Lola's Salon

danon sat contentedly sipping his mimosa unquestioningly contemplating the unfolding drama.

<enters trailing wisps of clouds from Potomac, where fog of war has been replaced by war of fog, and playing cards are now being issued to the troops>

Thanks for keeping a chair at the table for me, Lola! Sorry must stop eating UFN after the latest sequence of meals in DC; drinks are OK, though. What's this about an unfolding drama, btw, Danon - can't we do a romantic comedy instead, happy ending and all?! Anyway - the real reason I stopped by is to pick up the box where Hiama is sleeping; just want to test the effects of gravity on libido >>

[From NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, earlier today]
"....The first rover, scheduled for launch on May 30, will be directed to Gusev Crater, located 15 degrees south of Mars' equator. The second robotic scout, slated for liftoff on June 25, is targeted to land at Meridiani Planum, which features rich deposits of gray hematite, an iron oxide mineral associated with water. Meridiani Planum is about 2 degrees south of the equator and halfway around the planet from Gusev Crater. The first rover should reach its landing site on Jan. 4 and the second on Jan. 25. Each is expected to last for about three months before dust blankets the rovers' solar arrays, cutting off their power....."



>> and it's really a unique opportunity: in his current pulverized state he'll be able to withstand the acceleration at takeoff. Wow, hadn't realized it takes 6 months to go to Mars! Let's hope that in the year until the time comes to bring him back, I'll have solved the return trip problem <G>

Oh, visitor, I see, you're my old college roomate. The one who knows about the migranes. Oddly, I do have a migrane tonight. Have had to go to bed early. Please do help yourself to the robe or anything in my closet. So good to see you. It must have been the rain and the tux. Yes.

Have you not met Trevor, visitor? He's not an halluciation......... no, not at all. Next time he's here, I'll introduce you.

Good night all. Headache.

"So," Visitor (Portentia) says, looking around the salon. "What an interesting group of people! Lola always attracts such fascinating types. I do hope she will be feeling better soon and will join us.

"Meanwhile, since I am new, could someone please explain the rules of the house to me? Do we speak in first person here, or third? Present or past tense? Do we speak for others, or only for ourselves?"

Lola appears briefly at the stairway railing, overhears babsatamelia's comparison of her lovely salon with a whorehouse, and is overcome. She decides to return to bed...her migraine has suddenly become much worse.

Good lord, I know not the first person from the third person, I can only talk to the one(s) that are in front of me. Besides - please, make a rule so I can break it

If stuck twixt 1st person and 3rd person, then you must be Piggy in the Middle. Stuck in fact between a rock and a hard place

Visitor,

No rule here.............sometimes some of us write in the third person, like a story, it started in the Cafe on Abuzz. But we also do a lot of fun stuff in the first person. Welcome, BTW.

Sorry to disappoint you, BillW. I feel a little disappointed myself, but no rules to break here. Or..........well, give me some time and I'll think of one. We mustn't miss out on any fun.

Ok, I just thought of one. It is a tradition, when we're writing in third person, to use the present tense. It feels more immediate and personal, closer, more intimate. That's why I like it.

The only rule is that you can't have any fun. How can you have any fun if you can't have any fun.

See, that's a rule all can have fun breaking

However, past tense is not frowned upon. So still no rule, really. Just have fun. That's the main thing. Hedonism is encouraged. Or at least a slightly modified hedonism. No cruelty allowed. But we've never had any trouble with that either.

Laugh...............there you go, BillW. LOL You beat me to it.

It all sounds like Double Dutch to me. Sorry sounded like Double Dutch. Tra la tra la diddly dum de.

Having fun sounds like Double Dutch to you, oldandnew? Interesting.............tell us more.

Knocking back another double bols gin Hiama hands the bottle over to olden. Lola playfully tugs at Hiama's hair, which comes off as its a syrup-sorry wig, syrup is cockney rhyming slang for syrup of fig-wig geddit ?

Stradee and Hoft have Blatham cornered in a two to one game of water polo and Visitor is watching from the tree house, P & L is having her legs waxed , whilst Danon is still writing his book. BillW is helping Withers clean up some mess the dogs left.

There Olden is that better, a little summary sometimes helps I find.

Don't bogart that Bols my friend hand it over.....

Dammit! Hiama is out of his box - he wasn't pulverized, just plastered. Will just have to load someone else on to the new Mars Rover - perhaps Visitor, excuse me Portentia, would like to volunteer? Having never heard of the name before, looked it up on Google, which came back with:

....................The Seeress Portentia The Fat made the following prophecies: an Army will enter Arrabar next year, A Great War erupts in the South, The End of the Current Age shall occur in 4 years with the Coming of Great Evil out of the East, the Prince shall fall victim to an embarrassing circumstance.
http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:LqKuMhdd390C:www.phoenix.org/atlantis/DQfiles/Chronicles/news02.htm+Portentia&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 ...............................

Perhaps Fatima will come back and let us know if Portentia really is the redheaded female she originally spotted in her crystal ball, or OldAndKnew could clarify his term "Piggy in the Middle" - either way, Lola's elegant wardrobe is quite, quite safe from incursions <G>

Helen, you surprize me my dear. You don't know about

#1 Piggy in the Middle,
#2 how about Knock Down Ginger,
#3 you must of heard of Hopscotch. I'll explain if required

#1 involves 3 small people under 10, who throw a ball back and forth. Piggy is in the middle and has to intercept said ball and thus take the place of 1 of the throwers.

#2 any # of children of any age can play this game. One of your number knocks on the front door of some resident and then the whole gang run and hide.

Now then Hydrama, Bols is not my tipple, so handing it back, I'll order 2 or 3 cases of Premium English Bitter. I can then unclarify my head.

Lola, havig phun coms in many guises. I quite like Holland and the Dutch speak good English and compliments my Double Dutch.

So now I'll put the kettle on and make a nice pot of tea and open a box of chocolate digestives

Thanks, OldAndKnew, and you're right, hopscotch I knew about; perhaps confusion arose from fact that scotch is better known to some of the spirits being channelled or imbibed here, as the case may be <G>

Helen, such an understandable reaction

So, YOU'RE HofT! And I see you're just as stunning as your reputation!

As the rest of you can see, I am most definitely NOT named for the character she referenced above. A little plump in all the right places, perhaps, but certainly not fat! (Afraid of a little competition, HofT?) In fact, I was named for a great aunt on my mother's side who had a proclivity for fortune telling. A talent that I, alas, do not have. (sigh) It might have come in handy with this group.

Hiama! So glad to see you've returned to your former shape! Don't worry about the hair, darling. I've always found bald men very sexy. And I'm so glad to see all your bulges are back in their proper places. Except for that one large bulge on the end of your nose....what is that?

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"Wonderful breakfast" Stradee thanks Lola for her impeccable hospitality ~ sees that Fifi places golden goblet with Hiama's ashes safely on the mantle ~
and reminds Hoft of their plans for bringing darling horses for a run in the park.

"Hi there Visitor" Good to see old friends of Lola's joining the festivities. Stradee introduces Hoft and Trevor explaining to Hoft that Visitor was dressed as Victor <not Victoria> upon her arrival at the Salon.

Looking very stylish wearing Lola's black evening dress and jewels, Stradee and Hoft decide asking Visitor to join them horse riding in the park probably better for another day and instead ask Trevor if he'll escort Lola's friend for a tour of the Salon.

Lola's Salon
Whoops ~ and Visitor thinks she's "way out there"! Looks as if my post was on Mars launching aparatus when the rest of you guys were orbital!



Nice meeting you again Visitor