Wednesday 19 July 2023

Dear Diary ...

 

Dear Diary,

It's been a while since I wrote here to tell you what's been happening lately. So let's get started.

It's summer already. I like summer. A perfect summer's day for me is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawnmower is broken. 

Our neighbour Sheila didn't come home one night. When Bruce her husband asked her where she'd been she said she spent the night at a girl friend's house.

Bruce was a bit suspicious so he rang her ten closest friends, but none of them had seen her.

 

The following week Bruce himself didn't come home one night. Sheila asks him where he'd been. So Bruce said he got a bit drunk at a mate's place and thought it was safer not to drive but crash out there.

 

Sheila did not believe him and rang his ten best mates. Eight of them said he spent the night there and two claimed he's still there.

 

I heard a good joke about the optician who fell into the lens grinder? He made a spectacle of himself.

 

Oh ... another story about our other neighbours. Brenda and Terry were going out for the evening. The last thing they do before leaving is put their cat out.

The taxi arrived to pick them up, and as they walked out of the house, the cat scoots back into the house.

Terry returned inside to chase it out. Brenda, not wanting it known that the house would be empty, explained to the taxi driver, 'My husband is just going upstairs to say goodbye to my mother.'

Several minutes later, an exhausted Terry arrived and climbed back into the taxi saying, 'Sorry I took so long, the stupid idiot was hiding under the bed and I had to poke her with a coat hanger several times before I could get her to come out!'

Our friend Perkins was in church again on Sunday. He'd been missing for a while. The priest said to him, "I didn't see you in church last Sunday, Perkins. I hear you were out playing football instead."

Perkins replied, "That's not true, Father.  And I've got the fish to prove it."

Anyway, nothing more for now. Bye Diary.

20 comments:

  1. Not true about the cat (says Brenda) I never put the cat out when we go out. She has the whole house to herself. I think she invites her Tom friends in sometimes.

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    1. Ooops sorry ... I didn't realise that our neighbour shares the same name as you. I wonder what your cat is called. Hers is called Rover.

      God bless, Brenda.

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  2. Ours is called Tinker. She was a rescue cat, and we changed her name, as she was originally called Alberta. :-)

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    1. It's often difficult to choose a good name for a pet. Our dog is called Sit. Also a rescue dog. He was called Help; but whenever I called him the neighbours would come round to see if I am OK.

      God bless you, Brenda.

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  3. ...your neighbors hope that you get your lawnmower fixed soon.

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    1. They still have not returned the hedge trimmer ...

      God bless, Tom.

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  4. Oh, those were good ones! You do have some "interesting neighbors" and friends! LOL. Loved the stories! It was a fun way to start my day. I love the comment below that says "I pray for all who comment here". Thank you for that, and I will do the same for you. I appreciated your visit to my blog, Closed Doors, Open Windows, today. I hope you will come visit again. Have a blessed and wonderful day!

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    1. Thank you for visiting me again, Pamela. I'll certainly call on your Blog, and also pray for you. Many thanx for your much needed prayers right now.

      I post humourous articles every now and then because as the stats show they attract new readers who hopefully get to read my Christian articles and get encouraged to find out more about God.

      God bless you always.

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  5. 'I've got the fish to prove it'

    :-}

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    1. Indeed Linda. At least he was honest.

      God bless.

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  6. Laughing out loud ... and the pups suspect I've lost my mind. So true about the difference between women's friends and men's.
    Weather conditions notwithstanding, I'm no fan of Summer days. Our grass grows so fast, I wouldn't be surprised to discover pygmies hiding.

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    1. I know what you mean about the grass growing so fast. Over here it is already six feet high. I bought a new lawnmower and started working. By the time I got to the end of the garden I discovered my wife with the old lawnmower - she'd started mowing last year. And I thought all along she'd left me. She was so glad I rescued her at last.

      God bless, Mevely.

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  7. They say the grass is greener on the other side, at least you don't have to mow that. :)

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    1. It's bad enough I have to mow the grass on my side ...

      God bless, Bill.

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  8. Thanks for the laughs, Victor! Your latest book arrived from Amazon today! I'm looking forward to reading it right after the one I'm working on now.
    Blessings!

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    1. Thank you so much Martha for your kindness and support. Please let me know what you think when you've read it.

      God bless you and your family always.

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  9. If he'd invited the priest for a fish fry after church, i'm sure he would have been forgiven.

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    1. Good point, Mimi. Bribery forgives sins, (joking).

      God bless you. Keep smiling.

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