Blether's Day #2

"....anyway....so May said to me "Let's get The Scotsman and read the...."......you know May, she's the one that lives on an island and makes fudge....uh-huh.....anyway, she said "Let's buy The Scotsman and read the death notices".....we were going for coffee, you see......well, you need to have something to read.....so we bought The Scotsman from that wee shop across from the church.....you know the one, the one with that odd wee man behind the counter who always asks what you've got in your handbag....uh-huh, white beard and crossed eyes, that's him.....so we bought The Scotsman.....65 pence, by the way, 65 pence!......anyway, so there we were in the coffee shop......you know, in Jenners, uh-huh.....and who should walk in but Evelyn.....you know Evelyn, the deaf one with a daughter in Saughton.....uh-huh, Evelyn.....well, she walks in and tells us that Billy has got a job on the trams as a........you know Billy, Billy with the funny legs and the firearms collection in his loft, uh-huh......well, he's got a job on the trams as.....oh, what was it now.....oh, I've gone and forgotten.....ohhhhhh......no, it's gone.....anyway, you wouldn't believe it but there weren't any death notices at all in the paper......it's fair ruined our day, I can tell you.......".


She's still going. Blether's Day #1.