Episode 126

🎼. Dum ti dum ti dum ti dum...

(door bell rings)

Peggy:  Hello, Jill, in you come.

Jill:  Morning, Peggy.  Sorry I’m late but I couldn’t get out of the yard.  Josh got the grain trailer stuck on the gate post and David was giving him pelters.

Peggy: Pelters ?  What does that mean ?

Jill:  No idea, but you have to keep up with the slang and the chat or you’re packed off to The Laurels.

Peggy:  Well, you’re here now so have a seat in the drawing room and I’ll bring in the tea.  Still no scones or cakes I’m glad to see.

Jill:  No, I’ve given up baking.

Peggy:  Because of the police investigation ?

Jill:  No,  because Leonard refuses to eat cake now.  I think he’s finally cottoned on - sweet man but not so bright.  Says he needs a good night’s rest.

Peggy:  I’ll bring the tray through.  Say hello to Hilda, she’s on her usual sofa.

Jill:  Hello, Hilda, you’re still here I see, you mangy object.

(Hilda:  Obvs.  I own the joint.)

Peggy:  Now, here’s your tea, Jill, and we can get down to the business of the day.

Jill:  Which is ?

Peggy:  What are we going to do for next month’s WI meeting ?

Jill:  How about a quiz ?  People love quizzes.  Or a Vera Lynn singalong ?

Peggy:  Come on, Jill, get with the programme as the young people say.

Jill:  Well, what are you thinking of ?

Peggy:  Pole dancing.

Jill:  Pole dancing !  Well, I suppose it would be good for our muscle tone and bone strength.

Peggy:  Not us, Jill !  We would pay young men to pole dance.

Jill:  Oh...I see what you mean.  And where are we going to get these young men ?

Peggy:  Who are the fittest young men in our community and who are always short of cash ?

Jill:  The Young Farmers Club !

Peggy:  Exactly.  Tell Josh to come and see me and we can negotiate terms.

Jill:  Oh no, what will David and Ruth say ?

Peggy:  They’ll give you pelters, obvs.

🎼. Dum ti dum ti dum ti dum...

(Ed.  Who says we don’t do farming ?)




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