Monday, May 14, 2007

The Finest Established Permanent Floating Taproom on the Net - Zephirine

(with apologies to Frank Loesser, the composer of ‘Guys and Dolls’)

Scene: Cyberspace. With four-part harmony and feeling, a motley crew of Pseuds sing the following:

"GU's the best known in the land, but our friends keep on getting banned.
And they’ve now got a Com Mod in town, who’s even got Guitougoal down.
There's a 606 thing at the BBC, but the quality of the company’s in doubt,
And things being how they are, the site from the police station is out.
So the GU sports blog was the one, but even Nesta thinks it’s no longer any fun…

”Why, it's good old reliable Ebren, Ebren, Ebren, Ebren’s our man,
If you're looking for blogging, he'll give you a spot,
Even when the heat is on, it's never too hot.
But for good old reliable Ebren, oh there’s no need for you to fret,
He’s got the finest established permanent floating taproom on the net.
There are sports-mad bloggers everywhere, everywhere,
There are brilliant bloggers everywhere,
And a hit of pakalolo for the fellow who can get us there.
If he only had a GU of his own, he could be a millionaire.

”Oh the good old reliable Ebren, Ebren, Ebren, Ebren’s our man,
If your offtopic postings you want to increase,
He’ll let you just ramble on in quiet and peace,
In a hideout provided by Ebren, for the international set
It's the finest established permanent floating taproom on the net.
Where's the action? Where's the blog?
Gotta have the blog in the name of dog.
It's the finest established permanent floating taproom on the net.”

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Anonymous said...

mouth: that is truly wondrous! Absolutely love it, but now I'm seriously worried for the youth of today if searching for such gems is what their tutor's get up to all day!

Anonymous said...

I knew about greengrass, but I had no idea Ebren's Swedish was that good. Nice haircut too.

Is there a breakfast special at this time of day, for a jetlagged traveller with a motherf... headache?

Has Guitou left hospital yet or do we have to mount another rescue operation to prise him free of Ms Ratchett's clutches?

Anonymous said...

whoops - I got an apostrophe out of place there. Hope byebye isn't reading!

Anonymous said...

We're not rescuing Guitou again, we had to pay a fortune last night, not to mention the hush-money for Rimbaud.

Researching for tonight's cocktail, I was shocked, shocked! at the obscene and depraved names of some.

So in tribute to your homeland, Offside, tonight we have the simple and beautiful

Mimosa

1 part orange juice
4 parts champagne


(why it isn't a Buck's Fizz I don't know, someone will explain)

Oh, and if you're hungry there's some rat in the fridge. And cold sausages.

Anonymous said...

Dead rats and cold sausages? Jaysus, thanks a lot, Zeph. Was it something I said or something I did? My memory's not too clear on last night's events.

And champagne and orange juice on an empty stomach? Great start.

Anonymous said...

Awwww, sorry Offy, here, have this freshly made croque monsieur to keep you going (but not croaked).

Anonymous said...

Croak-Monsieur? Is there any frog in there? Yum, Zeph, you sure know how to talk to a frenchman. Got any garlic?

Anonymous said...

Yeah, it's in the cupboard next to the HP sauce and Heinz ketchup.

Anonymous said...

I'm trying to put together a poets' menu, Offside, any suggestions?

Anonymous said...

Poets' menu sounds interesting. And contrary to popular belief, not all of them enjoyed strictly liquid lunches. Can you expand on the concept a bit? Are you looking for suggestions like:

Salade "Dormeur du val" au cresson bleu

Rimbaud, again.

Anonymous said...

Ah, tres bien. Can't think of any good quotes though, I'm not being very clever this evening, trying to do too many things at once.

OK, for the main course how about:

Lamb Dylan Thomas (Welsh lamb, well stewed)

Behan pie (steak and kidney steeped in Guinness)


Dessert: Shelley trifle

Anonymous said...

Yeats' Angus Trout Fillet (on a bed of silver and golden apples)

Anonymous said...

Lovely, I'll have some of that!

Anonymous said...

Yes, it beats dead rats and cold sausages, doesn't it?

Anonymous said...

