Lit Towers!

[DesEsseintes]

If we all club together, this has just gone on sale. I'd be willing to sleep in the servants' quarters if we are going by seniority...but with 11,519.97sq m of living space, we'll probably all squeeze in somewhere. A mere £8,000,000, but estimated £42 million of repair work needed. Still if we all chip in - who's with me?

 

[toubab]

If we all club together, this has just gone on sale. I'd be willing to sleep in the servants' quarters if we are going by seniority...but with 11,519.97sq m of living space, we'll probably all squeeze in somewhere. A mere £8,000,000, but estimated £42 million of repair work needed. Still if we all chip in - who's with me?

Seriously, it's hard to believe people once lived like that.

 

[lovecraft68]

I have a safe deposit box with a bunch of Golden Age comics I'd be willing to put towards this, but only if I get the cool horse picture on the wall in one of those rooms.

 

[DesEsseintes]

Seriously, it's hard to believe people once lived like that.

Once? A fair number of people still do - oil sheiks and oligarchs mostly rather than musty old aristocrats, but even the latter aren't all doing so badly.

 

[DesEsseintes]

I have a safe deposit box with a bunch of Golden Age comics I'd be willing to put towards this, but only if I get the cool horse picture on the wall in one of those rooms.

Works for me. Do you want ensuite, or are you prepared to walk a few miles to one of the family bathrooms?

 

[AllyRose]

I'll probably ride my horse through the hallways.

 

[DesEsseintes]

I'll probably ride my horse through the hallways.

Best. Euphemism. Ever.

 

[lovecraft68]

Works for me. Do you want ensuite, or are you prepared to walk a few miles to one of the family bathrooms?

Who said, I'm walking? I'll be driven by a servant in one of those little carts.

 

[Jennifer]

Is there a pool and a hot tub?

 

[toubab]

Once? A fair number of people still do - oil sheiks and oligarchs mostly rather than musty old aristocrats, but even the latter aren't all doing so badly.

I would feel odd living in a house like that. I would think anyone should.

 

[AllyRose]

Is there a pool and a hot tub?

Please stop thinking like a peasant. Of course there will be a pool and hot tub.

 

[DesEsseintes]

Don't know about the hot tub, though. I'm sure we could find room for one somewhere.

 

[DesEsseintes]

I would feel odd living in a house like that. I would think anyone should.

I imagine I'd get used to it remarkably quickly.

 

[toubab]

I imagine I'd get used to it remarkably quickly.

You could at least fake it rather well, Des. Better than I.

 

[ElasticMermaid]

It's been my feeling my entire life that I should have grown up in a place like that. And the only reason I didn't is that the universe is playing some cruel Trading Places type practical joke. And that someday soon all will be set right and I will take my place as part of the disgusting elite. This could be that day.

 

[AllyRose]

I can just picture Des sitting out on a chair on the lawn, one leg crossed over the other while sipping some tea. Nearby, one of his hounds is chasing a fox, and Des is just sipping away... not at all bothered.

Probably wearing a monocle.

 

[toubab]

I can just picture Des sitting out on a chair on the lawn, one leg crossed over the other while sipping some tea. Nearby, one of his hounds is chasing a fox, and Des is just sipping away... not at all bothered.

Probably wearing a monocle.

And the satiny pants that go just below the knees, with white knee highs or leggings, and those fancy high heeled shoes.

 

[AllyRose]

I like to think that he's only wearing his robes.

 

[jomar]

I'm in. I like a little elbow room.

 

[boomer177]

Let me think about it. It is a substantial commute to New Jersey, you know.

 

[JohnnySavage]

I would like a room near the kitchen. I get hungry in the middle of the night.

 

[DesEsseintes]

Why would my hounds be wearing monocles?

Everyone knows the well-dressed myopic hound is working opera-glasses this S/S.

 

[AllyRose]

Why would my hounds be wearing monocles?

Everyone knows the well-dressed myopic hound is working opera-glasses this S/S.

I inferred that you'd be wearing a monocle.

 

[DesEsseintes]

I inferred that you'd be wearing a monocle.

Ah.

Well, yes, I suppose I might. And a smoking jacket. And a smoking hat.

And what of it?

 

[toubab]

Ah.

Well, yes, I suppose I might. And a smoking jacket. And a smoking hat.

And what of it?

Now I have the picture, head to toe. Smashing, Dear Boy, smashing.