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Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Smart child, smart dog."

and the wisdom of keeping moving :-)

Jim wrote: "Tallis is never less than charming.

(Which on mature consideration doesn't really tell us anything at all does it ;-) )"

Nope; he would never insult a potential patron.

Life is too short to insult potential patrons. I suspect they all have excellent memories :-)

Jim wrote: "Life is too short to insult potential patrons. I suspect they all have excellent memories :-)"

Not after they have been drinking wine with Tallis!

well that probably largely depends on the quality of wine that they're buying. If they serve rubbish they can hardly complain at unfortunate side effects

job interviewing skills called for :-)

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Big hair and an elegant leg

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Oh for the days when men had to suffer as much as women to look good!

Whereas nowadays I look good with careless ease.......

Jim wrote: "Whereas nowadays I look good with careless ease......."

Just a matter of getting clean baling twine... ;)

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Jim wrote: "Whereas nowadays I look good with careless ease......."

Just a matter of getting clean baling twine... ;)"

absolutely, available in three tasteful colours!

And one loud, tasteless one.

ah but it weathers into a most delicate primrose if left out in the sun for a year or so, and also can end up a must beautiful pale green if it spends a winter in slurry as well :-)

I wonder if the slurry treatment will end up being the new fashion craze...

I wandered into our local agricultural engineers many years ago to buy a new pair of working jeans.
The lass behind the counter asked me what sort I'd like, so I just said "A pair like those I'm wearing."
(They were clean on that morning so were clean.)

So looked at them and said doubtfully, "I don't think we have any in that colour."

Sludge green?

Actually it was rather a pleasant if 'washed out' colour. The jeans had faded to pale blue and the green hadn't darkened. To be honest if you could replicate to colour from new they'd probably sell to people who didn't know :-)

and a little something which shows how well things work when you leave them to Mutt

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Hooray for Mutt!

Now with three pairs of boots to sell, one careful owner, only used them for going to church...

Mutt will be a millionaire before he is 15!

one pair of boots at a time :-)

I can see him becoming a respected 2nd hand dealer.

wheeler dealer

Whatever You Want, Mutt Can Get It.

And perhaps even for a price you're willing to pay

He's cutting his own throat...

he probably knows people who can do that for him

Jim wrote: "he probably knows people who can do that for him"

He would do well in Ankh Morpork

I suspect he'd thrive in any big city. I remember a Newcastle Lawyer advising a client. Somebody owed the client serious money and showed no sign of paying. The client was told, "For £2000 you could make him bankrupt, or in this city for £200 you could get him seriously beaten up"

Nah - he's much too well spoken and honest for Dublin.

to be sure, but he'd fit right in
But probably as a politician rather than an overt criminal

I've often felt that I would make an excellent poet in residence, but after hearing this tale I beg leave to doubt

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I didn't realise that being a poet would involve climbing ropes and wet rocks!

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "I didn't realise that being a poet would involve climbing ropes and wet rocks!"

I suspect that if you're a wealthy poet you have people to do that for you.

Isn't 'wealthy poet' an oxymoron?

Alicia wrote: "Isn't 'wealthy poet' an oxymoron?"

I suspect that if you start off independently wealthy and marry well, you can remain a wealthy poet

Q. How do you make a million as a writer?

A. Start off with 2 million.

something like that
Just keep writing away 'til it's all gone ;-)

Never trifle with Tallis

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There may have been a trifle too much alcohol involved.

It did occur to me that Tallis was doing his best to keep people busy and trying to stop them bumping into each other. Pouring drink into them can work for a while
But can obviously go wrong as well

Its a delicate line to tread, that!

and ought to be done under strict supervision. There is a limit to how many excitable ladies a chap should attempt to pour strong drink into at any one time

The Dance of The Excitable Ladies!

Indeed, perhaps rather more sedate than the dance of the over-excitable ladies?

They all fall in a heap at the end of that one!

normally covered in custard and cream!

Oh I think I've done that one!

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Oh I think I've done that one!"

too much information! :-)