Who would you prefer? Nigella or Lorraine Pascalle? I can't decide......
funny thing is , about 2-3 years ago around xmas time.. I went to pick up a job lot of 700 speccy games from somewhere (easily one of my top 3 buys).. and I'm sure Lorraine was at the at the sellers house... either it was her or a dead ringer for her.
Sadly I don't rate either as "cooks" .. they just look nice more, than skilled. I wish they would drop a load of tv cooks, it's way too much of them.
regarding Nigella , I think she will get more sympathy due to how things are. I have no time for Sarchi , actions / pictures speak louder than words.
Saatchi seems to like going out with that trinny woman of late that used to be on tv ..
due to dealing with creative folk, because of a previous job.. it was easy to spot who was "living the lifestyle".. in the 80's / 90's etc.. there was a LOT of money in music, and apparently parties etc were the norm.. I even had a boss at one point who was obviously doing things.. I used to wind him up by staring at him to make him paranoid, and whistling a certain tune one of his relatives charted with :) . people like that are the best anti-drug campaigns, as they act like utter p***** sometimes.
the things in the news about bankers / politicians in the news for that.. not like it's exactly unknown.. too much money to p*** away on such things.. much like muso's back in the day.
due to dealing with music folk it was easy to spot who was "living the lifestyle".. I even had a boss at one point who was obviously doing things.. I used to wind him up by staring at him to make him paranoid, and whistling a certain tune one of his relatives charted with :) . people like that are the best anti-drug campaigns, as they act like utter p***** sometimes.
lol
if you still worked with him you couldve
asked him if he wanted some coke, then pull a can of coke out from behind your back.
It wouldn't surprise me if she did, most professionals in the food industry favour these 2 drugs.
My wife was a chef until about 4 years ago, she's catered the Oscars and several celeb parties in LA where people in the celeb limelight have greeted their guests at the door with a hug or a handshake and a pre-rolled spliff. She's worked at Pied a' terre in London, Spago and another handful of Wolfgang Pucks restaurants, and just about everybody who worked in those restaurants were shoving coke up their noses.
Her boss at one of the Puck restaurants would vanish for hours at a time, and when he returned he'd be pink eyed and reeking of weed.
My point of view on the whole idea of doing drugs in a kitchen environment is weed would probably be kinda counter productive, as you'd be all f**ked up, and be wanting to eat all the food instead of cook it. As for the coke totally understandable, a nice buzz way better than amphetamine and you probably need something to keep you going for all those 14-18 hours shifts which you get about 4 or 5 hours sleep inbetween.
As for a TV cook like Nigella, I could see her biffing the sniff more socially, although depending on how often she actually does a show maybe she's rocking an 18 hour work day as well? If so after shoving enough snifter up yer sneck to keep you going you probably need to weed to knock you out at the end of it :D
Not that Ive ever taken hard drugs
but they dont appeal to me in the slightest, Ive read many descriptions of what they do to people. Eric Clapton and Robert Downey Jr are 2 blokes who took it for a long time, did crazy things, lost money, almost completely wrecked their lives, stopped, and prefer life without it.
If you want a buzz go take a jog, drink some coffee, play a video game, read a good book, achieve a goal....but drugs are just boring really.
It wouldn't surprise me if she did, most professionals in the food industry favour these 2 drugs.
My wife was a chef until about 4 years ago, she's catered the Oscars and several celeb parties in LA where people in the celeb limelight have greeted their guests at the door with a hug or a handshake and a pre-rolled spliff. She's worked at Pied a' terre in London, Spago and another handful of Wolfgang Pucks restaurants, and just about everybody who worked in those restaurants were shoving coke up their noses.
Her boss at one of the Puck restaurants would vanish for hours at a time, and when he returned he'd be pink eyed and reeking of weed.
My point of view on the whole idea of doing drugs in a kitchen environment is weed would probably be kinda counter productive, as you'd be all f**ked up, and be wanting to eat all the food instead of cook it. As for the coke totally understandable, a nice buzz way better than amphetamine and you probably need something to keep you going for all those 14-18 hours shifts which you get about 4 or 5 hours sleep inbetween.
As for a TV cook like Nigella, I could see her biffing the sniff more socially, although depending on how often she actually does a show maybe she's rocking an 18 hour work day as well? If so after shoving enough snifter up yer sneck to keep you going you probably need to weed to knock you out at the end of it :D
What you have described there is the aspirational culture that is a product of the concaine culte in some prominent celebrity circles. The whole idea of places like Wolfgang Puck is aspiration. Like Gucchi or armani are to clothes Wolfgang puck is to food. It's a brand name people have latched onto, all show and no substance (well actually apparently lot's of substance). In my home village, loads of people were doing coke in the 2000's and making a big show if it. If you wanted to be in the 'in crowd' you did coke. I believe mostly because they believed that's what the glitterati do and therefore by association with cocaine they are the local 'glitterati'. It's the same crowd that aspire to own a BMW (and drive to to the pub so everyone can see), and wear Armani even though they are a non self employed electrician, factory worker, or shop fitter etc. The same people that would rob their own grandmother to be seen in the VIP section of their provincial town's/city's hottest night club.
