The Bluestocking Inn, cocktails and cocoa and all

[DeanElderberry]

Opening soon in a salubrious location.

And thanks to the miraculous qualities, although we will indeed have

One-steps and two-steps and the divil knows what new steps
We know that we never would be dull again, bedad
We'll have wine, porter and lemonade.
We'll have cocktails and cocoa and all
We'll have champagnes tonight
But NO real pains next morning
Tonight when we dance at the Bluestocking Ball

slight apologies to Frank Harte

You must have seen this…

I hadn't seen that Errol, it's brilliant!

"I didn't mean to be happy"😂

I think I once worried someone in London by smiling at them on the tube.

The Walrus is a Northerner. He does a very good shamefaced, head-down apology, saying he's very sorry and it will never happen again. He says he would tug his forelock but can't as he's bald.

That’s brilliant @ErrolTheDragon ! When DH first came to visit me in the UK we walked through the park and a guy with a dog walked past in the opposite direction. I didn’t know him and I’m not particularly a dog person (don’t dislike them but have no wish to own one) so I didn’t speak to him. DH asked why I hadn’t said good morning and I replied “Why should I? I don’t know him”, which he seemed surprised at. Now I tend to interact with a lot more people than I did then, whether I know them or not.

I’ll say hello to dogs even in London, and then their owners if they appear to be engaged with their surroundings. Anyone who doesn’t want human interaction really should have more sense than to have a cute dog - if you want to avoid eye contact have a dachshund, then all conversations will be directed somewhere below your knees.

That's new to me, it's excellent.

When I was young, I tried to make eye contact on the Tube.

Oh dear.

I’ll smile at women I don’t know - men not so much. It just feels not worth the potential hassle.

I have been known to pretend to strange women on the Tube that I'm an old friend when they're being harassed by strange men.

I did actually report one man for stroking women's legs. He leaned over and slapped me. He was so drunk he woke up in the cells, unaware of where he was. He and his husband stopped drinking for a month. He was such a gay stereotype, he was a dog groomer. And he thought he could stroke women's legs because he was gay.

See? Even the nice guys. Not all men. But always men.

A bloke tried to chat me up in the supermarket this morning, said he’d seen me before in the nearby gym.

He didn’t try to touch me & he took a pleasant no thanks for an answer, so hopefully that’s all there is to it. Definitely something I can do without though.

It's been quiet dahn the Stockin' tonight, the gerbils have had a welcome rest.
They've been playing card games but because none of them fully understand the rules, so every game eventually morphs into a game of 'Snap!'
All very good-humoured, unlike the regrettable Scrabble incident..

The Sleep and Dream Gerbils are all set, and are heading your way with a restful night's sleep, and undemanding dreams in which you know exactly where the exams are to be held, you are fully clothed, your teeth remain in your mouth, you recognize the city you are in, and have an ample supply of the local currency.

You may request additional details for your dream, but I think we can all agree that the above are basic pre-requisites for an acceptable dream

G'night all 🌛
and
G'night Swash, wherever you are sailing💙

Please can the gerbils massage my tummy overnight - I think it’s about to have one of it’s episodes and I feel a little sorry for myself

thanks gerbils in anticipation

Unsolicited duck pic

Goodnight all. I shall be a year older when I wake up tomorrow although if I were where I was born I would already be a year older so I’m not sure how that works. My DD sent me a really funny card which said on the front “Happy birthday! You’ve always got me” and on the inside “Sorry about your other two kids”. I laughed like a drain.

Happy birthday @Britinme!

Happy Birthday @Britinme . Hope you have a lovely day! 🎂

Happy birthday Britinme 🎉🎊🎂

Have a lovely day, @Britinme

Happy Birthday. The gerbils have made your favourite type of cake ready for your next visit

Once, years ago, I visited Thoor Ballylee, W B Yeats' tower house. There was a family of young kestrels in a tiny room beside the staircase, waiting for a parent to come back with food. I decided to sing the appropriate song, which fascinated them (kestrels are very tolerant). So since there's a poetic connection,

Happy bird day to you
Happy bird day to you
Happy bird day dear @Britinme
Happy bird day to you

Happy birthday @Britinme . Have you got plans for the day, or just cake? Obviously not our cake.

Happy birthday BritinMe!

The gerbils decided to bring a birthday cake over to @Britinme and are just about to leave - provided the cake fits on to the plane! I'm not sure how much will be left by the time it lands.

The gerbils will have to extinguish the flames, separate the tiers, and bring the biggest in sideways, but once they've done that the cake will fit just fine and there will be no need, no need at all, to nibble bits off to make it smaller.

NO NEED

sigh

I sometimes think their ability to not-listen is a little overdeveloped

Happy Birthday, Britinme, and today, as you blow out the candles on your cake, may you be
The centre of your circle, creator
of rainbows, and have no boundaries
🎂😄