Meet My Friend, Mrs. Milburn Drysdale

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Howdy and welcome!
I’m a newbie too, so I don’t have much SDMB wisdom to impart other than everyone has been great!
Here’s what little I do know:
Don’t bump old threads; provide links.
Stay out of the Pit!
Uuuummmm…give chocolates to FairyChatMom?
I didn’t forget! I promise they are in the mail! Did you remember to forward? Do I get to eat them if they get “return to sender”? :wink:
Oh! And “submit” is on the left and “preview” is on the right. :smiley:

I have the same problem and my husband thinks I’m crazy! I also confuse them with Jamers Garner. I must think that’s what they’d look like if they shaved. :rolleyes:

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Thank you! I didn’t know there was a test! Where is Wokingham? I lived in London in 2000.

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About 60 miles south-west of London. Near Reading. It’s a very uninteresting place.

What did you do in London?

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Mrs. Drysdale! How lovely to see you, here, let me take your coat. Ooo, what a wonderful collar - must be ever so warm. Did you have any trouble getting here? Oh, that Eve, she always gives such excellent directions. I’m sure she’ll be here any moment. Now, what what you like? I have tea, of course, but if you’d like some sherry - or maybe after lunch. One lump or two? Milk or lemon?

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And Texans. Don’t forget Texans.

Howdy, ma’am.

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Fiend or friend is welcome here. (Or have I been whooshed on this one?)

Hi there!

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Why thank you, all! Yes, my coat is quite warm - although today I should be using my parasol. I had just stepped out to get my lunch. It’s the butler’s day off.

Francesca - I worked, and travelled. And of course had a dreadful love affair with a man with bad teeth.

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Oh, I almost forgot - tea, milk (or cream!) and two lumps, please. Or an iced coffee if it’s hot outside.

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ICED COFFEE???

She’s from Rhode Island.

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Greetings, Mrs. Drysdale! Glad to have you here. :slight_smile:

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The great thing about this Message Board my dear (really, there is no other Message Board) is that it’s general-interest. You can find or start equally spirited debates about:

Religion
Politics
Sex
Green Acres
Literature
Something awful you saw in the ladies’ room
Science
What is the deal with Ben Affleck, anyway?
History
Crap, I just broke a nail

. . . We are nothing if not eclectic. And there are at least half-a-dozen people here who will get it if I make a Valley of the Dolls or His Girl Friday reference. Knowing you as I do, I think you will fit in here like a curl on Shirley Temple’s head.

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Or Ben Affleck’s, depending.

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Well howdy Mrs. Drysdale! I’ll be watching you through the hedge over yonder by our ceement pond. When I’m not international playboyin’, double naught spyin’, and brain surgeonin’ that is. :smiley:

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I read this as “Ben Affleck’s depends” :eek:

It’s definitely time for me to get my eyes checked…

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With your talk of tea and your charming display of etiquette, I feel like I’m watching Arsenic And Old Lace-The Early Days.

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Good call! Boston, originally. If I really wanted to give myself away, I’d say, “Hon, go to Dunks and get me an ice coffee, wouldja?”

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My role model here at the SDMB?

So much more effective than Miss Hathaway, way more resourceful than Ethel Mertz, far more entertaining than Aunt Bea. Welcome, Mrs. Drysdale!

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You left out insectivores.

Welcome, Mrs. D.!

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Just wait till she and I simultaneously glare through our lorgnettes, go “well, really!” and collapse onto our fainting couches.

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. . . That’s what I did when she introduced me to “Delivery Boy.” You wanna tell them about Delivery Boy, or will that crack your ladylike veneer right off the bat?