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And so it goes on – stories from a local pub. Todays conversations have covered the village clown last nite ‘dropping his trousers’, a wasp attack which led to are wasps good for anything?, why are some adults worse than children re table manners and the one that really shows our age ‘in my days ……..’
Our resident comedian had been celebrating – what you ask – nothing in particular – dont really need an excuse. The celebration meant that large quantities of ale had to be consumed and so by early evening he decided to go home. that sounds sensible i am sure you agree, however, living only a few hundred yards away can have its problems when it is difficult to walk or even talk !!! Because he is so likeable someone volunteered to take him home in the car. the lift was accepted graciously and off they went. Arrived at the drive, he got out , the would be chauffer turned the car around only to be met with the site of him dropping his trousers as a way of showing his appreciation. (not the full bare thing by the way – no one could stand that !!).
The wasp attack, which could have been serious, fortunately turned out to be a source of humour, Please note – no wasps, animals or humans were hurt in the telling of this story. Well actually a few wasps were hurt but that was to prevent the dog from being hurt. The story – walking the dog in the countryside near us the dog came upon a wasps nest. The dogs natural instinct (its a terrier) is to dive into the hole – not for long, out he ran pursued by several wasps. the number varies- the same chap is a fisherman and we all know what that means in terms of numbers and sizes – and of course he ran towards his master for protection – even a very fast terrier was finding it difficult to catch up with his master running as fast as possible in the opposite direction. Eventually he stopped and decided to help the dog. He attempted to get the wasps away from the dog with the aid of a newspaper by swiping at the wasps around the dog. The dog now thinks he is being chastised for something – the dilema – stay here and be beaten up by the master or leg it back to the wasps. The wasps were also very interested in the owner of the dog, deciding that down the wellington boot would be a nice place to start – after a few mins the attack was over and no one unduly hurt, the dog had a sting to the nose and the human – just hurt pride as he was spotted running away from the wasps waving a newspaper around his head.
The other 2 subjects will be in the next post
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