So the holiers were blissful and I return post ‘C’mon Everybody‘. What did I miss? Gwan fill me in!?
28 degree Tenerife turned into freezing Dublin quickly enough today and I had my first hot chocolate of the ‘season’. Whilst waiting for herself to emerge from Butlers on Henry Street I had a first. I was sitting in the Mothership aka mobility scooter, loaded up with shopping bags having a smoke, snuggled up in my fleece thinking about my sunburn. A man in his early 50′s approached, fumbling in his pocket and produced a load of change in his hand. He looked at the basket of the scooter trying to locate the collection box. There wasn’t one – he looked at me. I exhaled in a cloud of smoke – ‘I’m not collecting’.
The money quickly went back into the pocked, he shuffled off mortified…I laughed cos it was a first and there was nothing else I could do. I would hope the next time he sees someone with a disability, he doesn’t reach for his fecking pocket. But that would be hoping for far too much.
Welcome back! This just takes the fecking biscuit doesn’t it, tho’ I bet he won’t call or write either…
Well (1) Dr. Lydia Foy won her case; (2) some Royal seemed to have been pictured doing naughty things with someone (tho’ Sky assures us it wasn’t anyone important… like Will or Harry… tho H was pictured with the England Rugby team after the match last week and one wonders what with his penchant for liking guys nipples…
Given your love of foodies, you must go see Ratatouille at the flicks… as I grew up in the hotel trade, I nearly cried throughout with laughter. It also made we want to re-visit Paris again.
Hubby wants dinner…
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