Should I ask for a drumstick?

I did  a 3am- 7 am shift at Samaritans this morning and had an ostrich steak for breakfast when I got home.
How bleeding odd was that?
Tesco's now sell the bird as part of their " gourmet " range and I couldn't resist buying a couple of steaks that were reduced in price when I went shopping on Friday.
I don't think the clientele of Tescos Prestatyn are quite ready for ostrich.
Non of it was looking as though it was flying off the shelves

Even though it is incredibly low in fat , Chris refused to have the steaks cooked for his supper, hence my slightly odd choice of breakfast
It was bloody tasty  too.

Anyhow that reminds me:-

  A man walks into a bar with an ostrich and a cat and sits at the bar. The bartender walks over to them and says, "What can I get for you?"
The man says "I'll have a beer", the ostrich says, "I'll have a beer", and the cat says, "I'll have half a beer and I'm not buying." So the bartender says, "OK, that will be £ 4.87"
The man reaches into his pocket and brings out the exact change and pays him. About an hour later the bartender goes back over to them and says, "What'll you guys have?"
The man says, "I'll have a beer", the ostrich says, "I'll have a beer", and the cat says "I'll have half a beer and I'm not buying." The bartender gets them their beer and says "That'll be $4.87."
The man reaches into his pocket and brings out the exact change and pays him. A couple of days later they come back into the bar and the bartender walks over and asks "What do you guys want today?"
The man says, "I'll have a scotch", the ostrich says, "I'll have a bourbon", and the cat says, "I'll have half a beer and I'm not buying." So the bartender says "OK, that will be £ 8.55 The man reaches into his pocket and brings out the exact change and pays him.
The bartender's curiosity got the best of him and he asks, "Why is it that every time I tell you the amount you owe you always have the exact change in you pocket?"
The man said, "I found a bottle with a genie in it and she granted me 3 wishes. My first wish was that I always have the exact change in my pocket for anything I buy."
The bartender says, "That's a great wish...better than asking for a million dollars. A million dollars will run out but that never will. What were your other 2 wishes?"
The man says, "That's where I screwed up. I asked for a chick with long legs and a tight pussy."

A First!

Yesterday was a bit of a red letter day
for the Berlingo got a spring clean
An archeologist would have a field day piecing together
a sociological profile of the car's owners once they sifted through 
the detritus of its contents
Here is the list
Five neurological testing pen torches
Fifteen ballpoint pens
6 assorted scotch egg wrappers
7 cans of diet coke ( empty)
I desiccated canine stool
I pair of white ( sorry grey) underpants
2 scarves
2 woolly hats
I blue vase of unknown origin
£ 4.26 in assorted coins
a half opened bag of cat litter
The remains of a Marks & Spencer individual pork pie
22 egg boxes
4 books,
I china cup ( no saucer )
1 black sock
an unopened tin of evaporated milk
I jar of swarfega
2 screwdrivers
I dog lead
A photograph of a duck
A toothbrush
A Cadbury creme egg
Assorted food wrappers
A book of stamps
And old box of KFC chicken bones


You're kidding!

I am so jealous 
My best friend Nuala has just texted me
She's in New York
And was standing next to Meryl Streep at a bar!
We need another trip to the big apple
It's been too long
Chris and I in Central Park a while back.....a selfie  before selfies were famous

Rockefeller


Some things are not passed down in your genes. My father was an excellent businessman. I have as much entrepreneurial chutzpah as an average potato. Such is life.
Above are my egg " takings" for the week. I keep them in a preserve jar in the kitchen cupboard. It's been a good week....I shall have enough money to buy the animals' feed, and should have enough left over in order to buy the dogs flea treatments and some wormer for Albert.
If I am lucky I shall have just enough to treat myself to an arthouse film at Theatre Clwyd next week or maybe a cheeky scotch egg

Some people have the impression that selling eggs is a money spinner.
I can tell you right now that it's not.
 Now , to be fair, I generally only sell to a few locals, friends and people at work, People that do me favours will get eggs for free, neighbours and friends get discounted eggs and gifts of a half dozen or so can lubricate good will with the most crusty of characters.
Customers that may be used to supermarket bought eggs go crazy over mine, as they have that amazingly strong taste and bright yellow yolks of those eggs you used to remember having when you were a child.
But 14 regular buyers won't finance a cruise of the Queen Mary!



Favourite Person Thursday

The nominees for Favourite Person Thursday
are
Darling lunatic of the chat show circuit 
The delightful Paloma faith 


The passionate and cute-as-button tv Zoologist Ben Garrod


Theatrical potty mouth Miriam Margolyes
and

The Queen of Tonga


And the winner is.....
THE QUEEN OF TONGA!
This week's favourite person 
Won her place in the hall of fame by virtue of a simple, and wonderfully
human gesture during the Queen's coronation Ceremony of 1953.
Queen Salote of Tonga, gave instructions that her horse carriage was to be kept open
so that the drenched crowds along the procession route could see her.
Smiling broadly, and soaked to the skin,  Salote Tupou III broke with tradition and endeared herself to a whole nation with this spontaneous and warm show of ordinariness

The Happy Side of Lunacy

It was a a bitty night shift last night. Not full on mad busy, just bitty.
It was midday before I realized that I had not eaten anything, so me, Winifred and George jumped into the Berlingo and parked up at Tescos for a quick shop.
It never works out as a quick shop when your intention is a just a quick shop does it?
30 minutes after I went in,
I exited the supermarket with
1 pack of plain bagels,
I tin of expensive coffee,
I bag of rabbit food,
I pack  of cocktail sausages ( you know who for)
Light bulbs,
A small fruit tree ( on special offer)
Firelighters,
2 packs of economy white bread ( for sheep and hens)
One 150 ml bottle of white white ( tonight's treat)
Make up removal pads ( guess what for?)
A large pack of toilet paper!
And a sneaky scotch egg!
( go on check out girl..work this list out!)

When I got back to berlingo I caught Winifred making " moo moo" lips at a middle aged couple through the crack in the passenger seat window.
The couple  were totally captivated by her strenuous efforts  and easily jumped into the spirit of things when I offered them a couple of sausages to slip through the gap as a treat.
It was like feeding time at the zoo!
Three minutes  and eight sausages later
It would seem that everyone was blissfully happy

Ps favourite person Thursday will be posted later!

Middle Finger!

Email received today
It was from Parking Eye

Dear Sir/Madam,
We refer to the parking charge incurred on the 11th February 2014 at 12.39:26
at Prestatyn Shopping Park.
We can confirm that this charge has been cancelled and there is no outstanding 
Payment due on this account
Kind regards,
Parking Eye Team
Sometimes the little man wins!