The Bluestocking: the one where AI finally learns what a blackbird is (we hope)

[Magpiecomplex]

Welcome all, New Year (nearly), new thread!

That’s very rich hot chocolate, @Magpiecomplex . Yum.
I assume if I order one the marshmallows will be vegetarian?

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But of course, @AsWithGlad

I've always wanted to try marshmallow made with actual marsh mallow,

I presume someone/some people employed in the Comms Dept cooked up the Tiktok offering.

Certainly it appeared on the @uklabour Tiktok channel which is "Promoted by Hollie Ridley for the Labour Party".

Hollie Ridley is the Labour Party's General Secretary.

More details on this thread
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5245899-labours-tiktok-ad-wtf?page=1

Sorry, real life. I'll stop now.

Thanks, I missed that!

At some point we really must tell the gerbils that 'hot chocolate' actually contains something other than melted chocolate!!

Maybe next week!

Lush x

'hot chocolate' actually contains something other than melted chocolate!!

Wait, what? 🤣

cream, right?

In addition to chocolate? Definitely!

So, I told the gerbils they may wish to Google hot chocolate.

They've just brought me a hot chocolate whilst singing "You sexy thing"

<Sigh>

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E3fX2_bxEkg

Do the gerbils sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks when singing? I hope so!

Oh my! I just nipped down to the gerbil bar to drop off some Amazon 📦. It's in full swing down there!

Seems like they're having an impromptu 70s night!

They are actually rather good. May stay a while! Wish the seats weren't all gerbil size though

They're doing all the classics!

But they have promised after this one they'll get back into the kitchen and back behind the bar!

Can they do some ELO?

I was thinking some MUD please

Mud up first (the gerbils are just checking ELOs back catalogue)

As the gerbils are as unfamiliar with ELO as I am you get what you get...

Mr Blue Sky?

Ohhhh! Hang on..

Back in a minute

ELO take 2...

(And some drunk gerbils from somewhere where their first language is not English joining in!)

All these 70s songs just got me thinking of 2 year old me. I used to get my mum to play the Lulu album that she sang I'm a tiger on so that I could amuse myself singing along!

"But you'll never tame this child
She loves running wild
You won't cage me in
Just stick around
See the fun begin
I'm a tiger, I'm a tiger
I'm a tiger, I'm a tiger
I'm a tiger, I'm a tiger
I'm a tiger, I'm a tiger
I'm a tiger, I'm a tiger
I'm a tiger, I'm a tiger
I'm a tiger, I'm a tiger
I'm a tiger, I'm a tiger
I'm a tiger, I'm a tiger
I'm a tiger, I'm a tiger
I'm a tiger, I'm a tiger
I'm a tiger, I'm a tiger"

So the gerbils have given it a go for me!

I've still got the album!! I have happy memories of toddler me stomping round the living room singing it and then saying "again Mummy! Play it again!" For hours! I've no idea what the rest of the album sounds like! I should dig it out and have a stomp for old times sake!

I've just noticed Tango man is living incognito in the gerbils bar at the Bluestocking!!