tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post5955959298891270489..comments2024-01-11T18:39:50.665+00:00Comments on Painting With Shadows: The Pillow InspectorsKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-36817744682196722482008-03-04T17:14:00.000+00:002008-03-04T17:14:00.000+00:00Rob Hopcott - welcome to my ramblings and thank yo...<B>Rob Hopcott</B> - welcome to my ramblings and thank you for taking the time to comment :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-41619536018100440492008-03-04T11:19:00.000+00:002008-03-04T11:19:00.000+00:00Wonderful irony - loved it.My wife and I now watch...Wonderful irony - loved it.<BR/><BR/>My wife and I now watch TV in separate rooms so I can get away from the endless stream of soaps and reality TV shows.<BR/><BR/>Now, how about bricking up the door?Rob Windstrel Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802521115618353098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-89693123742339758372008-03-03T18:52:00.000+00:002008-03-03T18:52:00.000+00:00Archie - ha, it's true! My blog is littered with G...<B>Archie</B> - ha, it's true! My blog is littered with Google ads for pillows, sheets and beddingKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1092825859105154342008-03-02T02:26:00.000+00:002008-03-02T02:26:00.000+00:00Love the post, and I keep cracking up at all the a...Love the post, and I keep cracking up at all the ads google robots found for you - TempurPedic SnoNoMo Back Neck Pain Relief Pillows (schoolmarmish tough love not included)Archiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12308220891655253832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-72625931298497672322008-02-29T13:41:00.000+00:002008-02-29T13:41:00.000+00:00For you Mary, I'll take the jars of coppers in exc...For you Mary, I'll take the jars of coppers in exchange for the TV rights, so long as you include me in the profits for the merchandising (Pillow Inspectors t-shirts, books and, of course, pillows)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-50841055592814774822008-02-29T13:23:00.000+00:002008-02-29T13:23:00.000+00:00Damn: I saw your note about contributing to make t...Damn: I saw your note about contributing to make this a real t.v. show and I got excited: a chance to get rid of those coppers! Then I saw the fine print...Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-87837052824677625662008-02-29T11:45:00.000+00:002008-02-29T11:45:00.000+00:00MaLady - true...Ill Man - beer would help me get t...<B>MaLady</B> - true...<BR/><BR/><B>Ill Man</B> - beer would help me get to sleep, but not stay asleep. I'd still wake at 4am, only I'd have a pounding headache and need to the toiletKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-19955749208020659742008-02-29T00:03:00.000+00:002008-02-29T00:03:00.000+00:00Well Kim, I sleep in a small, cluttered room, in a...Well Kim, I sleep in a small, cluttered room, in a narrow single bed, my pillows are stacked three high, my bed clothes are changed once a year, regardless of whether they need it or not and I am on first name terms with most of the wildlife in my mattress, but goddamit if I don't sleep like a baby.......<BR/><BR/>Isn't beer brilliant? <BR/><BR/>They would so make this Kim. Copyright the idea before someone small, evil and Scottish (or Gillian McKeith)gets their mitts on it..........iLL Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08107892879700381858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-66827416345444481142008-02-28T03:26:00.000+00:002008-02-28T03:26:00.000+00:00Santa has all the necessary powers...Santa has all the necessary powers...MaLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15307591163045223877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-9978460262996194022008-02-27T12:04:00.000+00:002008-02-27T12:04:00.000+00:00Conan Drumm - nuts! How could I forget the night-c...<B>Conan Drumm</B> - nuts! How could I forget the night-cam?<BR/><BR/><B>MaLady</B> - I suppose if you consider Santa to be a diety, then Mrs Claus could end up in celebrity Deity Swap ;)<BR/><BR/><B>Kanani</B> - one of Maggie's common rants against having a TV in the house is that of wasting time watching other people live their lives rather than living your own<BR/><BR/><B>Mary</B> - I imagine a bidet would be difficult to find in Hell too. Then again maybe Hell would be full of bidets that no one can quite figure out how to work properly...<BR/><BR/><B></B>Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-66450982207011093082008-02-26T19:33:00.000+00:002008-02-26T19:33:00.000+00:00I'd be a shoo-in for the fair but schoolmarmish mi...I'd be a shoo-in for the fair but schoolmarmish middle-aged female osteopath. Pleeeease can I do it?