http://blog.darrylepollack.com/2009/10/too-strange-for-words/ confessions of a cluttered mind Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:54:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://blog.darrylepollack.com/2009/10/too-strange-for-words/comment-page-1/#comment-2444 Darryle Pollack Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:30:39 +0000 http://blog.darrylepollack.com/?p=7668#comment-2444 Erin---meet Ruthie. Maybe we need a Spotted Dick Society? I love this story and can totally picture this scene...having embarrassed myself many times laughing uncontrollably in public---although not yet over Spotted Dick. (I have to stop writing that; I did promise....) Maybe my favorite part of this story is that it involves your uncle Kaffe (for people who don't know of Kaffe Fassett, here's a link: http://www.kaffefassett.com/Home.html ) His mosaics have been a major inspiration for me----I've never met him but hearing about this other side of him makes me admire him even more! Thanks for the great story. PS They've tried to rename it Spotted Richard but it hasn't caught on. Erin—meet Ruthie. Maybe we need a Spotted Dick Society? I love this story and can totally picture this scene…having embarrassed myself many times laughing uncontrollably in public—although not yet over Spotted Dick. (I have to stop writing that; I did promise….)
Maybe my favorite part of this story is that it involves your uncle Kaffe (for people who don’t know of Kaffe Fassett, here’s a link: http://www.kaffefassett.com/Home.html ) His mosaics have been a major inspiration for me—-I’ve never met him but hearing about this other side of him makes me admire him even more! Thanks for the great story.
PS They’ve tried to rename it Spotted Richard but it hasn’t caught on.

]]> http://blog.darrylepollack.com/2009/10/too-strange-for-words/comment-page-1/#comment-2443 Erin Gafill Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:19:50 +0000 http://blog.darrylepollack.com/?p=7668#comment-2443 My uncle Kaffe and I were thrown out of the Ritz in London (another friend who'd come along was not only wearing sneakers but jeans good lord!) and so we found ourselves out on the street looking for a good meal and stumbled into a hot overcrowded pub where everything seemed over the top. We were in hysterics already I supposed from our humiliation . . .when the menu arrived and we began to read the offerings out loud we were all to a person completely devestated by Spotted Dick, could not stop laughing, were almost thrown out on our ears yet again, the poor waitress kept coming by for our order then leaving again trying to give us a bit more time to pull ourselves together. We did, eventually. No one had the courage to order it, sad to say. I've heard that the Brits have just this year given Spotted Dick a new name which eludes me. My uncle Kaffe and I were thrown out of the Ritz in London (another friend who’d come along was not only wearing sneakers but jeans good lord!) and so we found ourselves out on the street looking for a good meal and stumbled into a hot overcrowded pub where everything seemed over the top. We were in hysterics already I supposed from our humiliation . . .when the menu arrived and we began to read the offerings out loud we were all to a person completely devestated by Spotted Dick, could not stop laughing, were almost thrown out on our ears yet again, the poor waitress kept coming by for our order then leaving again trying to give us a bit more time to pull ourselves together. We did, eventually. No one had the courage to order it, sad to say. I’ve heard that the Brits have just this year given Spotted Dick a new name which eludes me.

]]> http://blog.darrylepollack.com/2009/10/too-strange-for-words/comment-page-1/#comment-2441 Darryle Pollack Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:59:51 +0000 http://blog.darrylepollack.com/?p=7668#comment-2441 It's unbelievable. I have a feeling lots of people reading are tired of this, but I knew YOU would like it. Besides me and Susan, probably no one else has such an appreciation for Spotted Dick. Oops, already broke my promise. It’s unbelievable. I have a feeling lots of people reading are tired of this, but I knew YOU would like it. Besides me and Susan, probably no one else has such an appreciation for Spotted Dick. Oops, already broke my promise.

]]> http://blog.darrylepollack.com/2009/10/too-strange-for-words/comment-page-1/#comment-2440 Ruthie Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:49:05 +0000 http://blog.darrylepollack.com/?p=7668#comment-2440 omg....this is the funniest thing EVER. What are the odds? omg….this is the funniest thing EVER. What are the odds?

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