Half Price Confectionary Akimbo!

Darrell prides himself on his keen sense for a bargain, though this sense doesn’t seem apply itself to staples of a basic food type nature, only confectionary!

However, it was hard to put down his buoyant mood when he saw that a huge variety of family pouches of said confectionary are currently half price in Tesco,  plus Frosties, which, to be honest, are not usually part of our breakfast repast.

But, it looks suspiciously like someone has already beaten him to availing themselves of the cut price Maltesers ……!!!!

Questions Of An Imponderable Nature?

Although Sandra hasn’t completely made the final move to her new office yet, we are seeing her less and less …. but to keep us on our toes and to test our understanding of our new responsibilities she e-mails us a question each day of a rush photocopying/resources type nature, which are sometimes so hard we are still trying to work them out when we get home!

For example, todays conundrum was thus …….. “The Geography Department has an annual allowance of six hundred reams of paper. Three hundred and ten reams are used by December and a further one hundred and sixty reams by March. How many reams are left? Do you think they will have enough to last until July,  and do we need to tell them to ease up on their wanton usage?” Both our brains hurt substantially!

Good Grief!

Words sometimes fail me ….. this being one such occasion! Goodness only knows what Darrell has been up to now!

Farewell Mick McCarthy

Darrell didn’t take the news that Mick McCarthy had been sacked by Wolves very well …

and did what he usually does in times of emotional turmoil and took himself up to his room for quiet reflection ….

….. and wrapped himself up in his favourite Mick McCarthy t-shirt which he said still smelt of Sundays disastrous match.

I tried to console him as best as I could, for I too was also a little emotional.  I told him not to worry, Mick would be alright for money and it wouldn’t be too long before he found a new job, probably a bit of commentating, which we always greatly enjoyed when he had done it in the past.

“I much admired how smart Mick used to look during his TV interviews” sighed Darrell “He really could carry his assorted Wolves ties off very well”

I left Darrell alone with his thoughts and memories …… we both loved Sir Mick …. but it was time for him to move on …… perhaps we could ask Sandra if there are any vacancies with us in Resources doing rush photocopying and laminating jobs!

A Very Special Non Valentine Card

Nigel got a call from the Front Office while on rush photocopying duty to say that there was a bright green envelope addressed to him waiting by the hatch for him to collect. He was gone in a flash, we’ve never ever seen him move so fast, even when his favourite tea is on the table,  and that’s saying something.

Darrell and I suspected that it was the card that Scribbler had let us order for free and which we had decided to send to Tallulah as a token of our appreciation for being so kind to Nigel. After robust discussion, Darrell and I had decided that when it arrived we would let Nigel deal with it, without any intervention from us.

However, we will admit to walking very slowly up and down the corridor, outside Tallulah's office trying to blend into the background and acting in a normal type nature to see how things went  ….. so we saw Nigel tap nervously on the door and peep round to see if the lady in question was in residence …..

…… then heard Tallulah drawl “Ahhh Nigel, come on in honey!” in her soft golden brown voice and with that Nigel disappeared ….

The door was slightly ajar, and although we knew it was wrong …. we peeped in …. we heard Tallulah gasp as Nigel presented her with the envelope “Oh mah goodness me sugar, whatever can this be?”

When she saw our picture of the front of the card, she sighed and stroked Nigel’s face.

….. and then they read the card together.

“Ah am sooooo overwhelmed Nigel” she sighed “This is so kind”

….. and then she became a little very emotional.

“Ah never dreamed Ah would have such a lovely card as this on such a day.” she sniffed “Ah feel like Ah now have got three new, very special friends …. and hope mah festive faux pas with Monkey is now forgotten and forgiven as Ah was sooooo vexed with mahself for being so forward, for which Ah truly am sorry. Ah can only blame mah silly foolishness upon the sherry in mah Christmas pudding!”

So all’s well that ends well ….. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY …. a day to tell special people in your life how much they mean to you …… sniff!

Darrell and Nigel Attend Their First Baby Shower

Last Friday morning was Darrell and Nigel’s shift in Resources but with half term looming there was a slight lull in the world of rush photocopying ….. so the Office Ladies invited them both to join them in what is usually regarded as activities of a celebratory feminine type nature ….. to wit a “Baby Shower”

At first Nigel was a little hesitant, not relishing the thought of babies tumbling willy nilly from the sky.   He also worried both robustly and needlessly about how many babies he might possibly have to catch and land safely … and about the possible ear splitting implications of said babies landing at awkward angles in torrents!!

