Let me introduce you to Tony and Joy Bull. Last week they celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary - seventy five years of wedlock and not a cross word between them They have lived all their lives in North Yorkshire but now their place of residence is a care home for the elderly . Tony is 95 and Joy is 94.
I know all of this because they appeared in a feelgood item on "BBC Look North" - our regional television news programme. Local news services like to cover that kind of story don't they?
Of course the couple were asked about the recipe for a long and lasting marriage. Tony said, "Two people's chemistry is different everywhere but most of all you've got to be totally unselfish, give and take. It worked for us."
And here we come to the point of this blogpost. Shirley and I both laughed out loud when Tony, looking adoringly at his wife, added, "There's only one thing that can compare with a pedigree, prize-winning Hereford bull and that's a well-dressed woman!"
What a co-incidence that Tony should make such a politically incorrect remark when his surname is Bull!
My apologies to any well-dressed women readers who feel offended both by this blogpost and by Tony's declaration. After all there are other things that can compare favourably with a healthy Hereford bull such as a prizewinning Aberdeen Angus bull or the overall winner at the Cruft's dog show in 2025 - a four year old Italian whippet called Miuccia.
And as for well-dressed women, maybe Tony had Melania Trump in mind rather than his wife Joy who never said anything to camera because dementia is eating away at who she once was.
75 years is such a long time but it is hard to believe there was never a cross word. Nevertheless, congratulations to them, with some sadness in the final sentence.
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