My Dinner With Andre (Andrew)

[Andrew D]

I looked at the first few of those recipes. None of them is what I made. Some of them look pretty good, though. And, of course, I did not claim that the combination of chicken, artichokes, and broccoli was original to me.

Human hearts are difficult to find in suburban markets. I did run into beef bile not too long ago. From the recipes I checked out, though, it seems that the containers at the store were awfully large, even for someone like me who cooks in large lots.

You are not obligated to bring anything, loCAtek. I'm just always hoping to find something new.

[loCAtek]

~whew, does this mean I'm off the hook, from bringing back your Tupperware(R)?

[Andrew D]

You may retain it forever with our blessing.

May it bring you joy and peace. May the light of its countenance shine upon you ....

[Rick]

Wow plastic zen...

[Sean]

Apologies Andrew but if I didn't do this I would be expelled from the Guild of Complete and Utter Bastards...

[Andrew D]

But our piano -- that one, anyway -- is much better ....

[loCAtek]

A Steinway in fact ...the others were even rarer!

[Sean]

Only spoiled by the fact that Andrew is in fact playing an organ in the second pic.

[loCAtek]

Um, well their organ was quite ancient, (yes, they played it, but gently, when ever they did)

[Sean]

Never mind...

[Rick]

I got it...

[Sue U]

Kinda hard to miss, naked outdoors and banging away on his organ.

[Andrew D]

And, in yet another shocking development, it turns out that a Steinway piano is a better musical instrument than is a cheap organ with only two manual keyboards, what look to be about a dozen stops, no evident combination action, and maybe not even a pedal keyboard. Who'da thunk it?

[Sean]

*Whoosh*

[Sean]

I must say Andrew, words cannot express how impressed I am that you own a keyboard instrument which is better than that which was available from the BBC props department more than 40 years ago...

Does Elton John know?

[Gob]

But!! Terry Jones was allowed to play it naked in the open countryside in public. I thnk that's where the envy is coming from...

[Sean]

LMAO - And doesn't he look happy about it!

[Rick]

One can only wonder how he's plugged in.

On second thought....

[Andrew D]

*Whoosh*

Exactly.

Not much for picking up on a joke, are you?

Thanks for the organ picture, though. It recalls a fond memory which I haven't thought of in quite a while.

Long ago, I was roaming around Grace Cathedral, looking for passageways which I had not yet explored, and I noticed that the Organist and Choirmaster had inadvertently failed to lock the organ and had left the key in it. So, of course, I snatched the opportunity, and I got to spend a little while playing this.