The Bluestocking - where Spring has sprung and the grass is riz.

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

Welcome all. Can the gerbils please ensure that all the Tunnocks products are safely stowed in the capacious larder, and perhaps the quokkas could be responsible for counting everyone onto the bus and back off at the new thread - many thanks!

I think the AI fancies you!

Of course you can have a roaring fire at the Bluey that cools you down at the height of summer.

@Magpiecomplex

A cold fire!
Perfect; I love it 🥰

Thanks @ifIwerenotanandroid; looking forward to the Summer now.

Ooh, you may be right about the AI.

I’m going to just enjoy it and see where it takes us….

I've already had the gin. Sorry. No gerbils round here, either.

They snuck in whilst I was herding gerbils!

We always had a coal fire when I was growing up.

Oh, you said cold. ☹️

A note from Pedantry Corner:

It is wreaked.

As a verb, wrought is the archaic past tense of the word work but is often confused as a past tense for the word wreak, which means "to cause damage." The confusion arises from the fact that the phrase "wrought havoc" is an acceptable variant of the phrase "wreaked havoc," but even here, wrought is etymologically rooted in the word work not wreak.

That is all.

Cold fire? I know a song about that

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Starts at the minute mark if anyone wants to listen to it.

Yes, she's back. The trail would have been intact Tunnocks as a lure if she hadn't returned...

Just to clarify - I don't claim to KNOW more than anybody else, I just really really like finding things out😄

Oh I see Myrtle has beaten me to it - it always takes me ages to compose posts if they are long, finding the right words is sometimes an effort - anyway -

My initial reaction was that 'What hath God wrought' just means what has God done, nothing wreak-y about it, and when I checked the etymology, 'wreaked' and 'wrought' are indeed two separate words,' wreak' coming from a word meaning to take revenge, 'wrought from 'worked'.

I though I had problems with a mouse in my kitchen, now I feel relieved it wasn't an otter😨 Jean-Paul Sartre must have had an otter in his kitchen at some stage, causing him to state 'L'enfer, c'est les otters'
[yes I know I've cracked that joke before, but that's another magical thing about the Bluestocking - old jokes are always welcome]

AI's version of Swashbuckled is indeed highly fanciable, but I prefer this image from a few days ago, a bit more self-contained and mysterious, with a strong hint that I'd better be worth it if I distract her from that glass of wine. I like a challenge
And the gerbils like her, which is a good sign.
(Hope you don't mind being objectified like this, Swash, it's just a bit of AI fun)

The Walrus has been moonlighting!
And he didn't even take me with him to the glamorous location.
Wondering if I should LTB?
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I'm very impressed by Swashy's cheekbones.

Good job I never venture into pendants corner given my shocking ability at mangling the English language! I'm usually to busy trying to decide which of the many books my sister has bought me about the English language (some she even bought me twice!) to read! Trouble is I never get around to reading any of them!

Oh, you can objectify me anytime @M 🏴‍☠️ (and AI 🤣).

I’m thoroughly enjoying it.

That was supposed to be a cropped photo! Not the whole shelf!

Busy reading boiled bookshelf

@Boiledbeetle

They would have been perfect “loo” books in the house I grew up in. Great for dipping in and out of in short bursts 😊

Page 2 already and so... many... Tunnocks!

DH and I went out for lunch today at a Lebanese restaurant and I brought home some muhamarra and a baguette to eat it with this evening. Yes, I know that's not a traditional combo, but that's how we roll in these parts. Actually the restaurant did give me a pita to eat it with, but one pita between two won't do, and we have other nice things to spread on the baguette as well.

I may have to order “Accommodating broccoli in the cemetery”

I am a fan of mr Milligan.

That was meant to say @MarieDeGournay

Like wrought iron? Iron which has been worked into shape.

Wikipedia tells me that
What hath God wrought is
(archaic) An expression of wonder and marvel at something.

I may try to bring that phrase back into conversation. Or, not.

Our loo was outside so reading was only done in there during the warmer months, and the only reading material available was Punch which looking back is not appropriate reading material for a six year old. Books like the ones on the shelf would have been more use!

@Boiledbeetle I always read Punch on the loo back then!

Let’s Parler Franglais and Bargepole were my faves as a (probs) 10 year old.

Possibly inappropriate, but it felt fine.

What a lovely blast to the past! Thank you ☺️

I have a battered copy of the Punch Book of Women somewhere. I should dig it out…

I used to love the cartoons! Thankfully a lot of them went over the top of my head!

Just remembered we'd occasionally get a copy of Private Eye as well for a bit of a change!