Surely not on this forum. Tom said I don't know what it's like to be a betrayed spouse.

He told me that I was having an online affair with one of the posters......He has apologized and I have forgiven, but for him to say that others are being judgemental of him, pffft....Thats like, well....its like the black little teapot callin the off- white kettle black.....orrrr sumthin like that!

I always avoid the whole color issue and just say "Pot, meet kettle"

No t/j intended. Back to the regularly scheduled posts...

Is where you hide your pot really relevant to this thread?????



I actually shorten it even more to just "L - O, Pot"

Silly Mr W....

Well no, but...ssshhh....stilly hides hers in a little black teapot, pass it on...

Bliss, that expression isn't related to any "color issue", Kiddo!

No kidding! Check it out~~~> Phrase Origin

Mrs. W

I always thought it meant one of the pots was cooked with more, so it was blacker from the fire, and the kettle was newer so it was cleaner looking. And neither one of them should think they were 'better' because regardless of their color they both had the same function.

And off we go with the t/j!

Are you SURE you aren't on drugs???


Their "functions" are similiar, but not precisely the same. Whereas, their colors ARE exactly the same even though they have differing names, shapes and purposes (historically speaking).

Did you hear the one about the stainless steel sink calling the stainless steel refrigerator "Silver"? L - O Sink!

Mr. W

p.s. - oh yeah. This threadjack is ON.

OMG, MaritalBliss...You..are...hysterical!

Okay... but when Tom comes back and finds us partying on his thread, Im blaming you...

I must beg to differ, Mr. W. Now. Take your copper kettle, with its lustrous sheen, its smooth, reflective surface, cold and pristine. Place said kettle upon the cooking hearth, next to the utilitarian workhorse - the cast iron pot. Notice, if you will, the harsh and unambiguous testiment to Difference: the cast iron pot's rough and heavy presentation, the weighty existence of its grainy surface. Its blackness, man, note its blackness! These kitchen implements stand side by side in their usefulness, yet worlds apart in their physical comeliness.

Yet, come the day of reckoning; the day the copper kettle meets its Armegeddon: The Heat Source. The gas flames, flickering at its underbelly relentlessly as it performs its solitary task of heating water for Stilly's tea. Ah, this is the day the cast iron pot will, indeed, call the kettle black.

And now that you mention it, my bursitis flared up so my orthpedic guy gave me a cortisone shot and some vicodin, which sometimes makes me wordy. Is it noticeable?

No, no, MB not wordy at all.



Okay,okay....... where is my damn teapot...

Excuse me, but my kettle is blue plastic and my cast iron pots are orange, so are they not allowed to insult each other?

Now, SugarCane....Did you catch them insulting each other and that is why you had to put your foot down and make a rule about it?

:::thumbing briskly through Robert's Rules of Kitchen Implements::: Ah, yes. Here it is on page 13: "If the pot is black, and the kettle is any one of the primary colors, insults may be permitted. However, secondary colors MUST remain mute."

Your cast iron pots need to zip it.

Shh! He came back. I just saw him. Pretend nothing happened on his thread.

Oi! Who are you calling "pot"?