I sometimes wonder if the drug culture surrounding celebrity is a clever way of marketing drugs to the gullible masses. I.e if we get celebs taking drugs (by making them cheap and omnipresent in these circles) the plebs will lap them up. It's a standard marketing trick used in just about every other industry so why not drugs.
Not that Ive ever taken hard drugs
but they dont appeal to me in the slightest, Ive read many descriptions of what they do to people. Eric Clapton and Robert Downey Jr are 2 blokes who took it for a long time, did crazy things, lost money, almost completely wrecked their lives, stopped, and prefer life without it.
If you want a buzz go take a jog, drink some coffee, play a video game, read a good book, achieve a goal....but drugs are just boring really.
I dunno I've been up for about 38 hours straight on a lethal cocktail when I was in my early 20's. Maybe a few times more after that as well?
I'd never do it again, but they're experiences I regret and revere :lol:
I dunno I've been up for about 38 hours straight on a lethal cocktail when I was in my early 20's.
should've snorted some cake instead boozy... it affects the part of the brain called Shatner's Bassoon, and that's the part that deals with time perception. ...I know that's true cause Noel Edmonds says so
- only ever done coke once myself, about 15 yrs ago. had a very intense conversation about vegetarianism with a guy I'd never met before and have never met again since. rubbish drug imo
Couldn't agree more. I've never had any myself, but been out on plenty of nights out where others have. It seems to have the effect of turning people into self-absorbed tw*ts who spend the evening talking loudly about themselves and how brilliant they are at about 900mph.
should've snorted some cake instead boozy... it affects the part of the brain called Shatner's Bassoon, and that's the part that deals with time perception. ...I know that's true cause Noel Edmonds says so
I nearly p!ss3d myself when I heard some woman from the NFU chime in on the badger cull debate with "I don't care what the science says, that's a fact!"
Celebrity took drugs is not news. Ex-husband uses court case to destroy ex-wife's reputation should not be news. The whole sorry tale should be private.
Celebrity took drugs is not news. Ex-husband uses court case to destroy ex-wife's reputation should not be news. The whole sorry tale should be private.
Sure, but I can't help but think that he's doing his own reputation far more damage than her's over all this. Yes, there'll be some outraged Daily Mail reader-types that'll never touch her cook books again over the fact that she took drugs, but to most people it's just "yeah, whatever" while they're more offended at his continued muck-raking.
That said, it's still a pertinent fact to the court case, and there's a good chance that it'd probably have come out anyway.
Sure, but I can't help but think that he's doing his own reputation far more damage than her's over all this. Yes, there'll be some outraged Daily Mail reader-types that'll never touch her cook books again over the fact that she took drugs, but to most people it's just "yeah, whatever" while they're more offended at his continued muck-raking.
That said, it's still a pertinent fact to the court case, and there's a good chance that it'd probably have come out anyway.
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I heard she's thinking about quitting the UK for the USA, she's got a cookery show over there as well.
I think our American cousins are far more spot on regarding that..not to have someone on telly like that... they need an even squeeky clean image.. they like gordon coz he's a bit basil fawty at times
but then again.... they did let boozy beanz and scottie in :)
I am surprised she knows the last time she did it.. e.g. last time I smoked cigs was 4-5 years ago.. can't tell you the exact time or date
I think our American cousins are far more spot on regarding that..not to have someone on telly like that... they need an even squeeky clean image.. they like gordon coz he's a bit basil fawty at times
but then again.... they did let boozy beanz and scottie in :)
I am surprised she knows the last time she did it.. e.g. last time I smoked cigs was 4-5 years ago.. can't tell you the exact time or date
Doesn't matter In the US Paula Deen said a racist thing 30 years ago and it came out a few months back and they completely destroyed her for it.
You're lucky if you can buy her flavoured butter anywhere now :lol:
Paula Deen was really annoying though, it was probably a hate campaign by all the fatties that loved her double cinnamon donut bun deep fried double mozzarella and pepper jack fried onion ring bacon chilli double BBQ cheeseburger burger, after she got gastric bypass surgery.
She was no longer a beacon for disgusting fat slobs that like to eat butter fried mozzarella sticks in butter sauce with pork scratching garnish, and deep fried beef rinds on the side, these people always washed this down with a diet coke though! Gotta watch the calories :D
So basically if Nigella smoked weed once when she was 14, it'll count against her here forever in the land of the squeaky clean hypocrite :D
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funny thing is , about 2-3 years ago around xmas time.. I went to pick up a job lot of 700 speccy games from somewhere (easily one of my top 3 buys).. and I'm sure Lorraine was at the at the sellers house... either it was her or a dead ringer for her.
Sadly I don't rate either as "cooks" .. they just look nice more, than skilled. I wish they would drop a load of tv cooks, it's way too much of them.
regarding Nigella , I think she will get more sympathy due to how things are. I have no time for Sarchi , actions / pictures speak louder than words.
