A Conversation for The Crossed Purposes Pub

Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 321

Kes

*Stares at smiley - empty and wonders why he can't remember what it tasted like* smiley - silly


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 322

Pandora...Born Again Tart

...*looks up from her reading trying to figure out who's missing...
thinks REAL hard...smiley - bigeyes...*smiley - headhurts I plum forgot about Gwennie! That's who's missing!! smiley - biggrin I feel more setteled now that I remember. smiley - puffI juss hate when that happens.
...*returns to her reading and smoking and drinking an' stuff...*


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 323

mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...)

*Sits in her rocker staring at the hole in the floor... breathing secondhand smoke in....... and then breathing out... *

smiley - zen

Gwennie? Are you ok???


smiley - zen


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 324

Kes

*Surrounded by all this and smiley - zen, Kes thinks he hears the sound of one hand clapping ....*

What's all that noise coming from the hole in the floor?


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 325

mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...)

*Rocks... breathes in ... * ahhhhh ahhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhh don't know... *rocks... breathes out....*


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 326

Pandora...Born Again Tart

...looks in general direction of the hole in the floor...notices that there's light for a few seconds then it goes dark...then there light for a few seconds and it goes dark...*smiley - ermWhat in the name of the mother of the devil is going on down there?smiley - footprints
...*gets on her knees and watches the light come and go...*
GA-WWWWWWENNNNIEsmiley - yawnWHATCHA' DOIN' DOWN THERE? ...*drops an olive to see how long it takes to hear it hit...
...hears nothing...figures it's a looooooong way down...*
Yo'smiley - yawnGwennie! Ya' want sumthin' or sumthin'?...*wonders if she's down there doin' yoga, or some other guy...doesn't care...&
returns to her reading awaiting the next chapter to unfold...*smiley - zen


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 327

Gwennie

*Wakes from her dreamless sleep, choking as an olive mysteriously appears in her mouth and blocks her airway* smiley - bluesmiley - yikessmiley - cdoublesmiley - flustered

Choke! Who did that? smiley - steam

*Scrabbles up the side of the hole, reaches around the top for something firm to grab on to and locates one of Pan's ankles*

Phwor blimey Pan! Gorgonzola or what? smiley - cool


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 328

Pandora...Born Again Tart

...*as a boney hand appears and grabs her ankle Pandora reacts instinctively and kicks the offending hand with her other foot...smiley - yikesAAAAAAHH!smiley - star~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~smiley - run
...*jumps behind the bar knocking everyone's drinks about...*
What the smiley - bleep was that?!smiley - headhurts...*hears a dull thud as
poor lil' Gweenie falls back into the hole...*smiley - angel


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 329

Gwennie

smiley - yikes

smiley - bleep

Ouch! smiley - injuredsmiley - erm


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 330

Wrinkled Rocker

smiley - nurse Heal thyself! smiley - weird Need some help? smiley - drunk

*performs immaculate one-and-a-half somersault in pike position as he dives into the hole. No splash - just lots of dust!*

OOOOWWW!! Bloody hard water this, Pan! smiley - silly


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 331

Researcher 168814

*has a look down the hole, too.*

You know, this makes me feel guilty... let me just take another smiley - ale so I can forget about it...

*can´t find an smiley - ale which actually is impossible...*

Hm. I need to do another five impossible things and I´m able to go to milliways...


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 332

Pandora...Born Again Tart

smiley - ermCan *I* help it if my water is hard?

E., here ya' go!
1.)leap over a tall building with a single bound
2.)run faster than a speeding train
3.)fly through the air like a bird
4.)drink an entire barrel of ale
5.)do not pee, after drinking the entire barrel of ale for 24 hours
smiley - zen...*smiley - bigeyes...that oughta' do it...*

...*Hands M-rae the mop-stick thingie as she seems to know how to use it...does a double take at Kes...* smiley - cdouble Is that a bird on your head? smiley - biggrin Or are you jusss glad ta' see me?! smiley - biggrin
smiley - peacedove...*ducks...*smiley - ermWhy does this place always go to POT toward the end of each month?...*wonders over to the hole...
the side cracks...smiley - yikes...down she goes...*AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! ...*feels around...*Hiya' Gwennie!smiley - blushI mean WR! smiley - biggrin *sigh* Here it is, the end of the month and I'm in the hole. Again.smiley - bleepit.
...*lights a match...*smiley - starsmiley - ermIs that propane I smell? smiley - bigeyes


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 333

"Ç®åz¥"Thog the (offline) Loinclothed One; Bearer of Nailguns; God of BLEEP! (join the BLEEP!Hood at U198687!!)

::wonders vaguely if, since he's NOT in the hole, he should feel left out of the big party what's clearly just starting to get into full swing down there.... has an smiley - ale and a smiley - stout and thinks about it for a bit... shrugs and forgets about it::


Say E, gettin a bit smiley - bleepin quiet up here, wot, mate? Kinda nice actually, I don't mind sayin... smiley - smiley


====smiley - star~~ *deep drag*


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 334

Pandora...Born Again Tart

...*from the hole...*We heard that ya' know! We're in a hole...we ain't deaf! smiley - star Someone hoist me up there before the propane, er, so's I can flog Thog....*runs her finger around WR's ear and coos, "You'll give me a leg up, won'tcha' handsome?"
smiley - kiss


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 335

Kes

End of the month, and this place has filled up with dirty smiley - emptysmiley - emptysmiley - emptysmiley - emptysmiley - emptysmiley - emptysmiley - emptysmiley - emptysmiley - emptysmiley - empty again ... I'd wash them up, but the hot water doesn't seem to be particularly hot atm .....





















*Fiddles with all the controls on the propane gas water heater .....*


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 336

mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...)

*Grabs up a bundle of the flyers about the Village Festival that begins on Friday and drops them down into the hole.*

If you try lighting those, you'll be able to see better. smiley - bigeyes
















Don't forget to come to the Village Festival this weekend! A810640smiley - cheers


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 337

Pandora...Born Again Tart

...*is suddenly coverd with papercuts...picks up a flyer and strikes a match to light it...smiley - starKABLAMMMMMsmiley - star...Pandora, Wrinkeld Rocker and Gwennie are blasted through the hole in the floor...through the Pub roof and into the alley...
they land in a pile in a lounge chair and bounce directly into the brick wall...Gwennie first...then WR...then Pan slams into them both...*smiley - injuredsmiley - injuredsmiley - injured...*they look dazed and confused...*smiley - ermWaaall at least now I know why they call um 'flyers'. smiley - biggrin Always a silver lining...*they being to crawl in the general direction of the alcohol...*smiley - weirdsmiley - weirdsmiley - weird


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 338

mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...)

*Mixes up some zombies for the group...*
Kes, can you get me some clean glasses here, please?

smiley - weird My ears are ringing... I can't hear a thing! smiley - yikes

KES, CAN YOU GET ME SOME CLEAN GLASSES HERE, PLEASE??


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 339

Pandora...Born Again Tart

...*lays on her back with her mouth open...* who needs a glass?!
Jussss pour! smiley - yawn


Crossed Purposes August 2002 - Moved out to the alley

Post 340

Pandora...Born Again Tart

smiley - erm I SAID, "WHO NEEDS A GLASS?!? JUST POUR!!!"smiley - yawn


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