BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Susan A-R
Date: 12 Dec 00 - 11:25 PM

Ah, a bit more red wine, (like last night) and now it's time for friiied grits (Mom always put the leftover grits in an orange juice can then cut them into rounds the next day and fried them in bacon grease. Mmmm. Just got back from fiddle session, and I think the wine was stronger than usual. Good tunes though. Anyone here know Elsic's Fairewell??

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: GUEST,Matt_R
Date: 12 Dec 00 - 09:00 AM

Send a little message to you...I'm gonna get out of heeeeeeeeeerrrrrreeeeee. Gomez.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: GUEST,Greyeyes
Date: 12 Dec 00 - 08:57 AM

Click here for part 2.The debauchery continues

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Gervase
Date: 12 Dec 00 - 08:54 AM

I'm a bit dubious about these 'ere gritty things. Sounds to me like chomping gravel.
How's about some pork scratchings instead - get me seven or eight bags and a tube of glue, and I'll make you an AIrfix pig!

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 12 Dec 00 - 08:42 AM

So where did the weekend go? Has anyone seen my legs??

Gervase, I have a soft spot for my mother in law.

Grimpen Mire!!

There is a cat asleep on the other end of the keyboard, and she has a faint aroma of vinegar about her.... is this anything to do with you, Morty??

And what have you done with Gomez??

Is is cocktail hour yet??

Anyone for a Long slow screw against the wall??

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Allan C.
Date: 12 Dec 00 - 08:41 AM

Hey, could someone please do a Blicky for this thread to a continuation? I would if I could.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Naemanson
Date: 12 Dec 00 - 06:50 AM

Yeah! I stole it off a cassette and have never heard it since. I would love to get the chords for it. I'm planning that for a future thread.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: GUEST,micca at work
Date: 12 Dec 00 - 06:46 AM

Brett, is that the one that starts
" The night that Paddy Murphy died
is a night I'll never forget
All the lads got roaring drunk
Theres some not sober yet
??????

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Naemanson
Date: 12 Dec 00 - 03:58 AM

Hey Susan, I'll have some of those grits but only with an egg, over easy, served on top of them. Yum!

Someone hollared for the cops, they busted down the door,
They jumped upon old Paddy's back and laid him on the floor,
They knocked him once behind the ear and they knocked him on the head,
But when they got up from his back, well, they found out he was dead,
Mrs.. Murphy started in to battle with them cops,
She licked 'em every one of them she chased 'em several blocks,
A lovely time was had by all, 18 in courts were tried
For having caused a riot on the night Pat Murphy died.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Allan C.
Date: 12 Dec 00 - 12:26 AM

You've just gotta see about getting that hearing checked, Carol. The charge was: exposing an officer and impersonating indecency. It was a trumped up charge because they like to lock up as many accordian players as possible. There's no bail involved; but a bit of bribery is required. You'll be released in a few minutes.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: CarolC
Date: 12 Dec 00 - 12:17 AM

I can hear the strains of a haunting melody faintly drifting in through the back door of the kitchen. I open the door and follow the sound. Down the back-alley and around the corner I find a pair of buskers playing a beautiful tune on an accordion and a fiddle.

I stand, transfixed by the music... HEY! Who's grabbing my arm!? Hey! That hurts! What do you mean you're taking me down to the station? Impersonating an officer and indecent exposure? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

Hey guys! Can someone come bail me out?

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Allan C.
Date: 12 Dec 00 - 12:01 AM

"Yes, for paradise the Southland is my nominee. Jes' give me a ham hock and a grit of hominy."

Although I am a Californian by birth, I will always have a soft spot in my gut for the South - especially its food. But on the other hand, there aren't many things that surpass a Montana steak 'n eggs breakfast. Then again, I'd enjoy sopping up the last bit of a good batch of frijoles and red peppers with a flour tortilla. Or...aw heck. I just like it ALL! (Well, almost all. I have yet to figure out why brussels sprouts exist.)

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Allan C.
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 11:42 PM

After you get thawed, Alice, perhaps you would favor us with a selection from The Merry Widow or, well...you choose something.

Meanwhile I'll see what I can do to give Susan a hand. I'd imagine she is plenty tired. Those old refrigerators can put up quite a fight.

Speaking of refrigerators, I wonder if Carol got herself locked in the walk-in or something. Haven't seen her for awhile.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: kimmers
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 11:35 PM

Grits!! Yum, I'll take a dish when they're done. What do we drink with grits? Kentucky Bourbon?

Grits make me think of the South, which makes me think of the American Civil War (everything makes me think of the Civil War), so how about a chorus of the Army Bean Song? To the tune of "Sweet By an By":

Tis the bean, that we mean, And we'll eat as we ne'er ate before Army beans, nice and clean We will stick to our beans ever more

(the rest is in the DT, and I'll be damned if I'm going to type it all. Just sing the chorus; you're too tipsy for the rest)

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Alice
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 11:25 PM

Thanks, Allan. That feels better (you can have my share of the grits ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Allan C.
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 11:18 PM

Here's a lightly layered luscious latte for you, Alice. Now, lets get those boots off and I'll try to rub some circulation back into your feet. I can't spend much time at it though. Susan sounds as if she knows a thing or two about grits and I'd hate to miss out on them.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Susan A-R
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 11:14 PM

Was it something I said? Did I burn those grits?

