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Merrywidow

Where is Droopsnout - I miss him! Must be out spending that point 1 percent or whatever - I suppose he is off galavanting - I wish I was.

droopsnout

Allo, allo???

Ah am 'ere, mindeeng mah own beezzinesse. Ah do not gallivant, madame! What ahrh you suggesteeng?

Merrywidow

Live dangerously DS - where's your sense of adventure. By the way our Allo-Allo friend Arthur lives in Tunbridge Wells and I bumped into him in Sainsbury's one day - boy is he tall. Lovely smile. Tom Baker also prowls our streets, his house has just become an upmarket B&B. Louise Jameson is another wellian.

Glad to know you are still paying attention!!!

seven-day-weekend

Our French friend Pascal rang us up once and actually said 'allo,allo'. I thought he was being silly and did a silly French voice myself!

He was being serious and did not get the joke.........:o:o

droopsnout

LOL. My sense of adventure was slightly squashed on Saturday when a stepladder crumbled under my enormous bulk, and, tippling to the side, left me high and dry, cartoon-style, pedalling frantically in thin air before collapsing on top of the aluminium.

Aluminium is a soft metal. But it is harder than me.

Sunday saw me gallivanting off to the hospital for x-rays on my heel.

I am now largely recovered, the bruising to the back and chest is no longer crushingly painful (you have to lay it on thick, non?), and I have cast off with straight abandon the plastic ankle support which was keeping me on the vertically straight and narrow.

So, having taught and touristed today, I'm tottering to the tatie patch tomorrow, for a touch of torso twisting. Well, a bit of digging and planting strawberry plants, all being well.

However, the weather here has just turned gusty, so we could be inside ...

Savvy_Sue

DS, I am sorry to hear of your accident. Are you sure you have not broken a rib or two? The only treatment is rest (although you must make sure you neither cough or laugh, because either will be excruciating!)

Many moons ago, I had to ring French Directory Enquiries, and the person at the other end answered with "'Allo", so I thought they were French, and in my best schoolgirl French (which really wasn't that good!) asked for the number of the family I was trying to contact. I was getting on quite well until I used 'y' instead of 'en' or the other way round, and he suddenly said "'Ere, you're not French, are you? You're English!" :rotfl: I explained that I'd thought he was French or in France.

Well, at least I tried. Very trying, I know ...

seven-day-weekend

Oh dear Droopsnout!

Hope you feel better soon!

Merrywidow

I knew there was something wrong DS - I had a sixth sense - we are all so transparent. Hope you feel better soon, but I am sure you are making light of your injuries. You need a few laughs. How about this - I rec'd an email this week with a picture of the White House - but now its been painted black!! I will dig into my stock pile and send you a few. Veel Sterekte.

seven-day-weekend

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Our French friend Pascal rang us up once and actually said 'allo,allo'. I thought he was being silly and did a silly French voice myself!

He was being serious and did not get the joke.........:o:o

On a similar note, when we first came here, my husband practised his limited language skills on the locals.

Afterwards I said 'why are you talking to them in that silly voice?'

Then I realised....it was Spanish. :o

He says I speak Spanish with a West Midlands accent.:rotfl:

Merrywidow

Oh the joys of language. When I lived in Holland, many of the boys and girls in Time Life married Dutch nationals (me included of course) and within the shortest time, the spouse of my Dorset friend had the same accent, Londoners the same, it was really so funny to hear them.

Even the eventual children had the same accent.