Saatchi seems to like going out with that trinny woman of late that used to be on tv ..
http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/445223/Charles-Saatchi-and-Trinny-Woodall-dine-at-Scott-s-after-his-date-with-mystery-blonde
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/celebritynews/10478163/Trinny-Woodall-my-cocaine-addiction-is-a-disease.html
due to dealing with creative folk, because of a previous job.. it was easy to spot who was "living the lifestyle".. in the 80's / 90's etc.. there was a LOT of money in music, and apparently parties etc were the norm.. I even had a boss at one point who was obviously doing things.. I used to wind him up by staring at him to make him paranoid, and whistling a certain tune one of his relatives charted with :) . people like that are the best anti-drug campaigns, as they act like utter p***** sometimes.
the things in the news about bankers / politicians in the news for that.. not like it's exactly unknown.. too much money to p*** away on such things.. much like muso's back in the day.
lol
if you still worked with him you couldve
asked him if he wanted some coke, then pull a can of coke out from behind your back.
or sold him a small packet of sherbet. :lol:
Not that Ive ever taken hard drugs
but they dont appeal to me in the slightest, Ive read many descriptions of what they do to people. Eric Clapton and Robert Downey Jr are 2 blokes who took it for a long time, did crazy things, lost money, almost completely wrecked their lives, stopped, and prefer life without it.
If you want a buzz go take a jog, drink some coffee, play a video game, read a good book, achieve a goal....but drugs are just boring really.
What you have described there is the aspirational culture that is a product of the concaine culte in some prominent celebrity circles. The whole idea of places like Wolfgang Puck is aspiration. Like Gucchi or armani are to clothes Wolfgang puck is to food. It's a brand name people have latched onto, all show and no substance (well actually apparently lot's of substance). In my home village, loads of people were doing coke in the 2000's and making a big show if it. If you wanted to be in the 'in crowd' you did coke. I believe mostly because they believed that's what the glitterati do and therefore by association with cocaine they are the local 'glitterati'. It's the same crowd that aspire to own a BMW (and drive to to the pub so everyone can see), and wear Armani even though they are a non self employed electrician, factory worker, or shop fitter etc. The same people that would rob their own grandmother to be seen in the VIP section of their provincial town's/city's hottest night club.
I sometimes wonder if the drug culture surrounding celebrity is a clever way of marketing drugs to the gullible masses. I.e if we get celebs taking drugs (by making them cheap and omnipresent in these circles) the plebs will lap them up. It's a standard marketing trick used in just about every other industry so why not drugs.
I dunno I've been up for about 38 hours straight on a lethal cocktail when I was in my early 20's. Maybe a few times more after that as well?
I'd never do it again, but they're experiences I regret and revere :lol:
- only ever done coke once myself, about 15 yrs ago. had a very intense conversation about vegetarianism with a guy I'd never met before and have never met again since. rubbish drug imo
People who go on about "drugzzzz, maaaaaan" are the most boring people in the universe.
A couple of days after the photo's first came out one of the papers implied that the reason he'd grabbed hold of her was to have a look up her nose.
Anyway, well tidy bird, definitely would.
:lol:
Well said, that man! :grin:
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you mean someone with copious amount of money besides bankers and popstars do this *shock horror*
Sure, but I can't help but think that he's doing his own reputation far more damage than her's over all this. Yes, there'll be some outraged Daily Mail reader-types that'll never touch her cook books again over the fact that she took drugs, but to most people it's just "yeah, whatever" while they're more offended at his continued muck-raking.
That said, it's still a pertinent fact to the court case, and there's a good chance that it'd probably have come out anyway.
I am rubber you are glue, everything you say bounces off me and sticks to you.
Guybrush?
How appropriate, you fight like a cow!
Yeah and if she calls a Quesadilla a Kezzadeeah! one more time I'm flying to LA to give her a Satchi strangle of my own :D
I think our American cousins are far more spot on regarding that..not to have someone on telly like that... they need an even squeeky clean image.. they like gordon coz he's a bit basil fawty at times
but then again.... they did let boozy beanz and scottie in :)
I am surprised she knows the last time she did it.. e.g. last time I smoked cigs was 4-5 years ago.. can't tell you the exact time or date
Doesn't matter In the US Paula Deen said a racist thing 30 years ago and it came out a few months back and they completely destroyed her for it.
You're lucky if you can buy her flavoured butter anywhere now :lol:
Paula Deen was really annoying though, it was probably a hate campaign by all the fatties that loved her double cinnamon donut bun deep fried double mozzarella and pepper jack fried onion ring bacon chilli double BBQ cheeseburger burger, after she got gastric bypass surgery.
She was no longer a beacon for disgusting fat slobs that like to eat butter fried mozzarella sticks in butter sauce with pork scratching garnish, and deep fried beef rinds on the side, these people always washed this down with a diet coke though! Gotta watch the calories :D
So basically if Nigella smoked weed once when she was 14, it'll count against her here forever in the land of the squeaky clean hypocrite :D
Actually reading that back to myself again? Now that I think about it I would probably eat that :lol: