Dull church, Dull, Perth and Kinross (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I read this on Imagine FM’s Facebook page:
No word of a lie, there’s moves to officially twin the Scottish hamlet of Dull with the US town of Boring.
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This came to my inbox. What does the Arts council have against tall people?
From the Arts Council: Calling all short film makers…
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Spud told us that as he was coming out of school yesterday, he overheard two sixth form girls giggling about a man’s shoe size being the same size as his youknowwhat (he used the correct term; the girls used an explicit term; I’m middle-aged and reporting a rude conversation my teenaged son told me about; ‘youknowwhat’ is all I can manage without fainting).
He couldn’t resist: as he passed them he smiled, winked and said, ‘I’m a size twelve…’
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A picture of a dictionary viewed with a lens on top of it, at the word "Internet" (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Clearing out my draft box the other day, I came across a WordPress prompt and my reply from postaday2011. Can you believe I missed one? I know why it was still a draft: it’s not funny. But I have to flesh out this post somehow, so here you go:
Would you rather have the first word, or the last?
This is a tricky one, because I don’t own an up-to-date dictionary, and it would depend on the dictionary, because they must all be different, or else why would there be so many? Online dictionaries are useless in this instance because you can’t page through them.
Let me see…thumbsuck…thoughts coming up…in a minute…let me think…thinks…thinks…
‘A’ must be the first word. ‘Zzz’ must be the last.
A is the start, zzz is sleep.
Start something or sleep?
I would have to say, I’d rather have the last word.
But I’m scouse and we say ‘a’ for ‘hay’ and, despite my Heidi-loving childhood, I’ve never fancied sleeping in ‘ay.
So it’s still the last word.
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Hey – we started with dull and boring; we might as well finish that way.
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Anything BUT dull and boring. You tell that Spud that – as humour goes – he’s a chip off the old block! Jock asked if it brought him any luck!
Well they certainly looked at him with interest…
Hahah @ the “youknowwhat.” Love the idea of the Dull/Boring twinning. LOL
No way are you ever dull and boring and looks like Spud is just as witty as you – go Spud!!!
Spud, Spud, Spud you have inherited your parents wonderful sense of humor. I never heard of Boring, U.S.A. There is Belchertown, U.S.A not far from me. I’d love to see that town twinned with another as well.
What a great name! Time for some research, methinks.
Thanks for a good chuckle this morning. Especially liked the bit about your son — good for him! Have a terrific day.
Thanks. You too
You are never dull or boring my dear.
Thank you
Size 12, huh? Lol
Hilarious. As someone hearing the story from 6,000 miles away, I can snicker at Spud’s comment to my heart’s content. As a mom, I’m glad I wasn’t there to overhear the comment in person – I would have blushed
Exactly!
You are always fun and witty. Have a cheery day!
So coy, Tilly – can’t imagine where Spud got it from…
Must be his father…
I agree with you… I love to get the last word.. especially if it is Zzzz
thanks for the fun… you always make me smile.
I’m always happy to hear that
I’m with you. I’d much rather have the last word…
Actually, you weren’t hallucinating. I heard a lovely report on npr.org about Dull and Boring become sister cities/towns/villages.
It’s a great idea
Like mother, like son. At least when it comes to a sense of humor. I don’t know about your shoe size…
Hehe