anybody_fancy_a_nice_cup_of_tea DannyH I've just put the kettle on. 010808 ... Rhinna Me! 010808 ... Jeffrey the Poet I'd love one. 010808 ... DannyH Coming right up folks, the kettles nearly boiled. Take a seat. I think I've got some biscuits somewhere... Love the poetry by the way, Jeffrey. where do you get your inspiration? 010808 ... Jeffrey the Poet I prefer not to talk about my art. I let it speak for itself. It drains me to have to explain it. 010808 ... DannyH Oh right, well a nice steaming mug of tea should perk you up. Rhinna, do have a ginger biscuit. I made them myself. 010808 ... Rhinna Thank you, I'd love one...and thank you for the tea. Your quite gracious. 010808 ... DannyH Oh really, don't mention it, its nice to have some decent company for a change...ah I hear the click of the kettle. How do you take it? 010808 ... Jeffrey the Poet like my humour, black and with a pinch of salt. 010808 ... DannyH Okay I think we can arrange that for you Jeffrey if you're sure, though I don't think it'll taste very nice. It'll just take a few minutes to brew. 010808 ... Rhinna just with a little honey please... 010808 ... DannyH Oh, good choice. I've got some lovely homey that I bought on holiday in Greece. Now mugs, mugs...here they are. Ok Jeffrey you can have the one with a painted flower on it and Rhinna can have the one with a faded picture of John Travolta from the first time he was famous. Just for the record I'm having mine with a slice of lemon and one sugar in a mug with "Sarah" written on it. Now let's see. Ah yes, brewed to perfection. Seems a shame to ruin lapsang souchong with salt but there's no accounting for the artistic temperament. There you go folks, enjoy. 010808 ... DannyH Oops, don't worry Rhinna you won't be getting gang members in your tea. Anyone else want one? There's plenty left in the pot. 010808 ... Jeffrey the Poet You're right. It tastes disgusting but at least its different. 010808 ... Rhinna Thank you Danny! :-) 010808 ... DannyH You're welcome. Its nice to take a break from debating the existence of god and just sit down and have a cup of tea with some nice people. I seem to have come over all English. How's the weather where you are? 010808 ... Dafremen Good afternoon. I heard there was tea and company here, do you have room for another? If so would it be an imposition if I joined? 010808 ... DannyH Not at all, the more the merrier. How are you old boy? I've just freshened the pot. How do you take your tea? 010808 ... Dafremen Believe it or not with plenty of sugar and a lump of butter. Odd I know, but this DOES taste quite good. 5 lumps please. Sugar that is. One or two lumps of butter as you please, I'm not terribly picky on that measurement. I do thank you all for the kind invite, Jeffrey, I've been a fan for oh so long. Just hours and hours and hours. Well not cumulative, but rather the expanse of time over which I have been a fan. A huge fan nonetheless...quality not quantity if you see what I mean. Rhinna, Rhinna, how have you been. A little bird told me that you didn't find my ONE blather on Rhinna very amusing. I do regret that it distressed you so and hope that will be enough for us to bury the hatchet in a cup of tea together. Danny, a charming host as always. You've certainly outdone the IGLOO Cooler bench that I offered when you came over to MY blather. : ) 010808 ... DannyH Well well, we are having some cutting edge tea today. Five lumps and a slab of butter just as you say. lucky I've got the unsalted kind or we could be starting a very unpleasant trend. Here you go. You've got the mug given to me by the charming lesbian biker daughter of the boss of the first bookshop I ever worked in after we'd stayed up all night talking about vampires. It has a cartoon of a severely hungover bespectacled man on it. The butter's been in the fridge I'm afraid. I hope it doesn't cool down the tea too much. 010808 ... Dafremen Should be perfect, I hate hot food and beverages that are too hot or too cold, but they must ALWAYS start out too hot and cool down to just right. It can never just START warm, that irritates me for no particular reason than because it does. Thank you so much Danny, have a saucer or coaster or something? How about this Prancing Pony Lounge cocktail napkin? May I? 010808 ... DannyH Ahem, yes...feel free. that was a present from my um...godmother. Do have a biscuit. They're ginger, homemade. 010808 ... black-dyed gel product it's way too hot out for tea. 010808 ... DannyH Would you like a glass of orange squash black-dyed gel product? I've got Robinson's Orange Barley. Or maybe a Pimm's and lemonade. That's perfect for a hot day. I mix a mean one with strawberries, orange, apple and a sprig of mint. 010808 ... monadh did i miss the tea party? 010809 ... DannyH I'll make a fresh pot Monadh .oO[hope I've got enough mugs] 010809 ... Rhinna ::leaves the room as quietly as she entered:: 010809 ... Teenage Jesus ...thanx for reminding me to make coffee... 010809 ... Teenage Jesus I would stay Danny as I do fancy tea, but the boss is waiting for his Costa Rican (not bad either.) Perhaps another time? 010809 ... Aimee Master Danny, might I join in the festivities of this glorious day? 010809 ... Tank oh god yeah... i can't be bothered to make one myself... make mine a cup of god_juice... 010809 ... Dafremen god will be flattered, I'm sure. 010809 ... DannyH Welcome Aimee, good to see you again, and Tank(love the website you delicious cunt) sorry you couldn't stay Jesus (does the water/wine thing work with tea?) I think there's some more of my biscuits left, dig in. Now, let's find some more mugs...how do you all want it? 010809 ... farmfish makes mine a chai dannyboy, but doin't freeze it ye see, because it'll geeve me a foiken headache when i sloips it too queeklike. den whoile all da jooce ees gonzo, dere be noithin left but sluuursh. pooh! 010809 ... lost mmmm... i like my tea raspeberry and in a plastic bottle. shakin' not stirred. 