The Bluestocking is reopening

[ErrolTheDragon]

It's time we reopened the Bluestocking, I think.

This is the FWR pub, situated in the charming village of Badley Fuckitt near the Shady Pines rest home. It has a cannon (for reasons lost in the mists of time), goats in the paddock next to the beer garden and a menu including many soups and cakes. It's open all hours, serving breakfast and tea to all weary women, in addition to being the ideal location to metaphorically drown your sorrows.

Naice coffee ...

Classic!

Too late!

I had to help the vet dress up as a quokka. It was the only way she could get anywhere near them.

All tested and fine so goat is back on the menu erm... I mean the goat enclosure is now open to visitors once more!

I think the vet may need a stiff drink or 12 though!

Well done, that woman!

That is a drink from the bar isn't it, or is it a goat wee sample? Was the vet doing urine tests or cheek swabs? If it is goat wee, the goat it belonged to might be needing a bit more water to drink in this hot weather - looks a bit strong.

I've just researched goat urine (as one does on these threads) and I've just discovered this useful info for today:
A well hydrated animal has clear urine. Colour changes from yellow to orange to brown occur as dehydration progresses from mild to moderate to severe. Seriously dehydrated animals may be depressed or agitated and have a sunken-eyed appearance. (shorturl.at/lZe7x)

Are any goats looking sunken-eyed?

Oh no, MNHQ just hid my reply until it's been checked. I dread to think what sin I've just committed.

What the hell have you done now, Doctor?

I thought it was quite responsible really - related to animal health and well-being.🙄

Crisis over. Post approved. 😀

Apologies @DrSoupDragonsFriend. We left the goats in charge for ten minutes. Always a mistake.

Thanks @HebeMumsnet . Best to be safe! 😂

There's probably an automatic check on that general subject because of weird trolls!

Our goats have been confirmed free of peste des petits ruminants, fortunately.

To medal is definitely worse. The others merely leave the end of the phrase unsaid, so one can imgine it is merely delayed and will arrive eventually, rather than blatantly dropping the middle.

Anyone who says "to medal" is right off my Christmas card list.

I fear I am a severely dehydrated animal. I've been sunken eyed and agitated for years.

All goats have had sufficient liquid intake! Can't you see the queue for the loo! It's right round two sides of the field. I think we need to get them an extra portaloo.

Well I think we all know that goats and trolls are not friends. Especially when near bridges.

This is true, MNHQ could do with a few more goats at the moment I think.

Much as I love the idea that MN has so many goat pee trolls that an auto flag system is required, it'll be the shortened weblink.

Sorry to medal. 😁

Ah yes, I'd not noticed that.
I used to be able to do invisible links, I told them they should make that impossible but I don't know if they ever did. I might try one on here but not now.

I quite liked the idea of a goat pee troll. It's very niche!

Thank you for the 💐
That's a clever trick for words ending in -age, I never came across it. Probably would have helped, I usually relied on That Look in my French friends' eyes😱to know I'd got something wrong.

I found something fascinating while leafing through the English grammar book one of them was teaching from. Or from which one of them was teaching. French students have to learn the order adjectives appear in in English when there's a list of them attached to a noun.

It's one of those native speaker things, we do it automatically, we would know not to say 'a round red English big apple' but French students have to memorise the order:

1. Taille (big, small, large)
2. Âge (young, old)
3. Forme (round, square)
4. Couleur (red, blue)
5. Origine (English, French)

While I'm here in Pedantry Corner - although the adjective usually appears after the noun in French [not always, e.g. grand come before] so 'a white hat' is 'un bonnet blanc', the French for 'six of one and half a dozen of the other' is
'bonnet blanc, blanc bonnet'.

That's right, no definite article - gosh I've opened a can of linguistic worms here! - because often in proverbs and old sayings there is no definite article.

Here's one for BoiledBeetle: the Irish for 'it takes one to know one' is
'athníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile'
literally 'recognise beetle beetle other'

Will I join you in a drink after all that? Indeed and I will! Sound woman yourself!

I have learnt so much from this thread. Thank you. 😀

We were taught a rhyme at school for which adjectives come before, rather than after, the noun:

joli, bon, beau
petit, grand, gros
jeune, longe, nouveau

I always though, because we were taught this, that these were the only adjectives that come first, but there are others - mauvais is one of them.

God I feel a bit thick after all the recent posts. Especially ones about grammar, the word, itself, I had to spell check.

Go on pedants do your worst to me, <crouched position>

Maybe I should go on one of them working class only threads and settle in there. Not really.

I am very good at maths though and could do a good spread sheet on what cakes are available, that sort of thing.

Also I can sketch and paint, and am very good at growing vegetables.

How about a nice lunchtime soup tomorrow.

Is there any weeding required? I could do that in the morning.

Anyway loving my stay, off to my luxury bedroom, silk sheets, wafting cotton curtains, across shuttered windows, lovely silent ceiling fan.

Bathrooms a delight nice big tub and all the toiletries one’s heart could desire.

xx