The One and Only TEA Room: Everyone Welcome (bring champagne and muffins please!)

[Jacksmama]

Wow, we're on our third thread!!!
Previous (second) incarnation of the tea room.

A warm welcome to everyone, whether you have one child, none, or ten. This is a tea-and-muffin or booze-and-sofasorcanapees sanctuary for all. But certain standards of behaviour continue to apply - anyone engaging in fisticuffs will be ejected by George Clooney, ably assisted by Mellors the Gardener.

Cheers all!

Yes, I said hello to the rev last time... and have seen that she's been suffering elsewhere.... would be nice to see her again.

Champagne sounds great. On a bit of a dry run at home at the moment on the basis tht when the cellar runs out, its unlikely to be stocked again for a while.

Fil has lent us some money which makes things slightly less than they were, but it still requires dh to get something relatively soon.

thanks jacksmama for the welcome!! seems like I gatecrahsed the wrong tearoom!!! But thanks for welcoming me! Its been ages since I was regularly on mn and I spotted the word tea anhd dived right in!

Another tea shop? Oh crikey.

When MadBadandDangerousToKnow opened this establishment last November, she thought she was breaking new ground, as she'd only ever seen the MN Boozer Bar. Oh dear. I hope the proprietors of the original MN tea shop aren't offended. Perhaps we should find them and offer them a muffin?

naswm - However you got here, it's great to see you. What'll you have?

Naswm - I think that one is still up and trading elsewhere on mn, just not quite sure where I saw it last... Anyway, you're here now - fancy a glass of champagne?

Octarine
can only be seen by wizards and cats, who sometimes describe it as resembling a fluorescent greenish-yellow purple.

found it in teh end, appaently to us muggles it either appears black or nt visible.

o glad I found teh bar, now I can prop it up and whitter on about books to mellors - he does make a good bar man. I'm fairly sure he has a bit f blanket wrapped round a club for any trouble makers or bogiemen wh might sneak in.
Night all.

Oh hey, no problem. Drop in whenever. We also have takeaway cups for booze. Of which I am going to grab one, brim-full of bubbly, please, because I have one more person to see and then I am done.
This has been rather a stupid day.

red wine for me please - always

Another tea room???

Bocca - All has become clear. I had worked out what the name means, but not why. As you inow, some of us have not been 'young things' for a long time. I did love Gerald Durrel.

naswm - I love it that you kind of accidently found us and now you are on the wine already!!!

So how has your day been? What brings you back to mn?

I have a cold and can't get back to sleep; I've already decanted to the spare room to spare DH my wrigglings and snifflings. Actually, hm, laptop and spare room ... no, bad precedent. I just hope DD is well enough to go to school (she has a cold too) so I can have a day off work and just look after myself.

I am SO poorly informed about children's books. I couldn't work out why I hadn't heard of so many of them, because I'm sure I read a lot as a child, then my mum mentioned that I read A Tale of Two Cities when I was 7 (I was trying to keep up with the television version that was on) and all became clear. I shall be dissuading DD from any such precocious reading, or at least keeping it mixed, cos I feel I missed out.

Also on the book front, I'm afraid I ... gulp, confession time ... don't get on with Terry Pratchett. I love the characters and plots and general silliness, spent many happy hours once playing a Discworld computer game, but something about his writing doesn't grab me.

I agree about Terry Pratchet. I love the ideas, but somehome don't get on with reading them ...

Hope that DCMB is at the moment fast asleep in the spare bed, holding onto the forgotten laptop, her cold draining away.

DCMB is currently on the sofa, thinking DD looks a hell of a lot perkier than her, and therefore should go to school and leave DCMB to wallow in misery (and a scaldingly hot bath) until 2.58pm (one of life's little blessings - really short school run). [red eyes and nose emoticon]

DCMB - if you stay in hot bath until 2.58, I'm not sure that she'll recognise you for the wrinkles! Hope you manage to pack her off and look after yourself today.

I've put the kettle on.

Honey and lemon for you, DCMB?

Heh. I haven't made it into the bath yet, so I should be safe. She HAS gone to school though.

DCMB I think I probably read a tale of two cities before I read Bleak House - I know I read it a long, long time ago. BUt I'm sure taht I was reading PG Woodhouse soon after. Ooh and Dorothy Sayers.

What a lot of nice books MJ has got to look forward to!

I find it quite interesting: dh reads faster than me (although I do read fairly fast) but he is always able to reread a good book before I am - I can probably reread it when he is going through the 2nd time. I think I probably take a lot more in so don't want to reread as I can still remember too much. ALthough if you're reading something like Jane Austin it doesn't really matter as you see lots of new things each time anyway...

Hiya to you too, justa.

I've got some apple and sunflower seed scones if you prefer...

Nice to see you here. Come and join the intellectual and deeply critical debate on whether Mellors looks better in his gardening gear (aka Lady Windermere's *) or riding gear (aka Mr Darcy)...?

Did someone mention Mr Darcy?

Its the diving into the lake having been galloping around on his (rather beautiful) horse that gets me

Is there room for a little one on here? Can provide cakes...?

Oops I fell asleep last night!

How are we all today? I am tired (remnants of a viraly thing) and could really do with going back to bed. But, DS2 is still of school (with the virus thing) so I am 'entertaining' him. Although he is playing with the lego atm so I think he has turned a corner.

Could do with a nice strong black Americano though if there is one going?

Well, wouldn't want anyone to catch anything off me.

achoo

Bocca, toasted teacakes always make me think of Bill Bryson, presumably Notes From A Small Island, he talks about how the British get terribly excited about small pleasures like a currant bun or suchlike.

I quite fancy a teacake now. Toasted, lots of butter. Mm. I might have to buy some when I eventually leave the house in search of lemons (to go with honey).