Says
Woman Aquarius to her next-door neighbour,
Mr Capricorn: Man, it's all work and no play, I'm missing some crazy excitement in life. Need to break free off this dull routine and have a party and simply freak out:
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Mr Capricorn (a bit sarky): fine, but all will have to work for it, with proper division of labour; and, above all, it will have to be The Best party ever. I will ask my junior officer,
Miss Virgo, to organise it and list up all the tasks at hand.
Miss Virgo appears with her notepad and a pencil in her hand, and gently asks everyone to queue up neatly (very hard for
Miss Aqua and
Miss Sag to stay 'in-line'; with
Mr Leo and
Mr Aries elbowing it all the way to the front, to lead the queue).
Miss Cancer (with her kid in her lap), sitting close by,
mumbles: Hey, I can offer my cosy home as the venue, and will prepare some home-baked cinnamon buns as per me gran's recipe. (Then mumbles to herself, I'd better not forget to ask me mum to babysit for me that day).
Mr Aries almost
shouts out: hold it! I want to be the first one on the list. I will get some pickled red pepperoni and some hot salsa dip plus some sizzler steaks.
Miss Taurus chimes in melodiously: The dessert is on me, I'll get a rich chocolate-cream cake with some extra pure, high-quality chocolate and candy icing. To have a touch of nature indoors as well, I will also get some nice, fresh flowers.
Mr Gemini mutters in nervously: Hey friends, I'll get some finger food. And, hey, since I prefer soft drinks and love Miss Virgo's multi-vitamin shakes (grins), I can drive you all back home in my cousin's omnibus, which we usually use for our frequent short travels.
Mr Leo roars out (a bit condescendingly): Thanks, Mr Gemini, but my driver will be ordered to wait, so I shall not need to be one of the crowd in your....bus, did you say? Now to the party goodies, since my cook is on leave and I have more important things to do, I will simply order a king-size pizza for everybody at that expensive Italian Ristorante around the corner, and have it delivered straight to
Miss Cancer's place, so I don't spoil my grand, brand new Ro
yalls Royce. The windsor wine shop at King's Cross will be asked to deliver a big crate of the most expensive champagne in the country. Oh, and by the way, I can also have the lighting taken care of, so
Miss Cancer's humble home is all bright and flashy, for once, that evening.
Miss Virgo:
says shyly: I will bring some wholemeal cookies, a steamed- vegetable dish and some multi-vitamin shake for teetotallers like myself.
Adds in a low voice, I can also make exactly 11 copies of that carefully put together post-party diet plan just in case some of us have weight problems (looks at
Miss Cancer and
Miss Sagittarius from the corner of her eye) or have an upset tummy after the party.
Miss Libra: thinks to herself..I hope I hit it off with
Mr Right this time, at the party (coolly looking at the man in black,
Mr Scorpio, sitting at the other end of the table).
Then she adds diplomatically, if all right by you all, I shall bring some soft drinks plus wine for the women folks, and some lady-finger fries to nibble. Also, so nobody feels lonely, I will arrange for some party games like: Who's your Mate?, Mix and Match or Musical Partners.
Mr Scorpio whispers out shadily: You can put black olives, passion fruit and alcohol, scotch and vodka, next to my name. Then, in a low and intense voice and sending that chilly, penetrating stare right across the room to
Miss Libra, trails off by saying: you'd better watch out, as I'll be all dressed to kill, perhaps too sexy for you to handle..
Miss Sagittarius butts in optimistically: Yeah, havin' a party is a cool idea,
Miss Aquarius. I'll just pop around at the Japenese place to get some sushi, then stop at the Taj Mahal Indian restaurant to pick up some chicken tikkas; (
then overdoing it as usual, adds on), oh and I can also borrow a bottle of Ouzo from my Greek friend, so we have a large variety of drinks.
Mr Capricorn says in a mature and husky voice: We'd better not overdo with the (jarring) music and alcohol this time (looks wryly at
Mr Scorpio, Miss Aqua and Miss Sag), so we don't go against the laws. As for my part, if the weather is good, I can arrange for some wood to do a bonfire; and bring some (calcium plus protein rich foods like) walnuts, soyabean and farmer's salads, as well as some barley and rye bread along with blackstrap molasses.
Miss Aquarius:
rolls her eyes and says excitedly; High time I found out which part of my spacious house the ruddy kitchen is located in, since I am mostly outdoors and, when at home, usually park myself in the computer room. Anyways, (looking at
Mr Capricorn, as if he lived at the home for old-aged, after the comment he made about music and alco) I will bring some music - like Space Odyssey and other stuff by Daft Punk plus some techno. For eats, I will try a new dish out, so be ready for a freaky surprise.
Mr Pisces: (looking despondently with all that lost-in-love look at
Miss Aquarius, recalling all those years he has secretly and 'soul-ly' been in love with her)
says dreamily: Oh well, like my sweet neighbour, I will also bring along some music, but more for the late party hours, when most are a bit delirious and melancholy, and simply feel like swaying to the Most Romantic Love songs. And, you can count on me for 'mixing up' some nice cocktails, like my faves: Zombie and The Impossible Dream.
:cheers:AQ7
What was his name... Othello?...Ophiuchus something? And who she left with? Mr. Scorpio!
Tsk, tsk,tsk. From a poison to another. Well, to each its own.
