BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker

Subject: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 04:15 PM

Thank G*d for Bert's credit card! I called a cleaning service AND a groundskeeping crew. they've polished and shined the entire building - including the recording studio on the third floor (when did we get a third floor? I thought those stairs led to the roof!) - and all the - ehem - "droppings" in the back garden have been composted.

There's a new tanker truck worth of Guiness ready to be tapped - and the entire Mudcat Blue Plate Special collection is lined up on the CD player - I'm just going to go into the padded room for a bit for some primal scream therapy - maybe for a few weeks.

If I'm not out by the weekend - send a nubile young female after me, please?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 04:26 PM

If Mmario's opened it I know THIS Tavern has a nice comfy jello pit and at least one pair of recliners, yay!

I'll have a double Rusty Nail, on Bert of course, and the blue recliner over here by the fire... it's chilly up here in the mountains!

I'll stand for the next round (on Bert again of course); who's thirsty?

And which NYF will volunteer to fetch Mmario in time to get to his next festival?

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Wesley S
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 04:32 PM

And I DEMAND a hot dog with lots of Heinz ketchup on it.

And a root beer.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,voice from the padded room
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 04:34 PM

a hot dog with ketchup and root beer!?!

Doesn't that make the bun soggy?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: CarolC
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 05:10 PM

I'll take some Heinz ketchup without the hot dog please.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Bill D
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 05:42 PM

well, at least you're having your vegetable for the day, Carol...

I need a LEAST a good single-malt Scotch to deal with this last week....make it a Talisker!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 05:46 PM

Have a recliner Bill. Tell me ALL about your firewall! :~)

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 05:57 PM

Well, I'd like to try that Guinness. But is there anyone behind the bar? But I don't like the sound of that tanker - Guinness comes in casks where I come from. (Grumble grumble mumble...)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 06:03 PM

Behind the bar hovers the ethereal figure of Mudcat Past, a generous, creative spirit with depth and heart, and many a story to share. With every drink slid across the polished bartop comes a whisper... and what is it? It's a dream-fragment made of the songs, scents, and stories of the auld Taverns... the creak of a ship, someone chanting "WOBH," a desert-island breeze, the ruffling fur of a Sugar Dog, the slap of knickers on a flagpole.....

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Once Famous
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 06:04 PM

..........and someone puking on the floor.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 06:56 PM

With a faster-than-sight WHOOSH, a smallish tawny creature whips past MG's legs, setting him spinning in a sort of mad "hora" and laughing in glee. She dances him right past the gleaming puddle of puke and he lands SPLAT on a barstool.... and off she streaks into the night.....

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: pdq
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 07:05 PM

But not before she knocks the picture "The Scream" off the wall, sending it crashing to the floor.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 07:11 PM

"Barkeep I feels like inventin' a new drink. Put some Lambs 151 proof in a shotglass wit some ooozo and light er up."

Newfie sailor slurps it down then blows out the fire.

"I calls it a flaming GUEST"

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: CarolC
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 07:47 PM

My name is CarolC and I am addicted to ketchup.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Leadfingers
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 07:55 PM

The Hell with all this peace and tranquility - I've got ALL the banjos with me so when does the session start ?? AND I will have a pint of that Guiness , thanks .

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 08:12 PM

A voice from the recliner, where a lady sits with an autoharp on her lap, ready to hammer...Leadfingers, well met! How about teaching me "Margaret's Waltz"? What key? How does it go? (Link to MIDI appreciated)

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: khandu
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 08:19 PM

Keep the Guinness a'comin', boys & I'll be here til the dew drops!

k

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Charley Noble
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 09:28 PM

I slipped into the Mudcat Tavern, boldly stepped up to the bar,
My steel trap mind could tell there was trouble not too far;
Then the whole place exploded, there were commies everywhere;
I said, "I'm from the CIA!" They didn't seem to care...

Just recycling an old song we used to sing during Peace Corps training back in the 1960's.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 09:43 PM

Sage's feet crunch on the newly-raked gravel path as she walks onto the new patio and around to the side door. She unconsciously lifts the portrait as she passes and plops it back on the brass hook on the wall. She blinks. . . it looks like a duck is dragging a damp rag over a damp spot further on.

Mmario! How's you train him to do that? Several bystanders watch in awe as the duck makes a quick circle on the floor, rag in bill, then trots off down the hall to the back door.

I'll have a glass of red wine, please. And what's to eat around here? And someone, open that Southern door, see if it reaches Guam--maybe Naemanson wants to step in for a few. He sounds like he needs a break.

What'cha playing, Susan?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 10:01 PM

Talisker, por favor. Mucho Talisker, gracias. Muy mucho Talisker. In fact, just run a hose to the bottle, thanks.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 10:08 PM

I'll be playing Margaret's Waltz if Leadfingers gets it going. Till then it's all blues, for the Sugar Dog.

Maybe THIS ONE?

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 10:59 PM

I would like three gallons of tomato juice please. Two cats are missing and my house reeks of skunk!

Anyone for a cranberry Jello Shot? They are disgusting but i hate to throw away good vodka.

Warm up a little sake for Brett and Wakana. Both could use a massage and a warm bubble bath too.

Me? I'll have a JD on the rocks.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Gervase
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 04:30 AM

A pint of 6X please - and thanks for the free peanuts, they'll do nicely as earplugs until I can get Leadfingers oiled enough to forget where he put all those banjos!
Mind you, if you're serving sake, I'll have a bottle in the hottie and to hell with the headache in the morning.
By the way, is it me, or is that cat over there in the corner drunk? Tsk - never can get the little buggers to stop lapping at dubious pools on on the bar-room floor.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 04:38 AM

Sinsull's house smells of skunk? Pass the Rizla.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Leadfingers
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 04:54 AM

So I sit there running through Margarets Waltz in A and wishing I wasn't so idle and could actually do MIDI's , or even read music properly

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 06:34 AM

I'll have a gin and tonic, made with vodka thanks barkeep. No not a vodka and tonic, replace the tonic with the vodka not the gin thanks.
When that young man in the corner has finished playing that frying pan, I'll have some bacon and eggs too, with tomato sauce, if them there veggie-ma-tarians haven't eaten it all.
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: jacqui.c
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 07:14 AM

I would like a dry white wine, a Maine lobster with melted butter and a nice comfy armchair by the fire. I'll even put up with Leadfinger's banjo playing at the moment.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 07:39 AM

The door slowly creaks open and a dark-haired female tentatively peeks through the crack. No one seems to notice her, so with relief she slides onto a bar stool. "Is the kettle on? I'll have a cup of Yorkshire Gold tea- make it strong, with milk and sugar!"

While waiting for the brew to get to the right consistency (ten minutes should do it) she pulls out her concertina and plays along with the banjo and autoharp. "Margaret's waltz- I've only had this thing for a few months, but I can manage that!"

Mercury being definitely in retrograde (I checked) I need a place to hang out until it's safe to go back outside. Just don't look at the front fender of my car, ok?

Allison

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 09:04 AM

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I needed that!

(Whipping out a loaded .45 Colt's Revolver and placing it prominently on the bar):

Now here's the deal. You WILL be civil and even polite to one another whilst you're in here. Like a century ago, neither politics nor religion will be discussed EXCEPT in polite, civil ways that respect the other person's point of view and I suggest you don't bring 'em up at all. Anyone mentioning or even thinking of a living politician will be locked into the soundproof booth and forced to listen to accordion-accompanied rap music WITHOUT the benefit of likker or drugs.

(Violently stabbing a huge D-guard Bowie knife into the bar):

And if you got a name, even a Mudcat name, USE IT.

'Cuz if you violate any of these commandments, you gotta deal with me. And I'm the nastiest, meanest, most low-down drygulcher ever rode the coulees. I eat lightin' fer breakfast, earthquakes for lunch, and seven cases of dynamite fer dinner. I had my teeth pulled and replaced with railroad spikes. I've chawed up, beaten up, whomped, and hogtied more two legged skunks than Carter's got little liver pills. Whole graveyards are filled with the folks who crossed me. I drank raw nitroglycerine, spit into the sky, and made the craters on the Moon. When I was born they put on another shift at the distillery -- and I suckled drain cleanin' whiskey laced with battery acid. I don't shave and I don't pound in my whiskers and bite 'em off inside, neither -- I just take a block plane and a ramp to 'em. Ladies love me, grizzlies fear me, and I use a mountain lion as a pussycat on the hearth. Steer clear of me unless you're ready to have your Maker pick up the pieces of what used to be you!

A glass of milk, barmaid, please. And put a drop of Redbreast in it, please.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: jacqui.c
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 09:08 AM

A bit less noise at the bar please - some of us are trying to sleep!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 09:11 AM

Oops. Sorry. I'll whisper from now on.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Gervase
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 09:15 AM

Some scruffy sod over there said "We're going to buy this place and install a f***ing jukebox to liven you stiffs up a bit".
Do you think he's been drinking? Or have I come on holiday by mistake?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,intercom message from the padded room
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 09:41 AM

huh! let them try and buy the Tavern! We have the deed irrevocably tied up in a living trust with a proxy title purchased through NYCFTTS and administered by FLP&S.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 10:54 AM

The JD is settling in nicely. Leadfingers, can you play Sleep Kentucky Babe for me. I'll hum when appropriate. Plinka plinka plinka plinka plinka plinka plink...Sleep Kentucky Babe...


Mercury in retrograde - that explains a lot. What an incredibly disappointing week. But I will celebrate that it is over. Someone bring Seamus (the big hairy fellow lying at my feet some bacon and eggs with a side of sausage. Thanks. And don't let him catch sight of the cat or we will have a three ring circus on our hands.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 11:43 AM

Lovely waltz, Allison, I'm glad YOU knew how it went!

