by: Don Flaherty
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors on the way back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing ⁋
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Originally titled "Three's a Grumble", this is close enough to Don's dance to just chalk it up as a variation. The original right & left through to a gentlespoons allemande doesn't really have great flow, so I prefer this alt B1. Also pretty close to "Patience" by Chris Page but Don's dance has the same roles allemanding when this does, so I went with that dance as the parent. Chris was right, though - the A1 roll away gives the whole thing a bit more zhuzh.
Tom Hinds also wrote "Uncle John's Contra" which is basically the same as all three of the others but look, we can't keep doing this - I know you've read this rant before, let's not go down the same rabbit hole.