How to offend a Frenchman, offer him bad food! :)

Offy, I've got to go, I'm not concentrating here - look after the bar for me.

See you later

Anonymous said...

Sure, no worries, I'll mind the place, but it feels like a quiet night. Has the game gone into overtime?

Anonymous said...

what game? I thought the best game in the taproom was where's the hamster.
Mines gone, the cage is empty. No little feet treading that wheel no more in this hous.

Anonymous said...

sorry - missed an e. wonder what happened there, eh?

guitougoal said...

For Zeph,
poet menu:sole a la dieppoise
a la Luis Borges
2 cups mussels
2 fillets of sole
4 oz. button mushrooms
4 tablespoons butter
half a lemon
1/2 cup white wine
1tablespoon flour
salt and fresly ground black pepper,
.........and please don't forget to call me for diner.

Anonymous said...

Zeph: if you're offering up the Dylan Thomas, then you're not just opening up the floodgates to the Welsh - that'll be me then! But I have a feeling that Greengrass is not unfamiliar with the bard.
And given GG's musical heritage, he might even stick some cash in the juke box for Trashmuseum.

guitougoal said...

offside ,
the game went to overtime, epagnol with 10 players came back from behind 2-2-guess what! seville won with the penalty kicks- another barcelona nightmare
-penalty kicks, I should write a piece about this as a disgrace to the game..if you or Mimi could do the editing like last time?

mimi-sole a la luis borges?

Anonymous said...

Hey everybody! I'm glad you are still, well, drinking...

The coach of my soccer team decided w/o consulting us and chose Argentina away kits and named us Boca Jrs. I told him I preferred to be known as River Plate because Mario Kempes was so hot, and our shorts are so, so short to match... but Jose (from Guadalejara) didn't know what I was talking about. "Uuuuuh..."

Mimi, Marcela, do you ever feel lonely being female and a fan? I feel like you both have the advantage of being based in footie-mad nations, though.

Oh well.

Count me in for a shirt- Men's Small please.

Anonymous said...

Mimi, I've had a few "scholarly" brushes with the Welsh bard meself. I even did a pilgrimage to that western land of yours (and his) where I was very well treated. To celebrate that (and his) memory, I'll mix, especially for you, a cocktail that I hereby christen "the Llaregub".

But I won't tell you what's in it.

Guitou and Lulu, would you like some?

Anonymous said...

Llareggub with a double g, of course, like gg, otherwise I doesn't quite work.

Greetings from Typoland

Anonymous said...

Offy: you're a sly dog you. Who'd have thought that the lithe lean Frenchman would have known that Under Milkwood ref?
Coo-eye!!

Anonymous said...

Mimi, I don't mind if you attempt to paint a portrait of me as a young (sly) dog. In fact, I am honoured. Woof!

guitougoal said...

honolulu,
could you please tell jose from guadalaja, chivas sucks! no don't..but 2 weeks ago I took my daughter to a galaxy-chivas that was not too exciting...I wonder when we'll have some good football here.

Anonymous said...

will do, guitou. where are you going to watch the FA cup... or are you?

Sure, I'll have one, thanks offside.

Anonymous said...

Best not to talk aboout dogs in jose's presence, surely?
Where's guitou - he promised me a drink, and a cuppa tea probably wasn't his idea of an evening with Mimi!

guitougoal said...

mimi , a cup of tea? I have a better idea, what about a greyhound:
2 oz. vodka
5 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
Mohamed Ali recommended the grapefruit, and Thompson added the liquor....
another one offside?

guitougoal said...

honolulu,
L.A, the melting pot, the smog, the coliseum.....the fires. the earthquakes...haven on earth.
lulu..where else could I have seen the galaxy?

Anonymous said...

the FA cup, guitou! I know where Galaxy play!!! I go to Hawaii, and by the time I get back my public house has sold out of the FA Cup "tickets" (and as a known Gooner I am at the top of the bottom of the list- it is a ManUre bar so those suppoters get first dibs) so I'm going to have to find another place to see it or I'll just get it on PPV.
Don't you like LA?!?! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Los Angeles. I think it is wonderful, but some of my favourite people live there, so I am biased.

