Someone I know told me the other day that while on holiday in Spain he developed an ear infection after swimming. He was recommended to go to an English speaking doctor in the resort. When he went into his office he announced “I’m Mutt and Jeff” the doctor smiled politely and said ‘Good morning Mr …
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The most memorable days usually end with the dirtiest clothes.
Dirty, smelly, noisy – no, these are not the three dwarves that Snow White rejected but adjectives that describe the countryside. I am a farmer’s daughter and I played in mud as a child and I live with mud as an adult. I’m used to mud and noise and smells. I know that some people …
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You don’t stop laughing when you grown old, you grow old when you stop laughing.
They say that 70 is the new 50 and certainly my grandmother was an old lady at 70 and spent most of her time reading or knitting. The most exercise she took was a short walk, probably leaning on the arm of her daughter. I know people in their 80s (and in one case 90s) …
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If you really want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.
Do you think that God sits up on a cloud and looks down on the world in despair? He must have some way of relieving his stress and I don’t imagine that he wiles away the hours playing celestial solitaire. I think he amuses himself by playing tricks on us. In every place I have …
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I’m Not Pouting, I’m Plotting
I’ve always been a bit of an insomniac and when I can’t sleep I try to plot the perfect murder instead of counting sheep (I never quite understood how that was supposed to work – have you ever tried to count sheep, it is incredibly difficult, they keep moving about) I watch quite a lot …
Show me yours and I’ll show you mine!
Apparently if you ask young people today what they want to be when they grow up many of them will say ‘a celebrity’ as if being a celebrity was a career in itself. They have programmes such as Celebrity Come Dancing and Celebrity Bake Off and, sad old bag that I am, I have usually …
EXERCISE WOULD BE A LOT MORE FUN IF CALORIES SCREAMED WHEN YOU BURNED THEM!
Yet again I’m thinking diet. Not insane, vegan, Gwyneth Paltrow rubbish but the sensible ‘I want to lose three stone by Christmas’ type of diet. I do realise that it is too late in the summer to try and get a beach ready body, besides, even post diet, I have a recurring nightmare of falling …
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Stop the World I’m trying to get off!
I have come to the conclusion that we don’t get dementia as we get older, it is the world that goes mad. There was a headline in the Daily Telegraph this week saying that a doctor had been sacked for refusing to call a six foot bearded man madam. A friend of mine has her …
Has Anyone Seen My Glasses? 