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| Auntie Glad is at the centre table with the other village notable grey hairs |
Yesterday there was a "Spring Lunch" on at the Memorial Hall in aid of the church. I went and had a very passable ham salad, a heavenly apple pie with cream and some chit chat with Some of the village elders.
The vicar was there, so I was a bit naughty and asked him publicly if he would pose for a publicity shot for my Open Day later in the year. He knows me, so was slightly dubious, but finally he did agree to have a " head and shoulders shot" alongside Bingley, the turkey.
The vicar will be judging the " name the turkey" competition on September the 1st.....ie he will pick the best name out of all of the entries and the winner will get themselves a jolly nice food hamper....
Now I do admit there there are a few holes in this plan
Number one flaw is the fact that the turkey in question already HAS a name
And number two, is the fact that the vicar absolutely detests birds in general....
However, for charity I am happy to rename Bingley ( as long as we get enough punters) and in the spirit of open day support,the vicar is happy at having a " love in- vicar cuddling the turkey" photo taken for the local paper.......
Well, it's better than kissing babies...........
Re: apple pie with cream. A British friend of mine, who grew up northeast of London, detests cream on any dessert. My wife and I did an extensive driving tour of England with her many years ago. We stopped for dinner near Chatsworth, and my friend ordered a dessert, with the remark (to me), "They couldn't possibly serve this with cream!" Sure enough, the dessert arrived with cream. It was too long ago to remember her exact reaction, but I do remember that my friend wasn't pleased.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be fun to have a 'caption' contest? Maybe you could post the picture and give us all in blogging land a chance to come up with a great caption for it.
ReplyDeleteI hope I am one of the first competitors to propose a new name for Bingley. My suggestion is Jesus - a name which will surely meet with the vicar's approval. I should also like to rename the vicar - Biblebasher or Rasputin. You choose.
ReplyDelete'Detests birds' he's not a closet gay is he?
ReplyDeleteLLX
There's no closet in the church but when choirboys arrive for rehearsals and accidentally leave the church door open, he often yells "Closeit!"
Deletethis should be fun!
ReplyDeleteCan not wait to see the photos of the Vicar and unnamed turkey Bingley.
ReplyDeleteAll I could think of when I saw your heading today was "The Vicar Of Dibley.
cheers, parsnip
Can't it be a "guess the name of the turkey" instead?
ReplyDeleteBingley is Bingley!
Jane x
I think Bingley is the best name ever for a turkey.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Why not purchase Bingley another turkey to chum around with, you could call him Bungley.
ReplyDeleteAwww....poor Bingley to lose his name to raise funds, all I can say is that you better make it worth his while!!
ReplyDeleteI knew a guy named Bingley once and he had the personality of a turkey so it's rather fitting. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteBut does Bingley come when you call his name or just when you rattle the corn bucket? If the former, it would be a travesty to be messing with his wise old brain. But it he only comes to eat, call him whatever they please.
ReplyDeleteGet another turkey and name it Bradford!!!
ReplyDelete(See what I did there?)
Would anyone know if you switched Turkeys? Bingley could just be the stunt double until you draft in some other unsuspecting fowl.
ReplyDeleteThat's my plan EM
ReplyDeleteI KNEW some one would guess it
Vicars aren't allowed to kiss babies these days. Next year you should do a 'Goose the Vicar' show.
ReplyDeleteLordy! I want a picture of that!
ReplyDeleteWhat are you going to do if Bingley decides to get affectionate with the vicar's leg - like he did with yours?
ReplyDeleteSprinkle him with holy wter
DeleteOh, good luck with that!
ReplyDeleteis this the same Bingley who was attacking your legs recently? in the same photo with a vicar who doesn't like birds? oy!!! >>>I<<< might even be persuaded to cough up some $$$s to name this turkey!!!
ReplyDeleterats...but thank goodness you're NOT renaming the Bingley bird!!!
DeleteSo,technically, if the turkey attended the Rev's church, the Rev would be 'The Vicar of Bingley'?
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