Anonymous said...

Aaaah, I'm back. And yes I'll have a greyhound, please now that I've finished the washing up. Dog, that kitchen was a mess. Rodents everywhere. We should get a cat.

Anonymous said...

Offside: you'd like a cat? Hum. Easy peasy lemon squeezey. I have a tribe of small fierce Scottish kittens looking for a job. They come with very good rodent references having recently offed an Offside army of sharks. They are the real deal if you want rodent protection.
They come cheap, but of course, you have to pay for me!

guitougoal said...

honolu-sorry, for fa cup yes same here ppv-if I am too lazy to go to the pub - we have a cock'n bull pub in venice-it's going to be wild- I am arse too-
LA love it or hate it it's LA...

Anonymous said...

Mimi, why would I pay when I can have you for free, everyday?

Guitou, Lulu, I too might be tempted by that pub in Venice, because I don't think any French TV channel is going to bother. But it's one hell of a commute by canoe...

Anonymous said...

Which means I'd better not miss today's training session. Guitou, the keys are in the usual place. You're in charge.

Anonymous said...

I'll pick you up at the landing, offside.

cock n' bull, huh? I've been to the one in Santa Monica but parking is such a beast there... and then there is the one in Pasadena.

But it's Pasadena. eeewww.

guitougoal said...

offside, i found the keys thanks,
Lulu, what are doing so late hanging out with bad company? grounded.
...the light went out.

DoctorShoot said...

googled my way here to pasadena texas and nobody around. frustrated am going back to the taproom...

Anonymous said...

* Enter Offside - Wearing only shorts - Wet, soaked to the bone in fact - Maniacal expression - Shaking himself like a dog - Sea water flying everywhere *

Yiiiiiiiiiihaaaaaaaa!!!!!

The Pacific was playful today. Biiiiig Waves. Really biiiiig waves. And just four of us in the six-men canoe. Had to give it everything. Surfing is magic!

Swoooooooooooshgrumblegrumblegrumblefackingrumble!

Next round is on me. I have to go shower and change and get something to eat. Back later.

* Exit Offside - Leaving wet footprints on the floor and a faint smell of sweat and ocean spray hanging in the air *

Anonymous said...

That silence was most of the non-Tahiti dwelling Pseuds trying to choke back their envy.....

T-shirt and book discussion is continuing on Nesta's 'no time for games' thread.

The bar's still open, make yourselves at home.

This afternoon's cocktail is the Tuscan Sunshine:
1 part sambuca
4 parts orange juice
6 parts lemonade

file said...

O rosy cheeked poet of the morning corner

have you done any homework yet?

Anonymous said...

I'm struggling, file! - haven't spent much time on it, trying to work out a film story and failing, and other tedious everyday life stuff going on too. It's bloody hard to think of a good scenerio for the monologue - even Browning only wrote a few of them, ffs.

How are you doing?

file said...

zeph, got a bit of time on it this morning and I think I've got the story but it's going to be more like Joyce Granfell than Robert Browning!

but it is sporty

film story? sounds froody

Anonymous said...

Nah, it's only on spec, nobody's paying. Just trying to grab one of those moments when a door might be - if not open - at least unlocked for a few days.

It's good you're doing this monolgue thing, File, and maybe some other Pseuds? Otherwise I wouldn't have bothered. Or known about it, in fact.

I think my monologue will be short.

Anonymous said...

Sorry, I just had to share that. It was... exhilirating (and accelerating, all the time).

Zeph and file, I really want to read whatever you come up with.

What's for breakfast?

Unknown said...

don't know what's for breakfast, orsay, but you claimed it was on you. i'll have two of everything...

zeph and file are preparing monologues for entry into a GU thingy. link and details above. you should give it a go yourself, you know. right up your street.

Unknown said...

can someone please explan this GU monalogue thingy to me? I am lost.

Anonymous said...

Hello guys, sorry I'm late.

I wasn't too hot at the fancy cuisine with the poets menu, so we're having that great British late-night meal - fish and chips.

But Offside's provided the fish (caught earlier today, I believe) so there may be an - erm- exotic flavour.

