tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post4499541327159075639..comments2023-11-03T12:31:51.669+00:00Comments on Country Lite: tell the rats that it’s now the year of the ox … but never the year of the dogMillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-31753036601974117022009-03-07T20:00:00.000+00:002009-03-07T20:00:00.000+00:00Love the description of your Aunt and her husband!...Love the description of your Aunt and her husband!!Mervathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14482411783035224286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-17717498119932237722009-02-26T01:45:00.000+00:002009-02-26T01:45:00.000+00:00Resin weasels and handbags, eek.!You do make me la...Resin weasels and handbags, eek.!<BR/><BR/>You do make me laugh out loud Milla, love your brilliant wit, excellent writing as ever.<BR/><BR/>xxCAMILLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04741990891794651299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-8309381497013153532009-02-17T17:13:00.000+00:002009-02-17T17:13:00.000+00:00LOVE the weasels with handbags - at last I have fo...LOVE the weasels with handbags - at last I have found them! <BR/>But poor G.....Exmoorjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-85469457925370876382009-02-13T12:09:00.000+00:002009-02-13T12:09:00.000+00:00She lives at Cold Comfort farm? Is there somethin...She lives at Cold Comfort farm? Is there something nasty in the woodshed then?Welsh Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892102110682697495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-33237503095044579432009-02-08T15:40:00.000+00:002009-02-08T15:40:00.000+00:00Oh dear oh dear, rats, dogs and neighbours I am su...Oh dear oh dear, rats, dogs and neighbours I am sure the combination is a well known recipe for stomach ache.<BR/><BR/>Rat men are invaluable and ours comes every 6 weeks to do his work. Rather worryingly a well known writer writes in today's Sunday column that she is feeding the rats in her tack room with granola. Does she not realise about the hazard they pose?<BR/><BR/>Makes me shudder to think about it and me country born and bred. <BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work!<BR/><BR/>Next time I am having a bad day I shall think of the weasels with handbags and that will raise a big smile.Arcadian Advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866414695514956884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-48125860581069369912009-02-08T14:49:00.000+00:002009-02-08T14:49:00.000+00:00Fantastic, Milla, as always. Every dog gone word o...Fantastic, Milla, as always. Every dog gone word of it.<BR/><BR/>What do you suppose might be attracting her next door? Brown Dog goes off in search of other pets' bowls of food - cats, dogs, hamsters; he's not fussy - but weasels with handbags? There must be something more (unless Lolly is secretly cleverer than you give her credit for and has been secretly reading your blogs and is determined to get her own back).<BR/><BR/>Do sympathise over the rats, though. Sounds like there's something of an epidemic. I'm with you on the warfarin...LITTLE BROWN DOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752176955139690523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-47753657317786158792009-02-07T02:19:00.000+00:002009-02-07T02:19:00.000+00:00Milla, Please do give Lolly a special pat for me. ...Milla, Please do give Lolly a special pat for me. She might be trouble with the neighboring Olds, but she is a muse!<BR/><BR/>Now, I will be afraid that the Ratman's potions might endanger the joyeous Lolly. Please do take all precautions. Could she perhaps have an overnight next door?<BR/><BR/>No? Thought not. Just spread some concrete on the boundaries. Let Lolly be Lolly on her own turf.<BR/><BR/>Your words, as ever, are marvels.<BR/><BR/>xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-57645896736337354932009-02-06T18:17:00.000+00:002009-02-06T18:17:00.000+00:00I loved this. Have tripped and landed on your blo...I loved this. Have tripped and landed on your blog from... somewhere... and have become totally involved in Lolly and the Olds. May I come again, please?! Going now to read older posts. See you...Ladybird World Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410236464722005178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-58634686619986439322009-02-05T13:18:00.000+00:002009-02-05T13:18:00.000+00:00Have finally found your blogs (partly due to commo...Have finally found your blogs (partly due to common room hints).<BR/><BR/>Haven't laughed so much for ages...thanks!<BR/><BR/>However, I STILL believe you should concrete up the hole!!<BR/><BR/>Off to read the rest of your blogs...Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421465372964289957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-60944414095015189012009-02-05T12:42:00.000+00:002009-02-05T12:42:00.000+00:00I love dogs in the snow. Lolly sounds like she was...I love dogs in the snow. Lolly sounds like she was having a ball.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-77657350590312289612009-02-05T12:09:00.000+00:002009-02-05T12:09:00.000+00:00Oh brilliant Milla. I love your writing. It always...Oh brilliant Milla. I love your writing. It always makes me laugh so much. Hope the rat problem is resolved shortly. Not so likely the Lolly problem! xPipanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048984447721169350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-81706470409999590452009-02-04T22:36:00.000+00:002009-02-04T22:36:00.000+00:00Are you sure the weasels aren't rats in fancy dres...Are you sure the weasels aren't rats in fancy dress? You know, simply living up to the challenge of infesting the Olds without being noticed? Anyway, I've tagged you. Sorry...Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-85625812409854617342009-02-04T21:56:00.000+00:002009-02-04T21:56:00.000+00:00Milla...... I think bunging up the hole with concr...Milla...... I think bunging up the hole with concrete will do the trick once the ones in the house have been poisoned. That is obviously the way in and it has been dealt with and that should be that.