My sister lives near Saffron Walden, on the Stansted flightpath. Seeing as I have nothing better to do (being stranded at Leicester station) I thought I would share with you a text message I received from her this afternoon...
"AIR FORCE ONE JUST FLEW OVER MY BEAVER"
I should perhaps explain that her house is called Beaver Lodge... And she comes from Essex. Isn't it a good job she made no mention of Bush?
I'll just get my coat.
23 comments:
Aaaarghhh!!! The bells!!!
George W. Bush, in Marine One, flew over the Westbourne Family Fun Day in my ward last year. I tried to get him to land and meet the people but he didn't.
How are you gonna get back home tonight now, Iain?
Would you like a chat and a coffee Iain? I live in Leicester. We could discuss Ayn Rand's objectivism and it's impact on Alexander Boris De Pfaffle Johnson's sophisticated philosophical underpinnings.
As a student, I worked in an American boys' summer camp which had a "sister" camp for girls called Belvoir Terrace.
For a long time, I could never understand the horror that American staff showed when I used the correct (English) pronounciation for this camp's name.
I didn't even know what "beaver" meant...
I saw it too! Great stuff.
PS> Will your sister appreciate you telling the world her address?! hmmmm...you could be in the doghouse
canvas said "PS> Will your sister appreciate you telling the world her address?! hmmmm...you could be in the doghouse
If you look anything like the person in that profile picture, I want your address. And phone number... :p
oh grim reaper! you have such a ghostly sense of humour! :)
Now, now Grim Reaper - that's enough of that.
This is a Family Blog remember - I'm sure young canvas can do without such attentions...
So big brother.........
You have told the world about my Beaver!!
Very wise move to not go there about "Bush!"
I guess when the previous President was flying in there were two Bushes swooping over Iain's sister's beaver.
Does she have a video?
Did you used to write the Carry On films in a previous life?!!!
“...being stranded at Leicester station...”
So any chance of a major hit song coming out of it...?
There is an aircraft called a Beaver so it might have been a near miss!
I saw two Shenooks, does that count?
What's this about stretching canvas?
Double entendres all round. Narf narf.
Presumably Jim Dale of Carry On Films is your uncle or brother?
I remember a few years ago a protest in the usa. A large bunch of *cough* 'butch' women waving placards which stated 'Dykes against Bush'. Clearly the irony was lost on them.
I don't believe for a moment Canvas looks any thing like her picture, the way she goes on I reckon she must be an old age lefty who dresses like a female version of citizen smith :o)
OK so the reference to Paul Simon’s ‘Homeward Bound’ written at Widnes Ditton station (since demolished) was a bit obtuse...
Yep, Leicester always gives me that sense of being stranded somewhere (or, in something) alien.
When travelling I always try to give it a wide berth.
Nice of the airforce to fly your sisters pet back to her
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