No cocktails tonight - Guinness, double strength cider, a variety of single malts, and if there are any real-ale experts out there we can get your favourite tipple in at a moment's notice.

Voila.

Anonymous said...

Hi,

Tahitian fish and chips, then. The fish is mahi-mahi, and the chips made of Uru (breadfruit).

I couldn't find the link to the poetry thing. Why is it right up my street? Because it's a monologue? Does it sound like I'm talking to myself sometimes? Yeah, actually, it does, offside. Nah, surely it's not that bad? Well, you know, people have been talking. What, about me? Incredible. What are they saying?

Anonymous said...

Ebren, it's this:

http://books.guardian.co.uk/poetryworkshop/story/0,,2079391,00.html

Having accepted the highly flattering description of myself as a poet, I've gotta go in for it now...

And you never told us about the famous persons you were hob-nobbing with? Or are you too discreet?

Unknown said...

GU monologue thingy:

http://books.guardian.co.uk/poetryworkshop/story/0,,2079391,00.html

Unknown said...

sorry.
too late :)

Anonymous said...

Offside, sometimes you talk to yourself but that's because everybody else is asleep.:o)

Mahi-mahi and chips, anyone?

Anonymous said...

Thanks, but same problem as before, this link is broken/doesn't work. Maybe in an email?

Unknown said...

thanks everyone, I'll check it out.

Anonymous said...

Offy, when the thread's in the narrow column 'post a comment' layout, the end of the link gets cut off.

If you go back to the homepage and then click the title of the thread on the right, you get the nice layout that spreads across the page and then you can copy the whole link.

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Zeph. As a loinclothed wildman, I am not too good with these computer thingies.

Oh, one more thing. What, exactly, do you mean by "click"?

Unknown said...

Offdside, don't answer that seriously. That last e-mail from me is purely in jest. :)

Anonymous said...

Marcela, I didn't have time to write on the other thread, but I thought your description of blogs and their extraordinariness was really good.

I keep thinking it's a bit like pop music 'singles' and early TV programmes - at first they were completely ephemeral, and then people wanted to revisit them and began giving them other lives.

Anonymous said...

Too late!

Anonymous said...

Offside, did you get that link, or were you being very sarcastic?

Anonymous said...

Zeph,

Very.

Sorry.

Anonymous said...

No, I just wondered :) Cyberspace doesn't always convey irony very well....

You should do the poem, - do it in French, that'd give them a shock.

Anonymous said...

Or in English.

Or how's your Moorean?

Anonymous said...

My fault. I should use smiley thingies. I don't, usually.

My Tahitian is useless. My poetic skills worse.

Anonymous said...

I don't like them, but they have their uses.

Looks like a quiet night. Anyone lurking out there? Don't be shy....

Anonymous said...

Just passing through....

Unknown said...

i'll have

one more cup of coffee for the road...

thanks, zeph, for the blogging bit praise :)

and file, quantum facker is genius, meant to mention before. couldn't that be on a t-shirt? and how do you stick a picture up next to a comment?

so much to learn, so little brain space...

Anonymous said...

But beware of rosy cheeked poetesses who ask you not to be shy.

In my experience they're nothing but trouble.

Anonymous said...

There you are Marcela, one more cup of coffee 'fore you go to the valley below...

Not sure that File's in yet.. Guitou has got his green eyeshade on and is designing t-shirts through the night...

guitougoal said...

could you all stop this non sense, I had -sole meuniere- on the menu, nobody cared-
the rose, the canoer , the goddess of the sun and the moon-
cooking for your friends or for the strangers it's not the same.

Unknown said...

kafka would serve up soup for l'etranger without batting an eyelid, guitou.

what nonsense, pray, do you speak of?

Anonymous said...

I think Guitou is not happy about his dinner being mahi-mahi disguised as sole. And his meunière was, in fact, a hollandaise. But hey, we're doing what we can in the kitchen...

guitougoal said...
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guitougoal said...

marcela, offside,
who is Kafka? is he playing for A.C Milan?
i didn't know he was cooking for strangers, we should name him the "Hunger artist".

