Outpourings from a Tortured Soul!

[David Nicholson]

"B****y awful day again", he said as he stumbled, bleary eyed and dressing down clad, into the dining room. "Hasn't the paper come again"
She, who had 40 year's experience of these kinds of morning bliss looked up from her Bran Flakes. "Morning dear" she said "I see we are bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning, as usual"
He said "When I was a lad the paper was always delivered by 0600 "
"According to your Mother" she said "You once got a paper round, worked for one morning, and then decided not to do it again and she had to go to the news agents and explain"
"Is this milk off " he said.
"It wasn't when I got up" she said "But you've probably turned it"
A short period of mutual silence ensued broken only by the clatter of the letter box as the paper dropped through.

"Well, I've one thing to be thankful for" he said, "The papers have forgotten about the World Cup and I don't have to put up with cars flying the Cross of St. George from every window"
"That was only a show of patriotism" she said
"Patriotism!" he said "Patriotism was what my Uncle Walter showed in the war. Captured at Arnhem and spent the rest of the war in a prisoner of war camp"
"According to your Mother" she said. "Your Uncle Walter was batman to a Colonel and the prison camp he was in was a special one for
one for officers. He went to the war weighing six stones wet through and when he came back he'd put on so much weight his Mother didn't recognise him"
"Salt of the earth, my Uncle Walter" he said. "Always said that the working men's club annual day trip to Blackpool was the only holiday he needed. Used to meet at the club at 0630 for a couple of pints before the bus came. Stopped in Todmorden around 0900 at a pub for a full English and another couple of pints. Arrived in Blackpool, straight out of the bus into a pub from where the bus picked him up again at 1900. And when they got back home again they had to take him home in a wheelbarrow".
"They always say family traits are inherited" she said.

[ranunculus]

Laugh, David ... I nearly split my lip gloss!   

By the way, pubs in Todmorden only serve wet breakfasts now ... in straight or handled glasses.

[maggiepie]

Keep them coming, David.
It's nice to start the morning with a good laugh.

[WimB]

Keep them coming, David.
It's nice to start the morning with a good laugh.

Or to have a laugh in the afternoon.
More please, David. 

[Anthony Darby]

Family traits inherited? The only thing I've inherited is grey hair - from my children!

[Paddy Tobin]

David, those years in education have taken their toll.

Paddy

[David Nicholson]

Yes Paddy they have. I used to be sane

Glad you enjoyed the ramble folks.

[Lvandelft]

David, I love it to read your morning dialogue with "her" 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great stuff David !!
Now all you need is a good crime and you can set up a Midsummer Murders scenario ! 

Do keep'em coming !!

[David Nicholson]

Hi Luc and Luit,

Glad you enjoyed the bit of fun. I wasn't sure if it would "translate" OK for you "big Islanders" but it must have done, and Wim enjoyed it as well. Now, if I was to try one in Dutch and Flemish

[Luc Gilgemyn]

mmm... now that'll be the day !! 

[David Nicholson]

 

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks for this new insight into the Nicholson's morning routine David. I loved it all. I do hope you will arrange each chapter in a little book of collected works, for the future benefit of man and womankind.

[Lvandelft]

Hi Luc and Luit,

Glad you enjoyed the bit of fun. I wasn't sure if it would "translate" OK for you "big Islanders" but it must have done, and Wim enjoyed it as well. Now, if I was to try one in Dutch and Flemish

Cannot wait for it David

But to be honest, I nneded to look up some words to understand the right sentence. Nevertheless it was worth it 

[WimB]

Hi Luc and Luit,

Glad you enjoyed the bit of fun. I wasn't sure if it would "translate" OK for you "big Islanders" but it must have done, and Wim enjoyed it as well. Now, if I was to try one in Dutch and Flemish

Hmmm,

that would be interesting...looking forward to the next "outpour" in English or in Dutch