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Allan

Allan Report 18 Jun 2012 23:17

Eldrick threw himself at the burning paper, and missed. He was saved from crashing onto the hard flagstones by the fact that the midden hadn't yet been mucked out.

As he arose from the mire looking like the creature from the Black Lagoon, Nanny recoiled.

Whilst in poetry lums may reek, Eldrick's neeps were doing a fair impression of the same. In fact it wasn't just his neeps : his whole person was rank.

In any event, Eldrick's efforts had been not only in vain but also an act of total stupidity as Nanny had only been going to roll one of her own cigarettes and in her befuddled state forgot to put any actual tobacco in the paper.

Through scorched and cracked lips she whispered to Eldrick "You daft bu**er! Iwas going to......."

Barbra

Barbra Report 18 Jun 2012 22:49

A bit of grubby paper as she handed it to him .the silly woman set fire to it so now

Allan

Allan Report 18 Jun 2012 22:39

it would save on the cost of a funeral.

Eldrick approached Nanny and decided that the direct approach would be best. So taking his courage, as well as his neeps, in both hands, he coughed to get her attention.

As she turned her rheumy to his he asked, "Nanny, just who is my father?"

Nanny didn't reply but merely sighed deeply and started fumbling in her blouse. Having found what she wanted she removed it (the object, not the blouse!) and showed Eldrick the

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 18 Jun 2012 21:32

become one of the candidates - don't think so thought Eldrick and anyway, he can't stand sweetcorn - so back to the drawing board - and then he thought - Nanny is sure to know who my real father is, she was there when I was born, so off he went to find her - she was lying in the hay smoking her pipe - a bit dangerous he thought, but nevertheless

Barbra

Barbra Report 18 Jun 2012 17:29

His mum knew the jolly green giant haha the plot thickens .& so does

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 18 Jun 2012 16:49

green - he began to think of all the people who were around when he was growing up - could it have been Squire Trelawney, or was he gay? On the other hand there was Big Bertha's father - please not him - that would make her my sister - bad thought - and then he remembered

Juneoftheroses

Juneoftheroses Report 18 Jun 2012 16:10

Ummmmmmmm would it have been Shrek oh no his blood was

lilybids

lilybids Report 18 Jun 2012 15:44

Giant haystacks him that was decended from

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 18 Jun 2012 15:33

more purple than red or blue - a kind of mixture - so there was noble blood in there - so who was his father then? Could it be

Juneoftheroses

Juneoftheroses Report 18 Jun 2012 15:14

everyone elses with one exception the colour was

Barbra

Barbra Report 18 Jun 2012 15:11

composure & just was so happy his blood was the same as

Juneoftheroses

Juneoftheroses Report 18 Jun 2012 14:59

and what he found out was a real shock ,after he regained his

Merlin

Merlin Report 18 Jun 2012 14:42

to the local Bloodsucker/ Vampire to see if he could tell by taste if he was of the royal blood line or just a "Fitz"

lilybids

lilybids Report 18 Jun 2012 14:01

All the old ladies are locked in the lavatory,opps I digress
Eldrick really wanted to know if he did have blue blood so he went to

Merlin

Merlin Report 18 Jun 2012 13:47

Went to meet"The Grim Neep Gatherer"Who came with his Neep cutting Scythe swinging away at his lower extremities smiling and singing Oh dear what can the matter be?

Juneoftheroses

Juneoftheroses Report 18 Jun 2012 13:42

be the True Eldrick again and off he

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 18 Jun 2012 12:54

cumbersome so it had to be lanced - very painful - however, Eldrick realised that now he was back in the safety of his ancestral pile he could

Juneoftheroses

Juneoftheroses Report 18 Jun 2012 12:49

grew to an enormous size and became quit

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 18 Jun 2012 12:00

widgets have played a large part all through my life - I am rarely without one - I well recall the time when one of my widgets

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 18 Jun 2012 11:12

I have years of experience at pulling widget..... started when I was a little tacker, my nanny showed me how