The Inclusive Academy of Sword Fighting Skills for the Vertically Challenged, Milton North Campus

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Right - I am officially conceding defeat & heading for bath & wine.

Going to get up at the crack of dawn tomorrow and hit it with the steam stripper or I'll be here till the premiere of the bloody Hobbit!

Tell you what Massive - send him round in about an hour and he can give me a back rub instead !

He's champing at the bit

Thud!

Actually that should have been 'splash' as I've just got in the bath.

I was wondering earlier - were any other Academicians mums fan girls in their day?

My mum is the most no-nonsense person you're ever likely to meet, but she spent a fairly large part of her late teens and early twenties stalking following Jack Jones & Sacha Distel!

Well Uzi, it looks as if everyone is busy tonight and Spiro has completely dissolved in the bath so it's just you and me. That means you can eat all the prawn vol au vents...

::staggers in::

Evening all.

My mama wasn't much of a fan girl, Spiro. She had (still has) a large collection of Ol' Blue Eyes on vinyl but never saw him live. And this is just to wish you good luck with tomorrow's stripping.

::ashamed of herself::

Oi! Massive! I'm here.

Oh blimey, yes, Sacha Distel! My mum would never admit to something as undignified as fan girl-ery but she'd turn up the sound when old Mr Formidable came on.

Blimey, looks like he's taken the plaster off, too!

Evening Maud, sorry I didn't spot you there, you must have been doing a bit of Platonic carpet-laying under the cheese longoo.

Of course, it's not Monsieur Formidable in this version, but thoughts of him .

Ooh, and apples are eaten, too.

I know someone else who likes apples

I understand, Massive, that Messire de Gisborne is very keen on your Cox's Orange Pippins.

Hello all!!!!!

He''d get short shrift then Maud, because we don't get them here.

Eveing Lady V. How are you, resident waterbaby? Don't suppose you came across anyone we know in the pool?

At the moment all we have are imported Granny Smiths, and they are mucho sour. It won't be long before the peaches are out, mind you.

Well there goes my hilarious joke.

::gets coat::

What was the joke, Maud? I didn't mean to ruin it.

Don't go

(And I'm pretty good at it, aren't I? But then, I get a lot of practice)

::Pauses at the door::

Not so much a joke as a feeble attempt at being apple saucy.

My mum was a bit of a fangurl in her youth, or at least she told me that she used to go to plays and hang around the stage door afterwards waiting for the actors to appear so she could get their autographs, at the RSC and places like that I think.

I guess I ought to be heading off myself tbh, so further discussion of Gisborne's fruity preferences will have to wait til the morrow, perhaps

In the meantime sweet dReAms to one and all. Though I bet LadyD will find it hard to sleep

I also have a couple of friends who are in their 70s now (a couple) who are big music fans, and have managed to meet a lot of their heroes over the years. And they are still doing it!!

They sound like fun, Lady V. Goodnight!

Always remember, Massive, that oranges are not the only fruit.

Night all!

I missed all the fun last night! Was worn out after 13 hours at the coal face of DIY (and not in a good way ).

Mum met JJ several times - I think he got quite used to seeing her and her mate at the stage doors after concerts, as did Susan George who was his girlfriend at the time - apparently she used to come out for a chat while they were waiting for him!

The last time she met SD was about a year before he died - she had her photo taken with him and ended up in a feature in the Daily Mail!

It must be in the genes...