Whose cat is that anyhow? I know it didn't sneak in with The Sugar Dog.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,muffled voice from the padded room
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 11:51 AM

It moved in during the Christmas party.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,a privy source...
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 11:53 AM

I have just one thing I wish to say here. Ahem.

WILLIAM SH--------- (Urk! Bhg..! Gah..hk!)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 11:55 AM

did someone mention Maine lobster? Charlie said they are the world's best & said he'd shout me one if I ever came to Maine, but as a visit to Maine is unlikely ...

Is there another Maine lobster where that one came from? I have a frantically busy weekend ahead of me - about 3 days worth of stuff to fit in 2 days - so a delicious meal & good music & great company would be appreciated.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: jacqui.c
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 11:58 AM

It's alright - the cat's on my lap and showing no sign of moving. That's a good excuse for me to do the same thing.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 12:05 PM

Oh so quietly, he takes the peanuts out of the cylinder of the .45 Colt's Revolver and eats them. And he whispers to the barkeep,

“Talisker, please. And whoever can pull that Bowie knife out of the granite top of the bar is the rightful Monarch of England, although I can’t imagine why anyone would want THAT bloody job. Thank you.”

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 12:07 PM

Ellenpoly tip-toes in, hoping no one will notice (she tried this once before going into Mudcat through the backdoor, and is still cleaning up the mess she made) and quietly sits down at jacqui's feet. She meows sadly and looks up hopefully at that lobster. Maybe if jacqui is busy with that other cat in her lap, she'll not notice if Ellenpoly juuuusssst carrreefuuullly

SINKS HER CLAWS INTO JACQUI'S LEG, MAKING BOTH HER AND HER DAMN CAT BOLT STRAIGHT UP THREE FEET IN THE AIR, LEAVING IT CLEAR TO GRAB THAT LOBSTER AND MAKE A DASH FOR THE DOOR!

"Sorry jacqui", Ellenpoly whispers quietly in the alley, munching away. "But there are plenty more where you're going"...

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Bill D
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 12:11 PM

sorry I had to run before I sat back in the recliner and explained firewalls, Susan..we are sending my kid off to college this weekend, and I am in & out with little time to even drink!...

*slupring at MY Takisker before Rapaire, (man of exquistite taste that he is), gets it while I'm not looking. I shall be off today, hauling dorm supplies, but will gratefully collapse later this evening and explain all and sundry..('ol time evangalist, go by name Billy)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 12:21 PM

And they're off!!!! jacqui chasing the lobster, the cat chasing jacqui and Seamus chasing the cat! Damn that dog! Obedience school for you, Sir!

Well...no point in joining the mayhem. I will let them sort it out. Sooner or later the dog will come back but DON'T TELL KENDALL! Another JD and pass the chips, please.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 12:22 PM

Ouch! Ellenpolly, why didn't you just sneak behind the bar and stickup MMario? He'd have given you a lobster. Poor Jacqui, she's stuck in the harness that was there for the tree last year. Now you've started something!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 02:03 PM

Well I mean to say MMario exclaimed putting down his crochet hook, " Up here in the Finger Lakes region we don't got many lobsters. I do believe there's a nice bar in Seneca Falls where they do a great line in Fajitas. Just across from the mall. Giok sits back and sips his Margarita, he was only drinking it because he was short on the ingredients for Tequila Sunrise; got to use the Tequila up before it goes off. "Ellenpolly, will you stop trying to drink outa my glass!"

Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,bursting out of the padded room
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 02:09 PM

hey waitaminite! I'm a Cape Codder! I can *ALWAYS* get lobster - even if it is those miniscule little ones from the tank at Wegman's or P&C! (Besides - I just came back from the Cape - so I coulda picked some up...)

*looks around*

wow! It got crowded in here....

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 02:22 PM

Two GUESTS in the padded room? Why weren't they shipped off to the NYCFTTS? What have you been surviving on since Christmas? This is just wrong! Who's in charge here? Max? MAX????? This is taking the no interference clause a bit too far.

Meantime - that GUEST smells really bad. Put him back in the room or lock him outside.

Another JD please. I'm not driving.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MMario
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 02:29 PM

Sinsull! READ the thread!

it was *I* in the padded room - decompressing. 'Spaw says I can't go back to the NYCFTTS until I pay my bill - and he told them not to accept Bert's credit card number!!!!!

what does she mean smells bad? I showered!

WESLEY! When are we gonna get to see some updated piccies of the boy? Hmmmm?????

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 02:33 PM

Relax, SINSULL. Mmario is in charge in here of course-- he opened the Tavern! And everything is going just fine. Maybe some of the more recent habitues still have a thing or two to learn about the Tavern traditions, but they're off to a fine start!

The Spirit of Mudcat Past, still serving faithfully behind the bar, speaks...."Where's that wench Caitrin?!!? Now THAT girl could tend bar! Or that Lonesome EJ..."

He continues polishing glasses, since it may be a busy night.....

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 02:34 PM

Relax, SINSULL. Mmario is in charge in here of course-- he opened the Tavern! And everything is going just fine. Maybe some of the more recent habitues still have a thing or two to learn about the Tavern traditions, but they're off to a fine start!

The Spirit of Mudcat Past, still serving faithfully behind the bar, speaks...."Where's that wench Caitrin?!!? Now THAT girl could tend bar! Or that Lonesome EJ..." He continues polishing glasses, since it may be a busy night.....

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 02:37 PM

The spirit speaks truly....

remember when the tavern went to sea?

and the cruise down the mississippi?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 02:38 PM

bad echo in here.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 02:38 PM

Splash some water from the hot tub on anyone who needs cleaning up, don't poke them back in the padded room! Whew! Leo, I hope you're feeling better now.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 02:45 PM

I'm heading off for Toronto for the weekend in the morning - I'se happy as a pig in clover!

shall we just say it was not the best week in the world. things crappy at home, at work AND on the 'cat. I coulda used NYCFTTS. I almost signed up for a correspondence course from the WSSOBA++

*shudder*

something I would never even contemplate under normal circumstances.

++ William Shatner School Of Bad Acting

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 02:49 PM

The Spirit is reeling weirdly, now, with memories. He almost drops to the floor under the weight of JenEllen's Christmas Tavern '02. "Damn thing was still open for business in March '03! Hm, that one had a Stray Cat, too........ better polish a few bowls, too"

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 02:53 PM

Hey, Leo, I won't be hanging around after this evening either-- if I sober up enough to Saturday church and/or The Sugar Dog leads me there. She HATES to do duty as a guide dog, but whaddayagonnado? So who will you leave in charge? And psssssssssst-- don'tcha think Bert dear would want Naemanson to have his credit card????

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 02:54 PM

I believe I am confused. MMario is the two guests in the padded room and WYSIWYG wants me to relax so much that she keeps repeating herself into a nervous fit. Relax? OK anudder jd and holed theyice.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 03:05 PM

I am all FOUR guests from the padded room. (There's enough of me to make four guests,*sigh*)

I am NOT the guest from the privy source.

I strongly believe in the "self serve buffet" style of management - I Know it's not in the best tradition of mudcat Tavern barkeeping - but since the patrons usually manage to trash the place sooner or later it helps deny responsibility. (something else I'm big on.)

So - is it the hot tub on the left and the jello pit on the right or vice versa?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 03:13 PM

Naemanson could borrow the card, but it must live here at the tavern or we'd all have to start paying for our own drinks and food! Shudder at that thought!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 03:16 PM

God help us if Bert ever cancels the card! or remembers where he left it!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 04:04 PM

Four play in the padded cell eh!
Hey Leadfingers when you going to stop playing that frying pan? I'm starving. Barkeep can I have a bag of pork scratchings, and a packet of hedgehog crisps till my fry up arrives?
Unnoticed in the background Nurse Ratched slips in with her Tasmanian Devil.
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 04:42 PM

SINSULL is seeing double-- I only double-posted once (I think).... I say she qualifies to mind the joint in our absence then! I'm all for guests in the padded room, too, or loose for that matter, loose guests are a GOOD idea......

And WHERE are things-- sillies! Can't you remember ANYthing? That's an easy one. Whoever goes there first describes where it IS! Duh! Describe yourself there if you care where it is! :~)

Here, I have hold of a bottle of the vile black stuff-- hold your glasses steady enough to catch a bit....

Let's see (rummaging in fridge, ew, lots of moldy bits), it's Friday late afternoon, so now we need bar snacks and appetizers. What shall we make? (I think I made a crockpot once.) Hardi says the Brie I served him a few nights ago is actually Camembert so that's off... Caitrin's not here to make brownies...

SRS, here, sprinkle a little sage on the moldy bits to purify them there, that's nice....

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Don Firth
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 05:25 PM

He steps in quietly, unnoticed, and looks about him. He wears a long black cloak with a hood, which he removes and hangs on the a peg on the wall beside the door, revealing that he is dressed in doublet and hose, also black. Around his neck is a simple silver chain with a small pendant. Engraved thereon are the two classic masks: comedy and tragedy. Cleverly intertwined in the engraving is the lyre of Orpheus.

His jaw is firm and his nose is aquiline, but the upper part of his face is obscured by a black domino mask. His eyes, visible through the eye-holes in the mask, are dark, sharp, and ever searching. A slender but deadly-looking small-sword hangs at his side. The hilts of such swords, as worn by nobles and aristocrats, are often gold-bedecked and ornately jeweled, but the grip of this one is unadorned and obviously functional. Nevertheless, he does carry himself with an aristocratic bearing.

Slung across his back is a small guitar. Because of this, some might think that he is Figaro, but they would be mistaken. He is, however, closely related in spirit.

He swings the guitar off his back, sits down.   Reaching into the pouch at his belt, he removes his Intellitouch electronic tuner, clips it to the headstock of the guitar, and turns it on. Others are playing and he does not wish to disturb them, so he plays harmonics very softly and lightly, checks the tuner, makes a few adjustments. Satisfied, he turns the tuner off and returns it to his belt.