Anonymous said...

How do you do that, deleting comments? Does it involve, erm, clicking on something? :)

Anonymous said...

Kafka cooks sole food.

guitougoal said...

kaka cook sole food singing o sole mio
the climbing rose is high and i must go

Unknown said...

zeph, when i post there is a tiny little bin at the end of my comment. if i click that, it deletes!

it only comes up on my comments, which leads me to believe everyone has one on their comments... thus enabling someone to delete their own comment but not others'.

one of my favourite reads of some years ago (?) is a series of essays compiled by Paul Auster on different artists and their attitudes to writing. Kafka was particular poignant. He wrote some letters explaining he had these prods under his desk literally hurting his kneed while he sat there, for it was only through physical pain that he could endure the greater pain of writing...

the book is called The Art of Hunger.

have you read it, and is this a reference to it, orsay, or is it just... la chance?

i bid you all goodnight. someone should have the decency to sling some hammocks up in here so we can kip for a wee while. now THAT would fine.

Anonymous said...

Zeph,

I hope you're not asking me.

Anonymous said...

Guitou, I feel I should make a poetic reply to your plainte, but I'm nearly asleep... I'll leave you to it, try not to get arrested..

Anonymous said...

Merde, and I thought I had read everything by Paul Auster (except the latest, which I am saving for the plane journey). I must have missed that one. Must look it up, thanks Marcela.

guitougoal said...

marcela,I, not offside did mention artist hunger because that was the only thing I knew about kafka-
Orsay, should know more because he went to so many schools they have a wharehouse in Morea just for his diplomas.......and don't forget he is related to Camus.

guitougoal said...

btw, another major banning in the world and a good one.

Anonymous said...

Yes? What's that?

guitougoal said...
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Anonymous said...

* Half-naked, wet Frenchman comes in... (...) Realizes there's no one there ... Turns away, disappointed - Exits *

Unknown said...

apologies, guitou. i can't believe my error!!

so, you have read the Art of Hunger?

it's a good thing there is a wireless connection in this establishment so i can work in here this morning... coffee, croissants and half naked frenchmen (really, though, did noone ever tell you to take your socks off BEFORE your underpants...) is the perfect way to start the day.

Anonymous said...

Socks?! Ha! Good one.

Sugar, no milk?

Unknown said...

no milk. no sugar.
merci.

doyahavealight?

Unknown said...

central london. on the way to school this morning, my son with a tone of 'you're never going to believe this' says:
"mum. once. i saw a whole building without a single satellite dish on it."

mind boggling.

Anonymous said...

scriiitch - scriiitch -shhhh

Sorry, my lighter is wet. Must remember to leave it at home when I go rowing.

Your son (what's his name?) needs some time out on a quiet island, somewhere. If he likes little blond French girls, I might have a perfect match right here;

file said...

anyone else notice how quiet it's gone in here

SHOPPPP!!

I'll have 2 pints of Fernet Branca and a packet of crisps please...

Anonymous said...

The bar's still open, people, make yourselves at home. It'll probably be quiet tonight, what with the exhibition of t-shirt art and various other items on offer.

Mahi-mahi stew is bubbling away on the hotplate.

Tonight's cocktail is the Gimlet, which according to Raymond Chandler should be equal parts gin and Rose's lime juice. With maybe a little ice.

Anonymous said...

I'll be working tonight, but I'll have a gimlet, please, and I've brought some pineapples, guavas, and mangoes for dessert.

Anonymous said...

Thanks Lulu - mango was lovely!

Anonymous said...

Yep, and a nice change from my usual fare, thanks very much.

Anyone got cherries, strawberries, peaches or anything like that? Pleeeeeeeease?

Anonymous said...

Those have to be imported... maybe next week? I've got dried strawberries and blueberries in my trailmix. You're welcome to pick them out if you like.

Here.

Anonymous said...

Bugger - my gerard de nerval comment is lost out with cyber space. Where's my lobster?

Anonymous said...

Lobster? Kidnapped. Keeping the turtle company now, and not complaining too loudly.

Lulu, what on earth is a trailmix?

