As you all know my diary is a
quirky, light hearted and often strange affair as I interpret the events of
life in my own way, however today is a sad day. If you remember back to the 24thFed we went down to see dads old friend in Milton Keynes as it was his sixtieth
birthday party, dad and Mr F have known each other for almost fifty years since
school days. It was good to see Mr F and his wife Miss A, but three or four
days after seeing them Miss A had to go to hospital. It turned out she had a
brain tumour and sadly after several ups and downs she died last night in the
early hours of the morning……..
It is a funny
old world and if there is one thing we cant actually do it is prevent our own
death at some point, all we can do is muddle along and do what we do. It is one of the reasons I write my diary
because when I eventually die . . . . . . . I am hoping to become a very grumpy mad old
bloke first and wave sticks at folk and tell bizarre tales that no one will
believe and eat loads of rubbish junk food. I am not sure what the right age is
to start eating loads of junk food; start too early and I will be huge and not
make it to old, but if I start to late I will just get into it and then die
and people will say WE TOLD HIM NOT TO EAT THAT triple cheese big mac whopper with extra fries and the deep fried Mars
bar, see what happens.
Anyway as I was
saying it is one of the reasons I started my diary, ‘The Mortality of Man’ I
have a theory that long after I am gone folk will look at my diary and say who
the hell was this mad old grumpy bloke writing strange bizarre tales that none
of us believe. I would rather hope at that point to be able to look down on
them from wherever and shout BOOOO, but I have a feeling it will not be
allowed.
I am sorry to hear about your friend. Although these words don't do much to help, I hope you know that you have my sympathies. It is never easy to loose a friend. Especially an old one.
ReplyDeleteIn other news - you said " I am hoping to become a very grumpy mad old bloke first and wave sticks at folk and tell bizarre tales that no one will believe and eat loads of rubbish junk food."
But I have to put my foot down with a firm hand and say that is my lifestyle choice and I wouldn't wish it on anybody else.
I don't have any sticks to wave at people but I can throw one of my "looks" a very long way indeed.
My looks are not what they were, but I still have a way with a pointy stick that make make folk shuffle about in an uneasy manor.
DeleteI have always thought that the fact we all have to get old and all our bits either fall off or stop working is sure prove of the Micro God idea, life is the product of a committee . . . . enough said.
And thanks Mr H
Sad news, I'm sorry about your loss. You're absolutely right, death is the only thing certain about life, and all we can do is live it as well as we can.
ReplyDeleteI love your plan; become grumpy and eat loads. I may have to adopt it myself...
Thank you Miss Laura
DeleteI just cant see you as a grumpy soul (or is it sole I get confused) eating pies and chips.....
I'm sorry to hear that Rob. I hope everything gets back to normal soon.
ReplyDeleteI think you have a great retirement strategy. I'm planning my last moments already. It's going to involve a private plane and trying to remove a bra with my teeth. Hopefully the teeth will still be in my mouth by then.
Why are you trying to remove your own bra with your teeth? Silly boy.
DeleteI just hope Mr Addman is trying to do this in the dark because this is a child friendly blog. . . . I do not wish to scare small children with human bits. I use the word bits to confuse the small children who I hope are already confused as to why a man would want to wear a bra and then try and remove it with his teeth.
DeleteWell saved Mr H . . . . Whose the man, youz the man . .. .
I am sorry for your loss.
ReplyDeleteWe do have great fun & delight
In the teLLing and listening of Rob Z tales
Even the ones filled with zombie fright
From your frontier zone by almost Wales
Thanks Mr ESB
DeleteI sometimes struggle to keep my tales interesting and life can sometimes go round in circles, I try and avoid writing in circles if I can. I am always pleased when people enjoy my little tales and I always look forward to your words of wisdom in reply.....
Its okay to go in circles with writing sometimes, Solzhenitzen wrote "In the First Circle". Now if you can learn to go in Möbius Strips instead of circles, then you wiLL have reaLLy accomplished something. It kinda reminds me of how the tape works on an old 8-Track Tape unit.
DeleteBack to pseudo-plumbing. I wiLL write up my grand session with Jesus at his new place of employment, it was quite fancy. I miss him but I'm glad for him, he is planning to study EMT training soon.
Your picture of Buddha reminded me that there was a large picture of Buddha's head at Jesus' restaurant yesterday back near the kitchen area.
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