Tim just came home from a hospital appointment to get his knee checked…..
and has informed me of a very unfortunate event!
A car was parked extremely close to T’s little fiesta in fact he was sandwiched between two cars… poor T couldn’t get in….and the hospital obviously didn’t have a tannoy system…
So….Tim goes back into the hospital and has a fried breakfast (!) whilst waiting to see if the culprit had removed his car!
20 mins later…. still no joy….
Tim decides to open the boot ( a hatchback, thankfully) ….and climb in through, Indiana Jones style; two big legs dangling out the back of the car style; and eventually sprachels back to the driver seat…..
…. hehehehe (the very thought of it has made my day!)
N
(P.S. I am using this opportunity to experiment with my new-found wordpress freedom!! I have figured out what I was doing wrong at long last!)
January 25, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I thought you were going to say he went back in for a coffee :-)
(private joke)
January 29, 2008 at 6:33 pm
I’m new to your blog, and as a Texan transplanted to Oklahoma, could you interpret a couple of words?
tannoy system
sprachels
Thanks!
January 29, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Hi there, one of these is easier to explain than the other – a tannoy system is for public announcement so that everyone in a building/area can hear the message. Now, to ‘sprachel’ – it is I believe an Ulster -Scots (elements of an ancient scotish gaelic language that became incorporated into English that was spoken by immigrants from Scotland to Ulster several hundred years ago) word that means ‘to fall or tumble without being able to quickly right oneself again’ or ‘to climb in a clumsy way e.g. through a small window – that definition is not a written one – rather it has been handed down by word of mouth! We like Ulster scots as it has a very descriptive and humourous way of putting things. There are Ulster Scots websites…..check this one out – we just found this word there!
http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/
Heres a wee poem for ye…
http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/PoetryRoseamangthethorns.asp
Welcome to our blog by the way. Must finish, am awa tae sup tae.