The Bluestocking - where women are women, and small furry animals are gerbils, quokkas, capybaras, or a red panda called Rosy

[MarieDeGournay]

Welcome all to the Bluestocking Pub, a haven safe from harsh reality [mostly] full of good company, and excellent food and drink served by the most efficient team of gerbils in the hospitality industry.

Hello! No gerbils yet, they are still at the gerbil Guild conference

Phew, made it!
I've worked behind a bar before, shall I pick up the slack till the gerbils arrive?

'still at the gerbil guild conference' - discussing health and safety no doubt. I know their ways.

Just to remind newcomers that the wonderful thing about the refreshments in the Bluestocking is that they don't contain calories or gluten or sugar or alcohol or anything troublesome at all - but you'd never know!

Which is why you can order things like a G&T the size of a swimming pool or a vat of hot chocolate with extra cream and marshmallow without the slightest twinge of conscience

Yes, please @EdithStourton

I’ll keep going with the gins, please.

We have an extensive selection...
A quadruple? Any particular tonic?

Does the giant Wombat sort out putting the clocks forward? I'd like to think someone sober, responsible, and numerate was doing it. Rather than a busload of excited gerbils.

Though

I suppose we can just trust the Committee.

I did, too, @EdithStourton, several decades ago, though and in the bar attached to a restaurant. Should we share the role until the Guild conference is over?

My speciality used to be “Irish Coffees” which were black coffee + spirit, with a layer of double cream floating on the top. If I didn’t make it correctly and the coffee was mixed in with the darker layer, I made another and got to drink the spoiled one.

Any requests?

In case you missed the last gasp post on the previous thread:

Well, I had a conversation with the Gerbil Chief Negotiator and it turns out that they were very excited about the idea of a conference because it meant they could get together and chat and make new friends network. They love their work and meeting new women and other rodents. They spoke to the gerbils from the likes of the Staunch Ally, where they are expected to work 12 hour shifts and have to deal with mucky toilets and smelly farts all day and night! And were relieved at the great working conditions at the Bluestocking. Particularly the generous maternity leave, paid time off for wrangling baby (and teenage) gerbils and very flexible working. Which obviously we provided as standard (doh!)
They hadn't realised they only had to ask for lots of sand and parsley and we would provide it.
So I have brought in as much sand and parsley as I can for a random Saturday night and promised them all the sand and parsley they can possibly want on the next thread.
Apologies for worrying people, but I think it's all sorted out now.
We will have to host an annual Gerbil Conference but it will pay for itself because we will make a lot of money on the bar. All those lady gerbils love to let their hair down when they're away from their responsibilities.

Hopefully they’re at the getting pissed stage by now, and any serious power point presentations about employment issues will have been forgotten. 🙂

Mind you ,it may take some time to prise them away from the bar at the Guild Conference...

Aargh, I forgot to NC in this thread to my true Bluestocking name. Never mind, it’s just for the next 1000 posts.

That is a beautiful image of the gerbils eating parsley. Thank you for that, and your most successful and sensitive negotiations with the GCN, @MyrtleLion .

Checking in! And then going to bed, sorry. Someone drink my quadruple gin with Irish Coffee chaser for me please?

Consider it done. Hic!

Willing to help you out with that little problem. Can’t stand waste….

The gerbils aren't getting the bus any time soon!

They seem to have split into two distinct groups for the ends of conference disco

I sense a collective workforce hangover tomorrow 🫤

The more sensible, less drunk gerbils are on their way back home.

Sorry, yes a quadruple will suffice for now.

Just plain tonic. Maybe some berries tossed in so I can have some vitamin C to reduce the guilt. Thank you ☺️

Marvellous, thank you.
There was a massive rush when Marie reminded everyone that there are not calories in the booze.

🤣

What’s your true Blue Stocking name?

I'm just nipping out for some fresh air...

That's all, I'm doing nothing else.

I am already IN bed, and have two dear little cats asleep beside my feet and have put my clocks forward and they (the clocks not the cats) are telling me it is waaay past bedtime, so goodnight all.

Shit, are the clocks changing tonight?