ramtops

please readperlmonger's post here.

I support him 100% in this viewpoint, and I hope that anybody who knows either of us would know we would never do such a thing.

we just had a ring on the doorball, from a chap selling door to door from www.goodtastefoods.co.uk. He had a van full of stuff, and we were interested enough to let him show us his wares.

he brought a heap of boxes to the house; he had salmon, tuna, hake and cod, and all the rest was ready-cooked. We don't buy - or eat - ready-cooked food, as we're lucky enough to have the time to cook most nights; and if we don't, we take something we've previously cooked from the freezers.

so he was a bit disappointed that most of his offerings didn't appeal. perlmonger and I were interested in the fish; it seemed to be from reasonably sustainable sources, but we were concerned about freezer space.

and "it'll be ok if *you* organise it", he said to perlmonger. I told him he nearly lost the sale by making stupid sexist remarks, and he was really quite taken aback. P pointed out that actually, it would in fact be much better if *I* did it. And I did, and 12 tuna steaks and 14 pieces of cod loin* are in there.

* I find it very difficult to think of fish loins, don't you?

please note: I'd be obliged if you'd read perlmonger's post here either before, or after, you read mine. Or both. But read it and take note.

perlmonger has posted about his e-mail exchange with the organiser of www.cfdevcon.com

what he didn't tell you was that I contacted him first. ( here's my exchange )
I wish I thought I had changed his attitudes one iota, but I bet I haven't. perlmonger and I will probably be the butt of the joke at their Tequila Slammer party :)

edit:
Piers Cawley has linked to this in his own blog here.

edit 2:
so has Dave Cross.