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timeagency

Writer's Block: Set the Scene

Jun 16, 2009 12:51

French restaurants.

Jack may remember (Hart won't but that isn't because he wasn't there, it's because he's Hart and you know how he is) Brasserie des Martyrs on the Right Bank. We were there to keep Henri Murger from writing Scènes de la vie de bohème in iambic pentameter. We sat, looking every inch the Paris Bohemians. We even had Hart as the ( Read more... )

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gwen_e_cooper June 16 2009, 20:15:57 UTC

Should have gone with the Pernod!

oh_doask June 16 2009, 20:18:06 UTC

I don't reme

Shit

That's what you said.

I woke up splattered with cyborg parts and had to lick Pimms of the paved stones to avoid it going to waste while women stepped over me, amazed. I was telling them about LA POESIÉ, L'AMOUR, L'HOMME GENTEL!

They only ripped their dresses from my gentle fingers and kicked me in the face, my tongue still PIMMSified.

Where were you?

I was alone when I woke in the gutter :-(

timeagency June 16 2009, 21:31:41 UTC

Jack and I were getting Muger out of there safely. The blow to his head left him speaking in iambic pentameter, the thing we were sent there to prevent. We managed, but only just.

oh_doask June 16 2009, 22:47:45 UTC

You could've picked me up before you fucked off.

It was me and the gutters of Paris while you flitted about the universe after you'd dealt with Muger

timeagency June 17 2009, 02:31:09 UTC

Dude! Murger was rambling about da-DUM-da-DUM-da-DUM-da-DUM-da-DUM and Dum-da-Dum-da-Dum-da-Dum-da-DUM and it was all we could do between us to get him home and into a bath. It took three days to recover his normal speaking style. Writing style took even longer. By then he'd falled in lust with Jack (and vice versa) and introduced me to half the neighborhood as his bastard sister. When we finally had him all sorted out you were gone. We assumed you had found some belle jeune femme (or beau jeune homme or maybe even a poupée gonflable) and were whoring it up and down Paris in a drunken and opium induced stupor.

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bone_lady June 16 2009, 21:02:36 UTC

Oh wow, maybe LaFleur is for the best, at least for next time.

That T, pulling bits of cyborg French Waiter out of your hair for months, is troubling. Did you keep them to build a new cyborg.

Perhaps you could go to the Garcons and ask for a Welsh waiter and order Heineken....

PS..Know of anything fun to do on Arrakis, other than spice? Seems you have fun where ever you end up, so I thought I'd ask.

timeagency June 16 2009, 21:30:24 UTC

Uh...ya got me. Jack? Any ideas? The only thing I know about Arrakis is that there are some sexy people under the suits.

Of course, I'm not sure you don't mean Boeshane. Similar climate. Meaner worms. Did you know that Jack was a star sideback on the Boe Dukes sandball team?

ask_captainjack June 16 2009, 22:44:59 UTC

BACK HOUSE ATREIDES ALL THE WAY.

Otherwise stay out of politics.

Don't mess with the Harkonnens. Seriously. They will fuck your shit up.

bone_lady June 16 2009, 23:24:27 UTC

Thanks T and Jack! Jack I appreciate the tips big time! I've always backed House Atreides. Dude, no kidding about the Harkonnens. Flying Fat Ugly Bastard Baron Harkonnen and his brood give me the creeps on ALL levels, well except Feuyd, only because he looks good in flying underpants.

No politics involvement here just some worm wrangling, desert surfing, finding a bastard that's going missing, and a little harsh desert environment to get fit.

Tell me about the sexy people in suits...hallo! The stillsuits are quite fitting. Do let me know if you wish to have any.

NO WAY T & JACK! JACK! YOU WERE THE STAR SIDEBACK for BOE DUKES!??!! NO WAY!!! That is awesome. Wait does anyone have your sandball card? Seriously? Those guys have always had the best and sexiest sandball team!

Thanks again for the advice :) .

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ask_captainjack June 16 2009, 21:29:11 UTC

HA HA HA.

You can always beat a robot with logic.

That's how I defeated Mudd's women too. Screaming: "PIMMS!" in their faces.

Hey, here's a free tip. Do you REALLY want to experience French food as interpreted by the Welsh?

What would you start with...

"French fries with béarnaise sauce" ?

"Mashed potatoes" ?

"As above with a fried egg" ?

timeagency June 16 2009, 21:41:23 UTC

I think I'd rather experience Welsh food as interpreted by the Welsh.

Or as interpreted by the French. But maybe not. I'm not at all sure about some of these restaurants I'm seeing. The Welsh interpretation of Cajun is a bit much, I think.

I did find one restaurant (sadly, a chain) that we all should think about trying.

BTW, Mashed potatoes with béarnaise sauce. Sound familiar?

ask_captainjack June 16 2009, 22:42:43 UTC

ASK is awesome in a child-infested way!

They never do a Festa di Carne quick enough though.

Waiting makes me anxious and grabby.

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gwen_e_cooper June 16 2009, 23:06:06 UTC

Ooh, bring me a takeaway box?

NOT Tropicale with the pineapple, please.

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ask_aboutcoffee June 16 2009, 23:34:10 UTC

Jack often makes waiters explode. Not literally, but you should see him ordering in French. High maintenance.

ask_captainjack June 17 2009, 00:00:11 UTC

I can't help it if I like my things the way I like my things!

gwen_e_cooper June 17 2009, 00:15:54 UTC

I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich.

ask_captainjack June 17 2009, 00:29:14 UTC

I don't want butter on things! I have an extensive French vocabularly I like to use to explain that. SANS BEURRE!

It's easier when Ianto just goes off and comes back with food. It's always perfect.

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