England 58 - another day, another thread...

Late in the afternoon, Elb starts ENGLAND's new thread on Goffy's behalf, as Goffy has lobbed a title in and conveniently gone for a bath. "ENGLAND 58 - Let's Make Beowulf Great - in the UK!" is inspired by Catherine's new thread in the UK sub-forum in which she rallies the BritTarts to press for a UK release of B&G.

Euphemia gets her 5th set of lips, and sets the tone for the evening by announcing that her cat has eaten her Chicken Tikka but prefers Korma.... Berenise describes the "Outlandish Companion" to Elb - a background reference book to the "Outlander" saga that appears to be compulsory reading for all Tarts. In honour of a rainy evening, Elb begins Wet Gerry picspam and posts a Wet Gerry shot from Mrs Brown, but thankfully not THAT shot! ENGLAND breathes again..... Gracie and Goffy discuss tattoos again, and Goffy announces that she'd like two of hers removed. Blu pops in - and out again - with a burnt tongue, and Yorkie jumps into Wet Ger-Wars with a splash.

Em is still not firing on all cylinders, and receives hugs. Ger-Wars progresses through Gerry's film career, most of which appears to have been spent immersed in water.

Elb points out Admin's announcement that Getty images are no longer to be posted on the forums. Horrified, ENGLAND falls silent save for the rustlings of many Photobuckets as everyone frantically checks their image stashes against the Getty no-nos, and discovers that many favourites are now “verboten”..... Miss Hyde who is studying Law, thinks the ban is all to do with copyright laws.

Marsha arrives amidst the wailing and gnashing of teeth, and explains that she has been AWOL due to Real Life intervening again. Sparkle and Goffy briefly explain to Marsha that the term “Football” means “Soccer”, while Gracie becomes an instant dictionary, defining “NAUGHTY” to Em!

Catherine is off to another dog show tomorrow, but this time will have Jamie Fraser to keep her company, as she has borrowed a copy of “Cross Stitch” from Elb. Gusti dashes in for a quick hello, and points out that she alerted us to Admin’s Getty post yesterday, but nobody paid heed to her! Sorry Gusti! She is off to bed early as she has had a trying day, with yet more trials and tribulations at work.

Marsha’s next “English” lesson is on the subject of trousers (UK) and pants (US) and the differences therein. Or not... Chips/fries/crisps are next.... (I say “Tomay-to, you say “Tom-aato”??) Later, ENGLAND harps on about the size of their collective behinds (discussion leading on from Marsha’s “pants” comment...) and GB.net gets the blame for the surge in spreading bums. Goffy, Marsha and Elb indulge in a soppy ‘Can-you-feel-the-lurve?’ -fest in which they gush over the benefits that GB.net has wrought in their lives. This swiftly descends into a mini-Karaoke session, which Yorkie wins by merit of being the only one still standing at the end! Everyone else has snuck out while she was in mid-warble.....

Elb wraps up the show by selflessly staying up late to begin chronicling ENGLAND’s latest ramblings, and promptly falls asleep at her post............