POL Xmas lunch/dinner - the poll

DG · Post by DG » 14 Nov 2004, 01:05

Me and Mr DG will come.

DG

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 14 Nov 2004, 02:36

DG wrote:Me and Mr DG will come.

DG

I thought you were Mr DG!!!

Ã‚Â£24.95 is too much in my view but I'm in.

Post by **wangi** » 14 Nov 2004, 02:51

I'll ask the boss...

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 14 Nov 2004, 10:27

Beach Babe wrote: *wanders off to speak nicely to a babysitter*

Now there is an idea for a helpful thread.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 14 Nov 2004, 10:28

Seven definites so far, a probable and a possible. The Portobello Online Xmas lunch is open to all registered members so please post ASAP to secure your place.

Gail, I'm saving you a seat if you want to join us.

DG · Post by DG » 14 Nov 2004, 10:47

Bob, I count 8 so far not 7.

Porty, Mr DG is actually GG, a forum member - but who doesn't post very often at all. We are 2 separate people, honest. I confess to posting under his name before I became a forum member myself - perhaps this started the confusion - either that or I sound like a man

DG

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 14 Nov 2004, 11:04

Well I think that's because Porty has upgraded from possible to definite. We have:

Bob
Beachbabe
Dadaist
Porty
Bearcub
Sandra
DG
GG
wangi (possible)

GG · Post by GG » 14 Nov 2004, 12:36

Porty, Mr DG is actually GG, a forum member - but who doesn't post very often at all. We are 2 separate people, honest. I confess to posting under his name before I became a forum member myself - perhaps this started the confusion - either that or I sound like a man

Here I am - just to clarify the above..

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 14 Nov 2004, 13:38

DG wrote:Porty, Mr DG is actually GG, a forum member - but who doesn't post very often at all. We are 2 separate people, honest. I confess to posting under his name before I became a forum member myself - perhaps this started the confusion - either that or I sound like a man DG

I've got the heebie dg gg's.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 14 Nov 2004, 13:39

Count me in Bob

DG · Post by DG » 14 Nov 2004, 13:43

I've got the heebie dg gg's.

Funny you should say that - I had that just the other day - terrible it was too

DG

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 14 Nov 2004, 19:11

No-one else fancy the Xmas "do" then? ecm,Epykat,Bellybabe,Lizzie,PoP?

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 14 Nov 2004, 19:19

Marya wrote:No-one else fancy the Xmas "do" then? ecm,Epykat,Bellybabe,Lizzie,PoP?

I might come later for a drink - if that's allowed.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 14 Nov 2004, 20:21

Been busy all weekend, not had time to read all thread yet, am definitely up for it but can't do 11th December... You may have to go ahead without me if that's what's decided. But i'll know how we're headed when i catch up with posts tomorrow!
Bellybabe

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 14 Nov 2004, 20:23

Bellybabe - get with the plot. We have decided on 4 December.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 14 Nov 2004, 21:00

Yep I'm in

Who's Gail by the way and why are you keeping her a place?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 14 Nov 2004, 21:01

You have to be kidding, right?

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 14 Nov 2004, 21:17

Oops! Sorry Bob - was a bit slow on the uptake there!

By all means, if you want to lay a place for your imaginery friend then feel free

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 14 Nov 2004, 21:50

Here's an update. The guests so far include:

Bob
Beachbabe
Dadaist
Porty
Bearcub
Sandra
DG
GG
Marya
Epykat
wangi (possible)
Gail (possible)

We need at least another 4 definites. Would you like to join us?

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 15 Nov 2004, 13:33

I've been trying to find the thread where you posted the menu from "The Dalriada" Bob but can't find it. Where is it?

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 15 Nov 2004, 14:22

I think it was deleted, at my suggestion, as it was getting a bit confusing having both. Particularly for the teaching element among us.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 15 Nov 2004, 14:24

Bob wrote:Bellybabe - get with the plot.

OK...I have.

