Episode 88

🎼. Dum ti dum ti dum ti dum...

Alan:  It’s good you popped into church today, Shula, as I wanted a word.

Shula:  It’s always good to speak to you, Alan.  Is there a problem?

Alan:  Well, I had rather a strange call from the bishop this morning.  I didn’t really understand what he was on about at first but he was concerned about you and your application to join the priesthood.

Shula:  I can’t imagine what he is talking about.  I live like a nun these days.

Alan:  It was something about a WI meeting held in The Bull the other evening which got a bit raucous.

Shula:  What did he say ?

Alan:  I stopped him short.  I said I couldn’t imagine how a WI meeting which usually discusses topics as controversial as cake recipes could possibly be described as raucous.

Shula:  You’ve clearly not heard the rumpus about Mum’s new recipe then.  That’s all getting a bit heated.

Alan:  But he persisted and said that a talk on local wildlife had caused an outbreak of animalistic behaviour in sections of the audience.  He claimed the police were called and a number of people were arrested including Jennifer Aldridge.

Shula:  What’s this got to do with me ?

Alan:  He said you had been arrested, too.

Shula:  Did he tell you where he got all this nonsense from ?

Alan:  I asked him that and he went a bit quiet.

Shula:  Oh, really ?

Alan:  But apparently his wife was in the same police van as you...

Shula:  Did he say anything else ?

Alan:  He asked for your mother’s recipe for lemon drizzle cake.  That really surprised me as I didn’t have him down as a baker.

Shula:  And if I can get it ?

Alan:  He’s prepared to forget all about the incident.

🎼. Dum ti dum ti dum ti dum...

(Ed.  It’s a deal.)





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