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The Gerbil World Cup at the Bluestocking!

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Magpiecomplex · 14/06/2026 15:00

New thread.

No pushing at the back, please, we have plenty of scones and kilts for everyone.

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Bergamotte · 18/06/2026 18:23

JanesLittleGirl · 18/06/2026 15:38

I think that you may have misunderstood me. 'Large gold watch' is rhyming slang for a double scotch.

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Ah, thank you. I saw that and felt like there must have been some sort of reference I was missing!

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Magpiecomplex · 18/06/2026 17:52

I really don't have the brain power to cope with the Graun thread at the moment. Gerbils and anacondas living together in perfect harmony just because some of them are furries is too much for my poor little lady brain.

Large iced chocolate please, followed by a bowl of strawberries and cream.

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NellieBly · 18/06/2026 15:48

JanesLittleGirl · 18/06/2026 15:38

I think that you may have misunderstood me. 'Large gold watch' is rhyming slang for a double scotch.

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You're right! I've never heard it before, so I can add it to my recent collection of common sayings I've never heard.

Do you know slang for other drinks I might be able to use at some point in the future?

JanesLittleGirl · 18/06/2026 15:38

NellieBly · 18/06/2026 05:13

Goodness, it's dawn already.

Thank you all very much for the wonderful welcome. It's lovely to feel so at home here.

I don't know really why I've woken up quite so early, but I'm going to go back to sleep and may not wake until several hours have gone by, when I might get up and have a fresh coffee. I don't really need a gold watch such as the one @JanesLittleGirl requested, but I might like to have a go with it just to see whether it was really heavy, and whether it told good time, which is more important.

I have a fairly busy morning, but I shall probably look in to the Bluestocking during the afternoon.

I think that you may have misunderstood me. 'Large gold watch' is rhyming slang for a double scotch.

Thehorticulturalhussie · 18/06/2026 14:48

EdithStourton · 18/06/2026 14:42

Hussy, I keep tabs here
https://www.consumercouncil.org.uk/home-heating/price-checker/daily and now and now and then get a quote from our usual supplier.

Thank you

EdithStourton · 18/06/2026 14:42

Hussy, I keep tabs here
https://www.consumercouncil.org.uk/home-heating/price-checker/daily and now and now and then get a quote from our usual supplier.

Thehorticulturalhussie · 18/06/2026 14:30

EdithStourton · 18/06/2026 14:00

And before I go and do that... For the past fortnight DH has been on my case to get the oil tank filled up, 'prices are still volatile, best to get it done over the summer, Trump could do anything...'

We have plenty of oil in the tank. I am watching heating oil prices like a hawk.

Holding out for a fortnight has saved us about £160. It's still 20p a litre more than it was last year, so I'll wait a bit longer.

Same here.

EdithStourton · 18/06/2026 14:00

And before I go and do that... For the past fortnight DH has been on my case to get the oil tank filled up, 'prices are still volatile, best to get it done over the summer, Trump could do anything...'

We have plenty of oil in the tank. I am watching heating oil prices like a hawk.

Holding out for a fortnight has saved us about £160. It's still 20p a litre more than it was last year, so I'll wait a bit longer.

EdithStourton · 18/06/2026 13:26

I had a Calming Conundrum the other evening. Deano. The gerbils knocked one up out of gin, ginger and possibly valium. It should be a Bluey staple after a hard day, or a long battle with obtuse posters.

And for the sake of the gerbils' nerves, Anaconda Analogies should be off the cocktail menu.

And now I too have to go and spend money on insurance.... They sent me a reminder yesterday.

DeanElderberry · 18/06/2026 13:04

A soothing something please, I've just been very brave and renewed both house and motor insurance.

God I hate paper work, even if it's paper-free. Kinda sad spending all that money, too.

MyrtleLion · 18/06/2026 12:44

Chersfrozenface · 18/06/2026 12:35

I looked it up. Exercise wheels can cause severe muscle injuries, spinal damage, or stress in snakes.

Will no-one think of the serpents?

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😂

Chersfrozenface · 18/06/2026 12:35

PastaAllaNorma · 18/06/2026 12:15

Gerbilconda had me in a fit of giggles last night. An appropriately sized running wheel, FFS 😂

I looked it up. Exercise wheels can cause severe muscle injuries, spinal damage, or stress in snakes.

Will no-one think of the serpents?

PastaAllaNorma · 18/06/2026 12:15

Gerbilconda had me in a fit of giggles last night. An appropriately sized running wheel, FFS 😂

Chickadeeinme · 18/06/2026 10:43

@EmpressaurusKittythanks for the link. Loving the gerbilconda work.

EdithStourton · 18/06/2026 09:41

FuzzyPuffling · 18/06/2026 09:18

As a Christian, GC, feminist, I am feeling a bit unnerved. " Here are two daft ideas we can conflate".
Is that how you see Christians?

It's getting harder and harder to have faith beliefs in this world. Sad.

I didn't like it either. You be a non-Christian in the UK without having to espouse any Christian beliefs. But you can lose your job for not being a genderist.

DeanElderberry · 18/06/2026 09:29

FuzzyPuffling · 18/06/2026 09:18

As a Christian, GC, feminist, I am feeling a bit unnerved. " Here are two daft ideas we can conflate".
Is that how you see Christians?

It's getting harder and harder to have faith beliefs in this world. Sad.

agree, puffers

That said, I couldn't help seeing parallels between that boy's upbringing and accounts I have read of religious fundamentalist families. Very different from normal religious upbringing, and hard to recognise as being about the religion as opposed to the powerful individual pushing it.

Hedgehogforshort · 18/06/2026 09:22

FuzzyPuffling · 18/06/2026 09:18

As a Christian, GC, feminist, I am feeling a bit unnerved. " Here are two daft ideas we can conflate".
Is that how you see Christians?

It's getting harder and harder to have faith beliefs in this world. Sad.

Yes fuzzy I noticed that, and wasn’t to keen on the analogy and I am atheist. On the whole Christian’s do not interfere with other peoples rights, besides which there are quite a few in the GC movement.

FuzzyPuffling · 18/06/2026 09:18

As a Christian, GC, feminist, I am feeling a bit unnerved. " Here are two daft ideas we can conflate".
Is that how you see Christians?

It's getting harder and harder to have faith beliefs in this world. Sad.

EdithStourton · 18/06/2026 09:14

EmpressaurusKitty · 18/06/2026 09:09

I’m not convinced that poster wasn’t a double agent.

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Likewise.

I suggested it might be Bluey regular imitating a bridge-dweller. Some of the comments were so ridiculous.

Hedgehogforshort · 18/06/2026 09:12

EmpressaurusKitty · 18/06/2026 09:09

I’m not convinced that poster wasn’t a double agent.

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Possible

EmpressaurusKitty · 18/06/2026 09:09

Hedgehogforshort · 18/06/2026 08:34

The poster on the 14 year old brat was off the scale of daft.

I’m not convinced that poster wasn’t a double agent.

DeanElderberry · 18/06/2026 08:35

Capybaras probably have a bone-deep hard-earned dislike of anacondas handed down from their ancestors. The ones that survived.

Hedgehogforshort · 18/06/2026 08:34

The poster on the 14 year old brat was off the scale of daft.

EmpressaurusKitty · 18/06/2026 08:23

DeanElderberry · 18/06/2026 08:21

My main takeway from that thread is that the Bluestocking needs an anaconda-repelling force field. Maybe we already have one?

I’m sure Gadget could whip one up. Or would this be a job for the capybaras?