The Fourth and Only TeaRoom! Tea, Champagne and Muffins at all hours! Racing Pig get moving!

[daisy99divine]

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!

not a HUGE suprise is it zazen. its the interweb, home to geeks and geekettes. Bound to be a higher proportion of us on here with geeky interests than one might find in a RL tea room because its NOT a RL tea room.

Thinking about it, the RPG bit may be related to the Non RL nature of teh tea room too. It is one of teh more fanatasy led threads on MN after all. There have been a few MNers who have looked at this tread and not got their heads round its ramshakle nature , finding it too full of clooney cut outs and lewd rolls for tehm to handle.

Speaking of which. Do you lot fancy some toast? I'll go slice some bread and dig out teh toasting forks and butter.

Delicious UniS - I'd die for a piece of toast!
I shall savour the unctuous runnels of a well placed glob of butter coursing down from crust to lowly crust
Big Yum, as we say round our house.

Any one else up for it?

TrulyMad, don't let this little relapse into bewilderment discourage you. Bocca is the sort of Head Girl figure who will always inspire the odd crush.

UniS, the tube is about 5 feet long and I'm not sure which way the hook is facing or how it is stuck. Part of it is very flexible, but one end is rigid. Will not be able to permanently lose vaccuum cleaner - the horrendous state of the floors is the reason why I am in this predickyment.

Actually, didn't Bocca leave us shortly after I tried to lure her into my house to work her magic on the floors?

Zazen, I'm glad of the pointer back to the Other Thread - things become, hm, not clearer as such, but ... something. Anyway. No drama here. Although I do sometimes toy with creating some just so I can be manhandled by Mellors.

Anyway, for the record, I have never played a RPG of any description, do not own a GPS but think the idea of GPS caching is rather fun (for some value of 'fun'), have a private map on Google Maps of where DD's entire year live , read SF but not F (except for China Mieville).

I couldn't juggle if you held a gun to my head. Actually I suspect even very skilled jugglers couldn't juggle with a gun to their head. But someone once did trot out the line that ANYONE could learn to juggle, then was forced to retract after half an hour.

There seem to be a fair number of jugglers were I work, and players of obscure French card games, people Who Love Maps Too Much, and people who speak Albanian for fun. It's an odd environment which lead DH to say early in our relationship that I was a 'people person' when I am actually a committed introvert with a moderate degree of social anxiety who most of the time hasn't a clue what makes other people tick. But compared to some ... pink and fluffy!

Which kind of leads to Valentine's day - there will be cards, provided I remember to buy something before buggering off to see my DB and SIL. Haven't done anything else for ages, I cannot stand going out on the day/evening, all those tables for two, yuck.

Good luck JM ... must we take care not to amuse you when you return? MNing can play havoc with one's pelvic floor, I find.

I am impressed with anyone who can jump into the tea room. It's one of those series like Northern Exposure where you have to srick with it for a while to get into it.

oh, or like Twin Peaks - I didn't get into that until the 2nd series and just about coped with it but there were a few bits that didn't make much sense! I still liked it though.

evenin all - just dived in there quick, how rude of me to butt in without saying hello all!

I guess some of us just felt right at home on 1st coming into the tea room. Some may take a bit of lurking to get a handle on it. mybe it deoends on th e day in question. The previous ncarnation was getting a bit compicated with the bishops etc floating about. Maybe it depemds on how willing people are t deal with my spelling? I admit it CAN be a bit off putting.

ratz- I've burnt my toast again. too much typing. Think I'll hed off soon. Dh is watching match of day, i could slope off with a book.

oh I just love the sheer randomicity of this place! and the magic bits - it's exactly my sort of arena.

Racingsnake - Bocca as Head Girl figure? Really? (By the way, a neighbour of mine sells all her old domestic paraphernalia on Ebay and apparently lots of people do. It sounds a bit wacky but is it worth looking there for a new hose? Must be better than parting with £80).

DCMB - Phew! Was beginning to think that I was the only one here without a GPS and who has never played a RPG, although I do think that, at some level, joining any sort of web forum is a RPG. (After all, I am a trucker called Barry and Bocca is a welder called Neville).