He quietly indicates his desire for a glass of red wine. He sits, observes, listens, and waits. Around his lips, a smile plays.

He was born with a gift for laughter and a sense that the world is mad.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 05:35 PM

Wafting up from between two loose floorboards, a tawny creature materializes and takes solid form. With a low, throaty giggle, The Sugar Dog (for she it is) slinks behind the TWEED'S-NOT-A-WEENIE JUKEBOX in the corner. It lights up, sparkling and showing a series of Donuel's painting on it's view-screen. She gives it a quick flick and it begins to play.

Moving to the timeless beat, she sits at the feet of the mysterious man with the Intellitouch Tuner, and looks up expectantly with a slight shimmy threatening to wag her tail. She's seen him before, tho not in this garb. "But," she's thinkin', "yuh knows cain't hardly fool a sugar dog, nohow."

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 05:39 PM

Hey, Bill, that's OK-- in fact that reminds me, hm, 'people leaving.....'

Let's toast those who have left. I'll start-- (pouring) "May we meet again, and may your way be always clear-- To Rick Fielding!"

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 05:45 PM

"yeehah!" he quietly screams. "To Rick Fielding and to all the others! Ya know they got a helluva band."

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 06:04 PM

In a normal voice, a well-modulated, sexy baritone that made the women swoon and the men jealous, he said, "A toast. A toast to bread. Pita, challah, yeast, quick, Irish soda, zuccini, raisin, sourdought, whole wheat, bagels, biscuits, fococcia, chop block, cheese, potato, salt rising, hardtack, pilot biscuits, beaten biscuits, sally lunn, Parkerhouse rolls, dinner rolls, kaiser rolls, baguettes, and all the rest! The staff and stuff of life! A toast to toast!"

And he raised his glass.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 06:08 PM

Then off he went, with a thunder of hooves, and a loud Hi-yo Silver.
A bystander said 'Who was that masked man'?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern,Grill and Flame Bunker
From: jacqui.c
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 06:24 PM

Well, that took a while to sort out - wait 'til I get hold of that Ellenpoly - it'll be the jello pit for her for sure.

Those pork scratchings look good - if I can't have my lobster I'll have a pack of those please, another glass of wine and some alcohol for the gouges on my leg - EP - you're in REAL trouble this time! I think Seamus may be doing the job for me, last seen chasing Ellenpoly way down the road.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 06:28 PM

A hot tub?? There's a hot tub in here?? Stand back, everybody- disgression is the better part of boredom- I'm diving in! (after carefully placing the 'tina back in its case and hiding it behind the bar in a faint fond hope that it will be safe there)

Somebody hand me a Virgin Strawberry Frozen Daiquiri, stat!

O Masked Man, it's nice in here... care to join me? Just keep the animals out of it!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 06:30 PM

And a nearby woman states in wonder "I don't know. But he left behind a silver plectrum." And I hear him in the distance shouting "Diddly diddly diddly"

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 06:48 PM

Animaterra, Wait! It's too hot to use as a hot tub yet! We cooked a few lobsters out there and are letting it cool before letting folks soak. . .what? You don't believe me? (Just kidding--Mmario set up a pot to cook a lobster for Jacqui--he was muttering something about her sudden bizarre preference for crusty things from Maine. . . )

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 08:25 PM

Oh Alison, red is definitely not your color. Hop out and we will cool you off in the Jello pit. Green and red! Very festive. The Masked Man is gone. The Jello is spiked with vodka. Have a little snack and I will fetch some salve.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Bill D
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 08:50 PM

*staggering in after 8 hours getting "the kid" into a college dorm room and buying books..*shudder*....it's a good thing Bert's credit card is still working. Did you know that one math book can cost $112? At just under $400, I gather we got off easy.

*Reaching behind the bar and helping myself to a nice Redhook ESB Ale, and settling back in the promised recliner*....Ok, Susan, I'll be around, slightly potted, but available..*grin* (I suppose you WILL be busy till late tomorrow)....

I was reminded of a song today, as I meandered around a college campus for the first time in ages..."Silver in the Stubble"

    "For the leaves are getting greener,
    And spring is on the way;
    Girls are getting prettier
    And younger every day."

...'nuff said

mercy...here I am--in a recliner, and not even WANTING to take a VT trip to the jello pit with 3 or 4 cute coeds. But I will take one more ESB while I contemplate the aging process...

(oh, Susan! Thanks for that link to the radio station!...I have Media Player Classic soothing me with blues and gospel...etc...as I type)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: artbrooks
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 09:50 PM

Guiness in a tanker, eh? Must be that vile stuff they import for us Yanks. Could I have an Arrogant Bastard Ale, please? About a quart would be ok for starters. Hey Rapaire...got any more of those peanuts? And is the lime jello set in the pool yet?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 10:48 PM

(hi Bill)

Gotta go now!

:~)

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MAG
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 12:58 AM

Ah, a Tavern: good.

Bad week all around? I realized I just got in from my THIRD movie this week. and had to leave an open mike last night; too sick to sing. I know I'm having a bad week when all that happens. Being a Virgo, however, I don't go for this retrograde Mercury stuff.

Lessee, I've got a   sack of homegrown tomatoes, homegrown basil to put on 'em, (regular, not that vile lemon basil) -- here is fresh mozzarella to slice and olive oil to dribble.

A BIG glassa water, ah, I see the cooler is over here.

I've got my new Sing Out! with the CD sampler here, and a new CD was in my PO Box today: *You Can't Save Everybody" -- and here are the 2 I got last Monday and haven't played yet. (and I wonder why I resort to plastic a week before payday.)

Yep, I've been better, and I've been worse ... this place is a comfort, though ...

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 02:40 AM

After having finally given Seamus the slip, by presenting him with a tantalizing bone, still covered in meat (so sorry, but another 'catter who seemed to be wearing some kind of mask-walked out of the tavern at an opportune time and Ellenpoly just yelled-"that varmint sings off key-SIC EM"), and then ducked back into the tavern.

Uh oh, there's jacqui mighty cross with the look of "jello pit for you, gal" in her eyes. Ellenpoly wipes the last vestages of melted butter and lobster claw from her chin, makes a dash for the bar, and orders a drink for everyone in the house.

How she'll pay for it, she doesn't know. Can she do a trade?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 07:16 AM

Not to worry, Sins, I like it lobster-hot! But the jello pit will feel mighty soothing in a few minutes...

MAG, your fixings sound pretty tempting. Barkeep, can we hot up the grill and rustle up some flatbread to go with it?

I'm feeling relaxed and MUCH better now- I feel like a song- join me on the chorus to The Chocolate song
When you're feeling down, the best way up is chocolate...

Hey, where'd that masked man go? He was kinda cute!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 10:33 AM

Dozed off in the booth (NO! I do not snore!) and woke up in bed with a big yellow lab sound asleep on the floor. Wonder what he's been up to? At least he's back. I'd be in big trouble if I lost him. He has what appears to be a T-Rex thigh bone. Nasty thing. I'll toss it when his back is turned.

Someone frying bacon? It smells wonderful. I'll scramble some eggs - a dozen or two. Still some fresh tomatoes and basil on the bar. This will be nice.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 04:23 PM

Ellenpoly, put the drinks on Bert's credit card.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MaineDog
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 07:33 PM

The Dog slinks in, unsure of his new environment, following a scent that is getting old, but is still strong. He sits in the back and orders an ale while he considers the situation. Are the trad police here, or the PC police, or the hair trigger flame throwers? No? Does he dare reach into his sleeve for his instrument? Does it have too many holes, or too few octaves, or too true a scale? Would a few times thru Margaret's Waltz, or Juice of Barley, be received or rejected? What about the Braes of Mar, or maybe Big John? The ale arrives, and the mood improves. I try a few tunes, and the reception is mixed: Who are you, what are you, do you have consistent liberal opinions? Well, no. -- That will not do. -- My opinions do not need to be consistent to be valid. Another ale, another tune, may fix things up. I cannot tell where the scent leads from here-- I'll have to come back another time, its now time to go dancing. ( Dog slinks out )

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 10:09 PM

Was that Seamus? Kendall will have a fit if he finds out I have been giving him ale.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Rapparee
Date: 28 Aug 04 - 10:21 PM

Got lots of peanuts. Need 'em for reloading. Never kin tell when some baddy is gonna draw down on ya and you have ta whip out yer shootin' iron and offer him a peanut.

Real hard to keep mad iffen yer sharin' peanuts together.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,GROK
Date: 29 Aug 04 - 12:11 AM

A goober by any other name would sound like something that didn't come out of yer nose.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 29 Aug 04 - 04:09 AM

The tune has changed, it is now more up tempo, and somewhere in the background MMario can be heard singing, 'Goodness how delicious, eating Goober Peas'. Okay folks at the end of this, segue into 'When Johnny Comes marching Home' Nothing like a few marching songs to get your thirst up.
Don't put your drinks on the floor beside your chair, that cat's back again, and you know she likes drinking. Before you know it she'll be climbing the curtains.
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: jacqui.c
Date: 29 Aug 04 - 04:16 AM

Mmmmm Scrambled egg and bacon. Lovely stuff. Now let me get back to that comfy chair - oh, Ellenpoly's got it, out you go, find a bit of floor and just be grateful that's all I do after your disgraceful behaviour earlier.

Where have all these peanuts come from? Ah well, useful ammunition in case that dratted cat tries anything again.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 29 Aug 04 - 10:40 AM

Place is damn quiet for a Sunday morning. Folks sure left a helluva MESS, though-- never saw so many loose ends! People coming but not going, people answering people who've left, people writing dialog for characters they didn't create.... tsk tsk!

Dunno whether to clean it up or FUGGeddabouddit!

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,GUEST, Licentious Lurker
Date: 29 Aug 04 - 07:37 PM

I have one importatn thing to add here.

