tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810666677114963362024-03-05T12:29:27.970+00:00Rosey PinkertonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06494008320581408004noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681066667711496336.post-53906384337475169162016-10-15T18:16:00.000+01:002016-10-15T18:16:46.671+01:00Silly me, I locked myself out! <div class="MsoNormal">
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out last night. Good old me! I tried reaching the indoor bit of the lock by laying
on my back and reaching through the cat flap, but it didn’t work and I got my arm stuck. So I lay on
the floor for a few minutes thinking what to do, much to the amusement of Bill from the next door flat who just giggled and stepped over me. Just wait ‘til he needs
help! Tough mate. Eventually I wriggled free.</span></div>
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Keith had a spare key at his place - he likes to have one ‘for emergencies’. Like
running out of wine! </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">So I drove to his pad. I knew he’d be there
doing his knitting or whatever he gets up to when everyone else is out enjoying
themselves on a Friday night. He <i>seemed </i>pleased to see me. He insisted we watch a movie - that Through the Looking Glass one I gave him - </span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">again!</i><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> I reckon he's got a thing for Alice!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He offered me a
drink, then another, and another, and then one thing led to another and....</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">....<i>GOSH NO, not
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">No he suggested I stay overnight on his blow up thingamajig
on the floor. So I said thank you and yes, and then off he popped to his boudoir.
I saw there was bit of wine left in the bottle – well, quite a bit actually,
and it seemed a shame to let it go to waste!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I left about
an hour ago with his/my key. I didn’t see him. Still in the land of nod I
guess. Old people and all that. Before I left I had a lovely long bubble bath,
found a couple of tasty croissants and there was just enough coffee left in the
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06494008320581408004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681066667711496336.post-24289813699381824742016-08-04T00:31:00.002+01:002016-08-06T11:09:44.585+01:00Sing along Saturday!I’ve composed a
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that was a bit out of tune but you can’t actually hear me,
so you’ll have to believe me when I say... <i>it was pretty good</i>.....or ‘sick’
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For<b> </b><a href="http://sundayscribblings2.blogspot.co.uk/"><b>Sunday Scribblings 2</b></a> where the prompt word is compose<br />
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<span style="color: white;">.</span> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06494008320581408004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681066667711496336.post-21508034332290718552016-06-30T13:57:00.001+01:002016-06-30T13:57:25.741+01:00Hello!<div class="MsoNormal">
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I’ve had a good idea! Don’t laugh, I do sometimes. We girls
should have our own dating service. Not for dating each other – not that
there’s anything wrong with that of course. No, it’s a website where only men
advertise <s>their</s> <s>assets </s>themselves, and only women can chat them
up. Get it? And guess what it’s going to be called...drum roll....</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06494008320581408004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681066667711496336.post-59582965542437393362016-05-13T00:24:00.000+01:002016-05-14T12:33:33.916+01:00Stuff<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 100%;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.5pt;">Do you get letters? I don't. I asked the kids in my
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16.5pt;">My friend Keith writes letters; mind you.
he is getting on a bit. He probably uses one of those feathery pens!
Seriously though, he really does write regularly in pen and ink to a number of
fellow bloggers in America and India.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.5pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16.5pt;">When did a letter last land on your doormat? All I
get is stuff advertising stuff I don't want. Or bills which I also don’t want.
Stuff them I say.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.5pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16.5pt;">I still have the Parker pen I was given on my 21<sup>st</sup></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.5pt;">birthday. It's
tortoise shell and gold. How smart is that? I also have an ancient bottle of
Quink - that's posh person's ink in case you’ve forgotten. Queen's ink maybe! I
remember squeezing the rubber tube in the pen once and realising why
it was called a fountain pen. I've even got a blotter - not that it was
much help to my white blouse that day.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06494008320581408004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681066667711496336.post-87522218846888625722016-04-27T14:00:00.000+01:002016-04-27T14:00:44.118+01:00Wobbly Wosey!<b id="docs-internal-guid-6bc0d47c-57cd-238a-bb2f-540ecaf35517" style="font-weight: normal;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As well as writing this for </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.threewordwednesday.com/">Three Word Wednesday</a></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">, I am also sneaking in the back door of the </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;">A-Z Challenge</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> where I’m not a signed up participant. Please don’t tell on me, I don’t want the Challenge Police knocking on my computer screen!</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">W</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">hat a nightmare! There I was wending my way along the promenade on my bike when I started wobbling. It happens now and again. Suddenly I walloped the little brickie bit in front of a flower bed. OMG. I went flying, and ended up sitting in the wallflowers with a tear in my tights and a tender derriere. I felt a complete wooz. Anyway, I ignored the amused stares of the onlookers, and the terrified tantrum of the child I just missed, and climbed back on my bicycle. Unfortunately, the front wheel had adopted a new shape, sort of ovalish. So off I went bobbing up and down and up and down and up and down. