The Bluestocking - the one with the Christmas stocking

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New thread here.

Former thread here

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5218621-bluestocking-the-one-where-boiled-gets-to-the-bar-first?page=1

Apropos of - ahem - misplaced cutlery, Rosie Jones tells a story on QI about her mum, who has a bad habit of nicking a teaspoon everywhere she goes - and if you show her a random one from her drawer, she can tell you where it came from. It's got to the stage now where Rosie and her sister sternly tell their mum "DON'T!" before going into any cafe - and she looks innocent and says, "I won't" - but then, when they come out, she gives a mischievous grin, and produces a teaspoon from her pocket.

Inspired by this, I was admiring the teaspoons in the hotel yesterday - they are a very nice shape and heft - and suggested I might make off with one, but Dh looked Very Disapproving - so I did it anyway, and showed him when we were far enough down the road that he couldn't take it back.

<<sniggers>>

Speaking of cutlery, I was quite tempted to appropriate one of these, found in the Spoons at (I think) Heathrow. Not because it was any use - it was spectacularly useless - but purely for the novelty value of a knife which is mostly handle. I assume it's a deliberate choice to avoid arming potentially pissed off (or just pissed) travellers.

Woley, how could you?!

😳😳😳

Thank you. I think those will be my new Happy Places.

😂I was looking at that pic thinking, hang on... why... then I got it.😂

🙄It's that time of year. I think my brain's working at about half its usual rate today. Luckily I have nothing of importance to do for a week.

Love these - a different look from the AI. Although I don't know who invited my dorky cousin Eric to be in pic #3.

Hello all!

I thought I'd take a nap in one of the bedrooms as it was Boxing Day...

Have I missed anything?

Nothing of consequence, Myrtle. Other than Woley being a kleptomaniac. And the creation of the gerbil spa. Possibly the tribbles too...

I feel the need to arm myself with a padded envelope, track woley down and post that spoon back to its rightful home. I don't like the sound of Rosie Jones' mother.

You can try, @DeanElderberry - I’m like the Scarlet Pimpernel - they seek me here, they seek me there. As long as you don’t look on the couch in my front room, I will remain hidden - mwah ha ha ha.

I will bear that in mind . . .

Do you remember what year it was on the boxing day you fell asleep?

Boily and I have been discussing the influx of geetles, over a nice breakfast of tea and Tunnocks this afternoon at 2pm.

Breakfast of champions!

Loving the onesies😄

Oh dear. I'm afraid your encouragement has prompted Android to start dressing the Tribbles ... and I don't mean vinaigrette ...

sticking googly eyes on tribbles to make them look like people in an attempt to save them from annihilation is a clever trick but it won't work.

Eeek

I almost did a PhD in tribology, many years ago. It would have been such fun to claim to be a doctor of tribbles 🤣

The ones in the little hoodies 😍 Almost makes me feel sorry for...🤔...upcycling so many. Almost.

It was 20something, wasn't it???

Looking at the picture, maybe it was in the last millennium...

That's not what I've heard, judging by secret footage recorded in the Bluestocking cellar.

I've been framed!