22-04-2021, 11:35 PM
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Originally Posted by
spitfire
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Something strange is going on, when at the most Rampant, one was aware of Herb Alpert.
Don’t forget the Tijuana Brass Spitty.
I had a bulb moment last night in me sleep, I dreamt I was bald.
I got me second jab of Pfizer today, the neat one not the clotty one, and I was handed the little clock thing timed for the fifteen minutes you have to wait afore ye go.
I was then sent into a well spaced out waiting room where another old lad was sitting with his clock in hand anxiously waiting for his fifteen minutes of fame to be up so he could go home.
God help him he was very nervous, he said hello to me and told me his arm was a little sore, then he looked at the clock again and at the exit door. I tried to cheer him up a bit by saying.
“If your thinking of making a run for it mate forget it, if you go before the buzzer goes they drag you back in again and give you another jab, then they handcuff you to the chair and you have to wait another half an hour”
He managed a forced smile then his buzzer went off, he threw it on the table and made a bee line for the door.
I used to go dancing regularly Fruity, there could be some tense times for a young lad.
All us lads at dances were terrified of refusals if we asked a girl out on a date, God knows it was tough enough getting up the guts to ask without being hammered with a flat refusal.
We had a ready made answer for the girls who refused, trying desperately to regain one’s self respect, but you had to put the question right, like this.
Boy, shyly: “Are you doing anything tomorrow night?”
Girl, arrogantly: “Yes I am”
Boy, smugly: “Well don’t forget to pull the chain when your finished”
I always wanted to have a go at real bell ringing, campanology I believe it’s called, the nearest I ever got to it was when I was an altar boy and I used to climb the tower to ring the single church bell for the angelus at 12pm or 6pm., I still remember the sequence, three threes and a nine, with a 15 second pause in between each, that was it.
Yes Fruity I did watch the first part of that jewellery program and enjoyed it, shame that it’s a knockout thing though, they came up with some very original designs and of course there can only be one finished item selected, giving them a time limit too is not very helpful in my opinion, but being made for TV I suppose they have to watch the time. I liked the instructor fella, very fair chap I thought.
I won’t be watching it again as I hate to see the young folks being disappointed week after week, I’m an old softie and I know what it’s like, I feel for them all.