Tea Room 17 - The Tropical Beach Hut

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Welcome to the 17th version of the Tea Room. We find ourselves on a tropical beach, with the tea room now in a beach hut on stilts, the waves lapping on the golden sands beneath. Palm trees surround us. Our virtual gardener/beach surfing dude/handyman, Mellors, is here to tend to your every need. He looks like the person of your dreams (male, female or otherwise ). There are of course holidaying Bishops and other leaders of faith, the Camels, the Bison, various guinea pigs, the tea room horses, a life-size cut out of George Clooney, the NMBs (please don't ask me to explain how Mohawk Babies joined us, and a wide variety of other virtual followers. We chat, we relax, we share how life is. All in need of friendship are most welcome. The kettle is on...and the distressed chintz sofa has of course made the journey over. Enjoy.

Thanks.
Yup, he's in school, herding yr 7s around in a Head-Boy-who-plays-rugby-and-takes-no-nonsense sort of way. DH still looks like death warmed up. Stroppy staff have to be sorted out by me tomorrow, in the midst of the audit and etc. I may run amok. I've never actually run amok, but I've always wanted to give it a go...

Amok sounds delicious! See below:

"Amok trey (Coconut Fish Curry Parcels) is a traditional Khmer dish. It is fish coated in a thick coconut milk with curry. It is most often wrapped in banana leaves and then steamed."

The alternative doesn't bear thinking about as the Wikipedia definition demonstrates:

"In a typical case of running amok, a male who has shown no previous sign of anger or any inclination to violence will acquire a weapon and, in a sudden frenzy, will attempt to kill or seriously injure anyone he encounters. Amok episodes of this kind normally end with the attacker being killed by bystanders, or committing suicide."

Can't I run amok in a suitably girly way armed only with a loaded handbag? Drat.

Wouldn't you rather run a cocktail bar? I think we've reached the cocktail hour....?

Pass me that cocktail list...quick...
though a cup of tea is the best on offer this week in real life. Oh well.

I'll have a Bishop's bender please (brandy, cointreau, southern comfort and orange juice, served in a tall glass, over ice). Cheers!

UniS ducks under ambers handbag.

Its OK amber, you can stop running now.

A Bishop's what?!?

Oh, a drink. That's alright then.

UniS wipes bishops blender off her glasses. So that's what it was, Thanks to the magic of cross posts I now have a name for the mysterious sticky stuff that slopped out of the handbag as it whizzed past my ears.

What shall we have for tea tomorrow? I have peppers, salad, rice/ potato/ bread rolls or pasta and in the freezer chicken or sausages.
I'm leaning towards sausage ina bun with salad and condiments...

You cannot go wrong with dear old sausage inna bun UniS

Mmmm. Sausage in a bun! I burnt cooked liver and carrots earlier and can't quite get enthusiastic about actually eating them.

Now, can someone help me with Facebook, now that we meet there as well? Do I know a Sam Gadsden?? If it is someone I know from here, lovely. I sometimes get parents from school suggested as friends and that is Not A Good Idea, I feel.

Of course, if it is one of us here, you may not want to say. Perhaps just a ?

I don't recognise the name, Serpent.

Am now ready for a 2nd bishop's bender...

one bishops blender coming right up. a mitre full or just a half?

After a mitreful of Bishops bender I feel emboldened to say that - unless it is an elaborate double bluff - S G is Not One Of Us.

Nope, don't recognize Sam either.

No idea who a Sam is, no.
Eek - now getting ready for ds's operation.
He's not in my good books, though...last night he stayed in school until 9pm, with his phone switched off, because he's found a new brace of young ladies of the 6th form who have just joined the school and seem to wish to join his hareem

A harem's attention is always useful when needing to take your mind off things. He should have been a little more considerate of you though! Will the said harem be round to mop his brow after the op?

I have had 'the talk' with DD about appropriate behaviour with and from boyfriends . Might as well say it now, while she is still listening to me!

Did dd find it interesting?

Cuppa, anyone? Got most things packed for ds just in case...

No, she was totally embarrassed and freaked out :o

Cuppa sounds good thanks

Oh my re dd being and
When I had The Talk with ds, he thought it was . Difference between boys and girls, probably.

We have had an early version of The Talk too - partly to dispel some bizarre and wrong ideas acquired during PSHE at school. However, SmallGirl has been clear for some time that she will not accept any inappropriate hanky-panky from boys (she was aghast when a boy at after school club kissed her) and announced the other day that she would refuse to marry anyone who had unreasonable expectations - or any expectations at all - in the sock-washing department.

Hmm to the Fine Lad's harem. I admire his confidence but not the distress caused to his mama. Is he a hunk particularly attentive to the laydeez?

Well, he's a 6ft+ rugby player with the physique to match thanks to a summer of gym training, blond-ish hair and blue eyes, plus a wicked sense of humour. I think there's a few young ladies who are keen to make his acquaintance. The joys of being a parent to an older teenager...

Hmm. He sounds rather like someone I used to know as a teenager. Suggest you get Mellors to construct a haha around your property, Amber, to keep the marauding hordes of teenage girls away!

Well, as we're on a beach, we could dig a ditch in the sand?