It's Official, I am a village old lady


I was cleaning Winifred's tuppence with a soapy dishcloth when the phone went.
It was Mrs Murray
She told me that her close friend Eileen is to be buried next Monday with the funeral " tea" set out in the Memorial Hall afterwards, and asked if I Would be free to help Mrs Bagguly and Mrs Jones with the refreshments..
 Of course I  said I would be free to help.......
There is nothing more impressive than a proper welsh funeral tea.........
A Tesco special offer

55 comments:

  1. ... and Clubcard points too!!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. hahaaa! you made my morning, John!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. ..and now I'm re-thinking the whole "tuppence a bag" meaning...

      Delete
  3. Anonymous4:18 pm

    You'll do wonderfully well with it John....will you wear the hat lol?

    ReplyDelete
  4. You are so funny! I am sure Winifred appreciated your help with her tuppence!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Do you have a pinny for special events?

    ReplyDelete
  6. welsh lady ass fudge? can we get an explanation for this?

    ReplyDelete
  7. Are you taking some speciality fudge with you?!!!

    ReplyDelete
  8. I've just cleaned one of the cats' bums...used wet paper towel NOT my dishcloth!
    Jane x

    ReplyDelete
  9. eww my friend's dad used to call me tuppence !

    ReplyDelete
  10. "ass fudge" - no thank you, I prefer plain vanilla fudge!

    ReplyDelete
  11. I don't shop at Tesco's any more. Hope the funeral tea goes well.

    ReplyDelete
  12. I have found similar abbreviations in supermarkets but none quite so hilarious as that!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. The bog roll - '150 Shts' - always makes me laugh like a drain....

      Delete
  13. bawahahahahahahahahahaha !

    cheers, parsnip

    ReplyDelete
  14. Well I've heard of keeping your hand on your halfpenny........

    ReplyDelete
  15. It took me a while to get past the first sentence...especially the "dish" part of cloth. I hope they don't expect you to bring your own supplies for washing up after tea.

    ReplyDelete
  16. I would think you are honored.
    People who make the ads have one hellova sense of humor!

    ReplyDelete
  17. Oh, John, how I have missed your evil sense of humor (yeah, I know it's humour on your side of the pond). I'm with Alison - leave the dish cloth behind!

    ReplyDelete
  18. When I lived in Stoke I had a friend who immigrated from That Lunnon. She named her new kitten 'Tuppence' and couldn't understand why everyone fell about laughing whenever she mentioned it. Southerners eh?...

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Well damn....I had a kitten named tuppence once...but she was named after Tuppence Beresford.

      Delete
  19. Anonymous7:28 pm

    It took me too long to figure that out. Sharp as a tack.

    ReplyDelete
  20. My son-in-law has nicknamed his daughter Tuppence. I despise it, as the little girl was given the lovely name of Caroline, after my mother. I now see he will be cured of this nickname as soon as I next see him. Thanks! I owe you.

    ReplyDelete
  21. Wonderful - Can you send me some of that fudge?

    ReplyDelete
  22. Mmmm, ass fudge! Someone at Tesco has a sense of humor! :)

    ReplyDelete
  23. That's why I don't touch Tesco, you never know where the produce comes from. Sounds like quite an honour to be asked, two sugars please, and a cupcake.

    ReplyDelete
  24. Our family did a "wake"....I remember being very small and there being so many aunts, uncles, and cousins in my grandma's dining room and a casket in the living room......lots of food, tea and whiskey. This went til very late.....and how my grandma slept that night I don't know. This was at least 60 years ago....the tea sounds much more refined....my family being Irish we were a little more on the wild side...especially the olden ones. Kind of a celebration of life with tears shed too. I hope the sun is shining on the day for you all.

    ReplyDelete
  25. The white collars are attractive.

    Party on.

    ReplyDelete
  26. WELSH LADY ASS FUDGE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  27. One of the girls! I always felt more comfortable with the ladies. What an honour, John!

    ReplyDelete
  28. I asked my local Tesco for some of that tasty looking fudge, but they no longer stock it. They said the bottom had dropped out of the market.

    ReplyDelete
  29. You can also get Pink Lady Ass apples …….. Tesco seem to do a varied range in ASS products !!!! XXXX

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Ass products....= Asda

      Delete
    2. I'm not sure what you mean….. all I know is it ='s assorted. XXXX

      Delete
  30. Just frightened the cat, howling with laughter, me that is not the cat!
    Tesco always seem to have one problem or another with their labels, usually out of date offers or downright lies.
    What does one do I wonder with such fudge? Me thinks someone has a whale of a time in the label department..........

    ReplyDelete
  31. Congrats on being one of the 'girls'!

    ReplyDelete
  32. Well, there you have it. I now officially have a new name to assign to my girly parts...."tuppence". If it's good enough for Winifred it's good enough for me. xoxox

    ReplyDelete
  33. Anonymous12:28 am

    My lineage is pure Welsh. But please, is no one educated there any more?

    I despair.

    ReplyDelete
  34. Ass fudge. Winnie's tuppence. Oh, dear. I think it's nice that you're an honorary old lady. It shows that people know they can rely on you for assistance.

    Love,
    Janie

    ReplyDelete
  35. Sometimes people just don't think when they abbreviate something. ;-)
    Have a great weekend, John!

    ReplyDelete
  36. never a doubt on being one of the village old ladies...just one of your many charms...

    ReplyDelete
  37. My greatest memory of Welsh funerals was the local newspaper's write-ups. All attending the service were, at the same time, 'representing' others who could not be there, and all was written out at length. Mrs Gladys Jones representing Mrs Daisy Jones, Mr Ralph Jones, Mrs Blodwyn Jones, etc etc. I used to feel so sorry for the poor junior hack who was sent to take notes.

    ReplyDelete
  38. 'Tuppence'. Brilliant. Elsie needs hers doing as well.

    ReplyDelete
  39. How happy you've made me feel. Thank you. And I sincerely, no joke intended, hope you enjoy (or probably for decorum sake should say appreciate) being included at that level by the village elders. In Indigenous Australian culture elders are every thing. Elders carry the knowledge and power and set the scene for what is accepted and what isn't. Your invitation is true appreciation of the very real contribution you make to village life. Well done, you.

    ReplyDelete
  40. Please tell me that's short for "ASSORTED" and not really what it says.

    Although, maybe it's different when it comes from a Welsh lady.

    ReplyDelete
  41. I think it's lovely that you were asked.

    ReplyDelete
  42. Officially a Welsh village old lady .... well you got there before me!!

    ReplyDelete

I love all comments Except abusive ones from arseholes