BS: Mudcat Tavern, Grill and Flame Bunker

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: wysiwyg
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 10:48 PM

(hi Bill)

Gotta go now!

:~)

~S~

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: 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: 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: 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 - 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 - 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: 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: 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: 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 - 03:05 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 - 02:38 PM

bad echo in here.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 - 09:04 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: 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