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Forget the Swisher Sweets...a couple of tokes of Howlin' Pekoe and you'll be seein' Paiseley on every surface of the room...

Why does playing the blues always morph into paisley for some people? It must be a 60's sort of thing eh Dane?

To me, playing the blues means gin & tonics and ribs & bibs.

See if you can get hold of an early Warner Brothers cartoon called "Tin Pan Alley Cats"...

The blues were already morphing into paisley for some people as early as the '40's...

I always connected paisley to 60's flower power. I can't really say why. It's just an automatic association.

Dark rum and coke gives you a great smokey growl too Paul. Ribs and bibs yeh!

I've tol' dis befo' mayun, but whin ah use tah see Muddy lahve, hee wood allus bee drankin' Gee & Tees, so's Ah storted too too.

So jis' da tayus ov Gee & Tees meks me go 'way bayuk thin...

Hmmm and I thought only dark rum did that. Gin and Tonic too. Food for thought Paul. So just in case you come up this way I had better be prepared and stock up on your brew too. Let me see that's dark rum for me, Guiness for Howard and gin for you. Rickenbackers to play. Sounds like a good time to me.

I'm not averse to a G & T myself, Brian. In fact, any port in a storm.........

Hi Howard, G&T OK! That will definitely be on the list of things to stock up on.

My wife is looking forward to your visit next year. She wanted to know if you had an accent similar to a friend of ours named Shirley. She's an Aborigine from Melbourne. Shirley's a bit of a card. She's like you in that respect, she can make a cat laugh.

And any vermouth in a calm...

We don't say "aborigine" now, Brian.

We say "Indigenous peoples".

Up here Paul, the people I work with are First Nation, or Aboriginal. Shirley would literally smack me in the head if I called her an indigenous person. She prefers Aborigine. You know the old adage: different strokes, for different people.

So what did you say to your wife about my accent, Brian? 'Strewth, darls!! Cooden bluddy unnerstan' a flamin' werd that drongo sed!!'

Brian, is your friend's name not Sheila? That's gonna cause a bit of confusion. Mind if we call her Sheila?

Dane,

Shirley is a one tough woman. She would smack you for that one. Never mind me.

Here's an example of her humor. She used to own and run a hotel and restaurant. When she would come up to the table she would snatch the menu out of your hand and say "oi it's not the bleeding bible it dont need studying", (at this point she would get a stare and she would carry on and say)"I haven't got all day. Get on with it, whadoyou want?" She would do that to perfect strangers and they would roll on the floor laughing.

Howard,

I told the truth. Shirley has far more of an accent than you do.

Sounds loik a raht frindly lighdy, Broian.

Please tell her I'm sorry to go all PC on 'er.

Before she hits me or sunthin'.