[lace-chat] Driving us mad

2007-03-02 Thread Jean Nathan
Lynn wrote: Well I have thought and thought about it and the only thing that I could come up with is crumpets ? That is the only thing British that I can think of. Crumpets are flat, holey things with a strange (slightly rubbery is the only way I can describe it) texture. They're toasted

Fw: [lace-chat] Driving us mad

2007-03-01 Thread Melinda Weasenforth
Subject: [lace-chat] Driving us mad Can anyone help my lace group? One of the Yellow Pages sponsorship scenes that precedes the segments of the TV CSI group of programmes is driving us mad. In one the stupid American detective says what he wants is ... and some of those cute little jam

[lace-chat] Driving us mad

2007-02-27 Thread Jean Nathan
Sue wrote: try getting on the web site for the CSI there is a whole lot of help for these games. What games? I'm asking about the Yellow pages ad breaks. Betty Ann wrote: Well, the little jam rolls falls into the usual genre of CSI Miami, CSI NY, and CSI Las Vegas. Nothing else on these

Re: [lace-chat] Driving us mad

2007-02-27 Thread Hazel Smith
Hello Jean I'm pretty mystified by the jam rolls as well. They're certainly not as obvious as the other differences the ads dig at (pants versus trousers etc.) The only thing I can think is that the (possibly very middle-class) advertising scriptwriter thinks of mini-rolls as being typically

[lace-chat] Driving us mad

2007-02-27 Thread Janice Blair
In one the stupid American detective says what he wants is ... and some of those cute little jam rolls you British have at fancy parties. What cute little jam rolls? What is he talking about? The only ones we can think of are the small swiss rolls, sometimes with a jam filling, that are sold

[lace-chat] Driving us mad

2007-02-26 Thread Jean Nathan
Can anyone help my lace group? One of the Yellow Pages sponsorship scenes that precedes the segments of the TV CSI group of programmes is driving us mad. In one the stupid American detective says what he wants is ... and some of those cute little jam rolls you British have at fancy

Re: [lace-chat] Driving us mad

2007-02-26 Thread harlequin lace
that this helps Sue Clothier Southampton UK - Original Message - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chat lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 6:36 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Driving us mad Can anyone help my lace group? One of the Yellow Pages sponsorship scenes

Re: [lace-chat] Driving us mad

2007-02-26 Thread CLIVE Rice
Dear Jean and others of the Poole lace group, Well, the little jam rolls falls into the usual genre of CSI Miami, CSI NY, and CSI Las Vegas. Nothing else on these shows is very authentic either. My friends who work in the Western Virginia Medical Examiners office, and that includes the Chief