WILLIA---(Urk! Gahk! Mmmmf!!!)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MMario
Date: 30 Aug 04 - 09:18 AM

good lord - no wonder I was hoarse this weekend - I was sleep singing!!!!!

Wonderful weekend spent in 1565 or so....hobnobbing with royals - Eric from Sweden, the Dauphin, Ivan in from Russia - all panting after Good Queen Bess -

I'm glad I'm a peasant - they all huddled under rooves in the rain - while I enjoyed a nice soft rain

MMario

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Rapparee
Date: 30 Aug 04 - 09:45 AM

Poteen, please, barkeep. Or white lightnin'. Whichever you have handy.

Thanks.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 30 Aug 04 - 10:19 AM

Bartender, turn up the lights please--I know you're all here, I can hear you breathing, but I can't see your faces. It's like we're all suddenly anonymous. . . (someone give Max a nudge and a nice cuppa coffee there in the back office--I bet he fell asleep over the keyboard).

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MMario
Date: 30 Aug 04 - 10:28 AM

The lights are burning brightly sir and everything is well

but...

There are none so blind as those who will not see

*grin* Not that I think that normally applies to Stilly.

MMario

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 30 Aug 04 - 10:34 AM

Ooooooo--okay, you can turn them back down now. Maybe we all wandered into the coat closet for a few minutes. Thanks, Mmario!

Nice day, good one to do a big roast and have a fine meal, don't you think? Want to try another of your famous aurochs, MMario? I thought the velociraptor was a bit too stringy, even after you marinated it. Any thoughts?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Rapparee
Date: 30 Aug 04 - 12:12 PM

Southern fried archeopteryx! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, yummy! With steamed and buttered fiddleheads (the plant, not the instrument part).

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: jacqui.c
Date: 30 Aug 04 - 04:38 PM

How about devilled cat to start? I know where we can find one, and it's full of lobster.....

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 30 Aug 04 - 11:09 PM

Ooooo--you reminded me---I have to run home for a few minutes and make some deviled eggs for Moonglow. These were one of her birthday requests (16 today!). But NO DEVILLED CATS, PLEASE!!! You'll never get the hair out of the filling and it does not go well with mustard, no matter how much paprika you sprinkle on top.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 30 Aug 04 - 11:14 PM

BTW--don't try to eat the ducks around here, either. It becomes colossally messy any time someone tries it.

Time for a rousing chorus of "The Cat Came Back"?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Matt_R
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 12:43 AM

MY CHAIR JUST BROKE!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 12:50 AM

Matt, I'm sorry about that. Remember last year when the velociraptors got in here (before they tragically became roadkill down the road a little way from the Mudcat Tavern)? They swished those claws and tails and gnashed a few chairs--I'm afraid yours might have been one of those. Rest assured we don't let velociraptors in any more, and there has been a strong movement to ban anything with a prehensile tail as well. Anyway. Find yourself a seat over on the lounge chairs near Jacqui and WYSIWYG (but maybe you want to go rinse your food off of the front of your shirt and pants first?). Whoa---wait--that crazy cat is back. She'll have you cleaned up in no time. . .

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MAG
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 05:59 AM

Whao, just got in from a holiday weekend.

I highly recommend *Festival Express* if you haven't seen it.

It's only 3 a.m. my time, so I'll just curl up on this comfy couch here and nap until everyone else wakes up ...

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 08:26 AM

having the visual flash of various cats cleaning Matt - well - he looks like he's enjoying it!

Not enough time to do up an aurochs roast - how about some aurochs fajitas? and I was thinking of doing up a trilobite chowder later today.

[Now we know what happenned during the various "great extinctions" - The sapecies populations were decimated in order to supply the Mudcat Tavern with bar food!!!!!]

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 08:34 AM

Come sit on my lap, Matt. The kitty can come too.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Rapparee
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 09:37 AM

What's that I hear outside? Sounds like "Yo ho, ho."

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 09:45 AM

And a bottle of Rum!

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest!
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 10:10 AM

That man in the dark mask and the cape has been awfully quiet. I thought he was going to sing a song--his speaking voice sounded like a nice baritone or perhaps a base. I bet he could sing a sea chanty or three with the folks headed this way.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 10:26 AM

Methinks the man in the mask is Rupert of Hentzau, and he is waiting for Ronald Colman to arrive, they will then sing the Ruritanian national anthem in harmony. Wonder what key they will sing it in, must practice. Diddley diddley diddley
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 10:57 AM

Any room for someone suffering from lack of festival? I need a warm bath, some cool wine and a kitty to fondle.... and can someone get this damned tune out of my head?

dumdum de dum dumdedum doooo dooooo

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,AD/SPAM-O-MATIC
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 11:11 AM

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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 03:11 PM

Too late! some of us around here have been using it for years. Not speaking personally you understand ;~)
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 03:36 PM

I should never google while hungry. I keep finding these recipes I want to try.

seafood lasagna

pasta dessert

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 06:42 AM

Hmmm, Wormbegone.... does it work for pets as well?

It's been replaced by a ringing sound now..... I suspect there's still some mud in there, or else one of those Towersey Hipflasks contains some secret Ear removal elixyr.....

Hand me up another cool wine and place a soothing bar of chocolate in my gob....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Rapparee
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 08:39 AM

Jes' gimme a quart or so of anything ya got, barmaid, please. I gotta interview a staff member today fer the #2 job, like the outsider I did yesterday and the guy I gotta do tomorrer. Gotta git this wrapt up aforen I go huntin' fer the elusive whaleback.

Oh oh John Cook you have taken us to hell,
Locked up in the ice off Baffin Island,
We've been here for a year, now the water's runnin' clear
Won't you set for home, John Cook, without the oil?

Hic.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: JennyO
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 11:32 AM

A door opens, and JennyO comes weaving in, a nearly empty bottle of damson gin clutched in her hand.

Woo hoo, this is the place I want! Hey, have you got some of those aurochs fajitas ready yet? I could eat a ..er.. an auroch - and maybe a little hair of the dog while you're at it bartender - just shtick it all on Bert's card ...ooh, I think I need to sit down.....

She falls into a nearby couch, and hardly notices the cat which climbs up and starts licking her face...

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Blowzabella
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 12:20 PM

Some time later, Blowzabella enters - you forgot your jacket JennyO and how come you nicked the damson gin when you came into the broom cupboard? Oh - hello everyone....this looks cosy

Oh - please can I sit down in here for a bit - that Ramble Away has been boring me to death with his tales of the problems he's had with the Child Support Agency...

I'll just ave a coffee for now thanks - with a shot of rum in it please - anyone else? My round if you'll not tell where I am....

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 04:22 PM

MBSLynne staggers in "Has anyone seen JennyO? Oh there she is! I KNEW it would be her who took off with the damson gin! Well now I'm here I'll have a brandy alexander please. And can someone make a pizza with all that homegrown tomato and basil? Chuck in the bacon, but you lot can keep the lobster. And the devilled cat. I'll just sit here and eat and drink while I watch all these incredibly intelligent people. Drunk? Who says I'm drunk? Just pass me Young Ramble Away..."

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 05:52 PM

I have some pizza crusts in the freezer that I made a couple of days ago--would you like to use one of those for your pizza? Or can you wait an hour for a new batch of dough?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 03:06 AM

Thanks Sage, that will be great...if I don't get something to soak up all this alcohol quickly I'll have to start singing again! Anyone else want pizza?? Another brandy alexander to help with the cooking please!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: jacqui.c
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 07:37 AM

I'll stick with the lobster if you can keep that danged cat away! This chair is so comfortable I don't want to move at all! If you're singing make it something soft and gentle please, it's about time for a nap.......

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 07:43 AM

Duplicate Post! Nonny Nonny,
Duplicate Post! Nonny Nonny,
Please won't you delete my Duplicate Post?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 07:45 AM

Duplicate Post! Nonny Nonny,
Duplicate Post! Nonny Nonny,
Please won't you delete my Duplicate Post?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 09:22 AM

I thought you just sang that verse?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 10:31 AM

My name is Vincent Twice, Vincent Twice........sorry, Sesame Street seems to have crept in

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 11:27 AM

Holding a Guinness in one hand and a JD in the other:
"one of these things is not like the other...COOKIEEEEEEE! Slurp Slurp!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 11:38 AM

Why are there so many
songs about rainbows?
And what's on the other side?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MAG
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 12:36 PM

Virtual brandy alexander whilst occupied in the kitchen. sounds lovely. I'll join you if i may

bacon is up   to $4 a pound, but since it's virtual, I'll make some
bacon basil and tomato salad -- you can have yours on this really good bread if you want.

Nothing like rounds for sweet and gentle.

"Oak and ash and thorn

All on a midsummer's morn ...."

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 01:00 PM

MAG - I've never heard oak and ash and thorn as a round...Do you really do it that way? what tune?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MAG
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 01:46 PM

Yes, it works great as a round. I learned it that way out of the Pink Round Book, as we refer to it here, with what I assume to be the original Bellamy tune.

My pink book I left at my UU church at the moment, having started a round group there.

I lovethe mountain, I love the rolling hills ...

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 01:51 PM

If you have bacon, I'll bring some of my fresh bread to toast and homegrown tomatoes to slice for some BLTs. Ambrosia! Got any good mayo and lettuce?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 02:40 PM

HOmemade mayo okay? there's just a touch of wasabi in it - but I left out the mustard and pepper I usually add.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 02:54 PM

Oooooo, yes! If you like tomatoes so red and juicy and ripe with acid that they'll take the paint off of a Chrysler, then we have the makings for some GREAT sandwiches!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 04:34 PM

Got some lettuce in the garden...I'll just pop out and get some. Help yourself to a brandy alexander while I'm gone. This is going to be soooooooo good!
"Hey ho, nobody at home
Meat nor drink nor money have I none
Yet will I be merryyyy........."

