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By: Headwind out… | Town Mouse

Headwind out… | Town Mouse — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:13:15 +0000

[...] (looks like they cleaned it too) I don’t yet know. If so, my money would be on the postman, who has form on this [...]

By: That was the Year that Was « Town Mouse

That was the Year that Was « Town Mouse — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 02:40:36 +0000

[...] the ford closed to pedestrians sign was finally removed (although, as it later turned out, by the postman rather than the roads people) – oh and I wrote what has turned out to be one of my more [...]

By: WOL

WOL — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:03:12 +0000

‘beats a slap in the face with a wet fish’ Might this refer to an interlude between John Cleese and Michael Palin? See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fish-Slapping_Dance

By: Ross Angus

Ross Angus — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:43:40 +0000

Hang on – aren’t you talking about The Big Society here? Twitter, To the pitchforks!

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:22:31 +0000

Bob – me too, also damming streams (which I could do for hours as a child)
@Wol – we have a similar one (also ‘beats a slap in the face with a wet fish’ but that may just be me)
Viviane – you’ll all be contributing to the oil / wood bill, right?

By: viviane

viviane — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:09:31 +0000

Can I come along with Jo ? I could even translate your book into French, if needed.

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:28:22 +0000

I can live with that. So long as there’s cake…

By: WOL

WOL — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:59:17 +0000

We have a saying, “It beats a poke with a sharp stick.” which is said of things which are not all that great.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:58:40 +0000

Standing in water poking about with a stick was always one of my favourite activities. It’s great fun until the water somehow manages to come over the tops of your boots though.

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:47:03 +0000

Jo – it does, but there are also ford reporting duties…
Charles – the buzzards are fortunately reluctant to fly in the rain