The Cliff Top Residence
SE England
England
Dear Boy Scout
How delighted I was when you knocked on the door the other day saying you’d do a job for a bob and I do apologise for offering you only 5p – I’d forgotten to take inflation into account. I do hope that the £20 pounds you demanded was enough.
I notice that the Scout movement has kept up with the times and encourages the shaving of heads, presumably for health reasons when camping, and the idea of having your badges tattooed across your knuckles is brilliant.
Imagine my surprise when I inspected the garage after I’d asked you to clear it out and found in completely empty. Gosh, you and your friend were efficient . It’s a shame I was in the back garden when the Scoutmaster arrived and took everything away – I would have loved to have a word. I intended to replace most of my tools anyway and the spare gallon of petrol and the lawnmower and the strimmer and my Great Aunt’s painting by Gainsborough. Oh, and please don’t worry about the scratches down the side of the car – some of them were there already.
By the way, next year, whenever ‘Bob-a-Job’ is, I’m out I’m afraid . I’ll give you the address of a market trader that could do with some help next time I see you though – anything to help.
Yours sincerely
Daddy Papersurfer
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*phew* I’m glad your letters are fictional.
Happy Mother’s Day to TG xx
Oh lawd, it’s Mother’s Day …….. flowers everywhere, allergies, boxes of chocolates, ruined diets …… disasters waiting to happen …….
[She'll see that later young Nursey - I hope your two pamper 'Mum']
I’m shocked at you DP. Mothering Sunday there and how can you even think you have time to be on here replying to comments?
Shouldn’t you be scrubbing, cooking, and all those things to make sure TG is suitably treated like a Queen today?
Tsk. Tsk.
She’s not my mother …… honestly Fraccy, I have no idea where you get your ideas from ……
Weren’t those Scouts wearing the new hoodie then,I don’t like to see them out of uniform you know, and you shouldn’t have mentioned the market trader, that’s his Dad!!
His Dad …. of course! It’s all beginning to make sense now …….. which is worrying ……..
Thieving scouts … my oh my it is bad down Soufff innit?
‘My oh my’! – have you been eating plums again?
Golly gosh the little scoundrels are a complete pain my dear ……..
Do you mind? MY SON IS A SCOUT ! And he has taken many a puppy for a walk for a ‘BoB’, how do you think I gathered so many? Distraught of Bognor.
Sorry Mr.Papersurfer, my brother is just testing my new blog, not that i’ll have time to ever use it.
…. and a very effective test as well – wotcha ‘bro’!
Is he always this rubbish at it ?
Sorry DP, she IS referring to me, she’s always been a bit blunt……..
‘She’ has one of the most concise blogs I’ve ever seen …… a lot could be learnt from ‘her’ …….
‘She’ isn’t your brother is ’she’? …… just askin’
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