Bluestocking: the one where Boiled gets to the bar first!

[Boiledbeetle]

The things I do to get to the bar first!

Follow on thread from

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5207342-bluestocking-do-androids-dream-of-electric-hair

Seems like cake may have cracked the art of prompt engineering for that particular AI!

What a life your little chinchilla lived! avoided a tragic fate by sabotaging its fur, was rescued by a Knight in Shining Armour, aka your dad, and was given a good home, complete with dust bath... I'm sure it has achieved legendary status amongst the chinchilla community, little chinchillas are promised a story about it as a reward for being good little chinchillas and having their dust bath..

Did it have a name? I mean a human name - of course it is known by its chinchilla name in the myths and legends of its own community.

I've read they do nip, but only if they aren't handled right, and hey, don't we all, in our own way?

The sad outcome of too many women of a certain age congregating in one pub...

I wasn't trying for that image. I did eleventythree images of us sitting outside watching the volcano & being too hot & every time we were from 100+ years ago. Adding 'modern' or '21st century' made no difference - although one pic came out with 1910's women on mobile phones! I give up. I'll just copy Cake's posts from now on.

@MarieDeGournay , I have always felt guilty about the chinchilla. When I wasn’t playing with it it had to live in the garage and ever since I thought it had a sad life.

You make me feel a whole lot better.

I've read they do nip, but only if they aren't handled right, and hey, don't we all, in our own way?

I'm evidently short of tea...for a WTF moment I read that as 'but only if they're right handed'

That reminded me of visiting a friend who was looking after a degu during the school hols. It had escaped but I managed to catch it, so of course it bit me. Fortunately I'd had a tetanus booster the day before. Anyway... take a look at this...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_degu

...I think they may be a bit less, er, drama Queen than the chinchillas. The only problem is they're very prone to diabetes so I'm not sure how we protect them from the tunnocks and cakes.

Ahem, I suggested degus threads ago - hence Welcome to the Degu Station.

I think I may have found a solution to that problem, though. How about we eat all the Tunnocks and cakes first, before they can get at them?

Admittedly we'll have to be fast to beat Boily.

What? Volcano, you say? Sorry, was having too much fun...

Sorry, of course you did Cher.

Boily and the other tunnocks-guzzlers can bask in the glow not just of Mount woo but also of knowing you're saving the degus from diabetes

We may have an issue with Cher's cunning plan. Looks like the chinchillas got there first.

May I just say, I'm not a massive Tunnocks fan? I know, I know. I find them a bit dry. Caramel wafers are OK, but Lidl do a great dupe for half the price.

Got any Dime bars? ( I refuse to use "Daim")

Edited to say DH is Scottish, and he's not fussed either.

I will look after the degus and their diet - having had diabetes for almost two months now, I am clearly an expert. 😉😂

I did have a Plan this year - as soon as summer arrived, we were going to have weeks living mainly on salads - that’ll help the weight, I thought. But then we went straight from about the middle of Spring to mid Autumn, with no summer whatsoever, and it was too chilly most of the year for salads.

Really? Shall I dig him back up then? He may still be breathing. Do I have to give him the £10 coupon back!

Maybe try soups instead of the salads - the sort with lots of veg, pulses and/or beans. I had some smoky, spicy veg and bean soup for lunch, just the job for a cool day.

You should have your spotty black and red togs on for sexton duties, beetle.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burying_beetle

Just finished the service

That is an excellent idea, @ErrolTheDragon - I have the Covent Garden soup recipe book somewhere - I will have to dig it out and look for inspiration. And if the soup is low/no carb, I could have bread and butter with it. I am missing bread. I know I can have it, but I’m choosing to have carbs with dinner, and that usually means spuds/rice/pasta.

I thought we already had degus? although in fairness, they haven't been mentioned much - I though they were just shy and retiring. And I won't have them called 'common', as that nasty Wikipedia does.
For some reason this made me laugh - I can see it being used in any shopping situation:
'I'd like a soup tureen please'
'Certainly Modom. What size would Modom require?'
'Well... larger than a golden hamster but smaller than a fancy rat.'
'Certainly Modom, walk this way'
[yes I do my shopping in the 19th century and the shop assistant is Jeeves]

AsWithGlad - I reckon your chinchilla was probably humming the theme to The Great Escape in your garage and jumping up and down with happiness.

The reason I asked what its name was is because there are now two ideas for Bluestocking children's books: there's 'Fuzzy: The Puffling Who Wouldn't Grow Up' [we already have some of the artwork..] and now there's 'Atahualpa, The Bravest Chinchilla' - Atahualpa is just a working title name😁

Whilst I'm in burial mode at the pub...

NEVER SHOULD YOU EVER

Lucy took the hammer from the shed
and bludgeoned poor Papa until was dead.
She beat him quite ferociously as she began to shout
"NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! SHOULD YOU DRINK MY BLOODY STOUT!"

Hmm, after all that digging I shall enjoy my half a stout. The gerbil put quite a head on it!

Did you leave any soil outside, Boily? Most of it seems to be liberally spread on you and the bar!

Busy day being lots of beetle types, I've literally been rolling in mud and crap all day!

A dung beetle walks into a bar

"Is this stool taken?"

I see everybody else has fled in terror from the Bluestocking after that little ditty😱
Couldn't you just spit in your drink, like everyone else?

🤣🤣🤣
Was that a Harry Graham poem? Not one I recognise but it would fit within his style.

A dung beetle walks into a bar
"Is this stool taken?"
😂😂😂

It was a Boiledbeetle one

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from August 2022, 17th to be precise!