The Bluestocking: All You Need to Know About Risk Assessments, Jazz Hands, Battenberg and Sourdough (But Were Afraid to Ask) - and gerbils. Lots and lots of gerbils.

[MyrtleLion]

Welcome to The Bluestocking, the perfectly overblown, gloriously chaotic all-women’s pub where you can have a bit of a lie down if you need it.

Expect serious debates on musicals, cake and knitting, and whimsical musings on women’s rights and why the world’s on fire (again), all under the calm supervision of our support staff: gerbils, capybaras, and the occasional quokka on secondment.

The alcohol won’t get you drunk, the pastries won’t make you fat, but the conversation will digress, and that’s the point.

Remember to namechange before posting if you’re sometimes someone else.

I drove to work humming it this morning!

I have this All Aboard cd, which is where I first heard The Windmill in Old Amsterdam - amongst many other great songs!

Ooooh I want one!

Such fab tunes 🥰

I have one. I had it on vinyl as a child!

❤️🥰

It is...I sang it to the dog driving out for a walk earlier. He didn't look very impressed🐶

Bar gerbil, my usual please. Not served in Marie's bird feeder, for preference.

I have marking to finish this weekend. One young person has excelled themselves with an obviously totally AI written piece.

I’ve had my arm twisted by dh and ds3, so we are having Domino’s pizza for dinner tonight. How will I cope with the suffering?

Just seen a photo of @Hedgehogsrightsarehumanrights all dressed up for a party!

She looks tasty!

It will be awful for you I'm sure.

Now I want pizza.

Can you get AI to do comments on it as feedback?

That's an excellent suggestion! Do you think it would render it in red felt tip, too?

It would be a nice touch if it could!

Be strong, Woley. We're with you in spirit.

Thoughts and prayers, Woley.🙏

Oh, dear. 🥲

Do you think she looks a little bit worried?

It looks as if all that food is weighing heavily on her spikes mind.

Yes, I agree she looks a little worried. I fear she may have been pinned to the plate.

Perhaps she’s worried the food will go off if nobody eats it. And then she’s stuck with it. And, of course, you can guarantee it would be thirteen days before next wheelie bin day .

For the greater good...

ETA the first version of that picture included a luxuriantly bearded bloke in the background. Because of course.

You have saved the day, Magpie. You deserve a very shiny medal 🥇

I am really not up for being eaten. <shakes of food skewers and runs under table>

But you're so tasty, Hedgy!

Nobody has said that to me for a good while 😂