Eluned, glad I wasn't the only one in a tither. Thanks for putting me right on the acronym - should have remembered that from BB days.

Snuffy, I'm ever so pleased to hear you won't be straining to drain 25 pints, you'ld have to strain your potatoes untold times to reduce fluid levels. But, please let us know how the Pebworthy's survive. It will be a Songworthy event, I'm sure. Here's a feeble attempt at a chorus.

Twenty-five pints apiece?
Aye-lads..(shouted in mock shock)
Twenty-five pints'a piss!
The Pebworthy Morris Men went to the Pub
And drank twenty-five pints apiece
Of Piss? (mock-whisper in reverential tones)

In deference to those of USofA extraction, I am not insinuating, that the worthys of Pebworthy are into what is so fetchingly called "Watersports". In Godzone, Oz, and I think the UK, the term Piss, is a colloquialism for Beer (or booze in general) - as well as many other things, which you will find in one of my posts somewhere in the Mudcat Labyrinth.

Snuffy, it's a pity your haven is Avon, home of THE Bard, not in the bard-lands of Wales. Oh, the things one could do with the Pebworthy's "taking a leek". Please give the Peb-worthys my support on Mayday. I truss they wear it at all times.

[Signed] Jock Strap

AKA - Sam or samwholovestwistingtheenglishlanguageintoformsitshouldntbebentto

NO apologies kat/katlaughing - I absolutely adore some of your sign-offs...;)