Unknown said...

fernet branca!!
now there's one i haven't heard for some time...

i'm just quietly back in here with my laptop, actually catching up with the work i started in here this morning:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/05/18/lately_the_balls_gone_in.html

backlinking now.

Anonymous said...

http://www.fugitt.com/trailmix.htm

so good, yum, I can't believe you don't keep some in the canoe for instant energy. I can't live without this stuff. The nuts are instant energy and the fruit is, well, instant energy.

Totally.

Anonymous said...

what do you say, Marcela? Will you have a poem read for us by Carlitos on the next GU podcast?

Anonymous said...

Marcela, did I detect you encouraging Coldcoffee to come over here? That could ruffle a few feathers.

Anonymous said...

I've been a bit otherwise engaged. Marcela: are you still here? Can we retire to take a toke or two?

Anonymous said...

Mimi, my internet connection's playing up, I'll leave you in charge of the bar.

Night all.

Unknown said...

i've been off on one myself, mimi. guess i've missed you for a tokeortwo tonight.

zeph - i encouraged all on my last thread to come over here. eric and byebyebadman emerged.

coldcoffee and guitou sorted their differences on the thread anyway. guitou's feather ruffling was more to do with post editing, i believe. today, coldcoffee said he'd been reading but not posting. i merely suggested he posts.

everyone's welcome, right?

lulu - carlitos didn't read me a poem :(
plenty of him singing cumbia villera on youtube though, which is poetry of sorts. zeph is the poet in residence here. i wonder if we could add audio files to the gallery? zeph could read poems and then we could all debate whether or not that should be allowed...

turns out to be not a bad joint to work in, this one.

who would have thought.

Anonymous said...

Indeed, Marcela, ColdCoffee is welcome as far as I'm concerned (though I prefer mine either piping hot or iced, not in between). The misunderstanding was cleared up and, as I told him, there are no hard feelings.

Of course, everybody else is welcome to read, write, lurk, post, impersonate, wreak havoc, eat, drink, smoke, slag, or do one if they don't like it.

Unknown said...

what's 'do one if they don't like it'?

Anonymous said...

An ironical reference to the expression used by a GU journalist towards a blogger on a recent thread. "Why don't you just do one?" as in "get outta here". I believe he was moderated...

Anonymous said...

Hi, I seem to be reconnected with the world.

No problem re the coldcoffee then -I wasn't trying to 'stir it', it's just I missed the reconciliation phase!

I have to say that File is probably more of a proper poet than me, (and there may be other poets out there who read us) but I am happy to wear the Pseuds'poet badge with pride.

OK for breakfast everyone?

Anonymous said...

Re 'do one' - I guess it refers to 'do a runner' which is outdated cockney slang for to get away. Sounds ruder than that though!

Anonymous said...

Today's cocktails are the Chelsea Shandy and the Red Death:

Chelsea Shandy

half glass champagne
half glass Red Bull


Red Death

1 shot Black Absinthe
3 shots vodka
5 shots raspberry
1 shot orange

Not that we're expecting anyone in here this afternoon since the GU OBO lot came in and nicked the TV...

Anonymous said...

Zeph: I'll have one of your fine-sounding drinks please. GU nicking the telly is probably revenge for Pseuds eating their Tapir. It is Andy on today!
Chelsea have just scored, in a match so rank it compares with Steve Harmison's bowling.
Grrr!

Anonymous said...

Mimi, I've been half following both events - loved the guy who was so bored by the Cup Final he was emailing the OBO!

Cricket shaping up well though.

Anonymous said...

Chelsea Shandy all round it is, then.

Anonymous said...

Zeph: except for Harmy. I wrote this to OBO which Andy was good enough to publish:
"I suspect that dealing with Harmison will be Peter Moores's first really tough gig and if he wants to set the tone for England's recovery, the Durham man's dismissal will be nasty, brutish and short.
I hope Moores has the balls to do it."
I entitled the email Last Chance Saloon. I wonder if we shouldn't invite Harmy over here and see if some of the crew can inject some backbone into the lad!

Anonymous said...

