Polly D

I will report back chaps! The website is up and running now too.

Don't know about the tapas bar but had a good look around recently as we are staying here on our wedding night. It is stunning. A bit pricey maybe but who cares for one night (actually Jose kindly gave us a 10% discount). As far as I could tell, the hotel bar is open to guests and their guests.

Come on everyone .. "Numpty dumpty sat on a wall ... " Naughty Mr Cloak, unless NUMPTY stands for: Nice Understated Man Packing Tight Y-fronts ... Ummmm, sorry Keef for my cheekiness!

Liquorice burgers are v v nice.

I think I know the chemist you're talking about CWALD, SMG and B. I went in there the other day to ask about a mouthwash that my dentist had recommended that was particularly good for ulcers (not the one that stains your teeth and begins with a C...). I thought the pharmacist was so odd! He completely ignored what I was asking about and pretended not to know which brand I was on about and instead kept thrusting something else into my hand. I'm sure he knows what he's talking about but his manner was very bizarre that I was put off by his sales pitch and didn't buy anything, a sort of panic ensued. I'd like to think I'd support the local one and not get excited about BOGOFs from Superdrug or Boots but frankly, I do ...

V good DaveR. Angel - or too easy?

Ok, this one is Lordship Lane related (I mean shops innit). modern life slag burned ee!

pick money while mud crums (sorry ... it's late)

I think you make up the missing letters - unless it's that Tessa sniffing round again!

*Asks Domitianus to hold the baby while expressing milk for him to feed ... thinks better of it and borrows Mike's donkey* *Wonders whether anyone else thinks Stella off Eastenders looks like Cherie Blair*

Asset

Yep - reckon so Georgia. We popped in over the weekend. It's huge so reckon there's room for all types (can't be bothered to get into the class thing). As Sean M says, great selection of beers (although a locally-living colleague I bumped into said he and his mate had chosen different ales but had ended up with the same one cos the pumps were wired to the same barrel - apparently). V friendly staff and really nice to have a place withing happy walking distance. Keep it real Upper East Side possee ... ahem ...

Her breasts were covered in fur

She thought she was brave but maybe ...

Does anyone have any helpful opinions on whether ladies wot get wed should take their husband's surname? Sigh, dilemma.

I literally don't have time any more to keep on top of all these posts ... tee hee. Sorry actel, and I agree. The lovely Mitchell and Webb often mock this in the brilliant Peep Show. And let's not forget 'innit' (someone may have already said this but I literally haven't read them all .. zzzzzz

My aunt did the same Lagygooner and wallpapered the loo with all the labels

Cheers guys - v helpful.

Does anyone know whether the garages at the top end of Upland Road, i.e. the end that comes out onto the top end of Lordship Lane, are in use? We'd be interested in finding out about hiring one. They look a bit derelict though ... and scary.

DM - J'accuse of schmoozing! Tres bien indeed. I hope the hangover is diminishing. Whoops, sorry, it's the quiet room. *Wonders whether parents and out-laws-to-be would enjoy Keef and Fear's pub quiz instead of a sensible dinner at Le Chardon on the night in question*

Melts honey stick in cup of assam while reclining on the chaise longue. Hands round a plate of flapjacks (even to the owls) Pops DM's mag on top of the pile for when wakes up from snooze

We were out in London Bridge and left there at about 10.30pm, hopped on a no. 40 and thought we'd come to the Gowlett but weren't sure about closing times (mainly of the pizza oven owing to huge hunger). I'm afraid we had a kebab and went home - stylish huh? True that his books aren't v high brow but a good read nonetheless. The HIV related one was: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Whatever-Love-Means-David-Baddiel/dp/0349113920 I'm too sleepy to move this to another thread. Maybe we'll be moved to the right place by the morning.

*Pops back into the quiet room after day two of new job* *Gasps at number of posts to catch up on* *Pops open a bottle of medicinal cava while asking co-habitees to give a run down on recent events* *Thinks - good bedtime story* *Night night all* *Whispers good luck and best wishes to Huguenot and Bumbalina*

Sean! 'very so-what novels'?! I don't overly rate Baddiel as a comedian but two of his novels; one about insomnia and the other about being living with HIV were BRILLIANT! Ummmm ... IMHO an' all that chum ...

Brilliant - nice one Mark.