Mad Over Fifties Club

[nungate]

Good evening and welcome to Nungate Towers and the latest meeting of the Mad Over Fifties Club.
Igor is in the entrance hall, waiting to collect coats, cloaks and broomsticks, for concealment around various crooks and nannies in the Towers, however whether the aforementioned garments ever see the light of day again purely down to chance
Our Tailcock for tonight is the "Jolly Zookeeper" an interesting brew, lovely aroma ............................
Our hot plate special tonight is a step away from our normal fare, we have kangaroo steaks, and other "exotic meats" Of course, just in case the "special" is not to everyone's taste we will have an alternative available
when we decide what it is we'll let members know. On the pudding trolley there is a tropical fruit pavlova with lots of whipped cream (no bananas) and of course it would not be a proper meeting of MOFC without our world famous (well in the AB world that is) volly vonts, canopies, and horses doovers.....
Up in the Great Hall Gallery the minstrels are warming up readying themselves to give us a selection of Madrigals and toccattas (yet again....)
and in the ballroom, we have engaged the services of that well known local band the Tone Deafs to play for those wishing to dance or simply shuffle around the floor! (will members please remember to remain vertical at all times during the dancing) As an extra treat tonight we have "acquired" some penguins who will be on parade later this evening, we also have a juggling polar bear and tap dancing giraffe (I do hope he doesn't fall in to the sink!!!)
As always we have a fabulous choice of activities and games for our members, the indoor pool is lovely and warm(ish) and ready for those wishing a swim. The hot tub is still in the dungeons keeping company with the indoor pool, as is the mini bar! The library is fully stocked and we have just received the latest edition of Home and Quantum Physics monthly, I'm told it's a very interesting read .....
Members will be aware of all the facilities available at the Towers for their use and enjoyment, I would however like to reiterate that members must not feed the Triffid in the conservatory and must deposit all litter in the bins provided and not toss it in the moat, as it gives the piranhas indigestion, we had to call the ickthyological vet out this week as some of our fish had developed a severe case of the "upset Tummies" and we had to empty the moat and refill it (we have the scars to prove it!!)
Members wishing to stay overnight are requested to make their wishes known to Belle in the vestibule who will arrange a guest suite for them in the West Wing.
A warm welcome awaits all who dare enter these portals


carriages at midnight

[tonyav]

Evening, DT, Dorset pasties !, what are the ingredients needed to make those ?.

[DTCwordfan]

etc not tec!

[DTCwordfan]

mince meat, tony, mince meat - worthy of being called a Gregg's pastie. Need I say any more.

[Psybbo]

Daisy, guess who's paying? Hi DTC, you're sounding stressed!

[tonyav]

worthy of being called a Gregg's pastie. Need I say any more.

No, DT, that explains it all.

[nungate]

and ..... relax DT, you're with friends, time to de-stress if need be

[DaisyNonna]

Understood Sibs, D and SiL paid for their own wedding. Beggared off to Isle of Man digging and left me to organise it!

[DTCwordfan]

Oh this brings out the romantic bard.

Quietly as the Towers rosebuds
Talk to the thin AB air,
Love came so lightly,
Queenie knew not he was there.

Quietly as lovers
Creep at the Irish moon,
Softly as Psybbs may tremble
in the tears of a Piper's tune;

Quietly as AB lilies
Their faint vows declare
Came the shy Fife pilgrim:
Queenie knew not he was there.

Quietly as Daisy's tears fall
On a warm tony sin,
Softly as the Bard's griefs call
Psybbs has the BF already in a violin;

Without MoFC hail or tempest,
The Towers sword of flame.
Love came so lightly
We knew not that they came.

[nungate]

Daisy, I'm an idiot!

[nungate]

"a shy Fife pilgrim" she'll love that DT

[DTCwordfan]

Gawd - Specsavers here I come, I thought that Daisy, of all folk, had written,
'Beggared off to Isle of Man dogging'

[DaisyNonna]

I beg to differ nungate. But why?

[tonyav]

LOL, to open there for that, DT !.

[nungate]

archaeologists do a lot of digging, don't they Daisy?


I have a discount voucher for Specsavers DT ......

[DaisyNonna]

Dt! I am mortified.

[nungate]

Remember that sampler I mentioned? Well I finished it and I was going to take a photo and send it to you before I took it to the framer but I forgot and only just remembered, hence the idiot! Brain like a sieve!

[DTCwordfan]

I'll have to go to +2.75s, Daisy, lol

[DaisyNonna]

Not to worry, nun. Send a photo when it comes back from framing.
Archaeologists have many skills.

[DaisyNonna]

You lost me there Dt. Am I being obtuse? probably

[nungate]

Should be ready about the middle of next month, I took another embroidery in too, are you familiar with the poster Chat Noir, a black cat, sitting on a big red box with Montmartre in the background (the word not the place) it was a version of that poster I stitched, though I have since found another chart which is more like the poster than the one I stitched so I may do that in future