MM & KM Links December 2007 [Week 1]

[crofter]

This will be the first week in the reign of Queen Kay and she has been working very hard to acquire the IT skills to fulfil her royal duties tomorrow. However, one thing that she is strong at is in her selection of creative themes. Tomorrow's game looks like being "lively"!

I expect great activity from those miscreants lurking in the Shrubbery. For the first week you can only go with your gut instinct and hope for the best! Recall last week I put my money on evsajo, so I can usually smell victory ~ but only after a couple of weeks' results!

I'll be standing by from about 8.30 in the morning, just in case! The MM Link Game should be launched by Queen Kay, who will set her four words to be linked at 9.00am.

The international version of this same game is called KM Links and kicks off at the unearthly hour of about 06.30am! Look out for seekeerz from Oz who provides the tucker (eyeball*, te*ticles and peni*es according to "I'm a Celebrity"). Suddenly, marmite sarnies and tinnies doesn't sound too bad! Seriously, seekeerz does a fantastic job keeping scores for that parallel game.

"Ta*ty te*ticles" is an example of a DOUBLE DECKER! "What's one of those"?
You'll soon be wishing that you never asked!

[evsajo]

This is Queen Kay flexing her Royal IT muscles ready for tomorrow's MM
launch. They say, "Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some have
greatness thrust upon them!"

Now I know what they mean! Wish me luck!

[jan1956]

good luck Kay I am sure you will enjoy your reign,
I shall be lat ewith my choices as am at work at 9am sampling the mulled wine and baileys!!!
I have a head start tonight in the shrubbery.
I can just imagine telling customers I was drinking in the shrubbery last night!
Where is everyone tonight??

[evsajo]

I am here Jan which is quite early for me, but I will be popping in and out as I have to ring daughter in Brixham which is usually an hours job!!!
I am sure Pauline will be here soon.She has had a very busy day today looking for "projects" on the web and has found some very interesting sites.
Off now for a short time.

[paulineward]

evsajo..you will be just fine!!!
What's crofter on about ...Double Deckers???

[JoolsTwo]

Good luck Kay - not that you'll need it. I'll see you all later of to the pub now. :-)

[paulineward]

Jools...don't drink too much!!

[JoolsTwo]

No, I'm driving - I'll have one later in the shrubbery. Make sure you save me some Pauline, I'm relying on you. :-)

[paulineward]

Now that will depend on what time you get back!! :-))

[jan1956]

I had a customer sample the warm mulled wine today and she asked "does it come out of the bottle like that?" I worry how some of them cross the road somtimes!
Are we going on the bus again this week?

[evsajo]

Pauline I haven't got a clue but wasn't it a chocolate bar many years ago and also there was a children's programme called "the Double Deckers" ? Only joking!!!!
ps Seen any good pictures lately ?

[jan1956]

ooh Kay I used to watch the double deckers on tv, didn't they solve problems and sing songs?
we could all do that
jan

[paulineward]

Jan...unbelievable some people aren't they??

Kay...how many Bailey's for you to start talking links!

Talking of Double Deckers...where did we leave it last week?

[paulineward]

Jan...solve problems on a quiz site?? :-))

[crofter]

jan ~ What is the best way to warm mulled wine?

[serious question]

[jan1956]

I zap it in a microwave, put it in a pyrex or plastic jug don't boil it just warm it
lovely!
The sainsburys one is 10% so not the strongest wine, but slips down a treat when warm.It is �2.99 and at the moment we have an offer of 25% off when you buy any 6 wine so the mulled comes down to �2.25 a bottle. Does not last long in our house.
jan

[crofter]

Thanks jan ~ Sounds OK to me!

[Strix]

Ho, I was queuing at the bust stop at ten to seven waiting for Sarumite to arrive with the remains of the Shrubbery omnibus when after half an hour and not even a glimmer of camel train had passed I snuck down to the local public bar for a quick couple of pints of Guinness with tots of port tipped in - an excellent A1 route to instant amnesia. So much to my chagrin on my return I find not only have I missed the 'bus but the laydees of the night are now tucking into mulled wine whilst using their emery boards to sharpen their talons. Did they send out an invitation to tonights do, did they state a time and a place? Not a bl**ding chance, they want the whole so**ing plantation to themselves.
So, pitifully weak and pathetic as I am (once bitten, twice shy) I shall have to linger in the undergrowth until such time as one of my braver male friends pitches up so we can venture forth together to guard each other against the predatory nature of the Ladies of the Laburnums.
Hip flasks at the ready, camouflage garb and Kevlar on, I await my reinforcements before joining in the hoolie that constitutes a quiet Saturday night in the Shrubbery - (which does sound a little like the "Priory" without the restrictions!).
Keep gluggin' gals.........we're coming....brace yourselves Sheilas.
Slainte
Strix
p.s. Crofter - Ozzie Orchids, pan fried with a little garlic may not be a double decker but are probably more than mere "frivolit�s"!

[paulineward]

We can manage as many as you fetch Strix!!
By the way..did you have your bus pass with you??

[Strix]

Oh, pauline(ward), I still have a few (not many!) years to pass before my eligibility for a bus pass. So I still have to pay for my ticket and cannot beg free drinks off strangers on the basis of decrepitude!

[Christiana]

What's going on. I was nicely tucked up on the top deck, waiting for things to happen. Next thing I know we're bouncing along to who know's where, someone's tripped and poured mulled wine all over me (but nary a drop in my mouth) and some strange voice keeps burbling on about Dee Crept something or other. Where is she? and why is she creeping about anyway?