Sign on the Door reads as follows:

Sign on the Door reads as follows:
The Finley's Royal Tea Emporium & Steamery is for members of the royal society, inhabitants of London, star-gazers, scientists and any other roving loons who may discuss the matters at hand without becoming agitated. Please come in and make yourselves comfortable as we prepare for low tea and some rather bland digestive biscuits that would regulate an ox.

Friday

Toast and a Plea for a Verdict: Major Collins

 Let us raise our teacups to Major Collins for a most extraordinary tale.  It begs the question however; do we wish to believe him? A good tale is as much a measure of one's cleverness as much as it is a story of events.  A series of events is nothing more than the doldrums of an insipid mind, but a tale cleverly told makes you want to believe it.
So what say we?  Do we choose to believe his tale or do we revoke his tea privileges for the evening.
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5 comments:

  1. PetraDecember 24, 2010 at 6:23 PM

    After careful thought and deliberation upon our good Major's story, I would have to declare that while I do wonder about the Major's diet and exercise regimen that would keep him in such excellent health as to be able to survive such a fall as he has taken, I also understand that there are times when we can not always explain the effects of bile upon the system. In such an incident, it is perfectly understandable that the Major's excitement combined with fear of landing and excellent problem solving capabilities could have produced enough bile in his system to keep him uninjured and in good health. As for the other facts in the case I can find no fault with them as they are not in my limited expertise. Therefore I must conclude that the Major is telling us a true tale. These government types always have such interesting adventures! Excuse me, do you have any crumpets? I would delight in a crumpet with jam.

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  2. KateDecember 24, 2010 at 6:49 PM

    A tale fit for her Majesty herself, I must say! Although this Verne fellow seems to be wholly fictional, and I have had no time to properly look into the sources the Major has mentioned. However, for this evening's purposes, I can not see any reason what so ever to disbelieve the honest looking fellow. The lady is right, the government does have such interesting adventures, to speak nothing of the Americans who's paths I have crossed. By the by, Doctor, I have an extra crumpet and jam at my table, you are more than welcome to it!

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  3. Lady Toola P. FinleyDecember 25, 2010 at 9:08 PM

    Very well, lets partake of some crumpets with green gooseberry jam and a final pot of tea for our conclusion of Maj. Collins tale of wit and adventure. I agree with the other ladies of the room in the validity of this extraordinary tale. However, I must make the point to the our dear American that while Britannia's endeavors may be slowed ever will she reign supreme. May the Empire be the first to build a shipyard on the moon.

    Therefore, raise your teacups to our dear Major as he is proclaimed the victor of the first challenge. I shall award his efforts with a large slice of Christmas Cake and a delightful monthly subscription of Lady Finley's Jams & Spotted Dicks Club for the upcoming year.

    Major you may retain your tea privileges for the evening and I ask that you invite our next noble adventurous soul to share a tale

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  4. Major F. Jack CollinsDecember 25, 2010 at 9:18 PM

    Rest assured, my dear Lady Finley: Great Britain's supremacy in the aether has never been in question, and although I cannot divulge the details of her activities, nor what my purpose is in being dispatched hence, I can say with authority that the Empire no longer desires or needs a shipyard on the moon.

    Ladies, you have my thanks for your resounding votes of confidence, and I raise my cup of Lapsang high in toast of your health and continued prosperity!

    But now I believe another tale has been requested? My dear Doctor Stanley, perhaps you can regale us with an account of your now famous actions wherein you stopped the Ottoman army dead in its tracks armed with naught but a Derringer pistol and a baker's whisk? I have heard the tale second-hand, but would be most eager to hear it now from your lips.

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  5. Lady Toola P. FinleyDecember 25, 2010 at 9:28 PM

    Ahhh... I am most eager to hear this tale since I have recently acquired a new Ottoman Whisk. Its most useful in the baking of the digestive biscuits as it is most sturdy in it's construction.

    My dear Doctor Stanley, if you would begin anew so that everyone may see it would most appreciated.

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