<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen any of the shows this is lampooning, but I've heard of them, and I reckon you're onto something here. I keep waiting for the people who do the sponges to come and check my kitchen. Dear God, it doesn't bear thinking about what they'd find. And our pillows are all rubbish too, so no wonder our lives are messed up.<BR/><BR/>Just one point: Mrs Yahweh would not need toilet paper in heaven -- you just tear off a piece of cloud.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-43337764668655129042008-02-26T18:03:00.000+00:002008-02-26T18:03:00.000+00:00Ha!Oh, I hate those clean house shows. They fill m...Ha!<BR/>Oh, I hate those clean house shows. They fill me with absolute dread! I guess TV Producers think our lives have become so mundane that we have to watch other people suffer through having someone come in a clean their home.Kananihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317494343177263398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-81996287334701515422008-02-26T14:56:00.000+00:002008-02-26T14:56:00.000+00:00I imagine Mrs. Clause in Lucifer's domain saying "...I imagine Mrs. Clause in Lucifer's domain saying "at least we'll be able to warm the hot cocoa easily, and someone must really brighten this place up a bit, scrub the soot off everything. How can they stand to live like this? Thank the Lord I come from where I do."MaLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15307591163045223877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-26988585945642392152008-02-26T11:16:00.000+00:002008-02-26T11:16:00.000+00:00Don't forget the slightly creepy night vision vide...Don't forget the slightly creepy night vision video from the bedroom, including sequqences fast forwarded and slow-mo'd for effect... oh, and snoring, lots of snoring tweaked by the sound engineers. You have a hit on your hands!Conan Drummhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377667084973491628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-76079945821558876772008-02-26T08:23:00.000+00:002008-02-26T08:23:00.000+00:00Pat - I bet your schoolmarmish face still had a tw...<B>Pat</B> - I bet your schoolmarmish face still had a twinkle in the eye<BR/><BR/><B>Carole</B> - I did a quick scan of the TV schedules this morning and was surprised to find my idea actually <I>was</I> superior to many of the daytime and reality shows currently on...<BR/><BR/><B>Charlie</B> - I created that tag right after I wrote that last paragraph. The I realised it applied to a few others on this site too, so it's become part of the fixtures and fittings of this site<BR/><BR/><B>Archivalist</B> - Using someone with a posh English accent, of course.<BR/><BR/><B>Canadian Girl</B> - maybe that's my problem - I don't have CFS, but BFS - Bad Feather SyndromeKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-36010821772992569372008-02-25T22:02:00.000+00:002008-02-25T22:02:00.000+00:00Your post reminded me of a visit to my grandmother...Your post reminded me of a visit to my grandmother shortly before she went to live in a care home. On that visit, she complained to my mother (her daughter) that the next-door neighbour had stolen the "good feathers" out of her pillows and replaced them with his "bad feathers". Perhaps it was true and it was poor sleep on those bad feathers, not senile dementia.Canadian Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14576248760750500940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-7824152708828482782008-02-25T19:51:00.000+00:002008-02-25T19:51:00.000+00:00To be followed a year later by the American rip-of...To be followed a year later by the American rip-off.Archivalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017326976783821842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-59075998604119636342008-02-25T17:57:00.000+00:002008-02-25T17:57:00.000+00:00Merely watching that show would put me to sleep fo...Merely watching that show would put me to sleep for the night, like most of the programs do now.<BR/><BR/>Your second show sounds a lot more promising—but your tag may be correct (I LOL)Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-59922687438387612862008-02-25T15:59:00.000+00:002008-02-25T15:59:00.000+00:00Tee Hee. Sounds more interesting than most of the...Tee Hee. Sounds more interesting than most of the "reality shows" on the T.V. now. Have you thought of bottling you sense of humor and selling it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828426520214270655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-39778011034686819222008-02-25T15:03:00.000+00:002008-02-25T15:03:00.000+00:00My stern school-marmish face had melted into grins...My stern school-marmish face had melted into grins by the past para:)Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.com