Kitchen wars: still an occasional series Part 2

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Sophie

He’s still got it…

Exhibit A

The kitchen drawer for random kitchen utensils that are not knives


Exhibit B

The drawer for Tupperware type items


So where does the potato masher go?

Here of course

Still counting to ten and moving the masher Fox

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Save the date

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Sophie

TLF was born on 5 May 1969. Don’t worry, that’s not a hint for a card or anything.

It’s context.

The last time Lesta City were in an FA Cup Final was 25 April 1969. Ten days before TLF was born. So last weekend’s 1-0 FA Cup semi-final win was quite welcome, if a bit overdue.

We might lose (we have done four times previously) and unless I’m lucky in whatever lottery is used to allocate those Covid limited match tickets I won’t even be there on 15 May….ten days AFTER my birthday (it’s a sign!)

But either way I’m pretty bloomin’ happy.

Legacy Fan Fox

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Redeeming Features

Posted on April 17, 2021 by Sophie

It’s been tough, but I know you will have been worrying about me, so just to reassure you I am now over my severe bout of PTWHDD (post traumatic West Ham defeat disorder).

Symptoms are of course exacerbated with the seemingly now traditional ‘throwing away of a Champions League place from a great League position’ by Lesta.

While Lesta did get better in the second half there was little to redeem their performance. But they would in the league table of redeeming features have been above the three Lesta players dropped for breaking lockdown rules. It’s all been said, but if I may – ‘selfish, shortsighted, idiotic and plain old embarrassing.’

In fact the only person to emerge with any credit last weekend was Mr TLF, who took one look at TLF’s face last week and said…nothing.

Bless him and his poxy bubbles.

Still-quite-cross Fox

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Kitchen wars. An occasional series. Part 1

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Sophie

It won’t surprise you to hear that Mr TLF and I don’t agree on everything.
No really.

Thoughts turned to this issue in light of this weekend’s football fixture, that has taken on more significance in light of current league positions.

The kitchen rather than the league table though is where the most frequent disagreements occur and in particular where things BELONG. TLF likes a system; Mr TLF does not.

Exhibit A

The everyday glasses cupboard


The cupboard for fancy glasses and cups

So where does he put an everyday wine glass?

Here of course

Counting to ten and moving the glass to its rightful place Fox

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And relaxxxxx

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Sophie

Last weekend was international break weekend. Once upon a time there would still be non-league football going on and thus the Mighty Saints would be the main focus. This time round of course no such luck, with the Conference South null and (Co)voided there was nothing for TLF to worry about (sorry Ingurland, I support you, I just don’t worry about you). And that did get me thinking that a weekend in the Football Free Zone is not necessarily a bad thing for the old stress levels.

You may think that the only cause of worry is will Lesta win, lose or draw but let me assure you there is a LOT more to worry about than that:

If they lose will they lose badly?
If they draw will it be a joyous last minute Foxes equaliser type of draw or an infuriating-ruin-the-weekend last minute goal conceded by the Foxes type of a draw?
Win, lose or draw will someone get injured, sent off (3 match suspension!) or play so well that they become the latest subject of transfer speculation?
And if we do win, what about the teams around us? How will they do? Because if they do better than us then that is an utter disaster. And if it’s Mr TLF’s ruddy Hammers then it is an utter DISASTER.

And it doesn’t stop there. TLF foolishly joined a prediction league this season. So now there are even more games to worry about; TLF should not be worrying about the results of Rochdale or Preston. No offence to those teams of course; it’s just I’ve only got so much worry to spare.

Particularly this weekend, when TLF’s approach to be watching Lesta V Man City will be similar to her approach to watching Dr Who when she was about five years old. Peeking out from behind the sofa…..

Zen Fox

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Good Omens

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Sophie

As regular readers will kno, this TLF is a superstitious TLF. Lucky socks, lucky pants, lucky comestibles; blue cheeseburgers (Mighty Foxes), bacon fries (Mighty Saints). It’s not just about good luck is it though? There can be signs, portents of bad footballing luck.

Top of TLF’s bad luck list is coming across a deceased fox, especially in the run up to a game. Generally roadkill- they indicate that a huge Lesta defeat and humiliation is imminent.

So last weekend on my Satday run coming across the, shall we charitably say, aromatic remains of a fox ahead of our FA Cup quarter final was not good news. Not for the real fox obviously but more importantly not for Lesta’s chances of reaching an FA Cup semi final for the first time since 1982. Desperate for some optimism TLF considered whether it’s possible to cancel out bad football luck. Remarkably on the rest of that run, TLF saw not one but three pairs of magpies (two for joy cubed!).

3 pairs magpies 1 fox corpse

Look familiar?

Lesta’s City 3 Man Utd 1

Just sayin’

Prophecy Fox

Yes of course it’s just a path. This is a family blog. We don’t do fox corpses

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Tumbling down

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Sophie

While last weekend was all silver linings without the clouds on the football front, TLF is sad to report that here at TLF Towers we witnessed a construction tragedy in the kitchen. After a goodly seven or eight weeks of steady and committed build our periodical pillar came to a dramatic but graceful end.

From small beginnings…


TLF was first on the scene, to see that our newspaper column (see what I did there) had finally been defeated by gravity; going out in style with a nice spreading of debris across the kitchen floor. Gravity played its part but perhaps so did our choice of materials; the principle of ALL bits of every day’s paper being deployed was perhaps a laudable one but the reality is that the different sized weekend supplements do not make for solid foundations.

To TLF shoulder height


It’s all over…..


Still we made some height, it was another lockdown distraction and our builder (a real one) is now convinced TLF is a bit hatstand.

Of course in the event of disasters like this, there is aftermath to navigate; with Mr TLF feeling he had no option but to declare a recycling crisis, as our building material collection exceeded the capacity of the recycling bin. I imagine a public inquiry can not be far away.

Paper Maiche Fox

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Fox in the box

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Sophie

Football definition: a player who when they are positioned in the penalty area is an excellent goalscorer.

Lockdown definition: a TLF positioned in a house that has just taken receipt of a very large item and has too much time on her paws.



Boxed Fox

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Insult to injuries

Posted on March 6, 2021 by Sophie

After Lesta got dumped out of Europe, closely followed by a bit of a spanking by Arsenal, TLF needed cheering up. Sadly the ‘injury table’ that accompanied an article on the chase for 2nd to 4th in the Premier League did not oblige.

Not a table you want to be top of…


Nor did Mr TLF’s latest bear cartoon (see previous mug polis example) which expressed sympathy for our (2-0, European) loss. And implied that said bears had now abandoned the Mighty Foxes and become fully paid up West Ham supporters, complete with blowing bubbles and Hammers tattoos.

The cartoonist is on thin ice


It is Mr TLF’s birthday soon. He needs to remember that presents already purchased are easily returned.

Not Amused Fox

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Hair raising

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Sophie

Everyone has their tipping point. Or indeed trimming point. And with TLF, it was reached last weekend. When you are used to a haircut every 5 weeks, and the last time you visited the hairdresser was 15 December, desperate times call for desperate measures. And the barnet was put into the hands of Mr TLF.

Furnished with all the kit, there was a risk that this could have been a case of “all the gear and no idea,” but remarkably he didn’t do a bad job. And you can’t see the join on a Teams call…and TLF still has two ears.

Only problem is that now he thinks he’s got the job permanently.

Vidal Fox

The barber will see you now

Armed and ready to go

Tidied TLF

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