Quiet room...

[TillieTrotter]

*Assures Jah that he is amongst friends and like minded people*

*Wonders if we need to form an AA meet in here*

*After careful consideration, thinks nah, pours a nice glass of Chablis*

[citizenED]

*hello, hello, hi, hi there, good afternoon, hello, hello, hi...*

*sod this greeting people malarky, makes b-line for Tillie's Chablis, grumpily pushing Mockney, Jah and Huguenot aside*

8feels lush*

[mockney piers]

* notices citizen treating Lush in a manner befitting an owl *

* hoots with delight *

* swigs from bottle of industrial meths, it is almost the weekend after all *

[Ant]

*swings through quiet room on large crystal chandelier*

*swigs from a bottle of manky, premixed bucks fizz while doing so*

*chucks empty bottle into a nearby owl moments before making an exit, stage right, through the window*

[peckham_perkster]

*peeks round the door having never been in here before*

*note to self don't wear trainers that squeak when walking across the floor*

*finds the drinks trolley and helps self to a glass of ice cold sherry*

*looks up and smiles at everyone in the room*

*realises that this may be misconstrued as flirting*

*finds the leather sofa and hides behind her book 'Hidden rivers of London'*

[mockney piers]

* realises has to materialise out, but offers quick wave to pecham_perkster, tries best no to look (too) flirtatious *

* thanks meths may not be the best welcome, offers refereshing glass of pinot grigio instead *

[Asset]

*bit bloody noisy in here*

chandelier swinging, cheering, screaming - what is going on?

*proffers glass to Tille for some Chablis* don't even think of getting a 12 step programme going on in here

[peckham_perkster]

*accepts the pinot grigio but can smell the meths on mockney piers breath and is slightly disappointed not to be offered any*

*clears throat and quaffs the entire glass in about 3 gulps*

*leaves as quickly as possible bumping into the drinks trolley on the way almost upsetting a bottle of advocaat*

[citizenED]

*sighs*

*sips Pinot Grigio*

*flicks peanut at owl*

*wonders: why is the drinks trolley lurching at that angle?*

[Asset]

*do we still have owls?*

[citizenED]

*a stray, i reckon*

*bombardment of peanuts chased him away*

*Puts up feet - lines up a half dozen lines of ale*

*any takers?*

[peckham_perkster]

*flops onto a chair eyeing up the ale*

*any Timothy Taylors in there Ed?*

[citizenED]

*aahhhh...timmy taylors....you bet, ya*

[peckham_perkster]

*pours timmy taylors into glass slowly watching it clear*

*opens up the ES magazine cos it's Friday*

*cheers ed :)-D trying to clink glasses as quietly as possible*

[citizenED]

*on to third yard*

*dreaming of going "the whole nine yards"*

*someone, (other than PP. thanks BTW) help me, help me, please*

[bagpuss78]

"Good mornin', good mornin'!It's great to stay up late, Good mornin', good mornin' to you."

*sings song disregarding the fact it is afternoon, have just got thus it be mornin'*

*tidies up one's drinks trolley, some weirdo :-) has put a half bootle of Meths on it! tut,tut!*

*sits by newly found babbling brook, dipping toes in water*

[TillieTrotter]

*waves to Bagpuss*

*Asks what will get rid of this stinking hangover*

*Takes fluffy bunny slippers off and sits beside Bagpuss, Ah this is lovely*

[bagpuss78]

*hands tillie over-sized straw leading to very large jug of pimms*

*lays out picnic on grass with everyones favourite things....thinks to self there seems to be alot of alchohol here not much food, must change favourite things questionaire for next picnic!*

[SeanMacGabhann]

* thinks "any hangover which involves watching Bagpuss and Tillie drink their way through a hangover can't be that bad *

* raises a glass in their direction *

* wonders at what point he should worry if Lady Macgabgann doesn't stir at some point - no stamina some people *

[citizenED]

*sits in lotus position by drinc-nic*

*nods a thank-you to Bagpuss*

*grimaces at pain in knees*

*angles curly straw into Pimms*

[Huguenot]

*thinks... it all started going wrong with pramwatch*

*starts casting about for airline comfort bags*

[mockney piers]

* glances around, realises should really be doing things like packing *

* getting on a plane awfully soon *

* scarpers out the back door *

[dulwichmum]

Passes around chocolate brown velvet Anya Hindmarch toiletry bags stuffed with Keihls delights to Mr Huguenot et al.

Wonders why he never asked before, as bathroom cabinet is full of bootie from James trips abroad (first class BA clearly!).

Thinks to self - darling James clocks up more air miles than Tony Blair on a farewell tour...

[SeanMacGabhann]

* realises how much housework needs to be done *

* fires up Napster and picks a dozen tracks to soundtrack said housework *

* the place is going to be awfully quiet with lot's of people jetting off *

* oh wait, geography no longer matters in 2007 *

[citizenED]

*slurps remainder of Pimms (those quart measures are devil)*

*searches suave looking brown bag for chocolate delights*

*disappointedly, cracks open can of special brew*

*roll on Monday morning*