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

Gillian and I are going to sit in the garden with a cup of calming tea and a good book.
She's already very sorry she was horrid to Glenda and Grunhilde, and is a bit tearful and ashamed.
I think she needs a holiday!

That's on whoever provided the mustard on your breakfast toast plate! I dare say you didn't ask for it 😬

Gosh, I nearly missed my mouth with my after-lunch coffee while reading that saga! Having worked in Hamburg for 6 months many years ago, I was nostalgically transported back to the Alster and its canals when trying to imagine where Grünhilde's house might be.

German mustard too! It's the wurst.

Oh, it's definitely 'for'.

Yes, I think that’s why the mustard was there, to accompany the breakfast sausage which Gerlinde normally provides.

(Wilfully missing the pun)

😂

perhaps Boily can save the day?

Cake! Cake!

It isn't mustard after all apparently - it's Nustard.

I'm sure Nustard on Toast goes with gin.

One thing that gin doesn't go with is tomato juice. I once put gin a bloody mary instead of vodka. Beyond disgusting.

Thank you for trying that out for us so we don't need to do it ourselves. What a sacrifice!

I believe It's from a trial batch of Nutella flavoured mustard which thankfully until now hadn't been seen outside of androids lab. I fear a box must have been misdirected to the kitchen larder during the last move. I'll send a gerbil to check the shelves and return the offending mustard back to the lab.

That’s probably worse than the various unlikely things flavoured with marmite.

I'm really, really glad I missed my mouth 😳

Marmots and marmite are quite synergetic, on the whole, although it is Too Salty.

Meanwhile, I’ve been to the Amsterdam Resistance museum this afternoon, after a morning at the zoo. Both excellent in their extremely different ways.

Ready for a new small furry? May I introduce you to an elephant shrew, which is, according to Wikipedia, more closely related to elephants than shrews.

🤣

I have just spotted Boily trying to repeat the gin/tomato juice experiment and add a few other flavours for the delectation of @JanesLittleGirl

Terribly sorry dear Boily, but the AI is simply not complying with my requests this afternoon.

I have just noticed that although the rest of you looks okay, you still have one leg missing and the Highland cow slippers look like manky cats with one ear

To be fair the actual slippers are faring just as badly after wearing them every day since Christmas morning.

Thankfully in real life I do have all 6 limbs!

I'm glad Gillian is being listened to and supported, I'm sure that's all she needs to return to normal gerbilhood
Well done Fuzzy, you deserve a medal or three😄
[recycled image when AI was more cooperative]

Gosh, I've missed so much today! Including Nustard, apparently, which I'm quite grateful for.

I'm really really really angry with an incompetent colleague at the moment, who's forced my hand with a student group by virtue of said incompetence, so I shall go and mutter to myself in a thoroughly disgruntled manner in a corner somewhere. If Rosie is free, I could probably do with a hug. I could definitely do with a hot chocolate.

Evening all! I've had a lovely day in the Lake District. Blue sky, beautiful scenery and not a sign of green algae (he may be on holiday).

I didn't hang around this morning as things looked a little fraught, but it all looks calm and peaceful now.

<Looks around> I see we have a new gerbil. She looks very...er...efficient.

Any excitement today?

Green Algy shows up in warmer weather, unfortunately.

Well, it wasn't that warm today, but we'll need to keep a lookout for him when it warms up a bit more.

I see we're having a German Evening in the Bluestocking. I'll have a bratwurst, with some kartoffelsalat, please gerbils.

Ein stück Apfelkuchen, bitte.

Ein helles Bier mit Pretzeln, bitte.