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« Reply #1450 on: August 07, 2009, 02:06:01 am » |
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*skips in merrily*
Oh my! Look at all the people!
*wanders around touching everything in sight and humming merrily*
whiskey anybody?! *whips out flask*
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« Reply #1451 on: August 07, 2009, 02:07:09 am » |
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*peers over newspaper* what is this merriment ? sit down and drink woman.
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« Reply #1452 on: August 07, 2009, 02:10:12 am » |
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Well, fine.
*falls into a large dusty armchair* phwooosh (that's the armchair noise)
Anybody care to pose for a drawing? *starts to scribble in a sketchbook*
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« Reply #1453 on: August 07, 2009, 02:10:50 am » |
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*lights pipe* GnT anyone ?
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« Reply #1454 on: August 07, 2009, 02:22:38 am » |
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Well, why not. The lemon should do me good.
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« Reply #1455 on: August 07, 2009, 02:23:19 am » |
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well we cant have you getting scurvy AGAIN now can we ?
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« Reply #1456 on: August 07, 2009, 02:24:59 am » |
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clockwork, play nice. we don't talk about it. i mean, the lad's meant to survive on air and sunshine at his age!
*tossing jacket over the bar* i'm going to go change out of the formal attire and then we'll get you that gin and tonic
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In all reality, "steampunk" is anachronistic, innit? Otherwise it's just Victorian dress-up.
chain smokin', sleep needin', apparel designin', mohawk havin', tea drinkin', steady cursin', boy charmin', card readin' rabble-rouser and amusement park cleverly disguised as a woman
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« Reply #1457 on: August 07, 2009, 02:38:17 am » |
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Will you get me a glass as well please?
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« Reply #1458 on: August 07, 2009, 07:48:28 am » |
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What a delightful warm welcome. I don't smoke, but I do drink! *grabs the nearest bottle of rum and fills his drinking horn* You'll have to pardon me for my rude appearance, life on board an ironclad roughens ones mind. War aint all about gentlemen and clockworks, aye?  But not to worry, I'll settle down for a while in this armchair. Ah, it's been a long time... |
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« Reply #1459 on: August 07, 2009, 10:27:47 am » |
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oh my heavens - you're Dutch?!?! i must say, you're the first i've seen personally on the thread!
hoe gaat het? mijn naam is Reni Valentijn. ik spreek een beetje Nederlands; mijn papa komt uit Rotterdam. ik kan een eerlijk beetje meer dan ik kan praten, ik ben niet erg goed in.
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« Reply #1460 on: August 07, 2009, 11:55:43 am » |
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<lights himself a fresh cigar, folds the paper and tosses it on to the table to his right>
Anyone seen todays papers, eh? That boy late in delivering them again? Someone should take a cane to his hide.
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« Reply #1461 on: August 07, 2009, 11:59:09 am » |
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I think Ms. Datura has already done that...
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« Reply #1462 on: August 07, 2009, 01:05:13 pm » |
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Then he hasn't learnt his lesson. Tsk, children these days...<picks up a book from the side table and idly begins to read>
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« Reply #1463 on: August 07, 2009, 01:56:40 pm » |
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I think the boy is somewhat afraid to venture near us... last time the paper was late I threatened to have him horsewhipped if it ever happened again.
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Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.
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« Reply #1464 on: August 07, 2009, 05:17:41 pm » |
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*breezes in* Sorry I haven't been around, ladies and gents, I've been taking a much-needed vacation. I just had to get away from the old lair for awhile - there's been a problem lately with Realtor stragglers coming to the door and complaining that they have nowhere to stay. Seems something happened to their lair, and they blame me! Imagine! They think it had something to do with us! Now we wouldn't go around making anyone homeless, would we?...  What I really don't get is how, if a Realtor has a housing problem, a mad scientist is the one to fix it... In any event, I think after two days of those foofy beach drinks with the little umbrellas in them, I'll have the nice familiar port. *pulls jar out of pocket* And if someone could make a thimble full of... *listens carefully to tiny voice from jar* ...Long Island Iced Tea...*whispers into jar* ...really?...ok then...and put it in here, that would be excellent. I'm starting to think that after this latest great victory on the Realtor-slaying front, and at the age of one hundred fifty-three, it might be time to look at retirement... |
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« Reply #1465 on: August 07, 2009, 05:55:46 pm » |
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One hundred and fifty-three? I would ne'er have guessed, you're looking well for such an age.
Ahhh! The papers, at last! <smiles broadly and tosses down his book as the doorman deposits a bunch of folded periodicals upon the main table. Tobias, showing youthful agility and speed, hauls himself slowly out of his chair and ambles across to grab his Daily Times and slouches back to his chair>
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« Reply #1466 on: August 07, 2009, 06:02:10 pm » |
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Hm, newspapers, that's nice.
*fishes through stack briefly, but once he's checked the date he's done*
Oh, these are just the regular news, ok. Wait, wasn't yesterday...oh, sorry, that was in 1945. Sheesh, I really need that coffee...
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« Reply #1467 on: August 07, 2009, 08:08:42 pm » |
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I'll take a LIIT as well please. Awfully hot out...*wipes sweat from my brow*
Ah, the paper. I'll let Del know that he's still delivering them.
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« Reply #1468 on: August 07, 2009, 08:13:56 pm » |
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*Picks up a newspaper, skims through it and throws it down in disgust* It's full of third-rate 'celebrities' and 'sport'! The Times has really gone downhill. Now, where's my copy of The Chap? |
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« Reply #1469 on: August 07, 2009, 08:15:47 pm » |
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That's a different publication. You'll have to find the boy on the corner for that one.
I just found the most delicious little cigarettes...they have something called Kretek in them? The brand is Djarum. Has anyone else heard of these? *lighting one up and watching the smoke curl*
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« Reply #1470 on: August 07, 2009, 08:18:23 pm » |
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No no no, I bought a copy earlier and brought in here with me. I'm sure I had it in my portmanteau, although come to think of it I deposited that in the cloak room and... egads! I've done it again!
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I'm always paying for things and then leaving them behind, whilst meticulously putting my change and the receipt in my wallet. Blast.
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« Reply #1471 on: August 07, 2009, 08:19:45 pm » |
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As long as you didn't put it in the umbrella stand by accident. It likes to melt things. ^_^
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« Reply #1472 on: August 07, 2009, 08:22:56 pm » |
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*returns to the room very slightly out of breath*
No, m'lady, I'm glad to report it avoided that sorry fate. The boy on the corner had put it aside and was looking for me to return and reclaim it. Now, if they just hurry up and return to the B5 format soon. This A4 thing feels so much like some awful glossy 'celebrity' magazine.
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« Reply #1473 on: August 07, 2009, 08:24:10 pm » |
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Tell me, what is in The Chap? Articles on hats and hunting, that sort of thing?
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« Reply #1474 on: August 07, 2009, 08:28:28 pm » |
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It is a journal for the modern gentleman. Biographies of the stars of Ealing comedies, vintage cars and Spitfires. Articles telling one which buttons on jackets and waistcoats it is acceptable to button, and when and where it is appropriate to do so, and the accoutrements gentlemen have a tendency to acquire such as letter openers. Rather spiffing reviews of intelligent books and just a dash of humour thrown in. Quite a wonderful publication which I am so very glad survived its relatively infamous brush with the financial collapse.
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