The Bluestocking Womens Pub in an Adventure with Pirates!

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New thread. You know the deal - women's pub, men to the Staunch Ally next door.

Some of us are currently on the trail of an international seed smuggling ring, just for background information.

What adventure? Oh, I love a good adventure. Sigh.

Define little 😄

All boxed and sat in the to go in the loft pile of stuff, except two odd ones that were horrifying and came apart and are definitely being binned.

I'll probably now ignore that box for a decade!

Alas no, I just went to look at one I've bought from in the past but the page doesn't exist now.

Vegetarian breakfast (2xeggs, 2xhash browns, 2xgrilled tomato, 2xg-f toast, mushrooms) plus 2xrashers, plus tea, €12.95.

I feel no immediate need for lunch.

radio 4 you and yours is currently airing a piece on the current popularity of highland cows.

They haven’t yet got to explaining that Boily is a style icon.

In ten years' time they'll probably be back in fashion, Boiled and worth a fortune. I can't believe the price some 60s and 70s toys go for these days.

Jess de Wahls has a couple of pins - there were more when I ordered a week or so ago. She’s a very sensible source.

She also has embroidered patches you can iron on.

The feminist stuff is all significantly reduced - some 1/3 of the original price.

While you’re ordering look at the stickers (scroll right down). You can get 20 “Women’s Rights are not a hate crime” stickers in suffragette colours for £1:50.

https://myrtlelion.substack.com/p/the-gosie-chronicles-book-1

Gosie and the Hidden Symbol, a book written for the Bluestocking in parts.

Oh fantastic! Thank you.

I was prescribed testosterone this morning for my menopause. So obviously I am now a man. And wondering if I’m permitted in here any more.

easy one - a prerequisite of menopause is having a meno to pause. Once a woman, always a woman.

So true!

I nearly fell for the argument that hormones and dress matter more than biological sex. After all, I’m also wearing trousers.

I magically became male when I had Grade 1 - Grade 3 haircuts a few years ago, & then my sex magically changed back when I got bored & grew it back down to my shoulders.

@MarieDeGournay mentioned an Australian website that does a cool line in badges on another thread.

I was this site - they do a 'Same Shit Different Century' one plus other saying things that we might think e.g 'Sorry did I roll my eyes out loud?

They also do ones that are very Bluestocking - hedgehogs and foxes and although we don't have otters - or do we? - this one is very us

I only found out belatedly they are in Australia 🙁, but they deliver worldwide. And it seems to be run by a woman with a great sense of humour.
And only two or three 'be kind' rainbow ones out of pages and pages of badges.
"Otter Nonsense" Enamel Pin Badge Woodland Gatherer Gift Store AUST

Rum, you are in for one heck of a treat!

Sorry you got lost on the way here, did you not follow the van, and did you dilly-dally on the way?
Welcome back, find a comfy chair, order the tipple of your choice from a bargerbil, and settle down to read the Gosie Chronicles..

I'd like to add a vote for Angela Wild's "Wild Womyn"..

Thanks everyone, I do tend to dilly dally and I get easily distracted which is probably how I lost you all. Right, I have my tipple, both virtual and real, so I am going to settle in for a good read. I've put a tracker on one of the gerbils so I hopefully won't lose you again.

I naturally have high testosterone (the newly renamed PMOS) and I'm wearing trousers too. And my hair is shorter than that of several of my male students. However, I do also have a meno to pause, so that's all right then.

Kitty played a small but important part, & would be happy to show your lot around the Bluestocking. Including the catnip patch in the beer garden.

Have some countryside. I love it every day I walk in it.

I’m not sure @SidewaysOtterhas graced this thread yet, looks like you found her!

Thank you, Edith 💚just what I needed this evening!

Thank you Edith, what a beautiful place, thank you for sharing it - and Brains and Batshit - with us.

SidewaysOtter - of course, how could I have forgotten we have an otter!
Wasn't she in that Chinese film 'Sideways Otter, Reversing Ferret?'😁

The gerbils are treating tonight’s friendly with all the seriousness normally reserved for constitutional crises.

By late afternoon the habitat was divided into three camps.

The Enthusiasts
Gingersnap, Glitter and Gumdrop have painted tiny England flags on absolutely everything. Nobody knows where the flags came from. There seem to be more flags than gerbils.

Glitter has produced a banner reading: COME ON ENGLAND! Unfortunately it is hanging upside down. Nobody has mentioned this.

The Analysts
Gasket has become convinced she understands football. This conviction appeared around lunchtime. By evening she was explaining formations to anyone within earshot despite having never seen a match. Her tactical board currently contains three tunnels, a food dish and something labelled “Midfield Region”. No one understands it.

Least of all Gasket.

The Casual Supporters
Gooseberry is mostly interested in whether match nights involve snacks. She has heard rumours of special snacks. She is monitoring the situation carefully. Every ten minutes she asks if the football has started. Every ten minutes she is told no. This information appears genuinely surprising each time.

Meanwhile Gherkin has become concerned about international fairness. She has constructed a list of countries that may participate in the Gerbil World Cup.

The list currently contains:

• England
• Scotland
• Norway
• Brazil
• Tunnel

Nobody remembers how Tunnel got included. There is growing support for its participation.

As kick-off approaches, excitement spreads through the habitat. Gerbils begin gathering in front of the television. Some are facing the correct direction. Others are not. Gemima is sitting behind the television, apparently expecting football to emerge from the back. Gwendolyn has climbed onto the highest cushion and is observing events with the expression of a tournament organiser inspecting preparations. The actual football match is almost secondary.

What matters is that this is now officially World Cup Week. The draw is Wednesday tomorrow.

The tournament starts soon.

Countries have been selected only in principle.

Several administrative disasters are still expected.

Morale, however, is extremely high.

https://myrtlelion.substack.com/p/the-england-friendly