Bluestocking! The Gerbical

[ifIwerenotanandroid]

Welcome to the Bluestocking, where gerbils dance & quokkas - well, no-one's quite sure what they're up to.

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5169893-les-bas-bleus-the-bluestocking?page=1

No, you didn't dream it. There is indeed a series called Lady Swindlers, about various female con artists etc

well I enjoyed reading it thank you. Style-wise, not content-wise, obvs!

Fair enough about a swift death after a pleasant life, I'm all for that. Preferably at my time of choosing though <looks anxiously over shoulder>...

I've just bought an air fryer and now I'm second guessing my choice!!!

Aghh!

Can I have a full fat coke and steak and chips please if anyone can catch the attention of a passing gerbil.

Bluestockings who are into warfare & correct terminology: are you aware of the Starmer-uncle-Falklands-torpedo arguments going on on Twitter/X today? So many people seem to believe 'torpedo' just means 'attack', & some are trying to justify themselves by asking if there's really any difference between a torpedo & an Exocet.

What, Marie? Yes, of course I'll hold your beer.

"STOP TOUCHING THE FOOD, GLORIA!"

Weirdness abounds. (Took me a long time to notice the strange tray the other gerbil carried to @FuzzyPuffling )

Definitely doing the ironing now.

Definitely.

I'm not fussy! I even let her nick a chip!

According to my source (the household military history nut) a torpedo is a self-propelled weapon with an explosive warhead which travels under water after launch from submarines, surface ships, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft and even coastal installations.

An Exocet is a specific French made missile which travels just above the sea surface after launch from the same kind of platforms.

So the difference seems to be the level at which the two weapons travel toward their targets.

I’m watching Masterchef Australia- it might not be the best choice because all that lovely looking food is making me SO hungry.

Took the words out of my mouth, Chersfrozenface
I was going to say to ifIwerenotanandroid 'Why are you asking me? DH not talking to you or something?'
TBH I'm not a great weaponry person, though I did know that torpedoes are underwater, Exocets over water, so I could have just about bluffed my way through that.
Remember this Arsenal chant?
'When the ball hits the net/like a French Exocet/that's Vieira'

I was going to say to ifIwerenotanandroid 'Why are you asking me? DH not talking to you or something?'

Actually he's engrossed in a book about Waterloo which was apparently recommended by Sandhurst as a brilliantly-researched account of the battle. The only thing is, it's by Georgette Heyer & DH is gamely wading through the first half which is a love story before he gets to the fighting in the second half.😂He's bearing up well against descriptions of red hair, green eyes, gold nails & too few petticoats. If you knew him, you'd know this is not his sort of thing at all.

Is this the thing about Starmer giving the impression that his Uncle was on the Belgrano?

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Oh no! Apparently my vehicle has "violated the parking regulations"! But the unidentified sender of the text message understands "my occasional negligence", so that's all right. I must click on the not at all dodgy link to pay them £60 and trust them not to empty my bank account.

Stands by to receive £60 into my dodgy dealings bank account!

I'm shocked, Boily! Shocked, I tell you!

Are you though? Really?

Ah, £60 has arrived in my account and I have cancelled @Magpiecomplex parking regulations violation.

Drinks are on Magpie!

How much does £60 buy you in the Bluestocking?

Great news I now have access to @Magpiecomplex bank account, home computer, home security system and mobile phone and have transferred ownership of her house to BB Holdings!

And Magpie I can see you... stop slouching on the sofa

As much as you like I have full control of your life savings so I'm splashing the cash tonight!

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Damn, I've been rumbled!
I've had a long day teaching mostly teenage boys* though, I think a slouch might be acceptable.

*For the pedants, today's students were mostly boys and mostly teenage. The Venn diagram doesn't completely overlap, some of the male students were not teenage. Although you would have been forgiven for thinking otherwise, given their behaviour.

@Boiledbeetle, since I'm paying, send a gerbil over with a lavishly decadent hot chocolate please.