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The Old Argy Bargy Bar....a new lease of life!

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lemongrove Fri 14-Aug-20 13:46:17

Had to pay the landlord an extra fiver a week, but he has extended our lease, phew! Safe again for a while for all Argy Bargies wanting a sit down and a pint of something, whilst getting things off their chests.???

Peardrop50 Sun 16-Aug-20 16:13:03

AGA I haven't got much on and I am not a church bell, although the Captain said I was appealing. I'm afraid I've just had my nails done with cute little pineapple pictures on each one so can't help with the peeling until I find my marigolds. Hope Doodle hasn't been drinking out of them again, they get so sticky.

AGAA4 Sun 16-Aug-20 15:39:24

That llama can escape from anywhere! I will get on with making the poteen and I can use the bags to make my bra for Friday. I need something very substantial.
I haven't got any dried grass so I will have to use tinsel for the skirt.
I will have to keep a watch on Lins . She can't have any more potatoes.
Peardrop. You've been lying there for hours. Come and get peeling. NO I don't mean take your clothes off!

Peardrop50 Sun 16-Aug-20 15:19:46

Lemon I am curled up behind the bar because when I said I would need a lei before Friday I got more than I bargained for. Far too exhausted to help with the poteen AGA and besides Lins took the last potato, she has baked it and just scooped out the middle, she's making a bra with the skins for Hawaiian night.
Chewy and Doodle have been hammering all night trying to make a llama cage out of the bits from the Admiral's leg. I need a swig of paraffin to swallow my paracetamol.

lemongrove Sun 16-Aug-20 15:14:44

2cwt of spuds ordered and on their way AGA...... bring your pinny and a sharp veg knife for peeling them, I’m too busy to help....sorry about that.

AGAA4 Sun 16-Aug-20 15:09:34

Peardrop said she would help me brew the poteen but I haven't seen her since. There was a huge bag of potatoes in the cellar to make the poteen but there are only 3 left. That llama is a nuisance to put it politely.

George has said he will make coffee and he is a dab hand with a cocktail - a zoflora special -but Lemon will have to buy some more potatoes if she wants more poteen.

lemongrove Sun 16-Aug-20 07:14:31

Am in early today to get a head start on the cleaning! Unusual for me I know, but I have a brand new pair of marigolds and wanted to try them out.
Gorgeous George is still asleep under the table by the Nespresso machine ( and doesn’t look all that gorgeous tbh)
So I won’t force him to make me a cafe I will help myself to a quick brandy before I start work.
Does anyone know why Peardrop is curled up behind the bar......early for work or been here all night? I think I know the answer already.

Lins1066 Sat 15-Aug-20 23:44:07

Ooh I've always wanted to wear a hoola hoola skirt. Bags I say " BOOK HIM DANNO! " on the night.
Bye the way Doodle I'm so hungry, Chipping Sodbury?? Sod that for an excuse, though maybe for the best, I'm a bit green around the gills today. Hawaiian cocktails, dream on....

Doodle Sat 15-Aug-20 22:55:02

Sounds good peardrop. Is it a Hawaiian guitar by any chance ? Don't put biscuits behind your ear unless you want the Admiral to have a nibble ?

Doodle Sat 15-Aug-20 22:52:15

Oh I’m up for Hawaiian night. Just grab myself a couple of coconut shells and some of chewy’s cut grass for my skirt and that’s my outfit sorted.
You coming as a pirate then chewy?
Shame you didn’t come last week. I was a parrot. I could have shat sat on your shoulder and said who’s a pretty polly then and you could have tickled my feathers. We might have won the fancy dress prize. ?

Peardrop50 Sat 15-Aug-20 20:38:27

Aloha, Hawaiian night sounds fabulous, I'll bring my guitar and wear a hibiscus behind my ear. Can't wait to sway in a grass skirt, hope it's a different kind of grass to the stuff we smoked last night.
AGA and Doodle looked so cool riding the llama and Chewy just kept kept saying 'groovy man'. I thought that was laid back until I realised she was referring to the marks the saw was making in the Admiral's wooden leg.

Chewbacca Sat 15-Aug-20 20:14:25

Peg leg. Check
Eye patch specs. Check
Tattoos. Check
Hoops in ears? Check
Hook hand? Erm.... Could be a problem.....

lemongrove Sat 15-Aug-20 20:03:23

Yes, and an eye patch, a wooden leg and huge hoops in your ears, possibly a few tatoos....you have to look the part!How about a hook hand as well? You could use it to hook unruly punters to chuck out.
Your chest has never been treasured by me .....it gets in the way and nearly had my eye out last week.?
Bring some actual cash to pay your bar bill or I shall have to
set Thor on you.

Chewbacca Sat 15-Aug-20 18:41:03

My chest has been treasured by many lemon.
Can I bring my cutlass too? Could come in handy for chopping nuts.

lemongrove Sat 15-Aug-20 18:38:22

Oh alright then! I shall probably regret it though.
Bring your treasure chest with you.

Chewbacca Sat 15-Aug-20 18:35:19

?? I wanna be a pirate! You are the meanest, cruellest meanie Lemon. You know where I was last week. blush And you promised never to refer to it again.

lemongrove Sat 15-Aug-20 18:22:00

No! Pirate night was last week ( where were you?)?

Chewbacca Sat 15-Aug-20 18:16:35

I can sway about quite naturally especially with a quart of poteen down your neck!
Can I come as a pirate? I've got bad knees at the minute and limp badly. Seems a shame not to utilise them.

lemongrove Sat 15-Aug-20 18:13:19

Anyone need black coffee? George has the Nespresso machine on ( he likes to be useful)....I have promised him a few days off for filming next week as a reward for good behaviour. cafe

lemongrove Sat 15-Aug-20 18:10:50

Marquees are hard work Chewbacca ?

Yes, let’s have an Hawaiian theme night, I can sway about quite naturally, I won’t need any practise.

lemongrove Sat 15-Aug-20 18:08:01

They certainly are! We are well in funds now ....I may borrow
A tenner to play bingo later.Don’t tell anyone Doodle.
Chipping Sodbury was quite a way for you to go, were you all piled on the llama? Or on top of the cab? Sounds a confusing trip all round.
Lord L needs help these days, some things are beyond him,
But our head gardener usually pitches in when required.?

Chewbacca Sat 15-Aug-20 18:06:30

Crumbs, Lord Lemongrove didn’t manage to get it up again did he lemon

Did I read that correctly? grin

Doodle Sat 15-Aug-20 18:02:09

Crumbs, Lord Lemongrove didn’t manage to get it up again did he lemon ?
The marquee in your garden I mean. ?
I know, Chipping Sodbury! I was having a groovy time in the cellar with Lins and Kev having finally got rid of that llama by letting her catch sight of the Admiral’s naked buttocks when Lins said she fancied some fish and chips to round off the night. I got a cab outside and told the driver to take me to the Chippy. I don’t think he understood and dropped me off at Chipping Sodbury. I couldn’t find a cab home so some kind chap offered to push me in his barrow. I told him he could have a few pints on me when he got me to the Argy.
What a night . lemon these theme nights are a good earner.

AGAA4 Sat 15-Aug-20 15:09:22

Aloha Chewbacca. What a good idea!

AGAA4 Sat 15-Aug-20 15:04:27

I hope Doodle gets back soon. There is a lot of cleaning and brewing to be done. She has been having far too much fun with the kindly workman.

Chewbacca Sat 15-Aug-20 15:01:32

Could we have a Hawaiian themed night? Ive just mowed 3 lawns and I've got loads of clippings to make a grass skirt out of.

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