The BESH Old Skool Gin Palais: if you're name's not down, you're not coming in

[FrankellyMyDearIDontGiveADamn]

Cream walls? Check
Pit of Doom? Check
Obscene amount of gin in well stocked bar? Check

The BESH Gin Palais is open to those who fit our demanding criteria. Seek out the BESHtionnaire and prove yourselves worthy - under 30s and instadiffers will be escorted from the premises

While you're keying all the fairydust cars, Twinks, you can do the "baby on board" cards at the same time.

I've re-seasoned our wok and managed to smoke out the whole house. AT least I took the batteries out of the smoke alarm before it started shouting, but even having the front and back doors open at the same time hasn't completely cleared the air. Any ideas how to get rid of the hanging miasma?

Apart from droidal pains, I'm feeling much better euro.

draf am on it. Also, I don't know about removing the fug but Lakeland housekeeper candles are fantastic for getting rid of any and all bad smells.

I was also going to recommend a scented candle.

Glad you are feeling better (apart from droid pains), twink.

I don't have a scented candle :( However, I do have one where the wick has burned away to nothing, but there's still some wax left. I've shoved a tealight in it and am hoping the scented wax might melt a bit from proximity...

The burning itself should help. like lighting a match after a guff

NB I learned that trick through years of golden retriever ownership, not because I have an overactive bottom myself.

My name is Moll and I openly mock stupid people and feel no guilt at all.

Fnarr at overactive bottom.

Just recovering from in-law invasion. It was actually really nice, niece was on good form and very funny. Had some good cuddles with abybee nephwe wihtout blubbing . I also had a heart-to-heart with SiL re barreness. She's been less than sensitive about it before, but I think she just realised today how much it's screwing me up and that it's difficult etc. She's a proper instadiffer, so has literally no idea. She did give me the old "you can have mine" line, but it was kindly meant. She also said she'd pray for me, which I could really do without..

"I'll pray for you" is an interesting one. My super wonderful darling friend is a very devout Christian, and has prayed for me and HOTB (maybe she still does, I'm not sure) - in her words "I know you don't believe, but I do, so that's okay". And it is okay, because although I don't believe it'll make a blind bit of difference, it means something to me that she cares :)

Glad the ILs were okay, too, that's always a situation with potential to be a bit fraught.

HOTB apparently didn't notice the smoky smell, so that's a plus. I now have two non-scented candles going, just because I haven't used them in ages, and they're pretty.

I quite like it when someone says they'll be praying for me, if they are a friend and we care about each other. A few past and current BESH are pretty devout. I remember one time when it looked as though someone might be about miscarry and we all had candles lit - the atheists were hoping and wishing, and the religious BESH prayed their hardest. It was nice. Probably best to steer clear of religion in the Palais, I think - it's caused some really sad falling out in the past.

PS she didn't miscarry :)

Yes, it was all very kindly meant, so I will put my sneery face away.
She did give me a Big Talk about how inconvenient and life-changing children are. I think she wanted to make me feel better, but she doesn't really know me well enough to know what makes me feel better, IYSWIM.

Oh that. My SIL said to me once when I was moaning about being tired "You should try having kids." I should have said "I am trying. I have been trying for ages."

That's lovely Hest.

I don't quite "get" religion but I am quite envious of people who derive calmness and certainty that someone is looking out for their best interests. As an athiest, I feel like it is me against the world.

"from it" These words were missing from my post!

My mum had her whole church praying for me! She didn't tell me until afterwards.

My name is Jethro & I do not suffer fools gladly. I had that written on a school report once.

Ha ha ha! The thing is, I can SO see that! Bet you were a nightmare at school (and I mean that in the nicest possible way )

I was wondering earlier what everyone was like at school when faif was being 'sensible friend that stops you getting in too much trouble with the teachers'.

I was a bloody little swot mostly.

Then I had flashes of self conscious rebellion in the sixth form.

Generally I was a swot, goody two shoes, although I was cheeky with teachers when I knew I could get away with it!

I am interested in the take on the religious stuff. I will offer to pray for people when it seems right although avoid ramming the Bible bashing down throats. I generally find people don't mind if you offer to pray...I guess most people don't think it does any harm! The whole ruddy You don't know how well off you are without kids/just you wait crap is very irritating...and downright rude at times!

I was a nerd: spotty still am & painfully shy. I went to a rough school - they filmed Teachers there after I left! - we had an 8% pass rate for 5 grade A-C GCSES I got out with good results (one of the 8%!) and was one of only about 10 girls who did not end up pregnant within a year of leaving school - we even had one girl get pregnant at 14 x 10

Blimey Frank, where was that? And well done for being among the 8%!

I went to a state comp but it was very much a former Welsh grammar school in a country market town (they made the whole country comprehensive in the 70s), so the pass rate and behaviour and so on was very good.

I was good at school too. I think I had "conscientious" on my school report most years. Never part of the "popular" group (formed of none-too-bright sporty bitchy types), but I had a reasonably large group of friends. I don't think I ever rebelled at all, really, I was good and quiet at school, though I'm chatty with friends and family - authority figures make me clam up! These days, I actually have to have respect for people before I shut up and listen - I never would have done that at school, even for the teachers I thought were useless. Sixth form was great, though, even if I struggled with A-level Chemistry. Still, the budding romance with HOTB made Chemistry considerably more fun

I went to five schools (three primaries and two secondaries, not including sixth form) as my family moved around a bit when I was a child, which I think is the reason I'm quite good at befriending people. Being thrown into a situation where everyone is already in friendship groups is rather a sink or swim environment, but I was alright at it by the end. I envy HOTB that he still has friends that he's known since he was five, though - I met my oldest friends when I was eleven, which is a big difference.

My oldest friend and I met at nursery school!

I'm facebook friends with my best friend from primary school but I've not seen her since we were twelve or so. She has three gorgeous children, damn her, that was my life plan.

Huh. Who wants three children, anyway? huh.

Personally I can't stand religion but what other people chose to believe is their business not mine. Some of the views of the church do frankly annoy me and some peoples perception of what is acceptable behaviour in the name of religion is quite staggering. I think I might just know some odd people though.

I still stand by what I said about the other thread early, she is a dipstick if she can't see why the GP wasn't interested but hey ho.

I watched about 10 minutes of 16 kids and counting last night. Holy shit....I know I'm desperate for a baby but 16! 16!!!!!

and on the topic of school reports, I once had written in a PE report 'Raspberry's lack of movement in PE is holding her back somewhat'. ha. Ironic when I think what I'm like now too.

I am disappointed. This thread is a rip off of MY THREAD from a few weeks ago.

AND it has far more responses. I am Unpopular, that is the only conclusion.