How To Get Our Taffyd's Blood Pressure Up, submitted by Susanetta d'Almaviva
[Re: restaurants at the February Sydmeet 2003]
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: unfortunately :p
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: It is a question of how much you are willing to pay per head for a meal.
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: Good point.
(Witches) Flurble wisps: expensive heads on the menu?
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: That's why I recommend keeping it down to a small list of people going to the restaurant.
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: Blister!
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: . o O ( "food grade foie gras" )
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she beams.
(Witches) Dogbolter wisps: How many heads make a decent stew?
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: I am simply not willing to front the cost for irresponsible teenagers who order massive amounts of food and then don't pay. *stares into space*
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: Ask our Skye, Dogbolter.
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she grins.
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: Not saying you or anyone else here is an irresponsible teenager, but still :P
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she will pay for herself, thankyeverramuch.
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: (mudmeet angst)
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: I'm a teenager, I'm sure I could manage irresponsible if I tried.
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: Yeah, but will you pay when you order a side of onion rings and mushrooms and two milkshakes and forget about it? ;P
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: Milkshakes? Eeew ....
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she coughs.
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: that is very specific, Taffyd :P
(Witches) Dogbolter wisps: Cos otherwise, it falls to the village elders to bail you out. AGAIN.
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Did Kelly's bring back some memories? :P
(Witches) Flurble wisps: sounds like you've had a bad experience in the past, our Taffyd dearie
(Witches) Blister wisps that she is right behind Taffyd on that one
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she agrees.
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: hehe. :P yes.
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: infact I recounted several stories while there at dinner tonight.
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: "here is what XYZ person ordered when I paid $80 for dinner when mine only cost $23"
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Did you tell the Tony Lockett story?
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she is having a very dim glimpse of that sort of environment trying to organise ten people to tell her when and if they'll be coming so she can book for them all ...
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: oh I forgot about that.
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: I mean, the whole story is, "We saw Tony Lockett eating a steak." But what a steak.
(Witches) Blister wisps: It's just like being a Sheepdog, really, ain't it. Only the sheep make pitiful excuses instead of just bleating.
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she grins.
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: Either that or they just laugh a lot and say 'Oh, I don't know! I'll decide sometime!'
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she coughs something that sounds like 'Cthulhu!' You were probably imagining it, though.
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: Actually, Susannetta, you have increased my blood pressure dramatically.
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: indirectly. :p
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: With which comment, Taffyd dearie?
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she sits Taffyd down carefully onna chair and brews him some Tea.
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: twiggy will explain
Blister Myrddin asks you wisps: Well, you Are a Soprano, m'dear. It's the normal reaction, innit?
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: while I gouge my eyes out with melon scoops
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Gouge in relaxation, Taffyd.
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: I will explain.
(Witches) Blister wisps that she spreads her ears wide for *this* one.
You ask Blister Myrddin wisps: Reaction to what?
(Witches) Denbe wisps: hmmm, I think I'm being trolled.
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she attends.
Blister Myrddin exclaims to you wisps: Gloriously Divine Soprano Divas, of course!
(Witches) Dogbolter wisps: Oh, can't I explain?
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: After 4.5 years of dinner at approx. 1 dinner per week.. that comes to approx. 234 dinners with SydMUD.
(Witches) Flurble wisps that she blinks
(Witches) Denbe wisps: What's with the flayed fruitbat corpse in the air?
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: Lawks.
(Witches) Flurble wisps: you guys meet every week?
(Witches) Tilly wisps: It's flayed.
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Thereabouts.
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Like that time I went to Taffyd's and forgot to go home for four days.
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: You do?
(Witches) Blister wisps: Keen! Discmud Bonding!
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: What for?
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she looks curious and a little worried.
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: And then mistook the OP rum for normal rum.
(Witches) Twiggy wisps that she stares into space.
(Witches) Flurble wisps: I thought the glasgow lot was doing pretty well meeting up about once a month...
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: For, er, fun. We like each other. Mostly :P
(Witches) Blister wisps: 'S a good reason.
(Witches) Blister wisps that she nods firmly
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: Are there any a) coffee tables b) fruitbats or c) scumble involved?
(Witches) Lucretia wisps that she cackles. Dasquian squeezed my bat but the guano left down before he got it
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Anyway, of these 234 dinners, someone forgets to pay for something in 1 of every 3 dinners. Usually it is a drink, or a side-dish, or something. Sometimes it is an entire meal :P
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: Oh, fair enough ... I suppose ...
