20-07-2019, 02:28 PM
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Talking about laughing at the absurd, I sometimes get into trouble about the things I laugh at, especially in todays politically correct society. Here's an example that only happened this morning.
The wife’s 35 year old niece was here earlier, a lovely girl but she worries far too much. She’s not married although she’s in a relationship with a chap from London who works in a bank here, lots of folks from London working in banks here lately. Anyway I’m drifting again so I’ll get back to the point I'm trying to make, over serious people, or "stiff heads" as they are sometimes called.
She’s just got back from a two weeks holiday in France with her girlfriend, it seems the pair of them were sunbathing topless and a wasp stung her on the right breast, when she mentioned this at the table I spluttered and spilt me coffee all over me shirt, I couldn’t help laughing, she was disgusted saying it was no laughing matter and that it was still very sore, I said, jokingly of course, anyway I didn’t want to hear about her breasts in the first place, especially while I was eating, she brought the subject up, “Well it serves ya right you shameless little hussy, anyway it’s far from your arse so yeh won’t sit on it”. Then she folds her arms like a school mistress and says in her poshest accent “Do you know what Uncle Jimmy?, your lack of seriousness never ceases to amaze me!”
So there you have it, it would seem a “Lack of seriousness” is some sort of crime these days, Christ almighty, there is far too much seriousness in the world already, and I am only serious when I have to be serious, I’ve always been of an easy disposition and it has helped keep me sane cheerful and healthy all these years, over serious people end up as cranky old prunes, life’s a one way trip so do your best to enjoy the ride, that’s how I see it.
Long may there be a “Lack of seriousness” in this thread.