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Thursday 3 June 2010

Watch it Mr Blighty

Setting the table to creat the right ambience is so important
and little extra touches really show you care

I received a most interesting comment from the wise and lovely Ms Faux Fuchsia yesterday, following my post which revealed my longing for a Rolex watch. Ms Fuchsia explained that if you blog, a Rolex will be forthcoming; she had started a blog, and lo and behold, Mr FF had bought her a fabulous Rolex.

I was beyond excited to learn this. I could hardly contain myself when Mr Blighty reappeared yesterday evening from a long day of meetings, wrestling with the difficulties of comma placement and the trying question of whether brackets have a place in modern legislation. But, wise wife that I am, I bide my time while Mr Blighty removes his dinner from the oven, having donned his bio-hazard suit and selected a medium hacksaw from his workbench in the garage with which to tackle his Marks and Spencer Chicken Kiev. I even let him carry out his usual nervous preliminary probing and dissection of said dinner before I broach the subject. (The poor man has never forgotten my far too literal interpretation of that British classic, Toad in the Hole).

“Mr B”, says I, “FF tells me now I am blogging I will get a Rolex: when FF started blogging, Mr FF got her one”.
Mr B grunts and asks me to pass him the pliers.
I press on. “ So, what do you think? Would that be OK?”
Mr B looks up, ponders for a moment and replies, “ Yes, I suppose so.”
Be still my beating heart! At last!
“Really, are you sure?” I ask excitedly.
Mr B puts on his special legal opining face and pronounces:
“Well, if some Australian chap wants to buy you a Rolex, fair enough, can’t think why on earth he would want to, but fine, go ahead, let him”


Mr B is now sleeping in the spare room.

18 comments:

  1. Nice try Blighty !
    xx

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  2. hi blighty,

    you are hilarious and i thank you for that.

    ~janet

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  3. Aw shucks Janet, now I've gone all shy! (yeah, as if!)
    Dear A-M, the truth is I don't actually want a Rolex anymore, if we had the money I would rather have a new fence (yes, glamour at all times) but I enjoy winding (perpetual winding, ha, ha,) Mr B up about it... Mr B does not approve of fancy schmancy watches, he swears by his Casio G spot Wave Septic etc etc special..

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  4. You are HILARIOUS! Just please don't burn out on blogging so I can look forward to a summer spent lying on my sofa, laughing. Thank you in advance.

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  5. Hi Blighty,

    I haven't laughed so hard in ages, you are just so funny, what a great way to start the day. Cheers

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  6. Blighty, you are fabulously funny! Am sitting here avoiding going to my dreaded 'coalface' today, but reading your blog has rejuvenated me and brightened my day!

    PS: Typical of the role of a Mum - bloody fences come before self. Go get yourself that Rolex... even if it means the kids can break free... oooh, there's an idea ;)

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  7. I don't think I should read you on the tram into work.....I made a fool of myself this morning spluttering and giggling while everyone else was being very serious....it was the plier comment that did it..

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  8. You are so funny, Blighty. You could easily reinvent yourself as a commedienne.

    Tracy.

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  9. Fantastic (- what are blog thingos called - post?) I like the way the hack saw and hammer contrast with the pretty flowers and help with kieve consumption. You're too funny Blighty :)

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  10. Ha Ha... well, you could see what Mr FF says about all this (he might even provide a fence too!) Good weekend to you Mrs B. x

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  11. Dear all, thank you for your lovely comments, if I can make someone out there laugh with my deranged ramblings, then that is a Good Thing I think and hopefully will postpone the day I wander the streets with all my belonings in a shopping trolley shouting at the cars (no, wait, I do that already)
    LPC, thank you for your nice comments, Burn Out is always a possibly for me as I have the attention span of a...oooh,loook, chocolate..

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  12. You are so incredibly funny. I love this little story :) Esp the Marks and Spencer chicken eating.

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  13. Don't give up on Mr B...according to Sex and the City 2, if you kiss another man, you will get an expensive ring from your husband. Just a thought.

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  14. Dear all, thanks for encouraging comments! Dear Septicsue, the sad thing is I would rather have the telly Mr Big got her! Mr B is currently involved in complicated analysis of our TV requirements, risk/benefit of moving existing TVs to different places, built in DVD recorders etc etc and keeps throwing out words like Blu-ray and HDTV, and frankly I am getting FEDUP, just want one..

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  15. Dear Septicsue, further thought, what do I need to do to another man to get a telly? And a Rolex. Please tell me. In lots of detail.

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  16. Oh my god that is funny! I am laughing out loud and my husband is yelling "What is so funny?" from upstairs.

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  17. have tears literally jumping out of my eyes in joy - I would have loved to see your face. LOL! Right now I'm working on starting a blog myself. Will ask DH, if he'd finally buy me that Jaeger LeCoultre for doing so. Oh no, wait, maybe I should just ask DH of Faux Fuchsia :-)

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