20 August 2018

Overheard

Overheard in Foolow last week...

BETTY Tell you what Nora, my head is throbbing.
NORA  Serves you right Betty. You just don't know when to stop.
BETTY  I only had six vodkas and that bottle of Merlot.
NORA  You are forgetting the  Jägerbombs.
BETTY Anyway. You can talk. I had to steer you back to the B&B
NORA  I don't even remember getting into bed.
BETTY You were singing, "My Way". The landlady banged on the wall. I don't know what she was yelling. It was well after midnight.
NORA  Anyway. I guess we'd better get going.
BETTY Where are we walking to today?
NORA I thought we'd walk up Hucklow Edge and then over the fields to Abney.
BETTY How far's that?
NORA About three miles
BETTY (Groans)  I don't think I'm up to it Nora. Like I say, my head's throbbing.
NORA Hair of the dog?
BETTY "The Bull's Head" will be open in five minutes.
NORA  Shall we have a snifter?
BETTY  Why not? We can always go for a walk tomorrow.
The village cross in Foolow

21 comments:

  1. Ha ha. A great story YP. Hey, you should write a book! I would buy it! .... oh wait. you did. And I did.

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    1. Hello Kate. Thanks for dropping by again. Glad you liked this bit of silliness.

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  2. That might be exactly the conversation they were having! You just never know!

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    1. Or they might have been talking about past love conquests.

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  3. Ha ha, that made me chuckle.

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  4. I think they were discussing the fifteen miles they'd walked the day before and whether they should pack egg salad or cheese sandwiches for today's journey.

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  5. Great story, great photo. For real, that's who I want to be when I grow up.

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    1. With the blue outfit on the left you'd be making a powerful fashion statement on Long Island Vivian. Only a few brave women could pull such a daring look off.

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  6. the ladies in the photo look like the opposite of the ladies in your piece.

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    1. No way Red! My imagination must be running away with me.

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  7. Those poor women! Did you ask permission to post their picture publicly? I'm pretty sure they are healthy-eating, right-living paragons of virtue - they packed their own lunches!!

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    1. In England it is legal to photograph or videotape anything and anyone on any public property.

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    2. Maybe it is here, too. I don't really know. I was just poking fun.

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  8. Walking is over-rated, anyway!!

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    1. BETTY Maybe that Australian woman will be in the pub again.
      NORA Jesus! She could drink! What was her name?
      BETTY Leonora but she likes to be called Lee.

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    2. Not likely, Yorkie.

      The last time I had a couple of drinks in a pub would be about 14 years ago...it's a long time since I've been in pub. And I hardly drink alcohol at all these days, at home or elsewhere.

      So far this year I've had three glass of wine and one beer...a Crown Lager...and those I had on the afternoon of Australia Day, 26th January....at our little lane-way party during the afternoon of said day.

      You don't have to say it...I know...I am a boring old fart!

      So, it's a case of mistaken identity! :)

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    3. Oh, I see. She must have been a different Lee then.

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