England 50 - Tuesday 2nd May 2006

Elb wakes up ENGLAND and is somewhat surprised with the men that Marsha and Eeyore discussed last night after hours. Hugh Laurie? Alan Rickman?? Gusti and Catherine arrive, and Catherine has to go collect her Mum from the station today, as she is coming for a visit, and to be indoctrinated into Gerriness, although she doesn’t know it yet....Gusti is philosophical about her return to work, and her results from the doctors. Kelli turns up and we discuss time spent on GB.net interfering with Real Life - particularly for those with families. Gracie arrives, swiftly followed by Delanie, Els and Jessey, all briefly touching base before retreating back to the Real World, and silence falls on ENGLAND again until it is broken in the afternoon by the arrival of Em and Goffy. Catherine sneaks online, despite her Mum being about, and announces her plans for the Gerry-isation of Mum with POTO as a starter. Gusti and Elb too check in, and Em and Goffy conduct a coded conversation to do with birthdays and underwear. Elb is comforted after another hard day at work by a yellow towel pic from Goffy, and Little Miss (Jackie from the KT) drops in to wish ENGLAND a happy 50th! Gusti announces that her results from the doc weren’t as bad as she expected, but will have to undergo more tests. ENGLAND turn as one and offer advice on diet etc in motherly tones....Gracie confesses to being stressed out by the fact that she is going away on a conference for the next three days, and has to get things prepared for her family in her absence. Em is wished luck for a prospective outing with mystery man, and departs to Alton Towers.

The other absentee, Loubylou finally checks in and admits to have been lurking rather than posting. Del and Gusti get onto reminiscing about German breakfasts, then Catherine reports in that Mum’s Gerry-indoctrination is not going according to plan, but that she will persevere. Del comes back on, and is offered yet more man-advice from Elb, Gracie, Gusti and Tina, whether she wants it or not!

Cathy posts a hilarious if long-winded joke! Gracie teases that she has found something BETTER than a Gerry in the bath, and we all fall for it: Fruit covered in creme fraiche, which then prompts all sorts of rudeness..... and Els pops in at an appropriate moment to give us more comedy links, and to suggest watching Johnny Depp in the POTC2 trailer. People get so carried away with posting, that they fail to notice the thread has reached the end of the road, and Elb sets up “ENGLAND 51 - Where Aliens don’t exist but BritTarts do!”

A little late, LisaW, another BritTart congratulates us on reaching Thread 50.....