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30s TTC - Our BESH GussetWatch Ever, With Guest Star Joe Mangel!

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Scorpette · 23/04/2010 10:13

Come on in, you raddled old caaaaahs, whotchoo waitin' for?

I've gone for a groovy 60s psychedelic theme, so get your fat upper arms comfy in the hanging globe chairs and hide your mememe shame in the glow of the lava lamps!

Russell Howard is our new bartender, although I don't think he's happy at the flares 'n' kipper tie outfit I've forced him to wear. And of course, Mitchell is in the pit, nervously awaiting his first guest.

Let's make this one diffalicious!

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Ariesgirl · 28/04/2010 13:04

To your other email address

grumperina · 28/04/2010 13:03

Um, hello ladies, am I in the right place? I'm certainly old enough to remember Joe Mangel...

Headbanger · 28/04/2010 13:02
Ariesgirl · 28/04/2010 13:02

Just sent it this very minute. Keep your curls on!

Headbanger · 28/04/2010 12:57
Ariesgirl · 28/04/2010 11:36

Yay! Your email got through, Headcase, or should I say.... ha haaarrrrr!

CurlyCasper · 28/04/2010 11:22

one for the cunning linguists. Might even cheer you up...

Casserole · 28/04/2010 11:18

Aries am so for your friend and their daughter. How horrible.

Well, now, DS (who only turned 2 at the weekend so was 1 when all this happened) has had precisely 2 happy meals bought for him in his life. BUT chicken nuggets rather than cheeseburgers, fruit rather than chips and milk rather than Fruit Shoots. And in both cases it was cos I was stuck somewhere at his mealtime and was desperate. Does that exempt me?!

Actually, in both cases, he wouldn't eat it. And he eats dog biscuits. Go figure.

Headbanger · 28/04/2010 11:17

Oh no poor you! That would have totally freaked me out! I shall try again. This subterfuge thing is obviously really working out for me

Ariesgirl · 28/04/2010 11:09

Am pleased you said that HBPencil because I received a blank email back! Did I mention that I was a paranoid, ginger social numpty with no self esteem?

Headbanger · 28/04/2010 10:59

Aries I haz replied, but something peculiar has happened to the damned email account and I cannae see if it has sent or not?

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Scorpette · 28/04/2010 10:52

Thanks GoodQueenBess, a good judge was just what I needed! But seriously, feeding a one year old a happy meal? The mind boggles and the heart sinks. At least being a decrepit BESH means that we've (hopefully) got some bloody sense about stuff like that!

Aries, feel v sorry for your friend's daughter Transgenderism and gender issues are my academic speciality and I should know the name of that condition but I can't recall it off the top of my head. It is a form of Hermaphroditism, in any case. Am pretty sure they can form a shallow vagina by the use of inserted cones, but they're v painful and it has to basically be done for life if you want it to stay. Absolutely devastating stuff for them all.

Right, NOW I'm off for needling!

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Bessie123 · 28/04/2010 10:42

I started a thread on it on 'in the news' and quite a few mothers said they feed their toddlers happy meals all that salt and fat... urgh.

Ariesgirl · 28/04/2010 10:39

Oh my God Bessie. OH MY GOD! That one year old is scary! Let's just save some cash and send him to jail now. (or is that too judgey-pants and superior?)

Ariesgirl · 28/04/2010 10:37

A therapist sounds like the kind of thing you'd be good at Scorps. And it could be done just as well I guess (though I do know nothing of course) with the health probs you've got. You have a blog? I shall have to stalk you. Glad you're feeling a little cheerier. And I think a boyf doing 60, nay 75% of the housework is perfectly reasonable. Isn't it?

I heard something awful the other day. A friend of ours has a 17 yr old daughter who they've been having problems with over her behaviour and attitude to them etc etc. All the normal 17 year old stuff. Anyway, he came round the other night really sad, because they've discovered she has some kind of syndrome (can't remember its name) which means she only has one kidney, no uterus and no vagina even. She's never had periods so when she got to 17, she needed to be checked out and that was what they found. She and her boyfriend had apparently tried to have sex and couldn't so he dumped her and she's been one big angry mess ever since. Poor, poor cow. Add insult to injury, she's now facing all sorts of internal examinations and scans etc, which at 17 would be hideous enough anyway. Am so sorry for her. And as a father and therefore a man, he hasn't got a clue what to say to her to try and make her feel better. Sometimes it's hard to be a woman - Dolly got that bit right at least.

Bessie123 · 28/04/2010 10:36

Right, who's for a bit of superiority complex, to cheer us all up. Judgey pants on? Let's go...

here

Casserole · 28/04/2010 10:34

Laurie - POAS! PAOS! POAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Scorpette · 28/04/2010 10:23
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Ariesgirl · 28/04/2010 10:18

Right, here goes. Prepare to be stalked, beyatch!

Just an aside, it will be my proper email address. Now I'm concerned because you have a BESH one. Is that common practice? Don't want to do it wrong (I know how you love emoticons)

Headbanger · 28/04/2010 10:15

beshlet at hotmail dot co dot uk!

Sozzles!

Headbanger · 28/04/2010 10:14

BUMBOLLOCKS! Hang on let me look again...

Ariesgirl · 28/04/2010 10:12

Bangers, I just emailed you. And the address you gave me doesn't work. It was such a lovely email too

VoilaAnotherGimlet · 28/04/2010 09:54

Scorps you mean the world to all of us, you are not useless, I'm sure I'm not the only one who has no doubt at all that your milieu will make itself known at the most surprising, least expected moment. And probably coinciding with a diff, cos life is never straightforward.

(And although I'm working, I still get the feeling I'm wasting my life in accountancy and have missed the boat too, if that helps. Though I've never been much good at anything specific so I have nowhere to leapt to).

Champagne and American Pancakes all round. I feel the need this morning.

CurlyCasper · 28/04/2010 09:32

aries as you may or may not remember I happily frolicked without being chastened. You're right, it is a haven of happy thoughts with (IIRC) not too much honey-schweetums-baybee dusting. Some lovelies there who I miss a bit. Must pop over.

Just been catching up on all your woes and feel for all who feel unfilled professionally. Wish I could help. Please to be taking this huge box of doughnuts and a crate of gin for your elevenses (or tenses, or nine-thirtieseses)

Hurrah for lorrybro and bosom-snuggles for lurkycho who I hope can can return with good news.

hair tugs and toe stamps all round.

Ariesgirl · 28/04/2010 09:13

Come and Frolic awhile, GirlInTheMoshpit. They're usually all so happy and positive they're bound to cheer you up. Having said that, some of them are going through some times at the moment e.g. hitting the 12 month mark, crap GP-angst etc etc.

Not trying to poach her, honest. Can you be on two threads equally without being considered some dirty turncoat traitor spy? Don't make me choose!