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malone

16th August 2026, 15:37
Yes, Brendan, I've always found you trying....
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brendan

16th August 2026, 15:38
Ouch! 🤣
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malone

16th August 2026, 15:43
Sorry, Brendan - sometimes the old gags, put-downs, are the best.

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brendan

16th August 2026, 15:44
You'll get no argument from me there Malone 😉
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malone

16th August 2026, 16:03
Brendan, thanks, And I realised later,that I should be keeping in your good books, I could need your advice...
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brendan

16th August 2026, 16:11
You referenced that before and I didn't really understand the meaning. I'm assuming it has to do with today's EV but could be wrong.

If it am right, then it's only fair to let you know that I won't be attempting it until tomorrow when I finally get my cast removed (they did remove the previous one to take out my stitches but put a new one straight back on).

Hopefully my grid drawing and ahem.. artistry, won't have been too adversely affected - time will tell 😰

Unless I'm wrong, in which case...?
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malone

16th August 2026, 16:51
Oh, Brendan, sorry, I forgot all about your stookie. I hope the past few weeks haven't been too much of a trial for you. I don't think the EV task will be challenging for you in any way. It's fairly simple, it's my complete ignorance of the subject matter that led to me hesitating at the final step. I was all set to do A... when I suddenly thought 'But what if it's B?' and so just came to a halt. In crosswords, any crossword, once you start doubting yourself...
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brendan

16th August 2026, 17:06
'Stookie' - what a great word:-)
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malone

16th August 2026, 17:15
Thanks, Brendan, it's a word I've always loved and like to use. I like too that it sounds beautifully Scottish, but comes from 'stucco'. I was quite impressed when I discovered last year - in a crossword - that it can also mean 'a statue'.
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brendan

16th August 2026, 17:33
Thanks Malone, but it does bring to mind a rather worrying memory for me. It was a couple of years ago when, while perusing one of your posts, I came across what appeared, to my untrained eye anyway, like gibberish. I remember thinking, 'is she having a stroke, suffering a sudden onset of Tourettes Syndrome or perhaps experienced a visitation and begun speaking in tongue'?

You can imagine my utter relief when, upon further investigation, I realised you were just speaking Scottish in reply to a previous query:-)
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