The other day I had to buy a dozen double damask dinner napkins. Don’t ask why. I just did. Sometimes you simply have to do these things.
Anyway, thanks to the internet I was able simply to click in the appropriate place on the John Lewis website and didn’t have to go and actually ask for them. Who knows what might have happened otherwise!
Tim Footman said,
December 15, 2008 at 12:34 am
You could have just asked for twelve serviettes.
emmak said,
December 15, 2008 at 4:51 pm
I am in awe of your lifestyle m’lady. I cannot imagine any circumstance in which I would be needing damask napkins. We make do with extra absorbency kitchen towels!
Christopher Campbell_Howes said,
December 15, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Well done. A case of ‘We want the finest double damask napkins known to humanity. And we want them here. And we want them now. And clearly John Lewis threw in a selection of capital letters too. Bon appetit!
rivergirlie said,
December 15, 2008 at 10:28 pm
tim – that’s just what they were expecting me to do!
i’m sooooo posh, emma, it sometimes even amazes me …
helloooo christopher! i thought of getting a proper copper coffee pot at the same time, and maybe some shoes – red leather AND yellow leather
Christopher Campbell_Howes said,
December 16, 2008 at 9:25 am
I think Exhibit No. 2 above shows what happens when you try to say ‘Red leather, yellow leather’ too often and too fast.
Clive said,
December 16, 2008 at 11:27 am
Fantastic!
I have to buy sewing machines from John Lewis. Don’t ask why. And I was thinking what a pain in arse it would be having to go to The Trafford Centre (A God-awful shopping palace near Manchester), then I read this.
I’ve ordered them online. All’s done.
Thank you, Obi Wan.
Lisa Later said,
December 16, 2008 at 2:38 pm
nancy mitford would be proud, i’m sure*
* of the freaky tongue trick
Istvanski said,
December 17, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Why can’t you use your shirtsleeves like normal people?
belleek said,
December 19, 2008 at 2:17 pm
I love that they had to be double damask and that trusty JLP provided them, in stock and everything! love that shop!
rosie said,
December 21, 2008 at 11:03 am
i just tried to do the ‘tongue thing’ and i think i may now be able to claim disabled benefits.
fankss’.
meredic said,
December 22, 2008 at 8:49 pm
I on the other hand can do the tongue thing…I try it in the pub sometimes and just have a look round to see who has a far away look in her eyes….
Happy Christmas Rivergirlie
XP
Debi said,
December 23, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Not sure I could get my tongue round damask napkins either. Or my mind …
But I feel my social status has to be elevated just by association with you, my dear posh friend. xxx
rockmother said,
December 31, 2008 at 11:29 am
Oh you are sooooo posh! Damask?! Were you in charge of the Misteltoe Meet perchance this year?!
XX
Francesca said,
April 24, 2009 at 1:03 am
Hey, I can do that tongue thing. It’s one of my party tricks. Can’t cross my eyes though, so no cigar for me.
Mikeachim said,
July 22, 2009 at 11:06 pm
She appears to be eating a length of intestine.
Possibly of the colonic variety.
Which would explain the crossed eyes.