Snippets

In the village there is a somewhat "entertaining" elderly lady who owns a rather large and at times bad tempered dog.


This animal goes on walkabout on a regular basis and eventually returns home after its owner blows lustily on what can only be described as a large police whistle


Late  one recent evening some friends in the centre of the village were settling down in their living room when the said whistle went off suddenly. The wife, who is recovering from illness turned quietly to her hubby and quipped with a broad Lancashire wit
" ey up...theres been another murder in Whitechapel 


Well it made me smile
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32 comments:

  1. Diane9:10 pm

    Made me smile too. Bless. xx

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  2. Tom Stephenson9:14 pm

    Ha ha! Jack the Ripper is buried about 1 mile from my workshop, John. His name was Walter Sickert.

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  3. John Going Gently9:16 pm

    I have read Patricia Cornwell's book on the subject...she makes a good case but I was sure it was blown out of the water?

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  4. LindaG9:18 pm

    Made me smile, too, John. Have a great weekend! :)

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  5. John Going Gently9:20 pm

    u too lindax

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  6. A Brit in Tennessee9:27 pm

    Made me smile too !
    I bet they are not even issued those bobby whistles any longer ?
    I used to love Dixon of Dock Green, now that's going back a bit :)
    Have a lovely weekend John.
    ~Jo

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  7. nick9:30 pm

    Better a police whistle than a ghetto blaster. And better a bad tempered dog than the Hound of the Baskervilles.

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  8. John Going Gently9:33 pm

    Yes nick
    good job it wasnt a pea souper that night!
    coincidently we used to have a village bobby who lived a street away (albeit 100 years ago)
    bet he had a whistle!

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  9. Chris10:13 pm

    By 'entertaining lady' I presume you mean 'mad old goat'. Every village should have one.

    Someday I hope to reach such heady heights.

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  10. Texan10:15 pm

    LOL made me laugh too!

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  11. Al10:22 pm

    Only in a small village!

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  12. Anonymous10:52 pm

    cheers John

    Anon husband of witty Lancashire lady !! (PS it wasnt Sickert .....)

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  13. John Going Gently10:58 pm

    yes I know jason!
    Cornwell's novel was completely biased

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  14. Anonymous11:08 pm

    cornwell blew her chance on that book as well as reputation............

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  15. John Going Gently11:15 pm

    I always loved her early work... she went all a bit computerish when lucy went all Commando!

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  16. Gail11:21 pm

    Jack the Roamer is out again!

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  17. Tom Stephenson11:29 pm

    Cornwell's case convinced me, but I think the family was upset by it. 'Case Closed' was always going to be a contentious/arrogant subtitle.

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  18. Anonymous11:32 pm

    She sounds like my kind of gal, mad as a hatter and happy in it.

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  19. John Going Gently11:32 pm

    cornwell...always sounded a little OBSESSED which didnt help her arguement

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  20. Tom Stephenson11:37 pm

    Yes - the intro where she is running through Central Park (yawn) and feels all the murdered women asking her to help... well, it sells books.

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  21. Anonymous11:54 pm

    it has been re-titled "bollocks" now if you look up her book on JTR

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  22. Terry12:10 am

    Funny!

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  23. Donna OShaughnessy2:15 am

    The story did not make me grin or smile or even...God Forbid...LOL. It did however cause me to bark at my husband as he came whistling in to the house for no good reason at all.

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  24. Gardener in the Distance4:38 am

    There'll be coppers knockin' on all our doors next, John. A wonderful post buddy.

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  25. Cro Magnon5:00 am

    Why's the copper using a lamp when it's perfectly light outside?

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  26. Craig7:24 am

    Good one!

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  27. The Weaver of Grass7:58 am

    It made me smile too John. These eccentric old ladies (and men) are what makes living in a village such fun, I think. I like to think I might be one myself one day!

    Judging from the heavy black clouds which mean we have to have the lights on to eat our breakfast here I guess you were right to postpone the allotment day. Disappointing though. If we get lots of rain then those opening their allotments will have plenty of new weeding to do before next weekend! Wish I was near enough to come (and to bake a cake.)

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  28. Yorkshire Pudding8:20 am

    Snippets is an odd name for a large and bad-tempered dog. I'd have called him Tyson or Butch or Prescott - something like that.

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  29. Chicken lover9:19 am

    Hi John
    My Dad was the local bobby for 30 years. We still have his sliver whistle, cape, collar numbers and his truncheon with a few notches on it!
    It was great fun being a copper's kid in a police house on a council estate in the 60s & 70s - not!!
    Jane

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  30. Unknown12:11 pm

    Nice when someone is clever and quick and funny!

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  31. Chris3:11 pm

    Very true Jacqueline...

    ...do let us know when you are won't you.

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  32. DeniseinVA6:16 pm

    Had a big smile at this one. Thanks John. Fascinating Tom's comment about Jack the Ripper being identified as Walter Sickert, but then also ready your comment about Patricia Cornwell's. I have my Dad's old police whistle, it is one of my most treasured possessions.

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