Well for those who do not know me you will be unaware that my luck in love is not quite in the Las Vegas mode. I almost got married at 22 but my wife to be forgot the small technical detail of turning up at the church (and in all honesty I wish I hadn't along with 250 guests) My next journey into the minefield of love sadly ended after 11 and a half years. Knowing my luck my 3rd partner will just refuse to leave me, thus compounding my bad luck. However a man needs to reflect and perhaps accept that it is not all down to one's bad luck. Anyway living as I do at the moment in a shared house one often gets time to reflect upon the error of their ways. Most of my errors revolve around my last partner (now as I do not yet have her permission to use her name she will be simply referred to as Mrs Telemac) Now I recall making her a bacon sandwich for breakfast, sadly the grill caught fire and flames were hitting the ceiling. However I was more worried by her reaction rather than the fire taking hold in the kitchen. I raced upstairs and said 'Mrs Telemac don't be cross but the kitchen is on fire' by which time of course the kitchen really was on fire and Mrs T like Fireman Sam came to the rescue and doused the flames. (Sadly we could not save the bacon)
A further Johnism came during Mrs Telemac's pregnancy when she claimed she saw a mouse, this I assured was a hormanal rodent reaction and in no way true. My reaction meant that roddy the rodent got 3 weeks free bed and board until i saw the darn thing. Now not being an employee of rentakill I decided the only way to terminate Roddy would be to do what any rational person would do, I decided to hoover him up. Sadly this did not work and my opportunity to be the hero of Mrs Telemac was lost and 2 tonnes of rodent poison later Roddy had joined his rodent friends in the sky.
There have been many johnisms in my life and now as I reflect on them I feel sad and exhausted that i have to live with me. If they ever find a way of helping you leave yourself I'd be right up for it. I am told johnisms will only get worse with age. Oh well must go and teach after all they'll take anyone, even me!
Please don't do away with Johnisms all together. They are often hilarious, and would make a good book. I'd definitely buy it!
ReplyDeleteAnd your copy would be free Liz ;-)
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