The Bluestocking Women’s Pub: definitely full of ludicrous halfwits who refuse to get a grip (with unionised gerbils)

[MyrtleLion]

Welcome to The Bluestocking: convivial by design, opinionated in the best way, generously stocked with excellent food and drink that complies with whatever it’s meant to comply with, and any calories, gluten or alcohol are entirely virtual.

Staffed by impeccably trained, unfailingly polite gerbils who run a tight bar with plenty of enthusiasm and good intentions. Quick with the drinks, but terrible spillers spellers and liable to turn an idle thought on existential existence into a full blown musical with Busby Berkeley routines. You have been warned.

All women welcome, just in case that isn't obvious. Men can go to The Staunch Ally round the corner.

Previous thread here: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5477133-the-bluestocking-your-local-womens-pub-warm-friendly-and-not-at-all-unusual-in-any-way

I'm sorry your car had that run-in with an unforgiving surface, WaW
If it's just scratches on the underneath, that doesn't sound too serious, and I guess you can check if the sensor is working.. but carefully in case it isn't

A friendly local mechanic who will look at it would be ideal! I hope it all works out OK.

B&B wish it to be known that they were very good, and stopped on the whistle, rather than chasing a muntjac which raced off across a vast field of stubble.

We came back over the playing fields. Brains had hopped over some wooden exercise equipment to investigate a bramble patch. Batshit jumped onto the equipment to join in and....
<wobble
wibble>
<wobble
fell off.
🙄

I do enjoy reading the adventures of B&B.

One of our in jokes is to say things like, "spraying kefir over the sofa actually makes it taste better, ya know", to which the response is, "well, I never, I wondered if you'd done it on purpose. I must try that myself".

In better news I have submitted a tax return even though HMRC swore blind it was unnecessary, and I'm due a tax rebate of almost £7,000. Which won't appear for months but should come in handy later this year.

I would drink white wine and gin (though not in the same glass) except the Walrus only like red and says white wine makes me silly. As does gin. I did have a few g&ts last night though. It had been a tough day.

I’ve just come back from a Bracing Walk along the nearest coast to us. Well, DH is a bit nesh, so we started off with a round of the grounds of a Hall and dived back into the town after a bit of prom. The woodlands were carpeted in places with snowdrops, and there are crocuses and daffs coming out despite the cold. Also some camellias and a big rhododendron which I think was regretting it.
And just in the last couple of days we’ve started to notice more birdsong.

Something to worry about for the owner of the car. Absolutely hilarious for onlookers though 😂

I would drink white wine and gin (though not in the same glass) except the Walrus only like red and says white wine makes me silly.

There’s a lot to be said for being silly. It’s no barrier to being in The Bluestocking.

So do I

I feel he must be the Gubbins of the canine world.

@What a grand walk, @ErrolTheDragon . There are lots of snowdrops and winter aconites out here, and I saw one clump of crocuses under a tree. No sign of camellias appearing yet.

I don’t remember ever seeing rhododendrons around here. We must have the wrong sort of soil. At least some of it is chalk.

I don't drink (we both gave up when DH got cancer) so I'm always surprised at wine conversations! I forget it exists.

I can't tell you how pleased I was that the driver was a man 😁

When Barack Obama visited Ireland (2010?) they imported a car for him, and when it was driven out of the Embassy car park it got stuck. Funniest thing ever.

Rhodos do prefer acid soil. In scientific parlance, they are calcifuges.
ETA chalk soil is alkaline.

She.
Batshit is female.
As is Brains.

If could split the IQ that Brains has between the two of them, we'd have a pair of averagely intelligent dogs. As it is, we have one Intellect and one Idiot.

ETA Batshit forgives you, though.

At the time I quoted that old Irish blessing: 'May the road rise to meet you...'😁

Gubbins isn't stupid, she's just young and enthusiastic. One day she'll surprise us all.

@DeanElderberry that is hilarious.
I knew what was going to happen, and I still burst out laughing.

If could split the IQ that Brains has between the two of them, we'd have a pair of averagely intelligent dogs.

averagely intelligent dogs? Bo-ring, compared with the adventures of B&B, which we love reading😄

Kitty’s annoyed because I’m making rolls & she’s not allowed to help. She’s having to put up with checking the recipe.

She's looking very diligent though. I hope you appreciate her supervision.

OMG, apologies for misgendering Batshit!

She is still very endearing though 🤗

She's looking at that photo and saying "Well, that needs a lot more cream"

Always.

There may be a chance of a lick-e-lix later… I don’t think it would go very well in the bread though.

I had a friend who made a tuna cake for her cat’s birthday.