The Gerbil World Cup at the Bluestocking!

[Magpiecomplex]

New thread.

No pushing at the back, please, we have plenty of scones and kilts for everyone.

Good at bluffing, is our Boily.

She’s good altogether, except possibly her ethics over Tunnock-acquiring can be a little flexible.

The replay revealed that Gubbins had not actually kicked the ball. She had tripped over it, bounced off two teammates, collided with a corner flag, spun through half a circle and somehow propelled the ball into the net using a part of her anatomy not generally associated with football technique.
The crowd considered this magnificent.

The goal stood.

I agree that it’s magnificent. Perhaps it should count double. If Gubbins isn’t sure which team she’s playing for, perhaps it could be one for each side?

I wonder how many of the gerbils were sure which teams they were playing for?

oh, here you all are. phew!

It happened so fast, Deano! One minute we were discussing raspberries and mint, the next we were dismantling flipchart stands and packing up World Cup charts and maps and flags! (and, in the meantime, I had an argument with a camel)

I think the Gerbil World Cup has made a lot of us loopy

so different from the humdrum everyday

Evening all.
I'm not a fan of football, any football, but I do like Gubbins. Dear little Gubbins.

Meanwhile, my garden is overrun with nettles, brambles, couch grass, mint and raspberries, and although my neighbours bake and eat scowns, I remain true to my family background and upbringing and bake and eat sconns.

brilliantmaps.com/scone-map/

An aged (now late) cousin of mine used to pronounce it 'scun', to rhyme with 'one' because, as he explained, a) it was logical and b) it messed with people's minds. Well, he didn't describe as messing with people's minds, he wasn't of that generation, but that was what he meant.

Now, in my accent, scun and one do not rhyme. One rhymes (sort of) with gone. Won rhymes with scun. Wan rhymes with one.

I was brought up with the pronunciation of 'sconn' and I've heard Mary Berry use the same version on Bake-Off, so I'll stick with it.

Apparently, Prince William also used that pronunciation when visiting Cornwall recently and being offered a scone, but then he blotted his copybook by saying the cream should go on first, then the jam - in Cornwall!😱

Scone is definitely pronounced "sconn." It feels all wrong when you hear people say " sgoan."

And otherwise, how would the joke work?

Q: What is the fastest cake.
A: S'gone.

Magpie's accent intrigues me - I've never noticed "one" and "won" be pronounced differently before (I say them both as "wunn.")

Bargerbil! A Calming Conundrum, please, with extra gin, green tea and ginger. Those are all relaxants, right?

I've just had a rant over on The Doghouse at the smug, up themselves and downright nasty arses who can't wait to have a go at a new poster. I suspect that in real life they're not smug, up themselves and nasty, but that the internet does strange shit to them and they forget that the poor sod wondering about getting a cockapoo is an actual human being who is trying to do her best.

And if they are like that in their daily lives, they need a bloody big reality check.

Fuck me, that board does my head in sometimes.

Sorry. Will take my cocktail into a quiet corner and sink the lot in one.

@EdithStourton your picture has made me want a Bluestocking Arms t-shirt!

@ChristmasStars (sorry if I have tagged the wrong person) I have also tried miserably to grow mint. However, I planted some cat mint which is a prettier relative of cat nip, and despite of(or perhaps because) I have done nothing to it, it is flourishing in my garden at the moment! I also strangely have an ever increasing patch of oregano in the corner of the garden. I did once plant some at the opposite end but that died, so not sure how this has sprung up but it smells fantastic.

Gilets are a life essential. I have the fleece gilet, the hoodie gilet, the padded gilet and the waterproof gilet.

WRT scones. My maternal DGM baked scones. They were barely edible, being hard lumps of overcooked dough. They splintered as you cut into them and could only be eaten by adding their own weight in whipped cream and strawberry jam. TBF, my Gran was a shit cook but a brilliant Gran.

Clearly I need to try and grow cat mint then! Can you use it in cooking / tea?

At first I thought 'The Doghouse' was a pub and 'a new poster' was a new poster..
My excuse is that I'm unfamiliar with anything other than this board on MN, and the very occasional foray into shopping/style.

I'm sorry they wound you up, Edith, I hope the Calming Conundrum does the eponymous trick

Here I am fluttering in late as usual. I admire the style of gerbil football - go Gubbins!

Burford charity steps in after accidental guinea pig boom
I think we should step in to help.
Obvs the gerbils are on top of mixology, but I believe guinea pigs are excellent pâtissiers, or in this case, pâtissières - wouldn't it be lovely to have a constant supply of the most excellent cakes and pastries?
I think giving them a home and a job in the Bluey would be mutually beneficial.
We'll have to have a strict birth control regime in place, though😬

I think their names should start with P rather than G, don't you?

Sounds like guinea pigs definitely need strictly dividing between the Bluestocking and The Staunch Ally according to their sex!

Meanwhile, in Oxfordshire, a little guinea pig dreams of a home, a job where she can display all her patisserie skills, the camaraderie of other rodents...

G'night little guinea pig, g'night everybody🌛

G’night Marie

(or is G’night the piggy’s name?)

@Bergamotte
Magpie's accent intrigues me - I've never noticed "one" and "won" be pronounced differently before (I say them both as "wunn.")

How else would one ask which one won the race, at the end of any race? 🤓

I'm not sure, I just wanted to grow it for the cats. It's got lovely small blue flowers on it. The name to look out for in garden centres is nepeta.