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Matt_R
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 11:04 PM

I've got word of thanks,
thanks that I'd like to say,
for the rage that I feel,
the rage that I feel today.
Gotta stack, gotta stack,
stack of chips on my shoulder,
in everything I do 'cause I made, I made,
I made the mistake of trusting you.
People like you just fuel my fire.
People like you just fuel my fire.
People like you just fuel my fire.
People like you just fuel.
Yeah, my layers are thick,
And I got a bad attitude.
Yeah, that knife in my back,
has fingerprints that belong to you,
Got a grudge, got a grudge,
got a grudge that I'm holding,
for as long as I live,
'cause you lied, you lied,
you lied to my face,
and that's something I can't forgive.
People like you just fuel my fire.
People like you just fuel my fire.
People like you just fuel my fire.
People like you just fuel!

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Susan A-R
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 10:43 PM

Grits!? Did someone say grits? The real kind, not the instant ones, with lots of butter, a bit of salt, that kind? Lemme rummage around here and see what I can find. Oh, and could someone pour me a nice red wine, not too sweet, with a bit of oak and strawberry flavor (whatever the hell that means) As soon as I find these . . . Ah, there they are. . . I plan to set them going and take a load off my feet for a while. I started out the day moving a refrigerator, cooked for about 8 hours, then ended the day cleaning the new fridge. Awful things happen those suckers when they are left closed, and not quite clean for a while. Whew!

Ahhhhhh, rouse me when the grits need attention.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Alice
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 10:40 PM

Matt, I just came in from below zero Fahrenheit, deathly cold. I could use a firestarter like yourself. A roaring fire where I can thaw out... that's the ticket... and anything warm to drink.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Naemanson
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 10:40 PM

OK Mortee, arm in arm in harmony,

My lover she lies asleep,
My lover is warm and her heart is mellow,
I give the whole world just to share her pillow,
On a Monday morning.

If only the birds would booze,
If only the sun were a party giver,
If I could trade someone else my liver,
On a monday morning.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Allan C.
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 10:07 PM

Hey CarolC! While you're back there, could you see if there might be some grits back there? No, I guess there wouldn't be. (sigh)

I guess I'll just have one of these orange-glazed sweet rolls. Anyone else want one? I brought plenty. Oh, and if anyone else wants one, I am going to be making a few double diablo dirty demitasses (or whatever you may call them) on that steam generating thing over there that sounds like a bagpipe whenever it gets hot. Maybe I can figure out how to fix that.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Matt_R
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 09:23 PM

I'm a firestarter!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: CarolC
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 09:08 PM

So nice of Constable Dimbuttock to lend me his coat. My goosebumps were getting goosebumps. I think I'll wander back to the kitchen and try to find some eggs that haven't been pickled yet.

Anyone like a nice big dish of scrambled eggs and toast? I've got some good coffee and tea brewing, too.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Morticia
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 08:40 PM

Oh Brett, one of my favourite songs, can we do harmony?

Where is the weekend now?,
where is the wine and beer I've tasted?
Gone the same way as the pay I wasted
On a Monday morning

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Bert
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 05:39 PM

No it's Excel that he's playing. Who needs Zork when you've got Excel. The game is to try to figure out how it works by reading the online help.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Naemanson
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 04:10 PM

Too soon to be out of me bed,
Too soon to be back at this bus queue caper,
And fumbling for change for me picture paper,
On a Mondy morning.

Wrong end of the week for a smile,
Wrong end of the day for being civil,
There's many a saint would be a devil,
On a Monday morning.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Morticia
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 04:01 PM

I think somebody has been feeding thatlad a little too much Old and Nasty.....

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Greyeyes
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 03:51 PM

Right, so that's cleared up then!

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Micca
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 03:50 PM

I see, Matt, its an ad. for Microsoft products????

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Matt_R
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 03:45 PM

Raise the pressure, let's play the game--I'll test ya!
Psychosomatic attic insane!
Raise the pressure, let's play the game--I'll test ya!
Psychosomatic attic insane!
Cooooooooooome plaaaaaaaaaay myyyyyyyyyy gaaaaaaaaaaaaame
In Hell, in Hell, you're the victim!
Coooooooommmmmmm plaaaaaaaaaaay mmyyyyyyy gammmmmmmme
Excel excel excel!

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Kim C
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 03:27 PM

I was just wondering the same thing.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: MMario
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 02:31 PM

God I love being in a pub on a friday evening...it's so nice to bve able to unwind with a few...

it's monday? It's MONDAY ? ! ? !

