Deck your halls & dress your trees, the BESH are gifting BFPs

[WinklyVersusTheZombies]

Doff your top hats, lean on your canes, 'tis a Victorian Christmas for the BESH. Baste those turkeys in Victoria & Albert style, and maintain a stiff upper lip when you fill in the BESHtionnaire to see if you are cynical stoic enough to win a Baybee.

[ArielTheBahHumbugMermaid]

How is the fanjo Dor? Is it very ouchy?

[SinkyMalinks]

For fear my good gentlemen, for i am of the physicianly persuasion. And, as the witching hours draws ever thus, I wrestle with the pox and demonic fevers that afflict my kin so ill.

I'm too fecking old for nights. Grumble

[JethroTull]

Dearest Sinks your response has filled me with much mirth.

[ArielTheBahHumbugMermaid]

I am minded likewise

[SinkyMalinks]

Hope the fanjo isn't too hurty dor

[FriendofDorothy]

It is pretty ouchy. They took longer to stitch me up than it did to deliver the boy. Made worse by being too scared to poo. No-one tells you about these nice bits if childbirth!

[lovesLemonDrizzleCake]

Good morrow gentleman.

Mrwink is providing mirth on the early morrow. On the contrariness, mrdot doth cause the raise of my most esteemed right eyebrow surely fanjo ain't Victorian

[SinkyMalinks]

Good morrow. My heart gladdens to see the weak sun. My smelling salts have long since depleted.

[Northey]

[Northey]

Raised pipes aside, fair breaks the dawn this morning. I have feasted well on a delicious leftover samosa made for me by my good manservant whom I brought home on furlough from the foothills of the Himalayas and now proceed at a goodly pace to my place of employment.

I think I'm mixing up my eras here, but phooey to that.

[FrankelcenseAndMyhrr]

A blessing on your houses this fine cloudy morning my good fellows. I wish you all a joyous day at your travails.

[maamalady]

Raised pipe! Hahahaha!



Good morrow, one and all. My esteemed husband and I travelled last evening to observe a set of moving pictures, which we found most agreeable. I urge you to attend a showing regarding the exploits of Bilbo Baggins, and Thorin and Company, as it is really most diverting. The good gentlemen Mr Freeman, Mr Armitage, and Mr Turner I found particularly excellent in the portrayal of their assigned characters.

Also, CD4 today and finally temp has shot through the floor. Back on the sechs wagon over Chistmas...

[FrankelcenseAndMyhrr]

MrEvil my good husband and I intend to attend the house of moving pictures these 4 days hence to observe the very same. Did your eyes happen upon an advertisement for a moving picture about trekking across the stars, in the dark? Did thee happen to see the goodly sex god Mr Cumberbatch?

[maamalady]

I'm afraid, my dear Frank, that we did not see an advertisement such as that you describe. However, I am given to understand that a new advertisement for said picture was released for public viewing yesterday. I shall endeavour to find a source today!

We did not, alas, see the delightful Mr Cumberbatch. However, we did see glimpses of his character the dragon, which seemed to us a marvellous use of computed imagery. I trust that Mr Cumberbatch will be present in the further instalments of the story.

[maamalady]

Star Trek trailer here - click on "teaser". It looks SO GOOD. I'm beyond excited about it, and the Kirk/Bones running is fabulous, though in my head they hold hands as they fall... Benedict is brilliant, he has such a wonderful voice and impeccable timing. "You are not" is my favourite line from the trailer, I think

[ArielTheBahHumbugMermaid]

Droid is on the way. And I have to clean the oven

Oh sorry. Er.

Alas, I find my monthly inconvenient time is approaching and therefore I am momentarily disinclined to merriment and mirth. However, I shall endeavour to raise my spirits and look forward to attending that same set of moving pictures starring Mr Freeman &tc over the festive time. Presently however I have numerous tasks to undertake, all of which ought to have been successfully achieved by today yet are not such as making fresh the very awful range Downstairs (perhaps I shall find a common tradesman to fulfil the task on my behalf if I find it too onerous). Moreover I even yet need to complete the writing of Christmas Greetings to friends and relations and entrusting them to the good care of our Royal Postal Service (God bless Her Majesty). I know I ought to set about said tasks without beating my breast and wailing and I find I cannot. I am more inclined to lie in my bed with a fit of the vapours about the forthcoming period of Enforced Joy.

[ArielTheBahHumbugMermaid]

(I am quite proud of that, btw )

[ArielTheBahHumbugMermaid]

PS I think these very diverting posts are perhaps more of Miss Austen's time, which incidentally makes a splendid idea for a Thread.

[maamalady]

My dear rie, do you not have a scullery maid on whom to set the task of scrubbing the range? If not, I do sympathise, and suggest you employ the services of Mr Muscle, &c. It may also interest you to know I was most surprised to discover on borrowing a steam cleansing device from a friend some time ago that it was most effective at cleaning our - albeit small - range. I believe the device proved quite a bargain to my friend, having purchased it for something in the region of ten pounds.

The writing of Christmas Greetings does prove to be a burden, I find. Thus far this year, I have sent only two, and those within packets containing gifts for my cousins' children. Thankfully, we shall be visiting my closest relatives this week, and so I shall be able to hand over the greetings in person.

I figured Victorian Gentlemen rather meant "olde worlde in general" - I'm not good enough at history to be able to adjust my style quite that precisely!

[ArielTheBahHumbugMermaid]

But your skill in this realm is very impressive, my dear MrGiraffe.

(I read Queen Victoria's letters to her daughter Vicky , wife of Frederick of Prussia. They are full of underlinings for random emphasis )

[SinkyMalinks]

I, in truth, could claim to be neither a scholer of the arts, nor of history. Yet I find it soothing to use ten delicious words when previously but one would suffice.

I also find Mr Ries use of a careful most joyous. I beseech you to think of me raising an eyebrow and taking a draw on my pipe just so with my liberal use of italics.

2 days to clinic. Papping it

[OComeAllYeFaithBaby]

Greetings fair gentlemen!

MrNorf I happened across your portraits from your Christmas shindig. You looked quite admirable!

Commiserations for impending monthly woes. Never a fun or pleasant task.

MrFrank I am in admiration of your name good sir.

I am suffering from fatigue but have little to do except clean instruct my scullery maid then go wassailing to the sick at the hospital this evening!

[ArielTheBahHumbugMermaid]

I too will be a-wassailing tomorrow. Heartily, I need to find some Christmas cheers. Sigh.

I have been perusing the information regarding a Certain Product called Oven Pride. Has anyone ever used to the said product? Were the results are promised on the accompanying advertisement? Or, do any of you good gentlemen employ a scullery maid who has made use of the product?

[ArielTheBahHumbugMermaid]

(This would all be much funnier if I actually proofread my posts. Twat)

[OComeAllYeFaithBaby]

I do believe my scullery maid has used oven pride on several occasions and waxed lyrical about its effectiveness.
I was ruddy amazed at how clean the stuff looked despite having not really thoroughly cleaned the oven previously