Wednesday 30 January 2008

ideas

I have had some lovely comments, it is most exciting to find people have actually found and read my blog. Thank all of you.
Shoes! These have been a nightmare finding pairs. The answer is simple, clip them together with a good clothes peg as soon as you take them off.
Decided to go down to our lovely Indian grocer where I found a new face. Harry the young helper had gone back to India to 'find' himself, but hope he comes back! So I asked Sheshu for copper and brass cleaner. He searched the breads. 'No no its a cleaning stuff like silver cleaner'. 'Ah ! yes, but no silver cleaner.' I replied 'Oh yes in a blue bottle.' He found it, Great I said and near it will be the copper end brass cleaner. Out came silver liquid,then gold cleaner , so I suggested Brasso and we ere there. 'Now peppered ham'. 'Ah poppadams this way' , No and very clearly peppered ham, but I knew more or less where it was kept! 'lastly water biscuits,but he offered me chocolate and every other sort,so gave that up and suggested oat cakes, a mistake as he rushed excitedly to cakes and bread, but we finally found them and a queue of grinning customers. We remained friends and he escorted me over the road. I was exausted!

1 comment:

Polly Pierce said...

I used to be that man!

When I first came home to live in Ireland I was the one with the funny accent and strange speech patterns.

Nowadays this is all different;the past ten years have produced such cultural diversity that I am now the one reassuring people how good their English is...

Nevertheless, a welcoming smile and a happy demeanour helps a lot, doesn't it?