The Gardeners Rest #12 (2017)

[rary]

Poor VC sitting there wishing she had thought of trying something like that

[lottie dolly]

LD bade everyone goodnight and made her way to bed,just do not make a lot a noise on the morrow or i will.....................................

[veggiechicken]

Good night LD, sleep tight, and don't have nightmares about rary's stinky socks which he plans to use as growbags for his next generation of mutant tomatoes. Rumour has it that he plan's to breed toms with fingers which are capable of grabbing any coins within 3 feet and.............

[rary]

Sweet dreams, LD I think I will head to my bed and VC can go to hers where she can dream up more gardening trials, if I tried all the things she dreams up I would need something the size of a football field as a veg patch, now here's a quandary does VC while sleeping, dream up these trials she does or does she think them up while awake, mmmmmm

[veggiechicken]

.............but VC would never reveal her dreams to rary - or anyone else - since she was planning a big surprise for the GR

Drattttt, I've just revealed what I wasn't going to reveal, ever, especially to rary, muttered VC, Now I shall have to dream up something else and forget my plan to buy everyone lots of drink and pay rary's outstanding bar bill.

With these random thoughts running around in her tiny brain, VC snuggled down in her feathered nest, closed her eyes and.................

[Cadalot]

drifted off to a place that was nice and warm in her mind, and it just as she was floating halfway between being awake and asleep that ....

[Lumpy]

the brass band started to play a very hauting rendition of the Floral Dance because............

[Cadalot]

nearly everyone misses Terry Wogan, there was much tapping of feet and waving of arms and smiling in true Terry style and then as the band finished .....

[Nicos]

...they then kicked off with 'Merry Christmas Everyone'...
...yipppeee...it's Slade! Everyone called out....apart from rary.
Due to his very advanced age (but younger of course than that Guinness Book of Records Chicken)...he thought he heard "it's paid".
Well...that naturally, caught his attention....

[Lumpy]

VC, Lottie, Bicos, Janie and Lumpy all manhandled him into a pair of 70's style silver trousers and a golden cape complete with a hood and insisted that he do the......................

[Greenleaves]

Dance moves to Saturday Night Fever in the style of......

[rary]

Travolta, who's Travolta, rary asked and anyway a whisky is better for a fever than dancing, if some one would like to buy me one I have a fever, I feel so weak I can't get my hand into my pockets

[veggiechicken]

..........Don't worry about that, rary, we'll pick your pocket for you and buy a round in your name
Come a little closer, rary, VC wheedled in her most seductive cackle, let me give you a hand. You won't feel a thing, I promise, not until later when you realise ...................

[rary]

No way you are not putting your hand in my pocket, the last time a woman did that she grabbed everything so tight, it made my eyes water, I had to let her keep all my cash

[Cadalot]

it was just then that Rary remembered the old Chinese saying "man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day" and what was that other saying about a fool and his money....