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Doodle Sat 27-Mar-21 20:16:59

Service as usual in the Argy folks but with the addition of our new roof top tea garden. In the words of the famous Basil Fawlty, no riffraff. ?

Doodle Tue 27-Apr-21 16:31:56

Ok who told the Admiral he could get in the hot tub with a snorkel ?? I think the WAGs are too drunk to see what he’s up too. ixion help me drag him out before anyone notices and tell Thor to put his submarine away. ?
Those sandwiches went down a treat grandmajet . Most ......unusual flavour.

ixion Tue 27-Apr-21 16:38:49

Good idea AGA. Waft some lavender oil around to chill them out.
We made loads of money, over £300 on the ticketed thingy and the bottles of Au Naturel (classy or wot?) essential oil.
One born every minute, as my beloved Pa used to say.
Don't forget to settle up with Tanya and Sherree please doodle.
I really don't think May Hem ever merits wages. Hers is always pleasure not business.

ixion Tue 27-Apr-21 16:42:37

I've got the Admiral doodle in a makeshift stranglehold and am employing my lifesaving skills to drag him out.
Unfortunately, his snorkel appears to be providing endless fun with the WAGS, for some reason.

Doodle Tue 27-Apr-21 16:47:15

One of our Tea room ladies wants to know if she can bring her WI members here for tea next week. They want salmon sandwiches and a selection of pastries plus..........that delightful chap the Admiral to give them a talk on his seafaring days .
It would bring in the money but do we dare turn him lose on the WI ?
(Do we know anyone with a fishing rod who could catch some fish in the canal by the sewage works. We could pass it off as salmon)

Doodle Tue 27-Apr-21 16:50:20

I've got him by the leg ixion at least I think it’s his leg ?. All together now heave. ???? ........where’s his swimming trunks. ?. Madam, put that thing down you don’t know where it’s been.

AGAA4 Tue 27-Apr-21 16:58:22

As long as he doesn't sing his sea shanties we will get away with it. I will water down his poteen.
There is some salmon in the freezer that will do. 10 years out of date is fine. Isn't it? grandmajet is good at adding disguising flavours to the usual ancient food we serve.

ixion Tue 27-Apr-21 17:06:39

News for you doodle.
No swimming trunks, just an impromptu strip 'n' dip when he saw his audience.

Why not decommission the Hot Tub next week, to be on the safe side? Worth it if we get put on the W.I Places of Interest to Visit 2021 handbook.
We could factor in AGA's suggestion of escorted llama walks. Old dears like that sort of gentle activity. Can you train them up in time to be, er, reliable?

AGAA4 Tue 27-Apr-21 17:22:07

Doodle has trained her boys to be good if there is a reward in it for them.
I like The Places of Interest to Visit Handbook ixion. We can ask Brian the Book to put them in his bookshop window.

grandmajet Tue 27-Apr-21 17:25:27

We could make a mild sedative lavender elixir to keep the llamas quiet for the WI ladies, might make them smell better too. The llamas, not the ladies!
I agree, May makes more in tips than all our wages - what is her secret? I’m lucky if a get 10p for my efforts. It must be her winning smile. I’m going to practice in front of the mirror.
???

grandmajet Tue 27-Apr-21 17:30:01

The WAGs are using some sort of catapult fire olives at each other.
Oh no, I think it might be Thor’s thong!

ixion Tue 27-Apr-21 17:32:58

Pull the plug jet - literally.
Time they pushed off to get hubbies' dinners ready.
And listened to the children reading before bedtime.

grandmajet Tue 27-Apr-21 17:58:39

They’ve run off with Thor’s thong. He’s off down to the bar hiding his dangly bits with a large vol au vent.

ixion Tue 27-Apr-21 18:00:42

Well, that's put me right off my meal, I have to say!

brook2704 Tue 27-Apr-21 19:22:14

Oh my goodness I’m just back from an undercover mission and look what’s been happening in the tea garden! Those WAGs are something else aren’t they!!
Where’s Thor now and I hope someone has retrieved that vol au vent as we’ll need it for tomorrow ..

grandmajet Tue 27-Apr-21 19:43:34

He’s posing on the bar, brook. He fancies himself as a ‘life model’, whatever that is.

Doodle Tue 27-Apr-21 19:58:35

grandmajet you’ve done it again. Another brilliant idea. Art club.?. We can host that in the Tea room once a week and have real models. Just think how many punters would come in to look at Thor dangling his bits. Er ixion do you think May would be up for a bit of life modelling?
AGA great idea to water down the Admirals poteen. Of course the llamas would love to walk with the old ladies.
Brook who have you been under cover with? You’re not still keeping an eye on Mr Nutt are you? ?

AGAA4 Tue 27-Apr-21 20:09:06

Thor's thong won't be any use after being in the hot tub. Can anyone knit him a new one?

grandmajet Tue 27-Apr-21 20:19:59

We’ll have to do something. He’s eaten the vol au vent now. I think he’s enjoying his freedom.

ixion Tue 27-Apr-21 20:22:50

These are all fabulous ideas, but I think we:d have to have separate dedicated days. Can't have WAGs socialising (if you could call it that☹️) with WI Old Dears. Nor could we risk either meeting with Life Classes, which again MUST be same sex model/students.

A Mrs. Murphy wants to borrow a llama for an 'evening unaccompanied stroll'. Hmm.
Think this might be an evidence gathering opportunity for AB-12. We could easily strap a webcam to the harness headband, hidden by a couple of fetching rosettes?

brook2704 Tue 27-Apr-21 20:39:24

Still top secret actually Doodle but I can exclusively reveal that it’s the case of the missing carrot cake from the Argy tea room on Saturday...

Doodle Tue 27-Apr-21 21:17:47

AGA I suppose someone will have to volunteer. Come here Thor, I need to measure you ? ?

ixion you are right. Would you be our event organiser and keep a diary of our weekly activities. Imagine having the WI tea with Thor standing on the table showing his all. ?

brook well done. Let us know if you need any backup. Over and out.
I see no reason why the llamas can’t wear hidden cameras. No one would suspect them. Do you have any contacts in the undercover business grandmajet?

Doodle Tue 27-Apr-21 21:21:14

Gnasher and Grasper have had a makeover with Madame Pom Pom ready for walkies.

ixion Tue 27-Apr-21 21:25:38

MOG!

ixion Tue 27-Apr-21 21:36:29

Based on the recent success of our Works Outing in the chara dahn Sarfend, how about doing historic tours for the Old Dears to Lemongrove Manor when they've finished their refurb?

Will get the bookings sorted doodle

Doodle Tue 27-Apr-21 21:53:58

Roger that Ixion .....er not literally. blush

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