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

He was quite the clown, with My Old Man and Putting On the Agony, but entirely by chance I came across this:

a very different side to him!

Thank God the DC weren't aware of that. Or I'd have been told that they were being very good and doing their homework all the way home (as they drove me to screaming point).

@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius yes, that's how it ends. I was misremembering pubs etc.

Two heads is the easy way to do it. We're made of sterner stuff at the Bluey.

If you say so. I'm feeling very sleepy, so I'm just going to have a nap in this lovely warm, well-lit room that Gribble (a rather rotund and fluffy gerbil) has led me to. Night all. I'm sure I'll feel different in the morning.

I’m glad there are some Bluestockingers of my vintage, who remember Lonnie Donegan.

‘My Old Man’s a Dustman’ was number one in the hit parade when I was in the infants, following his ‘Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavour on the Bedpost Overnight?’, which got to number three.

They were different times ❤️

And then there was Max Bygraves and "You're a pink toothbrush, I'm a blue toothbrush".

At least he knew what a female was!

Oh, I remember Lonnie Donnegan well.

I had a boyfriend in college who lived in Ilkley. Sigh.

Before I met DH, of course.

I see that there has been another big snowfall in NE USA, so I hope @Britinme is OK and not snow-bound. Also that the antibiotics are starting to do their job on the UTI.

“I Am the Very Model of a Modern Paratrooper” is scarily good. I’m used to G&S productions where the patter man changes a few lines to something topical, but perhaps CoPilot will influence change in whole songs in future.

Bloody hell! Has someone cancelled the 'alchohol doesn't count here' rule for the last two hours?

We do in fact have a snowstorm today and everything is closed, but the wind has been so high it hasn't accumulated more than maybe three inches of depth so far. My DS in NJ has had about 20 inches I think, which is very unusual for them.

My DH1 and I used to sing a lot of Flanders and Swann songs in the car. DH1 was a research chemist and claimed he learned everything he needed to know about thermodynamics from their song on that subject. They're still very funny, especially if you remember the politics of the 1960s.

I think Ilkley has a lido.

I misread that as it scrolled up. I'm not going to tell you what I thought it said, & I'm certainly not going to ask AI for a picture of it.

My parents honeymooned in Ilkley.

😂

😄

Here they are, the Sleep Gerbil and the Dream Gerbil, setting out to make up for any lapses in customer service last night.
So everybody should have a good sleep and pleasant dreams tonight🌛

Hopefully they’ll visit me a bit later, we’re only just back from the Lowry, long route home as one of the motorways was closed. But it was worth the trip, jolly good show!

Hmm. Not bad, not bad...

Was it expensive, Errol? It's coming to a local theatre later in the year and tickets are very expensive by my standards.

My local group is having a 75th celebration on a Saturday evening in a small smart central hotel at about the same time. Tickets, including a 2 course buffet etc, will be cheaper than for Operation Mincemeat.

I saw Operation Mincemeat twice before it really took off, & it’s brilliant.

I cried, which I really don’t do often.

Equal parts

😱

And

😂

I’m not sure, DH did the booking. Not cheap but not West End I think.

Sorry to get all serious this early in the day, but - am I right in thinking that not one but two entire threads have disappeared?

There was one from a mother seeking support because her child wanted to 'transition', and another very interesting one where the OP was uncomfortable with a transman in a woman-only group - there was a lot of deep discussion and argument and a very gracious acceptance by the OP that she had been hasty at the end.

Both seemed genuine, both contained thoughtful, serious and heartfelt posts, both seem to have gone, unless I just can't find them.
I wonder why.
Anybody else notice that?