The Bluestocking, a unique location for daughters and sisters of earth, frost, feathers, fur, scales and spines

[AsWithGlad]

Welcome to The Bluestocking, the best (perhaps only) online women's pub. Nothing in the food or drink can harm you, everything is served by a very enthusiastic crew of gerbils, who enjoy doing this, and any curious menfolk are welcome at the Staunch Ally down the road.

Previous thread: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/feminism/5568996-the-bluestocking-pub-where-we-continue-to-read-about-gerbils-nobly-and-bravely-working-undercover-in-the-fen?page=1

The actual stained glass window that Fuzzy was looking at is this one. I gave it to AI and it did its own thing.

Hurray, we’re going to Sweden!!!

Also Kitty has been listening all the time I’ve been learning Norwegian on Duolingo, & apparently Norwegian is very like Swedish, so that might be helpful too.

Marie, I know there are many winged Bluestockings but I must remind you that "Chickadee is a bird, not a bus."

I slept for 12 hours overnight and swam in the sea for about 90 minutes this afternoon. All is delightful in my world at the moment.

That does indeed sound delightful!

I'm quite a lot bigger than Chic, but I'm not sure I'd be much better as a bus. One or two smallish passengers only, please. I do remember flying Boily around Paris a while ago.

Does Fuzzy's discovery mean that we're going to have to scour every building in the country (world?) for stained glass? What about all those front doors with stained glass panels?! And what about those windows which are leaded but not stained or grisaille?

Think what a good bus Errol would make though. Or even a double decker coach.

This is such fascinating stuff. I'd never heard of the Great Halls until now. Now waiting to discover what information I will come up with in my peregrinations around the East Midland.

I can picture Kitty morphing into a Catbus, Totoro-style, if the mood took her.

She’s got her UFO, her skateboard, her dragon & her camel - all the transport options she needs!

"Nobody in the history of the world has ever asked a cat its business.”

Ha! I have almost caught up. I'll have to go back and read the chronicles again, but I loved Marie's exploration of the octagonal chapel.

I also love the idea of all the Bluestockingers getting the chance to enact the classic joke of leaping into a taxi with a wild cry of 'Get me to Ballinasloe, fast!'.

Classic jokes don't have to be actually funny, just familiar.

There are several places called Ballina.

Speaking of not terribly funny jokes, what did the goldfish say to the pondweed? 'Ello dear.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elodea_canadensis

I’ve been wondering about Fuzzy too, Marie. (Can’t tag her ‘cos she’s not on the thread).
Been waiting for her to pop in so I can ask her a question about seagulls ☺️.

You can always tag people not on the thread by adding @ and then their username. Not sure if capitals matter. It means I have been able to summon Bluestockingers here by tagging in the story. Some of them had lost us, so it's been very helpful.

I tried that a few times, Myrtle, but nothing came up beginning with F. I assumed it was because there were no posts on this thread. But I did have the thought that you’d done it in the story and assumed you must have premium special membership…. I am even more baffled now.

A little bird tells me that Fuzzy is ok, just busy with real life Puffling stuff.

I hope she doesn't feel stalked
The latest Gosie episode is a possible suggestion - she's been so busy over in Cornwall that she hasn't been able to pop in to the Bluey.
She may re-appear now we've had the update about the non-Cathedral stained glass windows she has discovered.

. A party of gerbils in northern Sweden will be noticed. .. sorry, but I think that is a claim that has to be tested, can we get a party of gerbils together and send them to norther Sweden, and record local reactions?

I've just read later posts - if Fuzzy is OK but busy with Pufflingstuff, that's great

Excellent! ☺️

There are indeed, Deano, there's even one in Australia where they pronounce it Bal-eye-nah instead of Bal-in-ah.
Béal an Átha, the river mouth of the ford, makes the Bal-in-ah pronunciation the logical one.