Darrell and Nigel sheltered under the shower umbrella and watched the proceedings as the excited ladies assembled

However, when Darrell explained that no babies would be harmed or even directly involved in The Shower …. and that it was just an occasion for ladies to eat cake ……

… blow up balloons ….. play games like pin the nappy on the baby ……

……. open presents and squeal at things like booties and burping clothes …….

…….. Nigel was more than happy to be part of the throng,  especially the eating bit!

They both embraced the experience robustly and felt very honoured to be welcomed into the ladies innermost sanctum.

“Having a baby is just like having a picnic" they both squealed when they arrived back home and told me all about it!   I think I may now need to sit them both down and have a talk of a very manly type nature ……. !  What are they like?

Security Measures Akimbo

Since “Briangate” when Nigel lost Brian,  we have had several people with a background in matters of security asking us what, if any,  safety measures we have put in place to prevent another such emotional event happening.

Well, after a robust time and motion study of Nigel, taking into consideration where he takes and leaves Brian and what activities they pursue, we have come up with the following:- Brian has had a hair extension put in his tail with a bell worked into it ……..

….. so that we will be alerted instantly to any movement Brian makes, no matter where he has secreted his personnage.

We have also fashioned a little box on a lead, with more bells incorporated, for Nigel to pull along when he takes Brian for a walk, this can also double up as a bed.

I gave the responsibility of embellishing the said little box on a lead to Darrell, unfortunately he spelt Brian’s name wrong …..

I sometimes wonder if Darrell actually has a Brian Brain!!!! But at least Nigel is happy and Brian is safe, and that’s all that really matters xxxxx

The Diamond Jubilee Concert

We LOVE The Queen!

……… and hope to take part in her Diamond Jubilee in some small way (we are already planning on sending her a card).

 

So as soon as Darrell saw about the ballot for tickets for the Diamond Jubilee Concert on The One Show with Gary Barlow, he was like a ferret up a drainpipe to get on to the website to put in our application, in fact the site crashed!

It is almost too exciting to bear. It will take quite a few weeks before we hear if we are successful, but if we are it will be the most WONDEROUS occasion of our lives! If we are so lucky as to be bestowed a pair of royal tickets we would embrace the whole day for all it is worth, in fact we would squeeze it dry!

To think that we could be granted the honour of being able to take a wander round Her Majesty's herbaceous borders in her palace grounds and then partake in a “Royal” picnic as a pre-concert pre-amble, before finally taking our seats for the concert, resplendent in our very best, fit for royalty type, apparel, glowsticks akimbo ..... swaying to the likes of Sir Tom Jones ..... and hoping against hope that they announce Kylie as a surprise guest star! Ooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Our fingers, and toes are so tightly crossed they may become permanently locked as the ballot isn't made until 2nd March .... and we have also added a little extra bit in our prayers at night which we hope God won’t mind. http://www.bbc.co.uk/diamondjubilee/concert-tickets.shtml

Our Word Of The Day……

Our word of the day today is Frou Frou.

If you really want to be pedantic (as Mr D undoubtedly will be!!!),  frou frou is two words the same, repeated, but then if it was just frou on it’s own, it wouldn’t be our word of the day, because it would then be just boring! 

A bit of lace draped in a ubba masculine way, plus a dab of David Beckham “Instinct” behind our ears and other important pulse points and we could be the next Young Romantics.

When saying “frou frou” it makes us want to lean our heads to the left and raise our left shoulder up  to meet it  …… try it ….. frou frou!!!

These pop cakes are what we would describe as truly tres frou frou  …. however we think we would have to be a little careful before ‘chowing on in there’ as a mouth full of feathers could lead to a spitting of feathers type situation. 

Darrell’s Lunch Box

We’ve had a couple of questions lately from curious ladies (mostly) concerning matters of  a Darrell’s lunch box type nature …..

…. questions like how big it is and what effort he puts into it on a daily basis … so we thought we would take the opportunity today of laying bare Darrell’s lunch box for public consumption so to speak and put paid to all the conjecture concerning it!!!

So … today, Darrell will be taking to work:- two plums and a few carrots sticks, a Marmite and Dairy Lea Triangle bap, a Kit Kat and bag of Eric and His Friends mini chocolate biscuits which Sandra gave us for Christmas and an own brand peach yoghurt.  He doesn’t take a drink as he prefers to fill his bottle with “ambient” water from the machine when he gets into work and then indulges in a cappuccino from the canteen during morning break. 

Darrell prefers to graze from his lunch box during the day, thus ….. he will have his plums as soon he gets into work, followed by the mini biscuits at break time, at lunch he will consume his bap and dip his Kit Kat in his yoghurt for pudding (which I think is a disgusting habit) and finally he will have a mid afternoon snackette of carrot sticks to “keep his pecker up” when he is flagging!

What is he like??