The plot seems to be:
DG has finally decided to come out of the closet about her gender confusion issues, with the full emotional support of her husband. Porty declares he is not keen on suspenders for himself, in order to avert any cross-dressing accusations being levelled at him, and yet the audience are aware that he and his Pal wear matching shirts. Porty wishes to avoid the proles and yet believes lunch shouldn't cost more than it did when he was a bairn, and at the same time is seizing another business opportunity, sending his children out to work to fund his extravagant lifestyle. Bellybabe has not after all run off in that taxi with the matching pink shirt men, but was seen being quietly unable to organise a pish up in a brewery, and has since been unable even to work out what any conversation is about. Bob intends to save a seat for his imaginary lover and make all of Portobello kneel and kiss the imaginary feet at the base of the empty chair. Nor does he seem to know when Christmas is. Marya wishes to moderate who she needs to moderate but feels caught in a web of another's making. In light of such things most people seem to want to avoid having to sit down to a meal with these people and would rather admit to their collective alcoholism as a way of coping with the madness. Poppy can not even bring herself to spend another drunken minute in the company of such people and has already devised a cunning plan to escape...
Watch this space.

BTW I'm in for the 4th.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 15 Nov 2004, 14:55

Porty wrote:

it was getting a bit confusing having both

I can imagine

BTW That reminds me. The door to the Ladies loo in your posh new office is rather dodgy. Me and ecm thought we were stuck in there for the night last Thu.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 15 Nov 2004, 15:00

Bellybabe give up all the studying now. You could earn a fortune as a voiceover, unravelling the complexities of "Blind Date" etc. for the witless audience.
Great stuff

dccairns · Post by **dccairns** » 15 Nov 2004, 15:47

Hope you don't get Porty too legless at lunchtime as he has another date that evening!

DG · Post by DG » 15 Nov 2004, 16:06

The plot seems to be:.............

Well said Bellybabe! That clarifies things

DG

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 15 Nov 2004, 16:59

Bellybabe wrote:
Bob wrote:Bellybabe - get with the plot.
OK...I have.

The plot seems to be:
DG has finally decided to come out of the closet about her gender confusion issues, with the full emotional support of her husband. Porty declares he is not keen on suspenders for himself, in order to avert any cross-dressing accusations being levelled at him, and yet the audience are aware that he and his Pal wear matching shirts. Porty wishes to avoid the proles and yet believes lunch shouldn't cost more than it did when he was a bairn, and at the same time is seizing another business opportunity, sending his children out to work to fund his extravagant lifestyle. Bellybabe has not after all run off in that taxi with the matching pink shirt men, but was seen being quietly unable to organise a pish up in a brewery, and has since been unable even to work out what any conversation is about. Bob intends to save a seat for his imaginary lover and make all of Portobello kneel and kiss the imaginary feet at the base of the empty chair. Nor does he seem to know when Christmas is. Marya wishes to moderate who she needs to moderate but feels caught in a web of another's making. In light of such things most people seem to want to avoid having to sit down to a meal with these people and would rather admit to their collective alcoholism as a way of coping with the madness. Poppy can not even bring herself to spend another drunken minute in the company of such people and has already devised a cunning plan to escape...
Watch this space.

BTW I'm in for the 4th.

Excellent, but where is it all leading?

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 15 Nov 2004, 17:05

Marya wrote:BTW That reminds me. The door to the Ladies loo in your posh new office is rather dodgy. Me and ecm thought we were stuck in there for the night last Thu.

And the door to the gents needs to be kept locked when in use.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 15 Nov 2004, 17:08

I'd forgotten about that little incident ecm

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 15 Nov 2004, 17:18

Yes, the doors are not very good but at least there is ventilation.
:turd:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 15 Nov 2004, 18:30

Bob
Beachbabe
Dadaist
Porty
Bearcub
Sandra
DG
GG
Bellybabe
Marya
Epykat
wangi (possible)
Gail (possible, ok - unlikely

)

We're just about there. Just need 2 or 3 more. Anyone else?

Beach Babe · Post by **Beach Babe** » 15 Nov 2004, 18:46

Bob

how does Froglette feel about your obsession with your special friend?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 15 Nov 2004, 19:16

Froglette has far too much ironing to do to worry about who I'm having lunch with.

Actually, I asked her and she replied that she couldn't care less, so I have read into this that she is in fact very understanding about the whole situation. I can read her like a book you know.

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » 15 Nov 2004, 20:32

I'm a bit confused

sorry, have lost track of what's happening
What date is the Christmas Lunch

- is it the 4th or the 11th

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 15 Nov 2004, 20:41

The 4th - I think- at "The Dalriada". It's all Porty's fault for deleting threads and menus and confusing the issue. Lunch menu is 5p short of Ã‚Â£25 so expectations are great and wallets growing slimmer.....

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POL Xmas lunch/dinner - the poll

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