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Five and the Mystery of the Declining Fertility - the BESH engage the services of the Famous Five to track down their baybees and finish with lashings of ginger beer. Topping!

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ArielThePiraticalMermaid · 15/01/2013 10:59

Morning everyone, just let me wolf down this amazing meal of tinned tongue, hardboiled eggs and ginger beer (don't you find food always tastes so much better outside?) and we'll toddle off on our latest adventure. We'll make sure Anne does the washing up (you'll make a proper little housewife and no doubt the fecund mother of four fine sons one day Anne ) and us boys can have the proper adventures! No, not you George - you're nearly as good as a boy but not quite. Leave the actual procreating to me and Dick. Woof woof! Shut up Timmy!

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maamalady · 15/01/2013 20:06

Ah, I was half right then.

What was the book where a group of kids befriend some dude who lives in the woods? He taught them all about Nature, but these days I suspect patents would drag their kids away shrieking about pedophilia...

maamalady · 15/01/2013 20:08

Oh and Jeff that is bally brilliant! Excellent news, what?

(apologies for being Crap With Feem, Bertie Wooster seems to be the closest I can do)

Northey · 15/01/2013 20:14

That was Six Cousins on Mistletoe Farm, draf. And Tammylan the wild man was always taking the youngest boy off to sleep in the woods with him. Hmmm.

maamalady · 15/01/2013 20:16

I loved it, Norf, but it does sound so massively creepy these days, doesn't it? Hmm

maamalady · 15/01/2013 20:18

Shock I've just noticed that my iPad "corrected" to the wrong American spelling! Apologies, I meant paedophilia of course.

Whenever I see "pedophile" I always think it sounds like someone who likes feet...

TWinklyLittleStar · 15/01/2013 20:20

Oh jeff I didn't see your post, your news is simply smashing!

Northey · 15/01/2013 20:23

I loved ALL Enid Blyton. Even now I get cross when people criticise her. What on earth is wrong with giving your cast off plimsolls to gipsy girls and teaching them to blow their nose, anyway?

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ArielThePiraticalMermaid · 15/01/2013 21:28

Are you MEETING????

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FrankellyMyDearIDontGiveADamn · 15/01/2013 21:29

Ahem Grin

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ArielThePiraticalMermaid · 15/01/2013 21:41

Well I would. But I have to go and see sick father instead. Who else is joining this social occasion?

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Northey · 15/01/2013 21:46

rierie, I have wanted to meet you for ever, but it is scarcely my fault that you have inexplicably failed to move house to a city where my work has an office, now, is it?

bugs, I am a bit boring in real life. Just warning you. Maybe bring a book to read in the loos or something.

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ArielThePiraticalMermaid · 15/01/2013 21:47
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Northey · 15/01/2013 21:52

In a sniffy way or a sad way?

Poor rie, how is your father doing? Has he been discharged or is he stil in hospital? Whereabouts is he? Nowhere conveniently closer to other BESH?

TWinklyLittleStar · 15/01/2013 21:55

rie nobody wants to see me and there are plenty of BESH in the Big Smoke :) I will be down your way in September; if I haven't bored you to death by then we could have our own social occasion.

Yay for frankel, frankel!

JethroTull · 15/01/2013 21:56

A BESH meet? How simply splendid. I do hope you're both meeting on a beach or in a small village cafe. Remember to wear your gaberdines won't you! And do write to us all to tell us about the japes you'll get up to. I'm so green with jealously I could burst!

SinkyMalinks · 15/01/2013 22:16

Cripes! A Northern meet up? But I didn't get the telegram...

excellent work jeffers. Good job the banana did the trick, what with rationing and those bally fritz u-boats, we won't be seeing one of those again.

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ArielThePiraticalMermaid · 15/01/2013 22:16

A sad way.

Winkles that will be fab

He is Bad Norf. Thinking about vascular dementia now.

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HavingALittleFaithBaby · 15/01/2013 22:19

What ho old chaps! Delightful to see the new residence!

Jeffers how spiffingly spectacular! Lashings of ginger beer all round to celebrate :) when is the next step?

I luffed Enid Byltob, especially Mallory Towers and famous five. I too thought it would be jolly good fun to go to boarding school or pretend to be a boy Hmm

HavingALittleFaithBaby · 15/01/2013 22:20

Oh rie that is pants :( send me a PM telegraph if you want advice/an ear to bend.

TWinklyLittleStar · 15/01/2013 22:23

Oh rie that's crap about your dad, I'm sorry :(

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ArielThePiraticalMermaid · 15/01/2013 22:25

But on another note, Bastard Consultant is better so can start the IUI next cycle. Assuming I haven't had an ironi-diff

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FrankellyMyDearIDontGiveADamn · 15/01/2013 22:25

I'm sorry about your dad Rie, very un-MNty hugs for you Sad

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ArielThePiraticalMermaid · 15/01/2013 22:27

So sorry, I just badly badly phrased the dad thing. He is in hospital having more scans - CT yesterday (inconclusive), MRI tomorrow - no decisions or anything. Sister and I suspect that's what it is (vascular dementia). Every symptom fits.

And my car broke down today. Then it was fixed

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