Saturday, July 26, 2003

Was looking forward to the weekend. The reidboy was coming up with Jo and their son, for his mumsy's surprise birfday bash. I even took Monday coming, off on the expectation that we would have them round for dinner on Sunday, which would inevitably drag on for several bottles of wine and tunes. Got the text late Friday night, goes something like this....Lesson....never have a shot on your son's scooter after spending the afternoon in the pub.....am in casualty....

Phones Saturday to advise that they won't in fact be travelling on account of him suffering much pain. I really shouldn't have laughed particularly when I saw the photo that he sent with accompanying passage...Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent:

"Even with this genuine image of the most feared
member of the Reid Regime, it is doubtful whether all
Scots will be truly convinced that it is the London
exiled, ____ "The Celtic Boy" ______. However,
sporadic gunfire was heard coming from affluent areas
of the capital city when the picture was released.
the reidboy commented to us just before the picture was
taken: 'The rumours surrounding this incident must be
put to rest. This did not happen as a result of going
down a hill on my son's scooter after I had spent the
afternoon in the pub. Oh no, that is not the case, at
all. Never. It's all lies perpetrated by the
infidels'." Reuters

The photo is so bad/good I am genuinely thinking of upgrading the blog to include images!

Oh well that probably means we will be tidying the house in preparation for the arrival of the Latvians, rather than major party mode.

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