Mad Over Fifties Club

[nungate]

Hello, and welcome to Nungate Towers for another gathering of the Answerbank's Mad Over Fifties Club. As we all gather in the vestibule before scooting off in pursuit of our favourite pasttimes shall I tell you of all the treats we have in store for tonight?
Tonight the Tailcock will be the "Woffy" a tailcock of distinction and created as a celebration of British Speedway Rider's Tai Woffenden's victory in tonight's Speedway Grand Prix in Poland. Ladies and Gentlemen of MOFC. Britain has a new World Champion! He needed only 6 points to become World Champion which he achieved in the earliest races of this evening (I might also add that he achieved this suffering with a broken collar bone!) A quick round of applause for opur latest world champion!!
Our hot plate special this evening will be a delicious roast chicken with all the usual trimmings! I might also add that our chicken tonight was raised on the Nungate estate - the chickens here are vicious but delicious! On the pudding trolley there is a lovely apple and blackberry crumble (there seems to be a glut of Blackberry's these days since the advent of the Iphone - nice to be able to use them up!) and lashings of custard!
Of course as always we have a wonderful selection of volly vonts, canopies and a welcome return to our menu, horses doovers! mmm yum!
The minstrels are again up in the gallery warming up to give us their toccattas, fugues and madrigals! As the evening progresses they will give us their own interpretation of the greatest hits of Kiss! (?) Moving along, performing in the indoor swimming pool we have the Muckleflugga and Penge
Formation Drowning ..... sorry Swimming team! Up on the north tower the hot tub is bubbling away, the bungee is full of bounce (I reiterate to take care where you "aim" the bungee - moat is full of piranhas) There's a roaring fire in the snug for those in need of a quiet moment, there is also a good fire in the Library, and, the latest edition of Crochet and Arc Welding weekly has just arrived! Tickets for tonight's rofl are available from Belle in the vestibule. Igor has sent a message from his sick bed. He thanks you all for your good wishes, poor lamb is still in traction but hopes everyone will have a good time and he will be back in his chains as soon as he possibly can.
Be assured a warm welcome awaits all who dare enter these portals!

carriages at midnight

[tonyav]

Righto then Daisy, your on. First one to the deep end then.

[nungate]

Good night then DT - try not to get lost on those wooden stairs now....

[tonyav]

G'night, DT.

[DaisyNonna]

How come the knight's armour doesn't rust? Why is he here anyway?

[nungate]

Does everyone have their rofl tickets? I shall be making the draw very soon

[tonyav]

C'os it's made from stainless steel, Daisy !.


Yes I'm ready, nungate.

[DaisyNonna]

Better get back for the rifle Tony. Does a rifle have a magazine?

[nungate]

Tickets ready? Then I'll begin........ thrust hand into tombola

tonight's winning number is: mauve

and the winning colours are:

5
30
27
18
9

Prizes can be collected from Belle in the vestibule

[tonyav]

Yes some do, Daisy.


Yay, I've won all of those Nissan prizes that mrs overkill bought.

[nungate]

I got the Embalmer Magazine, I shall have them bound and added to the library

[DaisyNonna]

Purple is nearly mauve, but not near enough, Steel? Bessemer? 19th century? Knight in armour? Another Woffy please.

[nungate]

Ah, here's Plant now Daisy. Not armour an armoire - a posh cupboard!!

[tonyav]

G'night all, thanks for a lovely evening as usual, nungate.

[DaisyNonna]

But I saw him! Visor down, holding a sword in his left hand. Must be Scottish.

[nungate]

Good night Tony


Ah yes Daisy, but where was his sgian dhu?

[DaisyNonna]

Going Tony? Goodnight then. Thanks for your company.

[DaisyNonna]

Couldn't see his socks through his armour! Certainly not in his right hand (or gauntlet).

[nungate]

... and then there was two!
I must admit to feeling more than a little sleepy myself, it's caertainly been an interesting week. I t started off badly and careered down hill after that

[DaisyNonna]

Sorry to hear of Igor's accident. How did it happen? If you want to get off to bed, just say. Eric is always ready for an early night.
Perhaps you could let me know next week about the left handed Scots clan who built their spiral staircase the other way round.

[nungate]

Igor tripped on his chains while polishing some cobwebs and landed badly. I have heard of the spiral staircase going the "wrong" way because it aided the defenders as their sword arm movement was limited and they could not "swing" the sword as they would normally because of the stair spiralling in the opposite way to the more normal twist. I wonder if it might have been the Kerr Clan (I claim Kerr ancestry you see) Something to look up.
I will be seeing to my e mails tomorrow Daisy, I know I owe you a reply