Ancient Egypt; where the regal BESH barge floats gently in De Nile.

[owlboots]

Glittering seductively in the evening sun, crewed by swarthy slaves, waited on hand and foot by bare-chested manservants bearing a rudimentary form of gin.

We have golden temples decorated with hieroglyphs for sacrificial offerings (and woo from the soothsayers) if required, and The Pit is full of asses? milk.

So, put on your eye make-up that goes out as far as your ears and jewellery so weighty it leaves dents in your head and step out to survey the peasants on the banks.

Come join the 30s TTC if your womble is as ancient and crumbly as Tutankhamen! Egypt; the thread where everyone eventually gets to be a mummy whether they like it or not.

:) like it.

This is <a class="break-all" href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.corrieblog.tv/AmandaBarrieCleo-thumb.jpg&imgrefurl=www.corrieblog.tv/2007/05/draft_amanda_ba.html&usg=__ujp9XAaboVvECxHN5t5Axp3vTDY=&h=345&w=200&sz=17&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=8kbI-W5Orpj7aM:&tbnh=167&tbnw=105&prev=/images%3Fq%3Damanda%2Bbarrie%2Bcleopatra%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1020%26bih%3D459%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&ei=ptXaTISPIoamuQObgYXVCQ&oei=ktXaTIK4FdCj4Qb68tCRCQ&esq=4&page=1&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&tx=60&ty=94" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">meI think she was my first lesbian crush actually. I will be picking someone more appealing than Sid James to get wrapped up in a rug for though.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.beyondhollywood.com/stillsx/2007/10/james-purefoy-rome.jpg&imgrefurl=www.beyondhollywood.com/michael-j-bassett-to-direct-solomon-kane-movie/&usg=_7M99SHX9se7wAfJr0NsIaCWrwbo=&h=300&w=450&sz=48&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=4_t3HbeBUo1w6M:&tbnh=138&tbnw=193&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djames%2Bpurefoy%2Brome%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1003%26bih%3D459%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C115&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=246&vpy=158&dur=98&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=209&ty=118&ei=BtjaTL-JI-8sQPSqICwBw&oei=kNfaTIzYFtCj4Qb68tCRCQ&esq=17&page=1&ndsp=9&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0&biw=1003&bih=459 This will be my Mark Antony, and if anyone needs us we will be in the vault of my pyramid, looking for the ancient treasure.

bollocks. link fail. A living goddess hates being interrupted whenlooking for her treasure.

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I'm here! Sorry - t'internet broke again. No news yet - still havent done the stick thing. Nasty crampy pains have just arrived tho, so maybe droid is doing some warm-up exercises before kicking me in the belly for two days.

How is everyone? Loving the barge btw. Worried that if I fall overboard the excessive bling will instantly drag me to the bottom. Oh well.

Giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin Thank God, we thought we'd frightened you off. You have nerves of steel, you DHB you.

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Gin!!!!! how late is droid now? You are a woman with the patience of a saint

oooh princesshiss you could do some damage with that rope/hair/sex toy on your head there

Slaves! Am in need of a good oiling.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! What's that? Is it the ship's bell? No it's the mournful tolling in my poor old, not-yet-used Joe Mangel. My eggs are of the pitiful dried wartime variety, such as you would find on a ship. I think the next ship to sail will have to be the Marie fucking Celeste, populated by the ghosts of the ancient BESHes as they drift around wildly looking for their baybees, clutching Scorps's little squid and sharing Clothilda the used sanitary towel.

Barren
Evil
Selfish
Hags

That is all.

I bid you Adieu.

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Gin indeed, the sheer weight of the bling = instant drowning should one fall overboard. :)

I forgot to put in the bit about the asp acupuncture. Buggeration.

Oi salts you're not leaving us are you?

salty I am REALLY hoping that is because you are now a PESH? :(

genius thread boots, all we now need is for Mumra to reappear. Also this is me

I am a little disappointed that i didnt get a chance to tell you that TB finally cooked Cowboy hotpot and it was delish!!! ALso WONDERFUL to come in from work and have tea on the table. Esp as got the news confirmed today that my contract will not be renewed i the New Year so am looking at an unemployed January. Who in their right mind is going to employ a 4 moth differ?

RocketDog that is utterly shit news, I'm really sorry :(. As to who would employ you, in normal times I would say the public sector, as they can be quite good with diffment (although I don't know what you do, so possibly not even relevant). Unfortunately these are not normal times :(. Is there a plan B? Is freelance work an option?

When Salty said

Barren
Evil
Selfish
Hags

I think what she meant was

Barren
Evil
Selfish
Hags

I love De Nile theme, and the petrified wombles etc, so no offence to you Owly, but I don't think this place is fulfilling my barren, evil, selfish needs anymore. See ya.

Oh Bum Rockets that is crapola. You will be in the energetic phase of diffment by then though so you can get these fledgling business ideas off the ground and become a Mumpreneur? Please feel free to kick me in te foof if you are not in the mood for me looking for a silver lining though :o

Lyra and Salts

I am now feeling most upset, as I am imagining that it is newbies like me who have influenced that decision.

I am quite happy to remove my good self and leave the fred for those who were here before me.

Rocket that's really crap news about yr job. Fingers crossed sumfink turns up.

Sunny, droid is now 6 days late. Boobs still sore, otherwise nothing to report. Will probably arrive tomorrow, just in time for my night shift, because who doesn't love a sleepless night with extra crampiness.

So spending this evening relaxing on the barge, being fanned by the aforementioned man-servants, sounds like a good plan. Did they have cocktails in Ancient Egypt?

Rocket - sorry about your job. They have really crap timing.

PrincessBoo - am even more of a newbie than you and hoping am not a jinx. Quite like the idea of lying on a barge in the warm sun, drinking something (not camels milk though, sorry Cleo).

I too shall depart, not without a great deal of sadness. This is not by any means a reflection on people who have lately joined, all of whom I wish the very best. But the BESH threads were a very special and valued place for people who had struggled to conceive for a long time, and for very many reasons - including the wonderful reason that many BESHes won their baybees - it just isn't the place I've run crying/menkulling/laughing hysterically to for almost a year.

You can't halt progress. Good night and good luck to you all.

Eh? Have I offended? Wish I hadn't bothered starting a new thread now; seeing as it appears to be mine where it's all imploded cos that makes me feel really good, oh yeah.

I can live without that sort of faff; I shall go elsewhere.

Heavens Owl, you haven't offended anyone. Is just that everything has changed, that's all. Which is how it should be, I suppose.