1) I have a wooden leg and she was checking for Dutch Elm disease;
2) I am the grandson of Douglas Bader and she often checks my leg pulse;
3) I added that detail to add spice to a dreary day.
Andrew
On 7 March 2012 20:28, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> your leg?
>
> tell us more
>
> it's very dull here
>
> i've been fiddling with my own leg for over an hour
>
> L
>
> On Wed, March 7, 2012 14:21, Andrew Burke wrote:
> > Between you, me and the fence post, my wife is a dreadful driver -
> > nervous and indecisive ... and doesn't enjoy it at all. However, she
> > fiddles with the CD player, the air con, the windows, and my leg as I
> > drive ... Ha ha, watch out!
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> > On 7 March 2012 20:09, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> the day may come when Andrew's lady drives him…
> >>
> >> meanwhile mine buys the car and lets me drive - while she is busy on
> >> the iPhone
> >>
> >> Max
> >> (glad not to be driving in the US)
> >>
> >>
> >> On 07/03/2012, at 10:49 PM, Patrick McManus wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Manhattan poor Max how awful far away from Melbourne -hope you
> >>> survive P concerned
> >>> Anyway why doesn't she drive you?? humff
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >>> On
> >>> Behalf Of Max Richards
> >>> Sent: 07 March 2012 11:41
> >>> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>> Subject: Re: snap: change yr tune
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ring of truth, every so quietly. I'd drop the 'I' maybe.
> >>>
> >>> Max in Manhattan momentarily
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 07/03/2012, at 7:25 PM, Andrew Burke wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I got in the car,
> >>>> backed out of the garage, drove up the drive. The player was pumping
> >>>> out Miles Davis *On The Corner.*
> >>>> Picked up my wife
> >>>> at the front door. She started in to tell me
> >>>> how to drive, where to turn, *slow down!, don't play*
> >>>> *that music so loud!*
> >>>> I ejected Miles
> >>>> and played *Spanish Guitar.* She said,* Who's that?*
> >>>> I said, *John Williams*.
> >>>> She said, *Segovia is better.*
> >>>> I hit a speed hump.
> >>>> She said*, Slow down.*
> >>>> I said, *Don't repeat yourself,*
> >>>> and drove into the carpark to park in an easy bay. She said, *There's
> >>>> shade* *over there. Why didn't you*
> >>>> *park in the shade over there?
> >>>> *
> >>>> I said, *So you wouldn't have to*
> >>>> *walk so far, dear.* She huffed,
> >>>> then said *Thank you* ever so quietly.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Andrew
> >>>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> >>>> http://www.mullamullapress.com/QWERTY
> >>>> BLUE ROSE enovel avail. at Amazon, Smashwords and
> >>>> http://etextpress.com/books.htm
> >>>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andrew
> > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> > http://www.mullamullapress.com/QWERTY
> > BLUE ROSE enovel avail. at Amazon, Smashwords and
> > http://etextpress.com/books.htm
> >
> >
>
>
> -----
> Lawrence Upton
> Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
> Goldsmiths, University of London
> New Cross, London SE14 6NW
> ----
>
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
http://www.mullamullapress.com/QWERTY
BLUE ROSE enovel avail. at Amazon, Smashwords and
http://etextpress.com/books.htm
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