*resists obvious meat/lips related joke*

How dare you date a VEGETARIAN? Otherwise I approve. ;)

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She can't help being a vegetarian, they don't have proper meat in Alberta after all! Well, no late-night kebabs, anyway...

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by racing to the soft-finish of Super Mario Galaxy long before her

Please, oh please tell me that Mario leaves that Stockholm-afflicted pricktease Peach for the hauntingly lovely Rosalind.

Or is she really just wedded to her Lumas? Gawd, Mario knows how to pick a woman. Not.

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Rosalind creeps me out when she speaks out loud, but you're right, she's a fine figure of a pixellated virtual hottie. I would have discarded my "special one" for her like a shot, to zoom around the universe in our starlit love palace.

Mario is very lucky, isn't he, to live in a paradigm where the woman are all statuesque blonde lovelies and the most attractive and athletic male character is a squat, hairy Italian plumber? A bit of wish fulfilment on someone's part there, I feel.

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I have a bushy beard, but I’m thinking of shaving it off.

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Can I have it instead?

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You’ll have to collect it.

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"9) She can't pronounce "tomato" and probably calls courgettes zucchinis too. But mostly she just gets confused when I call the midday meal "dinner". But if dinner is the evening meal then what, I pray you, is "tea"? She does like drinking copious tea, though, so not a complete feral child."

Obviously a very forbearing and patient woman. Sounds like a keeper!

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How did you meet? :)

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11) She's going out with verlaine and must therefore be MAD

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All you colonials are quite, quite mad, my dear!

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You are a colonial yourself, sir!

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And proud!

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But will she play German board games? THAT IS ALL THAT IS IMPORTANT.

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I am easing into this sort of thing gently, but she took to Ticket to Ride very readily, which is a good start. She can shuffle cards more flashily than me and will play rummy until the cows come home.

Point blank refusal to learn Magic the Gathering, mind, but that seems pretty sane.

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Refusal to learn Magic is bonus points.

Ticket to Ride is *nearly* German board games, mm. But it doesn't say "entferne" at all!

Perhaps German card-games are in order then. 6 Nimmt! Bohnthingy!

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My money is on her being a GRATE BIG GOTH.

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You win at icons!

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may need to grow one apace

Maybe you'd better grow one apiece.

I note you've observed twice about her being related to Ed Begley, but not at all about her being related to Ed Begley Jr (which presumably is also the case). Is he the black sheep of the family?

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Aha, aha ha ha, this is where I get to look all smug and self-satisfied, because clearly I know and you don't that Ed Begley Jr. was adopted!

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TNG is a million times better than doctor who ever could be, and that's that.

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That's like saying Aston Villa are better than Birmingham City.
True and yet..

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(don't underestimated my steve bruce related hatred for birmingham city....)

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I underestimate nothing about you, my dear friend.

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Ooh, ooh, we are going to play the TNG drinking game at some point, and there's a rule that says if the title of the episode is spoken in the script you have to finish your drink. I'm angling for us to watch "Darmok"!

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'we' is you and yer bird, right? boooo. not sure d will watch tng with me. rub!

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She's quite right. Dinner is the main meal of the day, which these days is eaten in the evening. 'Tea' is a snack in the afternoon. Your incorrect usage of it suugests that you are less middle class than me. No surprises there.

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'Supper' is acceptable but repulsive, because of it's onomatopoeicness.

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Tsk, what nonsense. Brunch is the main meal of the day, which these days is eaten at around 4pm. I'm not going to let you confuse me with sophistry!

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I am mightily tickled by the thought of you becoming a feminist, but otherwise HOORAY and GOOD FOR YOU (and don't mess this one up!).

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According to an early chapter of "Full Frontal Feminism", being a feminist seems to largely involve having better sex through being in control of your own sexuality. And I'm right down with that.

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Damn - that presumably means you've beat me to the end of Zelda too. I found I couldn't make any impact on that big person you have to hit with a hammer and sort of temporarily gave up. Any advice?

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Oh no, no, when Tessa finished it I threw my own copy to one side in disgust and started playing Phoenix Wright III instead. So I don't know. I could ask *her* to Facebook-message you some tips if you like though?

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I think it was to do with hitting some floor tiles, possibly a cannon or something being involved. If I'm vaguely recalling the right part.

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"2) For Christmas she asked me for every single episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (so don't tell her that I only bought her the Encounter at Farpoint disc). In her defence, she seems to have had a sadly Doctor-Who-deprived education.
3) She beat me comfortably to the end of Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass on Nintendo DS, but I gained partial revenge by racing to the soft-finish of Super Mario Galaxy long before her."

Is Tessa (a) real (b) a girl?

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The next time you make dinner, might I suggest a baked aubergine with parmessan and herbs on top? Very tasty & yet still acceptable to the average vegetarian. (can you tell I'm still a tad annoyed you didn't mention her preferences prior to your dinner?)

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