Co-Incidences(2007)
I was talking to a customer in our restaurant who had a baby with her in a pushchair. Sat nearby was another mother with a young baby. The woman I was talking to told me her baby was called Oliver. I told her that my grandfather was called Oliver as well and we were discussing how the name is regaining popularity. I told her that both my Grandparents had names that had fallen out of favour but were now coming back as my grandmother was called Lucy at which the second customer informed me that her daughter was called Lucy!
Wings Over America (2004)
I booked a light airplane trip over the Grand Canyon. We boarded, and due to heavy rain, got quite a soaking as we did so. However, as I sat down I realised that I was still getting wet and looking to my right noticed a gap between the door and the fuselage where the rain was coming through. Petrified I shouted to the pilot that the door was still open but his response was "Sit back and enjoy the trip." It was the most frightening trip of my life as I experienced full empathy with the late Buddy Holly & Jim Reeves!
Customs, Words and Phrases
Every family has its own little words and customs that are not recognised outside a limited audience. These are usually derived from a siblings inability to master the language. Let me introduce you to a few of the idiosyncracies from my family:
My father was known as "Grandy" by his grandchildren as a result of his grandsons inability to say grandad
A "Choker one" is a sweet given as a bribe at bedtime (When it is most likely to choke the recipient)
An "unzip" is a banana (From the Fyffes advert "unzip a banana")
When my daughter asks you to play "Fambuda, Fambuda" she is, of course, referring to John Lennon's "Beautiful boy"
Should you spot a digger when travelling in the car you are obliged to shout "Digger" loudly and point to it so everyone can see
Likewise, if you spot some sheep such sighting should be similarly indicated to everyone in the vehicle by the shouting of the word "Sheeps" the second "S" is essential unless there is only one sheep.
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