A Fediverse bot that posts a GIF at 10 minutes to midnight of your server administrator saying "Time now, everybody - last toots at the bar."

[celesteh@hachyderm.io]

@afewbugs @timtfj @CiaraNi

I used to go to a London bar that played Bela Ciao at closing.

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@jlperuyero A rather radical way to expand the Fediverse

[commonsparrow@mindly.social]

@CiaraNi
We also need Jack Horkheimer the Star Hustler, but unfortunately I think he died. I can still remember the Star Hustler theme music, (Debussey), just before the station would sign off the air for the night.

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@afewbugs @timtfj I like this idea. An alternative Fedi-anthem for each country. Decided by Fedi-poll.

[jlperuyero@masto.nobigtech.es]

@CiaraNi
"Radical" is a flattering word for an old man like me!

[janet_52square@sunny.garden]

@CiaraNi @psneeze Carry on like that and you’ll have your mammy to deal wi’

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@celesteh @afewbugs @timtfj At a guess, it was a trendy pub.

[timtfj@mastodon.social]

@CiaraNi @the_wub Definite improvement! "The Padstow Lifeboat" by Malcolm Arnold would do quite nicely for this purpose, IMO. But ideally with a real foghorn. https://youtu.be/_qzYhRQbjPE?si=jysnonOgRrh8SwEm

[janet_52square@sunny.garden]

@CiaraNi @Tock It is possible, in that moment, to tell the Fediverse moderator that you really, really love them but it is unlikely you will persuade anyone that you are genuine. Especially if you’re swaying slightly while speaking…

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@CommonSparrow The deeply cultural, deeply nostalgic, often deeply patriotic sounds and styles of closing time in different countries and in different situations - at the pub, at the theatre, on the telly, on the radio.

[psneeze@mastodon.ie]

@CiaraNi Bed early now, you've Mastodon in the morning.

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@jlperuyero The older we get, the more radical we get, I think. In the best way!

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@Janet_52square @psneeze Worse than putting the fear of God in is, the fear of our mammies

[jwcph@helvede.net]

@CiaraNi This, except in stead of the national anthem it's a song Eugen thinks we'll all hate & it will make us leave of our own voliton, but we all collectively decide we love whatever horror he's playing & hang around to sing along at the top of our lungs...

[zipkid@gts.solfood.be]

@CiaraNi midnight!? Sorry, can’t. I’m sleeping.

[martinkubler@mastodon.nu]

@afewbugs @timtfj @CiaraNi And the Radio 4 shipping forecast. I fall asleep happier listening to it.

[iamdavidobrien@mastodon.social]

Mammy is a word we use in Scots for mother.

I mean, in a familiar sense.

Is that the same in Danish?

@CiaraNi @Janet_52square @psneeze

[kinkkong@kinkycats.org]

@CiaraNi

All well. But.

1. Every fedi user can select their own timezone or we just use GMT?

2. Instead of a national anthem I suggest The Internationale.

https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=3RChSnMxiJE

#BillyBragg #TheInternationale #EugènePottier #PierreDeGeyter

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@timtfj @the_wub That's ideal. With a real foghorn, yes. Either this or that Arnold Overture which starred David Attenborough playing the hoover with the orchestra at Last Night of the Proms.

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@Janet_52square @Tock Haha, versions of that scenario probably do play out sometimes when moderators give someone a warning after some unacceptable tooting.