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.
Aaaarghhh!!! The bells!!!
ReplyDeleteGeorge 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.
ReplyDeleteHow are you gonna get back home tonight now, Iain?
ReplyDeleteWould 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.
ReplyDeleteAs a student, I worked in an American boys' summer camp which had a "sister" camp for girls called Belvoir Terrace.
ReplyDeleteFor 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.
ReplyDeletePS> 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
ReplyDeleteIf 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! :)
ReplyDeleteNow, now Grim Reaper - that's enough of that.
ReplyDeleteThis is a Family Blog remember - I'm sure young canvas can do without such attentions...
So big brother.........
ReplyDeleteYou 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.
ReplyDeleteDoes she have a video?
Did you used to write the Carry On films in a previous life?!!!
ReplyDelete“...being stranded at Leicester station...”
ReplyDeleteSo 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!
ReplyDeleteI saw two Shenooks, does that count?
ReplyDeleteWhat's this about stretching canvas?
ReplyDeleteDouble entendres all round. Narf narf.
ReplyDeletePresumably Jim Dale of Carry On Films is your uncle or brother?
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteI 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)
ReplyDeleteOK so the reference to Paul Simon’s ‘Homeward Bound’ written at Widnes Ditton station (since demolished) was a bit obtuse...
ReplyDeleteYep, Leicester always gives me that sense of being stranded somewhere (or, in something) alien.
ReplyDeleteWhen 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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