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Ansela, darling, if that muppet of yours comes, he's buying his own damned drinks. We may buy one for him, if he can't get served, since he's a birthday coming, but beyond that he's on his own, and if he had the lack of foresight to be born in a year when one can't get served at fourteen that's his look-out.

Do not ask about the plan, love. You shall See.

Assuming, of course, I can stop being so damned Yorkshire for long enough to implement plans.

Other plans? Why do I not like the sound of that?

If Tim does come, can we please limit him to one drink? He'll probably settle for a pint of foul muck Guinness, rather than the bottle of absinthe he asked me for.

dalek planet by sethster9
the doctor landes on skaro and runs into the dalek fleet
Doctor Who - Rated: K - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 501 - Published: 4-8-09 - 10th Doctor & K-9

My comment: THIS HAD BET-TER BE A TROLL!

It was? That's okay. We'll get you on the fruit beers, and I have other plans for Ansela.

I too will not sing sober. But after a drink or two? Did you guys notice I was kind of quiet at the York? Yeah, get a couple of pints down me, restore me to normal status, there'll be no shutting me up. And there will be singing.

There's always onemanga.com, you know.

It was me who said I didn't like the taste of beer. But Pads's idea sounds pretty good. Once I get a drink or two in me I'm likely to be one of those singing rather loudly, but what else can one expect from a tipsy Assassin? :D

My favorite musical movie as a little kid. Unfortunately, I don't remember everything about the movie, but I might be able to help. I think that the only vague romantic pairing, as I remember, was between Jack Kelly and David Jacob's sister. I could read some of the story for possible line-stealing. Heck, now I've got all the great songs from that movie stuck in my head.

(singing)
And the World will know
And the Journal too
Mister Hearst and Pulitzer
Have we got news for you

(You may have trouble if my mates come with and we have pubs then. Lord, there will be shitfaced.)

I forget whether it was Cassie or Ansela I spoke to ages back, but whoever it was said they didn't like the taste of beer. I responded by saying "you haven't tried the Belgians!" because, well, they don't taste like beer. I shall bear in mind you've no tolerance, but do at least try one half-pint, if we head to Ansela's bar? The stuff doesn't taste of booze, it tastes of strawberry juice. (It's also weirdly moreish.) It doesn't have that nastiness beer and other alcoholic drinks have about them. It just tastes like gorgeous strawberry juice.

And from there it's a small step to other, non-fruit Belgian beers. They're all well brewed and tasty.

Next thing you know, my position as resident Board alcoholic is being fought for. Hmm. Maybe we shouldn't push this one too far...

I drink some types of wine at holiday gatherings and such, but I don't like the taste of most types of alcoholic drink, and since I drink so rarely I have no head for it on the occasions I do drink. I went over my limit by about one glass once at a Boxing Day party and wound up lying on the bathroom floor waiting for the sick feeling to go away. I'm not opposed to drinking, but I don't like the idea of getting drunk, and I'm uncomfortable around people who are obviously intoxicated.

(Ironic since both my PPC agents started drinking like fish at the age of sixteen, but anyone would start drinking in their job.)

Not sacrilege; a fair point if you're not used to it. Afternoon pubs tend not to be full of strangers. They tend to be full of your drinking mates, and two old men and a dog. You're giving me massive urges to try all the drinking styles I know until we find one you can hack. So are you opposed to drinking on principle, then?

I've only recently discovered the joys of Death Note, and none of the libraries in my area seem to have the seventh volume of the series. ARG.

I realise this is probably sacrilege in your eyes ;) but being in pubs and bars makes me uncomfortable in itself. I really don't like being in large noisy rooms full of total strangers, particularly potentially-intoxicated total strangers, without there being some purpose for me being there other than drinking stuff which I could just as easily drink at home. Then again, if there were people I *knew* there with me maybe it'd be okay. I'll try it out.

Does anyone here know the Musical/film Newsies?

I'm currently dealing with a Sue that was not content with just messing up one canon, she had to make it a crossover. She got herself into the world of Newsies. I know absolutely nothing about said canon, other than what I can find on wikipedia. From that I've learned there the author is largely following canon (and describing it rather unimaginatively).

What I need to know is: what were the key romance scenes in that film? There is some romance in the fic and I want to know whether that was written in there by the author, or that the Sue is taking over the part of one of the canon characters.

Most helpful would be if someone with knowledge of Newsies would be willing to read (certain chapters of) the fic and confirm my suspicion of line-stealing.

• I may not go after RTD. Yes, he's a fangirl, but he doesn't actually write badfic.
  
  - I may not go into Torchwood badfic and pull out a replacement-Jack!Sue or one of his immortal daughters when I want to use a moving target for target practice.
  
  - I may not give my partner an acupuncture treatment if they have not explicitely asked for it.
  - "She was just asking for it" is not explicitely asking for it.
  
  - Knitting needles are not suitable acupuncture needles.
  - Neither are embroidery needles.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5297063/1/TheLegendoftheSelfInsertionRanma_Style

It's... something else all right.

They tend to be fairly quiet of an afternoon, at least during the week. Saturdays would be a bit busier but we'd be afternoon, so not too bad. We're best off seeing on the day, and if one place is too raucous we can meander to another.

If it comes to it, I'm more familiar with pubs than bars. Bars are all... modern and trendy. I like my old man pubs.

If you've never been in a bar for any length of time, and you're not into booze for reasons relating to taste rather than principle, I reckon trying that bar with the Belgian fruit beer is a very good idea, if you're willing.

... and we're likely to be able to hear ourselves over the background noise, fine. I've never actually been in a bar for more than about five minutes at a time (I have no friends nearby who would go into one with me and being in a bar alone is about the most depressing thing ever, especially if you aren't drinking anything) so I'm not familiar with how they work.

PS on the Belgian fruit beer front, there's a bar not far from the train station selling Früli (a gorgeous strawberry beer). I mention this because the bar is called "Sela Bar". Looks like a sign to me, eh Ansela?

A) I know a few people there (half of Hull seems to end up at uni in Leeds), so I can always make some enquiries. B) Fair point; Cassie and Ansela don't drink that much either (although I'm sure I've threatened to get at least one of them on Belgian fruit beers at some point). I was more thinking for the singing side of things. (Plus I like pubs, but that goes without saying.)

Maybe. Trouble is A) I don't know Leeds very well, so I don't know where else we could go, and B) I don't drink, so a regular bar holds no appeal for me.

I really am very sorry about this. I didn't mean to spring this on you like that. I'd offer to pay to make up for it and justify it by thinking of it as an early birthday party (my birthday's mid-September), but I don't think I can pay for six or seven people.