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.

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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.

One panel member gone for dubious reasons not related to the accusations put. Judge and other panel member have declined to recuse themselves.

Case continues on Monday without a replacement on the panel.

Afternoon all. Hot chocolate bowser, a large slab (technical term) of battenburg, and a footrest please. Wake me up if I fall asleep in my cake.

How about Kasy-Ruth? It's a bit yooneek in terms of spelling, and MN generally doesn't approve of hyphenated first names, but it might work.

Kasy-Ruth is excellent. She still sounds a little American but that is good, so far our beasts are European, Asian and Australian. I like Kasie the NCIS character.

I did! And it was because I didn't press Post on a note saying I had an urgent situation to deal with. It was lovely to know I was missed.

I think I'm coming across as the poster who always believes the last thing she's read but Kasy-Ruth is good.

Better than our Kathy-Sue.

Does the rat like it?

I don't know why anyone would hate having an anagram for a name, Barrel Eyed Nerd DeanElderberry😁

Yes but they are both Anglican cathedrals - two Protestant cathedrals and nary a Catholic one in Dublin!

A friend of mine's grandfather used to suggest, in all innocence and earnestness, that it would be a nice gesture if the Church of Ireland gave one of them to us.. I'm not sure, but he may actually have said gave one back to us, as if the Reformation only happened a couple of years ago😄

Mental note, when BarrelEyedNerd pops up on the next thread, you'll know not to bother with the Tigger welcome, Marie!

I just looked for an anagram of Boiledbeetle. The best was

Bob delete lie

Ah, but I started life as Dean Volecape, and got the Elderberry tag after people took a look at my 'garden'.

Though Barrel-Eyed Nerd does sound like a title to aspire to.

I’ve been looking at the BBC NI news page, to see how the tribunal is being reported. Nick Wallis says their reporting on this is good. It’s going to be on their 6:30pm local news programme.

While I was viewing a news summary on that page earlier today, my eye was drawn to this. It’s a good news story about the return of members of @FuzzyPuffling ’s wider family to the Isle of Muck. Oh, and Clive Myrie has just said it’s going to be on the main 6pm news soon.

Less good news about rats, but I don’t think it’s anything at all to do with our HR’s wider family.

Apex Olmec gimp. Classy...

iguana merry ode😄

That is very you when you're hanging with Cake.

oops

My u/name has a gazillion anagrams including:

Indiana tinder woofer
&
Nonna ratified weirdo

As for Marie...

Ari guano remedy

Maudie orangery

Hello biteybpob, you're very welcome to the Bluestocking.
We don't usually discuss tribunals much here - we are v active on the relevant threads - it's just that today was such a WTAF moment that it couldn't be ignored!

You're welcome to stay for all the other non-tribunal stuff that we get up to - lots of animals, lots of knitting, a surprising number of tractors, plenty of laughs and a lot of support when real life interrupts the fun and games.
And anything else brought along by newbies to add to the ambiance

I like the way Marie the Merry Iguana is clearly declaiming the ode in that image.

You are the very definition of intrepid, Hedgie!!
Have a great holiday, I hope most of the water stays below and not above.
'Full sails and tight lines' - completely wrong but hey it sounds marine😁
edited to substitute 'maritime' but that's probably not relevant either, you're not heading out on the ocean, are you?

BBC Newsline (NI local news) has just reported on the tribunal.

I’m not quite sure when it started, it wasn’t the first item, but ended about 9 minutes into the broadcast.

It’s now repeating the item about Puffins which has just been shown on the main news. Perhaps that broadcast is different depending on where you’re watching from: I hadn’t realised that.

Oh Glenda! You failed to name change!

Sigh. You need to click on image.

Awks!😬

I prefer being an iguana to being a 16th-17th century French philosopher etc etc with a frock and a ruff and - as depicted by Android recently - a tapestry handbag!
But I realise that I made my bed by picking MdeG as my username, and now I must lie in it - the punk angel image just didn't stick, did it?<sigh>
TBH, I think I look more like an iguana than this!😁

That’s a very fine tattoo on your chest, @MarieDeGournay. So lifelike.