All new TENNIS thread- are we ready for clay? The road to Roland Garros starts here...

[Raahh]

well, it has already started so, get the vanish out, the orange stuff gets everywhere.

Highlights to include- can Rafa win a tournament this April?
Is Djok starting a losing streak wishful thinking ?
Will Murray get enough sleep to retain his title in Madrid? (Doesn't appear to be scheduled to play Munich)
Will Stan's shorts be a patch on last year's?
And never discount the Rog Bot!

So, Vamos! Allez! Let's go!

Its starting to get dark now.

Myrabbitdidn'tlikecarrots.

Helikedpopcornandelectriccables.

(Hewasahousebunny)

Yep. Andy can easily win this now I reckon.

Bonus might be that if this is finished before Novak comes on court we might stand a chance of seeing Rafa play a bit.

My rabbit liked various plain biscuits and chewits and ice cream. He lived till he was 10, which is good for a rabbit.

Oh, and bits of my hand and leg. I still have the scars.

Electric cables ? Not so good !

That's yet lot !

To tomorrow.

VAMOS RAFA !

They're both quite pouty, aren't they? They seem to be having a massive strop-off, in the style of one of those rap battles.

Henearlysetfiretothehouse.
Hewasluckynottogetelectrocuted.
Ihadtoreplacealotofstuff.

That's yer lot.

Least you can spell, despite the lack of space.

TheOnly-yy,liketheMoneySupermarketadvert!

I'mgoingnow.Toseeifhittinglaptopwithhammer/turningitonandoffagain/willhelp

VAMOSRAFA!!!

Bet you did, Raahh.

'Strop-off'.

I'm off too. Till tomorrow, lovely.

PS Kyle WON !

aMurray/Kyrgiosstropoffwouldbeepic.

GOKYLE/CARL!

The MoneySupermarket ad makes me lose the will to live.

Kyle-Carl won his match! Good stuff. Wasn't he in the boys' tournaments just a few years ago?

I fricking hate contractions.

Oooh!! Is it starting Grouchy?? Good luck!

Ooh, Grouchy. I can stick around if you want to natter ?

Breathe, lovely, breathe. DON'T PANT YET.

Best of luck, sweetheart. xxx

It has started and I've already reached the point of "I don't want to do this; can't we cut her out?" despite having two relatively easy drug-free labours previously.

I'm going to go sulk a bit before the next contraction.

MurrayVKrygios Strop-off ?

That would be very amusing.

Take care, Grouchy.

The end justifies the means...not that it helps !

If you want to yell, I usually lurk a bit, so just yell if you want to.

I can take it.

I'm having a home birth and DH has decided now is a good time to FINALLY get around to putting up the blind on the landing window that I bought two months ago.

Thanks for the good wishes; really hope I have someone adorable to share with you all tomorrow.

I thought you were, it sounded like it. Well, you're old hat at it now !

Its good that DH is putting the blind up. When the summer sun isn't disturbing you and squidgy newborn just as you have dropped off, you will be appreciative that he's done it now, and not becoming screaming-banshee-who-isn't-getting-any-sleep-as-it-is.

Just saying.

I had a home birth with DC3 too. It was honestly one of the best experiences of my life.

Pfft. Whose side are you on?

I'm really glad to hear that, Drama. I'm definitely excited about the home birth.

Grouchy

I'm ALL on your side, you know that.

I forgot because its been so long since I did it that you will not get a labouring lady to be reasonable.

I got told off last time I did it. The epidural didn't fully work so it FUCKING HURT but also strangely made me giggle. The horrible midwife got cross with me.

Once DD arrived she guesstimated her weight wrong by over a couple of pounds. Guess who was right ?!

I still harbour a grudge because she should have read my notes and not been a bossy insensitive cow.

Hmmmph !