lmao - Wonder how many people stick with me to the end !! lmao -
OK - so - just to explain WHY i have started this way - I have just had a very short - but VERY THOUGHTFUL conversation - via facebook ( Is it still a conversation - if not in person and via social media ?? - Yeah - I'm sure it is ) But - had a Convo with a friend saying that she hopes my last blog - reaches the people it SHOULD - and that she reads alot of my blogs and finds them informative and interesting - Well - After i told her to go out and get a life (!) I started thinking - It hurt for a little while - NO - JOKE JOKE - IT DIDN'T THIS TIME ! -
Lmao - I thought - well -
What are my real thoughts On Boxing Day ?? - I'm sat here - the Kids and EX have gone out with my family for Boxing Day lunch - over to a nearby pub - and I was going - BUT - when i learnt 'Others' were joining - i decided Not to go - Not because of being a Martyr = or to draw attention - BUT - because i don't want to be a burden - to Storm and then have someone run after me - and take me home, and then have everyone worry - so - I stayed put - Im here - Ive Hovered, cleaned, put presents away, sorted the Steamer ( We had to Steam everything yesterday ( xmas day ) as our oven packed up !!! ) - Had the Cats - DelBoy and Rodney, think it's Christmas day all over again and DEMANDING more Turkey - it was their FIRST ever Xmas day - and OMG they had almost half a turkey to themselves - and gammon, and bacon and sausages ! - lol - FAT CATS WHO WADDLE !! and OMG - IVE ACTUALLY SKYPED MY BROTHER In Australia - !!! GO ME !! - Ohhh forgotton what i was saying now - let me read the title - LMAO - THATS MAKES NO BLOODY SENCE !! = OK - Read the first bit !! ...
Mmmmmmmm - OK - When i was younger - Before the kids came along - and before i was married - Boxing Day was about Family and playing Games ( OK Trivial Pursuit ) and Having Fun and well - winding people up - !- or was the just me ??!! I did used to have a good wind up skill set - lmao - even if i do say so myself - as i do believe that being able to wind someone up is a good way to make friends and to Banter with people ( never course, insulting or rude, ) - it makes people laugh - releasing endorphins and this in turn makes them happy and smile - and smiling is one thing i love to make people do !! - So - Bring up an old conversation - or an old memory that happened - and laugh about it - LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE, And helps Boxing Day go without a BANG !!!
Boxing Day has - OBVIOUSLY got it's own Variety of food that is always put on the table - The obligatory Turkey and cold sausages and ( ohhh sorry Dad - Chipolatas from 'the lads' - The Butchers round the corner from our old house - who - by now - instead of being 'lads' MUST be in their 60's ! - BUT do, do the BEST sausages in Herne Bay !! Dad has Always referred to them as 'The Lads' and it has just stuck - !! ) erm Well - basically it's the same as Xmas day - apart from the fact it is cold - EXCEPT the hot mash potato / Carrot and Brussel Sprouts - Then - with this we have Pickles and Pickled Onions / Piccalli and Gerkins ( Why serve Piccalli - No-one likes the bloody stuff ! ) !! Then we Have Mince Pies and any thing else thats left over !! = LOVELY - this always used to be my favourite meal !! We would have the radio on - Christmas Music Playing - and just chat - Id stick to my cousin Kate like a rash usually - Trying to be like her i guess - Trying to make her and My Uncle Bill laugh - and My Brother would be in the corner - listening to music on his walkman, or in his room watching films - or trying to get my elderly Grandmother to go to the Video shop ( yes yes - we did used to have a video shop back then, where you could go and RENT films for the day ! ) with him - and Rent a dodgy film or two - that he wasnt allowed to rent because he was too young - Bless her - She always would too - and there she was a 85 year old ( ish ) - renting Porn who my brother told was a film about a lovely girl who worked alot to bring home dinner for her kids !! - My Grandmother was so gulliable - or - she wasnt and she knew ;) - Im not sure which !!
