Have you noticed how some people seem to need medication before they can fully relax themselves? There was a story from Nob End in the local section of Onion News this week, wasn't there.
It's comforting to know, though, isn't it, that when we need it, science is there to fill the gap.
As a locally-acknowledged "accent buff", I've taken the liberty of commenting on Palmer's so-called "pirate accent", pointing out to the girls the moments where Palmer strayed from "pirate" into Irish, which he did from time to time during the clip. And I think, now, we're just about "getting there" with the girls' intonation, vowels etc - it's pretty near perfect now, so that's all good!
Sedatives are something that I, for one, certainly don't need today, however - I feel extraordinarily relaxed, and I can afford to just 'potter about' today.
I feel extraordinarily relaxed today
"Why do you feel so relaxed, Colin?", I hear you cry. [Not me! - Ed]
Well, all my U3A activities are all "sorted" for the moment. For the "History of English" group that I lead, I've managed to persuade our oldest member, Peter, to give next month's talk, an overview of Mandarin Chinese, in our new series on "Languages That Have Had Zero Impact on English", and then we'll be having our summer break, so no more talks to arrange till the autumn.
In the "Intermediate Danish" group that I also lead, we've just had our fortnightly meeting 2 days ago, so there won't be another now till July 12th - so plenty of time for me to organise the vocab lists for our little group - no need to start on that today.
What a wonderful feeling haha!
I've got the house to myself this morning. Lois and I have got our daughter Sarah and her 10-year-old twin daughters staying with us, but Sarah takes the girls plus Lois into town this morning to scour the charity shops for bits of material with which to make the girls their pirate-costumes for their upcoming appearance in their school's summer play, due to be performed in front of parents soon.
The girls' teacher, Mr Palmer, is a bit of a "wag" to put it mildly, and last month he put out a short video clip in which he claims to be teaching the class how to "speak like a pirate", a clip that we've all been watching several times.
the girl's teacher, Mr Palmer, showcasing his
"how to talk like a pirate" instructional video clip
The twins are keen to start work on assembling their pirate costumes, but they're both pretty tired after yesterday, which was their school's sports day.
the twins at their school's Sports Day yesterday, queueing up
and waiting for "Coach" to give the go-ahead to compete in the
Long Jump Final, where they gave those 2 boys something
to think about, to put it mildly!
Sarah shared some photos with Lois and me this morning, and we're still mystified. How can our own flesh and blood, our own grandchildren possibly have turned out to be so good at sports? Does the whole DNA theory need to be rethought at this point by experts in the relevant field?
I think we should be told, don't you?
Something weird was going on, because, in virtually every event, the twins won through to the finals, in this annual competition between the school's four "houses", and then proceeded to come 1st and 2nd in those finals, as the icing on the cake. It was total madness !!!!
....coming 1st and 2nd fastest times in dribbling
the soccer ball round the rocks....
...winning their hurdles semi-finals, before
going on to come 1 and 2 in the final...
...coming round the final bend to finish
1st and 2nd in the 400 metres
14:00 All in all it's turning into a pretty relaxed day for Lois and me.
We even get a couple of hours in bed this afternoon, while Sarah does some measuring of the girls and alteration-and-fitting work on their pirate costumes. It's a bit of a quick-fix job because Sarah's husband Francis blundered this week by going shopping out of town and getting the girls' some so-called "pirate" sweaters in the wrong size, and there was no time to take them back.
our son-in-law Francis, seen here relaxing at home in Alcester
- Francis blundered this week by getting the twins some
"pirate sweaters" in the wrong size. Naughty Francis haha !!!!!
I set up the tables on the patio, with cutlery, glasses and sauces etc
under our shiny new motorised awning, for our first ever meal under it
- sausages, chips and broccoli, followed by strawberries and cream
- yum yum !!!!
The cover has a useful reminder that it's not just Wimbledon next week but also the General Election. No prizes for guessing which of these 2 events the Radio Times gives priority to.
What a madness it all is, isn't it !!!!!!
Lois and I do "okay" on Popmaster this week with a 6 out of 10, but not as good as usual on the intellectually more prestigious "Eggheads" questions - also 6 out of 10. Still we are quite tired, as well as being 78.
Poor us haha !!!!
At least we get full marks on this week's "Name That Pope" competition, which is some comfort.
See how many of these "doozies" YOU know haha !!!!
this week's "Name That Pope" competition
[That's enough quizzes! - Ed]
22:00 We go to bed - quizzzzzzzzz!!!!!
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