The Cliff Top Residence
SE England
England
Dear Old Lady
It was delightful to see you queuing behind me at the checkout the other day. I was amazed how nimbly you scurried to the new checkout that opened up, effectively queue jumping – how unfortunate it was that the cashier couldn’t get his till to work. I felt particular sympathy with your tuttings and mutterings when you had to return to the position behind me. I’m sorry if my glare changed to a smile rather abruptly – I hope I didn’t scare you. I also apologise that I asked the cashier that rather difficult question that required the manager to come and speak to me – he took quite a long time to arrive didn’t he? Still, when everything was sorted out and I paid with all that change [which took a little while to count] it all went quite smoothly. It was a shame you had an urgent call of nature and had to leave the queue, but it was heart warming that your ability to move quickly hadn’t diminished.
Yours sincerely
Daddy Papersurfer
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Stumble It!
13 Comments
you’ll get your comeuppance soon daddyp
I behaved myself perfectly ……. in many ways ….. at least I didn’t tread on her foot ……… she moved it – tee hee
that is a rich letter coming from the King of Tsk!!!
……. but I was sooooooo sympathetic – tricky whilst trying to suppress a giggle …….
mmmm tsking whilst giggling can cause unexpected results you know?
So this is day 1? Are we going to see letters about the ‘price of fish?’.. ‘the £ against the Euro?’…. ‘the youth of today who kick their balls against your fence’ (painful)? … ‘feet on train seats?’… ‘wheelie bin collections with recycling stuff if you put in the wrong bin you will be fined?’…. ‘Conifers?’… etc etc … just askin’ ??
oh p.s. I don’t own a plaid skirt but I do have sensible shoes but not ‘comfortable’ ones….
Don’t get me started on re-cycling, a great idea, if it gets re-cycled! Down here in leafy Sussex, we pay £Zillions to our councils, so that they can truck it 100’s of miles away to a land-fill site.
can you feel a stern letter coming on GW??
To add to the land-fill ?
And who IS the prince of fish ?
I’m taking notes to present as evidence at the next meeting …… carry on ….. *licks pencil*
I thought your sec was fracas, just commenting.
I’ve given her the day off – she has a head like a melon …….
If i’d known the delay was being caused by a celebrity such as yourself (I guess you left the SKY jacket at home), I might’ve waited longer.
Were you wearing a plaid skirt and sensible shoes?
There was a thug in front of me in the queue, so I popped home to change, I only live down the road, came back in my camo tu-tu and hob-nails.
I thought you had gone to the loo – I do apologise
Actually I have sympathy for poor old lady (can’t think why)
I’m never sure of the etiquette when a new checkout opens.
My ex was management at M&S for a while, so the staff often opened up a checkout for me if they saw me standing in a queue. Unfortunately I was usually trampled underfoot in the stampede…those old dears have such sharp elbows.
She was wearing a plaid skirt and sensible shoes – sorry Diane I seem to be copy and pasting replies this morning – tee hee.
Indeed, sharp elbows, heavy handbags and true grit ……
you are sure it was not Kevin?
Was he wearing a plaid skirt and sensible shoes?
I have a plaid skirt …and some sensible shoes (tend not to wear them together though).
Should I be worried?
Do you wield a weighted handbag and rinse your hair?
How’s all the book making for celebs going? You’re the nearest I get to the famous you know – you’re doing one for Uma Thurman I suppose ……. just askin’
What is an Uma Thurman and why do we want to buy it at the supermarket?
It’s one of those strange electronic musical instruments (usually played by a man or woman in a plaid skirt).
I have never plaid a skirt.
Archie – can you keep GW amused while I have a cup of tea? – thanks ……
If Uma wants one, she can have one. Can you find out for me?
As for how it is going, I am living in a world of glue…(PVA so no fumes luckily)
And yes I do rinse my hair but only afer I’ve shampooed it….I hope you do too…
Everything seems to be fine then …… I’ll get onto Uma immediately …… I hope she doesn’t start stalking me again ……
If she does, I hope you can out run her, she looked very dangerous in ‘Kill Bill’.
She’s only hassled me on the phone up to now ……
224736690173 ?
