Day: 18 May 2014

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18 May 2014

Phew! What a scorcher! Yesterday was forecast to be the hottest day of the year so far and we were advised to

Fire up the barbecue and slap on the sun cream.

The temperatures were forecast to be as high as 24o Celsius (a sweltering 75o F)!!

Reassuringly, it was good to know that

the balmy weather will not last long.

I do hope it’s not completely downhill from here!

The end of the week was very nice indeed, from about Wednesday onwards – lots of sunshine peeking out from behind the clouds, pleasantly warm temperatures with a gentle breeze. Continue reading “18 May 2014”

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18 May 2014 – Amusements

We’ve had this before . . .

A duck went into a grocery store and said, “Have you got any grapes?”

The grocer answered, “No, sorry,” and the duck went away.

A little while later the duck came back and said, “Have you got any grapes?”

The grocer, once again, said, “No, sorry, we still don’t have any grapes.” So the duck went away.

After a while the duck came into the store again and said, “Have you got any grapes?”

The grocer, getting a bit annoyed now, said, “Look, I told you before, we don’t have any grapes!”

The duck went away.

The duck came back yet again: “Have you got any grapes?”

Really angry now the grocer replied, “Look if you come back in here again asking for grapes I’m going to nail your feet to the floor!”

The duck went away.

You guessed it, back came the duck. This time he said, “Have you got any nails?”

The grocer answered, “No, sorry.”

And the duck said, “Have you got any grapes?” Continue reading “18 May 2014 – Amusements”