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Eames (nospecificity) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-06-27 18:59:00

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!open, ~peggy carter

I went shopping for myself in Texas today, rather than bringing back all kinds of general supplies. I now have clothes that fit properly, rather than my baggiest tee-shirt and tracksuit bottoms, and I feel so much better for it. And I think the shop assistant in the art shop must have thought I'd gone mad or something, but I won't be running out of paints, pastels, boards or canvases for a long time. Arthur, I got you some more of those notepads you're always scrawling in, and a decent fountain pen as well. And some ink for it. And some other things.

Also, I found a shop that sells jaffa cakes and Yorkshire tea. Sold them. Sorry.

If anyone wants me to get them something specific from through the door, let me know and I'll hunt for them tomorrow.

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	aphotic_auror 2013-06-27 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	Jaffa cakes? And... past tense, you say? Sold? HA! Eames, you'd best be sharing that with the rest of us...! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nospecificity 2013-06-27 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	Oh? Why's that, then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-27 06:36 pm UTC (link)
	Because I'm asking very nicely? Ha! No, really, because it's not kosher at all to go and clean out the stock of a good, proper English shop, and NOT share with the other ex-pats here...? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nospecificity 2013-06-27 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, there's plenty of other stuff in it. Hob-Nobs and all sorts. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-27 06:43 pm UTC (link)
	Oh yes? Are there chocolate HobNobs nowadays, or are you in fact, hoarding all the chocolate biscuits? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nospecificity 2013-06-27 06:51 pm UTC (link)
	Of course there are chocolate Hob-Nobs. And no, I'm not. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-27 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, are there, really? Well, then, I suppose that's alright, then...! Sorry, Eames; I'm from 1982, you understand, so... these modern advancements such as CHOCOLATE HobNobs are rather new to me...! I mean, in my day, they were just -- oatmeal flavoured, really...! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	offthepeg 2013-06-27 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	Please, my god, tell me you have Jaffa cakes still! I haven't had one since 1938! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nospecificity 2013-06-28 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	Of course I do, my dear. That is entirely too long to wait to have Jaffa cakes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-06-28 07:46 pm UTC (link)
	You are wonderful. I'll trade you for some homebaked shortbread if you'd like? Or I'm willing to trade my chocolate digestives. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nospecificity 2013-06-28 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, shortbread, please. I couldn't deprive anyone of their chocolate digestives. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-06-28 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	Oh you are a saint. I'll be around with a tin this afternoon. I'd give you the entire tin for one lone Jaffa cake (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nospecificity 2013-06-28 07:52 pm UTC (link)
	Don't be so silly. You'll get at least a packet. And a cup of tea. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-06-28 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	I can only drink tea. Coffee just... it isn't right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nospecificity 2013-06-28 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	I can drink coffee if I have to, but given a choice, I'll always go for tea. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-06-28 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	Oh you must try my tea. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	brotherofdemons 2013-06-28 12:33 am UTC (link)
	What the devil are Jaffa cakes and why are you all fawning over them? I'm British and I've never heard of the things. (Reply to this) (Thread)

aphotic_auror
2013-06-28 03:28 am UTC (link)

Oh, sir, you're obviously missing out on absolute perfection, really! I mean, Jaffa cakes are these spongy little biscuits, more like - well, orange sponge cake, really! I mean, they really are basically orange sponge cake, coated with chocolate! They are so bloody good!

I think you must have come before the Jaffa orange, then, because that's what the cakes are named for...?

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	brotherofdemons 2013-06-28 01:30 pm UTC (link)
	I'm familiar with the oranges, I've spent more of my life in Egypt and the Levant than I have back 'home'. When did these cakes come about? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aphotic_auror
2013-06-28 02:00 pm UTC (link)

Ah, did you really? Were your parents explorers, or diplomats, rather?

And you know, sir, that's a good question, actually, sir...!

Let's see if this Google.com thing that Mr Stark told me about can help furnish the answer...

[added five minutes later]

Ooh! Not only did I find out that they were first made in 1927, but... there are now Blackcurrant versions, as well! Joy! I mean, I LOVE blackcurrant, for serious...!

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	brotherofdemons 2013-06-28 02:53 pm UTC (link)
	Archeologists actually, Egyptologists to be precise, as am I. 1927? That would explain it yes. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	nospecificity 2013-06-28 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	Actually, the sponge cake part is plain. Then there's a layer of "smashing orangey bit", which is like a little bit of orange jelly, and then there's dark chocolate on top of that. Sometimes, they release limited edition ones that are entirely covered in chocolate. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	the_minstrel 2013-06-28 06:20 am UTC (link)
	Oh aye! Goats. Whole goats, that I might find someone to keep for me, as I cannot possibly do it myself. But I should like goatmilk. Not that stuff you humans put in cans or cartons or whatever in Eru's earth you call them these days. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-28 01:05 pm UTC (link)
	[....] Do you seriously expect the poor bloke -- or... bird, I suppose he is right now! Ha! (Sorry, Eames!) -- to find you a goat from the bloody city that the door opens onto? I mean, at Best he'd be able to bring you a carton of goat's milk, but... well, that won't last too long, knowing you're probably ~~as much~~ a glutton ~~as I am~~! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_point_man_ 2013-06-28 02:09 pm UTC (link)
	Do you have nothing better to do than speak for someone else? Rudely, as well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-29 02:41 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sorry, sir... but knowing this gentleman, well -- I thought to spare Eames from dealing with him... Although... it seems that Eames himself (herself?) is managing just fine, really! HA! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	the_minstrel 2013-06-28 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	He asked. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	nospecificity 2013-06-28 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	Why can you not possibly look after a goat on your own? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_minstrel 2013-06-28 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	Valar, I should think the answer would be obvious. I don't know how, of course. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nospecificity 2013-06-28 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps you should learn how. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_minstrel 2013-06-28 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	I am but a lowly minstrel. I leave the fighting to the fighters, the wisdom to the wise. The herds to the shepherds! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nospecificity 2013-06-28 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	Well, minstrel, what if you were unable to provide music or songs for some reason? What would you do then if you had no secondary skills to fall back on? Perhaps you should try looking after a goat. Maybe you have hidden talents! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_minstrel 2013-06-28 07:52 pm UTC (link)
	Eru, I would die. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nospecificity 2013-06-28 07:53 pm UTC (link)
	That's very shocking and highly tragic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_minstrel 2013-06-28 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	Oh aye, music is life! My life, at least. Do you not see the music in the world? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nospecificity 2013-06-28 08:01 pm UTC (link)
	I'm better at hearing it. Although I prefer to draw and paint, rather than making any sort of music. What's wrong with goats milk if it's from a carton? Is there that much of a difference? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_minstrel 2013-06-28 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	Valar. I am from Middle-earth, we have no cartons or cans. But fresh milk! Fresh foods. Without all of those [...] extras added to it. Have you smelled cow milk from a carton recently? It's foul. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-29 02:45 pm UTC (link)
	Oi! There's nothing added to bottles of milk... It's only just pasteurised -- you know, briefly cooked and then cooled again -- to prevent diseases and other germs from proliferating within the milk! Which I, for one, am grateful for, really, considering I'm not Immortal like you...! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-29 02:46 pm UTC (link)
	Aw, indeed, isn't it? HA! I think I like you, Eames...! (Reply to this) (Parent)