2 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

Yes, but Earl is a sophisticate with great taste in emerging music talent. Amongst other, er, how shall I say...... dutiful obligations, I reckon he'd like his servants to sing for their supper.

Are you referring to Earl's droit de seigneur, Moonie? I'm sure tradition and bloodline would expect nothing less.

5 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Wouldn't think so Moon. One of Earl Hood's aristocratic background and breeding would insist on his maids being clean shaven, surely?

Hey Bitter 

I was perusing the commercial real estate lists recently ( As I am sure many of us do ) and I NOTICE THE FREEHOLD OF THE GAT IS FOR SALE - VACANT POSSESSION!!!! TRUE OR JUST A RUMOUR? WHAT ABOUT THE IN-MATES, WHERE WILL THEY GO?

plenty of room at romsey manor. lads are quite excited

35 minutes ago, jackaub said:

Hey Bitter 

I was perusing the commercial real estate lists recently ( As I am sure many of us do ) and I NOTICE THE FREEHOLD OF THE GAT IS FOR SALE - VACANT POSSESSION!!!! TRUE OR JUST A RUMOUR? WHAT ABOUT THE IN-MATES, WHERE WILL THEY GO?

Well I have visited The Gat on occasion - purely business you understand - and as such business can be conducted elsewhere its sale will only impact on me for reasons of nostalgia. 

Biffen, however, as a resident of said establishment has not been the same since its sale was announced. If you wish to know more, I suggest you raise the subject (cautiously) with him.

1 hour ago, Dr John Dee said:

Are you referring to Earl's droit de seigneur, Moonie? I'm sure tradition and bloodline would expect nothing less.

A very civilised idea ( if you are of the male aristocracy).

Anyway doc who has the primae noctis   rights in Hopping Dicks? I imagine that would be just one of many arcane rituals prevalent in your neck of the backwoods.

5 hours ago, Dr John Dee said:

Are you referring to Earl's droit de seigneur, Moonie? I'm sure tradition and bloodline would expect nothing less.

Good doctor, until same sex marriage is legal in this unfair land,  droit de seigneur is moot in so far as Earl's servants are concerned 

On 3 March 2016 at 0:55 PM, Dr John Dee said:

Are you referring to Earl's droit de seigneur, Moonie? I'm sure tradition and bloodline would expect nothing less.

Good heavens a simple request for advice about one of my employees degenerates into smutty discussions, as if between a group of year 7 boys of transvestites and lords taking first dibs at the local village virgin. No wonder I try to limit my contact with the proletariat!

2 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

Good heavens a simple request for advice about one of my employees degenerates into smutty discussions, as if between a group of year 7 boys of transvestites and lords taking first dibs at the local village virgin. No wonder I try to limit my contact with the proletariat!

Perfect summary of BBOs ideal life earl.

9 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

Perfect summary of BBOs ideal life earl.

 

9 hours ago, Earl Hood said:

Good heavens a simple request for advice about one of my employees degenerates into smutty discussions, as if between a group of year 7 boys of transvestites and lords taking first dibs at the local village virgin. No wonder I try to limit my contact with the proletariat!

I did not pick you for a Scotch Collegian Earl but now that you've revealed the boarding house rituals I suppose Le chat est libre de Le sac.

may as well reveal the truth about our democracy and the masons now. You've really given too much info to the peasants who are,as ever, revolting.

On 3 March 2016 at 1:47 PM, jackaub said:

Hey Bitter 

I was perusing the commercial real estate lists recently ( As I am sure many of us do ) and I NOTICE THE FREEHOLD OF THE GAT IS FOR SALE - VACANT POSSESSION!!!! TRUE OR JUST A RUMOUR? WHAT ABOUT THE IN-MATES, WHERE WILL THEY GO?

Jackaub, 

fear not- yours truly will make my usual 7 cents in the dollar for every single transaction that involves actual money.my asset base, my lovely collegues here, have new digs arranged by moi. Many of them have organised pre payment and wisely deposit their down payments every second Thursday .the future of these wise and thrifty travellers is guaranteed. With the advent of global warming- the homeless need only fear the rising tides of the ocean and not the winds of change.

1 hour ago, Biffen said:

the winds of change.

Isn't that a Bee Gees song?

2 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Isn't that a Bee Gees song?

you don't want to be down-wind of the gatwick, red

3 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

you don't want to be down-wind of the gatwick, red

Not something I would aim for.

On 1 March 2016 at 9:53 AM, Redleg said:

I recall someone pushing Mrs. Redleg out of the way, it must have been you.

 

On 1 March 2016 at 9:53 AM, Redleg said:

I recall someone pushing Mrs. Redleg out of the way, it must have been you.

Strong woman you have Mr Leg. My gravel rash has healed and I trust my kidney punches did no lasting harm to the good lady. The gloves are off when it comes sitting on Jesse Hogans knee.

13 hours ago, Earl Hood said:

Good heavens a simple request for advice about one of my employees degenerates into smutty discussions, as if between a group of year 7 boys of transvestites and lords taking first dibs at the local village virgin. No wonder I try to limit my contact with the proletariat!

Methinks you prostesteth overmuch my Lord! You are of course correct about the general level of vulgarity and smut on this thread. However, your highlighting of this obvious fact is clearly an aristocratic ploy to avoid answering some valid questions that have been raised about the master/slave goings on in "Hood House".

Obviously I infer no immoral activities but I would have thought that one in your position would like to clear the air on certain ...err sensitive matters. For example. Do your maids have a tendency to be hirstute ? Just what role does "your man" Hudson play in this and where exactly does guava paste fit in?

Answering these simple questions will surely keep the gossip mongerers at bay.

