Thursday 4 September 2008

Aging gracelessly.

The Victor Meldrew-ism may be terminal in my case! Eating a late lunch (curry in Weatherspoons), a group of teens occupied the next table and I seriously wished the bar staff would check their ID and tell them to move on. One went up to get drinks and they were questioned and told the under-age 'uns weren't to get bevvy. They then mumphed loudly whilst supping and I got tetchier by the minute. I know we did the same things when I was 16-18 years old (ie tried to get booze in a pub whilst underage), but were we that bleeding
a) loud and b) obvious? Maybe we were.

Perhaps the grumpiness will be lessened by some decent excercise and fresh air. I feel a long dog walk coming on.

7 comments:

  1. Father,

    One is supposed to come back from these breaks refreshed and ready to just "go with the flow"! However, you seem to be much more of a grumpy old man than ever!

    You need a wee day off in Dumbarton to cheer you up! The drunks and the addicted are much funnier in these parts!

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  3. I was all ready to go with the flow - it's just that I flowed into a larger than usual quota of frickin' idiots!

    And don't mention the bampots who abuse the Church car park!

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  4. I fear 'the flow' is travelling in the opposite direction, Father. No matter; we miseries must stick together!

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  5. Canonical crumdugeons of the world unite!

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  6. Grumpiness should be seen as a Christian virtue. We clerics are expected to smile all the time. It's far more satisfying to scowl at people.

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  7. Fr Jack Hackett is my hero in inter-personal relationships BTW!

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