I thought it was double glazing sales people, I never answer.
Oh my poor old lady. As for myself I have become my mother. You would not want to behind me in line. I am always searching for the correct change.
I hate it when other people do it. But, then when it’s my turn I simply can’t help myself!
Poor old lady. She’ll probably whack you with her cane next time!!
It came quite near to handbags at dawn this time – not that I go out with a handbag ……. usually ……
oh yes and when I went shopping the other day I hadn’t moved enough money from Walter’s account into our house hold account.
So I was stuck there putting things back. Everyone behind me was very polite about it though!
Well there was one old lady that kept giving me the evil eye…but, I ignored her!!:-)
There are many pitfalls in retail outlets ……. did I ever tell you about the time my trousers …. oh dear, the telephone’s ringing ……. later!
I’d leave a comment, but I’m afraid I’m too busy starching my plaid skirt and polishing my sensible shoes.
(You know… there are
folksmen who will automatically choose to hear ‘plaid skirt’ and envision one of those Catholic school girl uniforms…)(Hopefully not on that elderly woman though…)
It that what Britney was wearing all those years ago? I didn’t notice ………
Luckily, I am one of those men who have never ‘envisioned’, but i’m always up for new experiences.(What’s an ‘envision’ DP, would I want one) ?
Oh, you want one of those… trust me. And I am trustworthy… just ask DP. He trusts me with all his most important papers!
OK, thankyou , fracas, DHL is on the way.
Fracarse is the best …… and only …..secretary I’ve ever had – very flexible …… [working hours etc]
That’s all I thought you meant.
Tee hee
Is there anything else he could’ve meant? I’m not sure. I only deal with factual, informative or wholesome topics over at the fraccy blog, so I’m afraid I’m a little out of my element in this thread.
I only meant that Fraccy is very ….. accommodating ………….
Can we discuss this item in this room ?
Not sure we can air this over the DP ‘blogoverse’.
as somebody who hates shopping I am never in a queue long enough to get irritated by people – old, young or middle aged – I’m surprised you let them get to you DP!
The steely determination was impressive – I think this week of posts could go downhill rapidly ….. I hope!!! – tee hee
Still carrying around that sock full of change, I see?
tut tut…
I have found a solution now – the self-service tills at the supermarket that they’ve just installed – you can get rid of change easily – I misunderstood the concept at first but security put me right in no time …….. self-service, not helpyourself-service apparently ….
Those self-service tills were great at first, the easily confused were wary of them, so I could breeze through. Now, every time I head for one of them, I get held up by a little old lady in a plaid skirt and sensible shoes……..
That is very true ……. people!!! huh
Can the official DP consultant for Australia, please confirm the news item I just heard ?
” A kangaroo came through the window, and assualted the occupants”.
Surely it’s not April Fools Day in Australia, already ?
Alas, it is true. Kangaroos are beginning a class struggle for equality and demand the right to a plasma TV, beer, a sofa and the remote! They have begun invading homes, taking what they demand.
The left wing of the Kangaroos Rights party are quite willing to share with humans while the much more strident Kangaroos First, the right wing of the movement are demanding that Human beings in Australia “Go back to where they came from!” Namely the primeval slime!
Thank you Archie – this is vital information that might stop GW hopping from foot to foot ……
Mmmm…….maybe i’ll think twice about wearing my ‘Kangaroo Poo’ t-shirt now (ask Penfold).
Nothing stops me hopping, well, a baseball bat to the back of head slows me down!
Hiding plaid skirt and sensible shoes, getting out the stilettos and black skirt…
That sounds rather promising …….. tee hee
Nothing wrong with a little black skirt, but I have to be careful where I wear it.
Little Black Skirt? No doubt you also have suspenders and a bra – - -
As a fully paid-up member of the lumberjacks union, I of course have drawer-fulls.
Are they plaid suspenders?
No, do you know where I could purchase some?
No But I bet daddyp knows where some are
Celeste, we can’t go down this road, unless you are road-testing new DaddyP armour.
Googled ‘plaid suspenders’ to no avail – pooh
I could point you to other sites……………
I’m too young and innocent ……