Mad over fifties Club

[ladyalex]

The Club is now Open


Welcome once more to our evening of tailcocks, nibbles and conviviality.

The weather is closing in but the fires have been banked up and all is cosy here in the clubhouse.


Unfortunately I have managed to contract yet another so-called 'virus' so will probably leave early to go to bed with Wodehouse and whisky...didn't work too well last time, but I'll give the old cove another chance.


Raffle prizes so far are:

A snow shovel (handle broken)

Earmuffs (fluffy mauve)

Hand knitted socks...one blue, one green

[Mamyalynne]

Good evening Milady - all fires are lit and a feast awaits, my own hand raised pork and Stilton pies, a selection of continental breads and Patés too. A huge pot of warming spiced butternut squash soup is on the Aga.

Tonights tailcock is the Twinkle tipple* - a festive drink with a hint of sparkle but not enough to cause the hiccups.

For the Rofl

A box of party poppers (no pop)
A can of silly string (lime green)
Jar of Pickled quail's eggs.

[ladyalex]

Good evening Mamyalynneand may I compliment you on your wings and halo?

A stoup of Twinkle Tipple* sounds just the job.
Hand raised pork and stilton pie later , I think.

[Mamyalynne]

Certainly Milady and you are looking fine too, sorry about the virus, they are everywhere aren't they

[ladyalex]

We have not got around to decorating the outside of the house yet this year, but as we speak, lordalex is un-twisting fairy lights and disentangling tinsel.

Rotten viruses...never used to have them when I was a gel.

[Mamyalynne]

You rest up and I will give his ludship a hand.

[dr b]

Greetings from the colonies. Freshly back from buying our Christmas tree; is there something that can remove pine sap from one's hands (Twinkle tipple, perhaps?) as my fingers are tending to stick to the keyssssssssss

[Lie-in King]

Good evening m'lady, Matron.

May I apologise for my unseemly absence last weekend?

I may?

Thank you.

I apologise.

For the rofl I can offer -

An old green cardigan (size - variable).
An electricity bill - unpaid & unwanted.
A humbug.

I shall open the secret cupboard & begin hiding coats, then serve the tailcocks.

[Mamyalynne]

Hi DrB and Maj Butler, I have some sap remover in the scullery somewhere.

[DTCwordfan]

Sorry, I have been up on the roof putting a 30ft high inflatable of a sheep chewing Santa's butt up on the chimney. The bloody wind.....

Offerings:

*1 TV aerial - pre digital
*3 toes - post digital
*2 three foot lengths of Zinc guttering
*1 Ivy climber with her mate, Holly....who is on offer.
*1 New Zealand Christmas Tree - with pines in flower
*1 bottle of Felton Road Pinot Noir ‘Block 5’ 2000, Central Otago, part drunk and if you don't win it, I will drink it
*1 250 metre of rolled barbed wire - excellent for keeping your partner/the sheep/Anti Cameron Germans out of the bedroom
*1 Taser gun, only fired once.

[Lie-in King]

Good evening, Dr - one flagon of Twinkle Tipple, sir - if I may be permitted to hide your coat?

Thank you. (I strongly recommend against drinking the sap remover...)

[ladyalex]

Welcome, colonial guest and British Lion.How lovely to see you both.

Is there snow in the far west, dr b? I am reliably informed that Massachusetts has so far remained snow-free.

[Mamyalynne]

Don't mention the Fiddler Milady, sip!

[ladyalex]

Hello DT, you sneaked in there when I wasn't looking.

Perhaps we could have an inflatable on the roof this year...Rudolf and his pals perhaps ?

[Lie-in King]

Will m'lady be requiring her usual large flagon of tailcock, or will the extremely rare & expensive whisky suffice?

[Lie-in King]

Tailcocks, tailcocks! Get 'em while they're twinkly, they're lovely!

[dr b]

So far we have remained snow free though the cold weather arrived this week. (I think St. Louis would be referred to as the "Midwest", now that Lewis and Clark have discovered a reliable route to Oregon. But to your East Coast correspondent, we are all the "far west", I suppose.)

[Mamyalynne]

Whoo is to be volunteered for roof duty?? Remember the flagpole incident

[ladyalex]

The Fiddler appears to be here, or should I say there, to stay, Mamya.
Sorry to dash your hopes again...

[Mamyalynne]

Sob!! big sip!! Another please, before I attempt the roof ladder.

[ladyalex]

Thanks for the tip about westward travel dr b. That should take weeks off the journey.
Glad you're snow-free.

I think I'll start with tailcocks, LIK, then move on to whisky later.