<BR/><BR/>Ours is a more complicated thing altogether that we have battled with for 6 years. Tomorrow we are having CCTV endoscopes put down 2 drains that are going under the kitchen floor. I am just praying that something will be found that can be fixed as it is costing us an arm & a leg! (As well as prematurely aging me!)<BR/>I will be posting regularly now about events.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-27722434542279688892009-02-04T20:58:00.000+00:002009-02-04T20:58:00.000+00:00Why have I wasted so much of my life not reading y...Why have I wasted so much of my life not reading your blogs? That was such fun - so funny and the most beautiful use of words. How I would love to be able to write like that - you are very talented.<BR/>Resin weazles with handbags? - leave the dwarfs way behind.Withy Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942644634616193902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-78023704045311972932009-02-04T19:56:00.000+00:002009-02-04T19:56:00.000+00:00Are the weasels smartly dressed too? Ha, ha Milla...Are the weasels smartly dressed too? Ha, ha Milla, really enjoyed that one. Won't say anything more about the rats, have gone too far already..Blogthatmamaxblogthatmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12584817207287233580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-57433412643717205412009-02-04T17:50:00.000+00:002009-02-04T17:50:00.000+00:00Oh Milla you had me laughing out loud - such a won...Oh Milla you had me laughing out loud - such a wonderful turn of phrase, those "Olds" sound very familiar, I think they live next door to me. They have what we have named their shrine, which I thought was very bad taste until I heard about the weasels with handbags. LOL Yes definitely need a picture, don't get caught!!softintheheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365562754859033869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-26874423908918842632009-02-04T17:40:00.000+00:002009-02-04T17:40:00.000+00:00Over active robin, break dancing squirrel? I thoug...Over active robin, break dancing squirrel? I thought Britain was still rabies free??? Lolly is such a clever dog why spoil the snow in your garden ? it will be there only for a short time to be admired. And she is clever not to touch the rats they might be poisoned already and by killing(and eating) them she might poison herself and I am sure even you would not want that would you?Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304906179807218201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-47502058063451097602009-02-04T17:29:00.000+00:002009-02-04T17:29:00.000+00:00Glad I am at home reading this, that's all I am go...Glad I am at home reading this, that's all I am going to say.Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-76922324155623266262009-02-04T16:18:00.000+00:002009-02-04T16:18:00.000+00:00I have been caught like that Edward - sneezing and...I have been caught like that Edward - sneezing and wheezing over Milla's latest whilst peeping in at work.<BR/>Now come on Milla be fair - she just saw a huge patch of virgin snow and went for it - any kid would have done likewise - bless her.<BR/>The olds dont know about the visitors I hope?snailbeachshepherdesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397158758052413758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-74293438146129929782009-02-04T15:50:00.000+00:002009-02-04T15:50:00.000+00:00Note to self - don't ever, no matter what the prov...Note to self - don't ever, no matter what the provocation, try to read one of Milla's blogs at work again. Have just been asked if I'm alright as my shoulders heaved with uncontrollable laughter, and tears freely flowed. Not unsurprisingly the concept of laughter is practically unknown here, so I was able to get away with some flannel about choking on my chewing gum.<BR/><BR/>Need I say yet another top blog?Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548801150312804111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-34205965341225892912009-02-04T15:27:00.000+00:002009-02-04T15:27:00.000+00:00I hope the rats have been dispatched and that all ...I hope the rats have been dispatched and that all is quiet underfoot and overhead.<BR/>Could you invite your aunt over to meet the Olds - serve tea, let them bond. It might serve you well if they know that you are related to someone so sensibly negative. Anyone with resin weasels would surely appreciate that quality.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-88784800841480985212009-02-04T15:13:00.001+00:002009-02-04T15:13:00.001+00:00I have never read a better description of the Olds...I have never read a better description of the Olds anywhere, ever! Still smiling.<BR/>So sorry about your rats though. I am with you on the zero tolerance, ugh, vile. Can't understand why Lolly doesn't realise that this could be her finest hour.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-31978891731303069522009-02-04T15:13:00.000+00:002009-02-04T15:13:00.000+00:00What a naughty, naughty Lolly - wish I could have ...What a naughty, naughty Lolly - wish I could have seen! And yes, yes, resin weasels please. Sorry about the rat(s) but you have made me laugh so much with the picture you've painted of the Olds.Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-14930136415756892712009-02-04T14:59:00.000+00:002009-02-04T14:59:00.000+00:00The break dancing squirrel is a touch of genius! R...The break dancing squirrel is a touch of genius! Rats, ugh. Cam't you persuade the Olds that the tracks are marauding (sp?) rodents being chased off your joint territory by the brave and dashing Lolly?<BR/><BR/>Or maybe the weasles will reveal the truth.<BR/><BR/>They're terrible turncoats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561630962952236138.post-33547911858026888652009-02-04T14:43:00.000+00:002009-02-04T14:43:00.000+00:00I know that dismal feeling so well - haring after ...I know that dismal feeling so well - haring after an out of control hound intent on having fun and leaving destruction among weasels with handbags or any other livestock that may be in the vicinity. It is all so dreadfully lowering, having to apologise for a dog that simply grins inanely while you are being told off and have to bow and scrape and apologise and mouth nonsenses such as 'I'm sure he meant no harm' or 'he has so much energy!' Maybe Lolly just enjoys being chased.Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.com