Mad Over Fifties Club

[nungate]

Greetings to all Mad Over Fifties, the Towers are now open for tonight's meeting. Tonight, it's Liberty Hall! Down at the beach there's a barbecue and local band the Tone Deafs will be providing the music. Speaking for myself I have decided something summery and floaty ...... you will find me wearing the swimming pool! The Minstrels are back in the gallery ready to inflict their usual madrigals and toccatas upon us. We have no hot plate specials or a selection of puddings, but barbecue is available, and Luigi's ice cream van is also down at the beach. There's a tea house down at the lake serving an assortment of refreshments, and within the Towers there is a buffet table with a choice of volley vonts and canopies. The Mixologist will be mixing a variety of tailcocks to suit everyone's individual tastes!
So come one come all, the hot tub is set to "tepid" (who wants hot in this heat?) the mini bar s full to bursting. The gardens and grounds at Nungate Towers is at the disposal of all Mad Over Fifties, so if there's anything special you particularly want simply ask!

A "warm" welcome awaits all who dare enter these portals

carriages at midnight.

[DTCwordfan]

tony will be in later as to the lock - give him a spade and shovel and tell him to take his pick.

[Mammar]

Sorry it's a bit sparse. I"m a bit overcome by the heat.
I do hope I win those leaky buckets with the ice in.
I shall bimble over to the Barbie and do a cheeseburger loaded with onions, mustard and ketchup then I shall take it with me while I go to the sea for a paddle. This is sensible as, when all the deliciousness dribbles down my chin I can go in deeper and wash it off.

[DaisyNonna]

nungate, where is Igor? I do miss his lugubriously shiny presence. I wanted to ask him if he knows anything about taps.

[Mammar]

I'm still confused but cheered by the thought of chocolate availability.

[nungate]

Ah Daisy, Igor told me to convey his apologies, he is having some computer problems and is unable to log on this evening, he was using mine for a while but I have need of it too so he is lurking somewhere in the Towers, probably polishing his chains ...... again. (and yearning for a new minion)

[DTCwordfan]

I suspect his lips are sealed, daisy.

[Mammar]

DT dear, you appear to know all about cricket from your list of roffle prizes so could you explain the offside rule to me, please? I'll make you a cheeseburger special in recompense. X

[DaisyNonna]

If anyone needs a minion it is Igor. Please convey my regards. wonder if I have a spell to produce minions?

[DTCwordfan]

where your balls are ahead of the front line.....if you are behind it that is your leg is on, hence leg on and in front, leg off. If you can't get near the line, that's short leg, if you are a gourmet or antiques dealer, that is fine leg and if you think that I am being crude, this is classified as a square leg. You can be a deep square leg (ultra-conservatives) or a deep fine lge (you work for Sotheby's).

[DTCwordfan]

leg not lge...

[nungate]

Oh Daisy a spell for minions! He would be so pleased, he's taken the loss of Simpkins hard, didn't expect him to prefer looking after the animals to assisting him around the Towers. I've been interviewing minions all week, I have one or two possibilities, we shall have to wait and see

[Mammar]

All I know is when you're out you go in and when you're out, then you go in again but this time to the pavilion for sandwiches and cake. Sounds like a good game to me.
Are we winning, by the way?

[nungate]

I hope so Mammar

[DTCwordfan]

Just about.

We were asked to define 'being out at cricket - for the benefit of the non-Commonwealth or UK members of the audience here' at the start of a commercial law module, near Regents Park. The year before us, there was a deathly hush and then some piped up "They are all up at Lords."

Our year, one English colleague came out with "A cessation of being 'in.'"

[tonyav]

Evening your nungateship and all, why is Igor cross dressing tonight ?.
I hear there may be a job for me, locks !.

Ohhhhh, special tailcocks, terrific. I think I will try on of Luigi's special Gelati's.

Anyhoo for the roffle I have one pack of cool wipes ( weather has made them warm now though ) and one childs paddling pool ( punctured ) and from my cousins MG TF, her knackered set of plug leads and one set of spark plugs.

[nungate]

I put my theory of cricket to my husband thus - 2 teams of 11 one 11 is in and the other 11 are out and the team that are out are trying to get the team that is in out. When the team that is in are all out then the team that are out are now in and the team that are not out must try to put the team that are in out. Then I asked him is that how it is. His reply? My brain hurts!

[nungate]

Good evening Tony. I trust you are well. BTW thanks for your help, boot has been applied and we should be in possession of the required mirror in a few days.

[tonyav]

Excellent nungate, just the glass ?.

[nungate]

Just the glass! Tried a few scrappies but they wanted to sell me the entire thing! Heated, wide angle was ordered. If he can't manage to fit it in I think I'll have a go, I'm more techinically minded than he is

[DaisyNonna]

By the clicking of my toes
I think a minion nearby goes,
He needs an Igor to help him serve
With grace and skill and still with verve,
Just join with me and he will come,
Call to Jose, the chosen one.