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.

Night Night @DeanElderberry

That sounds lovely and cosy.

Sweet dreams.

That's me confused and out of sync for the next fortnight

It’s so much less stressy now that phones do it automatically.

I hope the gerbils are aware that they’ll lose an hours sleep before their shift starts tomorrow. I fancy a cooked breakfast first thing….

I suppose i'd better start on the pub clocks as even if the gerbils were here the gerbils can't even tell the time

I didn’t know that about gerbils.
Interesting.

It's the Bluey. No guilt.

It might take me some time, but I am
open to it. Always a little residual existential guilt; I blame the nuns 🤣.

The hungover gerbils won't be happy about that.
Bar's closing. Clocks going forward n'all.

Bless them; they feel bad that Boiley is having to do all the pub clocks. Those sensible ones that caught the early bus back are hard at it in clock class already.. 🥰

But, but… the clocks only go forward at 1:00 am. Are they aware?

well i have been busy with the new grand kiddies, and had no time to pop in. All three plus mums and dads at mine last night flipping chaos

transferred mayhem to daughters house tonight baby banned three cried all the way home (1.5 Hrs)

am hoiked up on an airbed in the nursery, at my daughters house doing catch up on here, missed you lot.

Bloody hell that was a quick swerve! I'll have my usual large Plymouth gin and a Britvic tonic while I adjust.

Here you go

Ah, that would mean linking my true Bluestocking identity with my March nom-de-typing. Best not.

It's going to be fine. As ever they are very earnest and keen, but their capability is more limited.

The Grand Squirrel Chronographer will check the quality of their work and make any necessary minor adjustments reset the clocks once the gerbils are asleep.

There are some very complicated Maths expressions on the board in the clock classroom. Our gerbils seem to be more advanced in their education than I was giving them credit for.

Perhaps there something wonderful in one-one (or here, three-three) gerbil tuition.

Yes, they are full of surprises, aren’t they.

The main thing is they still seem eager to please. That makes them valuable as workers, of course, but mostly very, very cute.

You are so kind. Thank you.

@MyrtleLion wrote: As ever they are very earnest and keen, but their capability is more limited.

I’m not sure. Might that be just what they want us to think, while they prepare - at their recent Conference - to rise up.

Let it not be so!

It might be a good idea to maintain quiet surveillance on the contents of the boards in the gerbil classroom in the future, in case they again forget to erase evidence of Higher Thought.

You pirates always have to ward off the scurvy with vitamin C, don't you?

It occurred to me that newcomers won't know what the Staunch Ally is, or Peak Woo, maybe we should give a little summary.

But it can wait until tomorrow, though it's nearly tomorrow, or tomorrow+1hr now, so 'night all, may the Dream Gerbil bring you sweet ones ...
oh dear, it looks like you'll just have to sort out the sweet dreams yourself🙄

Me too! Although a fortnight seems a bit short for Clocks-Changing Syndrome to wear off ...

Missed you too, Banned!

Dirty stop outs! It appears gerbils don't get rat arsed they get rat tailed!

And suddenly it's an hour later!

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers, step- mums, carers, people in lieu of mums, grandmothers, potential mothers, thwarted mothers, estranged mothers, hopeful mothers, sad mothers, gerbil mothers...
And all you fabulous women here.

Clock change jet lag. Yawn.