010809 ... Dafremen (Notices a chill in the air as Rhinna leaves the room. Brrr.) Got any scones Danny? I've never officially HAD one is the thing and that's no condition for a man to die in. Scone closure is most definitely called for. 010810 ... kingsuperspecial hey, is this the same tea party as the one over at jeffrey_the_poets_wonderful_world_of_poetry ? I wanna scone please please please gimmie gimmie! 010810 ... big loudspeaker voice from somewhere overhead your attention please for an offical annoucment: kingsuperspecial would like in publicly known that he is aware that he mis-spelled Dafreman's name, and would like to offer an apology whenever it's convenient. He has not slept much in a couple of days, and has been hitting the sauce a bit, and the spelling is usually the first thing to go in these cases. just be patient, like most "bull in the china shop" stiuations, it's best to not confront or alarm him until AFTER he stops waving his nickle-plated Ruger Super Redhawk .44 magnum around. that is all, thank you. you may now return to your regularly scheduled blather, which is already in progress 010810 ... Dafremen No problem do0d, I usually respond to Daf Dafremen Dafreman Daffy, hey @$$hole...whatever.... 010810 ... Teenage Jesus ...just don't call me late for supper. 010810 ... Tank thank you dannyh for the compliment, one does try... i'm wondering if you could possibly make me a crumpet with raspberry jam as i have sorely missed those since jumping to this side of the big pond..? and again, mine will be an earl grey... thanks duckers me old muckers... 010810 ... Aimee I have mine with no sugar, but please, I do so enjoy camomile. 010810 ... DannyH ::[ping]:: Oh that's the oven. I almost forgot that I had scones cooking. Realy you should let them cool down but I know I can't resist them when they're warm. Okay. There's butter and raspberry jam and some Devonshire clotted cream. Don't fight over them there's plenty for everyone. Right now, here's a camomile for Aimee, so calming, just the thing for when it gets a bit edgy out here in blatherland. You've got the mug that says "chill out" over a picture of a hippy with a spliff next to an enormous smiley sunflower. farmfish - I've got a chai for you here. Do you want it straight? You're mug is the one I got as a corporate gift from the company I used to work for when we had a manager's meeting in Prague. Its infused with memories of almost getting arrested on Charles bridge in the snow at five o clock in the morning. Lost - here's a raspberry tea from the fridge, its cold but its not frozen. Good news about your girl, hope it all works out for you. tank - there's a crumpet in the toaster for you and here's an Earl Grey. Its a nice blend, not too much bergamot oil but still a nice orangey aroma. You've got the mug with a big fat hedgehog on it. It was a present from my girlfriend's grandmother. So glad you could all make it. 010810 ... Dafremen I'm almost certain that you're trying to goad me into throwing another beer bash over at my blather with this shindig o' tea scheme of yours. That's it isn't it Danny? One upmanship the British way? Out hospiTALitize ME will you? Oh well, beaten by an Atlantic Islander. I suppose there are worse fates. Delightful scones...store bought? Home made? Your own recipe? Mmmm..more butter please. Heheh, not in the tea mate, for the scones. : ) 010810 ... ashes (slowly enters room, hopefully unnoticed, grabs pillow and sits on the floor, closest to the corner) 010814 ... some guy :::rapes a scone::: 010814 ... nocturnal y'know, I hadn't come in here because I'm not a tea drinker by any means. but then I remembered there is one kind of tea that I don't mind. well, the word "tea" is in the name of it, anyway. I don't suppose you have any long island ice tea around, do you? I'd love a scone, but I prefer them cooled. well, don't like 'em with raisins in them, either. just gimme the alkeehawl. 010816 ... jem chai tea is my favourite its never as good as the pub's when i make it though i think they add crack or something cause i cant get enough of it. 010816 ... DannyH For you Liz, anything. The scones should have cooled down pretty well by now and a true Englishman would never poison them with raisins. ::[whips out a cocktail shaker and starts flipping bottles around in a rather adolescent attempt to impress the lovely Nocturnal, cracks the shaker open into a tall thirties art deco cocktail glass and hands it to Noc]:: There you go ;] Oh, hello Ashes, didn't see you there in the corner. Tea? Ah, and Jem I think I've still got a spot of crack left in the larder. I'll see if I can dig it out. It goes beautifully with the scones. Hmmmmm...curioser and curioser. 010817 ... nocturnal thanks, babe. you're such a charmer. 010817 ... kingsuperspecial ahh, the long island ice tea. keep your friends close, but your enemies closer, eh noc? gin vodka rum tequila triple sec splash of sour mix splash of coke a lemon wedge served with ice in a tall collis or pint glass. provides near instant dain_bramage. The stolichnaya martinis (always sets of 3 for some reason) came to roost last night. The final score was 6-0, advantage booze, a couple of innocent greyhounds and a boddingtons got caught up in the mele. Some wounded still not accounted for. Froze my sexy ass while driving the 750 over the bay bridge - seems my leather jacket needed a day off yesterday? Cripes, me hurting - any "hair of the dog" types of tea laying around this joint? 010817