Mimi - apparently Kevin Shine is being sent off to the Academy and there's a new bowling coach. So for a while, Harmison'll be able to blame it all on Shine.

(Should point out for anyone else that the bored guy was actually AT the FA Cup Final)

Anonymous said...

Zeph: I'm finding all the comments on TMS about adductor/abductor muscles rather tiresome. It's the way they snigger when they say "groin".
Honestly - they're supposed to be grown-ups!

Anonymous said...

Not to mention the knicker jokes. But then they've probably all had a few drinks by now.

Anonymous said...

I was really pleased to see Andy Bull start off today with an apology for 'miserabilist' coverage. One more day of "oh it's all so boring and I got really pissed last night" and I would have given up on GU OBO completely.

Anonymous said...

Know what you mean. It's been pretty quiet over there today really. Andy deserves a medal for sticking with, but Monty brightened the afternoon, and Colly's catch just at the end there sounded superb. I think OBO is suffering from cricket overload both from the writers' and readers' view. I know I'm a bit jaded. And I've noticed before that on weekends, the funny boys are not there, and it's not the same without the Aussies!

Anonymous said...

Well, it's the slower pace of a Test match where nobody is actually being eaten alive by Ricky and the boys, but I'm heartened - the West Indies are proving they're definitely not rubbish.

In their honour (pours the rest of that Chelsea Shandy muck down the sink) tonight's cocktail is the Rum Daisy:

1 shot lemon juice
1 shot white rum
soda
1/4 shot grenadine

and tonight's menu will be:

Callaloo soup
Squash and sweet potato stew
Spiced tuna and mango salad
Rum and raisin rice pudding

(mangoes by courtesy of Honolulu)

[recipes found at http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/6392/index.html where you can hear a rather nice, slightly muzak version of 'One Love' playing in the background.]

Anonymous said...

Great link Zeph: thanks. I've now put Tosh on the jukebox, and will lean back (not too far, cos I know what these barstools are like!), sip my cocktail and relax in the warmth.
Hope we get a few more in tonight, but doesn't matter.

Anonymous said...

Still in our Caribbean groove, there was a really good documentary on BBC4 tonight about the legendary 1976 W Indies tour and what it meant for the UK Caribbean community - I've posted a link over on lee's cricket thread.

Anonymous said...

Mimi,

put Peter Tosh back on, please. And be an angel and get me something with Jamaican Rum in it. Ta.

Anonymous said...

Offy: your wish is my command. So "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back" is on right now.
And that'll be a Zeph special with rum and angels to ensure no-one breaks our hearts, eh?

Anonymous said...

It's good for the flu
It's good for asthma
Good for tuberculosis
Even umara composis

Legalize it - don't criticize it
Legalize it and i will advertise it

DoctorShoot said...

taproom jukeboxers...go to:

http://www.gckingoftheblues.com/profile/manny_rivers

and hit the play button.
rum, hip movement, not too cross,
cocktail hour now....

DoctorShoot said...

and can we pls have this on the taproom juke:
http://4.upload.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/reggae/video/xag11_bob-marley-kinky-reggae-rare

Anonymous said...

Great music Doc.

Patrons please note: the Taproom is still open, but will shortly up anchor and float to a new mooring under the management of Messrs Greenside and Offgrass... watch this space...

In the meantime please finish up the rum.

Anonymous said...

Niice, doc.
Zeph: the rum's all gone - think that was probably Offside last night while we slept - you know what he's like.
Hope new venue as good as this one. See you there.
Pants about the rain in London - I'm just back from paddling in the sea. Positively hot down on the beach.

DoctorShoot said...

late nighters couldn't help last posting of my old dearest fav.
is that you in the crowd i see....or me? or all of us...
http://4.upload.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/many%2Brivers%2Bto%2Bcross/video/xokjy_jimmy-cliff-many-rivers-to-cross

Anonymous said...

Oh doc, that is such a great song.

Anonymous said...

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FLOATING TAPROOM HAS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CUSTOM.

DRINKS AND DECADENCE ARE AVAILABLE AT THE PAKALOLO TAVERN ACROSS THE WAY.

DON'T SAY I SENT YOU.

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