The Bluestocking Women’s Pub - The Return of Salad and the Lion

[MyrtleLion]

It’s been a while since I last saw everyone!

Welcome to everyone, regulars, lurkers, newly ventured in.

A place for women to discuss whatever takes their fancy, where the bar staff are attentive gerbils, Rosy the Red Panda is available for cuddles and all sweet things have no calories and all alcohol leaves the drinker slightly merry and hangover-free.

Previous thread is here:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5326705-the-bluestocking-womens-pub-where-brains-can-exist-in-a-single-state

Sorry, @FarriersGirl - I was just so happy not to have a finger that was swollen, red and throbbing.

Bean

Not forgetting Mr - in the bean category.

I've "been" marking again all morning. Crossed another set off my list. Umpteen more to go... 🙄

Keep going Magpie. You might just come across a little gem in there somewhere. And I don't mean a lettuce.

@MagpiecomplexI’ve just finished my current round of marking but the second years have an exam on Monday. Sighs.

Solidarity! Some of mine have a resit next week, so you can guess what I'll be doing.

Good one, Deano, but obscure..😄
Doesn't she [Sinéad (Bean = Mrs) de Valera] look swish in that photo? I only remember her as the Nation's Granny with silver hair who wrote children's books.

When I was a child we had several holidays in Ireland. Not having a car, we walked everywhere, which was quite tough on my little pre-teen legs.

Up one hill, on the 3 mile trek from the beach to the farm, there was written on the road in large white letters "Vote No1 Dev". This meant the breaking out of the chocolate! Hurrah!

My memory of de Valera.

My dad was a maths teacher, and I remember being allowed to help him mark exam papers, as a teenager. I wish it was something I could do now - a work-from-home job - but I don't have the qualifications.

When Dev, much loved father and grandfather, honoured (in some quarters) elder statesman was dying, it was in the last days of the school summer holidays and thousands of kids were praying that he'd last long enough that we'd get a day off school. The young are so heartless and self absorbed.

Here's another picture (from wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_de_Valera ) of Sinéad looking stylish, but in a more Celtic twilight-y way. I'm interested to see the 'bean' has been largely dropped - back in the day it was always used for her.

Eek. I look very like her.

y'know Puffers, it isn't a bad way to look!

Obvs, you have to mime popping them out of the shell and eating them. Extra points if you happen to have a kimono lying around.

Having DIY-ed all morning (including a trip into a town with nasty things like traffic lights), I was going to garden this afternoon but it's been v wet and windy.

Brains and Batshit's comment on the weather is to curl up tight on the comfiest sofa.

DH isn't feeling well today and the weather is wet and windy, so it's staying in and watching telly this afternoon!

Good points:

1. There's nothing I have to do.
2. I have made biscuits, and a fish pie for tea
3. The garden is enjoying the rain
4. I don't have a dog to walk- the cats are happy indoors.

@Swashbuckled have missed what’s happened but sending hugs.

Pinto beans, black beans, cannellini beans, haricot beans, kidney beans....

Flageolet beans.
I expect they've already been mentioned as I am not a bean afficionado.

At least they are easy to mime, just do playing a recorder.

Not so easy to guess, probably.

That one is at least doable, but you’d need to explain to the small child what one was.
pinto entails galloping around neighing without requiring the correct colouring.

its not a guessing game - mummy lounges around calling out words to the small child(ren) who have to actively be that bean till the next one. There were moments when I had parenting nailed.

Jumping beans, SCARLET runner beans, magic beans

Oof! Posted the Same Thing Twice

Are you saying you look

nuffin, nuffin,

nuffin like a Puffin?

I have my moments.....

Sean.

Just have lots of dying scenes.