Thursday, March 19

red stuff

I leapt out of bed this morning, elated at the thought of another whole day off work, then decided to let myself fall luxuriantly backwards onto the bed. Of course I misjudged it, and took a flying header into the corner of the bedside table. The blood, the blood! So I had to walk the dog in a baseball cap stuffed with ice cubes, probably looking like a walking tumour but at my age nobody notices you in the street anyway.

The partner suggested I might need stitches. I can cut my own hair with mirrors. How much harder can it be to sew up the back of your own head?

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  1. Albert? Dearie me! Women are much better at stitching. This isn't sexist since it comes from Auntie Anla from the time she was practising the doctor stuff. She said the men's stitching was crap. So I hope your partner does it. I saw my brother stitching a six inch slash on his dog once. Nae bother!! Tell her not to use wool. Hope this helps. Hotboy p.s. That's what you get for throwing me out of the motor yon time. I could have hurt myself. So it's just balancing up, in your favour.

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  2. hotters, you've never seen the partner attempting the housewifely arts. I don't recall any motor incident, how can you be sure it happened if you were blotto at the time?

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  3. Albert? Sober retentives always think folk with a few beers in them are amnesiac. Perfect recall I've got, so I have! Anyway, I bet there was hardly a mark on you! Let's see a photie! Hotboy

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  4. I say!

    Once someone has reached a certain age, getting out of bed can be hazardous, so I'm led to believe.

    MM III

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  5. hotters - fair point - at the end of the conference I noticed a pissheid trying to leave the venue by walking into a cupboard. Yet he was still compos mentis enough to notice me laughing and to explain that he intended all along to walk into the cupboard. One has to admire people who can really hold their drink like that.

    mingers - and when one was BELOW a certain age, getting INTO bed was sometimes dangerous. It balances out.

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  7. I say!

    Technical hitch due to not being able to hit the correct keys.

    As I was saying, instead of getting out of bed, maybe you should take up a safer activity, such as sword fencing.

    MM III

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  8. mingers, some great pictures there, though I haven't seen any fencing yet.

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