Advice from Old PeopleSometimes, just sometimes, old people say something worth listening to. Ok, so it's like picking the needle out of a whole haystack of mis-remembered war stories, but those gems should be celebrated.
Tell us something worthwhile an old-type person has told you.
Note, we're leaving the definition of old up to you, you smooth-skinned youngsters.
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chthonic, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 16:16)
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went to my grandma's 83rd birthday lunchtoday. bless her, she's recently moved into sheltered accommodation, which she hates . she has to be there because she is sharp as a tack when she's looked after. however, left to her own devices at her own house or ours, this sweet little 5' tall old lady can drink vodka like a russian sailor on leave and is forever falling over and being robbed etc.
anyway, she was having a really lovely time today, thoroughly overexcited by the spoiling and all the family being there and not a little drunk. she ordered the lobster and we were reminiscing about the meals at the house we had in spain when my mother was alive. the local spanish word for lobster is "bogavante" (pronounced boogabante, such a cool word!) and we were talking about a particular dish featuring paella rice and bogavante.
grandma beamed, waving a chunk of buttery lobster around on the end of her fork, sauce flying everywhere.
"i can't wait to tell them all at the home that i've had bugger-bugger-bugger-bollocky for my birthday," she giggled. "won't they be surprised?"
yes. yes, i think they probably were.
she is also full of wise yorkshire sayings. her favourite is "fat sorrow" whenever she is toasting anything, closely followed by "if women ruled the world, there would be no wars" and "hear all, see all, say nowt. eat all, sup all, pay nowt. and if ever tha does owt for nowt... do it for thysen."
happy birthday grandma!!
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rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 22 Jun 2008, 23:46,
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