Mum and Dad would be doing the lunch - and Nan / Grandad and maybe Mina ( Nans old friend from along the road ) would be in the front room - just chatting and talking to - and about the animals, ( At that time we had 6 Cats - Disrali , Henry, Bertie, Charlie, Daisy and Polly ) and the Dog - a HUGE Long Haired German Shepherd called Sasha = Who hated most people = Hated Bangs - and if anyone - apart from family tried to walk in the house she would pin them up against the wall !! = and look at them - straight in the face - and snarl !! - We obviously thought this was funny - but - being on the receiving end of a dog that big - maybe isn't that funny !! - to us - she was a big baby )
I'll never forget the time Uncle Bill and I were chatting about someone and laughing a joking - and then 'that someone' walked into the room - OMG - that started us off laughing even more - ok ok - yes - we were laughing at them and not with them - and that did get us told off - but - OMG - you always remember the laughing - Then there was the time Mum walked into the kitchen and 'Bertie' the Stub Nosed Fluffy Silver Tabby had his head in the Christmas Pudding = and so - well - what can you do - Fill the Christmas pud with Custard, of course !! = JOB DONE !! - and then serve to everyone !! - No No - Im quite full thanks Mutti - ( mum always wanted my brother and I to call her Mutti !! = from what i remember - she hated MUM - but from what she remembers - we copied students that we had !!! - mmmmmmm - I think i'm catagorically right !! )
There was ALWAYS a HUGE arguement over lunch with someone and usually - it was about religion - Auntie Gaye and i would always keep quiet - Barney ( My Brother would always put his two pennyworth in and try to make the situation worse - just to add to the drama ) so ok ok - The arguement would usually be between Uncle Bill, Mum and Grandad - lololol - I shouldn't say Arguement - I should say - heated banter !!! - No-one was right or wrong - and in fact - i'm sure Uncle Bill was trying to wind people up - in a nice way - ( There isn't a bad bone in his body ) just to give a few laughs to everyone - Mum and Grandad always take the bait - whoever stared it - and it probably ended up in SOMEONE, shouting - and then we would get out the Trivial Pursuit Board and start the joyus game of that !! Ever Helpful Auntie Gaye would Wash up - ( Without a doubt for some peace and quiet !! ) and I would set up the coffee while Cousin Kate excecuted the authority and took orders !! - Barney would be in charge of the game, at this point between mum, dad, nan, grandad and Mina ( we would join in a second ) !! ...... Mum, Dad, Gaye, Bill, Maybe Kate had by this time - taken to the bottle to true extent - lmao ( Not implying they were alcoholics - but - OMG some wine was drunk on those Christmassy eves ! ) Mum - had also Just started to think if she should start making The obligatory Turkey and Cranberry Sauce Sandwiches for later - and EVERYONE ( except Dad - Dad LOVES Auntie Gayes Trifle ! - in fact - Dad Loves ANYONES trifle !! ) was worried Auntie Gaye had made a Trifle - ok ok - Not worried about the trifle - But more worried about HOW MUCH SHERRY HAD GONE INTO ITS MAKETH !! ;) !!
OK OK - So - After deciding if we should call the little triangle things Wedges, or Cheeses, or Cakes or Slices ( I always went with Cheese ! ) My favourite and best loved question - REMEMBER - WHILE PLAYING THIS BLINKING GAME WITH MY WHOLE FAMILY spanning many generations - was - " - How many testicles did Adolf Hitler have " - and well, this led to lots of coughing and MOVE ON - MOVE ON - by my grandfather - which in turn would lead someone into singing - " - Hitler - her only had one ball - the other = was in the Albert Hall " = Me - in absolute hysterics because some people around the table were so so uncomfortable = Then we would have a anecdote about it being a myth - and then, if he did only have one - where on earth was the second ? omg - Still laughing about this now - I think we would usually say this was a myth - and he did - in fact have two ! - There is always - half way though usually - that time for when at least three members of the family need to go to the loo - This would usually begin with the person who needed a movement most - saying they ' needed to pop out for a second ' - BUT - datelessly - we would carry on playing = and - ohhhhhhhhh - The person who had 'popped out' - would be the one - WHO COULD ANSWER THE BLOODY QUESTION that was being asked at that particular moment = Well - I would just shout either upstairs to the landing - or through the house to the back - and ask the question - This would always get me berated - Leave them in peace = YEAH - THAT'S OK - CAUSE YOUR WINNING - Id usually get the right answer from the person who was releaving themselves = and by the time they got back - they would exclaim that they had ' now cleared their head' and could carry on playing - well - me with my DISGRACEFUL LAVATORIAL AND FRANKLY FILTHY MIND - could not stop laughing at this point - and would get THE LOOK from mother !!
This is NOT my mother by the way - But she does ' THE LOOK' Brilliantly !
Turn around
Look at what you seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
In her face
The mirror of your dreams
Look at what you seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
In her face
The mirror of your dreams
Make believe I'm everywhere
Given in the light
Written on the pages
Is the answer to a never ending storrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Given in the light
Written on the pages
Is the answer to a never ending storrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf1WT8VEZxk
OK - I wont go on - But - Just Brilliant - and yes - it transported me right back there to sitting on the sofa watching with my parents, brother and whole family -
Then - Bed - Say your Prayers = Night Night, Love you ...........
No comments:
Post a Comment