to be most aggrieved that I did not get married off in the last IPOAT thread? Won't someone think of Nigel?

[BeribbonedGibbon]

Well, am I?

Have you mislaid your spectacles again, MissRiven? Ah declare she is a full 15 years older than me.

15 years! why Hullybelle Memphis Dallas Charlotte Carolina Ashley Scarlett Rae Mae, are you fibbing a little there darlin'

No

A light snack before the ball, ladies?

I'm not eating. I've heard they are having ice cream at the ball and I want to enjoy myself

I'm buying the spoon off Cade as we speak

Cook uses this marvellous recipe book for our ices...though I fear the authoress may become unpopular round here in the future....

And I do believe HullybelleBonnyGeorgia will become a frozen dainty, so skimpy is her ballgown!

Indeed it is skimpy. I dread that it rains and we are subjected to a Miss Wet Liberty Bodice moment

I, on the other hand, will pay tribute to the fine weather of east london South Carolina and appear in this dainty frozen number...

who's beau is <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=farm3.static.flickr.com/2527/3677287166_da15edf40e.jpg&imgrefurl=flickr.com/photos/sandy_leidholdt/3677287166/&usg=__fm4g13r4u1LAvcA8iJ2PqVCN1iE=&h=500&w=496&sz=239&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=Ibd9OFZoLHQnkM:&tbnh=143&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Damerican%2Bcrinoline%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26channel%3Ds%26biw%3D1272%26bih%3D602%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=715&vpy=226&dur=186&hovh=225&hovw=224&tx=155&ty=114&ei=2WL1TLcZjPfgBtb0pOQG&oei=mWL1TJrTDIuFhQehtvi_BQ&esq=4&page=1&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:0this" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=farm3.static.flickr.com/2527/3677287166_da15edf40e.jpg&imgrefurl=flickr.com/photos/sandy_leidholdt/3677287166/&usg=__fm4g13r4u1LAvcA8iJ2PqVCN1iE=&h=500&w=496&sz=239&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=Ibd9OFZoLHQnkM:&tbnh=143&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Damerican%2Bcrinoline%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26channel%3Ds%26biw%3D1272%26bih%3D602%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=715&vpy=226&dur=186&hovh=225&hovw=224&tx=155&ty=114&ei=2WL1TLcZjPfgBtb0pOQG&oei=mWL1TJrTDIuFhQehtvi_BQ&esq=4&page=1&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:0this I found beneath the bougainvillia

oh dear link thingy a bit long. worth a look though.

How about www.flickr.com/photos/21762215@N07/4912197511/this. A little too shiney?

Oh no still not got it. Pooh

Mah dress combines both exquisite taste and exquisite taste. It is truly a frozen delicacy. Evverbody wants to just lick mah all over.

Captain Darcy!

I'd like to see Cap'n Darcy and Cap'n Ashley Bob in the two step.

One has to have a break in the dancing, someone offer them canapes grits, at once they look feint.

Quick they are leaving