Facemasks on for a trip to the Bluestocking

[CaraDuneRedux]

We haven't had a Bluestocking thread for fucking ages.

Anyone fancy a socially distanced, tables of no more than 6, Bluestocking?

The goat has been covid tested and the patriarchy busting canon polished up to remove all possible virus traces from its surface.

Remember, MN spans the globe, and it's always before the 10pm curfew somewhere.

oh betty, good heavens. so please to hear that the middle one has desisted. keeping everything crossed that the right things happen at the right time for your youngest. it sounds immensely complicated and I expect you need a drink

oh and some

Betty
I'm so sorry the school was and is so shit, you surely have enough on your plate without that.

to you and your family, Betty. Hoping things go smoothly, for all of you.

Runs in and gives Betty a most unmumsnetty, un-socially-distanced hug (bit like Mornington Crescent, I'm invoking the counter-clockwise diagonal Barnard's Castle Manoeuvre).

Hope all goes well with littlest's treatment.

Great news re: middle betty and hopeful news re: littlest. What a time you sound like you have had

I need a smackeral of something that doesn't GAF what I call it

Islay whisky administered by fire extinguisher for me, tonight. Because it's wintry out there.

Betty 🥃

Hopeful news on littlest, wishing you all kinds of good things there, and so pleased middle one has desisted ❤️

Betty wishing all of you the very best.
Arabella

Betty

I’ve been off the sauce in 2020, but I would go a large hot chocolate festooned with cream and marshmallows and a massive slice of cake, please.

I’m weary of whataboutery, I’m over obfuscation, I’ve had enough of heartstring tugging pleas for kindness from people who themselves are as far from kind as can be imagined.

Radical notion for 2021: let’s be kind to women.

Now I’ve got that off my chest, back to your regularly scheduled programme of imaginary drinks: if I did drink, I would have a massive slug of Amaretto in that hot chocolate

Ooh this seems like a good place to hang out!
Must dash to work, really, but as I've been up since 3.30 getting Parkinson's husband on and off the loo, I'll just have a swift espresso, please!
Enjoy your chat, I'll stay longer next time.
Yawn/yaaawn/mumble

Welcome AsTrees, yes this is a nice place - open all hours. Sounds like you have a lot in your plate too.
I'm struck and humbled by women getting on with difficult situations without self-pity.

Eh/what/now

Hi there. I'd like a glass of plain water please, no ice but a lemon.

Radical notion for 2021: let’s be kind to women.

Hear, fucking HEAR.

War - when you say 'plain', do you mean 'tap'? I think there might be some of that melted glacial volcano water about here somewhere if you want to push the boat out.

Welcome, WoW.
I'm on my morning teas. The cup that cheers but does not inebriate, as my TT DM was wont to say.

The Bluestocking has lovely tap water, just the right edge of hardness.

as a long time dweller in the south east, if my tap water hasn't been through at least 2 kidneys before it gets to me it lacks bite

the only time i've wanted to buy water was when I lived in a northern city with tap water from some sort of ancient underground aquifer that no one had drunk before me. ugh

War - when you say 'plain', do you mean 'tap'? I think there might be some of that melted glacial volcano water about here somewhere if you want to push the boat out

Available on tap in the Bluestocking. As is thrice kidney filtered from the South Downs Aquifer. "We're short of nowt we've got in here, tha knows."

Haha, if that water was good enough for my grandmother it's good enough for me ...

@BernardBlackMissesLangCleg

as a long time dweller in the south east, if my tap water hasn't been through at least 2 kidneys before it gets to me it lacks bite

the only time i've wanted to buy water was when I lived in a northern city with tap water from some sort of ancient underground aquifer that no one had drunk before me. ugh

🤣

(Throwing open the door and cheering as it’s Friday!)

Afternoon all, may I pull up a chair and join you? I’d love a Sauvignon blanc please and a bag of cheese and onion crisps. I’ve really enjoyed the thread and this is my sort of bar. Cheers 🥂

And Betty, special cheers to you.

I’ve a non alcoholic Bishop's Finger in the cupboard for later

Is the whole bishop in there, or just his finger 😳

Happy Friday