Vid.No.1. Flapping gums [with thanks to 'Nothing to do with Arbroath']
When I watched it the second time, I noticed something odd. Who on earth was filming that, and where were they sitting? Go and have a look and you'll see what I mean.
And whilst I am at it, let me tell you that 'flapping gums' is a Northern insult, as in "be quiet, yer gums are flappin'" It's probably one of my all time favourite insults.
So how is your weekend going? I am currently sitting in the garden, in the sunshine, on my trusty laptop, watching Naughty George trying to excavate some poor creature from under the shed. As always, NG is perverse - Last week I found him on top of the bloody shed, and this time he is tunnelling beneath it. It's like something from the Great Escape, except with more barking, and less glory.
His attempts to catch whatever-creature-it--is-he-is-trying-to-catch, from under the shed, reminded me of a sophisticated soiree I held in my garden last year. Picture the scene; we were all milling around with glasses of wine. One of the guests had brought his alsation dog, who was lazing in the sun. All of a sudden, there was a god-almighty squealing sound, and kerfuffle coming from the corner of the garden, and Naughty George emerged, ragging a live rat by it's neck..... to the sound of children screaming. Rat + soiree? Bad combo. Once the rat was dead, he dropped it then looked up at the guests, panting and wagging his tail. What.a.git.
And then if that wasn't bad enough, Alsation dog decided to go an investigate, and upon seeing dead rat tried to pick it up. Naughty George wasn't losing his prize that easily and a god-almighty dog fight ensued, instigated by..... yep Naughty George, even though he was tenth of the size of aforementioned Alsation. Dogfight+soiree? Bad combo. And yet more kids screaming.
That dog's got a lot to answer for.
2 comments:
God Bles NG! He is like the crazy "Uncle Harold" you hopw won't show up at the party, but he does, and you try to lead him to a corner where no one pays attention, which in turn get him fired up. The invitation for the next formal party should read, "black tie optional, and please wear protective eyewear". Just saying :)
Ron
That was very funny. It reminded me of what happens to your skin when you dry your hands under those multimultipower hand dryers they're insisting on putting everywhere. Very alarming.
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