With the church now shut, I haven’t seen anything of Gaenor The Mad Organist for an age now.
Never one to hide her emotions behind a smile, she would liven up any village service with a Les Dawson face, usually pulled towards one of the Church wardens who she disliked immensely.
Sometimes I felt I was watching a panto rather than a church sermon.
I heard that she had very recently died
In more recent times, I would bump into her in the supermarket, where I would infuriate her with the game of Fill The Basket.
Now fill the basket is a cracker of a sport.
You first pick a victim ,( ideally this is a person you already know) and you follow them around the supermarket unseen .Then you start to fill their trolley with arbitrary items from the shelves, gaining more kudos for adding the most bizarre bits and pieces.
For The Mad Organist , I once managed to add two packets of durex,a packet of tena lite incontinence pads, budgie seed and a pair of fluffy ear muffs into her trolley before she stopped dead at the checkout
Such fun
I remember her well from older posts and it's sad that she died.
ReplyDeleteYour supermarket game amuses me. I wonder if I could to that to my partner. Maybe some of Aldi's weird specials.
The best bit of the game is to approach your victim from the front and still NOT get detected
DeleteSuch fun indeed, although not if the recipient ended up paying for the extra unwanted goods if they hadn't been taking much notice when unloading the trolley! ;-) I had a workmate years ago who lived with her widowed 60-something mother, friend used to leave her shopping list on the kitchen worktop at the beginning of the week for both of them to add items to when they thought of them. She picked up the list and went shopping one day, halfway through the shop she came across an item that her mother had added to the middle of the list, unnoticed by her...."A big willy".
ReplyDeleteWe all have those on our shopping lists sooze
DeleteFun for you maybe! ;-)
ReplyDeleteSad to hear that she's died, you've mentioned her quite a few times on her, it's like one of the characters from our favourite village soap opera has gone.
It’s been a few years since I’ve seen her properly
DeleteI suspect that the reason you haven't seen Gaenor for an age is the little matter of her death. There is surely a connection.
ReplyDeleteI think she died yesterday
DeleteYou wicked old devil!
ReplyDeleteI’ve been calledworse
DeleteYou do have a wicked streak, John! xx
ReplyDeleteI know, I’m one crazy arsed bitch
DeleteNow that comment did make me laugh
DeleteKeith
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I’m glad
DeleteSad to hear of the loss of a local legend.
ReplyDeleteShe was a big character indeed
DeleteSad but funny at the same time!
ReplyDeleteI think she would have approved
DeleteThat is a fun game that can help with the tedium of grocery shopping. My ex-husband used to do a version of it, but he would take things out of my basket (never essentials) and return to the shelves. So I would get home and discover, no, we didn't actually buy the M&M's that I put in the basket! He was a fun guy.
ReplyDeleteNina
My version is better lol
DeleteNo offense, John, but I would not like that grocery store "game" at all! Too confusing for me!
ReplyDeleteNo offence taken lol
DeleteA talented character like Gaenor is unforgettable. They like to stir things up. Did she ever trick you? One good deed deserves another.
ReplyDeleteNot a lady to be crossed susan , she had the spirits that won the war
DeleteYou are so naughty John - It does sound fun though - My aunt was known to partake in the odd sherry or gin - I bumped into her in a shop -several bottles in her basket - "fetching for a friend" and on another occasion " you've not seen me " x
ReplyDeleteMy mother was that lady
DeleteAh, I fondly remember stories about Gaenor. Ma she rest in peace and enjoy heavenly music.
ReplyDeleteAs for your grocery store antics, oh, dear!
Hugs!
She knew I referred to her as the mad organist
DeleteAnd never really approved lol
Too bad you couldn't sneak a few items into her coffin!😇
ReplyDeleteNow THERES a thought
DeleteThat list made me laugh out loud.
ReplyDelete🥰🥳🤪🤩
DeleteYou are very naughty.
ReplyDeleteI'd never heard of Fill the Basket. I would have died of embarrassment if you had dropped those in my “basket.”
ReplyDeleteThe biggest thing I got into a trolley undetected was a plastic watering can
DeleteWhat a fabulous game I’ll have to try this out 🤣😂🤣😂
ReplyDeleteIt’s cheap fun Diane
DeleteAnd all rather silly
The ear muffs were obviously the last straw.
ReplyDeleteMy dramatic licence last liner
DeleteI hope that's not what killed her!
ReplyDeleteNo …I’m not to blame lol
DeleteP plays the same game, condoms are essential and he usually tries to add KY jelly then behind them at the till shouts “ oh you’re going to have a good weekend “ but you’ve topped him with the earmuffs..Tweetart
ReplyDeleteLol
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