm a big fan of Cheese Puffs too, Wayne.
Comment from Kaiku
Fun story Jim. When one looks back at these types of occurrences I often times believe we get a better understanding of their importance. Just a simple subject becoming both Einstein and Plato in nature is quite fun and deserves some kudos. Good work.
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Fun story Jim. When one looks back at these types of occurrences I often times believe we get a better understanding of their importance. Just a simple subject becoming both Einstein and Plato in nature is quite fun and deserves some kudos. Good work.
Comment Written 11-Dec-2023
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Thanks, Kevin. It's the little moments and inane conversations that often make for lasting memories of good times. We weren't that profound in our family, but we had a lot of laughs.
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I am sure you did. Great