What happenned to my weekend?

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Bert
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 02:21 PM

And Bertie boy walks back in again, having been gone all weekend.

Sorry about the dart Spaw, I was after a double 'top', honest. Your bottom was the last thing on my mind.

Gimme a Boilermaker, that's an 'English' Boilermaker please. A Stout and Mild - Aaaaah!!! that's fit for Brother Ted Hill himself.

Seeing as I can never hit the bloody dartboard and so that T's Arse can be preserved for posteriority, I think I'll join Matt. What game is that yer playing there me ol' china?

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Morticia
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 12:54 PM

Well, I had thought the local constabulary, in the person of one PC Dimbutttock,scourge of the apple-scrumpers,man of fashion ( albeit 50 years ago) and general all round theif chasing hero, might have stepped in to close us down but although he stepped in, he didn't step out again.That's him leaning against Noreen and crooning "Goodnight Irene" ever so slightly off-key.Mrs Dimbuttock came and deposited his dinner on him sometime last night ( the gravy was lumpy) and then moved in with the Postmistress, Miss Hermione Gladiator....they seem very happy. BTW has anyone seen the landlord yet?

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Kim C
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 12:06 PM

Whiskey Cat needs a lap and a scratch behind the ears. Meow. And another triple Bushmills.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Micca
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 12:00 PM

RtS..." as soon as this pub closes the revolution starts.
we'll,chase the aristocracy and confiscate there brass, and start a new democracy thats really working class
...as soon as this pub closes,as oooon as this pub closes"

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Noreen
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 10:31 AM

Love to, Mattie- wotcha playin'??

And Brett, three cheers for the puddin'! Hip hip.... now where did I put my glass...

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: GUEST,Matt_R
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 09:10 AM

Coooooooommmme plaaaaaaaay myyyyyyyy gaaaaaaaaaaaaaame

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 08:48 AM

Since a large crane has been swinging Portakabins past my window all day (postponed from Friday because of high winds),my nerves are shot! Gimme a large Metaxas on Bert's tab.
Then we'll all go an march on Patrish's hubbies school and lynch the head.
As soon as this pub closes....
RtS

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: GUEST,Greyeyes (at work)
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 07:38 AM

Naemanson, mind who you're snogging, I'm male.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 07:38 AM

Naemanson, mind who you're snogging, I'm male.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 06:45 AM

There's bloody cat paw prints on my keyboard again.... can't leave it alone for 2 mins, just for a widdle.... well OK, 4 mins, I have had a lot, and now I know why they call it Spitfire.....

Anyone got any Blandford Fly?? Try it, it's lovely... Hall and Woodhouse have made a new spiced ale, 5.2% (or thereabouts), pale chestnut, gingery, hoppy and absolutely bloody lovely.... 10 out of 10 and where can I get some more??

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 06:14 AM

Ah, an unoccupied letter tray.

Micca, I don't piss down chimneys, that's that tabby bastard from out the back.

Yours,

Baron Velin de Marmalade aka Gerroffoutifyagingerbugger

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Gervase
Date: 11 Dec 00 - 03:53 AM

Pickled eggs for breakfast, lunch and tea - Jeez, what about the bloody ozone layer. Any more of that and the Oz catters will be roasted!
Mine's a mother-in-law please - old and bitter. And Liz, if the cat's got furballs, he's a lucky little sausage. I'm freezing at the moment, and a bit more insulation darn there wouldn't do any harm...
And ain't it grand to wander into a pub that never closes? Mind you, I don't like the look of that bloke in the corner fingering his possum ocarina - there's a strange miasma around him. Must be the pickled eggs.

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Micca
Date: 10 Dec 00 - 10:05 PM

"hey ho Cathusalem,Cathusalem, Cathusalem,
hey ho Cathusalem the harlot of Jerusalem

There lived a hero by the wall
and tho he only had one ball........"

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Naemanson
Date: 10 Dec 00 - 10:01 PM

Thanks for the toast to my pudding! I'm off to the Xmas Pud thread to post the dscription of the great event.

Happy Birthday, Greyeyes. Once I get the chance among the others buying you drinks tonight we can put the rest of them on my tab.

If you are of the female persuasion I'll offer you a big old snog. Ah, what the hell, here's a snog anyway. The pudding turned out great!

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Dave Wynn
Date: 10 Dec 00 - 07:04 PM

Anybody want some hair..........I got plenty. Thanks for the pats and things. Could someone please give me some water or Andrews or Resolve. I just woke up and some human has crapped in my mouth. Thanks all. I am off home now to try and remember what Morticia was stroking last night!!! Tosp....

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Greyeyes
Date: 10 Dec 00 - 05:51 PM

In which case, does everybody know the chorus to "The Harlot of Jerusalem"?

Subject: RE: BS: Welcome to The Mudcat Arms
From: Morticia
Date: 10 Dec 00 - 05:46 PM

Allowed???It's been blooming compulsory!