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MAG
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 05:06 PM

Homemade mayo is just great; has been awhile since i bothered.

Homegrown tomato season. There's a great song about that.

"Just 2 things that money can't buy

and that's true love 'n home grown tomatoes."

Great Tom is cast, and Christ Church bells ring 1, 2-3-4-5-6 and Tom comes last.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Bert
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 08:52 PM

Arrrr! Jack me hearty don't you know that "flaming GUESTS" don't have any spirits in 'em?

And MMario, I DO know where I left my credit card - What you DON'T know is that for every drink bought with it a Beautiful Mudcat Woman owes me a massage. So I'm going on tour like AllanC to collect real soon. So watch out SINSMEDARLIN and WYSYMELUV and Squeaks and the rest of yas - I'll be there.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Tinker
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 09:02 PM

Well if Bert is comin' round to collect massages I'll just have to pick up that card and order myself a long cool drink. Some freshly squeezed juice and jamacian rum puleeze. I've got a long day of yard work ahead of me tommorrow.

tinker

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 10:26 PM

OOOH Bert! Me first! Me first!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 03 Sep 04 - 08:38 AM

Bert - you lucky dog!

so why not gcome to getaway and collect yourself a few?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 03 Sep 04 - 09:04 AM

I'm after you Sinsull! It's amazing what you can do with brandy alexanders and home-grown tomatoes!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: el_punkoid_nouveau
Date: 03 Sep 04 - 09:43 AM

At last, cries epn. JennyO - have you still got that Damson Gin!

I'm right behind you Lynne - is there anywhere around here a man can get a good pint of Pedi?

There's beer all in the barrel, and brandy in the glass...

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: JennyO
Date: 03 Sep 04 - 11:21 AM

(Yawn) Sorry epn, that's long gone. Just lemme sleep, and wake me up when the aurochs fajitas are ready....

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 03 Sep 04 - 11:46 AM

well - the aurochs fajitas ARE done -

you have your choice of traditional guacamole or the asian gaucamole

(Asian Guacomole: misx together

1 tablespoon sesame seed
1 lg Firm-ripe avacado - skinned, seeded and mashed
1 tablespoon Shredded pickled ginger
3 tablespoon Cider vinegar
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp wasabi powder (or 3/4 tsp prepared wasabi paste)


or for those on low fat - I've got a "mock-a-mole' made with a fresh green pea puree


I used a bunch of those sun-ripe tomatoes to make a Pico de gallo as well.

Dig in!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: JennyO
Date: 03 Sep 04 - 12:01 PM

Mmmm. I smell something. Oh well, I can always sleep later!

I might try some of that asian guacamole with mine - sounds interesting - and definitely some of the Pico de gallo as well.

Yum! didn't realise how hungry I was.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 03 Sep 04 - 07:08 PM

Bert! We'll do a Mudcat fundaiser called "Who wants to walk on Bert's back?" County wimminfolk will pay big bucks. We'll do it on the town Green in front of the church. OK? C'mon up!

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Sep 04 - 07:58 PM

So, MMario, your mock-a-mole recipe starts out

"First, take a pea. . ."

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 03 Sep 04 - 08:02 PM

WYSIWYG - Most of us are folkies. That rules out back walking (other than Sorcha and Naemanson's lady). We can't kill Bert or they'll cancel the credit card.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 04 Sep 04 - 07:37 AM

Pizzas are ready. anyone got any hummous? And don't sing with your mouths full!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 04 Sep 04 - 08:09 AM

Foolestroupe is seen sitting in a corner quietly humming what seems by the tune to be "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", but the words seem to sound more like

"Mmmm-mmm the Troll Script Robot!
Had a very nasty mouth!"

but I can't tell you anymore as this thread (now deleted without permission from the original poster) was deemed a personal attack, apparently not by Marty, but his friends who were not attacked themsleves in the thread, so now the words to the song are

SINGEN VERBOTEN!

although if attacked again, they have not been lost completely, so COULD be reposted, even if only by popular demand! Or you could write your own words, but you are not allowed to sing them!

Wanders off to share a drink with The Shambles in the 'Land of The Free Bar and Grill'...

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: jack halyard
Date: 04 Sep 04 - 08:53 AM

My dad always said "Cook who boils potatos and peas in same pot very offensive cook." Much the same could be said of cook who does onions and leeks in same pot. As to shanties,

"Dead horse, dead horse, what brings you here,
Since you've been dead these twenty years,
The cook without a sign of grief,
Will boil you up and call yopu beef,
And we poor sailors standing here,
Must eat you though you taste so queer,
Though you've been dead these twenty years,
Dead horse, dead horse, what brings you here?"

Apart from what used to be served to sailors as a meat substitute,
Dead horse is what Australians call tomato sauce or Ketchup.
I propose to spread a spicy variety over the slap of pteranodon grilling on the forge. I will then pull the fifteen inch bowie knife out of the counter, slice up my slab with it and declare myself world dictator.

"I can hew boys, I can hack it out,
I can hew a steak without any doubt,
With this monster cleaver this lad's quite a star,
And he'll cut a dash at the Mudcat bar.

Well I like my whiskey,
And I like my beer,
I'll drink eighteen pints
And I'll not feel queer.
Actually I'm not,
Into alcohol,
I sing drinking songs,
But don't drink at 'ol"

Is that staek sizzling yet?

                                    Jack Halyard.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 04 Sep 04 - 03:20 PM

SINSULL, the invitation to back-walking is to COUNTY people-- HERE where we live-- I'm reminding Bert he's planned to come back and see us before too long. We'll hold the fundraiser then. Lot of skinny little things up here.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 05 Sep 04 - 01:15 PM

The outside roofed patio begins to fill up with really wet people who have made their way around through the garden gate that comes in from Florida. It's a warm and humid climate they've just left behind, so the dry cool air of the tavern will feel good. But someone had better run to closet, or through to the recovery ward, and get a few fluffy bathrobes. Ah, Nurse Ratched, I didn't have you in mind with that request. We want to make them feel welcome here, not further distress! You behave yourself if you're going to assist!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: jacqui.c
Date: 05 Sep 04 - 03:13 PM

With the weekend I've just had I am in need of a nice restful, stress free environment for a few hours.

Can Bert's credit card run to a nice bottle of Chardonnay and a fillet steak with fried onions?

Anyone got some gentle music to help me relax? Got to get fit to face work tomorrow!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 06 Sep 04 - 03:36 AM

"a Beautiful Mudcat Woman owes me a massage. So I'm going on tour like AllanC to collect real soon. So watch out SINSMEDARLIN and WYSYMELUV and Squeaks and the rest of yas - I'll be there."


Well that cheered me up no end... do you want it dans Boots de Guerre or au naturel?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: beardedbruce
Date: 06 Sep 04 - 05:12 PM

... and a fat bearded person sneaks in the side door, and leaves a package with the label "For LtS, to be opened on the 14th."

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 06 Sep 04 - 09:09 PM

Noted in the Thread Index....

Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
A new level of terror

:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario - back from interdimensional time tra
Date: 07 Sep 04 - 03:28 PM

WOW - What a great weekend I just had...three days in Carvershire - the kingdom of Richard X and his brand new queen Isabelle of Andorra. (They eloped)

I got to hobknob with royals - got to sing at the Queen's Perogative all three mornings - twice solos, once with the Regal Royales** (more nobility!) - likewise twice got to solo and once again with the RR's at one of the minstrel's show - pinch hit when half the group was late for the village pub sing on the first day; wandered about with the RR's and did several numbers with them - sang a shanty for the boat swings; a love song for a pub wench; sang along with countless numbers at pub sings, pirate shanty sessions and various minstrels shows and music jams. (And they didn't even ask me to shut up!!)

**BTW - their CD 'pure snoods' has some incredible Lithuanian folk songs on it. I'm hoping I can get Jura to post about them or at least let me post what she has told me about them.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 08 Sep 04 - 10:10 AM

Are you wearing a snood when you work behind the bar, Mmario? It does keep the hair out of the potato salad.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 08 Sep 04 - 10:28 AM

Are you implying I wouldn't take proper hygenic measures while working with food?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 08 Sep 04 - 11:38 AM

You have been barhopping with wenches, cavorting with pirates, and street walking with folk musicians. Put on plastic gloves and a hair net or get away from the potato salad. But first pour me a little JD on the rocks with a twist and throw on a reptilian burger with swiss...please.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 08 Sep 04 - 12:22 PM

well -it was more barhopping with pirates,cavorting with wenches and street walkers

uhmm - did I say I hung out with the nobles a lot?


and I learned the banana is a dangerous fruit.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 09 Sep 04 - 12:21 PM

SPRAY spritz spritz swat swat swat the smell of burnt hair and cloth drifts through the kitchen. . .

Geez, MMario, you got a little too close to the rotisserie with that snood. Are you okay? I had to grab the water hose off the back porch (it was running already--looks like you're getting ready to make a big batch of Jello?).

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 09 Sep 04 - 01:08 PM

I'm exhausted - I'm just gonna tune in Ren-Radio and hook up the caffienne IV and hope maybe Alice will be on the playlist.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: el_punkoid_nouveau
Date: 09 Sep 04 - 03:12 PM

Mmmmmmm - smells - well, kind of different - burnt snood jello...

Hey MMario - after you with the caffeine!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 09 Sep 04 - 03:19 PM

SNARL!!!!

MY caffeine! Get your own...

never get between a man and his caffeine IV!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 09 Sep 04 - 03:42 PM

EEWWWWW! My burger looks a little well done. Should have specified medium rare. It smells nasty in here. Let's order one of those Aroma CD Players with Bert's card. I think it comes with the Nature Scent Series free but if they have it, pick up the kitchen smells - gingerbread, roast beef, fresh baked bread - anything to kill the smell of freshly singed MMario.

