{"id":536,"date":"2016-03-26T14:09:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T14:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/?p=536"},"modified":"2016-03-26T14:09:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T14:09:57","slug":"richards-2016-week-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/richards-2016-week-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard&#8217;s 2016: Week 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Read up on what #Richards2016 is all\u00a0about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DKzHkQvAOT\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yup, twelve whole weeks! Wow. A LITERAL DOZEN. Not like that weird fakey Baker&#8217;s Dozen. Like what the HELL bakers, get in line or get out, that&#8217;s what I say!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Anyway, on with it.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">March 19th: Poultry Day<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure this day is supposed to be all about supporting poultry or whatever. But, in the spirit of this blog, I made it about EATING STUFF INSTEAD YOLO.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Poultry Day! Had a chicken and stuffing sandwich for lunch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/richards2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#richards2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Cook (@cookywook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cookywook\/status\/711205162518446080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>#effort<\/p>\n<h3>March 20th: Snowman Burning Day<\/h3>\n<p>Almost died for this one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-vine\" style=\"display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"vine-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/vine.co\/v\/idtzuAZvQUI\/embed\/simple\" width=\"616\" height=\"616\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>So yeah I drew a snowman on a post-it and burnt it. IN MY HOUSE OVER MY WOODEN FLOOR WEARING MY CHEAP FLAMMABLE PRIMARK TOUSERS. Pro tip: don&#8217;t do any of that.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully I had a bowl of water on standby and my house didn&#8217;t burn down and my fingers were only\u00a0<em>mildly<\/em> singed. Yay!<\/p>\n<p>And also, the half-burnt snowman swirling in the bowl at the end is a kind of beautiful metaphor for the end of winter, right? 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My favourite one is\u00a0<strong>Growl<\/strong> which I even went to the effort of recording once. Listen to it if you are bored or something.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"616\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7p-E0o5qnAQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>It has been described in the comments as\u00a0<em>Incredible! Very larkinesque.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>March 22nd: Goof Off Day<\/h3>\n<p>I work very hard. So I find it difficult to &#8220;goof off&#8221;. So I just did it at home instead.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy Goof Off Day! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/richards2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#richards2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tsvUD3WJXO\">pic.twitter.com\/tsvUD3WJXO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Cook (@cookywook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cookywook\/status\/712369854087610370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Look at that. Has there ever been a man in a clearer state of goofing off? Let&#8217;s inventorise:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Classic hawaiian &#8216;party shirt&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Glass of plonk on the go<\/li>\n<li>20 &#8211; count them, 20 &#8211; brownie bites.<\/li>\n<li>Double stuff oreo AKA the food of kings AKA the diabetes express AKA the widowmaker AKA my favourite thing to eat and goof off to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Success!<\/p>\n<h3>March 23rd: Melba Toast<\/h3>\n<p>I don&#8217;t really know what Melba Toast is. I was able to buy some and it seems that it&#8217;s basically just small ready-made toast. You&#8217;re meant to spread classy stuff on it like pat\u00e9 or fish eggs or whatever. NO SUCH LUCK HERE<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Melba Toast and Baked Bean dinner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MelbaToastDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MelbaToastDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/richards2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#richards2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DMWSYN5cqo\">pic.twitter.com\/DMWSYN5cqo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Cook (@cookywook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cookywook\/status\/712722369182351360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>OY OYYYY<\/p>\n<h3>March 24th: Tuberculosis Day<\/h3>\n<p>Short of contacting TB myself, I wasn&#8217;t sure what to do. I also have had the BCG jab which is meant to protect against that kind of thing.<\/p>\n<p>So I just sent \u00a310 off to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blf.org.uk\/\">British Lung Foundation<\/a>\u00a0instead. They do good work, and I&#8217;d encourage you to consider chucking some wedge at them too.<\/p>\n<h3>March 25th: Tolkien Reading Day<\/h3>\n<p>Got a free sample of the Fellowship of the Ring off the Kindle store and read it on a train.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Getting ON IT for Tolkien Reading Day <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/richards2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#richards2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rBbF1TaJEP\">pic.twitter.com\/rBbF1TaJEP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Cook (@cookywook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cookywook\/status\/713347799795036160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was actually great and reminded me that I&#8217;ve never actually finished reading TLoTR. Adding it to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/9838971-richard?shelf=to-read\">to-read<\/a> list!<\/p>\n<p>AND THAT&#8217;S ALL BABY!!!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Coming up in the next seven days&#8230;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 26th: Make Up Your Own Holiday Day<\/li>\n<li>March 27th: Neighbour Day<\/li>\n<li>March 28th: Black Forest Cake Day<\/li>\n<li>March 29th: Lemon Chiffon Cake Day<\/li>\n<li>March 30th: Doctors\u2019 Day<\/li>\n<li>March 31st: Eiffel Tower Day<\/li>\n<li>April 1st: International Tuba Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Erm&#8230;. ok. Well, I&#8217;m looking forward to all those CAKE days I&#8217;m guessing.<\/p>\n<p>Wish me luck xox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Read up on what #Richards2016 is all\u00a0about\u00a0here.) Yup, twelve whole weeks! Wow. A LITERAL DOZEN. Not like that weird fakey Baker&#8217;s Dozen. Like what the HELL bakers, get in line or get out, that&#8217;s what I say! Anyway, on with it. 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