UniS - I had never before thought of this as a fantasy-led thread. I thought the tea room thing was just there to provide an excuse for us all to hang around and chat in a calm and argy-bargy-free atmosphere. Although we have since got a bit carried away with the Hollywood cut-outs and Mellors' naturism.

Would anyone like some champagne?

I saw it immediately as a sort of Room of Requirement (Harry Potter for those who don't know) and think it's fab.

Champagne, my lovely? Oh I think I could perhaps have a wee sip or several.. ta muchly!

Thumb - Here's some champagne. Would you like some too, Racingsnake, to fortify you for Ebay browsing?

ooh, luvverly, ta TMBaD.

Eeek! I've always steered away from fantasy novels and now I find I'm spending my free time in Hogwarts!

• weeeeelll, no, not really. Fear not, no lurking boys with strange scars around here!

It's our own special tearoom of R&R.

Not only are you spening time in it; you created it! Champagne would be lovely. No Polti vaccuum cleaners on ebay but now watching several 12-piece jigsaws. Just thought - MNers might also be selling jigsaws.

Sorry that Ebay did not come up trumps. Have you tried the famous freecycle? It may be that someone has a dead Polti in the cupboard under the stairs and would give you the hose.

I don't think I can take the credit or blame for creating the tea room. I opened the door on the first day but since then it has evolved in ways that I could never have predicted. That's a good thing.

night all!

While tiptoeing out, turns off rainbows - but then thinks again, and leaves a lovely warm glowing one on for caitinahaitia, and assorted bods on, under and flying round the sofas!

I do so love the smell of burning toast. mumm..

Ha thumblovewitch- you hit the nail on the head, I also saw the tearoom as a Room of Requirement, LOL! Awesome!

Thank you all for your good wishes. I must confess I've had a little toomuch wine tonight in order to quell my pre-op nerves. To be honest, I am simply dreading being in hospital again. Jackbaby's birth was such a nightmare and knowing I'm going back in hospital (albeit a different one) is making me feel quite sick. Someone made some trite comment the other day that I needed to "forgive my midwife and move on". I just wanted to lamp the silly bitch her. As much as I can, I have forgiven my midwife for leaving me to labour for 36 hours when they knew that Jackbaby was stuck from the very first exam... but I cannot forgive her for telling me that forceps were my best option (rather than a section) - I don't know if I will ever get over the trauma of the operating room, the confusion, the shouting, dear God, the blood and the fear... and it all could have been avoided. As could this OP having Monday. Maybe over time (much more time) this will all fade, but I can still be back there in a heartbeat, and feel so angry and helpless and frightened... and it takes me, too, some time to get over it when I've had to be back there. I can be happy for other women who have had easy births while still being sad for myself, but I have days when I cannot handle the insensitive comments, such as, "the next one will be easy".

Aaaargh. Sorry to dither. Thank you all for being here, for being your lovely, lovely selves, and for making me laugh when I'm down. I heart you all.

Oh, by the way, about "outing" that other poster - yes, you were subtle, zazen... too bad! I really try to be non-judgmental about everyone because we all have our stories and our traumas, and so, no doubt, does she... but I've had to restrain myself several times from telling her to stop being such a goddamn bitch (sorry Justa - taking the Lord's name in vain). Grrr. I'd like to lamp her!!!

Ok, back to my vino and hanging out with my lovely mum - good night, sweethearts, see you tomorrow!

Always the problem - one glass of Cab and I'm fast asleep and miss the rest of what goes on.

JM, don't forget the arnica.

I'm so sorry for your story and am rather anxious not to make an insensitive comment. Maybe when you have had this operation and are all sorted out, it will help the whole thing to be finished for you and you and JackBaby can move on.

Jacksmamma - This is for you ....

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... thinking about you lots!

Jacksmama - so sorry to hear of your terrible experience and that it is still very raw for you. I hope tomorrow's op goes smoothly and helps to eradicate some of the bad memories.

If you are still having trouble with them (I mean, if they are still giving you occasional flashback/nightmares and/or affecting your normally funcioning life, then can I suggest you find a therapist who does NLP (or EFT but I prefer NLP) - neuro-linguistic programming, or "brainwashing" as I like to facetiously call it. It is an excellent way of dealing with bad/painful memories - cleans out all the bad stuff and replaces it with shiny new stuff instead. I am mightily impressed with the power of it, when applied appropriately.