While everyone is distracted I will replace half the water in the Jell-o pit with vodka. Tub o' Lime Jello Shots. This should be fun.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 09 Sep 04 - 03:55 PM

It might be cheaper just to open the windows--there's a nice breeze from the north. (Not to be confused with the hefty wind headed in from the Caribbean!)

Er, Sins. . . you know you can soak that stuff in through your skin, right?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 09 Sep 04 - 04:32 PM

Shoak wat Shtuff?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 09 Sep 04 - 05:09 PM

Ha!

So we've had the flames (and NO SMOKING NEAR THE JELLO PIT UNTIL IT EVAPORATES!!!) and have tested the "flame bunker" mentioned in the thread title. I think. The water hose worked to put out a smouldering high test Mudcatter. That's all the testing we need. It could have been worse. MMario, you might look good with red hair! :)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 09 Sep 04 - 05:23 PM

I was in here yesterday and couldn't get a post to take, but I REALLY NEEDED A DRINK!

SRS are you FUGGing again?

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: LilyFestre
Date: 09 Sep 04 - 05:38 PM

Jello Pits? Vodka? Lime Jello Shots? Aroma CD Players? Friends? Man....how did I miss this place for SO long?

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 09 Sep 04 - 05:50 PM

You think THIS place is great, follow some of the links to the OLD Taverns-- they TRAVELED!

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 09 Sep 04 - 11:48 PM

Er, WYSIWYG, "FUGGing?" My fellow Mudcatter Moonglow and I have put our heads together and can't work that one out. Are you dangling your feet in the jello as you type?

hic!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 08:36 AM

SRS! I didn't think anyone had gotton pictures of our midsummer barbecue! Why didn't you share at the time?

It did get a little out of hand, didn't it?

I'm gonna take a nap - wake me up when this year is over.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 02:13 PM

SRS, see link early on in one of my posts and you will know all there is to know about FUGGing. (Do a find in page if you're lazy.)

And as Mmario asked, Why didn't you shave at the time?

Now, on to the celebration. A fish dish has been requested in honor of our salty dogs. :~)

Curried mixed grill! Yup! The curry is bloomed on the Mongolian grilltop-- toss on your squid, your cod, your crawdad, whatever you want as long as you are prepared to SHAVE!

(humming and stir-frying the curry paste in the hot garlic oil)

Bring it on! Plenty of nice cool yogurt if you need it!

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 02:21 PM

Is JOhn from hull going to deliver the curry?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 02:50 PM

Not till abou9t PM. It's OK, I have plenty. Got some asafoetida down where de boolshee' dwell, mix him in good, very hot, very deep flavor, go with basmati in de cooker.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 04:24 PM

I like this

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: LilyFestre
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 05:16 PM

Hmmmmmm....you mean folks can eat that stuff and their tongues don't burst into flames and shoot their eyeballs straight into outer space? I'm just gonna plant myself over here by the fire....any chance I can get a pitcher of Red Death with a straw and lots of ice? BTW, how many of the rest of you store your peanuts in a revolver?

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 05:22 PM

Well, you see, folks that eat that stuff-- their tongues DO burst into flames and their eyeballs DO shoot straight into outer space-- thing is, it kinda tickles and feels purty damn good! Anyhoo you can always tone it down with the yogurt. Here's a big container of it-- yours, now-- jes' stick that ole tongue right on IN it, swish it around, mm, mm, MMM!

Pitcher comin', it's on Bert's card as usual.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Sep 04 - 12:06 AM

I'll add another pitcher to that order--for all of the birthday folks this week. Mine was Monday, looks like MMario and JtS are today, and I saw a couple others listed on the Personal page during the week. Here's one to all of these Virgos!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 11 Sep 04 - 08:33 AM

A Foole clad in shabby motley wanders by humming The Old Chat Forum had a Troll, M - y - E - g - o!...

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: kendall
Date: 12 Sep 04 - 07:22 AM

OK I'm nice and relaxed now, but last night I tried proper baked beans for the first time - totally different from that muck in the tins in the UK.

Any chance of a the cook producing some more of they? That darned cat might not like them!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 12 Sep 04 - 09:26 AM

They may not be Virgos soon!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Leadfingers
Date: 12 Sep 04 - 09:47 PM

Kendall - There is nowt wrong with canned beans in UK IF you get the right breed - If there is sufficient interest I might Just be persuaded to do some Curried Beans on Toast With a Poached Egg - BUT
only if someone is prepared to risk the Gamekeeper and Poach the Eggs

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: el_punkoid_nouveau
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 03:38 AM

Mhmmmm - poached the odd thing in my time - I'll try the local ostriches...

Any chance of a quick Laphroaig before I head off? Dutch courage... is Bert's card still OK?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 05:42 AM

Eeeeerrrrrggghhhhh!!! I'll just stay down the other end away from all the food. Just got back from a weekend cookery course and I can't even look at another plate of food! Strangely, though I've had an equally large amount of alcohol, I don't seem to have been put off that......please may I have another brandy alexander and sit here and quietly digest the weekend? Anyone got any soothing music to go with it?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 12:17 PM

"How about the purr of a cat while you wait for the music?" emotes a cat who strolls along the bar next to MBSLynne and rubs up against her shoulder. . .

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 04:41 PM

Kendall - how in the name of ANYTHING could you be a New Englander for the length of time you have been and not had proper baked beans?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 14 Sep 04 - 02:51 AM

Mmmmm! That feels good.......anyone else like to stroll along the bar and rub my shoulder......?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 07:54 AM

Everyone seems to be refreshing themselves, so I will refresh the thread as well.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: el_punkoid_nouveau
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 08:14 AM

Who wanted those eggs? We have heaps of them here...

No gamekeepers in sight - but another spot of the L would go down verrrrrrrrrrrrry nicely after all that effort.

How's the shoulder MBSL?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 08:42 AM

I had a long-legged lurcher dog,
I kept her in me keeping.
She'd flush out hare, on a moonlit night,
While the gamekeepers lie sleeping,
While the gamekeepers lie sleeping.

One day the policeman collared me,
To have me in his keeping.
Your brindle made a moonlit raid,
While the gamekeepers lay sleeping,
While the gamekeepers lay sleeping.

I seen her come out of the wood,
Across the fields a-speeding.
A partridge she had in her mouth,
While the gamekeepers lay sleeping,
While the gamekeepers lay sleeping.

But my dog's black and white you see,
So I'm not for your keeping.
He couldn't see, I'd brindled she,
While the gamekeepers lay sleeping,
While the gamekeepers lay sleeping.

One day his wife fell mortal ill,
He had to give up p'licing.
But I dropped one bird on his door each night,
While the gamekeepers lay sleeping,
While the gamekeepers lay sleeping.

Now she fared so well upon pheasant broth,
Her colour come back creeping.
So long as my bitch roamed abroad,
While the gamekeepers lay sleeping,
While the gamekeepers lay sleeping.

Now the bitch she pupped and I given him one,
To have in his own keeping.
Now he's left the force, and he roams wi' me,
While the gamekeepers lie sleeping,
While gamekeepers lie sleeping.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 08:53 AM

My shoulder is fine....any offers to rub anything else? I won't ask the cat...that goes on the "Strange sexual practices" thread. I think I'd better take my coat and go home with Giok...nono, I mean LIKE Giok.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: beardedbruce
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 08:56 AM

MBSLynne,


I have been known to give massages at the Getaway.... but I might make you read sonnets...

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 10:15 AM

Do I have to write them myself?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 10:21 AM

There's a clank of boots and spurs, as a ridiculously large woman slams through the saloon doors, in a really silly-looking cowgirl outfit complete with spangles, fringe, and sequined hat.

She growls. "Ah'm a-lookin' fer BILL. Got me a little sumpin to finish clearin' up!, with Billlllll............ izzee in 'ere? Quit hidin'...... yer time is up! Ah gots me a snog here an' it's got YER yer name on it," sez Ah!

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: beardedbruce
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 10:42 AM

Nope- I have enough... but be warned, I have been asked to stopped massaging after about 8 hours...

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 01:23 PM

You two might want to take that to the recovery ward or the back room, or even the jello pit, for a little privacy. . . :)

We have standards around here, you know! Massages in public are fine, but the sonnets must be handled in private.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 01:28 PM

ALWAYS handle privates in sonnet!

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: beardedbruce
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 01:30 PM

(off to the jello pit...)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 01:31 PM

Someone's been handling their sonnets? I hope they wash their hands before they indulge in the buffet!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 01:57 PM

Say, does size matter when it comes to sonnets? :~)

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: beardedbruce
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 01:58 PM

of course size matters- 14, every time...

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 02:17 PM

Bruce!.....Wait for me........Massage in the jello pit AND sonnets....for eight hours??? Someone send in a brandy alexander......

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 16 Sep 04 - 01:50 PM

yeah - right bruce 14!

from what I've heard a lot of those "14's" are naught but eights with another 6 in a different rhyme scheme!!!!

shocking - isn't it?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario - hopping mad!
Date: 16 Sep 04 - 02:17 PM

AAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH! I just found out the latest trick of the Evil Evil Evil Queen Bess (our content filter) has not only blocked me from my knitting forum but from the Mudcat SONGBOOK!!!!!!!

woe! Woe!

WOE!

I'm going to go soak in the jello shots pit.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 16 Sep 04 - 02:24 PM

Oh dear....... we're gonna max out Bert's card for you, Mmario!

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 16 Sep 04 - 03:00 PM

Naw, we won't max it out--

Snap!

Just snap your fingers and that balance is all cleared out and ready to go some more.

MMario, perhaps "Bess" objects to the bawdy content of the Mudcat Songbook? Just what were you looking up?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 16 Sep 04 - 03:02 PM

just the main page -

no they blocked it because it's geocities.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 16 Sep 04 - 03:55 PM

Hmmm.....bearded Bruce and MMario in the jello pit! With me....sigh. What more could a girl ask?