(Witches) Dasquian wisps: I didn't actually want it ;p
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: That gives us 78 sides, drinks, etc, unpaid for.
(Witches) Dasquian wisps: I just wanted your bat to divebomb someone ;p
(Witches) Dogbolter wisps: For a certain value of FORGETS.
(Witches) Lucretia wisps: who you trying to bombard with it then?
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she notes that Taffyd has gone very quiet.
You grin at Dogbolter Artois.
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: At approx $5 a side, that is $390 worth of unpaid-for side dishes.
(Witches) Dogbolter wisps: BUT!
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Oh, Taffyd is gouging his eyes out.
(Witches) Dogbolter wisps: Not QUITE unpaid for.
(Witches) Blister wisps: With a spoon, weren't it?
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: my face is flushed, my heart is beating faster, I am like a step away from a heart attack :P
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Well, someone has to pay. Usually it is Taffyd. Sometimes it is me (it was me more in 1998 than it is now).
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Sometimes it is Taffyd paying for me *grin*
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she hugs Taffyd, though carefully.
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: Why don't you rotate? Prolly evens out in the end?
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she wonders if Taffyd ever forgets to pay for himself.
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: because the others can't afford to pay
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: never.
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: So, if Taffyd covers the extra dishes 3 out of 5 times... he is $234 out of pocket.
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: Excuses, excuses.
(Witches) Dogbolter wisps: Then they can;t afford to eat!
(Witches) Blister wisps: Mebbe we could have a quick whip- around?
(Witches) Charm wisps: 3rd bottle of tea :)
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Well, sometimes some of us are poor uni students, or just fiscally irresponsible, or whatever.
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Sometimes it's really inexcusable, and sometimes we cover each other when need be.
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Needless to say, we keep a much closer eye on the bills than we used to :P
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Big mudmeets of days of yore have been successful when we have a set meal, so everyone *must* pay a set price.
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: I am not interested in doing even splits anymore either.
(Witches) Denbe wisps: It's getting crowded above the disc :)
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she agrees with Taffyd on that one.
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: Splits are scray.
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: well, I used to be the first one to say.. split the cost
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she nods sleepily.
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: but I slowly realised that some people were saying that to avoid paying as much
(Witches) Blister wisps: Emphasis on the *used* to be, eh?
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: But then you have to ask everone to pay, then chase everyone to pay, then ...
You grin sleepily at Blister Myrddin.
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: and these people were the ones who would order a $35 main when the rest of us order $20 mains. And then they'd order an entree too
You hug Blister Myrddin vaguely.
(Witches) Susannetta wisps that she shudders and goes back home to cook for herself.
Blister Myrddin tells you wisps: I chase people for money all the time! It's one of the things they don't tell you about when you go into music as a career.
(Witches) Flurble wisps: can't you ask em to pay up front?
Blister Myrddin beams at you avariciously.
You tell Blister Myrddin wisps: I hates chasing people for things.
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: They say: Later!
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Sometimes it's hard if we don't know what we'll order.
Blister Myrddin tells you wisps: Aye. But you get used to it.
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Especially when we eat at fancy restaurants ;)
(Witches) Taffyd wisps: can't really pay upfront.
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: Then you have to ask them again, and remember which it was, and remember who's paid half, and ....
(Witches) Susannetta wisps: Lawks, my blood pressure's going up too ...
(Witches) Dogbolter wisps: Just ask the waiteer to prepare separate bills.
You remote to Blister Myrddin wisps: Susannetta d'Almaviva does not intend to.
(Witches) Flurble wisps: maybe its a good thing we scots are so tight-fisted - we always remember who's paid or not :)
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Sometimes the problem is solved by adding a note to the invitation email saying, "I will be checking the bill thoroughly and if you don't pay, marmots will stick to you in Delaware."
You tell Blister Myrddin wisps: Oh - our Ximthea's determined to get me drunk while I'm there. :)
(Witches) Twiggy wisps: Shudder. A lot of places in Sydney will not do separate bills.
(Witches) Dogbolter wisps: Really? Tell them you can't pay without onee, once you'v eaten. They'll work it out.
You tell Blister Myrddin wisps: She'll have a job.
Blister Myrddin cackles at you.