Friday 14 November 2008

The Downside of Top Down

Didn't it sound a good idea? Ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise in squeezy bottles, upside down so you can get the last dollop out.

Except that you can't.

Imagine the bottle as an armless torso standing on its head, wearing a hat the same width as its shoulders. The gloop settles down at the sides, where the shoulders are, but it won't come out of the comparatively narrow neck; and even if you take the cap/hat off, the neck is too small to get a spoon in. If you shake it hard it broadcasts gobbets of gloop, most of which don't land on your sandwich.

Grrrr. Back to ordinary bottles for me, and the wedging of same between heavier items to hold them upside down when nearly empty.

Thursday 13 November 2008

Whoop de do

At last, after much backing and filling, Dinah dips a toe into the blogpool. Huzzah!


To follow: reviews of restaurants, bars and greasy spoons by me, and books, films, other stuff by anyone who wanders into the building. I may even post a picture of the eponymous hippo.


You lucky, lucky people.