MBSLynne sneaks out of the jello pit and makes up a recipe she learned on her weekend cookery course.....gin and lemon jelly. Put THAT in the jello pit and see what happens!

MBSLynne dives back in.......

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 16 Sep 04 - 04:17 PM

-urk - major hangover for me - I'm allergic to gin!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 16 Sep 04 - 05:10 PM

Could we try another sort of alcohol? Hmmmm...brandy alexander jelly....

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Sep 04 - 01:16 PM

Ewwww--looks like the jello pit needs a shower chaser. I have one of those shepherd's crook shaped showers that goes on a hose end in the yard. If any of you wants to try it, it's in the back of the pickup out back. Water coming out of the hose is a refreshing warmish temperature still. . . and showering outside always feels to decadent! It's up to you if you're wearing anything or not. Might want to set the shower up over near the hedge.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 17 Sep 04 - 01:48 PM

that reminds me - I should get the outside shower at home repaired.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 17 Sep 04 - 04:57 PM

Need to get this jello stuff off. I'm up for it! Anyone want to join me in the outside shower??

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MAG
Date: 17 Sep 04 - 10:22 PM

What's anyone got on for the weekend?

Dukes of Dixieland are playing here, & then my rounds group on Sunday.

And what did anyone think of *Festival Express?"

and yes, a brandy alexander for me too, please.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Sep 04 - 10:26 PM

I am not interested in the jello pit, but I might be persuaded into a quickie shower out on the porch, now that it's dark.   ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Teresa
Date: 17 Sep 04 - 11:45 PM

[A bat quietly flies in and flits around the place, listening to the mingled singing, playing, chatting, and reciting. She flits here and there in a quest for the stray insect that slips out from the padded room, which has seen better repair. She goes out to the large and very strange pools of liquid and gell. First she takes an experimental sip at the gell ... "hmmm, vodka." Then she flies over to the other pool and takes a draft ... "Hmmm, chocolate? May wonders never cease!" She goes mad flitting back and forth in ecstatic indecision, then, exhausted and happy, goes back into the tavern and settles down in the rafters, listening and squeaking an occasional remark while grabbing up the odd mosquito or other insect.]

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 18 Sep 04 - 01:43 AM

Ah! It was only a matter of time before we had bats in our belfry! (There have been bells ringing when folks swing around up there in the rafters in harness, right?)

Someone better keep an eye on the fe-lions. We don't need cats in the belfry also.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Teresa
Date: 18 Sep 04 - 02:02 AM

This bat's best friend is a cat.

As for the swingers ... er, yes. Very interesting. ;)

T

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Teresa
Date: 18 Sep 04 - 03:02 AM

Must be time to sleep. I misread that as "fey lions". ...

nitey-nite!

T

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 18 Sep 04 - 10:51 AM

(We call our cats fe-lions because in their minds they're the greatest hunters on the planet, requiring a larger name than "cat.")

You gotta watch swinging around in the rafters. It's best left for cooler times of year, when the heat up there feels good. But you must be careful if there's a christmas tree up in the room--earlier tavern-goers have seen by happenstance that trees can be used like a trebuchet and send people and critters flying.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Teresa
Date: 18 Sep 04 - 01:33 PM

SRS said; "(We call our cats fe-lions because in their minds they're the greatest hunters on the planet, requiring a larger name than "cat.")"

Works for me.

And works for my buddy Hans, the 5-month-old, twelve-pound gentle sucky baby. Well, I haven't made him mad yet. :D

I'm comfy roosting here for the moement. Then no doubt I'll get my travelin' itch. ;)

T

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,Martian Gibbon
Date: 18 Sep 04 - 01:36 PM

Cant find the remote

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 09:42 AM

Are you any relation to Jupiter Organutan?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Teresa
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 02:04 PM

My other best friend is a bonobo ...

T

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 03:08 PM

I saw a great name in an obit last week, and I'm thinking of taking it as a new Mudcat name or making a character for it-- Bonka! It's just too wonderful a name not to have it go on in the world any longer, and I think she was the last of the Bonka's, at least for her local family.

What would Bonka be like? Let's go ahead and make her up, and leave her semi-permanently in the Tavern.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 03:25 PM

Okay, but let's change her just enough that we're not appropriating someone else's persona. How about making her Bonka Beulah Bonka, or Bonka B. Bonka, of the BBB, of course.

I think someone with this name used to be a dancer.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 03:50 PM

An attractive blond in a skimpy red dress walks tentatively into the tavern. The bartender's head pops up and the room silences as she speaks: I'm looking for the 2004 Secret Santa thread, and I need a bottle of wine to put on my silver salver. Can you help me, please?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 04:10 PM

Oh, okay! Say, that's not Bonka over there with the Silver Salver, is it?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 04:39 PM

I was wondering that myself. :~)

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 08:38 PM

The bartender might know--who's working back there tonight?

A splashing sound is heard as the inhabitants of the jello pit slog slowly out of the green goo and stand under the shower. They're about to enter, stage left. . .

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 09:20 PM

Ohhhhhh. I am tired, Spent last night babysitting twin infant boys who took turns staying awake all night. I think I got three hours sleep total. Bottles and diapers, diapers and bottles. And one had to be held or he MWAHH MWAHHED. My back is about to give out. Hmm - Jello Shot pit is empty. Maybe I will slog around in there for a while. When the bartender gets his eyes back in his head, have him deliver a bottle of JD and a glass full of ice to the pit but only when he's finished drooling. So Banka's in the Bunker...how fitting.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 09:38 PM

What's that Bonka has in her other hand, a book? Perhaps it's an old edition of Sing Out or a classic collection of folk song words? And the wine she's balancing--I bet it's that nice bottle of Riesling-Qualitätswein behind the bar earlier.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 10:05 PM

Naw, Silly, that's Bonka's Black Book. Uh-oh-- I'm gonna have to give her an entire brain wipe once this Tavern closes! Say, she's a bonnie babe, isn't she? And brawny, too. I suspect she waxes that face every now and then.

As for the wine, I didn't see it, but is that a baritone burp coming from the bunker?!

I also didn't see her bloomers, but then that's what the barberpole's for.

Mmario! Got a bawdy barbershop ballad for Bonka?   Quick! Before the pirates try to bundle her off!

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 10:22 PM

I went back to see Bonka one more time before bed and realized-- hey.... that gaslight she's curled around looks JUST LIKE the gaslights on WELLSBORO's main drag-- and Bonka does indeed spring from the pages of the WELLSBORO GAZETTE!!!

Now, a big, BIG thing here is GOLF PACKAGES, where we bring in tourists with big bucks to fill up the local HOTELs with high rollers from the flatlands.

So I took another look to see Bonka's new neighborhood, and-- Oh no! Tomorrow is Talk Like a Golfer Day!

I bet our Bonka invited all those golfing boyfriends here to the Tavern. Oh well! Let's not tell 'em Bert's buying-- we can soak 'em for a wad for the Mudcat.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 10:34 PM

I'm biting my tongue. . .

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 10:55 PM

Don't bite it THIS HARD!

Or I'll have to call MAX and ask him to send over Nurse Ratched!

Better yet, use
THIS on it and get back to SWINGIN' in and out of the jello pit!

Oh-- BTW-- I found out why the BARTENDER's been so quiet-- I sure hope he recovers before Halloween!

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Sep 04 - 12:33 AM

On the tag end of "talk like a pirate day," that pirate ought to get the attention of anyone within 100 yards of the jello pit. (It looks like you found a lot at that site!)

Quick--someone do the Tarzan yell as she swings in from the rafters (funny, I never saw that little trap door in the ceiling before!)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Teresa
Date: 20 Sep 04 - 12:39 AM

eeeee-aaaa-aaaa-yyyiiii, don't scare me like that ... hey!!!!

A bat's gotta keep busy doing something up here ... can't always fly to get out of a scrape.

ah well, it was time for me to look alert anyway ... what was all that about pirates?

T

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 20 Sep 04 - 08:48 PM

AAAAACHOOOO!!!!!!! Sorry - caught a cold. Maybe the Jello Pit should be off limits until the alcohol kills off the germs. Really sorry...

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 21 Sep 04 - 03:20 AM

MBS Lynne staggers in, weighed down by a large load of elderberry wine.
"Everyone have a glass or two, or more, of this...it's the best thing to ward off cold germs, and even if it doesn't work, you won't notice the cold until it's gone!"

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 21 Sep 04 - 11:55 PM

Things seem to be winding down again. But the setup is pretty good--the patio has the jello pit and the shower, the recovery ward is reachable through that coat closet down the hall (I'm sure there are external heaters for winter users), the trap door in the ceiling was noticed and the rafters are all ready for a very tall christmas/yule tree. I'm sure MMario left a lot of good food in the freezer back there. Maybe we can do a Halloween shindig? I should have a batch of smoked salmon to bring over by then. And Susan tells us that the Tavern used to travel. Hmmmm. . . great potential here!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: jacqui.c
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 05:53 AM

I'm back in again - the last week has been a little traumatic, topped off by it taking 22 hours airport to airport to get back from Maine at the weekend.

I need a little time for R & R before I start on the major task of taking my home apart and working out what stuff will be taken with me when I move.

A nice bottle of Chardonay and some chicken soup is on order today - the bat can stay - I think it's cute.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 10:12 AM

Jacqui I have some friends who retired and are moving to Wales from Texas. They sold a lot of stuff and are moving select belongings over now. I don't envy you the task--they worked on this whole process for months! Kick back for a few minutes and I'll take a little of my special home-made chicken soup stock out of the freezer back here. Let's see if MMario can whip up something real special for you. . .