4 hours ago, Biffen said:

 

Strong woman you have Mr Leg. My gravel rash has healed and I trust my kidney punches did no lasting harm to the good lady. The gloves are off when it comes sitting on Jesse Hogans knee.

You know she is Rhonda Rousey's sister don't you? I have given her your address.

9 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Methinks you prostesteth overmuch my Lord! You are of course correct about the general level of vulgarity and smut on this thread. However, your highlighting of this obvious fact is clearly an aristocratic ploy to avoid answering some valid questions that have been raised about the master/slave goings on in "Hood House".

Obviously I infer no immoral activities but I would have thought that one in your position would like to clear the air on certain ...err sensitive matters. For example. Do your maids have a tendency to be hirstute ? Just what role does "your man" Hudson play in this and where exactly does guava paste fit in?

Answering these simple questions will surely keep the gossip mongerers at bay.

Or Uncle B make things worse? While you and I can have rational discussions on these matters, I fear the chattering classes, typified by the likes of DC, Biffen and Moons to name but a few, will just take anything I say and turn it into smut! I feel not unlike poor Carinal Pell, you can't win, no matter what you say. 

However yes some of my employees are very dark haired, of Spanish stock, shall we say, so they could be described as hirsute, but only in the right places if you understand me. I have banned razor blades in the Manor on OH&S grounds, as any responsible employer would and I demand to do weekly inspections to verify that we comply with all these guidelines. These are the burdens of leadership. 

Hudson's role is very simple, to manage and chaperone the maids to the ATM every week to withdraw half their wage in cash to put back into our housekeeping fund in line with the industry norm set by employer companies such as 711 etc. 

guava paste, well it is doing me a treat as I stated earlier, all I can say is I am hard as nails and am working with Blackmores, it could be worth mega dollars. 

Well done Earl.

you seem to have your house in order.

spanish women respond well to an authoritarian-particularly if you wear black .

take no advice from Bitters- Romsey is a rural backwater and the lads are dumber than a box of bees.

I would watch Hudson more closely and beat him randomly if I were you.

otherwise- you are following Gatwick guidelines but personally I would dispense with the weekly pay charade.

carry on.

 

Edited March 5, 201610 yr by Biffen

11 hours ago, Earl Hood said:

Or Uncle B make things worse? While you and I can have rational discussions on these matters, I fear the chattering classes, typified by the likes of DC, Biffen and Moons to name but a few, will just take anything I say and turn it into smut! I feel not unlike poor Carinal Pell, you can't win, no matter what you say. 

However yes some of my employees are very dark haired, of Spanish stock, shall we say, so they could be described as hirsute, but only in the right places if you understand me. I have banned razor blades in the Manor on OH&S grounds, as any responsible employer would and I demand to do weekly inspections to verify that we comply with all these guidelines. These are the burdens of leadership. 

Hudson's role is very simple, to manage and chaperone the maids to the ATM every week to withdraw half their wage in cash to put back into our housekeeping fund in line with the industry norm set by employer companies such as 711 etc. 

guava paste, well it is doing me a treat as I stated earlier, all I can say is I am hard as nails and am working with Blackmores, it could be worth mega dollars. 

You had me on board Earl until your sympatico with that cuddly old uncle Georgie Pell. You are better than that. That aside I am looking forward to the guava paste developments given its likely multitude of uses. I suspect it could be very beneficial for my gastrointestinal tract which has been giving me hell. I am looking for an alternative remedy to my regular ingestion of hard liquor.

What is going on? After attending the footy on Sunday your good old Uncle Bitter had to attend to some responsibilities in rural Victoria (sans computer) and I return to a deserted thread!!

Unless I am convinced that the world has not ended, I shall offer some post prandial speculations. ( Moonie and Biffen will not know what that means)

55 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

What is going on? After attending the footy on Sunday your good old Uncle Bitter had to attend to some responsibilities in rural Victoria (sans computer) and I return to a deserted thread!!

Unless I am convinced that the world has not ended, I shall offer some post prandial speculations. ( Moonie and Biffen will not know what that means)

Well, I can't speak for others Uncle B but since being roundly chastised by the Earl himself for my part in certain immature goings on here I've been a little reluctant to raise my head (or anything else) above the parapet.

Since you usually have the measure of a good chastising perhaps you'll be able to set this thread to rights now that you've returned in earnest.

 

1 hour ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

What is going on? After attending the footy on Sunday your good old Uncle Bitter had to attend to some responsibilities in rural Victoria (sans computer) and I return to a deserted thread!!

Unless I am convinced that the world has not ended, I shall offer some post prandial speculations. ( Moonie and Biffen will not know what that means)

uncle bitters, we held this thread in abeyance, in good-faith, for your good-self , in anticipation of your impending grandiloquence,

now fgs just get on with it 

4 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

What is going on? After attending the footy on Sunday your good old Uncle Bitter had to attend to some responsibilities in rural Victoria (sans computer) and I return to a deserted thread!!

Unless I am convinced that the world has not ended, I shall offer some post prandial speculations. ( Moonie and Biffen will not know what that means)

Did you eat your computer?

Well I had assumed this thread was locked after I made the brave call on the smutty nature of the talk here by those I have identified as the chattering classes, the proleteriate as some call it.

I assumed the moderators would act appropriately but apparently not! So the good doctor, DC and others can continue their smutty innuendos ad infinitum! 

Edited March 9, 201610 yr by Earl Hood

6 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

Well I had assumed this thread was locked after I made the brave call on the smutty nature of the talk here by those I have identified as the chattering classes, the proleteriate as some call it.

I assumed the moderators would act appropriately but apparently not! So the good doctor, DC and others can continue their smutty innuendos ad infinitum! 

*proletariat*