Musings from the Merse
Monday, May 22, 2006
THINGS NOT TO DO ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AFTER 4PM #2
Go to Sir Morrisons
Why not?
Its closed.
Huttonian remembered this in the nick of time-at 3.59 pm precisely thus saving himself a 16 mile wasted round-trip. At advanced age pleasures tend to decrease-I really can't be bothered to join the queue at the top of Everest. Especially crowded at week ends. But I still do enjoy the Observer Prize Crossword. The paper was duly delivered by our kind neighbour, all half a ton of it. We should have checked earlier but the Review section was missing, and with it, the Crossword. A whole crossword less week stretched bleakly ahead. We phoned around but the other two Observer readers in tout Berwickshire had foregone their copies. No joy there. A trip to Morrisons-but too late.
Its closed. 4pm sharp.
There is of course the internet but a years supply of crosswords is £25. Up front. Diners Club not accepted. No reduction for one crossword only. In Scotland be a Scot. Forget it.
Ah well there is always The Week . No there is not. The Wife has done it. I may be forced to ply golf every day; horrors
Go to Sir Morrisons
Why not?
Its closed.
Huttonian remembered this in the nick of time-at 3.59 pm precisely thus saving himself a 16 mile wasted round-trip. At advanced age pleasures tend to decrease-I really can't be bothered to join the queue at the top of Everest. Especially crowded at week ends. But I still do enjoy the Observer Prize Crossword. The paper was duly delivered by our kind neighbour, all half a ton of it. We should have checked earlier but the Review section was missing, and with it, the Crossword. A whole crossword less week stretched bleakly ahead. We phoned around but the other two Observer readers in tout Berwickshire had foregone their copies. No joy there. A trip to Morrisons-but too late.
Its closed. 4pm sharp.
There is of course the internet but a years supply of crosswords is £25. Up front. Diners Club not accepted. No reduction for one crossword only. In Scotland be a Scot. Forget it.
Ah well there is always The Week . No there is not. The Wife has done it. I may be forced to ply golf every day; horrors
Comments:
This may be my cynical mind jumping to conclusions - but are you totally sure (and would you swear accordingly in Duns Sheriff court, in front of Sheriff Kevin of Duns or his depute appointed) that you didn't discover the absence of the crossword well in advance of the 1559 this court is supposed to believe?
I put it to you that you conceived this plan solely to provide a flimsy excuse to facilitate your desertion of Hutton & district in order to openly and wantonly play golf at Duns several times this week?
Well the BBC Blether Centre will no doubt put a stop to it!
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I put it to you that you conceived this plan solely to provide a flimsy excuse to facilitate your desertion of Hutton & district in order to openly and wantonly play golf at Duns several times this week?
Well the BBC Blether Centre will no doubt put a stop to it!