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">W</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">hich reminds me, did I tell you about when for a laugh I borrowed my Gran’s mobility shopping ride-on scooter thing?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;">I'm </span><b style="color: #444444;"> </b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">too late to take part. It's the story of my life. Keefie is to blame of course - you know him as </span><a href="http://keithsramblings.info/"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Keith's Ramblings</span></b></a><span style="color: #444444;"> by the way. I told him to tell me when the </span></span><b><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="color: magenta;">A-Z </span><span style="color: magenta;">Challenge </span></span></b><span style="color: #444444;">was due to start. But did he? He totally forgot, or so he said. Total tosh I say! He didn't want the competition! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Now I feel guilty for moaning about him . Not very guilty, but guilty just the same. You see, we actually are best mates. He's the same age as my ancient father, but you wouldn't know it; obviously, because you've never seen him! Hehe! </span>Seriously<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"> though, I really treasure our friendship. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Now I'm getting tearful. Get your act together Rosey you twerp! To have a true friend without any complications is special indeed. A friend that doesn't judge. A friend that tolerates my inadvertent eccentricities. A friend that is - a friend. A true friend. Keefie.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06494008320581408004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681066667711496336.post-83372788182130278082016-03-16T08:56:00.001+00:002016-03-19T17:59:10.044+00:00My buns<div class="MsoNormal">
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Oh gosh, I’ve just remembered something that I did a few summers ago. I made some buns for the annual village food festival (my buns are legendary!) Well, I thought for a laugh I would ice them with toothpaste and pop a mint leaf on top. Honestly! Not the stripy stuff of course, that would have been a giveaway, wouldn’t it? And guess what? I didn’t win first prize, but I did get a ‘highly commended’ certificate! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06494008320581408004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681066667711496336.post-5247266891640259302016-02-28T11:46:00.001+00:002016-02-28T11:46:34.196+00:00I protest!<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tell you what. Why don't you come down the Bicycle Arms this Friday and judge for yourself? It's karaoke night and I'm always the star turn. At least, I think I am. Yes, I know I am. I usually take to the stage (it's actually a couple of upturned beer crates) second. Una the Crooner normally kicks off. I consider her my warm up act.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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My friend Keith almost killed a fairy today. I have lost count of the number of times I’ve told him not to say ‘thank you’ when someone blesses his sneeze. Fortunately, I was there to remind him that you have to clap twice to bring the fairy back to life.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I got my friend Keith to request some mistletoe from<b><a href="http://sundayscribblings2.blogspot.co.uk/"> <span style="color: #38761d;">Sunday Scribbling 2 </span></a></b>last week, so I really do have to take part this time! </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">It wilted. The mistletoe that is. Her little white berries shrivelled and dropped off. Those cute leaves folded away. She went all wrinkly. I felt so guilty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When the festive season approaches, little Miss Mistletoe and her friends </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">must get really excited. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">They imagine all the kisses they'll encourage, all the romances they'll set in motion and other things which modesty prevents them from discussing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I bought a sprig. A small one. But even though I positioned myself beneath it every time someone approached my door, I didn't get as much as a peck on the cheek. Not even from my postman when he delivered my cards (he's quite dishy!) People put kisses under their names on cards, so surely it's the postman's duty to deliver them. But nobody actually kissed me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And so, I feel sorry for my sprig of mistletoe. I feel sorrier for her than I do for myself. Her hopes, her purpose, her reason for being was thrown away with the leftover turkey and tinsel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Apparently, the adornments used to consists just of holly, ivy and other assorted greenery including mistletoe, which was said by the druids to bring prosperity and fertility into the home. Nowadays of course, it’s used as lame an excuse to kiss a fair maid, who under normal circumstances would run a mile. It was thought that naughty tree spirits hid in the greenery and if it wasn’t thrown out on twelfth-night disaster would strike, your crops would fail and you wouldn’t get your oats! </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">So they were taken down a burned. </span></span><br />
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<i>I wrote this for <b><a href="https://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/">Friday Fictioneers</a>.</b> Thanks for hosting Rochelle, and have a Happy New Year!</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16.8pt;">I was sitting in a coffee bar the other afternoon when something unusual happened. I know it’s unusual for me to drink coffee rather than chardonnay </span>when<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16.8pt;"> I go shopping, but that wasn’t it. No, I wrote a poem! Me! I <i>never</i> write poems.</span></div>
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The sky was pink, the bushes were blue. The grass was orange
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dot cow. It was very polite. It knelt on its front knees and told me how
beautiful I looked. A red and white striped rabbit flew in circles around my
head. Round and round and round. A branch of a purple tree swooped down and
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