England 59- It's raining men? Nope - just plain rain...

Catherine creeps in to kick-start ENGLAND for the day, and finds that catching up from last night’s posts is easy - there weren’t any. For once, ENGLAND was virtually speechless. Gusti and Euphemia join her for Breakfast Club and talk turns to fanfic, discovering that all three have enjoyed “Chanson de l’Ange”. Gracie turns up, and she too compliments the still-snoring Elb on the Abridged blog. (Thanks guys...) Daft pops in with helpful advice on new computers for Tina, who is having problems with hers. Elb (now awake) promptly responds with a treatise on Apple Macs...

Much of the thread is taken up with a typically British trait - discussing the weather.

Catherine complains about hoovering a dogful of hair from her rugs, Laura is Taking That to extremes and Elb is off to inspect her daughter’s new boyfriend. Jo from Oz chats about Eurovision with Berenise, and as if on cue, Blu leaps out to defend the winning Finland alien band. Em gets wet, popsicled and sees a Gerry-likey, and Els joins the Wet Tart competition whilst chasing sailors around Pompey.

ENGLAND is like a revolving door, as Yorkie goes to the cinema to see “The Da Vinci Code”, and Paranoia Twin Elb returns from seeing “Ice Age 2” and boyfriend-inspecting duties. Catherine, who has watched the Watford footie match from behind her fingers, returns in triumph and shares a boozy celebration with Els. Gusti too has been watching telly, but opts for “The Jury” in which she cannot understand a word that Gerry says, because he constantly speaks with his mouth full, as well as being hindered by a Glaswegian accent!

Late afternoon: Delanie, Eeyore and Sparkle practise talking some more about the bad weather........ and Del bemoans the fact that she will have to leave Scotland in July. Gracie arrives in sour mood, and ENGLAND rally to try and cheer her up. Del unkindly laughs her arse off at the prospect of Elb’s favourite rodent drowning on Top Gear, and Catherine retires early after her footie celebrations!

Tina is relaunched online after her computer decides to compute again, and catches up with car talk, chocolate and marshmallows. Sparkle and Goffy resurface, and Goffy threatens to post her new vid tomorrow. Delanie posts pictures of Scotland, homesick before she has even left! Eeyore’s chair has a mind of its own, and Elb reappears after actually spending time offline! She reaches 4000 posts without even noticing..... Back from “The Da Vinci Code”, Yorkie notes that her 25th anniversary is on the 06/06/06: here’s hoping she has a devilishly good time!

For a while, ENGLAND talks about departed family until it’s time for Yorkie to depart and meet HER family! Laura bounces back in, still on a Gary Barlow high, but is disappointed that the rest of ENGLAND fail to share her enthusiasm for that particular GB! Yorkie departs, but not before grabbing Gerry’s plums from the fruit basket left to welcome ENGLAND to their 60th thread! Eeyore follows suit and before closing ENGLAND 59, snaffles Gerry’s banana....