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Teresa
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 10:42 AM

squeaaaaaak!!! :D

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 11:00 AM

SRS, yes, I HIGHLY recommend reading some of the old Tavern threads before we launch a new one, especially the ones I gave links to, at the start of this one.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 11:12 AM

I still maintain that it isn't so much that the Tavern itself travels - but that ACCESS to it travels - though the point does seem moot. The Tavern Proper seems to exist in a multidimensional sub-space warp between universes.

The front door certainly appears to exist in multiple locations - though some of the other doors seem relatively stable. (Except the one labeled "Do Not Open" - that one opens onto 'Spaw's worst nightmares)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Tinker
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 11:18 AM

Jacqui, go check out the table near the bar. I'm experimenting with champagne punch receipes. You can try them out and decide which you like best. Since it's still morning here, I figured we'd start with one that added orange juice to revitalize you after your long week. MMario sent it to me and I figure we'll finish it off here. Of course we could simply get the good stuff and drink it straight....

tinker

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 11:32 AM

Mmario, how can anyone reply to that without looking at the old Taverns????? I was IN some of them and I'm still not sure how to respond to yor post :~)

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 11:46 AM

I'm just babeling - no response necessary.

BTW - don't disturb those kegs in the pantry. I'm making Walnut Catsup, Mushroom ketchup, and grape katsup. And some pickled green tomatoes.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Teresa
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 11:50 AM

Was it in one of those other tavern threads that I discovered that the end of the Internet was in newfoundland? Darn, that particular site is gone, and now there seem to be many portals to the end. I googled them. Ok, so I have a lot of time on my hands. So be careful; it's possible you may reach the end of the Internet and wind up ...

...

back here.

shades of Douglas Adams.

T

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 12:06 PM

you may reach the end of the Internet and wind up ...back here.

That's a bad thing?

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,MMmmmmmario
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 12:08 PM

hmmm - just found this recipe...

Blueberry Catsup

5 c Fresh Blueberries
1 c Sugar
1 tb Fresh Lemon Juice
1 ts Ground Cinnamon
1/2 ts Ground Cloves
1 ts Fresh Ground Black Pepper
1/2 ts Salt -- Or To Taste
3/4 c Vinegar

combine and simmer until thick.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 12:11 PM

We need cantaloupe catsup too-- soon they'll be practically giving them away..... wonderful cut up and forzen for winter fruit, but maybe good for catsup too..... for chicken...

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Teresa
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 12:12 PM

Well, that depends, Susan. :)

er, um, er, I mean, no, I think not. It's just that there's no other way to go.

:)

T

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Teresa
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 12:14 PM

As long as it contains alcohol ...

T

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 12:18 PM

Check out the new thread I just started about that, T....

BLICK!

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: GUEST,mmARIO
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 12:32 PM

This looks tangy

Lemon Catchup

15 large lemons (cut in 1/4's; remove visible seeds)
4 tbsp. mustard seed
2 tsp. turmeric
1 tbsp. white pepper
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 cups sugar
2 tbsp. prepared grated horseradish
2 cups chopped onion
2 tbsp. salt

Grind all ingredients together.
let sit, covered 3 hours in a cool place
bring to a boil, simmmer 30 minutes. cool.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: jacqui.c
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 07:05 PM

ANYTHING with champagne in it gets my vote Tinker. And I'll definitely take some of the chicken soup please SRS. What a lovely place!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 07:48 PM

He stumbles in, way short on sleep and way behind in his work after two weeks on a cruise.

"Please, please," he begs, "Talisker. A lot of Talisker. Without ketchup or catsup."

Then, to no one in particular, he says, "Water, water, everywhere and all the boats did stop. I'm one of very few people who ever went on a cruise that came to an end because there was too much water around the boat."

And he weaves his weary way to chair and collapses into it.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 08:34 PM

A blonde in festive, skimpy Christmas garb saunters over to the recliner, and with one long black boot tips the occupant full back.

His jaw drops open as the visual and kinetic impact land simultaneously.

She whips an open bottle of Talisker off her silver salver, upturning it in one smooth movement above his gaping maw. The sound of gurgling is heard.... and then humming emanates from the kitchen.

"Ketchup chaser, dope!" says the blonde, and yes, it is our own Bonka B. Bonka, having her way with another man as is her wont.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 09:03 PM

Jacqui, here's your soup! I think Bonka is pouring the drinks this evening.

Bonka, a champagne punch for Jacqui, here, please! Thank you so much!.

Bonka delivers the drinks quickly and very cheerfully with her silver salver, sharing a wink and a nod with the women (interpreted one way) and a wink and a nod for the men (perhaps interpreted somewhat differently). To save time, she has tucked Bert's credit card into the top of her black boot, since it won't fit into the bodice of her form-fitting red outfit.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MBSLynne
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 08:13 AM

MBSLynne yawns and looks at her watch "Good grief! I've been in this Tavern for THREE WEEKS!!! Time I went home and got on with some work. Besides, that Bonka B. Bonka is just too much competition!. Might look in later guys...." She weaves her way, somewhat unsteadily to the door. But which door is it? What will she find on the other side????.........

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Rapparee
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 09:05 AM

Ah, he dreams, the gentle rain of Talisker from heaven. Delivered by a scantily clad, leggy blond in boots and furs, fortunately unlike those fantasized by Sacher-Masoch. Such a wonderful place. He dreams up a warm quilt in which to wrap himself, the pattern a combination of Pine Trees, Drunkard's Path, and a large and small Log Cabin (with the Mudcat logo in the center of the larger one) and realizes that it is called "Little Mudcat Tavern In The Big Woods (With The Little House Outback)."

Curled up, Taliskered, nourished in body and soul, wrapped in a warm quilt, cared for by beautiful women, he sleeps on, dreaming of riposte and remise and victories yet to come on the piste.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 02:24 PM

Why is MMario snuggled up tight to Rapaire? Doesn't he have ketchup simmering on the stove? If that lemon mess boils over and burns we'll never get the smell out of here.

Think I'll just sit here with a glass of champagne by the West door and see what happens when Rapaire wakes up.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: SINSULL
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 08:51 PM

Oh dear! Killed another thread...sorry.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 07:23 PM

He stretches, yawns, and awakens. Hmmm...someone was sharing the quilts and there is an awful odor of burnt lemon.

They'll never get that odor out of here!

"A fogcutter, please" he calls to the barwench, "I think I'm still asleep. There simply can't be a gorgeous,leggy blond in a skimpy Santa outfit sitting there watching over me."

At least, he thinks, I wasn't robbed of my Virtue or Pearl of Great Price or my Innocence whilst I was snoozing. I don't mind sharing my quilt, but I'll be damned if I'll share more than that without my consent!

"Is it possible to get some breakfast, too? Perhaps an omelet?" he asks hesitantly.

Subject: Bonka B. Bonka
From: GUEST,A Family Member
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 09:10 PM

In response to recent posts on this website making light of a very real tragedy, I ask that you please refrain from carrying on with the use of Bonka's name for pleasure.

Bonka was a professional and part of my family. Not only will she be missed by students, colleagues, and friends but forever by her family.

As you can imagine when the family was made aware that this website and those who post on it were creating her into a "character" not only did it anger us, but made us feel as if you were using her name in vain.

PLEASE, PLEASE stop as we continue to mourn her loss.

KIND REGARDS,
her family.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 06:57 PM

I altered Bonka's surname so she can sleep in peace.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 07:17 PM

Thanks, Joe. I did not want to post and bring the thread back to the top until you had taken some action but this has been in my thoughts all day, since opening SRS's PM telling me what had happened, and how she was addressing it.

I deeply regret my complete thoughtlessness in this matter, and I appreciate that SRS was on hand to address it promptly and tactfully.

I'd also like to emphasize that it is not SRS's fault she was drawn into this. In my thoughtlessness, I had confused one deceased person with another I had just read about, and I "reassured" SRS that what we were doing was all right. It wasn't-- no matter who Bonka was or what the circumstances of her passing were, or whether she had family or not. It was just wrong, and again, I apologize.

Anyone wishing to communicate with me privately about this can email me at [e-mail].

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 09:43 PM

Thanks, Susan. It was a day for soul-searching. It's amazing what makes it onto search engines, and how intent can be trumped by circumstance.

I'm glad the thread hasn't vanished--some of those ketchup recipes look mighty tempting!

The lady with the tray will have to chill out for a while, I think. I introduced her, independent of the name thing, because I was being silly and looking for someone we could send back behind the bar to help out on occasion to rattle MMario's cage (or to extricate people from the fixes we sometimes generate in cyberspace). Who knew the fix she'd be in.

Live and learn.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 09:52 PM

Yes, I think BBB has retired.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MAG
Date: 27 Sep 04 - 01:23 PM

The silver haired information maven sidles in from the Northwest, tired of the thankless battle with weeds in the rose garden. She has brought a pound of ctnip, the kind you buy in bulk at the bag-it-yourself   market. Over her, she lays out lots of newspaper and sets out several little piles of it so that each kitty can have its own pile and not hog them all. There! that will mellow them out plenty.

Here is a sack of these roma tomatoes, which were SUPPOSED to be early cascades. (snarl! snarl! no more buying tomato starts from Freddie's.)

Now that the visit back East to see the aged parents is over, things are on the up.

Anybody want a TON of evening primrose seed? or newly divided irises?

Oh yeah, the guiness will be just fine. I have to sip it slowly.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: jacqui.c
Date: 27 Sep 04 - 02:20 PM

Champagne all round please - on Bert's card, and even for the cats. Kendall got the results of his CAT scan and the cancer hasn't grown or spread. Now it looks like laser treatment will deal with the problem. This is one very relieved bunny, believe me!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MAG
Date: 27 Sep 04 - 04:42 PM

That is SUCH good news, Jacqui. Let me propose a toast to himself's good health.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: MMario
Date: 27 Sep 04 - 04:46 PM

Someone's toasting kendall? It that what's making the burnt lemon smell?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Sep 04 - 07:09 PM

Kendall isn't a burnt lemon....