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1 May 2008 - Nip And A Punch
Something my Dad used to say - "A nip and a punch for the first of the month". He used to nip and punch us too but only in play of course, he didn't actually hurt us at all. My Dad was so mild-mannered and also such fun when we were young children. He would walk past us and quickly pinch our noses in between his fingers on his knuckles.... or pinch either side of our knees, very quickly and sing loudly, "Bing bong!" Never hurt us you understand, just made us laugh. He used to adopt words we first used when we were young children. For instance, my brother Dean couldn't say Weetabix (the breakfast cereal) and so, all his life after that, he would refer to them as Dean did when he first started talking, calling them "Wertavwerty". LOL. He loved Spoonerisms, as I think I've told you before. That is swapping the beginning sounds of words, jumbling the sounds up. The boy diagonally opposite us at our house in Carlisle, who we knew from my school, was called Martin Foulder and of course my Dad would call him "Fartin' Moulder" LOL. He also *always* referred to the confectionary Walnut Whips as "Will not warps". LOL. My Dad was such fun and I only ever once saw him lose his temper and that was only for just a few minutes and he was back to his normal easy-going self. In his later years he could be a demanding, fussy old sod and I did complain a few times about him here in this diary over the years but I did love him so much too and I miss him dreadfully. Hitting the first of May has reminded me not only of his habit of saying, "Nip and a punch for the first of the month" but the 12th May was his birthday. He would have been 79 this month. Miss him as just someone to talk with about all sorts of things. He became my greatest companion in his later years. We kept each other company. Didn't speak much on the phone because we used to go round at least once a week, every week to see him properly and do things for him. If I could have a special wish or magic powers, I'd have him back, in the blink of an eye..... {sigh}
Hoping to get away at 4 today. Was in early and I have some credit before I take my flexi-day so I might as well.
Don't fancy soup today. I have cereal and chocolate so I guess I shall have some cereal for my lunch today. Cereal I like *any* time. :)
Will make a conscious effort to reply to comments later today. Linda! Richard! CP! Thanks for comments left yesterday. Talk to ya later me dears. :)
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